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Meaning of establish

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  establish
      v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn:
           {establish}, {set up}, {found}, {launch}] [ant: {abolish},
           {get rid of}]
      2: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
         department" [syn: {establish}, {found}, {plant},
         {constitute}, {institute}]
      3: establish the validity of something, as by an example,
         explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the
         instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
         validity of the conjecture" [syn: {prove}, {demonstrate},
         {establish}, {show}, {shew}] [ant: {confute}, {disprove}]
      4: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: {lay down},
         {establish}, {make}]
      5: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
         [syn: {establish}, {give}]
      6: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn:
         {install}, {instal}, {set up}, {establish}]
      7: build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
         [syn: {build}, {establish}]
      8: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
         observation" [syn: {establish}, {base}, {ground}, {found}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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