verb (used with object), in·stat·ed, in·stat·ing.
- to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Obsolete. to endow with something.
verb
- (tr) to place in a position or office; install
“to put someone in a certain state or condition,” c.1600, from in + state (n.1). Related: Instated; instating.