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regulate

verb
/ˈɹɛɡjəleɪ̯t/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian.

  1. borrowed from regulatus

Definitions

  1. To dictate policy.

  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

    • the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons
    • The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.

  3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.

    • to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
    • to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To put or maintain in order.

      • to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
      • to regulate one's eating habits

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Derived

autoregulate, coregulate, coregulating, counterregulate, crossregulate, deregulate, downregulate, dysregulate, hyperregulate, hyporegulate, immunoregulate, immunoregulating, interregulate, irregulate, mechanoregulate, microregulate, misregulate, myoregulin, nonregulating, osmoregulate, overregulate, phosphoregulate, photoregulate, regulatability, regulatable, regulative, regulon, reregulate, reregulation, retroregulate, self-regulate, self-regulating, thermoregulate, transregulate, underregulate, unregulate, upregulate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at regulate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at regulate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at regulate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA