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INSTALL
install, instal, put in, set up
(verb) set up for use; “install the washer and dryer”; “We put in a new sink”
install, instal, set up, establish
(verb) place; “Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”
install, instal
(verb) put into an office or a position; “the new president was installed immediately after the election”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
install (third-person singular simple present installs, present participle installing, simple past and past participle installed)
(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use.
(transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
(transitive) To establish or settle in.
Antonyms
• uninstall
Noun
install (plural installs)
(computing) Installer. A software utility that installs an application.
(informal) An installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.)
Anagrams
• Antills
Source: Wiktionary
In*stall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Installed; p. pr. & vb. n. Installing.] Etym: [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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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