All 14 Uses of

establish

in

The Adventures of Augie March

And there was a change in the main established order: that a door less to be thought of locked than the door of a church, and always accessible, should have a key, and that that key should be used!
Chpt 4

established = already set in place

Grandma had laid most of her strength on Mama as boss-woman, governing hand, queen mother, empress, and even her banishment of George and near-senile kitchen scandals couldn't shake the respect and liege feeling so long established.
Chpt 6

established = set in place

Here what had to be established was whether I was qualified in pocket to mix with the sons of established fathers.
Chpt 12 *

established = determined (figured out)

Here what had to be established was whether I was qualified in pocket to mix with the sons of established fathers.
Chpt 12

Mama wasn't any longer right off the kitchen but established in almost an apartment with a Gulistan on the floor and drapes on the window.
Chpt 21 *

established = settled

He was something of a sport, he had his own motives and he had established his own right of way with the determination of a man who is liable to be dangerous when he makes a fight.†
Chpt 2

This was what you heard when the connoisseurs' club of weighty cronies met, who all showed by established marks—rings, cigars, quality of socks, newness of panamas—where they were situated; they were classified, too, in grades of luck and wisdom, darkness by birth or vexations, power over or subjection to wives, women, sons and daughters, grades of disfigurement; or by the roles they played in comedies, tragedies, sex farces; whether they screwed o†
Chpt 5

We were dressed in our best; Mrs. Einhorn even gave off a perfume, in the car, from her silk scarf and dress established with silver buttons on her breast.†
Chpt 7

I pawned them and I got Mama established, and then started to hunt work.†
Chpt 10

Their tenants were transient, hence the Owenses probably needed something like this to establish home for themselves, and it was made very heavy.†
Chpt 11

His first few thousand dollars ran out and he had to ask for more; he had a credit to establish with the brokers, and it was important that he meet his bills on time.†
Chpt 11

And, even more than an established, an exiled greatness, because the exile was a sign to me of persistence at the highest things.†
Chpt 17

The power that's established fills the earth and destiny is whatever survives, so whatever is is right.†
Chpt 20

I went around and made a speech to my pals, much to the amazement of people, about the universal ant heap the enemy would establish if they won, a fate nobody could escape then, mankind under one star of government, a human desert rolling up to monster pyramids of power.†
Chpt 22

Definitions:

(1) (establish as in: establish a positive tone)
create, start, or set in [a] place
(2) (establish as in: establish that there is a need)
show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)