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verb (used with object)
1.
to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
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to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity: The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.
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Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.
verb (used without object)
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to become stabilized.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
stabilize
1861, originally of ships; from stability. Aeronautical stabilizer is attested from 1909.
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Medical Dictionary
stabilize sta·bi·lize (stā'bə-līz')
v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es
To bring to or reach a stable or steadfast state.
sta'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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