establish
verb
[ ɪˈstablɪʃ ]
• set up on a firm or permanent basis.
• "the scheme was established in 1975"
Similar:
set up,
start,
begin,
get going,
put in place,
initiate,
institute,
form,
found,
create,
bring into being,
inaugurate,
organize,
lay the foundations of,
build,
construct,
install,
plant,
• achieve permanent acceptance or recognition for.
• "the principle of the supremacy of national parliaments needs to be firmly established"
• show (something) to be true or certain by determining the facts.
• "the police established that the two passports were forgeries"
Similar:
prove,
demonstrate,
show,
show to be true,
show beyond doubt,
indicate,
signify,
signal,
display,
exhibit,
manifest,
denote,
attest to,
evidence,
determine,
validate,
confirm,
verify,
certify,
ratify,
corroborate,
substantiate,
evince,
bespeak,
constitute evidence of,
constitute proof of,
• ensure that one's remaining cards in (a suit) will be winners (if not trumped) by playing off the high cards in that suit.
• "the right plan would be to establish dummy's diamonds"
Origin:
late Middle English (recorded earlier as stablish ): from Old French establiss-, lengthened stem of establir, from Latin stabilire ‘make firm’, from stabilis (adjective) ‘stable’.
