Definitions
Power to direct, manage, restrain, or influence something.
Word origin
From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulus (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).
Used in a sentence
“With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.”
“I fortuned to come in, Thys rebell to behold, Whereof I hym controld; But he sayde that he wolde Agaynst my mynde and wyll In my church hawke styll.”
“Because only by the Capette Pellet method of hormonization can growers be assured of controlled dosage and uniform results.”
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