contristate 
COntristatet (kon-tris'tat), r. t. [< L. contrix- 
tiitnx, pp. of eontrittart; make sad : see control.] 
To make sorrowful ; grieve ; contrist. 
l,ct me never mot. r^nl, <*htt.' thy Holy Spirit. 
*/<//(' im/ Conquest, i. 64. 
COntristationt (kon-tris-ta'slmn). ii. [= F. <- 
tristdtiuii = It. MNftifftUfcMW, < LL. contrixtu- 
tio(n-), < L. coatristare, pp. ciiHtrix/utiix. make 
sad : nee control.] The act of making sad, or 
the state of being sad. 
In spacious knowledge there is much cinUrutation. 
fincim. Advancement of learning, i. 7. 
Pangs of fear and cimlrulation. 
J. IMtinson, Kndoxa, p. 41. 
contrite (kou'trit), a. and n. [= F. contrit = 
Sp. Pg. It. i-iintrilii, < LL. contritux, penitent, 
L. bruised, rubbed, worn out, pp. of conterere, 
bruise, rub, wear out, < com-, together, + terere, 
pp. tritu.i, rub: see Irite.] I. a. If. Bruised; 
worn. 
Their strengths are no greater than & contrite reed or a 
strained arm. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 911. 
Hence 2. Broken in spirit by a sense of guilt ; 
conscience-stricken ; humbled ; penitent : as, a 
contrite sinner. 
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not de- 
spise, f*. 1L 17. 
I Richard - body have interred new; 
And on it have bestow'd mure cirntrite tears 
Than from it issued forced drops of blood. 
SlMlr., Hen. V., Iv. 1. 
= 8yn. 2. Repentant, sorrowful. For comparison, see re- 
pentance. 
II. n. A contrite person ; a penitent. Hooker. 
contrite! (kon-trif), v. t. [After contrite, a., < 
L. cotr(ts,'pp. of conterere, bruise: see con- 
trite, a.] To make humble or penitent. 
I awoke in the night, and my meditations, as 1 lay, 
were on the goodness and mercy of the Lord, in a sense 
whereof my heart was contrited. 
John H'ooInMiii, Journal (1757), p. 98. 
contritely (kou'trit-li), adv. In a contrite man- 
ner ; with humble sorrow ; with penitence. 
Contritely now she brought the case for cure. 
Broipnin;/, King and Book, I. 117. 
cpntriteness (kon'trit-nes), . The state of be- 
ing contrite ; contrition. 
contrition (kon-trish'on), n. [< ME. contrition, 
-fioiiu, < OF. contriciu'n, F. contrition = Pr. con- 
tritio, contriiio = Sp. contrieion = Pg. eontriytto 
= It. contrizione, < LL. contritio(n-), grief, con- 
trition (not found in L. in lit. sense of bruising 
or grinding together), < L. conterere, pp. con- 
tritus, bruise, rub, wear out: see contrite. Cf. 
attrition.] If. The act of grinding or rubbing 
to powder ; attrition. 
Keduceable into powder by contrition. 
Sir T. Bromie, Vulg. Err., II. 1. 
Serpents . . . are curious to preserve their heads from 
contrition or a bruise. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 886. 
2. Brokenness of spirit for haying given of- 
fense ; deep sorrow for sin or guilt ; pious com- 
punction ; sincere penitence. 
Fruits of more pleasing savour, from thy seed 
Sown with contrition in his heart. 
Miltou, P. L., xl. 27. 
Contrition is an holy grief, excited by a lively sense, not 
only of the punishment tine to our guilt (that the schools 
call attrition), but likewise of the infinite goodness of God, 
against which we have offended. 
Bp. Atterlniry, Sermons. I. x. 
= Syn. 2. /VWohv, t'lHiiininetittn, etc. See repentance. 
contriturate (kon-trit'u-rat), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. contriturated, ppf. 'contriturating. [< con- 
+ triturate. Cf. contrite, v.] To pulverize to- 
gether; triturate. 
COntrivable (kon-tri'va-bl), a. [< contrive^ + 
-able.] That may be contrived ; capable of be- 
ing planned, invented, or devised. 
Perpetual motion may seem easily contrivaMe. 
Bp. Wilkins, Dn>dalus, xv. 
contriyalt (kon-tri'val), n. [< contrive 1 + -al.] 
Contrivance. 
Albeit some might have more benefit by so large a vol- 
ume, yet more may have some benefit by this compendi- 
ous contrieatl. Clea eer, Proverla, Epistles, etc. (Ord M S. ). 
contrivance (kon-tri'vans), n. [< contrive 1 + 
-inict'.] 1. The act o? contriving, inventing, 
devising, or planning the disposition or com- 
bination of things or acts, for a particular pur- 
pose. 
I look upon the Disposition and Contrivance of the Fa- 
ble to be the Principal Beauty of the Ninth Book. 
Aildison, spectator, No. 351. 
