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controln. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: control v. Etymology: Apparently < control v. Compare Anglo-Norman contreroulle , countrerolle , Anglo-Norman and Middle French contreroule , Middle French contrerole , contrerolle , French contrôle duplicate copy of a roll or other document, kept for purposes of cross-checking (end of the 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 1367 in continental French, although earlier currency is probably implied by contreroouller control v. and contrerolleur controller n.), verification (1419 as contreule ), direction, management, surveillance (1580), originally < contre against (see counter prep.) + role , roole , roulle , etc. roll n.1, in later use (in senses relating to verification, checking, or direction) < contrôler control v. Compare also post-classical Latin contrarotulus counter-roll, record kept by one official as a check on another (frequently from 1220 in British sources) < classical Latin contrā against, counter (see contra- prefix) + rotulus roll n.1 Compare counter-roll n., a calque on the French word, and earlier controller n.Johnson (copied in later dictionaries) gives as first sense, but without exemplification by a quotation, ‘A register or account kept by another officer, that each may be examined by the other’. Johnson retained this sense from Bailey's folio, where it was founded on the gloss in the 1706 edition of Phillips's New World of Words, ‘properly, a Book, or Register, in which a Roll is kept of other Registers’. However, this is merely an etymological comment on the Latin and French nouns; there is no evidence that control was ever used in this sense in English (compare counter-roll n.). With the β. forms compare discussion at comptroller n., and also β. forms at control v. 1. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] 1564 T. Harding iii. f. 74v It [sc. the Latine Seruice] hath ben auctorised by continuance almost of a thousand yeres without controll. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara (rev. ed.) iv. iv. f. 118v There wee shall meete with our compaignions and good fellowes, wheare wee may talke liberally and at our pleasure, without check or controll of any. 1625 T. Jackson 21 Otherwise it will outray farther in its desires, then sence, without the check or controule of reason, could doe. 1649 W. Blith xxiv. 155 This..bruising of the Stalke doth give a kinde of Check or Comptrole unto the Sappe. 1774 J. Beattie xlv. 23 Lust that defies controul. 1791 T. Jefferson Let. 19 Mar. in (1974) XIX. 530 The river and sea craft may meet and exchange loads without any controul from the laws of the Spanish government. 1837 C. Thirlwall IV. xxx. 164 His operations were subject to so little controul, that he was able to insert forgeries. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 441 Calmness..and control of the passions. 1947 Jan. 25/2 Stringent safeguards against clandestine mining and miling operations, together with strict control against diversion from authorized activities at all stages, will reduce the necessity for extensive inspection. 1988 J. McPhee Los Angeles Against Mountains in (1989) 210 Santa Ana firestorms are so violent that they are really beyond all effort at control. 1849 5 102 The resources of medical science are ample for the control of cholera. 1878 (Amer. Social Sci. Soc.) 9 The repression and control of crime, pauperism, and the ills incident to human misfortune. 1933 B. Smith (title) Rural crime control. 1953 26 Dec. 309/2 The greatest hindrance to smallpox control by limited..vaccination comes from the medical profession itself. 1978 12 ii. 145 Evaluation of..bactericides for disease control. 2008 32 1780 Strategies for the prevention and control of obesity in the school setting. 2. society > authority > control > [noun] 1583 W. Rainolds Pref. to Rdr. 35 The libertie of the gospel..wil geue like freedom to euery particular man, to take like iudgement and controle ouer the fathers of such a Councel. 1598 J. Marston iii. viii. sig. G4 Can our soule Be vnderling to such a vile controule? a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. v. 65 Quenching my familiar smile with an austere regard of controll . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 19 The winged fowles Are their males subiects, and at their controules . View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton 43 This is the masterpiece of a modern politician,..how the puny Law may be brought under the wardship, and controul of lust, and will. 1788 J. Priestley v. lxii. 498 The only advantage that can accrue from conquering a nation is..the controul of its commerce. 1819 W. Irving ii. 110 Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America. 1886 81 59/2 Permitting offensive smells to emanate from certain drains under their control. 1920 16 Oct. 792/1 The patient has complete control over the time of micturition; he can hold his water, but he cannot direct the stream of urine in a proper manner. 1965 c. 18 § 1(2) If..one of the two [companies] has control of the other, or both are under the control of the same person or persons. 2013 21 Nov. 74/4 General Pervez Musharraf..made a serious attempt to take control of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal. 1771 R. Berenger I. ii. i. 176 By riding in this manner, the man must be more in the power of the horse, than he under the control of his rider. 1845 W. Youatt iii. 66 It was stipulated that no one should be within sight or hearing who had the least control over the dog, nor was any spectator to interfere. 1899 57 170 The..whistles for brakes indicated only too clearly to practised ears that the crew had lost control of the train. 1912 O. Stanage in (1913) iii. 58 Even with three balls and no strikes,..a pitcher with good control will make you hit the ball. 1940 30 Sept. 72 (caption) This private car turned turtle when the driver lost control in blackout collision. 1970 D. Coleman 22/2 Well, you can always try to improve your ability, passing, control and so forth, but I really don't think Sir Alf will try to alter our game basically. 1982 E. A. Lawrence 144 The bareback bronc..wears no halter or rein,..affording the rider less control over the horse. 2011 (National ed.) 6 June a8/5 [Hard landings are] crashes in which the pilot does not lose control of the craft during the descent. 3. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > means of restraint or restraining force 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier i. 22 Vnder a Tyrant see our bastard harts Lye idely sighing, while our shamefull soules Endure a million of base controls [Fr. endurer mille hontes vileines]. 1695 W. Granvill tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras iv. 153 To establish a Controul upon all Acts and Proceedings in Law Courts. 1741 D. Hume I. iv. 29 The particular Checks and Controuls, provided by the Constitution. 1786 iii. 71 It was altogether without example in the annals of a free country, that the legislatures should interpose a controul over the dividend of a trading Company. 1844 W. E. Gladstone in 310 The essential conditions of civil society may require an universal controul or veto. 1898 W. M. Davis & W. H. Snyder xi. 297 All the controls exerted on man's ways of living by the various forms of dissected land surfaces are, in a certain sense, indirect climatic controls. 1972 6 July 14/1 The charge against the permissive society is that the controls have slipped: things are being permitted that ought not to be permitted. 1999 C. Hulme xxiv. 226 It doesn't end when you leave prison. They're out on life licence and the controls are there. They've got to conform, or the supervisors can have them back inside quicker than a flash. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s) 1920 P. W. Garrett et al. i. ii. ii. 140 There are..no data available to give a precise statistical measure of the effect of the above controls upon retail prices. 