Definition of rule

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Rule (a.) 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..

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Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..
Spherule :: Spherule (n.) A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules..
Unaccountable :: Unaccountable (a.) Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious.
Glomerule :: Glomerule (n.) A glomerulus.
Dietetics :: Dietetics (n.) That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.
Principal :: Principal (n.) A principal or essential point or rule; a principle.
Exception :: Exception (n.) That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions..
Ditionary :: Ditionary (a.) Under rule; subject; tributary.
Azure :: Azure (a.) Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless..
Contrapuntal :: Contrapuntal (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint..
Baggage :: Baggage (n.) Purulent matter.
Zeus :: Zeus (n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter..
Neocracy :: Neocracy (n.) Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
Rule :: Rule (n.) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..
Rule :: Rule (a.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock..
Dominator :: Dominator (n.) A ruler or ruling power.
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..
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