establish Copy link Outline I. To make firm, settle firmly1. stăbĭlio, 42. confirmo, 1II. To set on foot, institute1. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 32. constĭtuo, 3 (to appoint and settle)3. stătuo, 3 (like preced.)III. To prove by argument or evidenceIV. As milit. t. t., to gain possession of a post • establish: I. To make firm, settle firmly: 1. stăbĭlio, 4: to e. marriages on a firm footing, matrimonia firmiter s., Cic.: to e. peace, pacem s., Sall. 2. confirmo, 1: to e. peace and friendship with neighbouring states, pacem et amicitiam cum proximis civitatibus c., Caes.: to e. one's health, valetudinem c., Cic.: v. to strengthen. II. To set on foot, institute: 1. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3: to e. a trade, mercatum i., Cic.: v. to institute. 2. constĭtuo, 3 (to appoint and settle): decemviral power being e.'d in all the cities, decemvirali potestate in omnibus urbibus constituta, Nep. Lys. 2: v. to set up, appoint. 3. stătuo, 3 (like preced.): (Numa) e.'d all the departments of religion most properly, omnes partes religionis sanctissime statuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 14: v. to fix, settle. III. To prove by argument or evidence: vinco, vīci, victum, 3: if I show that (it was not done) by Habitus, I e. the fact it was done by Oppianicus, si doceo non ab Habito, vinco ab Oppianico, Cic. Clu. 23, 64: v. to prove. IV. As milit. t. t., to gain possession of a post: căpio, pŏtior: v. to take; GAIN POSSESSION OF.