control

¹con·trol

verb \kən-ˈtrōl\

con·trolledcon·trol·ling

Definition of CONTROL

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>