Controul
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Controul is a noun meaning Obsolete form of control.
Meaning
Obsolete form of control.
Example Sentences
[…] whole Herds or Flocks of other Women ſecurely, and ſcarce regarded, traverſe the Park, the Play, the Opera, and the Aſſembly; and though, for the moſt Part at leaſt, they are at laſt devoured, yet for a long Time do they wanton in Liberty, without Diſturbance or Controul.
As the Knight himself seemed tacitly to disclaim alike interest and controul over the immediate favourite of his lady, young Roland was, by circumstances, exempted from the strict discipline to which, as the retainer of a Scottish man of rank, he would otherwise have been subjected, according to all the rigour of the age.
Word Forms
- controuls
- controuling
- controuled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intermeddle, chuse, rivalship, unwarrantable, perpetuall, meanes.
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