Establish
[ɪ'stæblɪʃ;e-] or [ɪˈstæblɪʃ]
Definition
(verb.) use as a basis for; found on; 'base a claim on some observation'.
(verb.) set up or lay the groundwork for; 'establish a new department'.
(verb.) bring about; 'The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth'.
(verb.) set up or found; 'She set up a literacy program'.
Editor: Olivia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(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.
Edited by Julius
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Fix, settle, plant, found, institute, constitute, organize, form.[2]. Confirm, ratify, sanction, approve.[3]. Prove, substantiate, verify, make good.
Inputed by Brice
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove,substantiate
ANT:Suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute_upset,subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise
Typed by Amalia
Definition
v.t. to settle or fix: to confirm: to prove a point: to ordain: to found: to set up in business: to institute by law as the recognised state church and to support officially and financially.—p.adj. Estab′lished fixed: ratified: instituted by law and supported by the state.—ns. Estab′lisher; Estab′lishment act of establishing: fixed state: that which is established: a permanent civil or military force: one's residence and style of living: the church established by law.—adj. Establishmentār′ian maintaining the principle of the established church.—n. one who maintains this principle.
Edited by Blair
Examples
- We cannot establish a hierarchy of values among studies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I shall go to Paris in my own carriage, and establish myself in my own lodgings, said I; and to this proposition Meyler was obliged to agree. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Shame seemed to hold him back; yet he evidently wished to establish a renewal of confidence and affection. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Professors Kirchhoff and Bunsen map Solar Spectrum, and establish Spectrum Analysis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Certainly, if years of residence may establish a claim to so--ha--honourable a title, I may accept the--hum--conferred distinction. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was some time before they could establish their identity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was plenty of leisure on the two daily runs, even for an industrious boy, and thus he found time to transfer his laboratory from the cellar and re-establish it on the train. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- First, This equality can take place only in those employments which are well known, and have been long established in the neighbourhood. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In order to answer this question, let us recollect what we have already established concerning the origin of government and political society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But Mr. Carstone is for the time being established in Kenge's room, whereat Mr. Guppy chafes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So paradoxical and inoperative did this seem at first that it was met with incredulity, and not until repeated demonstrations established the fact was it accepted as an operative device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The constitution which this act established, was allowed to subsist for about two-and-twenty years, but was abolished by the 10th of queen Anne, ch. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- An Alexandrian astronomer (Sosigenes) assisted in establishing the new (Julian) calendar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- One was to erect a new order of jurisdiction, by establishing magistrates and a town-council in every considerable town of his demesnes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was a curious example of establishing standard practice while changing with kaleidoscopic rapidity all the elements involved. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Peace being concluded, and the association business therefore at an end, I turned my thoughts again to the affair of establishing an academy. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We may apply the results of our discussion to a consideration of the criteria involved in a correct establishing of aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This establishes an order of preference, a greater and less, better and worse. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Public successful use is the fact in many cases which alone establishes the title of an inventor, when all other tests fail. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Government makes a distinction of property, and establishes the different ranks of men. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It establishes a purified medium of action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Any object of higher density, such as a ring upon the finger, clearly establishes its shadow by virtue of its greater density. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then it establishes a progressive order, using the factors first acquired as means of gaining insight into what is more complicated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Maxine