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Word entry · 9 letters

establish

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"Set up or prove"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/Part of speech verbSorted abehilsstStarts with EEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. use as a basis for; found on

Word origin

From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

Used in a sentence

  • Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
  • But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
  • to establish a fact to establish a pattern

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