- establishing
- (Roget's IV)
n.
1. [The act of founding]Syn. organizing, starting, setting up, beginning, founding, inaugurating, instituting, originating, constituting, initiating, settling, endowing, chartering, fixing, subsidizing, implementing, stabilizing, building, reguLating, setting on foot, laying the cornerstone.Ant. ending, tearing down, dissolving.2. [The act of proving]Syn. verifying, substantiating, demonstrating, authenticating, corroborating, validating, confirming, proving; see also proof 1 .
English dictionary for students. 2013.