Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Establish
Es-tab′lish
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Established
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Establishing
.] 1.
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.
2.
To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
By the consent of all, we were
The people’s magistrates.
established
The people’s magistrates.
Shakespeare
Now, O king,
establish
the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8.
3.
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.
4.
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.
5.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Establish
ESTAB'LISH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To set and fix firmly or unalterably; to settle permanently.I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant. Gen.17.
2.
To found permanently; to erect and fix or settle; as, to establish a colony or an empire.3.
To enact or decree by authority and for permanence; to ordain; to appoint; as, to establish laws, regulations, institutions, rules, ordinances, &c.4.
To settle or fix; to confirm; as, to establish a person, society or corporation, in possessions or privileges.5.
To make firm; to confirm; to ratify what has been previously set or made.Do we then make void the law through faith?
God forbid; yea, we establish the law. Rom.3.
6.
To settle or fix what is wavering, doubtful or weak; to confirm.So were the churches established in the faith. Acts.16.
To the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in
holiness. l Thess.3.
7.
To confirm; to fulfill; to make good.Establish thy word to thy servant. Ps.119.8. To set up in the place of another and confirm.
Who go about to establish their own righteousness. Rom.10.
Definition 2024
establish
establish
English
Verb
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, Bible (KJV):, 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.
- 1611, Bible (KJV):, Genesis 6:18
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- 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 establish a fact; to demonstrate.
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
To make stable or firm; to confirm
|
|
To form; to set up in business
|
To found; to institute
|
|
To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate
|
|