Establish - Definition
establish
v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn:
establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish,
get rid of]
2: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
department" [syn: establish, found, plant,
constitute, institute]
3: 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" [syn: prove, demonstrate,
establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove]
4: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down,
establish, make]
5: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
[syn: establish, give]
6: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn:
install, instal, set up, establish]
7: build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
[syn: build, establish]
8: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]