Control Con·trol" noun [ French
contrôle a counter register, contr. from
contr- rôle ;
contre (L.
contra ) +
rôle roll, catalogue. See
Counter and
Roll , and confer
Counterroll .]
1. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. [ Obsolete]
Johnson. 2. That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. "Speak without
control ."
Dryden. 3. Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control . The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration.
Macaulay.
Board of control .
See under Board .
Control Con·trol" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Controlled ;
present participle & verbal noun Controlling .] [ French
contrôler , from
contrôle .] [ Formerly written
comptrol and
controul .]
1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [ Obsolete]
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.
Control Con·trol" noun 1. (Machinery) The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight; specifically
(Aëronautics) ,
the mechanism controlling the rudders and ailerons. 2. (Climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude,distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
Controllability Con·trol`la·bil"i·ty noun Capability of being controlled; controllableness.
Controllable Con·trol"la·ble adjective Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command. Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not always controllable by reason.
South.
Controllableness Con·trol"la·ble·ness noun Capability of being controlled.
Controller Con·trol"ler noun [ From
control , transitive verb : confer French
contrôleur .]
1. One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs. The great controller of our fate
Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
Dryden.
2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. [ More commonly written
controller .]
3. (Nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
Controller Con·trol"ler noun 1. (Electricity) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system; specif.:
(a) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in an automatic device for constant current regulation. (b) A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the current to, or shutting it off from, an electric motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway car. 2. (Machinery) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; -- applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile.
Controllership Con·trol"ler·ship noun The office of a controller.
Controlment Con·trol"ment noun 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment .
Shak.
2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. [ Obsolete]
Here have we war for war, and blood for blood,
Controlment for controlment.
Shak.
Controversal Con`tro·ver"sal adjective 1. Turning or looking opposite ways. [ Obsolete]
The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces.
Milton.
2. Controversial. [ Obsolete]
Boyle.
Controversary Con`tro·ver"sa·ry adjective Controversial. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Controverse Con"tro·verse noun [ Confer French
controverse .]
Controversy. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Controverse Con"tro·verse transitive verb [ Latin
controversari , from
controversus turned against, disputed.]
To dispute; to controvert. [ Obsolete] "
Controversed causes."
Hooker.
Controverser Con"tro·ver`ser noun A disputant. [ Obsolete]
Controversial Con`tro·ver"sial adjective [ Confer Late Latin
controversialis .]
Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity. Whole libraries of controversial books.
Macaulay.
Controversialist Con`tro·ver"sial·ist noun One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. He [ Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made.
Macaulay.
Controversially Con`tro·ver"sial·ly adverb In a controversial manner.
Controversion Con`tro·ver"sion noun Act of controverting; controversy. [ Obsolete]
Hooker.
Controversor Con"tro·ver`sor noun A controverser. [ Obsolete]
Controversy Con"tro·ver`sy noun ;
plural Controversies . [ Latin
controversia , from
controversus turned against, disputed;
contro- =
contra +
versus , past participle of
vertere to turn. See
Verse .]
1. Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions. This left no room for controversy about the title.
Locke.
A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing.
Johnson.
2. Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. The Lord hath a controversy with the nations.
Jer. xxv. 31.
3. A suit in law or equity; a question of right. [ Obsolete]
When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment.
2 Sam. xv. 2.
Syn. -- Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel.
Controvert Con"tro·vert transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Controverted ;
present participle & verbal noun Controverting .] [ See
Controversy .]
To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate. Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists.
Macaulay.
Controverter Con"tro·ver`ter noun One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist. Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern.
B. Jonson.
Controvertible Con`tro·ver"ti·ble adjective Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. --
Con`tro*ver"ti*bly ,
adverb
Controvertist Con"tro·ver`tist noun One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist. How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!
Campbell.
Contubernal, Contubernial Con·tu"ber·nal, Con`tu·ber"ni·al adjective [ Latin
contubernalis a tent companion, from
contubernium tent companionship.]
Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship. Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King.
Chaucer.
Contumacious Con`tu·ma"cious adjective [ Latin
contumax ,
-acis . See
Contumacy .]
1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner .
Hammond.
2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone. Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. --
Con`tu*ma"cious*ly ,
adverb --
Con`tu*ma"cious*ness ,
noun
Contumacy Con"tu·ma·cy noun ;
plural Contumacies . [ Latin
contumacia , from
contumax ,
-acis , insolent; probably akin to
contemnere to despise: confer French
contumace . Confer
Contemn .]
1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy .
Strype.
2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. Syn. -- Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.
Contumelious Con`tu·me"li·ous adjective [ Latin
contumeliosus .]
1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
Shak.
Curving a contumelious lip.
Tennyson.
2. Shameful; disgraceful. [ Obsolete]
Dr. H. More. --
Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly ,
adverb --
Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness ,
noun
Contumely Con"tu·me·ly noun [ Latin
contumelia , probably akin to
contemnere to despise: confer Old French
contumelie . Confer
Contumacy .]
Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely .
Shak.
Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely .
Burke.
Contuse Con·tuse" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Contused ;
present participle & verbal noun Contusing .] [ Latin
contusus , past participle of
contundere to beat, crush;
con- +
tundere to beat, akin to Sanskrit
tud (for
stud ) to strike, Goth.
stautan . See
Stutter .]
1. To beat, pound, or bray together. Roots, barks, and seeds contused together.
Bacon.
2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound ,
a wound attended with bruising.
Contusion Con·tu"sion noun [ Latin
contusio : confer French
contusion .]
1. The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised. 2. (Medicine) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.
Conundrum Co·nun"drum noun [ Origin unknown.]
1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun. Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint.
J. Philips.
2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made. Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that?
W. Black.
Conure Co·nure" noun [ New Latin
conurus , from Greek ... a cone + ... tail. The name alludes to the tapering tail.]
(Zoology) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus . Many species are known. See Parrakeet .
Conus Co"nus noun [ Latin , a cone.]
1. A cone. 2. (Zoology) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone , noun , 4.
Conusable Con"u·sa·ble adjective Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Barlow.
Conusant Con"u·sant adjective (Law) See Cognizant .
Conusor Con`u·sor" noun (Law) See Cognizor .
Convalesce Con`va·lesce" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Convalesced ;
present participle & verbal noun Convalescing .] [ Latin
convalscere ;
con- +
valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of
valere to be strong. See
Vallant .]
To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce .
Convalesced Con`va·lesced" adjective Convalescent. [ R.]
He found the queen somewhat convalesced .
J. Knox.
Convalescence, Convalescency Con`va·les"cence, Con`va·les"cen·cy noun [ Latin
convalescentia : confer French
convalescence .]
The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.
Convalescent Con`va·les"cent adjective [ Latin
convalescens ,
-entis , present participle: confer French
convalescent .]
1. Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength. 2. Of or pertaining to convalescence.
Convalescent Con`va·les"cent noun One recovering from sickness.
Convalescently Con`va·les"cent·ly adverb In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
Convallamarin Con·val"la·ma`rin noun [
Convallaria + Latin
amarus bitter.]
(Chemistry) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley ( Convallaria Majalis ). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.
Convallaria Con`val·la"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin
convallis a valley;
con- +
vallis valley.]
(Bot. & Med.) The lily of the valley.
Convallarin Con`val·la"rin noun (Chemistry) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.
Convection Con·vec"tion noun [ Latin
convectio , from
convehere to bring together;
con- +
vehere to carry.]
1. The act or process of conveying or transmitting. 2. (Physics) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes. Liquids are generally heated by convection -- when heat is applied from bellow.
Nichol.
Convective Con·vec"tive adjective Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. Faraday.
Convectively Con·vec"tive·ly adverb In a convective manner. Hare.
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