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and n. A Middle English form of east. estet, estet, n. [ME., As y yow say, be Goddys est! Rom. of Syr Tryamoure (ed. Hall i well), 1. 1416. eousne of God. Rom. x. 3. The certainty of them [miracles] was so well established and transmitted to after-ages as that no fair, impartial considerer should be able to doubt of it. estate 7. The quota or number of men in an army, regiment, etc.: as, a peace establishment. Establishment of the port, the mean interval between the time of high water at any given port and the time of the moon's pa ing the meridian immediately preceding. This interval is influenced by local circumstances, and consequently is different at different places. For New York the establishment is 8 hours 13 minutes. From that period Sir Giles had established himself in what were called the "state apartments." Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 17. The ability of the English to establish themselves in New England in spite of the objections of the original inhabitants, was ras tested in a serious manner twice, and only twice. M. C. Tyler, Hist. Amer. Lit., I. 147. -est1. [ME. -est , -st = OS. -ist, -ost = OFries. -ist, -ost, -est = D. -est = MLG. LG. -est = OHG. -ist , -ost, MHG. -ist, -est, 7. To settle, as property. G. -est Icel. -str , -astr = Sw. -ast = Dan. -est =Goth. -ist , -ost = L. -i - imus (regarded, with- out much probability, as an a imilation of *-ist-imus: for the additional suffix -mu - s , see former1 and -most) = Gr. -ιστος = Skt. -ishtha ; a superl. suffix, of the orig. form * -yas - ta , being the compar. *-yas, E. -er3, +-ta, E. -th in ord i- nals, etc.: see -ers, and -th3, -eth2. The suffix appears as -st in some contracted forms, as best , erst, first , last , least , most , worst , next (for ME. nehst), obs. hext (for ME. hehst ).] A suffix of ad- jectives, forming the superlative degree, as in coldest, deepest, greatest , biggest , etc. See -er3. -est2. [ME. -est, -os = OFries. -est , -st = D. -est , -st = MLG. LG. We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm. Shak., Macbeth, i. 4. Established church. See church . =Syn. 2. To plant, constitute, organize, form, frame. establisher (es-tab'lish-er), n. One who es- tablishes, in any sense. -est, -st = OHG. -is, MHG. -es, -est, G. -est, -st = Icel. -r, -ar = Goth. -is, -os, -eis = L. -is, -as, es = Gr. -σι, -εις = Skt. -si, prob. orig. identical with the second personal pronoun, Gr. σύ = L. tu = AS. thù, E. thou: see thou. Cf. -eth3, -es3.] The suffix of the second person singular of the present and preterit indicative of English verbs, often syncopated to -st: as, present singest or singst, doest or dost, hast, etc., preterit sangest, sungest, though test or thoughtst, diddest or didst, hadst, etc. Its use in the preterit of strong verbs is comparatively recent and is rare (the auxiliary construction thou didst sing, etc., being used instead); and, owing to the disappearance of thou in ordinary speech, its use in either tense is now confined almost entirely to the language of prayer and poetry.