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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Control \Con*trol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Controlled}; p. pr &
vb n. {Controlling}.] [F. contr[^o]ler, fr contr[^o]le.]
[Formerly written {comptrol} and {controul}.]
1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to
prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.]
This report was controlled to be false. --Fuller.
2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over to
check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern;
to overpower.
Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a
scepter to control the world. --Shak.
I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger
passion does its power control. --Dryden.
Syn: To restrain; rule govern; manage; guide; regulate;
hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
controlling
adj : able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest
in the firm"
n : the activity of managing or exerting control over something
"the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
[syn: {control}]
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