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Install

To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

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Manner of action 8

Enthrone 76% connected

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Establish 76% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Induct 76% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Invest 76% connected

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reinstall 76% connected

To install again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vest 76% connected

An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Instalment 74% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Instalment 74% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Establish 92% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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