Verb

(es)

To make stable or firm; to confirm.

*

To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

* , (w) 6:18

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Verb

(idiomatic) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.

Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

(idiomatic) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.

* Tillotson

Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.

(idiomatic) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.

(idiomatic) To declare something invalid or null and void.