To begin or initiate (something); to found.
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
To nominate; to appoint.
An organization founded to promote a cause
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution
To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
To scrape as if with a razor.
To demolish; to level to the ground.
A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.