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establish

 
/ɪˈstæb·lɪʃ/ v [T] (START)

Definition

to start something that will last for a long time, or to create or set something in a particular way: He helped to establish the University of California at Berkeley. Once we establish the price, we can begin to market the product.
(Definition of establish v (START) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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