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lɪʃ 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; Middle English establissen < Middle French establiss-, extended stem of establir < Latin stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable2
1325–75; Middle English establissen < Middle French establiss-, extended stem of establir < Latin stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable2
Related forms
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)
Antonyms
1. abolish. 3. disprove.
1. abolish. 3. disprove.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc: to establish one's usefulness; to establish a house |
| 2. | to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis: to establish a company |
| 3. | to prove correct or free from doubt; validate: to establish a fact |
| 4. | to cause (a principle, theory, etc) to be widely or permanently accepted: to establish a precedent |
| 5. | to give (a Church) the status of a national institution |
| 6. | (of a person) to become recognized and accepted: he established himself as a reliable GP |
| 7. | (in works of imagination) to cause (a character, place, etc) to be credible and recognized: the first scene established the period |
| 8. | cards to make winners of (the remaining cards of a suit) by forcing out opponents' top cards |
| 9. | (also intr) botany |
| a. to cause (a plant) to grow or (of a plant) to grow in a new place: the birch scrub has established over the past 25 years | |
| b. to become or cause to become a sapling or adult plant from a seedling | |
| [C14: from Old French establir, from Latin stabilīre to make firm, from stabilis | |
| es'tablisher | |
| —n | |
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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.
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