Established

[ih-stab-lish] /ɪˈstæb lɪʃ/

verb (used with object)
1.
to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis:
to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
2.
to install or settle in a position, place, business, etc.:
to establish one’s child in business.
3.
to show to be valid or true; prove:
to establish the facts of the matter.
4.
to cause to be accepted or recognized:
to establish a custom; She established herself as a leading surgeon.
5.
to bring about permanently:
to establish order.
6.
to enact, appoint, or ordain for permanence, as a law; fix unalterably.
7.
to make (a church) a national or state institution.
8.
Cards. to obtain control of (a suit) so that one can win all the subsequent tricks in it.
/ɪˈstæblɪʃ/
verb (usually transitive)
1.
to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc: to establish one’s usefulness, to establish a house
2.
to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis: to establish a company
3.
to prove correct or free from doubt; validate: to establish a fact
4.
to cause (a principle, theory, etc) to be widely or permanently accepted: to establish a precedent
5.
to give (a Church) the status of a national institution
6.
(of a person) to become recognized and accepted: he established himself as a reliable GP
7.
(in works of imagination) to cause (a character, place, etc) to be credible and recognized: the first scene established the period
8.
(cards) to make winners of (the remaining cards of a suit) by forcing out opponents’ top cards
9.
(also intransitive) (botany)

v.

late 14c., from Old French establiss-, present participle stem of establir (12c., Modern French établir) “cause to stand still, establish, stipulate, set up, erect, build,” from Latin stabilire “make stable,” from stabilis “stable” (see stable (adj.)).

For initial e-, see especial. Related: Established; establishing. An established church or religion is one sanctioned by the state.