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Regulate

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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Broader term 9

Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decide 76% connected

To cut off; to separate.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Manner of action 14

Decide 76% connected

To cut off; to separate.

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Disincline 76% connected

To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

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Dispose 76% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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District 76% connected

Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Index 76% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

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Indispose 76% connected

To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

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Miscreate 76% connected

Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles.

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Pace 76% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Predetermine 76% connected

To determine (something) beforehand.

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Reshape 76% connected

To shape again.

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Standardize 76% connected

To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Zone 76% connected

A girdle; a cincture.

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Derivationally related 8

Government 74% connected

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Government 74% connected

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Governor 74% connected

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pe…

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Governor 74% connected

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pe…

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Modulation 74% connected

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

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Modulation 74% connected

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

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Synonym 10

Baffle 92% connected

To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Determine 92% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Govern 92% connected

To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Influence 92% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Modulate 92% connected

To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mold 92% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mould 92% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Order 92% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regularize 92% connected

To cause to become regular; to regulate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shape 92% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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