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establish v. [
set up, found, launch] set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
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establish v. [
found, plant, constitute, institute] set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
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establish v. [
prove, demonstrate, show, shew] 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"
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establish v. [
lay down, make] institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
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establish v. [
give] bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
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