establish

Pronunciation: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/

The English word “establish” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To make stable or firm; to confirm.
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir (modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

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