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Webster 1913 Edition
Control
Con-trol′
,Noun.
[F.
contrôle
a counter register, contr. fr. contr-rôle
; contre
(L. contra
) + rôle
roll, catalogue. See Counter
and Roll
, and cf. Counterroll
.] 1.
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
2.
That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
“Speak without control.” Dryden.
3.
Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government;
as, children should be under parental
. control
The House of Commons should exercise a
control
over all the departments of the executive administration. Macaulay.
Board of control
. See under
Board
.Con-trol′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Controlled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Controlling
.] [F.
contrôler
, fr. contrôle
.] [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
But not a scepter to
control
the world. Shakespeare
Syn. – To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.