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
Usage examples for regulate:
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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