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1. Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
   "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices";
   - stabilise [Brit]
    
2. Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
   "stabilize your elbows while working on the potter's wheel";
   - brace, steady, stabilise [Brit]
    
3. Become stable or more stable
   "The economy stabilized";
   - stabilise [Brit]

Derived forms: stabilized, stabilizes, stabilizing

Type of: alter, beef up, change, fortify, modify, strengthen

Antonym: destabilize

Encyclopedia: Stabilize