regulatev.

Brit.

/ˈrɛɡjᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛɡjəˌleɪt/

Forms: late Middle English– regulate, 1500s–1600s regulat, 1600s regulate (past participle, rare); Scottish pre-1700 regulat, pre-1700 regulat (past participle), pre-1700 regulate (past participle), pre-1700 regullat, pre-1700 1700s– regulate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin regulat-, regulare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin regulat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of regulare to control, govern, direct (5th cent.) < classical Latin rēgula (see regula n.). Compare Middle French reguler (1368; French réguler ), Spanish regular (end of the 15th cent.), Italian regolare (13th cent.), and also Middle French regler , French régler reigle v. Compare earlier rule v.

a. transitive. To control, govern, or direct, esp. by means of regulations or restrictions. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > order or regulate

regulate?a1425

order1509

diet1576

conform1602

drill1877

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > regulate

dightc1230

ordainc1300

raila1350

regulate?a1425

arrayc1440

ordinance1440

order1509

direct?1510

regolate1585

reigle1591

ordinate1595

qualify1597

steer1616

govern1806

police1885

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > act in accordance with [verb (transitive)] > regulate (one's action) by

square1531

settle1596

regulate1780

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 154^v Of þe mesure of fleobotomie it ys seid þat þer may nouȝt be giffen a certane reule..Neþerlez þe mesure is regulated [?c1425 Paris rewlede; L. regulatur] or rewled..for to coniecture not only quantite..bot also þe toleraunce or tholing.

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 70 His power ordinate and regulat be his devin wisdome has ordand and disponit that thir operaciouns sal be maid.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 76 Touching trade of marchandise, artes, and offices, the Pysans were not bownde with other lawes, then did regulat all other cities subiect to the Florentyns.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. viii. 7 The other they call..the Royall power regulate by lawes.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 16 If we think to regulat Printing,..we must regulat all recreations and pastimes.

1672 A. Marvell Let. 22 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 273 Hauing received..your letter..according to which I shall regulate my selfe upon occasion.

1682 J. Dryden in T. Southerne Loyal Brother Prol. sig. A3 Criticks wou'd regulate Our Theatres, and Whiggs reform our State.

1709 J. Spelman Life Ælfred the Great ii. 117 The Licentiousness and Unruliness of Servants..gives Trouble to all the Justices in the Kingdom to regulate.

1780 S. Johnson Let. 6 Apr. (1992) III. 229 Dos he direct any regimen, or dos Mr. Thrale regulate himself?

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. iv. 75 Can freedom be regulated without being..in some part destroyed?

1851 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 393 As it was beyond the power of parliament to regulate the wages of labor, it was unjust to pass an act to regulate, with a view unnaturally to raise the price of food.

1877 W. Sparrow Serm. vi. 81 He that reduced the material world to order, can regulate and direct the mind.

1916 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 17/2 The plan to zone the city and regulate the height of buildings.

1968 P. Warner Sieges of Middle Ages vi. 119 He regulated gambling, no knight or squire being allowed to lose more than twenty shillings in twenty-four hours.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 July 8/4 Community groups wanted a judicial inquiry into why the EPA was not regulating mining.

†b. transitive. To bring under control; to reduce to order. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > bring to order

regulate1622

to settle a person's hash1795

disciplinize1885

1622 T. Roe True & Faithfull Rel. Constantinople sig. C3^v He would..stay there, vntill he had regulated his new Army, and Discipline, and then to returne triumphant to Constantinople.

1647 Fairfax (title) Orders Established..for Regulating the Army.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vi. 127 He might have..called a Councel, regulated him, and reduced him to order and reason.

1685 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 341 In other buroughs..they have new regulated the electors by new charters.

1687 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 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.

†c. transitive. To correct through regulation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > by control

regulatea1680

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 218 To regulate the Errors of the Mind.

1682 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 22 The chancellor's letters for regulating the rudeness and miscarriage of the Masters in Convocation.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 186 By the Pulse we find by what Method we must regulate all Exorbitances.

a. transitive. To control, modify, or adjust with reference to some principle, standard, or norm; to alter in response to a situation, set of circumstances, etc.

ΚΠ

1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde x. f. 85^v If the lippe within be seene not lyuely, or not a fayre red in colour: doth argue a matter not regulated, and grosse humours to consist in that creature.

1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce viii. 37 Thereby [sc. by measures] as by weights many commutations are regulated..and profit and losse is also thereby found out and distinguished.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 391 The Persians regulate [Fr. reglent] their Feasts according to the Moon.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 11 Desire of Esteem..was given us..to regulate our Behaviour towards Society.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 401 If such a one by a statical Engine could regulate his insensible Perspiration, he might often..shorten his Fit.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 33 The heat should be proportioned and regulated by the mineral or effective virtue of the stone itself.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. i. 9 The quantity of every commodity..naturally regulates itself in every country according to the effectual demand.

1800 R. Somerville Comm. Board of Agric. II. 95 Proprietors and occupiers of ground being at due pains to investigate accurately the peculiar circumstances connected with its natural situation, and to regulate their plans of inclosing accordingly.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 411 Mercy must be in some way regulated by regard to righteousness.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. x. 533 The Weregild, or compensation for murder was regulated according to the rank of the person slain.

1913 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. (ed. 4) Salt bath furnace, a type of hardening furnace in which the temperature is regulated by the employment of fused salts.

1990 P. P. Read On Third Day xix. 201 Women sometimes take the pill simply to regulate their menstrual cycle.

b. transitive. To calibrate, adjust, or control (a timepiece or other mechanism) in order to ensure accurate or proper working.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > set

setc1400

temper1538

roll1583

rule1595

winda1616

to wind upa1616

to set forwarda1627

to set back1635

regulate1665

to put back1704

to put forward1741

to put on1826

time1873

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > adjust for accuracy

rectify?a1560

regulate1665

tune1814

true1838

truth1874

set1879

1665 [implied in: R. Hooke Micrographia 133 Several..begin each of them to move, thus or thus, but quite after another method then before, there being many regulating parts and the like, fallen away and lost. (at regulating adj. 2)].

1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 937 Watches, which instead of a Ballance-wheele are regulated by a Pendulum.

1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. iv. 50 If a heavy fly be put upon the axle..it will help to regulate the motion.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xvii. 201 A plate has been applied in such a way as to shorten the spring when the temperature is increased, by an operation similar to that which serves to regulate a common watch.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 485/1 He can..regulate the throttle-valve by hand-gear placed within his reach.

1893 P. Carus Truth in Fiction 34 Clock and watches..can be well regulated according to some change that constantly takes place in nature with strict regularity.

1954 R. Wailes Eng. Windmill xvi. 142 Small governors were fitted operating a gate to regulate the feed.

1992 Atlantic Apr. 121/1 (advt.) Dual-rate gas pressurized shock absorbers and air springs are electronically regulated to optimize ride and handling.

†3. transitive. To make regular or even in form. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvi. 180 The Corn with much harrowing..will be drawn into wants and uneven places, and much regulated by the Harrow.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing To regulate the Margins..are two Iron Points which make two Holes in the Sheet.

1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. 282 The incloser may apply to the judge ordinary..to visit the ground, straiten and regulate the marches.

1789 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Jrnl. & Ann. Reg. 58 Cut the edges of grass even, and regulate all sorts of edgings of box, thrift, &c.

4. intransitive. To make, enact, or enforce regulations.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > regulate

to keep good quarter1608

direct1611

regulate1661

1661 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1954) IV. 135 The provest, baillies, deane of gild and thesaurer ar appoynted Commissioners of the Excysse to regulat within the burgh and to choyse thair awen collector.

1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. II. 457 He tried to regulate and legislate for that great colony.

1808 W. Miller Let. 8 Apr. in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1993) May 201 (note) Ballantyne coming to town I can regulate with him about the printing.

