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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Rule \Rule\, n.
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Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order;
method; direction; control; government; sway; empire.
[1913 Webster] Rule \Rule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruling}.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L.
regulare. See {Rule}, n., and cf. {Regulate}.]
1. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority
or dominion over; to govern; to manage. --Chaucer.
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A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that
ruleth well his own house, having his children in
subjection. --1 Tim. iii.
2, 4.
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2. To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion;
to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
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I think she will be ruled
In all respects by me. --Shak.
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3. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by
universal or general consent, or by common practice.
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That's are ruled case with the schoolmen.
--Atterbury.
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4. (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a
direction or order of court.
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5. 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.
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{Ruled surface} (Geom.), any surface that may be described by
a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called
also a {scroll}.
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