establish
To make stable or firm; to confirm.
Other meanings
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
Synonyms
- set up
- found
- launch
Word history
From Latin "stabilio" (stabiliō, stabilīre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “establish” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.