regulate

Meanings

• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  • "regulate the temperature"
• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
  • "We cannot regulate the way people dress"
  • "This town likes to regulate"
• shape or influence; give direction to
• check the emission of (sound)

Synonyms

baffle, determine, govern, influence, modulate, mold, order, regularise, regularize, shape