All 4 Uses of
establish
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
- Neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.†
Chpt 2
- After living there for two years he met his future wife, Praskovya Fedorovna Mikhel, who was the most attractive, clever, and brilliant girl of the set in which he moved, and among other amusements and relaxations from his labours as examining magistrate, Ivan Ilych established light and playful relations with her.†
Chpt 2
- And his irritability became worse and worse and began to mar the agreeable, easy, and correct life that had established itself in the Golovin family.
Chpt 4established = settled
- Ivan Ilych now spent most of his time in attempting to re-establish that old current.
Chpt 6 *re-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.
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place