Hypertext Webster Gateway: "controlling"

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) 1.7 (wn)

controlling
adj : able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest
in the firm"


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