All 6 Uses of
establish
in
Wuthering Heights
- I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace.
Chpt 1re-establishing = restoringstandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establishing means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- Catherine, also, deemed it judicious to moderate her expressions of pleasure in receiving him; and he gradually established his right to be expected.
Chpt 10established = created
- It is right to establish a good understanding at the beginning.
Chpt 13 *establish = create
- When Heathcliff is in, I'm often obliged to seek the kitchen and their society, or starve among the damp uninhabited chambers; when he is not, as was the case this week, I establish a table and chair at one corner of the house fire, and never mind how Mr. Earnshaw may occupy himself; and he does not interfere with my arrangements.
Chpt 17establish = set
- She was driven away, never to revisit this neighbourhood: but a regular correspondence was established between her and my master when things were more settled.
Chpt 17established = created
- The two new friends established themselves in the house during his absence; where I heard Hareton sternly cheek his cousin, on her offering a revelation of her father-in-law's conduct to his father.
Chpt 33established = settled
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place