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control[1,verb] control[2,noun] biological control birth control birth control pill

Main Entry: ¹con·trol
Pronunciation: kn-trl
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): con·trolled; con·trol·ling
transitive verb
1 : to incorporate suitable controls in <a controlled experiment>
2 : to reduce the incidence or severity of especially to innocuous levels <control an insect population> <a vaccine for controlling outbreaks of cholera>
intransitive verb : to incorporate controls in an experiment or study -- used with for <failure to control for the difference in the rate of smoking between the two groups -- Howard Bauchner et al>