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sta⋅bi⋅lize

  [stey-buh-lahyz] verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
Use stabilize in a Sentence
–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   (stā'bə-līz')   
v.   sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To make stable or steadfast.
  2. To maintain the stability of (an airplane or ship, for example) by means of a stabilizer.
  3. 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

See peg 1.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Language Translation for : stabilize
Italian: stabilizzare,
German: stützen,
Japanese: 安定させる
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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 apatient's condition> stabilize intransitive senses
: to become stable stabilize —Journal of the AmericanMedical Association> —sta·bi·li·za·tion also British sta·bi·li·sa·tion /"stA-b&-l&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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