Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Install \In*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Installed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Installing}.] [F. installer, LL. installare, fr.
pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E.
stall: cf. It. installare. See {Stall}.] [Written also
{instal}.]
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.
Source : WordNet®
installing
See {instal}
instal
v 1: set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a
new sink" [syn: {install}, {put in}, {set up}]
2: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: {install},
{set up}, {establish}]
[also: {installing}, {installed}]
installing
n : the act of installing something (as equipment); "the
telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: {installation},
{installment}, {instalment}]