<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object): to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.</li><li>to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity: The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.</li><li>Aeronautics: to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.</li><li>(used without object): to become stabilized.</li></ul>