institute

== English == === Pronunciation === (yod-coalescence): IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːt/ (no yod-coalescence): IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/ (yod-dropping): IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɪtuːt/ === Etymology 1 === From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum. ==== Noun ==== institute (plural institutes) An organization founded to promote a cause An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects The building housing such an institution. (obsolete) The act of instituting; institution. (obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom. (law, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“I set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”). ==== Verb ==== institute (third-person singular simple present institutes, present participle instituting, simple past and past participle instituted) (transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found. (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct. To nominate; to appoint. (ecclesiastical, law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== institute (not comparable) (obsolete) Established; organized; founded. ==== Related terms ==== institution institutional === Further reading === “institute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “institute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “institute”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Participle === īnstitūte vocative masculine singular of īnstitūtus === References === "institute", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)