REGULATE
\ɹˈɛɡjuːlˌe͡ɪt], \ɹˈɛɡjuːlˌeɪt], \ɹ_ˈɛ_ɡ_j_uː_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of REGULATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
By Princeton University
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fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To put or keep in proper order; adapt to, or govern by, rule, method, or certain standard laws; as, to regulate one's conduct.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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