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in⋅stal

   [in-stawl]
–verb (used with object), -stalled, -stal⋅ling.
install.
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in·stall also in·stal     (ĭn-stôl')  Pronunciation Key 
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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