1895 Westm. 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.

1932 Michigan Law Rev. 30 1281 There are many other cases placing the right to regulate on the ground of the importance of the business.

1978 Eng. Jrnl. 67 10/1 They even proposed an Academy which would regulate and legislate.

2005 R. B. Siegel in B. Baines & R. Rubio-Marin Gender Constit. Jurispr. xii. 313 The state cannot regulate on the basis of sex, unless it can show that its sexually discriminatory means are ‘substantially related’ to an ‘important’ government purpose.

5. Biology.

a. intransitive. To exhibit developmental regulation (regulation n. 5a). Also transitive (reflexive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > mechanism for self-regulation > [verb (reflexive)]

regulate1902

1902 Archiv f. Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen 15 228 Pieces which are more active may be expected to regulate more widely.

1926 J. 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.

1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) 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.

b. transitive. Genetics. To control (expression of a gene), e.g. by production of a protein that inhibits gene transcription.

ΚΠ

1959 A. B. Pardee et al. in Jrnl. Molecular Biol. 1 177 A repressor-making gene..whose function is to block or regulate the expression of the neighbouring genes.

1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iv. 415 The corynebacterium has the ability to regulate the expression of the tox gene by producing a repressor protein.

1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) ii. 16/2 The expression of the gene is regulated by gonadotropins in the ovary but not in the placenta.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Nov. d3/1 A single micro-RNA can regulate the activity of hundreds of genes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	regulate
释义	† regulateadj. Forms: 1500s–1600s regulate, 1600s regulat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin regulatus, regulare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin regulatus, past participle of regulare regulate v. Compare earlier regulate v., and also earlier regular adj. and later regulated adj. Obsolete. Regulated; regular. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [adjective] > regulating > regulated regulate1549 regulated1615 controlled1889 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [adjective] > making conform > adjusted to a standard or purpose regulate1549 regulated1766 1549 W. Glynne in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1382 It is an other thing to search misteryes, then it is to searche the Scriptures, whereas you requyre of me a regulate order of citing the Doctours, I had not..the liberty of tyme so to do. 1644 O. Cromwell Let. 10 Mar. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 278 I know you will not think it fit my Lord should discharge an officer of the Field but in a regulate way. 1651 J. Graunt Truths Defender 1 First, Presbyterie is that regulate way of a religious Christian profession, that is declared by the Parliament. 1683 J. Bryantson Mutations of Seas 5 Nature commonly makes use of some inward Principle, for opperations that are to be constant and regulat, as the motions of the Seas are known to be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). regulatev. Brit. /ˈrɛɡjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛɡjəˌleɪt/ Forms: late Middle English– regulate, 1500s–1600s regulat, 1600s regulate (past participle, rare); Scottish pre-1700 regulat, pre-1700 regulat (past participle), pre-1700 regulate (past participle), pre-1700 regullat, pre-1700 1700s– regulate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin regulat-, regulare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin regulat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of regulare to control, govern, direct (5th cent.) < classical Latin rēgula (see regula n.). Compare Middle French reguler (1368; French réguler ), Spanish regular (end of the 15th cent.), Italian regolare (13th cent.), and also Middle French regler , French régler reigle v. Compare earlier rule v. 1. a. transitive. To control, govern, or direct, esp. by means of regulations or restrictions. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > order or regulate regulate?a1425 order1509 diet1576 conform1602 drill1877 society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > regulate dightc1230 ordainc1300 raila1350 regulate?a1425 arrayc1440 ordinance1440 order1509 direct?1510 regolate1585 reigle1591 ordinate1595 qualify1597 steer1616 govern1806 police1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > act in accordance with [verb (transitive)] > regulate (one's action) by square1531 settle1596 regulate1780 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 154^v Of þe mesure of fleobotomie it ys seid þat þer may nouȝt be giffen a certane reule..Neþerlez þe mesure is regulated [?c1425 Paris rewlede; L. regulatur] or rewled..for to coniecture not only quantite..bot also þe toleraunce or tholing. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 70 His power ordinate and regulat be his devin wisdome has ordand and disponit that thir operaciouns sal be maid. