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}.]
   
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   1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a
      place.
      
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            She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
      
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   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.
      
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            Unworthily
            Thou wast installed in that high degree. --Shak.
      
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