Pronunciation: (in'sti-tOOt", -tyOOt"), [key]
v., -tut•ed, -tut•ing,

1. to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
2. to inaugurate; initiate; start: to institute a new course in American literature.
3. to set in operation: to institute a lawsuit.
4. to bring into use or practice: to institute laws.
5. to establish in an office or position.
6. assign to or invest with a spiritual charge, as of a parish.

2. the building occupied by such a society.
3. Educ.
4. an established principle, law, custom, or organization.
5. institutes,
a. an elementary textbook of law designed for beginners.
b. (cap.) Also called In'stitutes of Justin'ian. an elementary treatise on Roman law in four books, forming one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
6. something instituted.


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