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es·tab·lish

[ih-stab-lish]
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.
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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.
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English establissen < Middle French establiss-, extended stem of establir < Latin stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable2

es·tab·lish·a·ble, adjective
es·tab·lish·er, noun
qua·si-es·tab·lished, adjective
re·es·tab·lish, verb (used with object)
su·per·es·tab·lish, verb (used with object)
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un·es·tab·lish·a·ble, adjective
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1. form, organize. See fix. 3. verify, substantiate. 6. decree.


1. abolish. 3. disprove.

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Example Sentences
  • Excitement about new products also is driving up the stock prices of some established drug companies.
  • Clydesdale did find students whose narratives fit the culturally established pattern.
  • Having established its authority, it then names local police chiefs.
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Word Origin & History

establish
late 14c., from O.Fr. establiss-, stem of establir, from L. stabilire "make stable," from stabilis "stable" (see stable (2)). Related: Established; establishing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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