verb
Meaning 1
To establish as a normal practice.
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verb
To establish as a normal practice.
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verb
To commit a person to confinement in an institution.
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verb
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: commit, institutionalise, send, charge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transfer
Narrower terms: hospitalize, hospitalise
History
Etymology tree English institution English -al English institutional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English institutionalize From institutional + -ize.
Across languages
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