All 50 Uses
establish
in
The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2
(Edited)
- The people of this country will decide important questions: Can societies establish a good government by careful thought and choice?
p. 17.2establish = create
- They fought side by side through a long and bloody war, establishing liberty and independence.
p. 20.7establishing = setting in place
- When an efficient national government is established, usually the best men in the country will be appointed to manage it.
p. 23.5established = created
- In a little time, the same type of tyrannies that hurt Europe will be established in this country.
p. 38.1established = set in place
- Do not listen to the voice that says the government framed by the Constitution is so unusual that it has no place in even the wildest political theories and that it is impossible to establish.
p. 58.7establish = create
- They established a unique model of government.
p. 59.3established = created
- But if we are unwilling to be in this dangerous situation and want a national government, our plan must establish a government, not a league.
p. 62.6establish = create
- It betrayed an ignorance of psychology and contradicted the original reason for establishing civil power.
p. 63.2establishing = creating
- This made the aristocracy more powerful than the monarch, until the incorporation with England subdued its fierce and ungovernable spirit with the civility already established in England.
p. 69.7established = existing
- After conquering the Gauls, the Franks established a kingdom.
p. 74.2established = created
- Sometimes whole states default, increasing the problems they were established to remedy.
p. 76.1
- The States-General can enter into treaties and alliances, establish duties, make war and peace, raise armies and equip fleets, determine tax quotas, and demand contributions.
p. 77.4establish = create
- Hopefully, their severe problems will create a revolution that will establish their union, making it the parent of tranquility, freedom, and happiness.
p. 79.6establish = set in place
- If despotism had been established in Massachusetts, how would it have changed liberty in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or New York?
p. 80.9
- In time, an equilibrium, as far as it is attainable in so complicated a subject, will be established everywhere.
p. 82.5established = settled
- To avoid this, all nations have established one court of last resort, authorized to settle a uniform rule of civil justice.
p. 87.3established = created
- With authority throughout the States, it can establish uniform plans to secure the common safety.
p. 90.7establish = create
- Some people want to limit the LEGISLATURE'S authority to establish national military bases.
p. 91.8
- 9 Putting a clause in the Constitution that prohibits the legislature from establishing a peacetime military would be improper.
p. 92.5establishing = creating
- Until our navy is fully established, moderate garrisons will be an indispensable security against destructive attacks on arsenals and dockyards, and sometimes the fleet itself.
p. 93.9established = set in place
- But the bravest of them know that they could not have established the liberty of their country alone.
p. 96.1
- Suppose New York decided to reestablish control over Vermont.
p. 103.5reestablish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reestablish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- And that strength is greater than the artificial strength of the government and more able to stop an attempt to establish a tyranny.
p. 104.6establish = create
- The third is the clause that declares Congress will "establish a uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States."
p. 115.5
- We will determine the real character of the government through studying: the foundation on which the government is to be established, the sources of its ordinary powers, the operation of those powers, the extent of the government's powers, and the authority to make future changes in the government.
p. 139.4established = created
- The federal government will establish the Supreme Court.
p. 140.8establish = create
- ... and such convention appearing to be the most probable means of establishing in these States a firm national government:
p. 142.2establishing = creating
- These two acts seem to say: The convention's objective was to establish a firm national government that is adequate for the needs of the government and the preservation of the Union.
p. 142.5establish = create
- Or to establish an adequate government, even if the Articles have to be sacrificed?
p. 143.1
- Up to this point, we have rigorously analyzed the convention's work as if it had the authority to establish a Constitution for the United States.
p. 144.4
- Delegates knew that when an established government needs great changes, form must give way to substance.
p. 144.9established = existing
- Conventions established the State constitutions.
p. 145.2established = created
- ... establish post offices and post roads.
p. 154.4establish = create
- The federal government will establish a uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States.
p. 156.6
- The power to establish uniform bankruptcy laws is closely connected with the regulation of commerce.
p. 156.6
- The power of establishing post-roads is a harmless power and if managed well it may produce a great public convenience, helping interstate commerce.
p. 156.9establishing = creating
- And if an equally effective project could be established for universal peace!
p. 160.6established = created
- By establishing the principle in one case, it applies to every case.
p. 161.2establishing = setting in place
- Establishing local mints under the national authority can solve this problem.
p. 163.1establishing = creating
- The question of whether this amount of power should be granted or not evolves into another question: whether or not a government that meets the needs of the Union should be established.
p. 167.9established = created
- Some of the reasons are more fully explained in other places. But even these brief comments establish the meaning of the rule. (No One Has Total Power of 2 Branches)
p. 176.8 *establish = show or demonstrate
- It would have been difficult for the convention to establish one rule for the entire country.
p. 191.3establish = create
- It satisfies every State, using the rule established by the State itself.
p. 191.4established = created
- Recently, eight-year terms for parliament have been established.
p. 192.8
- Government is established to protect both property and people.
p. 198.7
- The Constitution establishes the organization of the national government.
p. 215.5establishes = sets in place
- Or what would be the purpose if it could be established in one federal legislative house but not the other?
p. 217.9established = created
- Therefore, it would not have been a good idea to establish a time for elections in the Constitution.
p. 222.9establish = set in place
- The Senate must be corrupted first before it can try to establish a tyranny.
p. 231.5establish = create
- Article 2, section 2, clause 2 gives the President of the United States the power "to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not in the Constitution otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law."
p. 246.2established = created
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)