Establish

a. [Fr. établir; O. Fr. establir, from Lat. stabilio-sta, root of sto, to stand.] To make stable, firm, or steadfast; to make to stand firmly; to set or fix firmly or unalterably; to settle permanently; to found definitively; as, "the established laws of the kingdom." Hale. -To institute; to constitute; to form; to erect and fix or settle; as, to establish a colony. -To enact; to decree; to ordain; as, established regulations. -To ratify; to sanction; to confirm; to approve. "So were the churches established in the faith." - Acts xvi. 5. -To found a busine ; to take precaution against a ault or danger; as, an established firm, our troops established themselves in the heart of the enemy's country. Establisher, n. One who establishes, settles, confirms, or ordains. admiral and general of the French armies, and took the island of Grenada. In 1787 he became a member of the A embly of Notables, and commandant of the national guards at Versailles at the commencement of the Revolution. B. in Auvergne, 1729. Guillotined at Paris, 1794. Estampes, (es-tamp',) ANNE D'HEILLY DE PISSELM. DUCHESSE D', was a mistre of Francis I. of France. She carried on a correspondence with Charles V. of Spain, and informed him of the state of the armies and the country. By her means Charles was enabled to gain considerable advantages, and to humiliate France. After the death of Francis she retired to her country seat, and D. 1576. Estan'cia, a town of Brazil, abt. 25 m. S.W. of Sergipe, on the Pianhi River; pop . abt. 4,000.