controller 
3. One who controls or restrains ; one who has 
the power or authority to govern or control ; 
one who governs or regulates. 
The great controller of our fate 
Deign'd to be man, and lived in low estate. 
Unjilrn, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 4WI. 
Clerk controller of the king's household. See clerk. 
Controller of the household, in England, an officer 
at court, ranking next after the treasurer of the household, 
who investigates the accounts and maintains discipline 
among the servants of the royal household. His duties, 
like those of the treasurer and lord steward, are now com- 
monly performed by the master of the household. He is 
usually a peer, or the son of a peer, and a privy council- 
or, and bears a white staff as his badge of authority. 
The sewer will not take no men no dishes till they be 
commanded by the controller. 
Paston Letters (ed. 1841), I. 144. 
On the 18th of February Gloucester arrived with about 
1238 contumelious 
No controversial weapon, from the gravest reasoning to contrOVertibly (kon-tro-ver'ti-bli), ode. In a 
the coarsest ribaldry, was left unemployed. controvertible manner. ' 
Macaulay Warren Hastings controvertist (kon-tro-ver'tist), n. [< contro- 
controversiahst (kon-tro-ver shal-ist), . [< ,. ert + _ ist _ cf. F. controversiste = Sp. Pg. It. 
controversial + -1st.} One who carries on a controversista.} One who controverts; a dis- 
controversy ; a disputant. putant ; a man versed or engaged in contro- 
What shall we say to a controve.nialwt who attributes versy or disputation. 
^^*tttttw3&tt ,,^" ty """' "' <""' this pri "^s;; 
contrusion (koii-tro'zhon), n. [< L. contrnsus, 
; press together, < com-, toge- 
controverse, 11.} 
Hooker. 
controversioust, 
rergia) + -os.} 
r'shon), 
of controverting. 
[< controversy (I... contro- 
Full of controversy. 
Ree mntrorerier 
** 
Jiniley. 
eighty horsemen, and was met a mile out of town by the C( sort . raw "'<" c c, . 
.treasurer and . . . the controller of the king's hmue- Controversy (kon'tro-ver-Sl), . ; pi. controver- 
hold, who bade him retire at once to his lodgings. xjes (-siz). [= Pi'. Sp. Pg. It. controversia, < L. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., 343. 
controller-general (kqn-tro'ler-jen'e-ral), n. 
An officer charged witli the immediate control 
or direction of some branch of administration. 
It has been the title of many officers of the French gov- 
ernment, chiefly connected with the revenues. The con- 
troller-general of the finances was originally subordinate 
to the superintendent of the finances, but from 1681 to 
1791 was himself the head of the treasury. The title was 
given to the two officers appointed by the French and 
English governments, under the arrangement of 1879, for 
the joint supervision of the finances of Egypt. 
COntrollership (kon-tro'ler-ship), . [< con- 
troller + -ship.} "The office of a controller. 
Also written comptrollersliip. 
controlling-nozle (kon-tro'ling-nozl), n. A 
device for regulating the size of a stream issu- 
ing from a nozle. It consists of a rotating sleeve which 
controversia, debate, contention, controversy 
< controversus, turned in an opposite direction : 
;ogether. [Rare.] 
Pressure or eimtrn*inn of the particles of the water. 
Boyle, Works, III. 617. 
cont-splice (kont'splls), . [Cf. cont-liite.} A 
splice made by cutting a rope in two, laying 
the end of one part on the standing part of the 
other, and pushing the ends through between 
the strands in the same manner as for an eye- 
splice. This forms a collar or an eye in the bight of the 
rope. It is used for pennants, jib-guys, upper shrouds, 
a tent, < cow-, together, + taberna, a tent : see 
In learning, where there is much cmitrovermi there is ""~J, Twin;,,, 
many times little inquiry. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 289. 
But this business of Death is a plaine case, and admitts 
no controversie. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxviii. 
Two of his [Pythias's] phrases, by their obscure and 
archaic diction, havt -' 
tavern.'} Dwelling in the same tent ; living as 
comrades ; hence, intimate ; familiar. 
