install Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb set up for use
    instal; set up; put in.
    • install the washer and dryer
    • We put in a new sink
  2. verb put into an office or a position
    instal.
    • the new president was installed immediately after the election
  3. verb place
    instal; establish; set up.
    • Her manager had set her up at the Ritz

WordNet

In*stall" transitive verb
Etymology
F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See Stall.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Installed ; present participle & verbal noun Installing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913