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n.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
v. t.
To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
a.
Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.
adv.
In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.
a.
Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.
n.
The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
imp. & p. p.
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a.
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
a.
Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
a.
Not accountable or responsible; free from control.
n.
Capability of being controlled.
n.
Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
n.
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
n.
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
n.
Capability of being controlled; controllableness.
n.
The office of a controller.
a.
Not governed or controlled.
n.
One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.
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