All 8 Uses of
establish
in
Hard Times
- The calculations of various life assurance and annuity offices, among other figures which cannot go wrong, have established the fact.
Chpt 1.15 (definition 1) *established = determined or proven
- 'I wish with all my heart, sir,' said Mrs. Sparsit, in a highly superior manner; somehow she seemed, in a moment, to have established a right to pity him ever afterwards; 'that you may be in all respects very happy.'
Chpt 1.16 (definition 2)established = created
- Whether — forgive my plainness — whether any great amount of confidence is likely to have been established between himself and his most worthy father.
Chpt 2.7 (definition 2)
- To relieve you from needless apprehension — and as this confidence regarding your brother, which I prize I am sure above all possible things, has been established between us — I obey.
Chpt 2.7 (definition 2)
- He had established a confidence with her, from which her husband was excluded.
Chpt 2.8 (definition 2) *
- He had established a confidence with her, that absolutely turned upon her indifference towards her husband, and the absence, now and at all times, of any congeniality between them.
Chpt 2.8 (definition 2)
- What warning did I give that fellow, the first time he set foot in the house, when the express object of his visit was to know how he could knock Religion over, and floor the Established Church?†
Chpt 2.8 (definition 2)
- No man, sir, acquainted with the facts established by Harvey relating to the circulation of the blood, can doubt that I have a heart.'†
Chpt 3.8 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (establish as in: establish that there is a need) show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)
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(2) (establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place