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Show O Conrri'vance. v /i [from contrive. 1. The a& of contriving the thing contrived Speale, what Pheebus has infpir'd thy fou or common good, and fpeak without control excogitation Authority to convent CGur bodies are made according to the moft curious artifice, and orderly contrivance Glanwille's Scepfis far as wit Have I not manag'd my contrivance well y your love, and make you doubt of mine Diyden There might be a feint, a contrivance in th whic 2 h fom firft eftablifhes an the defign th CoNTRO'LLABLE contrive Paflion is th adj drunkennef {eems to ufe the w Perfuafion ought to be fully fettl hearts in the Tower that in litigations and controverfe of fuch quality, the will of God is to have do whatfoever the fentence of judicial an cifion fhall determine CoNTROVE'RTIBLE comtrol. of the mind werfe, if it be not an erratum wert. adj [fro Difputable; that may caufe of contfoverfy . Difcourfing of matters dubious, a an trovertible truths not controllabl intreat a credulity South we cannot withou ar or implore any farthe Who can think himfelf fo confiderab to dread this mighty man of demo Shakefpeare's Henry V1 The great controller of our fat Deign'd to be man, and liv'd in low eftate. Dryd The clofe contriver of all harms ; r;rf'fi‘z.lll)l(inwge'r o a&.Of fuper ntendlng Was never call'd to bear my part. Shak. Macketh Epeus, who the fraud's contriver was Denkam Plain loyalty, not built on hope X leave to your contriver, Pope one loves his king and country better ¥et none was ever lefs their debtor Saift withou 3 Scenes of blood and defolation, I had painte as the common effeéts of thofe deftructive machines whereof, he faid, fome evil genius, enem to mankind, muft have been the firft contriver mad war an peac controlment wit on another role, French. 3. A regifter or account kept by anothe dep _bringing him into the obedience o = Chrift . Hammond's F Oppofition ; confutation Were it reafon that we fhould fuffer the fame Hooker M A CIOUSLY. adv. [fro f cious.] Obftinately ; ftubbornly ;-1niie 4. Refiftance ; hOfilllty Here have we war for war, and blood for blood Controlment f(l)r controlment. ¢ Sfiakefp. King Fobn . /. [controle, that is, contr duing of the moft obftinate contumaci to pafs without controlment, in that current mean- | CONT Swift's Gulliver's Trawvels Latin] There is another very efficacious met Dawvies on Ireland ing, whereby every where it prevaileth S vaini He is in Jaw faid to be a Mntl:lm who, on his appearance afterwards coure without leave Ay 2. The ftate of being reftrained ; reftraint. The n poff an lor grea thi prince -of gcontrovertifis " CoNTRO'LLERSHIP. 2. /. [from controller.] | _ Of firft principles i x 8 tum 10 [co a' adj Tu Co The office of a controller Obi erverl A CoNTRO'LMENT. . /. [from control. blo inates peverlc I, the miftrefs of your charms bly; Perverfe]y or CONTUMA'CIOUSNESS. Hoiffe [fr@ macious.], Obftinacy 3 per_v_erfenefi ar as ve tr Co r rgv adj [fr con /-] Relating to difputes ; difputatious nal fi bor g ii fiu From the defcription I.hav n given.of itya jud ) It happens in controverfial difcourfes as it does | yoone may be given of the-difficulty and contu in the aflaulting of towns, where, if the ground [ . 1efs of cure W ife be but firm whereon the batteries are ereéted, there CONTUMACY 7./, [_fronr contuma isno farther enquiry whom it belongs to, fo i T o affords but a fit rife for the prefent purpofe. Locke 3 o ef b Let partial fpirits fill aloud complain f:z c, { bor ftu Co'NTROVERSY. . /. [controverfia, Lat.] | 1+ Qflbfiufl;afi}: ; perverfenefs 1. Difpute; debate; agitation of contrary |- IRHEXIDLULY opinions: a di/pute is commonly oral, e g H t k and a ¢controver/y in writing. s Paradii S e oe Think themfelves injur'd that they cannot reign And own ro liberty, but where they may Without control; upon their fellows prey Waller He fhall feel a force upon himfelf from within and from the contro/ of his own principles, to engag o Ho If the finner fhall win fo complete a.viGtory ove mutua ‘his confcience, thatall thofe confiderations fhall b able to firike no terrour into his mind, lay no re- he is sertainly too firong for