stabilize

Verb (3)stabilized, stabilizing

1. make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium“The drug stabilized her blood pressure”“stabilize prices”Synonyms: stabiliseOpposite destabilizeMore general change, alterMore specific peg
2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace“brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel”Synonyms: bracesteadystabiliseMore general strengthen, beef upMore specific guy, ballast
3. become stable or more stable“The economy stabilized”Synonyms: stabiliseMore general changeMore specific settle, steady