1935 16 Feb. 351/2 That scheme is one which is designed—with the backing of the Government—to stabilise an important industrial material at a reasonable price. Public sympathy with such ‘controls’ will..evaporate. 1941 26 Apr. 431 After the war when the consumption controls are relaxed. 1948 89 [The Government's] financial policy had bred a need for many of their controls. 1987 F. E. Hux & A. D. Jarman xiii. 225 He tried unsuccessfully to put controls on foreign investment. 2008 Nov. 74/2 For a few days, controls seemed to have been lifted for Internet users in many parts of Beijing. 4. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > one who or that which restrains > one who restrains 1691 J. Bancroft ii. i. 13 Now by my Honour I'le no Longer bear The Ignominious hand of a Controul. 1788 Hist. Europe 137/1 They were always about him, as checks and controuls upon his conduct. 1790 E. Burke 64 Men formed to be instruments, not controls . View more context for this quotation 1834 H. Clay 18/1 The whole scheme of the department is one of checks, each officer acting as a control upon his associates. 1855 H. H. Milman IV. ix. vii. 164 He could not be a resident rival and control upon the Doge. 1978 R. M. Peters ii. 61 It would appear that the governor is to some extent to act as a control on the legislature and judiciary. the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > a spiritual body > controlling medium 1873 A. Putnam v. 123 She afterwards spoke at the same place several times, with good results, having no further trouble as to her control. 1877 H. P. Blavatsky II. i. 15 This is an unexpected honor indeed, for our American ‘controls’ in general, and the innocent ‘Indian guides’ in particular. 1885 11 July 20/1 He was a rank Spiritualist, a tool in the hands of his Control. 1890 W. James I. x. 393 In old times the foreign ‘control’ was usually a demon, and is so now in communities which favor that belief. 1903 O. Lodge in 17 65 Everything known to the normal Mrs. Thompson must be considered equally known to the ostensible ‘control’ speaking with Mrs. Thompson's mouth. 1961 W. H. Salter ix. 112 In the early days of trance-mediumship, the view was prevalent that during trance a spirit invaded the medium's body of which it took complete and undivided control... Hence the personalities who claimed to manifest during the trance were called ‘Controls’. 2000 S. Connor xvii. 372 Previously mediums would rely on the power of a particular spirit ‘control’ to maintain their hold on proceedings while they were in a condition of trance. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > an organization of spies > head of 1963 ‘J. le Carré’ ii. 19 Control went on: ‘The ethic of our work..is based on a single assumption... We are never going to be aggressors.’ 1975 T. Willis xiv. 215 ‘Aren't you forgetting the Rumborne woman?’.. ‘She was the contact, not the control. No—it wasn't her’. 1986 B. Forbes ii. xxv. 250 He sat with his KGB control on the terrace of the Quaddan Hotel, listening with the respect he gave to few as the details of his new assignment were explained. 2000 Nov. 80/2 Willie discovers that his father..has convinced his wife that he's part of the CIA and sworn to secrecy by his ‘control’. the world > matter > chemistry > experiments > [noun] > control experiment the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > test or testing for truth or correctness > by comparison > standard of comparison 1864 F. H. Storer 614/1 As a control, another experiment was made at 6.26°, in which known portions of the 4 Aq salt were added..to a determined quantity of water. 1920 41 334 Flask A acted as a control, Flask B was acidified with acetic acid, and Flask C was acidified with butyric acid. 1958 25 Dec. 1080/1 Each viewer was matched as closely as possible with a control who differed..only by not being exposed to television. 1991 55 323 The results were inconclusive because they either lacked a control or were limited to 1 age class of trees. 2009 9 Nov. 24/6 One group consumed green tea with 625 milligrams of a type of antioxidant known as catechins. The other group acted as a control. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > types of card 1892 24 Jan. 21 If D takes the first trick and leads a trump he risks at once the heart force and the making of A's spades, a mere guesswork play as to result and a sure loss of his trump control. 1906 M. S. Hess 5 The principles of placing the lead, holding up the control of an opponent's suit, [etc.]..have all been carefully considered. 1938 J. Culbertson xv. 184 The presence or absence of control cards can affect the success of your slam contract. 1938 J. Culbertson xv. 184 You may then investigate the number of controls that you have. 1958 4 Dec. 965/3 If opponents have a trump control they can wait until dummy's trumps are exhausted. 2001 (Nexis) 19 June 22 Surely South must have a spade control and a strong side suit. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > aircraft racing > [noun] > control station society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > course or track > control point 1900 2 May 7/2 These automobile fellows..give you a programme with day runs full of ‘Controls’ and eight miles an hour slowings-up through towns. 1903 1 July 7/3 The control timekeepers can hand in their final reports. 1904 A. B. F. Young xvi. 320 At a control established in some wayside village..stands a little group of officials with their paraphernalia of papers, stop-watches, reports, and time-sheets. 1912 A. Beaumont 86 On arriving at any control the pilot had to show two of the stamped parts both on the aeroplane and motor. 1915 Oct. 56/2 Cero showed up at this control four minutes ahead of time. 1928 17 July 7/7 At each of the ‘controls’ a compulsory halt of a certain duration will be made. 2011 S. Turner xii. 71 If they had carried on for another few hundred metres, they would have reached the control in time. 8. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > controls 1900 10 Nov. 742/1 The controls are entirely enclosed and are arranged so that they may be provided with automatic limit ‘cut-offs’. 1913 G. H. Curtiss & A. Post vi. i. 285 One day when I was up in the air pretty high I seemed to forget..how to operate the controls. 1955 Oct. 262 Set the control that turns the blower on at 100 to 110 degrees. 1966 21 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 12 Controls that are hard to reach, gauges that are difficult to read..too often are hidden factors in road deaths. 2009 E. Sobey iii. 52 DVD player controls can be located either in the center of the dashboard or between the front and second row of seats in a minivan. society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys 1969 K. Metzger & G. Cederquist (Electronic text) 18 Listing control lines are defined as lines whose first character is either an ( alt-mode) or ( ctrl-h). 1971 B. Carnahan & J. O. Wilkes (rev. ed.) iv. 5 This combination of keys is called ‘ control-a’.] 1976 1 23/1 Turn the tape punch on and hit Control, Shift, P, and Repeat key. 1978 L. Moses (Univ. of Michigan) No. 375 6 In contrast to shift, caps lock, control, and repeat, these keys do cause a nonprinting code to be sent to MTS. 1989 (Nexis) 20 Aug. f6 If you've made a mistake, you must press control and C together to abort and get a new C: prompt. 1991 Dec. 116/2 A special set-up program, which..can be run by holding down Ctrl and Alt and tapping Esc as the machine boots up. 2004 L. Beinhart xxxiii. 215 I hit Control and Q and the screen froze. society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > regulation of dynamic range 1929 312 For balance and control..a volume control handle varies the input to the control amplifier, and consequently the strength passed to the transmitter. 1933 5 May 363/1 The whole art of Balance and Control consists in securing a proportionate increase or decrease in volume. 1962 A. Nisbett i. 13 The man responsible for balance, mixing, and control. 