stabilize
To make stable.
Verb
- To make stable.
- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
- To become stable.
- The country will stabilize after the next election ends.
Origin
Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize From stable + -ize.
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destabilize gyrostabilize hyperstabilize mesostabilizing nonstabilized overstabilize photostabilize phytostabilize prestabilize restabilize stabilizability stabilizable superstabilizing thermostabilize thermostabilized thermostabilizing unstabilized