simple past tense and past participle of institute

(transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found. / (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct. / To nominate; to appoint.

An organization founded to promote a cause / An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects / The building housing such an institution

(obsolete) Established; organized; founded.

plural of instituter

A person who institutes something

present participle of institute

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution. / Instituted by authority. / Elementary; rudimentary. / Arising from the practice of an institution.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institute

plural of institute