establish

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

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