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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Predominate :: Predominate (v. i.) To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart..
Metaphysical :: Metaphysical (a.) According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning..
Illogical :: Illogical (a.) Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference..
Anomaly :: Anomaly (n.) Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
#NAME? :: -ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction..
Disobedient :: Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts..
Bossism :: Bossism (n.) The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses..
Demarch :: Demarch (n.) A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
Practice :: Practice (n.) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts..
Regulation :: Regulation (n.) A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school..
Fenian :: Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule..
Geometrically :: Geometrically (adv.) According to the rules or laws of geometry.
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) One who is confined to no general rule.
Ethics :: Ethics (n.) The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics..
Regency :: Regency (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance..
Desperateness :: Desperateness (n.) Desperation; virulence.
Trip :: Trip (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail..
Purulency :: Purulency (n.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself..
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