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Thesaurus: install

To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

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  1. v. t. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
  2. v. t. 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.
  3. v. set up for use
  4. v. put into an office or a position
  5. 1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place. She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. Sir W. Scott. 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. Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high degree. Shak.
  6. v:100 v. set up for use v. put into an office or a position v. place