establish

set up or found

• “She set up a literacy program”

set up or lay the groundwork for

• “establish a new department”

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”

institute, enact, or establish

• “make laws”

bring about

• “The trompe l”

place

• “Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”

use as a basis for; found on

• “base a claim on some observation”

build or establish something abstract

• “build a reputation”