'Comptrol' definitions:
Definition of 'comptrol'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- This report was controlled to be false. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. [1913 Webster]
- Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control. --Dryden.
- 3. to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control[7]. [PJC]
- Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue. [1913 Webster]