<h1>Controllership</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con*trol"ler*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a controller.</def>
<h1>Controlment</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con*trol"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.</def>
<blockquote>You may do it without <b>controlment</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Opposition; resistance; hostility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, <b>Controlment</b> for controlment. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Controversal</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con`tro*ver"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Turning or looking opposite ways.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>The temple of Janus, with his two <b>controversal</b> faces. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Controversal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Boyle.</i>
<h1>Controversary</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con`tro*ver"sa*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Controversial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Hall.</i>
<h1>Controverse</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con"tro*verse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>controverse</ets>.]</ety> <def>Controversy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Controverse</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con"tro*verse</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>controversari</ets>, fr. <ets>controversus</ets> turned against, disputed.]</ety> <def>To dispute; to controvert.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Controversed</i> causes."
<i>Hooker.</i>
<h1>Controverser</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con"tro*ver`ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A disputant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Controversial</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con`tro*ver"sial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>controversialis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; <as>as, <ex>controversial</ex> divinity</as>.</def>
<blockquote>Whole libraries of <b>controversial</b> books. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Controversialist</h1> <Xpage=316>
<hw>Con`tro*ver"sial*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.</def>
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