CONTROLMENTS

Noun

controlments

plural of controlment

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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