institute

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/]

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1. institute (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To begin or initiate (something); to found.

Example: He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.

2. institute (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To train, instruct.

Example: Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels.

3. institute (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To nominate; to appoint.

Example: We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.

4. institute (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Established; organized; founded.

Example: They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice.

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