Instituting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Institute \In"sti*tute\ ([i^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Instituted} ([i^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Instituting}.]
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     1. To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws,
        rules, etc.


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     2. To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to
        institute a court, or a society.
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              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. ).
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     3. To nominate; to appoint. [Obs.]
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              We institute your Grace
              To be our regent in these parts of France. --Shak.
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     4. To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an
        inquiry; to institute a suit.
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              And haply institute
              A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.
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     5. To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to
        educate; to instruct. [Obs.]
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              If children were early instituted, knowledge would
              insensibly insinuate itself.          --Dr. H. More.
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     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.
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