institute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an association organized to promote art, science, or education

   The institute was founded in 1950 to encourage cancer research.

2. 2
   verb

   to advance or set forth in court

   The government instituted proceedings.

3. 3
   verb

   to set up or lay the groundwork for

   The school instituted a policy of no hair dye.

4. 4
   noun

   An organization founded to promote a cause

   I work in a medical research institute.

5. 5
   noun

   The act of instituting; institution.

   water sanctified by Christ's institute

6. 6
   noun

   That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.

   They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy.

7. 7
   noun

   The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

   Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute.

8. 8
   verb

   To begin or initiate (something); to found.

   He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“to set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).