institute

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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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Wikipedia institute (plural institutes)

  1. An organization founded to promote a cause
    I work in a medical research institute.
  2. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
  3. The building housing such an institution

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institute (third-person singular simple present institutes, present participle instituting, simple past and past participle instituted)

  1. (transitive) to begin or initiate something
    He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.

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institūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of institūtus
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