All 9 Uses of
establish
in
Like Water for Chocolate
- And besides, she'd like to know what kind of studies had established that the youngest daughter and not the eldest is best suited to care for their mother.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *established = shown
- From the first, they had established a communication that went far beyond words.
Chpt 6 (definition 2) *established = created and maintained
- Without words, they made their mutual reproaches and thereby severed the strong tie of blood and obedience that had always bound them together, but could never be reestablished.†
Chpt 7 (definition 2)
- It would be illogical to expect it to feel pain at this separation from another lettuce with which it had never spoken, nor established any type of communication, and which it only knew from its outer leaves, unaware that there were many others hidden inside it.
Chpt 7 (definition 2)established = created
- Now she knew better than to establish such an intense relationship with a child who wasn't her own.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)establish = create
- Even the cooing she loved so much—the sound made by the doves she had reestablished under the roof of the house, a sound that had given her so much pleasure since her return—even that noise was annoying.†
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- She was sure there was still time to establish good relations between them.
Chpt 9 (definition 2)establish = create
- It was fortunate she had not dared to burn the letters, since now her mother's "black past" served to establish proof of Gertrudis's innocence.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)establish = show
- John, in contrast, was offering her something different, the opportunity to establish a new family that no one could take away from her.
Chpt 11 (definition 2)establish = create
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