institute
VERB:
(tr):
1. to set up; establish; organize:
to institute a government.
2. to inaugurate; initiate; start:
to institute a new course in American literature.
3. to set in operation:
to institute a lawsuit.
4. to bring into use or practice:
to institute laws.
5. to establish in an office or position.
6. to organize; establish.
7. to initiate:
to institute a practice.
8. to establish in a position or office; induct.
9. to originate and get established; organize.
10. to set going; inaugurate:
instituting an investigation.
11. to establish in a position or office.
in ecclesiastical sense:
1. to assign to or invest with a spiritual charge, as of a parish.
2. (foll by in or into) to install (a clergyman) in a church.
Origin:
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin institūtus, past participle of instituere “to set, put up, establish,” equivalent to in- ”in” + -stitū- (combining form of statū-, stem of statuere “to place upright, set, stand” ) + -tus past participle suffix; see in-2, stand. Dictionary 2: C16: from Latin instituere, from statuere to place, stand. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of institute: Noun: 1546. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for institute: Verb: Middle English, from Latin institutus, past participle of instituere, from in- + statuere to set up — more at statute. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
(tr):
1. to set up; establish; organize:
to institute a government.
2. to inaugurate; initiate; start:
to institute a new course in American literature.
3. to set in operation:
to institute a lawsuit.
4. to bring into use or practice:
to institute laws.
5. to establish in an office or position.
6. to organize; establish.
7. to initiate:
to institute a practice.
8. to establish in a position or office; induct.
9. to originate and get established; organize.
10. to set going; inaugurate:
instituting an investigation.
11. to establish in a position or office.
in ecclesiastical sense:
1. to assign to or invest with a spiritual charge, as of a parish.
2. (foll by in or into) to install (a clergyman) in a church.
Origin:
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin institūtus, past participle of instituere “to set, put up, establish,” equivalent to in- ”in” + -stitū- (combining form of statū-, stem of statuere “to place upright, set, stand” ) + -tus past participle suffix; see in-2, stand. Dictionary 2: C16: from Latin instituere, from statuere to place, stand. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of institute: Noun: 1546. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for institute: Verb: Middle English, from Latin institutus, past participle of instituere, from in- + statuere to set up — more at statute. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.