established
Pronunciation:
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/verb
Definitions
To make stable or firm; to confirm.
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
adjective
Definitions
Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.