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 Comp·trol n. & v. See Control.
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 Con·trol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controlled p. pr. & vb. n. Controlling.]  [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.
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