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<hw>Es*soin"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>essoinier</ets>, <ets>essoignier</ets>, <ets>essonier</ets>, LL. <ets>essoniare</ets>, <ets>exoniare</ets>. See <er>Essoin</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To excuse for nonappearance in court.</def> "I 'll not <i>essoin</i> thee."

<i>Quarles.</i>

<h1>Essoiner</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*soin"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.</def>

<h1>Essonite</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es"so*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from Gr. <?/ inferior, because not so hard as some minerals it resembles, <ets>e</ets>. <ets>g</ets>., hyacinth.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See <er>Garnet</er>.</def>

<h1>Essorant</h1> <Xpage=511>

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

<h1>Est</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & adv.</tt> <def>East.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>-est</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>-est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[AS. <ets>-ost</ets>, <ets>-est</ets>; akin to G. <ets>-est</ets>, <ets>-ist</ets>, Icel. <ets>-astr</ets>, <ets>-str</ets>, Goth. <ets>-ists</ets>, <ets>-<?/sts</ets>, Skr. <ets>-ish<?/ha</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; <as>as, smooth<ex>est</ex>; earl(y)i<ex>est</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Establish</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*tab"lish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Established</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Establishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>establissen</ets>, OF. <ets>establir</ets>, F. <ets>\'82tablir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>stabilire</ets>, fr. <ets>stabilis</ets> firm, steady, stable. See <er>Stable</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>-ish</er>, and cf. <er>Stablish</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>So were the churches <b>established</b> in the faith. <i>Acts xvi. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The best <b>established</b> tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Confidence which must precede union could be <b>established</b> only by consummate prudence and self-control. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.</def>

<blockquote>By the consent of all, we were <b>established</b> The people's magistrates. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now, O king, <b>establish</b> the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. <i>Dan. vi. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>He hath <b>established</b> it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. <i>Is. xlv. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and <b>establisheth</b> a city by iniquity! <i>Hab. ii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; <as>as, to <ex>establish</ex> a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be <b>established</b>. <i>Deut. xix. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; <as>as, he <ex>established</ex> himself in a place; the enemy <ex>established</ex> themselves in the citadel.</as></def>