Part 5917

<i>Addison.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.</syn>

<h1>Instable</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*sta"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>instabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>instable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Stable</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Unstable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.</def>

<h1>Instableness</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*sta"ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Instability; unstableness.</def>

<h1>Install</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Installed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Installing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>installer</ets>, LL. <ets>installare</ets>, fr. pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + OHG. <ets>stal</ets> a place, stall, G. <ets>stall</ets>, akin to E. <ets>stall</ets>: cf. It. <ets>installare</ets>. See <er>Stall</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>instal</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>installed</b> her guest hospitably by the fireside. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; <as>as, to <ex>install</ex> an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to <ex>install</ex> a college president.</as></def>

<blockquote>Unworthily Thou wast <b>installed</b> in that high degree. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Installation</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In`stal*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>installation</ets>, LL. <ets>installatio</ets>: cf. It. <ets>installazione</ets>. See <er>Install</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; <as>as, the <ex>installation</ex> of an ordained minister in a parish</as>.</def>

<blockquote>On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his <b>installation</b>. <i>Ayliffe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.</def>

<h1>Installment</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stall"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>instalment</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of installing; installation.</def>

<blockquote>Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their <b>installment</b>, to do impartial justice by law. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The seat in which one is placed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair <b>installment</b>, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by <i>installment</i> is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Instamp</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stamp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Enstamp</er>.</def>

<h1>Instance</h1> <Xpage=771>