† eˈstable, v. Obs.
Also 6 astable, -bill, estabill.
[ad. F. establ-ir (mod.F. établir) = Pr. establir, stablir, It. stabilire:—L. stabilīre, f. stabilis stable a. See also stable v.]
trans. = establish in various senses. To make stable; to settle, fix permanently; to secure, confirm; to decree; to make steady, support, calm (the mind).
| [1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. i. 120 God of his goodnesse gan stable..þe heuene.] c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶102 Be it so that youre emprise be establid and ordeyned by gret multitude of people. 1481 Caxton Myrr. i. i. 7 He [God] is establed without ony meuyng. 1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII, c. 8 §1 The Kynge..enactith, ordeyneth and estableth that, etc. c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Good Mann. (1570) D. iij, This answere besemed..a man establed in magnanimitie. 1513 Douglas æneis x. iv. 74 To comfort and astabill Hys hevy amorus thochtis ennoyus. Ibid. xiii. vi. 36 Thair myndis mesys and estabillis he. 1533 Bellenden Livy i. xvi. (1822) 74 Quhill he micht, under his name, etabill the kingdome of Romanis to him. |