And therefore seith Seneca . . . humble folk ben Cristes 
freendes; they been ooutubtrnyat with the Lord. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
, . - , . . 11JV lTUif> \ ' ^ 111 'f MWVWMVJ V " vw) wv-u. yj 
Specifically 2. A suit m law; the contention g^,,,,^,,; _ p r . g p . p g . contumaz = It. contu- 
*~e,^*~, -.. .^ UUDU u ... u . u ^..v .. in a civil action; a case in which opposing par- mace < L. contitmax (contumac-), stubborn, in- 
thriists forward or retracts a cone-valve, so as to close ties contend for their respective claims before ao i ell (. (found unchanged contumax, in ME.) ; 
*Ly3*!*-*to>&*?LX "' I"* or to leave " 11110 "- a tribunal. origin Stain ; perhaps connected with con- 
And by their word shall every controversy and every temnere, despise: see contemn and contumely.} 
stroke be tried. Deut. xxi. s. j Headstrong ; insolent; hence, resisting le- 
3. A matter in dispute ; a question to settle. ij A ^ -* i. ~4.i-~-~: :i ~~,.i:4.;,>i 
strncted, as may be desired. 
controlment (kon-trol'ment), . [< control + 
-ment.} 1. The power or act of controlling; 
the state of being restrained; control ; restraint. 
Except for the pnliliqne behoofe, euery man to be free 
and out of controlment. Purehas, Pilgrimage, p. 426. 
They made war and peace with one another, without 
eontrolmfnt. Sir ./. r>ariet. State of Ireland. 
2f. Opposition ; resistance ; refutation. 
Was it reason that we should suffer the same to pass 
without controlment ? Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iii. 7. 
controvet, controvert. Middle English forms 
of contrive 1 , contriver. 
It is sinno to I'inttrove 
Thyng that is for to reprove. 
Koin. of the Rote, 1. 7545. 
COntroversalt (kon-tro-ver'sal), a. [< L. con- 
troverstis, turned in an opposite direction (see 
controverse, r.), + -al.} 1. Turning different 
ways. 
The Temple of Janus with his two cotitrorerxal faces 
might now not nnsigiiiHcantly be set open. 
Mittott. Areopagitica, p. 51. 
2. Controversial. 
I may perhaps have taken some pains in studying con- 
traversal divinity. Bottle, Love of God, p. 122 (Ord MS.). 
controversaryt (kon-tro-yer'sa-ri), . [< con- 
troverse + -art/ 1 .} Pertaining to controversy; 
controversial ; disputatious. 
Controrersary points. Bp. Hall, Works, II. 370. 
The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. 
Jer. xxv. 31. 
4+. Antagonism; resistance. [Rare.] 
The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it 
With lusty sinews, throwing it aside 
And tniminu it with hearts of mntromrnf. 
Shak., J. C., i. 2. 
Adoptian controversy. See adoption ism. Bangoiian 
controversy. See Ba nnorian. Filioque controversy, 
in cedes. hi*t., the controversy whether the Sicene Creed 
gitimate authority, whether civil, ecclesiastical, 
military, or parental; stubbornly disobedient 
or rebellious: as, a contumacious child. 
Most obstinate contumacioiu sinner. 
Hammond, Fundamentals. 
Richard fell before the castle of a contumacious vassal. 
Milman, Latin Christianity, ix. 5. 
If he were contumacious, he might be excommunicated, 
or, in other words, be deprived of all civil rights and im- 
prisoned for life. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
should declare merely that the Holy Ghost proceeds from Specifically 2. In late, wilfully disobedient 
" 
the Father (John xv. 26), or should add " and from the 
' 
Joristic controversy. See Majoristie. Quinquartlcu- 
lar controversy. See the Five Articles and the Fire 
Points, under article. = Syn. 1. Controversy, Dispute, con- 
test, disputation, altercation, wrangle, strife, quarrel. A 
dispute is commonly oral ; hence it is generally of short 
continuance, and tends to lose the character of a dignified 
debate in heated assertions, if not in bickering, so that 
the word is now used more frequently in this latter sense. 
(See argue.) A controversy may be oral, but, as compared 
with a dispute, is generally in writing, and may therefore 
continue for a long period, with many participant*, but _..+._, a/ , nllaT1 _ aa /i, nn tii ma' 
not always with coolness or dignity: as, the celebrated COntUmaClOUSneSS (kon 
Boyle and Bentley controversy. T>.^.oo etn M>>= a < 
The controversies about the Immaculate Conception are 
older than the Reformation, but have only just been de- 
cided. Pusey, Eirenicon, p. 91. 
In all disputes, so much as there is of passion, so much 
there is of nothing to the purpose. Sir T. Broumc. 
a lawful order of a judicial or legislative 
or showing wilful contempt of its au- 
thority . = Syn. 1. Stubborn, Refractory, etc. (see obsti- 
nate), proud, headstrong, unmanageable, ungovernable, 
unruly, wilful, perverse. 
contumaciously (kon-tu-ma'shus-li), adr. Ob- 
stinately; stubbornly; perversely; in disobedi- 
ence of orders. 
This justice hath stocks for the vagrant, ropes for felons, 
weights for the contumaciously silent. 
