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steady (verb), steadies; steadied; steadying
1. To keep something or someone from moving, shaking, or falling: Henry steadied himself by using the handrail as he walked up to the next floor to his apartment.
2. To cause something to stop changing, increasing, or decreasing: Prices for food have not been steadying lately.

The new medicine has been helping to steady Aurora's heart rate.

Karin took a drink of water and sat down to steady her nerves.

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