regulating

Verb

regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)

1. To dictate policy.
2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
   • the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
   • to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
4. To put or maintain in order.
   • to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances