Keep
Regulate
Regulate verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved
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It was built by humans long ago to regulate Basel and the quartz in order to keep humanity alive.
Source: Video Game / Resonance of Fate -
Those who crew the weather stations that regulate Mars's weather and keep it warm enough are called Salamanders.
Source: Alchemic Elementals -
Turns out the crystal had tied itself into the ship's power grid without anybody noticing, and is now helping to regulate the ship's systems and keep them all at optimal performance levels.
Source: Power Crystal
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