English to English verb
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set up or found | | Example: She set up a literacy program
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set up or lay the groundwork for | | Example: establish a new department
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establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | | Example: The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
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institute, enact, or establish | | Example: make laws
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bring about | | Example: The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth
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place | | Example: Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
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build or establish something abstract | | Example: build a reputation
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use as a basis for; found on | | Example: base a claim on some observation
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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. | | source: webster1913
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