English

Etymology
OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. établir, from L. stabilire, from stabilis firm, steady, stable.

Pronunciation
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Verb
en-verb|establish|es

1. transitive To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. transitive To form; to set up in business.
3. transitive To found; to institute.
4. transitive To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
5. transitive To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Synonyms
stable

Translations
trans-top|To make stable or firm; to confirm
Finnish: vakiinnuttaa, vahvistaa
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Russian: ���анавлива�� (ustanávlivat�) impf, ���анови�� (ustanovít�) pf
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trans-top|To form; to set up in business
Finnish: perustaa
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Kurdish: KUchar|دا���زرا�د�, KUchar|پ�ک���ا�
Russian: ���ежда�� (u�r'eždát') impf, ���еди�� (u�r'edít') pf
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trans-top|To found; to institute
Finnish: perustaa
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Kurdish: KUchar|دا���زرا�د�, KUchar|پ�ک���ا�
Russian: о�нов�ва�� (osnóvyvat') impf, о�нова�� (osnovát') pf
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trans-top|To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain
Finnish: nimittää (officers), vahvistaa (regulation)
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trans-top|To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate
Finnish: osoittaa
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|اسس (�ássasa)
ttbc|Catalan: establir
ttbc|Chinese: 建� (jiànlì)
ttbc|Dutch: vestigen
ttbc|Esperanto: fondi
ttbc|French: établir
ttbc|German: feststellen, aufbauen
ttbc|Italian: stabilire
ttbc|Japanese: 確��� (������, kakuritsu surú)
ttbc|Korean: �립�� (seollip-hada)
ttbc|Polish: za�oży�, utworzy�
ttbc|Portuguese: estabelecer
ttbc|Spanish: establecer
ttbc|Swedish: etablera
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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