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▪ I. † ˈregulate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. late L. rēgulāt-us, pa. pple.: see next.]
Regulated; regular.
a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. i. viii. (1584) 7 The other they call..the Royall power regulate by lawes. 1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 262 Brute beasts are much more regulate than we. 1644Cromwell Let. 10 Mar. in Carlyle, I know you will not think it fit my Lord should discharge an Officer of the Field but in a regulate way.
▪ II. regulate, v.|ˈrɛgjʊleɪt|
[f. late L. rēgulāt-, ppl. stem of rēgulāre (5th c.), f. rēgula rule.]
1. a. trans. To control, govern, or direct by rule or regulations; to subject to guidance or restrictions; to adapt to circumstances or surroundings.
c1630Mead in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. III. 263 A freind of his sent him two or three Doctors to regulate his health. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 50 If we think to regulat Printing,..we must regulat all recreations and pastimes. 1682Dryden Prol. Loyal Brother 3 Critics would regulate Our theatres, and Whigs reform our State. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 8 Desire of esteem..was given us..to regulate our behaviour towards Society. 1792Anecd. W. Pitt I. iv. 75 Can freedom be regulated without being..in some part destroyed? 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. ix. (1852) 296 Mercy must be in some way regulated by regard to righteousness. 1877Sparrow Serm. vi. 81 He that reduced the material world to order, can regulate and direct the mind.
refl.1672Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 405 Having received your letter.., according to which I shall regulate myselfe upon occasion. 1779Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 6 Apr., Does he direct any regimen, or does Mr. Thrale regulate himself?
†b. To bring or reduce (a person or body of persons) to order. Obs.
1646Fairfax (title) Orders Established..for Regulating the Army. 1654Bramhall Just Vind. vi. (1661) 127 He might have..called a Councel, regulated him, and reduced him to order and reason. 1685Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 341 In other buroughs..they have new regulated the electors by new charters. 1687Ibid. 421 There are 6 commissioners appointed, who are to inspect all the corporations of England, and regulate them, by turning out such as are against the taking away the penall lawes and test. 1839Southern Lit. Messenger (U.S.) Mar. 220/1 They had dropped hints of their intending, before long, to ‘regulate old Jerry Jackson’, who, they said, had been stealing corn.
†c. To correct by control. Obs. rare.
a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 218 To regulate the Errors of the Mind. 1682Wood Life 17 June (O.H.S.) III. 22 The chancellor's letters for regulating the rudeness and miscarriage of the Masters in Convocation.
2. To adjust, in respect of time, quantity, force, etc., with reference to some standard or purpose; esp. to adjust (a clock or other machine) so that the working may be accurate.
1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 391 The Persians regulate their Feasts according to the Moon. 1728R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 60 Palladio has not been a little assisting to me in regulating the Proportions. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 33 The heat should be proportioned and regulated by the mineral or effective virtue of the stone itself. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 50 Care must be taken to regulate the fire properly. 1812–16Playfair Nat. Phil. (1819) II. 107 Clocks ought to be regulated by the mean solar time. 1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 485/1 He can..regulate the throttle-valve by hand-gear placed within his reach.
refl.1776Adam Smith W.N. iv. i. i. II. 9 The quantity of every commodity..naturally regulates itself in every country according to the effectual demand.
†3. To make regular or even. Obs. rare—1.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 181 The Corn with much harrowing..will be drawn into wants and uneven places, and much regulated by the Harrow.
4. intr. To make regulations.
1895Westm. Gaz. 1 May 2/2 If the Board of Trade has any power to regulate on this point, we trust that it will use it.
5. refl., and intr. for refl. Biol. To exhibit regulation (sense 1 b).
1902Archiv für Entwicklungsmech. der Organismen XV. 228 Pieces which are more active may be expected to regulate more widely. 1926J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 235 The portion of substance which in its normal position would have developed into a half, has the power, if isolated, of regulating itself and its internal structure so as to give rise to a whole. 1971Nature 24 Sept. 233/1 If half the optic tectum is removed and the optic nerve regenerates, the system regulates to preserve a retinotopic projection. 1977Sci. Amer. July 67/1 Parts of the early embryo of various animals can be removed and the remaining parts will embryonically regulate to form a normal whole. |