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Definition of Institute

Institute Established; organized; founded. To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc. To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society. To nominate; to appoint. To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit. To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct. To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. The act of instituting; institution. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom. 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, n. An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute. The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. Related Definitions: Act, Also, An, And, Appoint, Art, As, Authoritative, Begin, Benefice, Building, By, Care, Charge, Coke, Collection, College, Commence, Comprehensive, Cooper, Court, Custom, Destination, Digest, Educate, Elementary, Establish, Established, Estate, First, Fixed, Foot, For, Found, Founded, Given, Ground, Habit, Hence, In, Inquiry, Institute, Instituted, Instituting, Institution, Instruct, Invest, Is, Justinian, Law, Learning, Legal, Limitation, Maxim, Necessary, Nominate, Occupied, Of, On, Or, Ordain, Organize, Organized, Originate, Owned, Person, Plural, Precept, Principle, Recognized, Rule, Science, Set, Society, Spiritual, Such, Suit, Summary, Technology, That, The, To, Up, Which, Whom, With

Institute Quotations We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation. Jon Porter My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Kenneth G. Wilson According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. Xavier Becerra When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money. Anthony Minghella While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together. Kenneth G. Wilson

Institute Translations institute in Afrikaans is inrigting, instituut institute in Dutch is gesticht, instituut, inrichting institute in French is instituez, instituons, instituer, instituent institute in Latin is instituo institute in Norwegian is institutt, opprette institute in Portuguese is instituto institute in Swedish is instifta, institut

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