| institute | |
| 1. n. An organization founded to promote a cause | |
| I work in a medical research institute. | |
| 2. n. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects | |
| 3. n. The building housing such an institution | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) The act of instituting; institution. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom. | |
| 6. n. (legal, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. | |
| 7. v. To begin or initiate (something); to found. | |
| He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct. | |
| 9. v. To nominate; to appoint. | |
| 10. v. (ecclesiastical, legal) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. | |
| 11. adj. (obsolete) Established; organized; founded. | |
