All 14 Uses of
establish
in
Alias Grace
- As you intend to establish an institution of your own, I should emphasize that sanitation and good drainage are of the first importance, as it is of no use to attempt to minister to a mind diseased, whilst the body is afflicted by infections.†
Chpt 4establish = create, start, or set in a place
- I do so hope to see you well-established before I die — it would have been your dear Father's wish, as well — you know I live only for your welfare.
Chpt 4established = settled
- "I began the pursuit of my vocation as a member of the Established Church," says Reverend Verringer, "but then had a crisis of conscience."
Chpt 4established = set in place
- I am attempting, gently and by degrees, to reestablish the chain of thought, which was broken, perhaps, by the shock of the violent events in which she was involved.†
Chpt 4reestablish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reestablish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- They were Church of England, as all the best people were in those days, and also those who wanted to be the best, as it was Established.
Chpt 6 *established = created
- I established the fact that Nancy had been in the habit of selling her employer's cast-off garments to the servants, with or without her master's permission; so McDermott could have come by his Shirt of Nessus honestly enough.
Chpt 12 *established = demonstrated
- My Son had mentioned that you might make some attempt to reestablish your acquaintance with him; and although he very properly did not elaborate, I am not such an invalid, nor so cloistered from the world, that I was unable to read between the lines.†
Chpt 14reestablish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reestablish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- But as you propose to establish a private institution, you will, I trust, incur fewer difficulties of this nature, and will suffer less from the irritating political interference that frequently prevents their rectification; and in this, as in general matters, I wish you every success in your endeavours.†
Chpt 4
- I long for the day when you choose to settle down among us, and to establish yourself properly, in a manner fitting to you.†
Chpt 4
- I predict that he will end as an inhabitant of the private Asylum I still dream of establishing; although I must curb my propensity to view each new acquaintance as a future paying inmate.†
Chpt 4
- Perhaps, when he has established his name, he will be able to sell shares in it.†
Chpt 4
- I first needed to establish the grounds for trust, which I believe I have done.†
Chpt 7
- If the report were to become public, and a matter of record, and widely circulated, he would become an instant laughing-stock, especially among the established members of the medical profession.†
Chpt 13
- If Dr. Jordan keeps on with this disorderly course of thought, he will soon belong in the private asylum for lunatics, which, if I recall aright, he was once so set upon establishing.†
Chpt 14
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)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)