stabilize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium

   The drug stabilized my blood pressure.

2. 2
   verb

   become stable or more stable

   The economy stabilized

3. 3
   verb

   To make stable.

   Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.

4. 4
   verb

   To become stable.

   The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

5. 5
   verb

   support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

Etymology

From stable + -ize.