1987 P. Elliott & G. Matthews in J. Curran et al. xi. 254 The sound mixer is the distant heir of the balance and control man in music broadcasting. society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > central processing unit > control unit 1945 J. von Neumann in B. Randell (1973) viii. 356 The logical control of the device..can be most efficiently carried out by a central control organ.] 1946 2 102 Each program control consists of a set of program switches, a flip-flop, an input terminal..and associated tube circuits. 1953 A. D. Booth & K. H. V. Booth iv. 25 The control must be capable of receiving the coded order from the memory and storing it during the execution process. society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > place from which operation is directed 1958 Sept. 9/2 It has never been possible for a mobile set in the extreme North of the Riding to contact control in Wakefield, but should such contact be required, this can be achieved by Area stations passing messages to control. 1976 J. Herbert (1999) i. 18 ‘But he must have called Control to let them know of his change of course,’ Keller said. 1988 G. Northam (1989) viii. 137 400 police were deployed within the estate in the first hour... Control was able to despatch and account for all those serials on the ground. 2007 G. Enstone xvii. 267 I contacted control and an ambulance was sent straight away. Phrases1564Without controll [see sense 1a]. 1568 E. Dering i. 107 He presumeth with out controlle to speake what he listeth. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. v. 82 Where his lustfull eye..Without controll listed to make his prey. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Mitchel tr. R. A. de Vertot (new ed.) ii. 12 That violent Prince..imagin'd that he might, without controul, dispose of the Lives and Fortunes of his Subjects as he pleas'd. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer I. i. 108 Speak what thou know'st, and speak without controul. 1848 R. Blakey IV. vii. 502 Supreme, universal, and infinite power, whereby he is able to do what he pleases, without control. 1909 J. D. Beck i. 49 If one branch may assume its privileges without control..and there be no limitation either in the manner or the measure of the punishment, the condition of the citizen will be perilous indeed. 1993 S. J. Ettinger xxvii. 84 A commonly used definition of tumor is a new growth of cells or tissues that resembles normal cells but proliferates without control. P2. 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu 262 The Duchesse of Calabria, who alone held her [sc. the Governess's] designes under controll [Fr. en eschec], died shortly after. a1654 W. Strong (1656) 545 He doth so far bring them [sc. thoughts] into..sub-ordination, that though they be unruly thoughts, yet they are under controle. a1785 W. Leechman (1789) II. xxv. 301 Though nothing is more amiable and engaging than an open and frank disposition, yet..this must be kept under control. 1866 2 Jan. 10/1 With this combination of men and appliances the fire was eventually brought under control. 1897 Dec. 235/1 With a moderate sail area it [sc. a boat] is under control at all times. 1903 73 1076/1 The motorman allowed the car to run of its own momentum, and did not have it under control. 1940 H. G. Wells iv. iii. 342 Her hair..looked softer and more under control. 1975 140/1 Keeping the bull under control..[while] making certain that the animal is not excessively enfeebled. 1998 Y.-M. Ooi (1999) i. 8 I've got it all under control. Anyway, the event company is doing most of it. 2003 S. J. Segal & L. Mastroianni 10 Once the bleeding is under control, progesterone can be added to the treatment for several days. the world > relative properties > order > in (proper) order [phrase] > everything is in order 1894 11 July 1/3 Everything is under control now. 1933 S. Howard i. 32 Everything under control? 1939 I. Baird xx. 285 You can go right back to sleep now, everything's under control. 1958 16 July 13/3 Everything's under control, I think. Shall I come over tomorrow around eleven? 2012 F. Robyn 35 It's all right, everything is under control. 1770 W. Woty II. 97 What fury then would shake his frantic soul, That loves to give, but cannot take control! 1828 M. T. C. Gould 334 These men went there with an intention..to take control by violence, if necessary. 1942 3 Mar. 15/2 [During the fight] Valentino momentarily took control with a barrage of body shots. 1994 K. R. Pelletier (1995) iii. 89 With that decision I took control and assumed full responsibility for my recovery. 2003 A. Perry (2004) 16 There was an uncomfortable silence. Vespasia decided to take control before the situation became irretrievable. 1787 J. Berington ii. 67 No discipline could have held such an unruly multitude in controul. 1883 20 July 15/2 An agreement by which English bondholders who are in control are to take..new bonds at a fixed price. 1914 L. Grossman xxv. 53 Those are at advantage in a quarrel who have themselves in control. 1947 24 Mar. 32/2 Communist..goons..[planned] the Ford strike... After the strike the leftists were in control. 1981 (Nexis) 25 Nov. The Flames..were in control throughout the game against a lifeless Colorado team. 2006 4 Feb. 16/4 [Web-based TV] puts the consumer in control and gives the content owner the ability to create their own channel. Compounds1839 (2nd Sess., 14th Parl.) 4 3127/1 It has been stated that the control system of state education has succeeded in Prussia and in Holland. 1880 Jan. 62/1 The normal clock has a seconds pendulum, and receives daily at 11.45 a.m. a control signal from the Observatory. 1905 S. W. Ashe & J. D. Keiley vi. 158 Elementary diagram AC control system. 1920 91 162/1 Appropriate safeguards for any type of control structure are not difficult to devise. 1960 300/2 (heading) Experimental investigation of control algorithms in forming chains of conditioned reflexes. 1991 Nov. 13/1 At height the control response, although good in pitch and yaw, was not as I was expecting. 1997 Apr. 20/3 He has spurned other, more lucrative movie deals because of control issues. 2011 J. Z. Spade & C. G. Valentine (ed. 3) ix. 478/1 Homophobia is a control mechanism that is often used to enforce gender patterns for men. 1796 W. Cobbett tr. M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry I. 156 In 1764, it was asked at the control-office, from whence came the gold of the buckles that were brought hither to be weighed. 1870 Royal Warrant Pay & Promotion i. in I. 169 He shall, if on home service, be sent back to the Depôt of the Corps, if on foreign service to an Arsenal or to a Control station. 1893 19 358 The control stand must have some protection afforded from weather, and yet, if housed in, the view of the operator becomes restricted. 1934 J. A. Sinclair iv. 84 I had remained inside the control car with only the elevator-man and we both left the ship [sc. a zeppelin]. 1950 54 600/1 The ‘flight simulator’... is designed to reproduce exactly the control cabin of the selected aircraft type. 1979 15 Feb. 19/8 The camera will be feeding pictures..to the control studio where a director will be able to call up live shots..during the race. 1988 S. Traweek (1992) ii. 58 Large electrical cables..are carried..down the arms of the spectrometers to the control pit. 2001 J. T. Hallinan xv. 181 The doors..may be opened..only by a guard in a central control booth. C3. 1874 38 203 This bar was either connected direct on to the signal wire, or worked (by means of double control wires) by an interlocked lever. 1888 9 Nov. 384/1 The control switch must be put back to zero in order to again connect the cells. 1904 28 Dec. 652/3 The different air cylinders are connected by small tubes..with a control valve arranged on the steering column. 1919 L. H. Morrison viii. 118 As soon as the engine has turned over a few times on air, the control handle..is moved upward again. 1942 G. C. Manning 64 The control gear is the device for starting and stopping the rudder movement. 1972 L. M. Harris xi. 121 The control pod serves as a lower terminal for the hose bundle and houses the critical moving parts of the subsea hydraulic-control system. 