Definition of regulate

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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..

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Orderly :: Orderly (a.) Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
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..
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
Web :: Web (n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform..
Watchful :: Watchful (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
Smooth :: Smooth (a.) To ease; to regulate.
Supplyant :: Supply (a.) Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve..
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..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time..
Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Religion :: Religion (n.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion..
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..
Cotillion :: Cotillion (n.) A tune which regulates the dance.
Coordinate :: Coordinate (v. t.) To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements..
Regulable :: Regulable (a.) Capable of being regulated.
Ordinate :: Ordinate (v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize..
Shape :: Shape (n.) To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel..
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