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established - 2 dictionary results

es⋅tab⋅lish

  [i-stab-lish]
Use established in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
2. to install or settle in a position, place, business, etc.: to establish one's child in business.
3. to show to be valid or true; prove: to establish the facts of the matter.
4. to cause to be accepted or recognized: to establish a custom; She established herself as a leading surgeon.
5. to bring about permanently: to establish order.
6. to enact, appoint, or ordain for permanence, as a law; fix unalterably.
7. to make (a church) a national or state institution.
8. Cards. to obtain control of (a suit) so that one can win all the subsequent tricks in it.
Origin:
1325–75; ME establissen < MF establiss-, extended s. of establir < L stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable 2

Related forms:
es⋅tab⋅lish⋅a⋅ble, adjective
es⋅tab⋅lish⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. form, organize. See fix. 3. verify, substantiate. 6. decree.

Antonyms:
1. abolish. 3. disprove.
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es·tab·lish   (ĭ-stāb'lĭsh)   
tr.v.   es·tab·lished, es·tab·lish·ing, es·tab·lish·es
    1. To set up; found. See Synonyms at found1.
    2. To bring about; generate: establish goodwill in the neighborhood.
    3. To place or settle in a secure position or condition; install: They established me in my own business.
    4. To make firm or secure.
    1. To place or settle in a secure position or condition; install: They established me in my own business.
    2. To make firm or secure.
  3. To cause to be recognized and accepted: a discovery that established his reputation.
  4. To introduce and put (a law, for example) into force.
  5. To prove the validity or truth of: The defense attorneys established the innocence of the accused.
  6. To make a state institution of (a church).

[Middle English establishen, from Old French establir, establiss-, from Latin stabilīre, from stabilis, firm; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
es·tab'lish·er n.
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