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es·tab·lish vt

1: to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement

we the people of the United States...do ordain and establish this Constitution — U.S. Constitution preamble

2: to make firm or stable

3: to bring into existence: found

Congress shall have power...to establish post offices and post roads — U.S. Constitution art. I; specif: to found (a national bank) pursuant to a charter

4: to make (a church) a national or state institution see also establishment, establishment clause

5: to put beyond doubt: prove

6: to place in a position of being accepted or followed

a rule establish ed by case law