All 37 Uses of
establish
in
War and Peace
- Then with the unerring official memory that characterized him he repeated from the opening words of the manifesto: …. and the wish, which constitutes the Emperor's sole and absolute aim—to establish peace in Europe on firm foundations—has now decided him to despatch part of the army abroad and to create a new condition for the attainment of that purpose.†
Chpt 1
- In a word, those gentlemen, Gascons indeed, so bewildered him with fine words, and he is so flattered by his rapidly established intimacy with the French marshals, and so dazzled by the sight of Murat's mantle and ostrich plumes, ...
Chpt 2established = created
- She met Prince Vasili with that playful manner often employed by lively chatty people, and consisting in the assumption that between the person they so address and themselves there are some semi-private, long-established jokes and amusing reminiscences, though no such reminiscences really exist—just as none existed in this case.
Chpt 3established = familiar
- He himself carefully scanned each face, appraising the possibilities of establishing intimacy with each of those present, and the advantages that might accrue.†
Chpt 5
- He told them that steps would be taken immediately to free his serfs—and that till then they were not to be overburdened with labor, women while nursing their babies were not to be sent to work, assistance was to be given to the serfs, punishments were to be admonitory and not corporal, and hospitals, asylums, and schools were to be established on all the estates.
Chpt 5established = created
- It was evident that Prince Andrew's ironical tone toward the pilgrims and Princess Mary's helpless attempts to protect them were their customary long-established relations on the matter.
Chpt 5established = set in place
- Your father, a man of the last century, evidently stands above our contemporaries who so condemn this measure which merely reestablishes natural justice.†
Chpt 6
- But whether because stupidity was just what was needed to run such a salon, or because those who were deceived found pleasure in the deception, at any rate it remained unexposed and Helene Bezukhova's reputation as a lovely and clever woman became so firmly established that she could say the emptiest and stupidest things and everybody would go into raptures over every word of hers and look for a profound meaning in it of which she herself had no conception.
Chpt 6established = set
- Sometimes he joined in a conversation which interested him and, regardless of whether any "gentlemen of the embassy" were present or not, lispingly expressed his views, which were sometimes not at all in accord with the accepted tone of the moment. But the general opinion concerning the queer husband of "the most distinguished woman in Petersburg" was so well established that no one took his freaks seriously.
Chpt 6established = set (existing firmly)
- Had he not at one time longed with all his heart to establish a republic in Russia; then himself to be a Napoleon; then to be a philosopher; and then a strategist and the conqueror of Napoleon?†
Chpt 8
- Had he not established schools and hospitals and liberated his serfs?
Chpt 8established = created
- It seemed to Pierre that it was his duty to conceal the whole affair and re-establish Natasha's reputation.
Chpt 8re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- …the cause of the war was the Continental System which was ruining Europe; to the generals and old soldiers that the chief reason for the war was the necessity of giving them employment; to the legitimists of that day that it was the need of re-establishing les bons principes, and to the diplomatists of that time that it all resulted from the fact that the alliance between Russia and Austria in 1809 had not been sufficiently well concealed from Napoleon, and from the awkward wording of…
Chpt 9re-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.
- He had established himself with Count Bennigsen, who, like all on whom Boris had been in attendance, considered young Prince Drubetskoy an invaluable man.
Chpt 10established = settled
- At dawn the two new batteries established during the night on the plain occupied by the Prince d'Eckmuhl will open fire on the opposing batteries of the enemy.
Chpt 10established = set up
- Bilibin asked, his reputation being so well established that he did not fear to ask so naive a question.
Chpt 11established = set (existing firmly)
- Her first exploit, which cost her immense effort and established her authority, was the packing of the carpets.
Chpt 11established = set in place
- "Thrice will I overthrow it and thrice re-establish it!" he cried, raising his voice higher and higher.
Chpt 11re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- Though with the intimacy now established between the wounded man and Natasha the thought occurred that should he recover their former engagement would be renewed, no one—least of all Natasha and Prince Andrew—spoke of this: the unsettled question of life and death, which hung not only over Bolkonski but over all Russia, shut out all other considerations.
Chpt 11established = created
- It was plain that the Russian nest was ruined and destroyed, but in place of the Russian order of life that had been destroyed, Pierre unconsciously felt that a quite different, firm, French order had been established over this ruined nest.
Chpt 12established = created and maintained
- Apart from conditions of war and law, that look established human relations between the two men.
Chpt 12established = created
- A municipality was established and...
Chpt 13 *
- Strict measures have been taken to put an end to disorder and to re-establish public security.
Chpt 13re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- The city police is established on its former footing, and better order already prevails in consequence of its activity.
Chpt 13established = set
- These are the measures the government has adopted to re-establish order and relieve your condition.
Chpt 13re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- Soldiers and citizens, of whatever nation you may be, re-establish public confidence, the source of the welfare of a state, live like brothers, render mutual aid and protection one to another, unite to defeat the intentions of the evil-minded, obey the military and civil authorities, and your tears will soon cease to flow!
Chpt 13
- Markets are established in the city where peasants can bring their surplus supplies and the products of the soil.
Chpt 13established = set (started and continued)
- Steps will immediately be taken to re-establish ordinary trading.
Chpt 13re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- The Emperor rode through the streets to comfort the inhabitants, and, despite his preoccupation with state affairs, himself visited the theaters that were established by his order.
Chpt 13established = created
- But the most amazing example of the ineffectiveness of the orders given by the authorities at that time was Napoleon's attempt to stop the looting and re-establish discipline.
Chpt 13re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- From that day a tender and passionate friendship such as exists only between women was established between Princess Mary and Natasha.
Chpt 15established = created
- …that they should abandon all established traditions and customs, and…
Chpt 15established = generally accepted
- To explain the conditions of that relationship we must first establish a conception of the expression of will, referring it to man and not to the Deity.†
Chpt 15
- We see the same if we watch moment by moment the movement of historical characters (that is, re-establish the inevitable condition of all that occurs—the continuity of movement in time) and do not lose sight of the essential connection of historical persons with the masses.
Chpt 15re-establish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-establish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- For if a certain mode of government was established or certain migrations of peoples took place in consequence of such and such geographic, ethnographic, or economic conditions, then the free will of those individuals who appear to us to have established that mode of government or occasioned the migrations can no longer be regarded as the cause.
Chpt 15established = created
- For if a certain mode of government was established or certain migrations of peoples took place in consequence of such and such geographic, ethnographic, or economic conditions, then the free will of those individuals who appear to us to have established that mode of government or occasioned the migrations can no longer be regarded as the cause.
Chpt 15
- But when truth conquered, theology established itself just as firmly on the new foundation.
Chpt 15established = settled
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place