"establishes" in the verb sense

1. establish, set up, found, launch

set up or found

"She set up a literacy program"

2. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

set up or lay the groundwork for

"establish a new department"

3. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew

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. lay down, establish, make

institute, enact, or establish

"make laws"

5. establish, give

bring about

"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

6. install, instal, set up, establish

place

"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

7. build, establish

build or establish something abstract

"build a reputation"

8. establish, base, ground, found

use as a basis for found on

"base a claim on some observation"

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