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Control(money)
Control(medicine)
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control(1)(dictionary)
control key(dictionary)
control arm(medicine)
gun control(dictionary)
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self-control(medicine)

control(2) (iou)



control verb trans. Also controul, comptrol. Infl. -ll-. LME.

a. Check or verify and hence regulate (accounts etc.), orig. by comparison with a duplicate register. LME.
b. gen. Check the accuracy of (a statement etc.). arch. M16.
Sir T. More He shalbe sure seldome to meete any manne..by whom hys tale might be controlled.
a. Exercise power or influence over; dominate, regulate. L15.
controlled drug, controlled substance: restricted by law in respect of use and possession. controlling interest the ability of a person or group to determine the policy of a company, esp. through owning a majority of the stock.
W. S. Churchill The militia must be controlled by the Lord-Lieutenants of the counties. E. L. Doctorow By controlling the speed of the moving belts he could control the workers' rate of production.
b. Restrain from action, hold in check (emotions etc.). Freq. refl. M16.
B. C. Brodie Difficulty in controlling his temper. N. Coward You're far too temperamental. Try to control yourself.
c. Curb the growth or spread of. M19.
C. S. Forester Fire would be..difficult to control in the sails and the rigging.
Take to task, reprove (a person); censure, object to (a thing). E16-M18.
a. Overpower, subdue. L16-M18.
b. Law (now Hist.). Overrule (a judgement etc.). E18.
Subject to verification by a control experiment. Chiefly as controlled ppl adjective. M19.
controlla'bility noun the quality or condition of being (easily) controllable E20.
controllable adjective able to be controlled or restrained L16.