1976 R. R. Olney i. 12 You push out on the control bar, and the glider lifts away from the ground. 1987 B. A. Powe iii. iv. 198 A control dial on the wall..apparently could not shut off a low and persistent medley of tunes. 2007 J. Perry v. 131 This is where the navigational instruments and control switches to operate the vessel are found. b. 1905 16 Mar. 1210/1 The control button closes the connection between brake cylinder and engine cylinder. 1968 25 July 9 Two control buttons are pressed simultaneously to start the operational sequence. 2006 No. 43. 58/2 Five oblong control buttons are stacked up on the left hand side. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > operation of machinery > [noun] > control circuit the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > other electronic circuits 1892 H. C. Russell 10 The spring G lifts E up against F as soon as the control circuit is broken by the clock. 1968 Apr. 182/2 In this control circuit, only two of the timer's three circuits are used to switch on valves. 2009 June 89/2 Some such electrical control circuits had already been introduced into a few audacious designs, most notably the supersonic Concorde. society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for measurement or control 1899 22 July 46/3 The section of train-line in each car is not a part of the normal controlling circuit individual to the control equipment. 1968 43 329/1 The system uses..a large amount of electronics in the control equipment. 2007 H. W. Sinn ii. 6 Today many employees sit in front of computers or operate complicated control equipment, using their brains instead of brawn to do their jobs. society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > central processing unit > control unit 1905 Dec. 179 On the low voltage side each transformer feeds one pair of motors, through a separate control unit. 1962 R. Wooldridge x. 185 The five basic parts of a digital computer: input, storage, arithmetic unit, output and control unit. 2006 Issue 5. 44 For this, you'll need a main wall-mounted switching panel and a control unit to steer the current to the appropriate lights. 2010 J. A. Camara xxix. 2/1 The control unit uses flags..as the signals for procedural control. 1886 Aug. 430/2 A large number of animals are kept in the same room..some being artificially infected with tuberculosis and others being simply kept as ‘control’ animals. 1890 11 Dec. 122 Control mice died of tetanus within 48 hours. 1904 4 380 Toxin locally applied on a very large number of hay-fever patients and control subjects, produced, in the predisposed, characteristic hay-fever symptoms. 1974 9 May 314/3 The control specimen showed considerable rust staining along its welds and seams. 2009 18 Apr. 86/2 Cabbies, on average, are worse than random control subjects and—horror—also worse than bus drivers, at memory tests. 1917 10 June 4 c/4 (advt.) A..Corset for the full figure... The flesh control girdle in this model will be appreciated.] 1933 14 Oct. 5/3 (advt.) A real control garment at a sensational price! 1947 10 Jan. 21/7 She manufactures such items as the peek-a-boo bathing suit..and..control panties. 1953 7 Jan. 15/1 (advt.) The long, lithe look..is yours in this control girdle. 1968 11 Sept. 16/1 (advt.) Control panty hose with changeable stockings. 1997 5 Dec. 27/1 Control tights—the ones that claim to take inches off your waist, hips, thighs and rear—are the fastest-selling hosiery products around. 2003 Z. Packer 31 She felt his hand slide up..toward the control-top of her pantyhose. C6. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts 1908 C. M. Day ix. 66 The sales accounts should always be entered in a special ledger and a control account for them kept in the general or private ledger. 1944 14 79 It is suggested that the Comptroller's Bureau be requested to set up a control account in the general ledger for the stock ledger. 1952 J. J. W. Neuner in J. K. Lasser xvii. 625 The use of an accounts-receivable ledger control account..acts as a means of safeguarding cash received from customers. 2005 R. L. Weil & M. W. Maher (ed. 2) 33/1 Do not change the balance in a control account unless you make a corresponding change in one of the subsidiary accounts. 1982 Feb. 38/2 It will continue to be stuck in align mode..until there is a power blackout, or until you reset the system..with the ctrl-alt-del keys. 1990 27 Mar. 124/2 You get the option to trap Ctrl-Alt-Delete so you can't reboot accidentally. 2010 C. Romans i. 4 We need to hit control-alt-delete on our goals, our expectations, and our plans for getting there. 2014 R. Fox xi. 457 These are found in /etc/init and include scripts to define actions for ctrl + alt + del. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electronic instruments > [noun] > control panel, desk, etc. 1829 10 Nov. By the retention of the Assistant Commissioner as Receiver-General, the Control Board has conferred a boon on this part of the kingdom. 1896 8 577 The control board on deck. 2000 7 Sept. b5/5 The Nassau Interim Finance Authority,..which was set up by the state to help the county restructure its debt, would become a control board and manage the county's spending and taxation. 2005 D. Cowie 244 The girl who was DJing stayed at the control board and when the Velvet Underground finished she put on ‘Will You Wear Red?’ society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > [noun] > studio > control room society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > control panel or unit 1878 24 Jan. 72/3 A control box is placed between the oil reservoir and the part to be lubricated. 1921 20 Mar. 10/1 The [amplifying] equipment apparently has..a control box with volume regulating device. 1966 28 June 11/1 Traffic sensing radar equipment..consists of a 6-foot diameter dish unit connected to a control box. 1979 S. Brett xiv. 140 Look, you nip out of the studio through the control box. 1988 Nov. 77/3 The idea of a remote that needed no wires from the antenna to the control box..was appealing. 2013 A. Shipton v. 120 The studio itself was a long room with a control box reached by a flight of stairs that overlooked the [music] playing area. 1909 20 May 1221/2 One side of the opening and closing coil is connected to one side of the control bus and the other side of the coils is connected to the above-mentioned control switch. 1955 74 456/2 If common control busses are not employed, then a large..number of contacts on the transfer switch are required for connecting in series with the control elements of the individual devices. 2013 R. Cox ii. 24 The size of the control bus is based on the number of different commands that the CPU might send out. society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > place from which operation is directed 1896 202 Hysteria is..a disturbance of those nerve-centres which preside over the imagination and the will—of the control centres, as it were, and particularly those which regulate vaso-motor function. 1920 June 682/3 A more serious use for the radio controlled bus would be one whereby it is..employed to deliver mail in rural districts... The starting and stopping as well as the systematic dropping of mail sacks could be accurately timed from a control center. 1941 19 Dec. 14/7 Directors of civilian defense air-raid control centers will alone be responsible for..alerting..their..districts. 1960 14 Nov. 27/3 Under Army plans, Zeus control centers are to be scattered across the country, with each center controlling a number of missile batteries. 1983 24 Aug. 22/3 The key to high purity..is a computerized control center. 2005 6 June 5/4 A member of the train staff sits at the front of the ‘Transrapid’, but that is simply to reassure passengers, officials say, since the train is operated from a control centre. society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > character level codes > control code 1960 ii. 26 In each case the carriage control character is effective before the rest of the specification is carried out. 1963 July 10/1 Much effort was devoted to requirements of ordering, a few of which are:..control characters should collate together. 