transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to become more firmly established in a particular state or condition; to make (something) settled or stable…

transitive. To lay the foundations of (a house, etc.); to found; to fix or establish firmly. Obsolete.

transitive. To make firm or more firm, to add strength to, to settle, establish firmly.

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

transitive. To ensure the stability or permanence of (a condition of things, a quality, power, etc.).

To render stable or firm. To ratify, confirm, validate. Obsolete.

transitive (frequently reflexive or in passive). figurative and in figurative contexts. Chiefly with in. To establish (a person or thing) in a…

To secure from change, vacillation or wandering; to give stability or constancy to (the mind, thoughts, affections, purposes).

transitive. To give stability to.

transitive. To give solidity to (something); to make firm, to strengthen; to affirm.

transitive. To make stable.

To give a stable character or value to.

To make immobile or inflexible; to arrest at a certain stage of development, etc.