installing

in·stall also in·stal  (n-stôl)

tr.v. in·stalled, in·stall·ing, in·stalls also in·stals

1. To connect or set in position and prepare for use: installed the new furnace; installed software on my computer.

2. To induct into an office, rank, or position: a ceremony to install the new governor.

3. To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish: installed myself in the spare room.

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[Middle English installen, to place in office, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin nstallre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + stallum, stall, place; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·staller n.

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Noun

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installing - the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" installation, instalment, installment commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"