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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=probably before 1425|origins=ine-pro *h₃reǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|regulaten]], [[bor|la-lat|rēgulātus]], the past participle of [[m|la-lat|rēgulō|t=to control by rule, direct]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|rēgula|t=rule, straight piece of wood]] (see [[rule]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-|t=to move in a straight line, direct]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To adjust by rule or method: probably before 1425, in a translation of Chauliac's ''Grande Chirurgie'', in Barnhart, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To govern by restriction is from the 1620s (about 1630 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) To adjust a clock or mechanism by a standard of accuracy is by the 1660s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The intransitive sense, to make regulations, is from 1895.^(OED 1989) Regulator is from 1655 and regulation from 1672, as a rule or law from before 1715.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * probably before 1425 – to adjust by rule.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1630 – to govern by rules.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1655 – regulator.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1662 – to adjust a mechanism.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1672 – regulation.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To control or direct by rules or laws.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To adjust the amount or rate of something, such as heat or flow.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To adjust a machine so that it works accurately.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To keep in order.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[regulative]]

+ * [[regulatory]]

+ * [[regulatively]]

+ * [[self-regulating]]

+ * [[deregulate]]

+ * [[misregulate]]

+ * [[overregulate]]

+ * [[reregulate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rule]]

+ * [[ruler]]

+ * [[regular]]

+ * [[regulation]]

+ * [[regulator]]

+ * [[rex]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}