Definition of rule

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Rule (v. i.) 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..

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Rule :: Rule (a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit..
Label :: Label (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes..
Heptarchy :: Heptarchy (n.) A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers..
Move :: Move (v. i.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
Kritarchy :: Kritarchy (n.) The rule of the judges over Israel.
Curule :: Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot.
Operative :: Operative (a.) Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty..
Glomerule :: Glomerule (n.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood..
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..
Example :: Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples..
Exact :: Exact (a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling..
Reign :: Reign (n.) Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Reign :: Reign (n.) To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
Anteposition :: Anteposition (n.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it..
Rule :: Rule (n.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
Waywode :: Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers..
Warranty :: Warranty (n.) An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor..
Upas :: Upas (n.) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is, derived from upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute)..
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