Establish

es-tab′lish, v.t. to settle or fix: to confirm: to prove a point: to ordain: to found: to set up in busine : to institute by law as the recognised state church, and to support officially and financially.— p.adj. Estab′lished , fixed: ratified: instituted by law and supported by the state.— ns. Estab′lisher ; Estab′lishment , act of establishing: fixed state: that which is established: a permanent civil or military force: one's residence and style of living: the church established by law.— adj. Establishmentār′ian , maintaining the principle of the established church.— n. one who maintains this principle. [O. Fr. establir , pr.p. est a bli ant —L. stabilīre — stabilis , firm— stāre , to stand.]