establish
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Etymology
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Latin stabilis
Latin stabilīre
Middle English establissen
English establish
Inherited from Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir (modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: ĭ-stăb′lĭsh
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈstɛb.ləʃ/
- (Scotland, also Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈstab.lɪʃ/
- (India) IPA(key): /ɪˈsʈa(ː)b.lɪʃ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æblɪʃ
- Hyphenation: es‧tab‧lish
Verb
[edit]establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:
- Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
- to establish a fact
- to establish a pattern
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to make stable or firm; to confirm — see also instate
tto form; to set up in business — see also instate
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to prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate
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References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “establish”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “establish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
[edit]- “establish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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