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noun an association organized to promote art or science or education
verb set up or lay the groundwork for
verb advance or set forth in court; ,
originFrom Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“to set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).
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