Definition of control

• n. - A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
• n. - That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
• n. - Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
• v. t. - To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
• v. t. - To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.