install

1. (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for useExamples: "Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion.""; "Each TBM installs two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install."transitive

2. (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for useExamples: "I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs."transitive

3. (transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.Examples: "He was installed as Chancellor of the University."; "My husband rented a small, comfortable house, and I was installed as its mistress."Synonyms: seattransitive

4. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To establish or settle in.Examples: "I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire."; "At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them."reflexivesometimestransitive