Regulative

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  • adj. of, or relating to regulation
  • adj. having a regulatory function
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to regulate; regulating.
  • adj. Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Regulating; tending to regulate.
  • Since Kant, a rule showing what we ought to assume, without giving any assurance that the fact to be assumed is true; or a proposition which will lead to the truth if it be true, while if it be false the truth cannot be attained: such, for example, is the rule that we must not despair of answering any question by sufficient investigation.
  • A rule of conduct which, if it be pursued, may lead us to our desired end, while, if it be not pursued, that end cannot be attained in any way.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. restricting according to rules or principles
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