The machine whii'h v^e are inspecting demonstrates. 1>\ 
its construction, contrirain-i 1 and design. ('"/if/ittl lice must 
have bail a contriver. Palcy, Nat. Theol., ii. 
1237 
Plotting covetousness and deliberate ami rim nee iii or 
der to compass a scltl-h end are nowhere abundant but in 
the world of the dramatist. 
'.. nnje ElM, Mill on the Floss, L S. 
2. The thing contrived, planned, or invented ; 
a device, especially a mechanical one ; an arti- 
fice ; a scheme ; a stratagem. 
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to pro- 
vide for human wants. liurke. 
For every difficulty he (Warren Hastings] had a 
rancr ready ; and, whatever may be thought of the jnstiee 
and humanity of some of his contrivancei. It Is certain that 
they seldom failed to serve the purpose for which they 
were designed Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
Party nicknames, In nine cases out of ten, are simply a 
cimtrirnnce for exciting odium or contempt. 
//. -V. iisniliiiiii. .Short Studies, p. 4. 
= Syn. 2. Plan, Invention, design; machination, strata- 
. r\ . Sh\ft, etc. See expedient, n. 
ppr. contriving. [< ME. contriven, contreven, coii- 
troeven, controcen, find out, contrive, < OF. con- 
trover, F. controuver (= It. controvare), < con- + 
trover (= It. trovare), find : see trover, trove, trou- 
badour. Cf. retrieve, formerly retrire, retreve, 
also i ult. < OF. trover.] I. trims. 1. To in vent; 
devise; plan. 
I went to St Clement's, that pretty built and contriv'd 
church. Kvelyn, Diary, Oct. 28, 1884. 
Our poet has always some beautiful design, which he 
first establishes, and then contrives the means which will 
naturally conduct him to his end. Dryden. 
Parasites, external and internal, torture helpless hosts 
by means of carefully contrived Implements for securing 
their hold and aiding their progress. 
Mirart, Nature and Thought, p. 241. 
2. To manage, by a device, stratagem, plan, or 
scheme: with an infinitive as object: as, he con- 
trived to gain his point. 
Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a know- 
ledge of stage effect which his father might have envied, 
to sink back, as if exhausted, Into the amis of Kurke. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
The old town clerks did not spell very correctly, but 
they contrived to make pretty intelligible the will of a free 
and just community. Emerson, Misc., p. 88. 
= 8vn. 1. To design, project, plot, concoct, hatch, form, 
frame, brew. 
II. intrans. To form schemes or designs; 
plan; scheme. 
If thou read this, O ( 'wsar, thou mayst live ; 
If not, the Kates with traitors do contrive. 
Shak., 3.C., 11.3. 
contrive 2 ! (kon-triv'), . t. [Irreg. made from 
L. enntererr, pp. contritus, wear away : see con- 
trite, a. The L. perf. is eontriri; but the E. 
form is prob. due to confusion with contrive*.] 
To wear away; spend. 
That sage Pylian syre, which did survive 
Three ages, such as mortall men contrive. 
Spenser, . Q., II. Ix. 48. 
Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, 
Ami utiatf carouses to our mistress' health. 
Shak., T. of the S., i. 2. 
COntrivementt (kon-triv'ment), . [< contrive 1 
+ -ment.] Contrivance; invention; plan; de- 
vice; scheme. 
Royall buildings, which though perhaps they come short 
of the Italian for contripeinent, yet not in costly curious- 
nesse. Sandys, Travailes, p. 25. 
To my contrivement leave the welcome care 
Of making sure that lie, and none but he, 
To Potipher's estate do prore the heir. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 189. 
The admirable contrivement and artifice of this great 
fabrick of the universe. 
Olanville, Pre-cxistence of Souls, p. 170. 
contrivent. An arbitrary variant of contrived, 
past participle of contrirt-i. 
Reverend Edicts vpon Mount Slna given, 
llow-much-fould sense is in few words cimtriren .' 
Siilretter, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, II., The Lawe. 
contriver (kon-trj'ver), M. An inventor; one 
who plans or devises ; a schemer. 
I, the mistress of your charms, 
The close contriver of all harms. 
Was never call'd to bear my part. 
Shak., Macbeth, iii. 5. 
control (kon-trol'), n. [< ME. conterrolle = D. 
kontrole = G. controlle = Dan. kontrol = Sw. 
Icontroll, < OF. contrerole, F. controle, < ML. 
contrarotitlum, a counter-roll or -register used to 
verify accounts, (. L. contra, against, opposite, 
counter, + ML. rotulus, L. rotula, a roll: see 
counter-roll, counter-, and roll. The later senses 
(2 and 3) depend partly on the verb.] If. A 
book-register or account kept to correct or 
check another account or register ; a counter- 
register. Johnson. 2. Check; restraint: as, to 
speak or act without control; to keep the pas- 
sions under control. 
If the sinner . . . lay no restraint upon his lusts, no 
</,(/.'/ upon his appeti'tes, he is certainly too strong for 
the means of grace. South, Sermons. 
controller 
If angels were to govern men, neither .Aternal nor in- 
ternal cmitniUun goveinm. nl ,mld IK- necessary. 