1984 J. Hilton vii. 202/1 The ASCII code uses one byte to represent the 94 printable characters, the ‘space’, and a number of control ‘characters’. 2006 P. Prinz & T. Crawford xiii. 183 The text appears in the program in its stored form, with all the control characters used on the given system. 1926 W. A. Shewhart in 5 593 A brief description of a newly developed form of control chart for detecting lack of control of manufactured product. 1975 (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) 75 If a point goes out of control (is outside the control limits) when plotted on the control chart, action should be taken to identify and correct the cause. 2008 24 Nov. 4 c/5 (advt.) Develop a written plan to address abnormalities identified on quarterly control charts and submit to plant management. society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > character level codes > control code 1929 1/2 Each of the code keys when operated, supplies a distinctive control code to the line wires. 1985 Feb. 212/1 To operate in the normal-density bit image mode, Epson printers must receive the control codes $1B, $4B. 2006 J. K. K. Korpela viii. 404 A control code might occasionally be displayed, by some programs, in a visible form. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > controls > control column or lever 1902 J. E. Homans xxxiii. 501 (caption) Rear view of the Running Gear and Mechanism of the Typical De Dion Carriage. A is the motor;..G the combined steering and control column. 1910 22 Oct. 317/2 The foot yoke or tiller [of the aeroplane] is placed in front of the control column. This operates the rudder at the rear. 1975 Nov. 572 When a down-draught was encountered or the control column was pushed forward..this resulted in a nose-dive to earth. 2011 19 Aug. 25/1 I take a deep breath and pull back on the..space-grip control column, forcing the plane into a steep climb. 1932 May 14/2 The control console may be operated from any convenient place. 1971 27 Feb. 19/2 The M25/1 has a seven horsepower engine, pneumatic tyres, and a more sophisticated control console. 2010 J. Elliot 228 The cable feeds to a digital video recorder, next to which there's a control console. 1922 P. H. S. Kempton ix. 102 (caption) Lay-out of radiographic laboratory. A = High-tension generator. B = X-ray bulb. C = Control cubicle. 1941 7 Control cubicle, small room in a studio centre where a programme output is controlled. 1956 57 The equipment used in studio control cubicles for selecting and mixing the outputs of the various microphones. 2009 S. Elmes Introd., p. xviii When voices speak into the waiting microphones and music swells from the spinning CD next door in the control cubicle,..a whole world fills the room. society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches 1867 20 May 8/2 There shall be two departments of supply, one under the control of a director of supplies at the War Office and controllers at the out-stations, to be called the Control Department, [etc.]. 1871 Jan. 124/1 The creation of the Control Department, built up of military officers in charge of treasure, is incompatible with our Parliamentary system. 1876 G. E. Voyle (ed. 3) Supply Department, a branch of the control department.., now..replaced by the commissariat department. 1879 F. T. Pollok II. 99 They fudged their accounts so as to give little or no trouble to the almighty control department. 1937 883 Privately educated, he entered in 1874 the commissariat branch of the Control Department, an organization of military officials outside the army, like the French Intendance Militaire. 2006 R. J. Wilkinson-Latham (ed. 3) iii. 69 This..was only a corps of other ranks, officers being supplied..from 1864 to 1875 by the Control Department, from 1875 to 1880 by the Commissariat and Transport Department, [etc.]. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electronic instruments > [noun] > control panel, desk, etc. 1896 7 106 At the control desk these lines are each equipped with a jack and drop. 1962 A. Nisbett 246 At a control desk there are faders.., associated cue systems, echo and distortion controls..and a variety of communications equipment. 2010 S. Thirsk (2011) 25 I am also aware of my friend Nisha, sitting at the control desk above the video wall behind me. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > connection, contact > [noun] > electrode 1913 1 475 Linehop..used a control electrode to which a part of the light from the source was reflected from a quartz plate. 1916 4 Aug. 596/2 The principal feature of the mode of construction described is the placing very close together of the control electrode and the hot cathode. 1963 28 Dec. 1337/3 ‘Control electrodes’ which permit the cell to be recharged safely at a head-spinning speed. 2005 U. Dilthey in N. Ahmed vii. 200 By the application of a control voltage between the cathode and a control electrode,..a barrier field is generated..that forces the emitted electrons back to the cathode. 1912 May 247/2 The control engineer has the problem put before him to eliminate the arcs with the least possible harm to the control apparatus. 1962 6 Dec. 953/1 A control engineer faced with putting control on a closed loop system, such as a turbine, would predict that the better the control the smaller the irregularity of the machine. 2007 M. V. Cook (ed. 2) xi. 274 The analysis of the augmented, or closed loop, aircraft makes full use of the well-established tools of the control engineer. society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > branches of 1910 29 15/2 Mr. E. H. Minehardt has resigned his position..to enter the industrial control engineering department of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y.] 1914 Dec. 653/1 We do not believe that there has been any intention of slighting control engineering or of creating an impression that it is unimportant. 1958 June 9/2 The Engineering Faculty of McGill University is to institute a chair in Control Engineering. 2010 (Nexis) 30 Dec. (Features section) 55 He stayed in touch with some of them and in 1947 rejoined von Braun's team..to work on ballistic-missile guidance and control engineering. 1848 II. ii. 616 As a control experiment, and to see how far the average differed from the best sample, a portion of pure coal was selected, and also analysed. 1933 45 460 The results of the Control Experiment upon functional areas of the retina are similar. 2012 (Nexis) 15 July 1 Stirling University used 216,035 fish during the course of experiments, but said many were used in control experiments and not ‘exposed to any harmful treatment’. 1949 16 Sept. 306/2 A small portion, known as the control flow, is allowed to by-pass continuously through the control chamber. 1975 (Univ. Michigan) 24 Sept. 1/1 A nicely formatted and indented listing which displays the control flow of the program. 2005 375/2 The basic servo-valve produces a control flow proportional to input current for a constant load. 2012 S. Friedenthal et al. (ed. 2) ix. 205 When a control flow connects one action to another, the action at the target end of the control flow cannot start until the source action has completed. 1896 9 May 539/2 The experiments were also made upon control groups of non-alcoholized rabbits simultaneously. 1952 W. J. H. Sprott 120 Usually the conduct of the experimental group is compared with a ‘control’ group which has not been through the experimental mill. 2010 1 Mar. 70/2 Drug trials normally test medications against placebos—sugar pills—which are given to a control group. society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys 1978 July–Aug. 43/3 Some of them [sc. keys] serve a dual function when certain control keys are depressed first. 1982 (Nexis) 26 Apr. 46 In this time of rising concern for ergonomics, I am astonished that no one has yet called for standards to determine a sensible location for the control key. 1984 Dec. 75/2 You can choose your own control keys if you wish. 2010 (Nexis) 27 July p. A CTRL+A means to tap the A key while pressing the Control key. