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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTROLMENT, CONTROLLMENT

n. 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint.
2. Opposition; resistance; counteraction; refutation.
For this word, control is now generally used.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTROLMENT

CONTROLMENT Con *trol "ment, n.

 

1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment. Shak.

 

2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs. ] Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.

 

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