verb (v)

• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of(verb.change)

  Example:
  Regulate the temperature.
  

  Synonym:
  modulate
  

  source: wordnet30
• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations(verb.social)

  Example:
  We cannot regulate the way people dress.
  This town likes to regulate.
  

  Synonym:
  govern, order, regularise, regularize
  Antonym:
  deregulate
  

  source: wordnet30
• shape or influence; give direction to(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  determine, influence, mold, shape
  

  source: wordnet30
• check the emission of (sound)(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  baffle
  

  source: wordnet30
• To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.(verb)

  source: webster1913