Install

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=stall

CIDE DICTIONARY

Install, v. t. [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See Stall.].

•  To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.  [1913 Webster]

  "She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Unworthily
  Thou wast installed in that high degree."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Install, v.tr. (also instal) (installed, installing)
1 place (equipment, machinery, etc.) in position ready for use.
2 place (a person) in an office or rank with ceremony (installed in the office of chancellor).
3 establish (oneself, a person, etc.) in a place, condition, etc. (installed herself at the head of the table).

Derivative

installant adj. & n. installer n.

Etymology

med.L installare (as IN-(2), stallare f. stallum STALL(1))

THESAURUS

Install

allocate, anoint, assign, base, bring up, broach, build, build in, chair, christen, collocate, connect, constitute, crown, deploy, dispose, effect, effectuate, emplace, enlist, enroll, enthrone, establish, fit, fix, float, form, found, get a fix, ground, home in on, inaugurate, incept, induct, initiate, instate, institute, introduce, invest, launch, lay the foundation, lift up, localize, locate, materialize, navigate, ordain, organize, pin down, pinpoint, pitch, place, place in office, plant, position, put, put in, put in place, put up, raise, realize, ring in, seat, set, set agoing, set on foot, set up, settle, sign on, sign up, situate, spot, start going, start up, throne, triangulate, turn on, usher in, vest, zero in on

ROGET THESAURUS

Install

Commission

VB commission, delegate, depute, consign, assign, charge, intrust, entrust, commit, commit to the hands of, authorize, put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain, install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown, enroll, enlist, give power of attorney to, employ, empower, set over, place over, send out, be commissioned, be accredited, represent, stand for, stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

Celebration

VB celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter, pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob, inaugurate, install, chair, rejoice, kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.