regulating

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
verb fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

}Iron making Acts of trade regulating. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
He said it wanted cleaning and oiling, besides regulating--come in a week. — Sketches New and Old, Mark Twain
Hitherto therefore the Right of Regulating both the Policy, and the Religion, were inseparable. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes

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