Definition of rule

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Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

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Uniform :: Uniform (a.) Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
Geometrical :: Geometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem..
Half-bred :: Half-bred (a.) Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way..
Barruly :: Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
Rancorous :: Rancorous (a.) Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent..
Canon :: Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority..
Antiar :: Antiar (n.) A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
Law :: Law (n.) In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation..
Recur :: Recur (v. i.) To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night..
Plutarchy :: Plutarchy (n.) Plutocracy; the rule of wealth.
Mistressship :: Mistressship (n.) Female rule or dominion.
Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Saucy :: Saucy (superl.) Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow..
Generalizable :: Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule..
Perule :: Perule (n.) Same as Perula.
Regle :: Regle (v. t.) To rule; to govern.
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..
Exception :: Exception (n.) The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule..
Trespass :: Trespass (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
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