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Webster 1913 Edition

(stăb′lĭsh)

Verb.

[Aphetic form of

establish

To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix.

[Obs.]

2 Sam. vii. 13.

Verb.

[L. See Stab.] To fix; to settle in a state for permanence; to make firm. [In lieu of this, establish is now always used.]