institute
Synonyms:
(verb) begin, constitute, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, introduce, launch, pioneer, plant, set up, start.
(noun) association, board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality.
Related Words:
(verb) appoint, come up with, create, decree, enact, inaugurate, install, organize.
(noun) doctrine, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, precept, tenet.
Antonyms:
(verb) close (down), phase out, shut (up).
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.
(verb) begin, constitute, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, introduce, launch, pioneer, plant, set up, start.
(noun) association, board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality.
Related Words:
(verb) appoint, come up with, create, decree, enact, inaugurate, install, organize.
(noun) doctrine, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, precept, tenet.
Antonyms:
(verb) close (down), phase out, shut (up).
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.