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 76 Touching trade of marchandise, artes, and offices, the Pysans were not bownde with other lawes, then did regulat all other cities subiect to the Florentyns. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. viii. 7 The other they call..the Royall power regulate by lawes. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 16 If we think to regulat Printing,..we must regulat all recreations and pastimes. 1672 A. Marvell Let. 22 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 273 Hauing received..your letter..according to which I shall regulate my selfe upon occasion. 1682 J. Dryden in T. Southerne Loyal Brother Prol. sig. A3 Criticks wou'd regulate Our Theatres, and Whiggs reform our State. 1709 J. Spelman Life Ælfred the Great ii. 117 The Licentiousness and Unruliness of Servants..gives Trouble to all the Justices in the Kingdom to regulate. 1780 S. Johnson Let. 6 Apr. (1992) III. 229 Dos he direct any regimen, or dos Mr. Thrale regulate himself? 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. iv. 75 Can freedom be regulated without being..in some part destroyed? 1851 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 393 As it was beyond the power of parliament to regulate the wages of labor, it was unjust to pass an act to regulate, with a view unnaturally to raise the price of food. 1877 W. Sparrow Serm. vi. 81 He that reduced the material world to order, can regulate and direct the mind. 1916 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 17/2 The plan to zone the city and regulate the height of buildings. 1968 P. Warner Sieges of Middle Ages vi. 119 He regulated gambling, no knight or squire being allowed to lose more than twenty shillings in twenty-four hours. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 July 8/4 Community groups wanted a judicial inquiry into why the EPA was not regulating mining. †b. transitive. To bring under control; to reduce to order. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > bring to order regulate1622 to settle a person's hash1795 disciplinize1885 1622 T. Roe True & Faithfull Rel. Constantinople sig. C3^v He would..stay there, vntill he had regulated his new Army, and Discipline, and then to returne triumphant to Constantinople. 1647 Fairfax (title) Orders Established..for Regulating the Army. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vi. 127 He might have..called a Councel, regulated him, and reduced him to order and reason. 1685 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 341 In other buroughs..they have new regulated the electors by new charters. 1687 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 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. †c. transitive. To correct through regulation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > by control regulatea1680 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 218 To regulate the Errors of the Mind. 1682 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 22 The chancellor's letters for regulating the rudeness and miscarriage of the Masters in Convocation. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 186 By the Pulse we find by what Method we must regulate all Exorbitances. 2. a. transitive. To control, modify, or adjust with reference to some principle, standard, or norm; to alter in response to a situation, set of circumstances, etc. ΚΠ 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde x. f. 85^v If the lippe within be seene not lyuely, or not a fayre red in colour: doth argue a matter not regulated, and grosse humours to consist in that creature. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce viii. 37 Thereby [sc. by measures] as by weights many commutations are regulated..and profit and losse is also thereby found out and distinguished. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 391 The Persians regulate [Fr. reglent] their Feasts according to the Moon. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 11 Desire of Esteem..was given us..to regulate our Behaviour towards Society. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 401 If such a one by a statical Engine could regulate his insensible Perspiration, he might often..shorten his Fit. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 33 The heat should be proportioned and regulated by the mineral or effective virtue of the stone itself. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. i. 9 The quantity of every commodity..naturally regulates itself in every country according to the effectual demand. 1800 R. Somerville Comm. Board of Agric. II. 95 Proprietors and occupiers of ground being at due pains to investigate accurately the peculiar circumstances connected with its natural situation, and to regulate their plans of inclosing accordingly. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 411 Mercy must be in some way regulated by regard to righteousness. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. x. 533 The Weregild, or compensation for murder was regulated according to the rank of the person slain. 1913 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. (ed. 4) Salt bath furnace, a type of hardening furnace in which the temperature is regulated by the employment of fused salts. 