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Definition of 'instal'

verb

Set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink" [syn: install, instal, put in, set up]

verb

Put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election" [syn: install, instal]

verb

Place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: install, instal, set up, establish]

From: GCIDE

Install \In*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Installed; p. pr. & vb. n. Installing.] [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See Stall.] [Written also instal.] [1913 Webster]
1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place. [1913 Webster]
She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
2. To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president. [1913 Webster]
Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high degree. --Shak. [1913 Webster]