[ˈrɛɡjʊleɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly
(e.g: a hormone which regulates metabolism)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’