Significado

• Verb

  1. To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
  2. (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
  3. To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
  4. (obsolete) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
  5. To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.

• Noun