Con‐trol″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Controlled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Controlling.] [F. contrôler, fr. contrôle.] [Formerly written comptrol and controul.] 1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
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.