Establish \Es*tab"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Established}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Establishing}.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. ['e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See {Stable}, a., {-ish}, and cf. {Stablish}.] 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 established The people's magistrates. --Shak.
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.
By attempting to reconcile some of these bitter enemies, Mr. Gorbachev is seeking to establish himself as the unlikely heir to Henry Kissinger and Anwar Sadat as the region's preeminent deal maker.
Soviet and Swiss authorities have agreed to establish a joint-venture management school and research center in Kiev, it was announced Monday.
She hopes to establish Sisters of Charity missions in Maputo, the capital, and the northern province of Nampula, AIM reported.
"Without the help of the West, we cannot establish a successful market system," Shatalin said.
"If the Merc closes down at night and allows Tokyo and London to establish markets in its commodities, it might decline faster," said Paul Tattersall, executive vice president for Globex, which intends to start by next summer.
About $1.1 million will be used to reimburse the state attorney general for legal costs, and the remainder will be used to establish a nonprofit corporation to train state employees on insurance regulation and oversight.
An agreement signed in September will establish a visiting professorship in Soviet law, with a several Soviet legal scholars occupying a chairman post, Emory President James T. Laney announced Thursday.
They also said April may still have been influenced by the ending of the Persian Gulf War about a month earlier and that a single month's figures aren't enough to establish a trend.
The representatives agreed to seek the release of all hostages by March 1 and to establish permanent relations between the Azerbaijani Popular Front and the Armenian National Movement.
The amoral Mrs. Begbick and her band of law-breaking opportunists establish Mahoganny, a town of fantasy where they plan to bilk the bored but well-heeled.
Conservative Party headquarters mailed a fund-raising letter to supporters, warning that the New Democrats, if elected, would establish a "Soviet style" government.
In addition, cable-TV executives said the transaction being discussed would also establish a new entertainment network on cable that the two companies would operate jointly.
It also calls for quick implementation of the provisions of the U.N. Security Council's cease-fire resolution, particularly establishment of an independent inquiry to establish which side started the war.
"What I think is necessary is the top of this government, Mr. Bush's organization, ought to establish not in general terms like we're going to go to Mars, but what's the purpose of NASA.
Now the FDA has invoked essentially the same procedure that would be used to establish the safety of a new product, but has no standing to remove breast implants from the market in the absence of clear evidence that they are a definite health risk.
Further, the city or state cannot establish quotas or goals.
'There is a golden opportunity to establish brands and strong market franchises from scratch.' But what are the chances of the gamble paying off?
The amendment would establish a pilot casino project in Lorain that would run for five years, said Anthony Giardini, a lawyer and secretary of the committee.
The judge said they have to "establish their rights" to her before a decision can be made on parentage.
In turn this gave renewed impetus to the efforts of Mr Gonzalez' Banking Committee to establish the truth. The call for management changes at BNL also focused attention on the issue of BNL's under capitalisation.
It would establish an "algae abatement district," similar to mosquito abatement districts, water districts and fire districts.
The mujahedeen, based mainly in neighboring Pakistan, want to establish an Islamic republic of Afghanistan.
The secretary's goal is to eliminate some layers in the military's top management and establish "a clear chain of command" in the arms procurement process, said one Defense Department official familiar with Cheney's thinking.
Officials at the $26 million African tropical forest exhibit said they wanted to establish that the zoo's gorillas would be unable to reach the peak of the cliffs and thereby gain access to the public area of the innovative animal display.
Mr. Gorbachev's economic reforms attempt to establish "another socialist model," but I do not believe in the workability of any socialist economy.
MTV, the cable TV music channel which helped establish the area as a spring break mecca, is returning.
"The notion of a smaller world tells us that as we look to international trade we have a community of representatives who can work in Central and South America and help establish linkages to those countries," he says.
The stock market yesterday found it difficult to establish a sense of direction after Tuesday's rally, as prices moved higher and then lower before closing mixed in moderate trading.
Sears was one of the first U.S. companies to establish a profit-sharing plan for employees, in 1916.
Both Mr Berlusconi and the union leaders said it was important first to establish the principles of how the system was to be reformed, and then discuss the nature of the cuts. This represents an important change in the government's approach.