institute

noun

An organization founded to promote a cause

An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects

The building housing such an institution.

(law, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

(obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.

(obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.

verb

(transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.

To nominate; to appoint.

(ecclesiastical, law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

(obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct.

adjective

(obsolete) Established; organized; founded.

Roots

statuostit- · Latin · set up

Synonyms for institute

institutionn academyn associationn foundationn establishv foundv seminaryn societyn organizationn establishmentn

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