"Institute" is a word in ENGLISH
To nominate; to appoint.
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a
law, habit, or custom.
The person to whom an estate is first given by
destination or limitation.
To originate and establish; to found; to organize;
as, to institute a court, or a society.
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or
the care of souls.
Established; organized; founded.
To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute
laws, rules, etc.
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.
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.
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.
The act of instituting; institution.
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One afternoon a little boy was playing outdoors. He used his mother's broom as a horse and had a wonderful time until it was getting dark.He left the broom on the back porch. His mother was cleaning up the kitchen when she realized that her broom was missing. She asked the little boy about the broom and he told her where it was.She then asked him to please go get it. The little boy informed his mom that he was afraid of the dark and didn't want to go out to get the broom.His mother smiled and said 'The Lord is out there too, don't be afraid'. The little boy opened the back door a little and said 'Lord if you're out there, hand me the broom'.
To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to …
Read the complete definitionA person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
Read the complete definitionBelonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
Read the complete definitionAn institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, …
Read the complete definitionIn its original meaning, an association formed for mutual improvement, or for the advancement of science or art; ln later …
Read the complete definitionOne who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
Read the complete definitionA writ of execution upon a right of presentation to a benefice being recovered ln quare impedit, addressed to the …
Read the complete definitionIn English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the right of pre-seutlng a fit …
Read the complete definitionThe name of a Judicial of-ficer ln Spain, and in those countries which have received their laws and institutions from …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of …
Read the complete definitionAttachment to England or English institutions.
Read the complete definitionA mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
Read the complete definitionThat branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished …
Read the complete definitionOpposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.
Read the complete definitionA relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually …
Read the complete definitionOne who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; …
Read the complete definitionTo charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to …
Read the complete definitionAn accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding …
Read the complete definitionThe person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.
Read the complete definitionTo attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack …
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