establish
[ɪˈstæblɪʃ]
vb
to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc
to establish a house
to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis
to establish a company
to prove correct or free from doubt; validate
to establish a fact
to cause (a principle, theory, etc) to be widely or permanently accepted
to establish a precedent
to give (a Church) the status of a national institution
(of a person) to become recognized and accepted
he established himself as a reliable GP
(in works of imagination) to cause (a character, place, etc) to be credible and recognized
the first scene established the period
to make winners of (the remaining cards of a suit) by forcing out opponents' top cards
to cause (a plant) to grow or (of a plant) to grow in a new place.to become or cause to become a sapling or adult plant from a seedling
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