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A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
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v. t.
To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
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To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
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To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
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Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.
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Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.
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One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
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To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
n.
A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
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Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.
v. t.
To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
v. t.
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
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A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.
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To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
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Regulated by one's self or by itself.
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A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
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A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.
v. t.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
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To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.
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