About The Word Regulate

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Regulate

Regulate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Regulate?
[v] check the emission of (sound)
[v] set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"; "regulate the thermostat" [v] fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [v] shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [v] bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Synonyms | Synonyms for Regulate: baffle | determine | govern | influence | modulate | mold | order | regularize | set | shape Related Terms | Find terms related to Regulate: See Also | adjust | advance | bound | carry weight | cause | confine | decide | decide | determine | district | do | index | limit | make | make up one's mind | miscreate | pace | predetermine | reset | reshape | restrain | restrict | set ahead | standardise | standardize | throttle | time | trammel | zone Regulate In Webster's Dictionary \Reg"u*late\ (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regulated}
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regulating}.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See {Regular}.]
1. 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. --Macaulay.
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
3. 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 {clock}, to adjust its rate of
running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern.
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