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in·sti·tute

(ĭn′stĭ-to͞ot′, -tyo͞ot′)

tr.v. in·sti·tut·ed, in·sti·tut·ing, in·sti·tutes

a. To establish, organize, or introduce: institute wage and price controls. See Synonyms at establish.

b. To initiate; begin: institute a search for the missing hikers.

2. To establish or invest (someone) in an office or position.

1. An organization founded to promote a cause: a cancer research institute.

a. An educational institution, especially one for the instruction of technical subjects.

b. The building or buildings housing such an institution.

3. A usually short, intensive workshop or seminar on a specific subject.

4. Archaic

a. A principle or rudiment of a particular subject.

b. institutes A digest of or commentary on such principles or rudiments, especially a legal abstract.

[Middle English instituten, from Latin īnstituere, īnstitūt-, to establish : in-, in; see in-² + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

in′sti·tut′er, in′sti·tu′tor n.

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institutes

(ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːts)

pl n

(Law) a digest or summary, esp of laws

Institutes

(ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːts)

pl n

1. (Law) an introduction to legal study in ancient Rome, compiled by order of Justinian and divided into four books forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis

2. (Historical Terms) short for Institutes of the Christian Religion, the book by Calvin, completed in 1536 and constituting the basic statement of the Reformed faith, that repudiates papal authority and postulates the doctrines of justification by faith alone and predestination

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A strong sense of the value and blessings of union induced the people, at a very early period, to institute a federal government to preserve and perpetuate it.

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That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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The greater part of my time and strength is required for the executive work connected with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and in securing the money necessary for the support of the institution.

Ogden, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute and the intimate friend of General Armstrong during the whole period of his educational work.

In turn, Samuel Armstrong, the founder of Hampton Institute, took up his work as a trainer of youth.

It was worked out at Hampton Institute, but it was done at Hampton by white men.

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There was poor old Wadley, of the Zoological Institute. Wadley sent a message: `The President of the Zoological Institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger, and would take it as a personal favor if he would do them the honor to come to their next meeting.' The answer was unprintable."

"Well, a bowdlerized version of it would run: `Professor Challenger presents his compliments to the President of the Zoological Institute, and would take it as a personal favor if he would go to the devil.'"

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In that instrument, the right to institute and to alter governments among men was ascribed exclusively to the people--the ends of government were declared to be to secure the natural rights of man; and that when the government degenerates from the promotion to the destruction of that end, the right and the duty accrues to the people to dissolve this degenerate government and to institute another.

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Computer training institutes in Phuentsholing, which did brisk business earlier, are barely surviving these days.

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There are 18 institutes of Dow University of Health Sciences that are participating in the DICE exhibition.

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Teaching and learning resources, graduation outcomes and research were the other criteria IITs rule in engineering category The Indian Institutes of Technology have occupied all 10 places in the engineering category of the ranking announced by the government.