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ESTABLISHED
established, naturalized
(adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
established, constituted
(adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; “the established social order”; “distrust the constituted authority”; “a team established as a member of a major league”; “enjoyed his prestige as an established writer”; “an established precedent”; “the established Church”
conventional, established
(adjective) conforming with accepted standards; “a conventional view of the world”
established
(adjective) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; “the established facts in the case”
accomplished, effected, established
(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally; “that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
established
simple past tense and past participle of establish
Adjective
established (comparative more established, superlative most established)
Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
Synonyms
• estd. (abbreviation)
Source: Wiktionary
ESTABLISH
Es*tab"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established; p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] Etym: [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. Ă©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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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