to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there
to settle
to confirm.
(a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.
to enact
to ordain.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
established
(imp. &
p. p.) of Establish
establisher
(n.) One who establishes.
establishing
(p. pr. &
vb. n.) of Establish
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establishment
(n.) The act of establishing
a ratifying or ordaining
settlement
confirmation.
(n.) The state of being established, founded, and the like
fixed state.
(n.) That which is established
as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical
especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power
as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business
residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.
with which one is fitted out
also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures
that which serves for the carrying on of a business