"self-regulate" meaning in All languages combined

See self-regulate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: self-regulates [present, singular, third-person], self-regulating [participle, present], self-regulated [participle, past], self-regulated [past]
Etymology: From self- + regulate. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|self|regulate}} self- + regulate Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-regulate (third-person singular simple present self-regulates, present participle self-regulating, simple past and past participle self-regulated)
  1. (intransitive) Of a mechanism, government, person, etc.: to regulate itself without external assistance. Tags: intransitive

Inflected forms

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