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in⋅stall

  [in-stawl]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
2. to establish in an office, position, or place: to install oneself in new quarters.
3. to induct into an office or the like with ceremonies or formalities.
Also, instal.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML installāre. See in- 2 , stall 1

Related forms:
in⋅stall⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. invest, instate, receive.
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in·stall also in·stal   (ĭn-stôl')   
tr.v.   in·stalled, in·stall·ing, in·stalls also in·stals

  1. To connect or set in position and prepare for use: installed the new furnace; installed software on my computer.

  2. To induct into an office, rank, or position: a ceremony to install the new governor.

  3. To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish: installed myself in the spare room.


[Middle English installen, to place in office, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + stallum, stall, place; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
in·stall'er n.
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Word Origin & History

install 
1548, "place in (ecclesiastical) office by seating in an official stall," from M.L. installare, from L. in- "in" + M.L. stallum "stall," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. stal "standing place;" see stall (1)). Installation "act of setting up" (machinery, etc.) is first recorded 1882.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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