tr.v., -tut·ed, -tut·ing, -tutes.

1. 1. To establish, organize, and set in operation.
   2. To initiate; begin. See synonyms at found¹.
2. To establish or invest in an office or a position.

n.

1. 1. Something instituted, especially an authoritative rule or precedent.
   2. institutes A digest of the principles or rudiments of a particular subject, especially a legal abstract.
2. An organization founded to promote a cause: a cancer research institute.
3. 1. An educational institution, especially one for the instruction of technical subjects.
   2. The building or buildings housing such an institution.
4. A usually short, intensive workshop or seminar on a specific subject.

[Middle English instituten, from Latin īnstituere, īnstitūt-, to establish : in-, in; see in–² + statuere, to set up.]

instituter in'sti·tut'er or in'sti·tu'tor n.

verb

1. To bring into existence formally: constitute, create, establish, found, organize, originate, set up, start. See start/end.
2. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start/end.

noun

A principle governing affairs within or among political units: canon, decree, edict, law, ordinance, precept, prescription, regulation, rule. See law.

v

Definition: begin; put into operation
Antonyms: cease, halt, prevent, stop

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To inaugurate, originate, or establish. In civil law, to direct an individual who was named as heir in a will to pass over the estate to another designated person, known as the substitute.

For example, to institute an action is to commence it by the filing of a complaint.

IN BRIEF: n. - An association organized to promote art or science or education. v. - Advance or set forth in court; Set up or lay the groundwork for.

They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. — Edmund Burke Source: On the Army Estimates. Vol iii. p. 221.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - institut
v. tr. - stifte, oprette, indføre, fastsætte, indlede, iværksætte

Nederlands (Dutch)
instituut, instelling, instellen, beginnen

Français (French)
n. - institut, (US) stage
v. tr. - instituer, instaurer, établir, ouvrir (une enquête), fonder, constituer, (Univ) créer (une chaire), (Jur) intenter (une action), (Relig) investir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anstalt, Institut
v. - einführen, einleiten, einrichten, gründen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ίδρυμα, εκπαιδευτικό ίδρυμα, ινστιτούτο
v. - θεσπίζω, ιδρύω, καθιερώνω, θεσμοθετώ, διορίζω, εγκαθιστώ, εισάγω, αρχίζω

Italiano (Italian)
istituire, istituto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - instituto (m)
v. - instituir

Русский (Russian)
институт, учреждение, учреждать

Español (Spanish)
n. - instituto, escuela
v. tr. - instituir, establecer, fundar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - institut, högskola, institution, stiftelse, grundsats, regel, lag, intensivkurs, seminarium
v. - inrätta, instifta, arrangera, installera, inleda, anställa, insätta (i ämbete), anhängiggöra (jur.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
学会, 协会, 学院, 创立, 制定, 开始

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 學會, 協會, 學院
v. tr. - 創立, 制定, 開始

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연구소, 대학, 규칙
v. tr. - 설립하다, (조사를)시작하다, 임명하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 設ける, 制定する, 始める, 設立する
n. - 学会, 協会, 研究所, 会館, 研修会, 原理, 慣行, 講習会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معهد تعليمي, جمعيه, مجمع (فعل) يقيم, يؤسس, ينشئ, يدشن, ينصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוסד, מכון‬
v. tr. - ‮התחיל, קבע, ייסד‬

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