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1. Set up or lay the groundwork for
   - establish, found, plant, constitute
    
2. Advance or set forth in court
   "institute proceedings"
   - bring

1. An association organized to promote art or science or education

Derived forms: instituted, instituting, institutes

See also: institution

Type of: association, create, initiate, make, pioneer

Encyclopedia: Institute Institute, WV Institute, West Virginia