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > others 1887 No. 14. 57 The tension due to the stretch imparted to it [sc. a thread] by the difference in the circumferential speed of the two drums is sufficient to keep open the circuit-closing device of the control lever. 1897 15 July 806/2 A constant re-determination of the leverage of the machine by the aid of a control lever. 1904 A. B. F. Young iv. 84 By opening the control levers the speed can be varied from six to forty miles an hour. 1913 H. R. P. Reynolds in A. E. Berriman 166 I scarcely moved my control lever until I got to Bletchley, where it [sc. the air] began to get rather ‘bumpy’. 1916 H. Barber 28 Sometimes when the Aeroplane is on the ground the control lever or ‘joy-stick’ is lashed fast. 1936 Apr. 113/1 The locomotive responds instantly to a movement of the control levers. 2011 R. A. Thompson iii. 16 He looked over his control levers, frantically reviewing what he knew about them. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > connecting circuit 1890 (51st Congr., 2nd Sess) IV. i. 38 Mr. Yeates commenced work early in July and finished on November 30, having constructed and occupied during that time eight primary triangulation stations and having run 121 miles of control line. 1904 11 Mar. 437/1 The control line for the electro-pneumatic control circuits connecting the front and rear motor-cars, is independent of the power circuit. 1945 26 341 A scheme of space triangulation..can easily be computed through a trimetrogon strip, based upon a single control line with known terminal elevations. 2010 Apr. 79/1 All control lines are led aft to this workmanlike pair of halyard winches on the coachroof. 1945 (Soc. Chem. Industry) 27 174/2 An error-actuated control system may contain a human operator as one of the elements of the control loop. 1980 12 Dec. 23/5 Recently introduced..is a microprocessor controller/data display device which can be used in a control loop to keep film thickness within desired limits. 2012 G. Genta iii. 145 The feedback control loop that uses the position and velocity signal from the sensors of the arm to drive the actuators to a given position..is simple. 1819 J. Swan 20 The receivers and collectors in the different States and Districts, may be instantly verified by the clerk or control officer of each Loan Office. 1870 21 Oct. Military Intelligence... Deputy-Commissary W. D. Le Geyt has been appointed to relieve Deputy Paymaster Timbrel, Control Officer at Harwich. 1918 17 Aug. 2/2 Permits to depart..should be presented to the control officer of the port of departure not less than twenty-four hours before the proposed date of sailing. 1944 20 Mar. 5/7 American and British control officers work at the same desks throughout the 24 hours, ‘monitoring’ the aircraft as they travel across the 3,000 miles of ocean. 1992 S. Holloway xxxi. 264/1 Control Officers play a vital role within the Brigade..taking emergency calls..and then mobilising appliances and deploying Brigade resources. 2000 T. Clancy xil. 751 They're going to arrest their suspects soon. Probably going to pick up the control officer in Moscow, too. society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > control devices 1970 11 141/1 [A Picturephone requires] video subscriber installation..a control pad, containing the..audio and video controls, and a service unit. 1975 26 Feb. 25/3 Operated from a separate control pad, the DM-1's data editor simplifies file updating. 1976 7 Nov. 7 j (advt.) Frigidaire puts the cooking convenience of tomorrow at your fingertips today. Simply touch a control pad..and solid state circuits tell the oven what to do. 1991 Feb. 67/1 During the game, your control pad changes into a multi-action controller whose function changes depending on the current state of play. 2009 3 June 7/1 [The motion and speech sensor] allows players to do without the control pad and joysticks that have been an essential part of computer games for the past two decades. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > control panel or unit the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electronic instruments > [noun] > control panel, desk, etc. 1902 Feb. 13 The control panel shown contains a motor starting rheostat. 1957 J. Braine 24 An electric oven which had a control panel like a bomber's. 2010 S. Thirsk (2011) 366 You showed me the Hub with its bank of video screens and explained why it looked like a circus ring. That was when I first met Nisha, at the control panel. 1885 1 53 The topographer begins by establishing upon his sheet a number of ‘control points’. 1948 Mar. 34/2 The train movements were directed and described forward almost entirely by telephone from control points..on the S.R. Eastern section. 1953 (U.S. Dept. Army Techn. Man. TM5-234) xiii. 152 Where no such permanent feature exists at the site of a control point, the point will be marked by a standard Corps of Engineers metal tablet embedded in a concrete post. 1963 21 Jan. 6/5 Seventy-two of the 75 Stockholm starters passed through the control point at Frankfurt. 2013 16 Mar. a4/2 The design of the new jail would allow officers to monitor prisoners from the safety of a central control point. society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > primary storage or main memory > register 1956 E. C. Berkeley & L. Wainwright ii. 44 The command is entered as information in what is called the control register or program register of the computer. 1977 12 Sept. 51/1 The data, status and control registers are double buffered. 2005 R. Blum ii. 29 The five control registers are used to determine the operating mode of the processor. the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear fuel > [noun] > rod controlling reaction 1906 1/1 A further object is to couple the control-rods for the gas and air together by an adjustable device. 1944 F. de Hoffman (U.S. Atomic Energy Comm.) 6 Let us examine what ΔK was produced by the addition of this mock solution before we raised the control rod. 1992 89 4245 The control-rod micrometer screw, which is used to set the oil pressure within the probe..is now motorized. 2011 M. Irvine iii. 48 For safe and efficient operation, the fuel rods and control rods have to move freely through channels in the graphite core. society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > place from which operation is directed 1885 17 Jan. 114/3 These mixing passages open upwards towards the third story, the control-room [for the heating and ventilation system]. 1927 Feb. 140/1 The control-room, engine-room, and motor-room were capable of being unwatered if the necessary work could be done inside the boat. 1930 438/2 Control room, the ‘Nerve-centre’ of a broadcasting station. In this room are situated the low-frequency amplifiers and associated apparatus by which the microphone currents are controlled, before they are passed on to the modulation system of the transmitter. 1933 11 482 Remote-control junction boxes..provide direct 2-way communication with the landing aircraft as well as interphone communication with the control room. 1973 11 Jan. 15/2 The control room is the centre of a vast and flexible intercom system which complements and extends the telephone network..and the pocket-paging system. 2010 12 Nov. 17/4 Pictures from the unmanned blimp were beamed to a control room. 1923 D. B. Rushmore & E. A. Lof (ed. 2) viii. 620 It is accomplished automatically through the governor action and the proper control sequence. 1968 28 1821/2 Cline and Bock have recently reviewed evidence and have suggested models for a translational control sequence. 2009 N. Jotwani vii. 158 The required control sequences are programmed into control memory in the form of microinstructions. 2012 H. M. Sauro ix. 204 The fundamental functional unit of the bacterial genome is the operon which consists of a control sequence followed by one or more coding regions. