'Establish' definitions:

Definition of 'establish'

(from WordNet)
verb
Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish, get rid of]
verb
Set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute]
verb
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove]
verb
Institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down, establish, make]
verb
Bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: establish, give]
verb
Place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: install, instal, set up, establish]
verb
Build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" [syn: build, establish]
verb
Use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]

Definition of 'Establish'

From: GCIDE
  • Establish \Es*tab"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established; p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. ['e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.]
  • 1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm. [1913 Webster]
  • So were the churches established in the faith. --Acts xvi. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain. [1913 Webster]
  • By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. --Dan. vi. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions. [1913 Webster]
  • He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. --Is. xlv. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! --Hab. ii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. --Deut. xix. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'establish'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Establish'