All 6 Uses of
establish
in
Babbitt
- His shoulders were broad enough, his voice deep enough, his relish of hearty humor strong enough, to establish him as one of the ruling caste of Good Fellows.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- There was no court to decide whether the second son of a Pierce Arrow limousine should go in to dinner before the first son of a Buick roadster, but of their respective social importance there was no doubt; and where Babbitt as a boy had aspired to the presidency, his son Ted aspired to a Packard twin-six and an established position in the motored gentry.
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *established = settled
- His reputation for oratory established, at the dinner of the Zenith Real Estate Board he made the Annual Address.†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- …the highest-paid conductors on the market, providing he ain't a Hun—it goes right into Beantown and New York and Washington; it plays at the best theaters to the most cultured and moneyed people; it gives such class-advertising as a town can get in no other way; and the guy who is so short-sighted as to crab this orchestra proposition is passing up the chance to impress the glorious name of Zenith on some big New York millionaire that might-that might establish a branch factory here!†
Chpt 21 (definition 1)
- Take the attacks on the established fundamentals of the Christian creed which were so popular with the 'scientists' a generation ago.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- When he had thus established himself as a person unemotional and interested only in business, he sauntered out.
Chpt 28 (definition 2) *established = proven or demonstrated
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)