tr.v. in·stalled, in·stall·ing, in·stalls also in·stals 1. To connect or set in position and prepare for use: installed the new furnace; installed software on my computer. 2. To induct into an office, rank, or position: a ceremony to install the new governor. 3. To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish: installed myself in the spare room. [Middle English installen, to place in office, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallāre : Latin in-, in; see IN-2 + stallum, stall, place; see stel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] in·staller n. |
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