Control

[Fr. contrôle - contre, and role, from Lat. rotulus, rotula, a little wheel; dim. of rota, a wheel; akin to Sansk. ratha, a chariot. In L. Lat. rotulus or rotula means a paper rolled into the form of a wheel, whence its name. Originally, a roll of papers or register.] Check; restraint. "Speak... for common good, and speak without control ." Dryden. -Power; authority; government; command; superintendence. -v. a. [Fr. contrôler.] To overlook; to superintend; to restrain; to curb; to govern; to direct; to regulate; to overpower; to subject; as, to control the populace. "Give me a staff of honour for my age; But not a sceptre to control the world."-Shaks.