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sta·bi·lize

Audio Help [stey-buh-lahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -lized, -liz·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.

2.	to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity: The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.

3.	Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to become stabilized.

Also, especially British, sta·bi·lise.

[Origin: 1860–65; stabile + -ize; cf. F stabiliser

]

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sta·bi·lize Audio Help   (stā'bə-līz') Pronunciation Key
v.   sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es

v.   tr.

To make stable or steadfast.
To maintain the stability of (an airplane or ship, for example) by means of a stabilizer.
To keep from fluctuating; fix the level of: stabilize prices.

v. intr.
To become stable, steadfast, or fixed.

sta'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

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stabilize
verb
1.	make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" [ant: destabilise]
2.	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]
3.	become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" [ant: destabilise]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈstabilize, *ˈstabilise [-bi-] verb

to make (more) stable
Example: He put a wedge of paper under the table to stabilize it.

Arabic:	يُثَبِّت، يَحْفَظ تَوازُن
Chinese (Simplified):	使…稳定
Chinese (Traditional):	使…穩定
Czech:	zpevnit
Danish:	stabilisere
Dutch:	stabiliseren
Estonian:	tasakaalu viima
Finnish:	tasapainottaa
French:	stabiliser
German:	stützen
Greek:	σταθεροποιώ
Hungarian:	megszilárdít, (meg)rögzít
Icelandic:	gera stöðugan, festa, stilla
Indonesian:	membuat kokoh
Italian:	stabilizzare

Japanese:	安定させる
Korean:	…을 안정시키다
Latvian:	stabilizēt; nostiprināt
Lithuanian:	sutvirtinti, stabilizuoti
Norwegian:	gjøre fast, stabilisere
Polish:	ustabilizować, opanować
Portuguese (Brazil):	firmar, estabilizar
Portuguese (Portugal):	estabilizar
Romanian:	a stabiliza
Russian:	делать устойчивым
Slovak:	upevniť
Slovenian:	stabilizirati
Swedish:	stabilisera
Turkish:	dengelemek, kımıldamaz yapmak

See also: stability, stable, "stabilize" in any language

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

sta·bi·lize (stb-lz)
v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es

To bring to or reach a stable or steadfast state.

stabi·li·zation (-l

-z

n) n.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: sta·bi·lize
Variant: also British sta·bi·lise /'stA-b&-"lIz/
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -lized also British -lised; -liz·ing also British -lis·ing
transitive senses
: to make stable <stabilize a patient's condition> stabilize intransitive senses
: to become stable <when pulse and blood pressure respond and stabilize —Journal of the American Medical Association> —sta·bi·li·za·tion also British sta·bi·li·sa·tion /"stA-b&-l&-'zA-sh&n/ noun

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