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Definitions for: Install [v] set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
[v] place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
[v] put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]
1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a
place.
She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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.
Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high degree.
--Shak.
Synonyms: establish, instal, put in, set up
See Also: enthrone, induct, invest, lay, place, pose, position, post, put, put up, reinstall, retrofit, seat, set, vest
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