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > controls > control column or lever 1916 16 Dec. 31/3 There are numerous trips in dual-control machines, that is to say, with the ordinary pilot's control-stick and steering-bar duplicated. 1933 July 226/1 When the control stick is pulled right back with the engine shut off, the craft simply descends in a nearly vertical path. 1992 July 734/3 The unit has integral centre return springs which may..be removed allowing the control stick to stay in any position. 2009 (National ed.) 8 July c3/3 The player throws punches by flicking and rotating one of the small free-moving control sticks. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface 1910 Sept. 99/2 The riding surface is 200 sq. ft. and the control surface 35 sq. ft. 1950 1/2 The disadvantageous conditions at low speed have been found to disappear when the conventional type of flapped control surface towards the wing tip is replaced by the all-moving wing tip. 2006 S. M. Stirling ii. 50 He..hauled back on the joystick, unconsciously straining at it as if it were connected to the control surfaces by something besides electrical impulses. 1950 2 No. 1 60/2 Control theory in general has been well covered by Eckman, in his book ‘Principles of Industrial Process Control’. 1962 6 Dec. 953/1 Economists are now starting to study seriously the implications of control theory for their problems. 2009 17 June (Features section) 3 Robotics requires a fusion of disciplines ranging from mechatronics and artificial intelligence to software and control theory. society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > system using radio or radar > control tower 1909 24 July 105 (caption) The central control tower of the quarry trackage system. 1920 21 Oct. 1102/2 The new lights consist of electric lamps..automatically controlled from the Central Control Tower. 1939 85 91 The control tower floor rises to a height of 14 metres. 1964 M. McLuhan vii. 65 The artist tends now to move from the ivory tower to the control tower of society. 1989 P. Mayle (1990) 166 He climbed into the control tower of his bulldozer and drove off at a stately fifteen miles an hour. 2009 D. Brown (2010) 51 The convoy escorted the plane to a large aircraft shelter north of the control tower. 1901 1 Apr. 120/1 In the [disease-free] control zone of Pontegalera, two persons who had acquired immunity..escaped infection. 1940 M. Tornich Appendix A 89 The airspace above an area within a 3-mile radius of the control airport is designated as a ‘Control Zone’. 1971 24 Oct. 10 a/4 Discussion is expected to center around control zone procedures and..pilot proficiency. 2000 262/2 Trains are assigned time slots..; this timing allows up to 20 trains to be tracked within each control zone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). controlv.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French controler. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman counterouller, Anglo-Norman and Middle French contreroller, Middle French controler (French contrôler ) to check or verify (an account, originally by comparison with a duplicate register) (c1310 in Anglo-Norman), to oversee, regulate (payments, expenses) (late 14th cent. or earlier), to check, verify (a fact, statement, etc.) (1437), apparently < contrerole , contrerolle , contreroulle control n. (although this is first attested slightly later than the verb). Compare post-classical Latin contrarotulare to check by means of a counter-roll (frequently from late 13th cent. in British sources), Old Occitan contrarolar . Compare earlier controller n.Senses 3 and 4 are not paralleled in French until considerably later and do not appear to have become established in French until the late 19th cent. (although there is an isolated attestation in the 17th cent.); they may have been borrowed into French from English. With the β. forms compare discussion at comptroller n. Both in the verb and the noun, the form controul was very frequent from the 17th to the early 19th cent. †1. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > audit society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > enter in an account > other book-keeping procedures 1422 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1422 §31. m. 9 The two chaumberlains of thescheqer ben ordenned of old tyme to countrolle the receptes and the paiements in eny maner wyse maad. c1475 in (Harl. 642) (1790) 59 To controlle the receytes and all the yssues of the Thesaurers office. c1530 A. Barclay iii. sig. Piv Or some besy body..Controll theyr countes, be they neuer so ryght. 1539–40 Ordinances Officers of Househ. in F. Thynne (1875) p. xxxv To controule the same [expenditure], giveing noe larger allowance than there ought to be. 1641 (Wing S1168F) 54 The saids Estates of Parliament, doe hereby give and grant, full power and warrand to the saids Commissioners..to revise, conptroll, fit and allow the whole compts. 1709 J. Strype Introd. iii. 24 And to comptroll his books from time to time. 1784 J. Murray 8 Feb. (1786) 3 I must re-examine the Accounts in order to controul his Audits. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iii. 1552 in (H.C. 116) XXIV. 1 The Finance Committee is taken from the bench: amongst the four members of which committee (whose duty it is to examine and control these accounts) are the two sureties for the due accounting by the town's husband. 1845 III. ii. 48 I comptrolled her accounts and was her treasurer. 1862 J. Lorimer (ed. 2) iv. i. 416 All accounts relating to the revenue were appointed to be examined, comptrolled, and audited by the Comptroller and Auditor of Excise of the United Kingdom. the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > comparison of texts > compare documents [verb (transitive)] > as check of accuracy the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)] > test accuracy or correctness of > by comparison the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > establish as fact, ascertain > by comparison 1523 J. Fitzherbert xxiii. f. xlii If the dedes be shewed first, the tenaunt maye say there is for all his lande, and the surueyour can nat controle hym. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 726/2 He shalbe sure seldome to meete anye manne that hath bee there, by whome hys tale might be controlled. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow 275 There is no author extant to controle him, & the eye-witnesses at Rome must vnderpin any tale for the Apostolike credit. 1612 J. Davies 41 Which by mine owne search and view of the Records heere, I can iustly controll. 1639 T. Fuller iv. vi. 177 Afterwards this report was controlled to be false. 1878 J. C. Morison 1 Anyone who wishes to control my statements will have no difficulty in doing so. 1915 30 160 This contention comes out strongly in Professor Lybyer's very interesting introduction, but it is not allowed to impair his historical candour, and his readers will find all necessary materials for controlling his view. †2. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] 1451 T. Howes in (2005) III. 130 Yeluerton..countrolled the seid Prisot whan he seid, [etc.]..which woordys Yeluerton thought right parciall. a1529 J. Skelton (1843) 96 Whereof I hym controlde. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Pref. 9 To be controaled for the Evil, or rewarded for the Good. 1692 J. Dryden Prol. sig. a3 Controul these Foplings and declare for Sence. 1751 S. Johnson No. 142. (1752) 53 [His grandmother] would not suffer him to be controlled, because she could not bear to hear him cry. the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn c1525 J. Rastell sig. A.iiv S. Hys sayeng in this none can controll. C. None but such as lyst to make lyes. a1529 J. Skelton Against Venemous Tongues in (1843) I. 133 That I would Controlle the cognisaunce of noble men. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid 143 How oft did I controll the sluggish Oares. 1582 in Luke i. 78 (note) Maruel not if Heretikes controule the old authentical translation. