make stable or steadfast

  • 1establish — v. a. 1. Fix, settle, make stable or steadfast. 2. Enact, decree, ordain. 3. Institute, originate, plant, found, constitute, organize, form. 4. Place, secure, plant, set up. 5. Confirm, ratify, sanction, approve. 6. Prove, substantiate, verify,… …

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  • 2Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …

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  • 3establish — es·tab·lish vt 1: to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement we the people of the United States...do ordain and establish this Constitution U.S. Constitution preamble 2: to make firm or stable 3: to bring into existence …

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  • 4stabilize — verb ( lized; lizing) Date: 1861 transitive verb 1. to make stable, steadfast, or firm 2. to hold steady: as a. to maintain the stability of (as an airplane) by means of a stabilizer b. to limit fluctuations of (as prices) c. to establish a… …

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  • 5firm — n [German Firma, from Italian, signature, ultimately from Latin firmare to make firm, confirm] 1: the name or title under which a company transacts business 2: a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct …

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  • 6Perseverance of the saints — Calvinism John Calvin Background Christianity …

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  • 7stabilise — verb 1. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace brace your elbows while working on the potter s wheel • Syn: ↑brace, ↑steady, ↑stabilize • Derivationally related forms: ↑stabilization (for: ↑ …

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  • 8steady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, secure, stable; constant, unvarying, uniform; regular, habitual; trustworthy. See stability, regularity.Ant., unsteady, unstable. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showing little variation] Syn.… …

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  • 9stability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Permanence Nouns 1. stability; immutability, unchangeableness, constancy, firmness, equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stiffness, solidity, aplomb; establishment, fixture; homeostasis;… …

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  • 10continue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. persist; keep, go, carry, run, or hold on; maintain, keep up, sustain, uphold; prolong, remain, last, endure, withstand; protract, persevere, be permanent, stay, stick, abide; resume. See durability,… …

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