Sentence:  Between the first meeting of Clerfayt and Lillian and this dismal denouement , Mr. Remarque has <WSD>laid</WSD> down many pages of junior-philosophical discourse , some demure and rather fetching love-making , pleasant talk about some of the countryside and restaurants of Europe , and a modicum of automobile racing . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  institute, enact, or establish