Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-STAB'LISH, v.t. [Fr. etablir; Sp. establecer; Port. estabelecer; It. stabilire; L. stabilio; Heb. יצב or נצב, Ch. and Syr. id.; Ar. تَصَبَ tasaba, to set, fix, establish. Class Sb, No. 37, and see No. 35. See also Ar. وَتَبَ wataba, Ch. יתב, to settle, to place, to dwell. Class Db, No. 58, 54.]

1. To set and fix firmly or unalterably; to settle permanently. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant. Gen. xvii.
2. To found permanently; to erect and fix or settle; as, to establish a colony or an empire.
3. To enact or decree by authority and for permanence; to ordain; to appoint; as, to establish laws, regulations, institutions, rules, ordinances, &c.
4. To settle or fix; to confirm; as, to establish a person, society or corporation, in possessions or privileges.
5. To make firm; to confirm; to ratify what has been previously set or made. Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means; yea, we establish the law. Rom. iii.
6. To settle or fix what is wavering, doubtful or weak; to confirm. So were the churches established in the faith. Acts xvi. To the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness. 1 Thess. iii.
7. To confirm; to fulfill; to make good. Establish thy word to thy servant. Ps. cxix.
8. To set up in the place of another and confirm. Who go about to establish their own righteousness. Rom. x.