establish
[is'tæbliʃ]
vt. 建, 确, 制

vi. 移植

1. Our company was established in 1994.
   司1994。
2. His second novel established his fame as a writer.
   确。
3. Establish decoration dev schedule.
   制烫印。

establish
[ verb ]

1. set up or found

<verb.social> found launch set up
She set up a literacy program

2. set up or lay the groundwork for

<verb.creation> constitute found institute plant
establish a new department

3. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

<verb.cognition> demonstrate prove shew show
The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture

4. institute, enact, or establish

<verb.cognition> lay down make
make laws

5. bring about

<verb.creation> give
The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth

6. place

<verb.contact> instal install set up
Her manager had set her up at the Ritz

7. build or establish something abstract

<verb.creation> build
build a reputation

8. use as a basis for; found on

<verb.cognition> base found ground
base a claim on some observation

Establish \Es*tab"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Established}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Establishing}.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir,
F. ['e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady,
stable. See {Stable}, a., {-ish}, and cf. {Stablish}.]
1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set
(a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle;
to confirm.

So were the churches established in the faith.
--Acts xvi. 5.

The best established tempers can scarcely forbear
being borne down. --Burke.

Confidence which must precede union could be
established only by consummate prudence and
self-control. --Bancroft.

2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers,
laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

By the consent of all, we were established
The people's magistrates. --Shak.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the
writing, that it be not changed. --Dan. vi. 8.

3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to
found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a
colony, a state, or other institutions.

He hath established it [the earth], he created it
not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. --Is.
xlv. 18.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and
establisheth a city by iniquity! --Hab. ii. 12.

4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and
cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact,
usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.

At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of
three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
--Deut. xix.
15.

5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed
condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself
in a place; the enemy established themselves in the
citadel.