In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STABILIZE
stabilize, stabilise
(verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; “The drug stabilized her blood pressure”; “stabilize prices”
stabilize, stabilise
(verb) become stable or more stable; “The economy stabilized”
brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
(verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; “brace your elbows while working on the potter’s wheel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
stabilize (third-person singular simple present stabilizes, present participle stabilizing, simple past and past participle stabilized)
(transitive) To make stable.
(intransitive) To become stable.
Anagrams
• albitizes
Source: Wiktionary
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ECONOMIC
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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