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Establish

//ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make stable or firm; to confirm. transitive

    "Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on)."

  2. 2
    use as a basis for; found on wordnet
  3. 3
    To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business. transitive

    "But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee."

  4. 4
    establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment wordnet
  5. 5
    To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain. transitive

    "By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect."

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  1. 6
    institute, enact, or establish wordnet
  2. 7
    To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate. transitive

    "to establish a fact   to establish a pattern"

  3. 8
    place wordnet
  4. 9
    set up or lay the groundwork for wordnet
  5. 10
    bring about wordnet
  6. 11
    build or establish something abstract wordnet
  7. 12
    set up or found wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

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