Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.