to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
Influence or authority over something.
A control group or control experiment.
A checkpoint along an audax route.
A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
To restrain.
To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
To remain edible or otherwise usable.
To remain in a state.
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
To raise; to care for.
To have habitually in stock for sale.
To act as wicket-keeper.
To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
To maintain possession of.
To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
To continue.
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.