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2 definitions found 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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