Verb: stabilize 'stey-bu,lIz
- Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
"The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices";
- stabilise [Brit]
- 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]
- Become stable or more stable
"The economy stabilized";
- stabilise [Brit]
Derived forms: stabilizes, stabilizing, stabilized
Type of: alter, beef up [informal], change, fortify, modify, strengthen
Antonym: destabilize
Encyclopedia: Stabilize