Definition of regulate

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

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Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice..
Regulated :: Regulated (imp. & p. p.) of Regulat.
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
Water Gate :: Water gate () A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated..
Number :: Number (n.) That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion..
Cadence :: Cadence (v. t.) To regulate by musical measure.
Order :: Order (n.) To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule..
Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..
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..
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope..
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..
Module :: Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection..
Right :: Right (a.) Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done..
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated..
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform..
Regulable :: Regulable (a.) Capable of being regulated.
Fortunize :: Fortunize (v. t.) To regulate the fortune of; to make happy.
Stumper :: Stumpage (n.) A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber..
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