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2. Excuse; exemption. [Obs.]

From every work he challenged essoin.

Spenser.

Essoin day (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.

Es*soin", v. t. [OF. essoinier, essoignier, essonier, LL. essoniare, exoniare. See Essoin, n.] (Eng. Law) To excuse for nonappearance in court. "I 'll not essoin thee." Quarles.

Es*soin"er (?), n. (Eng. Law) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Es"so*nite (?), n. [Named from Gr. &?; inferior, because not so hard as some minerals it resembles, e. g., hyacinth.] (Min.) Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.

Es"so*rant (?), a. [F.] (Her.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.

Est (?), n. & adv. East. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-est (-st). [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -sts, Skr. -ishha.] A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

Es*tab"lish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. établir, 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.

So were the churches established in the faith.

Acts xvi. 5.

The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down.

Burke.

Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self- control.

Bancroft.

2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates.

Shak.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed.

Dan. vi. 8.

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.

He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited.

Is. xlv. 18.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

Hab. ii. 12.

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.