figurative. To set up, establish (an institution, etc.).

To set up, set on foot, establish.

transitive. To found or establish (a community or society, esp. a colony or church).

transitive. To set; to set up, establish.

transitive. To institute, originate, establish; to set (an example).

transitive. To set up, establish, erect, construct. Also: to institute (a religion, a law, etc.). regional (with up) in later use. Obsolete.

transitive. To place on a foundation (literal and figurative); to fix, establish, found. Also (in quot. 1275): to give stability to. Cf. staddle, n.

transitive. To bring into being (a state of affairs); bring about, set going (a condition or process, as fermentation, heat, a smell, etc.); to…

transitive. To found.

To ordain permanently, establish, fix, institute; to appoint, settle.

transitive. To cause to become rooted or implanted; to establish. Usually in passive. Obsolete.

transitive. To set up (something) to continue in a particular way; to establish or found by ordinance; to institute. Obsolete.

transitive. To establish, make firm.

figurative. To set up or establish for the first time (an institution, etc.), esp. with provision for its perpetual maintenance; to originate…

To erect, establish, institute, commence. to instore a battle, to array a battle, give battle, make war.

transitive. = institute, v.

transitive. = establish, v. in various senses. To make stable; to settle, fix permanently; to secure, confirm; to decree; to make steady, support…

To make (an agreement, etc.) firm; to establish firmly, settle, strengthen. Obsolete.

transitive. To provide with roots; to implant deeply, attach strongly; to fix or establish firmly. Frequently with in, into, to. Chiefly figurative.

transitive. To make steadfast; to confirm, establish.

To set up on a secure or permanent basis; to found (a government, an institution; in modern use often, a house of business).

transitive. To set up, establish, found, ordain; to introduce, bring into use or practice.

To set on foot, establish (a business, profession); to begin (housekeeping, life).

Now rare. transitive. To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly (in something). Chiefly figurative.

To originate, introduce, or bring into use formally or by authority; to found, establish, institute, appoint. Obsolete.

To set up, establish, found (an institution, etc.).

transitive. To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine. Obsolete.

transitive. To fix or establish firmly. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To establish. Obsolete. rare.

To settle in a strong position or secure tenure; to establish. Obsolete.

To set up, establish, found (an office, court of justice, corporation, institution, etc.); to initiate, set on foot (a project, scheme). Obsolete or…

transitive. To arrange, fix the time and place for (a match, †a tournament); to institute (games). Obsolete.

To establish, set up (an institution, a business, etc.) in a particular town or country. Obsolete.

To make secure, strengthen, reinforce.

transitive. To sow.

transitive. To support, sustain; to establish.

transitive. To raise, heighten, set up.

figurative. transitive. To serve as a basis or foundation for; to provide a basis or foundation for, establish firmly. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To set or plant firmly, fix, root, establish, settle.

transitive. To establish, set up (an institution, organization, company, etc.); to institute (a system, procedure, etc.). Also: to begin to engage in…