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Adjective: stabilising  'stey-bu,lI-zing
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: stabilizing)
  1. Causing to become stable
    "the family is one of the great stabilising elements in society";
    - stabilizing
Verb: stabilise  'stey-bu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: stabilize)
  1. Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
    "The drug stabilised her blood pressure"; "stabilise prices";
    - stabilize
     
  2. Become stable or more stable
    "The economy stabilised";
    - stabilize
     
  3. Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
    "stabilise your elbows while working on the potter's wheel";
    - brace, steady, stabilize

See also: helpful

Type of: alter, beef up [informal], change, fortify, modify, strengthen

Antonym: destabilise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Stabilising

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