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Webster 1913 Edition

Institute

In′sti-tute

(ĭn′stĭ-tūt)
,
p.
Adj.
[L.
institutus
, p. p. of
instituere
to place in, to institute, to instruct; pref.
in-
in +
statuere
to cause to stand, to set. See
Statute
.]
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).

In′sti-tute

(ĭn′stĭ-tūt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Instituted
(ĭn′stĭ-tūˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Instituting
.]
1.
To set up; to establish; to ordain;
as, to
institute
laws, rules, etc.
2.
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. ).
3.
To nominate; to appoint.
[Obs.]
We
institute
your Grace
To be our regent in these parts of France.
Shakespeare
4.
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.
Shakespeare
5.
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.
Syn. – To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain.

In′sti-tute

,
Noun.
[L.
institutum
: cf. F.
institut
. See
Institute
,
Verb.
T.
&
Adj.
]
1.
The act of instituting; institution.
[Obs.]
“Water sanctified by Christ's institute.”
Milton.
2.
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
Glover.
3.
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
,
Noun.
They made a sort of
institute
and digest of anarchy.
Burke.
To make the Stoics'
institutes
thy own.
Dryden.
4.
An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college;
as, the
Institute
of Technology
; The Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute;
as, the Cooper
Institute
.
5.
(Scots Law)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Institute

IN'STITUTE

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
[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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