reestablish
Use Reestablish in a sentence
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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establish (ɪˈstæblɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
At the last moment, the anesthesiologist managed to slip a tube through the vocal cords and reestablish oxygen flow to the heart.
They need to rebuild from the bottom up and reestablish themselves.
The nonprofit has been leading the effort to reestablish the trees.
Only in the longer term, when the crisis had subsided, could they drain the credit and reestablish macroeconomic balance.
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