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.
CONTROLLABILITY
Con*trol`la*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being controlled; controllableness.
CONTROLLABLE
Con*trol"la*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable
to command.
Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not
always controllable by reason. South.
CONTROLLABLENESS
Con*trol"la*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Capability of being controlled.
CONTROLLER
Con*trol"ler, n. Etym: [From control, v.t.: cf. F. contrôleur.]