1. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; - Example: "After the second episode, she had to be committed" - Example: "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
institutionalise
v 1: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize,
institutionalise, send, charge]