set up or found; She set up a literacy program

[ Syn: set up , found , launch ]

set up or lay the groundwork for; establish a new department

[ Syn: found , plant , constitute , institute ]

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound; The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture

[ Syn: prove , demonstrate , show , shew ]

institute, enact, or establish; make laws

[ Syn: lay down , make ]

bring about; The trompe loeil-illusion establishes depth

[ Syn: give ]

place; Her manager had set her up at the Ritz

[ Syn: install , instal , set up ]

build or establish something abstract; build a reputation

[ Syn: build ]

use as a basis for; found on; base a claim on some observation

[ Syn: base , ground , found ]