modulate (v.)

• abate
• accommodate
• adapt
• adjust
• allay
• alleviate
• alter
• ameliorate
• assuage
• attemper
• balance
• better
• blunt
• break
• change
• chasten
• checker
• chop
• circumscribe
• condition
• constrain
• control
• convert
• damp
• dampen
• de-emphasize
• deaden
• deform
• degenerate
• denature
• deteriorate
• deviate
• diminish
• diverge
• diversify
• downplay
• dull
• extenuate
• fit
• flop
• hedge
• improve
• inflect
• intonate
• jibe
• lay
• leaven
• lenify
• lessen
• lighten
• limit
• lower
• meliorate
• mitigate
• moderate
• modify
• mutate
• narrow
• obtund
• overthrow
• palliate
• qualify
• re-create
• realign
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• redesign
• reduce
• refit
• reform
• regulate
• remake
• renew
• reshape
• restrain
• restrict
• restructure
• revamp
• revive
• season
• set
• shift
• slacken
• smother
• sober
• soften
• stifle
• subdue
• subvert
• suppress
• swerve
• tack
• tame
• temper
• tune
• turn
• underplay
• vary
• veer
• warp
• weaken
• worsen