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verb

Regulate v. t. (past & past part. regulated; pres. part. regulating)

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. "The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons." "The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police."

To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.

To regulate a watch or To regulate a clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.

Synonyms: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern.

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Etymology of 'Regulating'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Relations Between Religion and Science - Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 • Frederick, Lord Bishop of Exeter

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