Definition of rule

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Rule (n.) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.

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Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state..
Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..
Position :: Position (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate..
Anteposition :: Anteposition (n.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it..
Move :: Move (v. t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king..
Toparch :: Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
Virulent :: Virulent (a.) Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective..
Rule :: Rule (a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler..
Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
Enormity :: Enormity (n.) The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous..
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility..
Regence :: Regence (n.) Rule.
Splining :: Spline (n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler..
Shebander :: Shebander (n.) A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies..
Factitious :: Factitious (a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste..
Rule :: Rule (a.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock..
Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules..
Azure :: Azure (a.) Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless..
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India..
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