"stabilise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈsteɪ.bəl.ˌaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stabilize.wav [UK] Forms: stabilise [canonical], stabilises [third-person, singular], stabilised [past], stabilised [past, participle], stabilising [present, participle]
enPR: stāʹ-bəl-īz' Etymology: stable + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|stable|ise}} stable + -ise Head templates: {{verb|stabilis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you stabilise something, you make it stable.
    Sense id: simple-stabilise-en-verb-ZvHDxx5x
  2. If something stabilises, it becomes stable.
    Sense id: simple-stabilise-en-verb-j3bBFYBO Categories (other): Verbs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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