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- English Word Rule Definition Conduct in general; behavior.
- English Word Rule Definition The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- English Word Rule Definition An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- English Word Rule Definition A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
- English Word Rule Definition A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.
- English Word Rule Definition A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
- English Word Rule Definition A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
- English Word Rule Definition A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
- English Word Rule Definition A composing rule. See under Conposing.
- English Word Rule Definition To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
- English Word Rule Definition To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
- English Word Rule Definition To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
- English Word Rule Definition To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
- English Word Rule Definition To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
- English Word Rule Definition To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.
- English Word Rule Definition To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.
- English Word Rule Definition To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.
- English Word Rule-monger Definition A stickler for rules; a slave of rules
- English Word Ruled Definition of Rule
- English Word Ruleless Definition Destitute of rule; lawless.