regulate
verb (used with object)
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc..
had regulated
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past perfectof regulate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In every previous cycle, the Earth had regulated itself.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2016
Other ordinances had regulated bread prices and ingredients, banning adulterants, such as chalk and ground beans.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 26, 2012
Bestowing little thought on their new subjects, they continued to follow the same principles and customs which recently, in the forests of Germany, had regulated their conduct and decided their quarrels.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole
Since the freshmen had regulated matters, however, Miss Kingston had been quite affable to her when they had chanced to meet in the gymnasium.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
Barbicane had regulated his chronometer to the tenth part of a second by that of Murchison the engineer, who was charged with the duty of firing the gun by means of an electric spark.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
