To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
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 make stable or firm; to confirm.
To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
To be repudiated.
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.
To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).