a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute. ] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. [ 1913 Webster ]

As*tute"ly, adv. -- As*tute"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. battuta, fr. battere to beat. ] (Mus.) The measuring of time by beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betutored ] To tutor; to instruct. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Constituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Constituting. ] [ L. constitutus, p. p. of constiture to constitute; con- + statuere to place, set, fr. status station, fr. stare to stand. See Stand. ] 1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make up; to compose; to form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Constituted authorities, the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An established law. [ Obs. ] T. Preston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who constitutes or appoints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. constitution, L. constitutio. ] 1. The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The physical constitution of the sun. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament. [ 1913 Webster ]

He defended himself with . . . less passion than was expected from his constitution. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England the constitution is unwritten, and may be modified from time to time by act of Parliament. In the United States a constitution cannot ordinarily be modified, exept through such processes as the constitution itself ordains. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian. [ 1913 Webster ]

The positive constitutions of our own churches. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

A constitution of Valentinian addressed to Olybrius, then prefect of Rome, for the regulation of the conduct of advocates. George Long. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apostolic constitutions. See under Apostolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. constitutionnel. ] 1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis. [ 1913 Webster ]

The anient constitutional traditions of the state. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Constitutional law, law that relates to the constitution, as a permanent system of political and juridical government, as distinguished from statutory and common law, which relate to matters subordinate to such constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherence to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ties /plu>. [ Cf. F. constitutionalité. ] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing would indue them to acknowledge that [ such ] an assembly . . . was constitutionally a Parliament. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to the constitution of the country. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a constitutive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See Statute. ] 1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ]

In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor. [ 1913 Webster ]

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. Heb. xi. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To forsake or destitute a plantation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Destituted of all honor and livings. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To disappoint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When his expectation is destituted. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In destitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Destitution. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. destitutio a forsaking. ] The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.

p. a. [ L. institutus, p. p. of instituere to place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in + statuere to cause to stand, to set. See Statute. ] Established; organized; founded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Instituted p. pr. & vb. n. Instituting. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government. Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To nominate; to appoint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We institute your Grace
To be our regent in these parts of France. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

And haply institute
A course of learning and ingenious studies. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Eccl. Law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. institutum: cf. F. institut. See Institute, v. t. & a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of instituting; institution. [ Obs. ] “Water sanctified by Christ's institute.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the Stoics' institutes thy own. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; The Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Scots Law) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Institutes of medicine, theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An institutor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. institutio: cf. F. institution. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. [ 1913 Webster ]

The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker.

(b) Instruction; education. [ Obs. ] Bentley. (c) (Eccl. Law) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which instituted or established; as: (a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nature of our people,
Our city's institutions. Shak.

(b) An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution. (c) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or treating of, an institution or institutions; as, institutional legends. [ 1913 Webster ]

Institutional writers as Rousseau. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Instituted by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Elementary; rudimental. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Relating to an institution, or institutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. “Institutive decency.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In conformity with an institution. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. instituteur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who educates; an instructor. [ Obs. ] Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Episcopal Church) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. matutinalis, matutinus: cf. F. matutinal. See Matin. ] Of or pertaining to the morning; early. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Matutinal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Matutinal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To instruct amiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not institutional. Opposite of institutional. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. not committed to an institution; -- op people. Opposite of institutionalized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To constitute or establish beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prostituted p. pr. & vb. n. Prostituting. ] [ L. prostitutus, p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, place. See Statute. ] 1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. “Do not prostitute thy daughter.” Lev. xix. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prostitutus, p. p. ] Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prostituta. ] 1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. [ 1913 Webster ]

No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution. ] 1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. “Mental prostitution.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See Statute. ] To restore to a former state. [ R. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. restitution, L. restitutio. See Restitute, v. ] 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. [ 1913 Webster ]

A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He restitution to the value makes. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. restituteur. ] One who makes restitution. [ R ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. servitus. ] Servitude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]