Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REG'U-LATE
REG'U-LATE, v.t.
- To adjust by rule, method or established mode; as, to regulate weights and measures; to regulate the assize of bread; to regulate our moral conduct by the laws of God and of society; to regulate our manners by the customary forms.
- To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
- To subject to rules or restrictions; as, to regulate trade; to regulate diet.
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