stabilise meaning

Verb: stabilise  'steybu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=stabilize)

1. Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
   - brace, steady, stabilize 
2. Become stable or more stable
   "The economy stabilised"
   - stabilize 
3. Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
   "The drug stabilised her blood pressure"; "stabilise prices"
   - stabilize

Derived forms: stabilised, stabilises, stabilising

See also: stabilisation [Brit], stabiliser [Brit]

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

Antonym: destabilise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Stabilise

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1. the aromatic hydrocarbon structures in kerogen carry free electrons stabilised by the reasonating bonds of benzene rings.
2. in all systems the homing head has to remain stabilised in space during a period when there is no guidance signal.
3. hong kong's sars outbreak had stabilised
4. securities and futures price stabilising rules
5. these efforts helped stabilise the money markets last week