Associations to the word «Regulate»

Wiktionary

REGULATE, verb. To dictate policy.
REGULATE, verb. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
REGULATE, verb. To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
REGULATE, verb. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
REGULATE, verb. To put or maintain in order.

Dictionary definition

REGULATE, verb. Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch".
REGULATE, verb. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate".
REGULATE, verb. Shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion".
REGULATE, verb. Check the emission of (sound).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne