controul
English
Noun
controul (plural controuls)
- Obsolete form of control.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:
- […] 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.
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Verb
controul (third-person singular simple present controuls, present participle controulling or controuling, simple past and past participle controulled or controuled)
- Obsolete form of control.
Derived terms
- uncontrouled
Anagrams
- countrol