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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}.]
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1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a
place.
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She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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Unworthily
Thou wast installed in that high degree. --Shak.
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