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Regulate — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
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- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
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RANK 156GRADE Asupports
To regulate is to bring under a straightedge’s rule.
The verb passes through regulātus and regulāre to Latin rēgula. Governance and technical adjustment share the older idea of directing by rule.
*h₃reg̑-
*h₃reg̑- → *h₃reg- → *rēg-olā- → rēgula → regulāre → regulātus → regulate → regulate
Etymology: regulatus from regulare from regulaPublishes the complete morphological chain.
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resolvedsupportsestablished
Did regulate begin only as a legal-government word?
No. The reported meanings include govern, direct, order, and adjust; legal control is one major branch.
Definitions 1–3Documents govern, order, control, and rate-adjustment senses.
resolvedsupportsestablished
Does regulate jump directly from the root meaning rule?
No. The reviewed route passes through Latin rēgula, Late Latin regulāre, and its participle regulātus.
Etymology: regulatus from regulare from regulaPublishes every intermediate formation.
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EDGE 739supportsestablished
regulate → regulate
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern regulate continues the reported Middle English verb.
- MEANING
- Govern or direct according to rule expands to ordering, controlling, and technical adjustment.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors
Word History and First Known UseSupplies the Middle English stage, meaning, and fifteenth-century horizon.
EDGE 740supportsestablished
regulate → regulātus
Middle English → Late Latin · borrowing
- SOUND
- The Middle English verb reflects Late Latin regulātus.
- MEANING
- A regulated or directed participle supplies the English verb formation.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors
Etymology: Middle English from Late Latin regulatusPublishes the borrowing source.
EDGE 741supportsestablished
regulātus → regulāre
Late Latin → Late Latin · inflection
- SOUND
- Late Latin regulātus is the past participle of regulāre.
- MEANING
- The participle preserves the verb’s directing and regulating sense.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors
Etymology: regulatus, past participle of regularePublishes the inflectional relationship.
EDGE 742supportsestablished
regulāre → rēgula
Late Latin → Latin · derivation
- SOUND
- Late Latin regulāre is formed from Latin rēgula.
- MEANING
- To regulate or direct means act according to a rule.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors
Etymology: regulare from Latin regulaPublishes the derivation from rule.
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stage 2supports
Late Roman linguistic world
Supplies the Late Latin morphology.
Etymology: regulatus from regulare from regula · broadstage 3supports
England
Supplies the English route.
Etymology: Middle English from Late Latin · regionalstage 4supports
Global English
Supplies the semantic range and century horizon.
Definitions and First Known Use · global070
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