'Established' definitions:

Definition of 'established'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church" [syn: established, constituted] [ant: unestablished]
adjective
Settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact" [syn: accomplished, effected, established]
adjective
Conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" [syn: conventional, established]
adjective
Shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case"
adjective
Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation [syn: established, naturalized]

Definition of 'Established'

From: GCIDE
  • Establish \Es*tab"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established; p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. ['e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.]
  • 1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm. [1913 Webster]
  • So were the churches established in the faith. --Acts xvi. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain. [1913 Webster]
  • By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. --Dan. vi. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions. [1913 Webster]
  • He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. --Is. xlv. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! --Hab. ii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. --Deut. xix. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'established'

From: GCIDE
  • established \established\ adj.
  • 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with unestablished. [Narrower terms: entrenched; implanted, planted, rooted; official; recognized] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. securely established; as, an established reputation.
  • Syn: firm. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. settled securely and unconditionally.
  • Syn: accomplished, effected. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. conforming with accepted standards. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case.
  • Syn: proved. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  • 6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants.
  • Syn: naturalized. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

Synonyms of 'established'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Established'