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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
regulated
adjective
1: controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature" [ant: {unregulated}]
2: marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life" [syn: {ordered}, {orderly}]
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