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English Dictionary: install by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
install
v
  1. set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
    Synonym(s): install, instal, put in, set up
  2. put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election"
    Synonym(s): install, instal
  3. place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
    Synonym(s): install, instal, set up, establish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]
      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.
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