Institute
WordNet
noun
(1) An association organized to promote art or science or education
verb
(2) Advance or set forth in court
"Bring charges", "institute proceedings"
(3) Set up or lay the groundwork for
"Establish a new department"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
- , from institutus (past participle of instituere)
- (Noun) From the name of the French Institut National des Sciences et des Arts
Noun
- An organization founded to promote a cause
- I work in a medical research institute.
- An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
- The building housing such an institution
Verb
- to begin or initiate something
- "He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school."