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  1. transitive verb To set up; found. See Synonyms at found1.
  2. transitive verb To bring about; generate: establish goodwill in the neighborhood.
  3. transitive verb To place or settle in a secure position or condition; install: They established me in my own business.
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  • We must make a massive effort to save the countryside and to establish -- as a green legacy for tomorrow -- more large and small parks, more seashores and open spaces than have been created during any other period in our national history. —  Democratic Central - Front Page
  • Formulate, establish, and publish civil defense doctrine. —  IMRA Middle East News Updates
  • That's why you have to take steps -- establish procedures, run training seminars, whatever it takes -- to make sure both sales and marketing are strategically aligned. —  Forbes.com: News
  • Our authors 'leading positions secure them access to interview key executives and to establish which issues will be of greatest strategic significance for the industry. —  Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
  • The Zitter Group (TZG) is the leading developer of strategic solutions for managed markets that secure, establish, and maintain essential links between brand goals and the economic needs of business decision-makers. —  Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
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  1. Middle English establishen, from Old French establir, establiss-, from Latin stabilīre, from stabilis, firm; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of certain parts of establir, French établir (cf. Dutch etablisseren = German etabliren = Danish etablere = Swedish etablera) = Provencal establir, stablir = Spanish establecer = Portuguese estabelecer = Italian stabilire, establish, from Latin stabilire, make stable, from stabilis, stable: see stable. Hence, by apheresis, stablish, q. v.
 

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/ɛsˈtæblɪʃ/
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