establish

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English establissen, Old French establir, French établir, from Latin stabilire, from stabilis firm, steady, stable.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, SAMPA: /I"st{b.lIS/
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[edit] Verb

to establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)

1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. (transitive) To form; to set up in business.
3. (transitive) To found; to institute.
4. (transitive) To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
5. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1], Genesis 6:18

  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.

[edit] Synonyms

• stable

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• establish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• establish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913