CONTROL
From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“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”).
Verb
control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled)
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. synonyms ▲quotations ▼Synonyms: besteer, bewield, manage, puppeteer, rule
With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- (transitive, archaic) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
- (transitive, obsolete) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge. quotations ▼
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.