controlled

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds“controlled emotions”“the controlled release of water from reservoirs”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Control \Con*trol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controlled; p. pr. & vb. n. Controlling.] [F. contr[^o]ler, fr. contr[^o]le.] [Formerly written comptrol and controul.]

1.To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

This report was controlled to be false.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

2.To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. [1913 Webster]

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control.— Dryden.

3.to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control[7]. [PJC]

Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue. [1913 Webster]

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