All 3 Uses of
establish
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- So Simon, having forgotten his teacher's dictum on the possession of human chattels, bought three slaves and with their aid established a homestead on the banks of the Alabama River some forty miles above Saint Stephens.
p. 4..5established = created
- He returned to Saint Stephens only once, to find a wife, and with her established a line that ran high to daughters.
p. 4..6
- Business was excellent when Governor William Wyatt Bibb, with a view to promoting the newly created county's domestic tranquility, dispatched a team of surveyors to locate its exact center and there establish its seat of government.
p. 173..9 *establish = create
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place