 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
regulate
verb
1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: {modulate}]
2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people
dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: {regularize},
{regularise}, {order}, {govern}] [ant: {deregulate}]
3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: {determine},
{shape}, {mold}, {influence}]
4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: {baffle}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Regulate \Reg"u*late\ (-l[=a]t), verb (used with an object) [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 {To regulate a 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "regulate":
abate, accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, adjust to, administer,
administrate, alter, arrange, array, assimilate, assimilate to,
assuage, attune, authorize, balance, be master, be responsible for,
box in, call the shots, call the signals, captain, carry on, chair,
chart, circumscribe, codify, command, condition, conduct,
constitute, control, cool off, coordinate, cut to, damp, decide,
declare lawful, decree, deploy, determine, diminish, direct,
discipline, dispose, enact, engineer, equalize, equilibrize,
establish, even, fit, fix, flatten, form, formulate, gear to,
govern, grade, guide, handle, harmonize, head, head up, hedge,
hedge about, hierarchize, homogenize, homologate, homologize,
key to, lay out, lead, lead on, leaven, legalize, legislate,
legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, level, limit, line up,
maintain, make a regulation, make legal, make plumb,
make the rules, make uniform, manage, maneuver, manipulate,
marshal, mastermind, measure, methodize, mitigate, moderate,
modify, modulate, monitor, narrow, normalize, officer, operate,
ordain, order, organize, oversee, pacify, palliate, plan,
prescribe, preside over, proportion, pull the strings,
put in force, put in tune, qualify, quarterback, quiet, rank,
rationalize, reconcile, rectify, reduce, regularize, regulate by,
restrain, restrict, right, routinize, rule, run, sanction, season,
set, set conditions, set limits, set right, set up, settle,
similarize, skipper, smooth, soften, stabilize, stand over,
standardize, steer, stereotype, structure, superintend, supervise,
symmetrize, sync, synchronize, systematize, tailor, take command,
take the lead, temper, tranquilize, trim to, true, true up, tune,
tune up, uniformize, validate, wear the pants, wield authority
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