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Verb: institutionalise  `insti't(y)ooshunu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=institutionalize)
  1. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
    - commit, institutionalize, send, charge

Derived forms: institutionalises, institutionalised, institutionalising

See also: institution

Type of: transfer

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