regulate

verb4

1. •
   To dictate policy.
2. •
   To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

   • The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. — 1834
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
   • to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
4. •
   To put or maintain in order.

   • to regulate one's eating habits