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Irregulate :: Irregulate (v. t.) To make irregular; to disorder.

Misregulate :: Misregulate (v. t.) To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.

Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..

Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances..

Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) 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..

Regulated :: Regulated (imp. & p. p.) of Regulat.

Regulating :: Regulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regulat.

Regulation :: Regulation (n.) The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated..

Regulation :: Regulation (n.) A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school..

Regulative :: Regulative (a.) Tending to regulate; regulating.

Regulative :: Regulative (a.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) One who, or that which, regulates..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes..

Self-regulated :: Self-regulated (a.) Regulated by one's self or by itself.

Self-regulative :: Self-regulative (a.) Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.