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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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):

institutionalize
    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]