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<hw>In"sti*tute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Instituted</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Instituting</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To set up; to establish; to ordain; <as>as, to <ex>institute</ex> laws, rules, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To originate and establish; to found; to organize; <as>as, to <ex>institute</ex> a court, or a society</as>.</def>

<blockquote>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 <b>institute</b> a new government. <i>Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To nominate; to appoint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>We <b>institute</b> your Grace To be our regent in these parts of France. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To begin; to commence; to set on foot; <as>as, to <ex>institute</ex> an inquiry; to <ex>institute</ex> a suit.</as></def>

<blockquote>And haply <b>institute</b> A course of learning and ingenious studies. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If children were early <b>instituted</b>, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain.</syn>

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<hw>In"sti*tute</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>institutum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>institut</ets>. See <er>Institute</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> & <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of instituting; institution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Water sanctified by Christ's <i>institute</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.</def>

<i>Glover.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, the <ex>Institutes</ex> of Justinian; Coke's <ex>Institutes</ex> of the Laws of England</as>. Cf. <er>Digest</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<blockquote>They made a sort of <b>institute</b> and digest of anarchy. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To make the Stoics' <b>institutes</b> thy own. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; <as>as, the <ex>Institute</ex> of Technology</as>; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; <as>as, the Cooper <ex>Institute</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.</def>

<i>Tomlins.</i>

<cs><col>Institutes of medicine</col>, <cd>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.</cd>

<i>Dunglison.</i> </cs>

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