In-stall', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. INSTALLED; p. pr. & vb. n. INSTALLING.] [Fr. installer, Sp. instalar, It. & L. Lat. installare, from in and O. H. Ger. stal, a place, Eng. stall, q. v.] [Written also instal.]
Sense 1. To set in a seat; to give a place to.
She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. W. Scott.
Sense 2. To instate in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; as, to install an ordained minister in a parish.
Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high office. Shak.