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Instituting

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in⋅sti⋅tute

  [in-sti-toot, -tyoot] verb, -tut⋅ed, -tut⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
2. to inaugurate; initiate; start: to institute a new course in American literature.
3. to set in operation: to institute a lawsuit.
4. to bring into use or practice: to institute laws.
5. to establish in an office or position.
6. Ecclesiastical. to assign to or invest with a spiritual charge, as of a parish.
–noun
7. a society or organization for carrying on a particular work, as of a literary, scientific, or educational character.
8. the building occupied by such a society.
9. Education.
a. an institution, generally beyond the secondary school level, devoted to instruction in technical subjects, usually separate but sometimes organized as a part of a university.
b. a unit within a university organized for advanced instruction and research in a relatively narrow field of subject matter.
c. a short instructional program set up for a special group interested in a specialized field or subject.
10. an established principle, law, custom, or organization.
11. institutes,
a. an elementary textbook of law designed for beginners.
b. (initial capital letter) Also called Institutes of Justinian. an elementary treatise on Roman law in four books, forming one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
12. something instituted.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L institūtus ptp. of instituere to set, put up, establish, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -stitū- (comb. form of statū-, s. of statuere to make stand ) + -tus ptp. suffix
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in·sti·tute   (ĭn'stĭ-tōōt', -tyōōt')   
tr.v.   in·sti·tut·ed, in·sti·tut·ing, in·sti·tutes

    1. To establish, organize, and set in operation.

    2. To initiate; begin. See Synonyms at found1.

  2. To establish or invest in an office or a position.

n.  

    1. Something instituted, especially an authoritative rule or precedent.

    2. institutes A digest of the principles or rudiments of a particular subject, especially a legal abstract.

    3. An educational institution, especially one for the instruction of technical subjects.

    4. The building or buildings housing such an institution.

  2. An organization founded to promote a cause: a cancer research institute.

    1. An educational institution, especially one for the instruction of technical subjects.

    2. The building or buildings housing such an institution.

  4. A usually short, intensive workshop or seminar on a specific subject.


[Middle English instituten, from Latin īnstituere, īnstitūt-, to establish : in-, in; see in-2 + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
in'sti·tut'er, in'sti·tu'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

institute  (v.)
c.1325, "to establish in office, appoint," from L. institutus, pp. of instituere "to set up," from in- "in" + statuere "establish, to cause to stand" (see statute). General sense of "set up, found, introduce" first attested 1483. The noun sense of "organization, society" is from 1828, borrowed from Fr. Institut national des Sciences et des Arts, established 1795 to replace the royal academies.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: institute
Function: noun
1 : an elementary principle recognized as authoritative
2 plural : a collection of principles; especially : a legal compendium
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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