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institute

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Synonyms: destitute, constitute, instigate, restitute, instituted, institutes, institutor, intitule, institutive, stitute, rastitute

Antonyms: destitute, constitute, instigate, restitute, instituted, institutes, institutor, intitule, institutive, stitute, rastitute

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Noun

  1. An organization founded to promote a cause
    • I work in a medical research institute.
  2. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
  3. The building housing such an institution.
  4. The act of instituting; institution.
  5. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
  6. The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Verb

  1. To begin or initiate (something); to found.
    • He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
  2. To train, instruct.
  3. To nominate; to appoint.
  4. To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Adjective

  1. Established; organized; founded.

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