[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

regulate \reg"ulate\ -l=at, v. t. imp.  p. p. regulated
   -l=a`te^d; p. pr.  vb. n. regulating. l.
   regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. see regular.
   1. to adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
      by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
      or laws.
      1913 webster

            the laws which regulate the successions of the
            seasons. --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            the herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
            disputes, and regulated their own police.
                                                  --bancroft.
      1913 webster

   2. to put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
      of a nation or its finances.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   to regulate a watch or to regulate a clock, to adjust its
      rate of running so that it will keep approximately
      standard time.
      1913 webster

   syn: to adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
        rule; govern.
        1913 webster
see also:
regulated regulating regular to regulate a watch to regulate a clock 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

regulating
     n : the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
         "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
         syn: regulation
see also:
regulation 

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