Naduon, The Federalist, No. :.l. 
3. The act or power of keeping under check 
or in order; power of direction or guidance; 
authority; regulation; government; command. 
Keep It ours, O Qod, from lirnte > i>trol ; 
O Statesmen, guard us, guard the eye, the sout 
(If Europe, keep our noble Kngland whole. 
Tmnytvn, Death of 'elllngton, vii. 
A dominant clan arising does not simply liecome unlike 
the rest, but assumes control over the rest. 
//. .SpeMcr, Prill, of Sociol., I 218. 
Board Of control, a board of six mcml>ers established In 
17*4 by Pitt for the government of British India. The 
I'M -i'lcnt of the hoard was a chief minister of the crown 
and a memlier of the ministry. This lioard was abolished 
In 1858, when the government of India was transferred to 
the crown. =8yn. 3. Influence, Anccndattcy, etc. (see an- 
thirrity), direction, charge, regulation 
control (kon-trol'), v. t.\ pret. and pp. controlled, 
ppr. controlling, [= D. kontrolercn = G. con- 
trolliren = Dan. kontrollere = 8w. kontrollera, < 
F. contrdler, register, control, < contrdle, n. : see 
control, n.] 1. To check or ascertain the ac- 
curacy of, as by a counter-register or double 
account, or by experiment. 2f. To prove by 
counter-statements ; confute ; convict. 
The duke of Milan, 
And his more braver daughter, could control thee. 
Shak, Tempest, L 2. 
This account was controlled to l>e false. Fuller. 
3. To exercise control over; hold in restraint 
or check ; subject to authority ; direct ; regu- 
late ; govern ; dominate. 
Give me a staff of honour for mine age. 
But not a sceptre to control the world ( 
Skat., Tit And., I. 2. 
High degrees of moral sentiment control the unfavor- 
able influences of climate. Smtrton, Civilization. 
The controlling influence of public sentiment in groups 
which have little or no organization is best shown in the 
force with which It acts on those who are hound to avenge 
murders. //. Spencrr, Prin. of Soclol., t 468. 
4. To have superior force or authority over ; 
overpower. [Rare.] 
A recital cannot cottfrol the plain words in the granting 
(wrt of a deed. * Johiuon'x Jteport. 
Controlling experiment, in chcm., a coirolwrating or 
confirmatory experiment. 
For a controlling experiment, the gas may lie passed for 
a short time through the alcoholic ammonia alone. 
'. K. Bomlitch, Coal Gas, p. 149. 
To control th6 point, in fencinti, to bear or beat the 
point down ; hence, to have the advantage over. 
I'nite again, as you like this, you whoreson foist, you ! 
You'll control the point, you ! 
B. Jongon, Every Man in his Humour, Iv. 5. 
=8yn. S. Rule, Regulate, etc. (see govern), curb, restrain, 
direct. 
control-experiment (kon-trol'eks-per'i-ment), 
H. An experiment made to establish the con- 
ditions under which another experiment is 
made. 
controllable (kon-tro'la-bl), a. [< control -t 
-able.] Capable of being controlled, checked, 
or restrained; subject to regulation or com- 
mand. 
Passion is the drunkenness of the mind, and therefore, 
in its present workings, not controllable by reason. South. 
controller (kon-tro'ler), n. [Often written, 
in the second sense, comptroller, in accordance 
with a false etymologv from romp/1, a n o ld 
spelling of count 1 ; < ME. conterroller, cottntrol- 
lour (only in sense 1), < AF. rountrerouler, OF. 
contreroleur, F. contrdleur (> D. kontrolevr = 
G. controlleur = Dan. Sw. kontrollor), < ML. 
contrarotulator, lit. the keeper of a counter-roll 
or check-list, < contrarotulum, a counter-roll: 
see control, n. In the third sense now practi- 
cally < control, r., 3, + -er 1 .] If. One wno has 
charge of the receipt and expenditure of money. 
Ther-fore tho countrollour . . . 
WryU-s vp tho somme as euery day, 
And helpes to count. 
Rater* Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 317. 
Specifically 2. An officer who has certain 
duties to perform in examining the accounts 
and managing the financial affairs of a public 
or private corporation, or of a city, state, or 
government. Three controllers are employed by the 
government of the I'nited States. The first controller 
examines and revises all civil accounts except those relat- 
ing to customs and the postal sen-ice, and the latter also 
on appeal, and countersigns all warrants drawn by the 
Secretary of the Treasury for receiving and paying money, 
except those connected with postotti.e oi^-rations. The 
second controller has the same duties with reference to 
the accounts and warrants of the War and Navy depart- 
ments. The controller of the currency administers the 
laws relating to the national banks. Some States and 
il-o have officers styled controllers, with similar 
duties. [In this sense often sjielled itniititroUer. a false 
form (see etymology).! 
