different between formalise vs establish

English

Verb

formalise (third-person singular simple present formalises, present participle formalising, simple past and past participle formalised)

1. Alternative spelling of formalize

Anagrams

• frailsome

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.ma.liz/
• Homophones: formalisent, formalises

Verb

formalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of formaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of formaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of formaliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of formaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of formaliser

Anagrams

• aliformes

English

Etymology

From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabili?, stabil?re, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæb.l??/
• Hyphenation: es?tab?lish

Verb

establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)

1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
   • , Genesis 6:18

     But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

3. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
4. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Derived terms

• established church
• establishing shot
• long-established
• re-establish

Related terms

• stable

Translations

References

• establish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• establish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.