Meaning
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- To connect, set up or prepare something for use
- To connect, set up or prepare something for use
- To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
- To establish or settle in.
Synonyms
mount on
endowed with
provide for
rig up
move into place
put into place
get someone’s agreement
live under
be enshrined
respectfully engage
plant erect
fitting-on
erection work
fit on
Frequency
Hyphenated as
in‧stall
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈstɔːl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at in, stall.
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