Definition of controul. Meaning of controul. Synonyms of controul

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Definition of controul

controul
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.

Meaning of controul from wikipedia

- thee all judgment is absolved alone. No suppliant arts thy dreadful rage controul, no vows revoke the purpose of thy soul. O blessed power, regard my ardent...
- United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul [sic] of the Congress. Still more powers are prohibited of the states....
- by Shakespeare. "The Duke of Milan / and his more braver daughter could controul thee."—Shakespeare, The Tempest In recent times, such constructions have...
- without controul, the words freedom of the press, which form a part of the same sentence mean the privilege of printing any thing without controul. A citizen...
- power provided in the constitution, that can correct their errors, or controul their adjudications. From this court there is no appeal. In 1820, Thomas...
- in his works. "The Duke of Milan / and his more braver daughter could controul thee."—Shakespeare, The Tempest In recent times, such constructions have...
- Pleas under Coke in which he ruled that in many cases, the common law will controul Acts of Parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void: for...
- National Archives ADM 1/4228 John McNish Weiss, "‘Averse to any kind of controul’: American refugees from slavery building the new Royal Naval Dockyard...
- and The Right of private Judgment, in Matters of Religion, without any Controul from human Authority. Being a Letter from a Gentleman in the M****achusetts-Bay...
- Bruce (1854). A Letter to Robert Lowe, Joint Secretary of the Board of Controul, on The Conditions and Requirements of the Presidency of Madras. 23, Cornhill...