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Antonyms for regulate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : reg-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛg yəˌleɪt |
Definition of regulate
Origin :- early 15c., "adjust by rule, control," from Late Latin regulatus, past participle of regulare "to control by rule, direct," from Latin regula "rule" (see regular). Meaning "to govern by restriction" is from 1620s. Related: Regulated; regulating.
- verb manage, organize
- Millions of people must regulate their lives in fear of these dread visitors.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It should not shut the heart, but regulate the course of feeling.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- The object of civil law is to regulate the relations of men to each ether.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Man contemplating the heavens is to regulate his erring life according to them.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- We must regulate our proceedings by the proceedings of our Allies.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 » by Various
- This done, he set himself to regulate the matters that remained.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- Something must be done, and done without delay, to regulate the situation.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I wanted to regulate my feelings which, I told him, were in an unbecoming state of confusion.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- Early attempts were made at negotiation, and to regulate trade with them.
- Extract from : « Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia » by John Marshall
- I think I should be told, and then left to regulate my own ways accordingly.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for regulate
- adapt
- adjust
- administer
- allocate
- arrange
- balance
- classify
- conduct
- control
- coordinate
- correct
- determine
- direct
- dispose
- fit
- fix
- govern
- guide
- handle
- improve
- legislate
- measure
- methodize
- moderate
- modulate
- monitor
- order
- oversee
- pull things together
- put in order
- readjust
- reconcile
- rectify
- rule
- run
- set
- settle
- shape up
- square
- standardize
- straighten up
- superintend
- supervise
- systematize
- temper
- time
- true
- tune
- tune up
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