All 5 Uses of
establish
in
Washington Square
- It has a kind of established repose which is not of frequent occurrence in other quarters of the long, shrill city; it has a riper, richer, more honourable look than any of the upper ramifications of the great longitudinal thoroughfare—the look of having had something of a social history.†
Chpt 3
- Her father would care equally little whether Morris were established in business or transported for life.
Chpt 25 *established = settled
- With Catherine's later wooers she failed to establish relations as intimate as those which had given her so many interesting hours in the society of Morris Townsend.†
Chpt 32
- I am afraid he has not been very successful—that he has never got thoroughly established.†
Chpt 34
- He has been all over the world, and tried to establish himself everywhere; but his evil star was against him.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place