instal

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verb

Dated spelling of install.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

verbinstal (third-person singular simple present instals, present participle installing, simple past and past participle installed)

present singular third person instals · participle present installing · participle past installed · past installed

  1. Dated spelling of install.

    Some years ago, powers to instal escalators were obtained, but the second world war caused the work to be postponed.

    1958 August 28, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 519

Synonyms & antonyms

verbset up for use

verbput into an office or a position

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

instal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instal

MLA

“instal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instal.

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