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1. Causing to become stable
   "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"
   - stabilising [Brit]

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]

See also: helpful, stabilization, stabilizer

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

Antonym: destabilize

Encyclopedia: Stabilize