establish English · revision 5042

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=la stabilire}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, /esˈtæb.lɪʃ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|establissen]], [[bor|fro|establir|pos=stem establiss-]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|stabilīre|t=to make stable]], from stabilis “firm, stable”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The shorter form [[stablish]] is earlier.^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) It is related to [[stable]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To fix, settle or ordain permanently: about 1374 in the OED, about 1380 in Chaucer's Boethius according to Barnhart, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To set up on a secure basis, to found a government or institution, is from about 1460.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) To install someone securely in a position is from 1557.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) To prove something valid is from the 18th century.^(Hoad 1986) An established church is one sanctioned by the state.^(Etymonline) ''Establishment'' is from 1481, ''the Establishment'' for the state church from 1731, and for the ruling groups of a country in the 20th century.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – to settle permanently.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1460 – to found.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1557 – to install.^(OED 1989)

+ * 18th century – to prove.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set up an organization or system; to [[found]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To settle someone or something securely in a position.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To prove that something is true.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To cause something to be accepted or recognized.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To make a church the official church of a country.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[establisher]]

+ * [[establishable]]

+ * [[disestablish]]

+ * [[establishment]]

+ * [[preestablish]]

+ * [[reestablish]]

+ * [[established church]]

+ * [[establishing shot]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stable]]

+ * [[stablish]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}