1990 P. P. Read On Third Day xix. 201 Women sometimes take the pill simply to regulate their menstrual cycle. b. transitive. To calibrate, adjust, or control (a timepiece or other mechanism) in order to ensure accurate or proper working. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > set setc1400 temper1538 roll1583 rule1595 winda1616 to wind upa1616 to set forwarda1627 to set back1635 regulate1665 to put back1704 to put forward1741 to put on1826 time1873 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > adjust for accuracy rectify?a1560 regulate1665 tune1814 true1838 truth1874 set1879 1665 [implied in: R. Hooke Micrographia 133 Several..begin each of them to move, thus or thus, but quite after another method then before, there being many regulating parts and the like, fallen away and lost. (at regulating adj. 2)]. 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 937 Watches, which instead of a Ballance-wheele are regulated by a Pendulum. 1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. iv. 50 If a heavy fly be put upon the axle..it will help to regulate the motion. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xvii. 201 A plate has been applied in such a way as to shorten the spring when the temperature is increased, by an operation similar to that which serves to regulate a common watch. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 485/1 He can..regulate the throttle-valve by hand-gear placed within his reach. 1893 P. Carus Truth in Fiction 34 Clock and watches..can be well regulated according to some change that constantly takes place in nature with strict regularity. 1954 R. Wailes Eng. Windmill xvi. 142 Small governors were fitted operating a gate to regulate the feed. 1992 Atlantic Apr. 121/1 (advt.) Dual-rate gas pressurized shock absorbers and air springs are electronically regulated to optimize ride and handling. †3. transitive. To make regular or even in form. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvi. 180 The Corn with much harrowing..will be drawn into wants and uneven places, and much regulated by the Harrow. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing To regulate the Margins..are two Iron Points which make two Holes in the Sheet. 1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. 282 The incloser may apply to the judge ordinary..to visit the ground, straiten and regulate the marches. 1789 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Jrnl. & Ann. Reg. 58 Cut the edges of grass even, and regulate all sorts of edgings of box, thrift, &c. 4. intransitive. To make, enact, or enforce regulations. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > regulate to keep good quarter1608 direct1611 regulate1661 1661 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1954) IV. 135 The provest, baillies, deane of gild and thesaurer ar appoynted Commissioners of the Excysse to regulat within the burgh and to choyse thair awen collector. 1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. II. 457 He tried to regulate and legislate for that great colony. 1808 W. Miller Let. 8 Apr. in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1993) May 201 (note) Ballantyne coming to town I can regulate with him about the printing. 1895 Westm. 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. 1932 Michigan Law Rev. 30 1281 There are many other cases placing the right to regulate on the ground of the importance of the business. 1978 Eng. Jrnl. 67 10/1 They even proposed an Academy which would regulate and legislate. 2005 R. B. Siegel in B. Baines & R. Rubio-Marin Gender Constit. Jurispr. xii. 313 The state cannot regulate on the basis of sex, unless it can show that its sexually discriminatory means are ‘substantially related’ to an ‘important’ government purpose. 5. Biology. a. intransitive. To exhibit developmental regulation (regulation n. 5a). Also transitive (reflexive). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > mechanism for self-regulation > [verb (reflexive)] regulate1902 1902 Archiv f. Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen 15 228 Pieces which are more active may be expected to regulate more widely. 1926 J. 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. 1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) 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. b. transitive. Genetics. To control (expression of a gene), e.g. by production of a protein that inhibits gene transcription. ΚΠ 1959 A. B. Pardee et al. in Jrnl. Molecular Biol. 1 177 A repressor-making gene..whose function is to block or regulate the expression of the neighbouring genes. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iv. 415 The corynebacterium has the ability to regulate the expression of the tox gene by producing a repressor protein. 1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) ii. 16/2 The expression of the gene is regulated by gonadotropins in the ovary but not in the placenta. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Nov. d3/1 A single micro-RNA can regulate the activity of hundreds of genes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1549v.?a1425
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† regulateadj.

regulatev.