Reply #15: Definitions

[virginia mountainman]

Regulate USED to mean well practiced and maintained the modern definitions did not come about until the early 1900’s

Here is the MODERN Definitions of Regulate

1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
2. To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
4. To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits.

The number (1) definition is the most common use of regulate today, but in the 1700’s the number (3) definition was the common meaning

It becomes problematic when reading 200+ year old texts with modern definitions!

Andrew