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/ɪnstˈɔlɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Install v. t. (past & past part. installed; pres. part. installing) (Written also instal)

To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place. "She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside."

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."

noun

installing n.

The act of installing something (as equipment).

Synonyms: installation, setting up.

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Etymology of 'Installing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Installing" Quotes from Famous Books

... Federal officers were said to have received, had decided that rebellion existed in the Territory of Utah. He had appointed a successor to Brigham Young as governor, so the report ran, and ordered an army to march to Salt Lake City for the alleged purpose of installing ...

— The Lions of the Lord - A Tale of the Old West • Harry Leon Wilson

... blame," said Tom in a low voice. "It is one of the accidents that could not be foreseen. If there is any blame it attaches to me for not installing the gyroscope rudder. If we had had that when we were caught in the cross current, or the whirlpool swirl, our equilibrium would have been ...

— Tom Swift and his Undersea Search - or, The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic • Victor Appleton

... make progress: for one thing, I recall that he put in hot soda with whipped cream, which helped a lot to hold the trade regained in the summer from Sothern and Lee. And he bought a new soda fountain, a very magnificent affair, installing it in the early spring. Graham and Duncan's, in short, became a town institution: to ...

— The Fortune Hunter • Louis Joseph Vance

... seemed impossible to Bucks looked more hopeful after Bob had smiled again. Dancing was busy installing the new telegraph outfit. While this was going on, Scott saddled the horses and, when he and Dave Hawk had mounted, the two rode rapidly down the emigrant trail toward Bitter Creek. The train was held until Dancing could get the instruments working again; then, at Hawk's request, it was sent ...

— The Mountain Divide • Frank H. Spearman

... hailed the inventor, "these are two very bright young chaps, with some experience, that I've engaged to help us out with installing ...

— The Submarine Boys on Duty - Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat • Victor G. Durham

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