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establish
- /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ Australia, Canada, US, UK
- /əˈstɛb.ləʃ/ New Zealand
- /ɪˈstab.lɪʃ/ Scotland
Rhymes with -æblɪʃ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Proto-Italic *staðlis?
Latin stabilis
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin stabilīre
Old French establirbor.
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”).
verb establishes · establishing · established
- To make stable or firm; to confirm. 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).
- To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business. 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.
- To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain. 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.
- To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate. to establish a fact
