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established

/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/
verb
  1. To make stable or firm; to confirm.

  2. To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

  3. To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

adjective
  1. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.

  2. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

  3. (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

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