All 19 Uses of
establish
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- ...re-established so recently on the throne of our ancestors, we have our eyes open at once upon the past, the present, and the future.
Chpt 9-10 (definition 1)re-established = restoredstandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-established means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- However, scarcely was the imperial power established—that is, scarcely had the emperor re-entered the Tuileries and begun to issue orders from the closet into which we have introduced our readers,—he found on the table there Louis XVIII.
Chpt 13-14 (definition 1)established = set in place
- Upon issuing forth from his subterranean retreat at the expiration of five minutes, he found the abbe seated upon a wooden stool, leaning his elbow on a table, while Margotin, whose animosity seemed appeased by the unusual command of the traveller for refreshments, had crept up to him, and had established himself very comfortably between his knees, his long, skinny neck resting on his lap, while his dim eye was fixed earnestly on the traveller's face.
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)established = settled
- About this time, a band of brigands that had established itself in the Lepini mountains began to be much spoken of.
Chpt 33-34 (definition 1)
- The curtain rose on the ballet, which was one of those excellent specimens of the Italian school, admirably arranged and put on the stage by Henri, who has established for himself a great reputation throughout Italy for his taste and skill in the choreographic art—one of those masterly productions of grace, method, and elegance in which the whole corps de ballet, from the principal dancers to the humblest supernumerary, are all engaged on the stage at the same time; and a hundred and…
Chpt 33-34 (definition 1)established = created
- … and if this muffled-up individual proved (as Franz felt sure he would) the same as the person he had just seen in the Teatro Argentino, then he should be able to establish his identity, and also to prosecute his researches respecting him with perfect facility and freedom.
Chpt 33-34 (definition 2)establish = demonstrate
- However, the morning of the appointment, the young man had established himself in the small salon down-stairs.
Chpt 39-40 (definition 1) *established = settled
- Since my brother's assassination in the streets of Nimes, I had never entered the town; the result was that the inn-keeper with whom we were connected, seeing that we would no longer come to him, was forced to come to us, and had established a branch to his inn, on the road from Bellegarde to Beaucaire, at the sign of the Pont du Gard.
Chpt 43-44 (definition 1)established = created
- Then, too, my father is not a person whose orders may be infringed with impunity; protected as he is by his high position and firmly established reputation for talent and unswerving integrity, no one could oppose him; he is all-powerful even with the king; he would crush you at a word.
Chpt 51-52 (definition 1)established = set in place
- That is not all; give my compliments to your illustrious Luccanese, Cavalcante of the Cavalcanti; and if by any chance he should be wishing to establish his son, find him a wife very rich, very noble on her mother's side at least, and a baroness in right of her father, I will help you in the search.
Chpt 53-54 (definition 1)establish = settle
- Marriage is a civil affair in France, and in order to marry in an orthodox manner you must have papers which undeniably establish your identity.
Chpt 55-56 (definition 2) *establish = prove
- "Besides," continued the young man, "if there did appear some defect in education, or offence against the established forms of etiquette, I suppose it would be excused, in consideration of the misfortunes which accompanied my birth, and followed me through my youth."
Chpt 55-56 (definition 1)established = familiar
- I say, I believe such is the case, I do not affirm it; besides, liberty of conscience is established in France.
Chpt 69-70 (definition 1)established = set in place (accepted and expected)
- He served in India, discovered a mine in Thessaly, and comes to Paris to establish a mineral water-cure at Auteuil.
Chpt 69-70 (definition 1)establish = start
- In proof of this we have signed this paper to establish the truth of the facts, lest the moment should arrive when either of the actors in this terrible scene should be accused of premeditated murder or of infringement of the laws of honor.
Chpt 75-76 (definition 2)establish = demonstrate
- "Count," said the banker, "things are constantly occurring in the world to induce us to lay aside our most established opinions, or at all events to cause us to remodel them according to the change of circumstances, which may have placed affairs in a totally different light to that in which we at first viewed them."
Chpt 77-78 (definition 1)established = set in place
- Thinking that I might wish to settle in France, he left me at his departure, together with the papers establishing my identity, a letter promising, if he approved of my choice, 150,000 livres per annum from the day I was married.
Chpt 81-82 (definition 2)establishing = demonstrating
- About two hours afterwards its foundation was reported to be unsafe; but the report did not prevent the new occupant establishing himself there with his modest furniture the same day at five o'clock.
Chpt 93-94 (definition 1)establishing = settling
- Order was re-established in the hall, except that a few people still moved about and whispered to one another.
Chpt 109-110 (definition 1)re-established = restoredstandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-established means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
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)