a duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.-that which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.-power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.-to check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.-to exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.