stablish
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of stablish
1250–1300; Middle English stablissen, aphetic variant of establish
Example Sentences
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Then didst thou set foot on Telphusa, and to thee the land seemed p. 117exceeding good wherein to stablish a temple and a grove.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
May He 'comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander
Consider the ultimate purpose he expresses—“To the end He may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness.”
From The Prayers of St. Paul by Thomas, W. H. Griffith (William Henry Griffith)
“God stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness,” “God sanctify you wholly”—the man who believes in these things and desires them, will pray for them for others.
From The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer by Murray, Andrew
“After that ye have suffered a while,” Peter says, God will “make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
From Heart Talks by Naylor, Charles Wesley
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