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Pref. ⁋1 I put not out anything rashly in print..especially in this age so ready to controll. 1713 80 The Women..never dare Controul or Dispute their Husbands Commands. 1738 J. Swift p. xxii An Argument not to be controlled. 3. society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] 1495 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §62. m. 34 Any persone assigned to comptroll and oversee theym in their werking. a1500 in T. Wright (1847) 86 (MED) Ther husbondes controll them so secretly. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane xix. f. ccciv They are ready to dye rather, than..that euer the ciuile Magistrate should at his wyll and pleasure comptrolle the counsell. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) v. ii. 272 But O vaine boast, Who can controule his Fate? View more context for this quotation 1617 S. Collins i. i. 33 To controll Kings and Countries with their Vniuersall dominion. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus lxx But the Philosophers exalted Soul No little outward Trifles can controul. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer III. xi. 456 Thy words like music every breast controul. a1784 H. Alline (1802) iv. lxxxii. 213 Let Jesus all my life control. 1809 N. Pinkney 184 Castles..built with the evident purpose of controuling..the navigation. 1857 H. T. Buckle I. iv. 196 Such is the way in which great thinkers control the affairs of men. 1883 T. Archer III. ix. 277/1 Lord Elgin had not sufficient force to hold the city and control the population. 1904 in 28 May 5/3 The trembler blade which governs the spark, and is in its turn controlled by the movement of the motor. 1938 J.-B. O. Sneeden (new ed.) viii. 132 The flow of mixture to the cylinder is controlled by the disc valve. 1969 J. T. Story ii. 13 The traffic lights which control the traffic over the single-file bridge. 1972 E. J. Kealey iii. 103 By dominating abbatical elections, the king effectively controlled the monasteries of his realm. 2002 15 July 9/2 Most alpha males need to control the women in their lives. 1557 R. Edgeworth x. f. clxxxviii God hath called you to serue (sayth S. Peter) and not to controll. 1606 sig. B2v So they may controule, they're pleasde to be, As seruing slaues vnto indignitie. 1709 M. Prior 27 Henceforth may I obey, and thou control. 1848 H. H. Wilson III. viii. 400 A Resident, with power to advise and control. 1921 Sept. 21/2 The fighting instinct if properly handled leads to a desire to control or dominate and may furnish the basis for the hard work necessary in order to make good in a particular field of endeavor. 2012 A. Levine ii. 71 As we grow into our spiritual nature, we leave power plays behind, give up seductive manipulative behaviors, and relinquish our need to control or be controlled. 4. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check 1548 H. Latimer sig. B.viiv Who comptrolleth the deuyll at home at his paryshe, whyle he [the prelate] comptrolleth the mynte? 1593 M. Drayton viii. sig. Jv Feels the courb controll his angrie iawes. 1596 W. Warner (rev. ed.) x. lxi. 268 Through God, that Drift she chiefly hath controld. a1676 M. Hale (1713) ii. 44 By several contrary Customs..many of those Civil and Canon Laws are comptrouled and derogated. 1727 J. Gay I. xxxviii. 129 Controul thy more voracious bill. 1747 H. Fielding in S. Fielding I. Pref. p. xiii I cannot controll myself from averring, that many Touches of this kind appear to me in these Letters. 1785 J. C. Lettsom Let. in J. J. Abraham (1933) xvi. 298 I have no power to control this extragavance. 1854 D. Brewster i. 16 The superabundance of life is controlled by the law of mutual destruction. 1883 30 June 1279 Enough force was to be employed to completely control the flow of blood. 1945 1 107 The disease can be controlled by applying anti-mosquito measures to these kinds [sc. malarial vectors] only. 1990 R. Staines viii. 109 At present, the range of pests that can be controlled biologically is limited. Research is continuing to find new methods. the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > control oneself or the emotions [verb (transitive)] 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus sig. F.ii Controule thyne anger swift. 1692 R. South I. 525 He has so long given his Unruly Passions their Head, that he cannot now Govern or Controul them. 1758 T. Sherlock IV. x. 262 You have Inclinations to Evil, which you are not always sure of controlling. 1817 P. B. Shelley Ded. iv. 8 I then controuled My tears. 1856 B. Brodie (ed. 3) I. iii. 99 Difficulty in controlling his temper. 1883 J. A. Froude IV. i. xii. 146 [He] could not control his emotion at the loss of his men. 1903 R. Boldrewood (1905) xi. 272 We shall have to leave you at home next time if you cannot control your feelings. 2004 29 Aug. 37/2 Soft skills—the ability to control your emotions, to greet a new person and make a good impression, to have confidence in your ability to succeed. the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > control oneself or the emotions [verb (transitive)] a1627 W. Sclater (1638) 55 Controuling our selves in this behalfe, that we suffer either passion, or mis-apprehension to rob us of..the quiet of the soul. 1840 J. Haynes iv. ii. 82 Controul yourself, my friend: be Ruthven still. 1855 C. Kingsley ii. 231 He [Theseus] controlled himself. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato IV. 29 Good men are those who are able to control themselves. 1926 J. Devanny xxi. 254 He was trembling and fought to control himself. 1989 M. Norman ix 256 You're real high-strung, Gene; you got to learn to control yourself. 2004 P. Raeburn viii. 273 Becoming angry and unable to control himself. †5. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid f. 95v Byston had no hateful warres, nor enmies to controle [L. tuta a bello Bistonis ora fuit]. 1594 W. Shakespeare sig. F1 Till with her own white fleece her voice controld, Intombes her outcrie. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare xx. sig. C A man in hew all Hews in his controwling . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 375 His Art is of such pow'r, It would controll my Dams god Setebos. View more context for this quotation 1755 S. Johnson (at cited word) He controlled all the evidence of his adversary. society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [verb (transitive)] > review > overturn a judgement or sentence 1592 M. Sutcliffe 207 To controll, and reuerse the sentences of iudges. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil sig. a3 A Judge upon the Bench..does not willingly commend his Brother Serjeant at the Bar, especially when he controuls his Law. 1735 J. Swift Let. to Middleton in IV. 202 Sir John Holt's Opinion..I doubt, in Practice..hath been frequently controuled. 1791 XI. 369 Lord Finch was impeached for threatening the Judges to control their opinions. 1806 W. Cruise VI. 353 The superadded words of limitation may be admitted to controul the preceding words. 1863 H. Cox i. iv. 19 Though the preamble may assist in construing ambiguous expressions in a statute, it will not be allowed to control clear ones. 1601 B. Jonson i. iii. sig. C4v Ile learne you by the true iudgement of the eye, hand and foot, to controll any mans point in the world. View more context for this quotation 1601 B. Jonson iv. i. sig. I3 Youle controule the poynt you? View more context for this quotation 1931 39 352 Although such a difference was not noticeable to me, it was considered advisable to control for this possibility. 1958 11 May 18/3 It was necessary to control for sex differences concerning these three criteria. 1988 M. D. Rosko & R. W. Broyles in J. Rabin & M. B. Steinhauer 234 Neither study controlled for interstate differences in factors which affect costs. 2009 1 Aug. 67/2 By controlling for individual and environmental influences on weight, such as income and health, they then measure whether food-price changes affect body-mass index. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1564v.1422 |
