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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTROLLED, pp. Checked; restrained; governed.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs" [ant: uncontrolled]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 15861. restrained2. regulated by law with regard to possession and use< controlled drugs >
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.] 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.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
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