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    • establish :set up or found
      • She set up a literacy program

    • establish :set up or lay the groundwork for
      • establish a new department

    • establish :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

    • establish :institute, enact, or establish
      • make laws

    • establish :bring about
      • The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth

    • establish :place
      • Her manager had set her up at the Ritz

    • establish :build or establish something abstract
      • build a reputation

    • establish :use as a basis for; found on
      • base a claim on some observation

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