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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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..
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists..
Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
Socialize :: Socialize (v. t.) To subject to, or regulate by, socialism..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..
Count-wheel :: Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
Web :: Web (n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..
Laissez Faire :: Laissez faire () Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government..
Self-regulated :: Self-regulated (a.) Regulated by one's self or by itself.
Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice..
Ordinate :: Ordinate (v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize..
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..
Scripturist :: Scripturist (n.) One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them..
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like..
Govern :: Govern (v. t.) To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority..
Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
Self-regulative :: Self-regulative (a.) Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.
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