controlling
AdjectiveUS[kuhn-troh-ling]/kənˈtroʊlɪŋ/3 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“controlling” is listed under Control.
Con·trol′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Controlled; present participle & verbal noun Controlling.] [Formerly written comptrol and controul.]
Origin: F. contrôler, fr. contrôle.
1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. obsolete
This report was controlled to be false.— Thomas 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.— William Shakespeare
I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control.— John Dryden
3. to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control{7}.
Synonyms: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54