transitive verb regulated -·lat′ed, regulating -·lat′·ing

1. to control, direct, or govern according to a rule, principle, or system
2. to adjust to a particular standard, rate, degree, amount, etc. regulate the heat
3. to adjust (a clock, etc.) so as to make operate accurately
4. to make uniform, methodical, orderly, etc.

Etymology: < LL regulatus, pp. of regulare, to rule, regulate < L regula, a rule