All 7 Uses of
establish
in
Moby Dick
- It touches one's sense of honour, particularly if you come of an old established family in the land, the Van Rensselaers, or Randolphs, or Hardicanutes.
Chpt 1-3 (definition 1) *established = set with a good reputation
- But I beat the thing down; and again marking the sleeper, jocularly hinted to Queequeg that perhaps we had best sit up with the body; telling him to establish himself accordingly.
Chpt 19-21 (definition 1)establish = set in place
- In the first place, it may be deemed almost superfluous to establish the fact, that among people at large, the business of whaling is not accounted on a level with what are called the liberal professions.
Chpt 22-24 (definition 2)establish = demonstrate
- I do not know where I can find a better place than just here, to make mention of one or two other things, which to me seem important, as in printed form establishing in all respects the reasonableness of the whole story of the White Whale, more especially the catastrophe.
Chpt 43-45 (definition 2)establishing = demonstrating
- But fortunately the special point I here seek can be established upon testimony entirely independent of my own.
Chpt 43-45 (definition 2)established = proved
- Still, we can hypothesize, even if we cannot prove and establish.
Chpt 85-87 (definition 2) *establish = demonstrate fact
- …after being chased, and diligently marked, through several hours of daylight, then, when night obscures the fish, the creature's future wake through the darkness is almost as established to the sagacious mind of the hunter, as the pilot's coast is to him.
Chpt 133-135 (definition 2)established = known
Definitions:
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(1) (establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place
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(2) (establish as in: establish that there is a need) show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)