baffle, regulate
(verb) restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
regulate, modulate
(verb) fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; “regulate the temperature”; “modulate the pitch”
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
(verb) shape or influence; give direction to; “experience often determines ability”; “mold public opinion”
regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
(verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; “We cannot regulate the way people dress”; “This town likes to regulate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.
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Source: Wiktionary
Reg"u*late (-lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated (-l`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
