Results for regulate

Definitions of regulate:

part of speech: verb transitive

To put or keep in proper order; adapt to, or govern by, rule, method, or certain standard laws; as, to regulate one's conduct.

part of speech: verb transitive

To make regular: to adjust by rule: to subject to rules or restrictions: to put in good order.

part of speech: adjective

Regulative.

Usage examples for regulate:

• Can a man regulate the speed of his turning while he is in the air? "Careers of Danger and Daring", Cleveland Moffett

• No Government is to be trusted with the dangerous power to create and regulate opinions through its schools. "Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle", H. N. Brailsford

• I prefer to regulate my own life and my life's work. "From the Housetops", George Barr McCutcheon