establish

英[ɪ'stæblɪʃ;e-] 美[ɪˈstæblɪʃ]

1. set up or found;

"She set up a literacy program"

2. set up or lay the groundwork for;

"establish a new department"

3. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"

"The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

4. institute, enact, or establish;

"make laws"

5. bring about;

"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

6. place;

"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

7. use as a basis for; found on;

"base a claim on some observation"

8. build or establish something abstract;

"build a reputation"