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Definition of Regulate
Regulate

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

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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Regulate Quotations

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Samuel Johnson

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
William James

Regulate Translations

regulate in Dutch is reglementeren, reguleren, regelen
regulate in German is regelst, regeln, regulieren
regulate in Italian is regolare
regulate in Latin is tempero, ordino
regulate in Portuguese is regule
regulate in Spanish is regular
regulate in Swedish is reglera, ordna, rucka, styra


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