regulate

Verb

• check the emission of (sound)

• shape or influence; give direction to
  • experience often determines ability
    
  • mold public opinion
    

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
  • We cannot regulate the way people dress
    
  • This town likes to regulate
    

• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  • regulate the temperature
    
  • modulate the pitch
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  baffle , determine , shape , mold , influence , regularize , regularise , order , govern , modulate