Regulation: alternatives and connections

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Same as Ascendency.

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Alt. of Ascendance

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Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

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An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Alt. of Dominancy

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Directed; prescribed.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.

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A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

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The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

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The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

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of Time

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

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

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To cause to become regular; to regulate.

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To cause to become regular; to regulate.

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Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

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of Regulate

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

Regulation is connected to law, but it names a particular institution, source, principle or purpose rather than replacing the word law in every sentence.