lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

handle and cause to function

to direct influence over someone or something, usually in one's advantage

have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

place under restrictions; limit access to by law

a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

the activity of managing or exerting control over something

someone or something that is used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment to evaluate the results

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

discipline in personal and social activities

great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

a part of a machine that manages how it works

the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

a syntactic relationship between two clauses where the subject of one clause determines the interpretation or reference of an element in the other clause