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  • 41establish — This word occurs frequently in the Constitution of the United States, and it is there used in different meanings: (1) To settle firmly, to fix unalterably; as to establish justice, which is the avowed object of the Constitution. (2) To make or… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 42establish — This word occurs frequently in the Constitution of the United States, and it is there used in different meanings: (1) To settle firmly, to fix unalterably; as to establish justice, which is the avowed object of the Constitution. (2) To make or… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43establish — 01. Her grandfather [established] his own law firm in 1922. 02. The [establishment] of a U.N. peacekeeping force was supposed to reduce the number of conflicts internationally. 03. The English Language Program at the University of Victoria was… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 44establish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English establissen, from Anglo French establiss , stem of establir, from Latin stabilire, from stabilis stable Date: 14th century 1. to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement 2. obsolete… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45establish — v. 1) (d; refl., tr.) to establish as (the press established him as the leading contender) 2) (L) the police established that she was innocent * * * [ɪ stæblɪʃ] (L) the police established that she was innocent (d; refl., tr.) to establish as (the …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 46establish — To originate, to create; to found and set up; to put or fix on a firm basis; to put in a settled or efficient state or condition. State, ex rel. Bragg v Rogers, 107 Ala 444, 19 So 909. As used in an instruction requiring a party to clearly… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 47establish — verb /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ a) To make stable or firm; to confirm. 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. b) To form; to set up in business …

    Wiktionary

  • 48establish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. confirm, fix, settle, secure, set, stabilize; sustain, install, root, ensconce; appoint, enact, ordain; found, institute, constitute, create, organize, build, set up; verify, prove, substantiate;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 49establish — [14] Etymologically, to establish something is to ‘make it firm’. The word comes via Old French establir from Latin stabilīre, a derivative of stabilis ‘firm, secure’ (source of English stable and related to English stand). English originally… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 50establish — verb 1) they established an office in Moscow Syn: set up, start, initiate, institute, form, found, create, inaugurate; build, construct, install 2) evidence to establish his guilt Syn …

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