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controlment

noun

Etymology

From control + -ment.

  1. derived from rotula — “roll, a little wheel”
  2. derived from rotulus
  3. derived from contrā — “against, opposite”
  4. derived from contrārotulus — “a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”
  5. derived from contrerole
  6. inherited from controllen
  7. suffixed as controlment — “control + ment”

Definitions

  1. Control.

    • What is Lauinia then become so loose, Or Bassianus so degenerate, That for her loue such quarrels may be broacht, Without controulement, Iustice, or reuenge?
    • , II.12, If he in any sort have communicated himselfe vnto thee, it is not to debase himselfe, or stoope to thy smalnesse, nor to give thee the controulment of his power.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for controlment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA