REGULATE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• legature

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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