stabilization (stab i liz ash on)

[ The transformation of "stable" matter into "unstable" that takes place during the a imilation of food is nece ary, because, during the activity of the organism, forces are constantly becoming "fixed," and with this "fixation of force" goes "the stabilisation of matter." Mind , XII. 602. stabilize (stab'il-īz), v . t .; pret. and pp. stabil ized , ppr. stabilizing . [ stabilis , firm (see stable2 ), + -ize .] To render stable. Also spelled stabilise . A written literature, the habit of recording and reading, the prevalence of actual instruction, work yet more pow. erfully in the same direction; and when such forces have reached the degree of strength which they show in our modern enlightened communities, they fairly dominate the history of speech. The language is stabilized , especially as regards all those alterations which proceed from Inaccuracy. Whitney, Life and Growth of Lang., p. 158.