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Regulate Definition And Meaning
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.

Regulate Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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