Clues for the word "INSTITUTE"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 14 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 08, 2024.
Definition of institute
- p. a. - Established; organized; founded.
- v. t. - To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
- v. t. - To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
- v. t. - To nominate; to appoint.
- v. t. - To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
- v. t. - To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.
- v. t. - To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
- a. - The act of instituting; institution.
- a. - That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
- a. - Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.
- n. - An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.
- n. - The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
Referring Clues
- Lay the groundwork for
- Establish
- Establish - seat of learning
- Scientific, educational or social organisation
- Caltech, for one
- See 6
- Set up something for women?
- 20, say, distributes I-tunes bird pinched
- Untie tangles ringing small bird and set in motion
- Start school
- Establish it's some kind of educational organisation
- Set up society
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 10, 2022
- Washington Post Classic - July 09, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 28, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2016
- USA Today - January 14, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - January 11, 2016
- Guardian Quick - April 28, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - August 04, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - June 19, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - March 01, 2011
- Guardian Quick - April 16, 2007
- Guardian Cryptic - February 24, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - August 04, 2004