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stabilize

verb
/ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/CA/sʈɛb(ɪ)ˈlaɪz/

Etymology

From stable + -ize.

  1. derived from stabulum
  2. derived from estable
  3. inherited from stable
  4. suffixed as stabilize — “stable + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make stable.

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

  2. To become stable.

    • The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

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Derived

destabilize, gyrostabilize, hyperstabilize, mesostabilizing, nonstabilized, overstabilize, photostabilize, phytostabilize, prestabilize, restabilize, stabilizability, stabilizable, superstabilizing, thermostabilize, thermostabilized, thermostabilizing, unstabilized

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stabilize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01stabilize02stable03wing04insect05powerless06legal07basis08foundation09stabilizes

A definitional loop anchored at stabilize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at stabilize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA