stabilize
[stey-buh-lahyz]
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verb (used with object), sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing.
to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity: The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.
Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.
verb (used without object), sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing.
to become stabilized.
Also especially British, sta·bi·lise.
Origin of stabilize
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Suppose the unstabilized copper were treated with a very weak current, not strong enough to explode it?
The Skylark of SpaceEdward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
All varietal forms at present are as yet unstabilized (most varieties of 10 years ago have been discarded).
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
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stabilize
[stā′bə-līz′]
v.
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