Found 2 hits - Term: comptrol, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comptrol \comptrol"\, n. v.
see control.
1913 webster
see also:
control
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
control \control"\, v. t. imp. p. p. controlled; p. pr.
vb. n. controlling. f. contr^oler, fr. contr^ole.
formerly written comptrol and controul.
1. to check by a counter register or duplicate account; to
prove by counter statements; to confute. obs.
1913 webster
this report was controlled to be false. --fuller.
1913 webster
2. to exercise restraining or governing influence over; to
check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern;
to overpower.
1913 webster
give me a staff of honor for mine age,
but not a scepter to control the world. --shak.
1913 webster
i feel my virtue struggling in my soul:
but stronger passion does its power control.
--dryden.
3. to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by
using a control7.
pjc
syn: to restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate;
hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
1913 webster
see also:
controlled controlling comptrol controul control7
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