install

Install is defined as to formally place someone in an office or position, or to put something in position or set it up.

(verb)

An example of install is to have a ceremony to officially recognize new members of a Girl Scout troop.
An example of install is to put a new sprinkler system in the yard.

See install in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to place in an office, rank, etc., with formality or ceremony
to establish in a place or condition; settle: to install oneself in a deck chair
to fix in position for use: to install new fixtures

Origin: ML(Ec) installare < in-, in + stallum < OHG stal, a place, seat, stall

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See install in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also in·stal

transitive verb in·stalled, in·stall·ing, in·stalls also in·stals

To connect or set in position and prepare for use: installed the new furnace; installed software on my computer.
To induct into an office, rank, or position: a ceremony to install the new governor.
To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish: installed myself in the spare room.

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Origin: Middle English installen, to place in office

Origin: , from Old French installer

Origin: , from Medieval Latin īnstallāre

Origin: : Latin in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + stallum, stall, place; see stel- in Indo-European roots

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