es·tab·lish  /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

verb

1. set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

synset: establish, set_up, found, launch

antonym: abolish, get_rid_of

2. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

synset: 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"

synset: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew

antonym: disprove, confute

4. institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

synset: lay_down, establish, make

5. bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

synset: establish, give

6. place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

synset: install, instal, set_up, establish

7. build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

synset: build, establish

8. use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

synset: establish, base, ground, found

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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