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in⋅stall

  [in-stawl]
Use reinstall in a Sentence
–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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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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