Bp. Hall, Peace-maker (Ord MS.). 
-nes), ti. 
Perverseness ; stubbornness ; obstinate dis- 
obedience ; contumacy. 
contumacity (kon-tu-mas'i-ti), w. [< L. coii- 
tum-ar (contitmac-) + -ity. " See contumacious.} 
Same as contumacy. [Rare.] 
ih a fund of contumacity. Carlyle, Misc., IV. I 
controversy (kon-tro-vers;) f t [= F con- controvert (kon-tro-vert'), v. t [= Sp. con- ^^^T (kon'Mi-mai), .""[= F."^'^* 
troverttr = Pg. controverter = It. controrertere, ^gs!r'Tjf T* ;.,..,/.,,,.,.L-,, >T ,., .; 
trorerser, < L. controversari, dispute, < contro- 
versits, turned in an opposite direction, disputed, 
controverted, < contro-, another form (neut. ab- 
lative) of contra, opposite, + versus, pp. of ver- 
tere, turn: see verse.} To controvert ; dispute. 
In litigious and controverted causes . . . the will of God 
is to have them [men] to do whatsoever the sentence of 
judicial and final decision shall determine. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., vi. 
controverset (kon'tro-vers), n. [< F. contro- 
verse, < L. controvcrsa, pi., disputed points, orig. 
ueut.pl. of eontrovfrsttx, turned against: see 
mutroeerse, r., and cf. rontrnvemy.} Contro- 
versy. 
So fitly now here commeth next in place, 
After the proofe of prowesse ended well, 
The contrru'erxc of beauties soveraine grace. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. J. 
< L. as if *controvertere (assumed from contro- 
i-ersits: see controverse, i:), < contro-, against, 
+ vertere, turn.] To dispute; oppose by argu- 
ment ; contend against in discussion ; deny and 
= Pr. Sp. Pg. It. ciiniumacta, < L. contumacia, 
< contwnax (eontiimuc-), contumacious : see con- 
tumacious.} 1. Wilful and persistent resis- 
tance to legitimate authority of any kind; un- 
yielding disobedience ; stubborn perverseness 
,,^r^-r^ : -r^ ^^g^r^^^^of^n: 
n I 
One wh Uroverts a dsutant 
. lisputanr. 
In which place, bonlted l)cfore to the bran by many con- 
!*, mine advei-sury hath learned 
aln>vc measure. 
rert opinions or principles; to controvert the 
justness of a conclusion. 
It is an insolent part of reason, to controvert the works 
of God. Sir T. Bromte, Religio Medici, i. 54. 
It is more our business to exhibit the opinions of the 
learned than ta controvert them. Goldsmith, Criticisms. 
His conclusions, though controverted when they were first 
presented, are now substantially adopted by scholars. 
Sumner, John Pickering. 
controverter (kon-tro-ver'ter), . One who 
controverts ; a controversial writer. 
Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in the 
taverne, that catch that which stands next them ; the can- 
" e, or pots : turne everything into a weapon. 
B. Jonson. -Discoveries. 
to triumph controvertible (kon-tro-ver'ti-bl), a. [= Sp. 
'Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, p. 29. <^trovertible = It. controrertibile ; as controvert 
Of or pertaining to controversy; characterized 
by or connected with disputation ; disputatious : 
as, a controversial discourse. 
We find the matter controrertible. and with much nioiv 
ciisoii denied then is as yet affirmed. 
Sir T. Browne. Yulg. Err., ii. 1. 
He disolwys God in the way of contumacy who refuses 
his signs, his outward assistances, his ceremonies which 
are induced by his authority. Donne, Sermons, ii. 
Such acts 
Of contumacy will provoke the Highest 
To make dea'th in us live. Milton, P. L., x. 1027. 
In consequence of his [Archbishop Laud's] famous proc- 
lamation setting up certain novelties in the rites of pub- 
lic worship, fifty godly ministers were suspended for con- 
tumacii in the course of two years and a half. 
EuK'rxim. Misc., p. 35. 
Specifically 2. In laic, wilful disobedience to 
or wilful contempt of its authority ; a refusal to 
a,ppear in court when legally summoned. =Syn. 
1. Stuhl>niiii".. perverseiiess. wiifnlness, intractability. 
Knr roinp:U'is"ii. set' ohxti iuit<>. 
contumelious (kon-tu-me'li-us). ii. [= Sp. Pg. 
It. continiiflitiKu, < L. contuwdiosuSf ( citntttniclifi. 
insult: see contumely.} 1. Indicating or ex- 
pressive of contumely ; haughtily offensive ; 
contemptuous ; insolent : rude and sarcastic : 
said of acts or things. 
