Regulate

v. t.	1.	To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. [imp. & p. p. Regulated (-lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. 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 to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.

Verb	1.	regulate - fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" Synonyms: modulate
	2.	regulate - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Synonyms: govern, regularise, regularize, order Antonyms: deregulate - lift the regulations on
	3.	regulate - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" Synonyms: shape, determine, influence, mold
	4.	regulate - check the emission of (sound) Synonyms: baffle

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