# establish
## English
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: es‧tab‧lish

### Verb

establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)
* (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
** 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
* (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:18:But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
* (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
** 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
* (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
    to establish a fact   to establish a pattern

#### Derived terms

* disestablish
* establishable
* established church
* establisher
* establishing shot
* establishment
* long-established
* preestablish
* re-establish
* reestablish
* unestablish

#### Related terms

* stable

#### Translations

Armenian: հիմնադրել (hy) (himnadrel)
Asturian: establecer
Bulgarian: основавам (bg) (osnovavam)
Catalan: establir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 建立 (zh) (jiànlì), 創辦 / 创办 (zh) (chuàngbàn)
Dutch: oprichten (nl)
Egyptian: (grg)
Esperanto: establi
Finnish: perustaa (fi)
French: établir (fr)
Galician: establecer (gl)
Georgian: დაარსება (daarseba), დაფუძნება (dapuʒneba)
German: eröffnen (de), gründen (de), niederlassen (de)
Hungarian: alapít (hu)
Irish: cuir ar bun
Italian: fondare (it), istituire (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دامەزراندن (damezrandin), پێکھێنان (pêkhênan)
Northern Kurdish: damezrandin (ku), ava kirin (ku)
Latin: sistō (la)
Malayalam: സ്ഥാപിക്കുക (ml) (sthāpikkuka)
Maori: whakaū, whakakaupapa
Norwegian: etablere
Old English: aræran, asettan, astellan, befæstan, fæstan, gegrundweallian, gemægenian, gestaþolfæstian, onstellan, ræran, stalian, staþolfæstnian, staþolian
Oromo: hundeessuu
Persian: بنیان کردن, تأسیس کردن, بنا نهادن
Polish: założyć (pl), ustanowić (pl)
Portuguese: estabelecer (pt), fundar (pt)
Russian: осно́вывать (ru) impf (osnóvyvatʹ), основа́ть (ru) pf (osnovátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: stèidhich
Spanish: establecer (es), instaurar (es), condir (disused)
Swedish: grunda (sv), etablera (sv)
Tocharian B: pyutk-
Turkish: yapmak (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐𐎊 (qny)
Ukrainian: засно́вувати (zasnóvuvaty), заснува́ти pf (zasnuváty)
Walloon: mete so pî (wa)
Yiddish: אַוועקשטעלן (avekshteln)
Zazaki: saz kerden :
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### References

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “establish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “establish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.