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Definition of INSTALL

1

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies <installed her as the new principal of the high school>

Synonyms baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, instate, invest, seat

Related Words swear in; consecrate, enshrine; accept, admit, receive, take in; enlist, enroll (also enrol)

Near Antonyms can, discharge, fire, terminate; muster out

2

to establish or place comfortably or snugly <installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon>

Synonyms install, lodge, nestle, perch, roost, settle

Related Words deploy, emplace, fix, locate, park, plant, position, set, situate, station; anchor, bivouac, camp, camp (out); burrow, curl up, dig in; harbor, house