English verb: institutionalise | |||
| 1. | institutionalise (possession) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | ||
| Samples | After the second episode, she had to be committed. He was committed to prison. | ||
| Synonyms | charge, commit, institutionalize, send | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hospitalise, hospitalize | ||