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verb
To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From be- + stay, from Middle English *stayen, steyen, from Old French estaier, estayer (“to prop, stay, support”), from estaye (“prop, support”), of Proto-Germanic origin. More at stay.
