enstall
enstall is the obsolete spelling of install.
Meaning of install
Verb
install (third-person singular simple present installs, present participle installing, simple past and past participle installed)
- To connect, set up or prepare something for use
- 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."2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30
- To transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and put it in a state where it is ready to be run when needed, usually decompressing it if necessary and performing any necessary pre-first-run configuration.
- I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
- To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
- He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
- To establish or settle in.
- I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
Forms of enstall
| third-person singular present | enstalls |
|---|---|
| present participle | enstalling |
| past participle | enstalled |
| past | enstalled |
Questions about enstall
- What is enstall the obsolete spelling of?
- Enstall is the obsolete spelling of install.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: enstall (page history and authors); install (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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