1. (verb) establish, set up, found, launch
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"
2. (verb) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"
3. (verb) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
4. (verb) lay down, establish, make
institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
5. (verb) establish, give
bring about
"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
6. (verb) install, instal, set up, establish
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
7. (verb) build, establish
build or establish something abstract
"build a reputation"
8. (verb) establish, base, ground, found
use as a basis for; found on
"base a claim on some observation"
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