institute

Meanings

Noun

• An organization founded to promote a cause
• An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
• The building housing such an institution
• The act of instituting; institution.
• That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
• The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Verb

• To begin or initiate (something); to found.
• To train, instruct.
• To nominate; to appoint.
• To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Adjective

• Established; organized; founded.

Origin

• From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.
• From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō, from in + statuō.