I can't find any actual citations of the word regulate used to mean "to make regular". The only references I found are in articles trying to explain the Commerc

I can't find any actual citations of the word regulate used to mean "to make regular". The only references I found are in articles trying to explain the Commerce Clause. The word regulate comes from the Latin regulare "to control by rule, direct". I don't see any evidence that the meaning has changed much over time.