Institute

in's ti-tut, v. t. To set up, establish, appoint, ordain; to originate, found; to begin, commence, set | in operation. (JEccl. Law.) To invest with the spiritual part of a benence, or the care of souls. — n. | Thing instituted; established law; settled order; I that which is established as authoritative; precept;! maxim; principle; an institution: a literary, scientific, or philosophical society, pi. A book of elements or principles; esp. a work containing the principles of jurisprudence; theory of medicine, esp. physiology and therapeutics, applied to the practice of medicine. — Institution, n. Act of instituting, as, establishment, foundation, enactment; or, instruction, education; or (Eccl. Laio), act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice; that which is instituted or established; established order, or method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; an established or organized society, endowed school, etc.; a foundation; a text-book; a system of elements or rules.