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sta⋅bi⋅lize

  [stey-buh-lahyz] verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
Use stabilized 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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