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Stabilize

//ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make stable. transitive

    "Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg."

  2. 2
    make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium wordnet
  3. 3
    To become stable. intransitive

    "The country will stabilize after the next election ends."

  4. 4
    become stable or more stable wordnet
  5. 5
    support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace wordnet

Etymology

From stable + -ize.

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