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controlment arch.|kənˈtrəʊlmənt|
Forms as in control n. and v.
[f. control v. + -ment: cf. mod.F. contrôlement.]
†1. The controlling of accounts: see control v. 1.
1502Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. York (1830) 66 Clerc of comptrolment of the Kinges houshold. 1539Househ. Ord. in Thynne Animadv. Introd. (1865) 35 The said Clerkes-Comptrollers shall yearly make the Booke of Comptrollment. 1647Howard Crown Rev. 5 Two deputy Chamberlaines to write the Comptrollment of the Pell. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. ii. xii. (1743) 101 All bills of comptrolment..are allotted & allowed by the Clerks-Comptrollers.
transf.1565Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 355 Leaue to lay out our owne reckenings, as we thinke best, hauing himselfe the aduantage of controlement, if errour happen to fall out.
2. = control n. 1.
1494Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 15 Justices of Peace..appointed..to have the Oversight and Controlment of the said Sheriffs. 1577Fenton Gold. Epist. 127 In thy fayth I maye..repose the controlement of my life. 1604Edmonds Observ. Caesar's Comm. 39 Otherwise the course of destinie were subiect to our controlement. 1766Entick London IV. 191 One of the sorting houses, under the comptrolment of the general penny-post. 1879W. G. Ward Ess. (1884) I. 384 God has..abdicated the controlment of my acts.
3. Restraint, check = control n. 2. Very common in 16–17th c. in phr. without controlment.
1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxxxiv. [clxxx.] 556 That the Englyshmen shulde go at their pleasure without any controlement. 1595Shakes. John i. i. 20 Heere haue we war for war, & bloud for bloud, Controlement for controlement. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. iii. iv. §14 note, He will enjoy his lust without controlment. 1764Churchill Indep. (R.), Happy the bard Who 'bove controlment, dares to speak his mind. 1778Love Feast 11 Kick against Controlment and Direction. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 172 Not righteous by controlment, nor by laws, Themselves restraining of their free accord.
†4. Calling to account, calling in question, censure: cf. control v. 3. Obs.
1546Bp. Gardiner Decl. Art. Joye 95 b, Not dismaied, with your controlements. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 16 Controlements came from haughtie breast, for that I undertooke With English quill to turne the verse of learned Lucans booke. a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. xvi. §4 In controlment of this conceit. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. i. 106 He incurs the controlment of reason. |