the means of grace South's Sermons This is a i CoNTRO'LLER. 7. /. [from control.] One | than the probability of our reafons and v ou experiments Brown's Vilga that has the power of governing or reCoNTROVE'RTIST [fro ftraining ; a fuperintendent wert.] Difputant; a man verf He does not calm his contumelious fpirit gaged in literary wars or difputat Nor ceafe to be an arrogant controller Diét, ftraint upon his lafts, no control upon his appetites ‘7.". xL Hooke Prior as, 4¢ con [fro by reafon ConTRrRI'VER. 7. /. [from contrive.] A inventer ; one that plans a defign; {chemer him to do worthily he wa therefore, in its prefent workings [from contriwe. be examine he may do it very fafely for me Cheyne's Philofophi fubjett to be over-ruled Is it enoug That mafking habits, and a borrow'd name Contrive to hide my plenitude of thame v Prior officer, that each ma the other 2. Check ; reftraint I% any perfon fhall think fit to- m:tfo‘vdm,t&é Subje to control ; fubje to command To ConTR1IVE, v. 7. To form or defign to plan ; to {cheme ; to complot CONTROL 4. Oppofition ; enmity ufual fenfe ing efcape, fhe kknew they were things that a very fe could control Bacon's Henry VII Pleafe ye, we may contrive this afternoon And quaff caroufes to our miftrefs' health. Shak 2. / fite books 3 to difpute any thin and the manner of his brother's death, and his ow Fairy Queen. CONTRI'VEMENT Invention to confute As for the time whil Out of ufe "Three ages, fuch as mortal me Dryden's Aurengziebe trolled a/l the evidence of his adwerfary means which will naturally condu¢t him to his end Dryden To wear away 3. To overpower Tillotfon contrive a the Henceforth may I obey, and thou control admirabl beautifu O, deareft Andrew, fays the humble droll frame of the univerfe-than infinite wifdom alway ‘The Lord hath a controverfy with the nations Clad like a country fwain he pip'd and fung And playing drove his jolly troop along, ~ Dryden One that flept in the comtriving luft, and wake to do it Shakefpeare's King Lear poet ha 3. A quarrel Which by the way he met, and flily ftole 9o CONTRI'VE. v.a. [contronver, Fr. 1. 'T'o plan out; to excogitate QOu whomfoeve Judg them, then they fhall juftify the righteou demn the wicked eronon xx: o;t Deutc{raflomy‘ With this he did a herd of goats control Atterbury thi excommunication to punifh that the judges m Ca to draw him into fome fecret ambuth likely to comriv to control unto judgment think worthy Hooker The torrent roar'd, and we did'buffet j Give me a ftaft of honour for mine age W th lufty finews5 throwing it afide But not a fceptre to contro/ the world And ftemming it with hearts of controper Shakefpeare's Titus Andyonicus Who fhall control me for my works ? Eccl. v. 3 Shakefpeare's }‘u 1 feel my virtue ftruggling in my fou 7o CONTROVERT. . a. [ controu But ftronger paffion does its pow'r control Lat.] To debate ; to ventil A conceit ; a plot ; an artifice mor com 7o CoNTRO'L. v. @ [from the noun. 1. To keep under check by a counte reckoning z. 'To govern ; to reftrain; to fubje& caufes Wha z. A fuit in law If there be a controverfy between me Are their males' fubjec¥s, and at their controfs Shake[peare Blackmore's Creation matter This left no room for controverfy about the nor for encroachment on the right of othe Dryden's Homer The beafts, the fithes, and the winged fowls 2. Scheme; plan; difpofition of parts o 3 - Wild eontrower[y then, which lo; fixa Into the prefs from ruin'd cloifters ?e*qu D 3. Power ; authority ; {fuperintendence There is no work impofiible to thefe contriwvances, but there may be as much aéted by this ar as can be fancied by imagination Wilkins's Matbematical Magic Inftruéted, you'll explor Divine contrivance, and a God adore . C 0 CO cometh it to pafs that we are fo rent wit contentions an that the churc is f 2. [In law.] much traubled? If men had been willing to learn all thefe controverfies might have died the very da they were firft brought forth "Hooker Withowt sontreverfy great is the myftery of god- lingfs 1 Timoth A wilful contempt-an o u w l a t obedi o r r P e f l A r e r ' a c d mention the party's eomtimacics "2;{?&; rergone Thef certificate d only, in the genera ~ ConTU o T 1 |