v. t.
The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
To regulate a watch
To regulate a clock
n.
The temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Regulation sword,
cap,
uniform, etc.
a.
☞ These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]