From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
stabilise v 1: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise] 2: become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" [syn: stabilize, stabilise] [ant: destabilise, destabilize] 3: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" [syn: stabilize, stabilise] [ant: destabilise, destabilize]