Verb
1. set up or found;
"She set up a literacy program"2. set up or lay the groundwork for;
"establish a new department"3. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;
"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound""The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"4. institute, enact, or establish;
"make laws"5. bring about;
"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"6. place;
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"7. use as a basis for; found on;
"base a claim on some observation"8. build or establish something abstract;
"build a reputation"