Definition of regulate

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Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..

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Reigle :: Reigle (v. t.) To regulate; to govern.
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music..
Supplyant :: Supply (a.) Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve..
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
Stumper :: Stumpage (n.) A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber..
Govern :: Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse..
Manductor :: Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music..
Regulation :: Regulation (n.) The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated..
Tappet :: Tappet (n.) A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion..
Misregulate :: Misregulate (v. t.) To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Square :: Square (n.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others..
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system..
Minuet :: Minuet (n.) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure..
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate..
Dispositive :: Dispositive (a.) Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.
Socinianize :: Socinianize (v. t.) To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism..
Regulated :: Regulated (imp. & p. p.) of Regulat.
Right :: Right (a.) Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod..
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