statuere (to fix firmly; of institutions, laws, etc., jus, jura; omnes partes religionis): constituere (e.g., oppidum; decemviralem potestatem in urbibus; reges in civitate; imperium; res; partes reipublicae. Also = “to establish by proof,” e.g., constituere bona non esse possessa, Cic.): efficere (to make out a point; e.g., efficere, animos esse mortales): firmare, confirmare (to make lasting; an empire, dominion, etc.): stabilire (to give duration or support to; liberty, dominion, etc.): fundare (to ground, lay the foundation of; the safety of the state, one’s power, liberty, dominion, etc.): munire (to render safe against external attacks; one’s influence, dominion): conglutinare (to glue, as it were, together; i. e., to connect or unite more firmly; friendship, a contract). To establish one in his opinions, animum alicujus confirmare: to establish by proofs, argumentis confirmare; probare: to establish one’s self anywhere, certam sedem ac domicilium collocare aliquo loco; domicilium sibi constituere aliquo loco (to take up one’s residence anywhere; e.g., Magnesiae); concedere aliquo habitatum (e.g., Argos, Nep.; e.g., of an exile quitting his country to reside elsewhere): aliquo loco considere; locum capere ac praesidium ponere, constituere in aliquo loco (to take up a post, of soldiers) aciem, legiones, etc., constituere aliquo loco (of the general). ☞ Justin has statuere sedes alicubi. To establish one’s self as a merchant, *mercaturam instituere: to have one’s heart established, *immotum stare; also aliquam firmitudinem animi obtinere (Plaut.): animum suum or se confirmasse. The Established Church, *ea ecclesiae forma, quae est a republica sanctissime constituta: cultus deorum ab omnibus fere civibus susceptus (when that assertion is true; after Cic., Legg., 1, 23, 60).