From Middle English establissen, from Old French , stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabilio, from stabilis ("firm, steady, stable").

• IPA: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/

establish (establishes, present participle establishing; simple past and past participle established)

1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Genesis 6:18 ↗:

     But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

3. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC ↗:

     By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.

4. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

• stable

• French: affermir
• German: feststellen, etablieren
• Italian: stabilire, confermare
• Portuguese: firmar
• Russian: устана́вливать
• Spanish: establecer

• German: eröffnen, gründen, niederlassen, herstellen
• Italian: instaurare
• Portuguese: estabelecer
• Russian: учрежда́ть
• Spanish: establecer, instaurar

• French: établir
• German: eröffnen, gründen, niederlassen
• Italian: fondare, istituire
• Portuguese: estabelecer, fundar
• Russian: осно́вывать
• Spanish: establecer, instaurar

• German: einsetzen
• Portuguese: nomear
• Russian: назначить
• Spanish: nombrar, instaurar

• German: etablieren, begründen, festlegen, festsetzen
• Portuguese: estabelecer
• Russian: показать
• Spanish: establecer