regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern (verb)

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

"We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

govern (verb)

direct or strongly influence the behavior of

"His belief in God governs his conduct"

govern, rule (verb)

exercise authority over; as of nations

"Who is governing the country now?"

govern (verb)

require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood

"most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

govern (Verb)

To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

govern (Verb)

To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

govern (Verb)

To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

govern (Verb)

To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

govern (Verb)

To exercise political authority; to run a government.

govern (Verb)

To have or exercise a determining influence.

govern (Verb)

To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.