01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Established; p. pr. & vb. n.
Establishing
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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.“So were the churches established in the faith.” — Acts xvi. 5.“The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down.” — Burke.“Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control.” — Bancroft.
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To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.“By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates.” — Shak.“Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed.” — Dan. vi. 8.
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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.“He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited.” — Is. xlv. 18.“Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!” — Hab. ii. 12.
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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.“At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.” — Deut. xix. 15.
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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.