institutionalise

Definition of Institutionalise in English :

cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Example Sentences:
'After the second episode, she had to be committed'
'he was committed to prison'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Institutionalise

verb

1. (tr; often passive)

to subject to the deleterious effects of confinement in an institution

a patient who was institutionalized into boredom and apathy

2. (transitive)

to place in an institution

3.

to make or become an institution

verb transitiveWord forms: ˌinstiˈtutionalˌized or ˌinstiˈtutionalˌizing

1.

to make into or consider as an institution

2.

to place in an institution, as for treatment or detention