establishing

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 .

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