Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Institute \In"sti*tute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instituted}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Instituting}.]
   1. To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws,
      rules, etc.

   2. To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to
      institute a court, or a society.

            Whenever any from of government becomes destructive
            of these ends it is the right of the people to alter
            or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.
                                                  --Jefferson
                                                  (Decl. of
                                                  Indep. ).

   3. To nominate; to appoint. [Obs.]

            We institute your Grace To be our regent in these
            parts of France.                      --Shak.

   4. To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an
      inquiry; to institute a suit.

            And haply institute A course of learning and
            ingenious studies.                    --Shak.

   5. To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to
      educate; to instruct. [Obs.]

            If children were early instituted, knowledge would
            insensibly insinuate itself.          --Dr. H. More.

   6. (Eccl. Law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a
      benefice, or the care of souls. --Blackstone.

   Syn: To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect;
        organize; appoint; ordain.