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IN'STITUTE, v.t. [L. instituo; in and statuo,to set.]

1. To establish; to appoint; to enact; to form and prescribe; as, to institute laws; to institute rules and regulations.

2. To found; to originate and establish, as to institute a new order of nobility; to institute a court.

3. To ground or establish in principles; to educate; to instruct; as, to institute children in the principles of a science.

4. To begin; to commence; to set in operation; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

5. To invest with the spiritual part of a benefice or the care of souls.

IN'STITUTE, n. [L. institutum.]

1. Established law; settled order.

2. Precept; maxim; principle.

To make the Stoic institutes thy own.

3. A book of elements or principles; particularly, a work containing the principles of the Roman law.


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IN'STITUTE, v.t. [L. instituo; in and statuo,to set.]

1. To establish; to appoint; to enact; to form and prescribe; as, to institute laws; to institute rules and regulations.

2. To found; to originate and establish, as to institute a new order of nobility; to institute a court.

3. To ground or establish in principles; to educate; to instruct; as, to institute children in the principles of a science.

4. To begin; to commence; to set in operation; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

5. To invest with the spiritual part of a benefice or the care of souls.

IN'STITUTE, n. [L. institutum.]

1. Established law; settled order.

2. Precept; maxim; principle.

To make the Stoic institutes thy own.

3. A book of elements or principles; particularly, a work containing the principles of the Roman law.

IN'STI-TUTE, n. [L. institutum; Fr. institut.]

  1. Established law; settled order.
  2. Precept; maxim; principle. To make the Stoic institutes thy own. Dryden.
  3. A book of elements or principles; particularly a work containing the principles of the Roman law. Encyc.
  4. In Scots law, when a number of persons in succession hold an estate in tail, the first is called the institute, the others substitutes. Encyc.

IN'STI-TUTE, v.t. [L. instituo; in and statuo, to set.]

  1. To establish; to appoint; to enact; to form and prescribe; as, to institute laws; to institute rules and regulations.
  2. To found; to originate and establish; as, to institute a new order of nobility; to institute a court.
  3. To ground or establish in principles; to educate; to instruct; as, to institute children in the principles of a science.
  4. To begin; to commence; to set in operation; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
  5. To invest with the spiritual part of a benefice or the care of souls. Blackstone.

In"sti*tute
  1. Established; organized; founded.

    [Obs.]

    They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice. Robynson (More's Utopia).

  2. To set up] to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
  3. The act of instituting] institution.

    [Obs.] "Water sanctified by Christ's institute." Milton.
  4. To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

    Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government. Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ).

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

    Glover.
  6. To nominate; to appoint.

    [Obs.]

    We institute your Grace
    To be our regent in these parts of France.     Shak.

  7. Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.

    They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy. Burke.

    To make the Stoics' institutes thy own. Dryden.

  8. To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

    And haply institute
    A course of learning and ingenious studies.     Shak.

  9. An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.
  10. To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.

    [Obs.]

    If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself. Dr. H. More.

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

    Tomlins.

    Institutes of medicine, theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.

  12. To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

    Blackstone.

    Syn. -- To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain.

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Institute

IN'STITUTE, verb transitive [Latin instituo; in and statuo, to set.]

1. To establish; to appoint; to enact; to form and prescribe; as, to institute laws; to institute rules and regulations.

2. To found; to originate and establish, as to institute a new order of nobility; to institute a court.

3. To ground or establish in principles; to educate; to instruct; as, to institute children in the principles of a science.

4. To begin; to commence; to set in operation; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

5. To invest with the spiritual part of a benefice or the care of souls.

IN'STITUTE, noun [Latin institutum.]

1. Established law; settled order.

2. Precept; maxim; principle.

To make the Stoic institutes thy own.

3. A book of elements or principles; particularly, a work containing the principles of the Roman law.

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