to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis

to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.

to install or settle in a position, place, business, etc.

to establish one's child in business.

to show to be valid or true; prove

to establish the facts of the matter.

to cause to be accepted or recognized

to establish a custom; She established herself as a leading surgeon.

to bring about permanently

to establish order.

to enact, appoint, or ordain for permanence, as a law; fix unalterably.

to make (a church) a national or state institution.

Cards . to obtain control of (a suit) so that one can win all the subsequent tricks in it.

verb

destroy , disestablish , invalidate , ruin , unsettle , confuse , disprove

verb

authorize , base , build , constitute , create , decree , domiciliate , enact , endow , ensconce , entrench , erect , fix , form , found , ground , implant , inaugurate , inculcate , install , institute , land , lay foundation , live , lodge , moor , originate , place , plant , practice , provide , put , ring in , rivet , root , secure , set down , settle , stabilize , start , start ball rolling , station , stick , ascertain , certify , circumstantiate , confirm , corroborate , determine , discover , find out , formulate , learn , legislate , make , make out , predicate , prescribe , prove , ratify , rest , show , stay , substantiate , validate , verify , organize , set up , seat , underpin , promulgate , authenticate , bear out , demonstrate , endorse , evidence , accomplish , appoint , approve , clarify , colonize , document , generate , identify , initiate , instate , ordain , setup , situate