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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
established adj 1: brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church" [syn: established, constituted] [ant: unestablished] 2: settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact" [syn: accomplished, effected, established] 3: conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" [syn: conventional, established] 4: shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case" 5: introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation [syn: established, naturalized] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Establish \Es*tab"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established; p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. ['e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] So were the churches established in the faith. --Acts xvi. 5. [1913 Webster] The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain. [1913 Webster] By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. --Dan. vi. 8. [1913 Webster] 3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions. [1913 Webster] He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. --Is. xlv. 18. [1913 Webster] Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! --Hab. ii. 12. [1913 Webster] 4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc. [1913 Webster] At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. --Deut. xix. 15. [1913 Webster] 5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
established \established\ adj. 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with unestablished. [Narrower terms: entrenched; implanted, planted, rooted; official; recognized] [WordNet 1.5] 2. securely established; as, an established reputation. Syn: firm. [WordNet 1.5] 3. settled securely and unconditionally. Syn: accomplished, effected. [WordNet 1.5] 4. conforming with accepted standards. [WordNet 1.5] 5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case. Syn: proved. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants. Syn: naturalized. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] | ||
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