Definitions for regulate

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regulate reg·u·late

Spelling: [reg-yuh-leyt]

IPA: /ˈrɛg yəˌleɪt/

Regulate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 269 anagrams from letters in regulate (aeeglrtu).

Definitions for regulate

verb (used with object)

1. to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.:
2. to adjust to some standard or requirement, as amount, degree, etc.:
3. to adjust so as to ensure accuracy of operation:
4. to put in good order:

Origin of regulate

First recorded in 1620-30, regulate is from the Late Latin word rēgulātus (past participle of rēgulāre). See regula,

Examples for regulate

Man contemplating the heavens is to regulate his erring life according to them.

It should not shut the heart, but regulate the course of feeling.

Instead, he muses, why not regulate as if all people need guns, everywhere?

We must regulate our proceedings by the proceedings of our Allies.

Millions of people must regulate their lives in fear of these dread visitors.

Second, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.

The object of civil law is to regulate the relations of men to each ether.

Do you favor giving the state legislature the constitutional authority to regulate abortions, or do you oppose this?

A few weeks ago, Reid called a vote on a Constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to regulate money in politics.

She tells us how little the federal and provincial governments have done to regulate the tar sands.