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install

ins·tall

UK/ɪnˈstɔːl/ US/ɪnˈstoːl/ fairly common informal

verb

1.

set up for use

  • “install the washer and dryer”
  • “We put in a new sink”
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2.

put into an office or a position

  • “the new president was installed immediately after the election”
3.

place

  • “Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”
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Origin

From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at in, stall.

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