Verb

• S: (v) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations) "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
• S: (v) govern (direct or strongly influence the behavior of) "His belief in God governs his conduct"
• S: (v) govern, rule (exercise authority over; as of nations) "Who is governing the country now?"
• S: (v) govern (require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood) "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"