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STABLE, a. [L. The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.]

1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as a stable government.

2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as a stable man; a stable character.

3. Fixed; steady; firm; not easily surrendered or abandoned; as a man of stable principles.

4. Durable; not subject to be overthrown or changed.

In this region of chance and vanity, where nothing is stable--

STABLE, v.t. To fix; to establish. [Not used.]

STABLE, n. [L., a stand, a fixed place, like stall. See the latter. These words do not primarily imply a covering for horses or cattle.] A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often connected with a coach house. In the country towns in the northern states of America, a stable is usually an apartment in a barn in which hay and grain are deposited.

STABLE, v.t. To put or keep in a stable. Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.

STABLE, v.i. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.



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STABLE, a. [L. The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.]

1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as a stable government.

2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as a stable man; a stable character.

3. Fixed; steady; firm; not easily surrendered or abandoned; as a man of stable principles.

4. Durable; not subject to be overthrown or changed.

In this region of chance and vanity, where nothing is stable--

STABLE, v.t. To fix; to establish. [Not used.]

STABLE, n. [L., a stand, a fixed place, like stall. See the latter. These words do not primarily imply a covering for horses or cattle.] A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often connected with a coach house. In the country towns in the northern states of America, a stable is usually an apartment in a barn in which hay and grain are deposited.

STABLE, v.t. To put or keep in a stable. Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.

STABLE, v.i. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.


STA'BLE, a. [L. stabilis; Fr. stable; It. stabile. The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.]

  1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as, a stable government.
  2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a stable man; a stable character.
  3. Fixed; steady; firm; not easily surrendered or abandoned; as, a man of stable principles.
  4. Durable; not subject to be overthrown or changed. In this region of chance and vanity, where nothing is stable. – Rogers.

STA'BLE, n. [L. stabulum, that is, a stand, a fixed place, like stall. See the latter. These words do not primarily imply a covering for horses or cattle.]

A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often connected with a coach-house. In the country towns in the northern states of America, a stable is usually an apartment in a barn in which hay and grain are deposited.


STA'BLE, v.i.

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel. – Milton.


STA'BLE, v.t.1

To fix; to establish. [Not used.]


STA'BLE, v.t.2

To put or keep in a stable. Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.


Sta"ble
  1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

    In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers.

  2. To fix; to establish.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  3. A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

    Milton.

    Stable fly (Zoöl.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files, unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.

  4. To put or keep in a stable.
  5. To dwell or lodge in a stable] to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

    Milton.
  6. So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or substance.
  7. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.

    And to her husband ever meek and stable. Chaucer.

  8. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

    Stable equibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral.

    Syn. -- Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.

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Stable

STABLE, adjective [Latin The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.]

1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as a stable government.

2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as a stable man; a stable character.

3. Fixed; steady; firm; not easily surrendered or abandoned; as a man of stable principles.

4. Durable; not subject to be overthrown or changed.

In this region of chance and vanity, where nothing is stable--

STABLE, verb transitive To fix; to establish. [Not used.]

STABLE, noun [Latin , a stand, a fixed place, like stall. See the latter. These words do not primarily imply a covering for horses or cattle.] A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often connected with a coach house. In the country towns in the northern states of America, a stable is usually an apartment in a barn in which hay and grain are deposited.

STABLE, verb transitive To put or keep in a stable Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.

STABLE, verb intransitive To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

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