institute
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English , from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“I set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).
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Noun [edit]
Wikipedia institute (plural institutes)
- An organization founded to promote a cause
- I work in a medical research institute.
- An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
- The building housing such an institution
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Translations [edit]
organization founded to promote a cause
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college
building
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Verb [edit]
institute (third-person singular simple present institutes, present participle instituting, simple past and past participle instituted)
- (transitive) To begin or initiate (something).
- He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
- (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
- Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
Translations [edit]
to begin or initiate something
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External links [edit]
- institute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- institute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- institute at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Participle [edit]
institūte
- vocative masculine singular of institūtus
