All 6 Uses of
establish
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- Some believe that the abolitionists have already made them free, and that it is established by law, but that their masters prevent the law from going into effect.
Chpt 8established = required (set in place)
- Her liberated slaves were sent away, with funds to establish them comfortably.†
Chpt 13
- I knew that the young wives of slaveholders often thought their authority and importance would be best established and maintained by cruelty; and what I had heard of young Mrs. Flint gave me no reason to expect that her rule over them would be less severe than that of the master and overseer.†
Chpt 16
- My grandmother raised poultry and pigs for sale and it was her established custom to have both a turkey and a pig roasted for Christmas dinner.
Chpt 22established = long-practiced
- Fanny was comfortably established, for the present, with a friend of Mr. Durham.†
Chpt 31
- Schools were established among them, and benevolent societies were active in efforts to ameliorate their condition.
Chpt 37 *established = settled
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place