Definition of rule

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Rule (a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler..

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Diet :: Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet..
Caliph :: Caliph (n.) Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey..
Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
Attenuation :: Attenuation (n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus..
Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
Exactly :: Exactly (adv.) In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely..
Anomaly :: Anomaly (n.) Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
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..
Fantasia :: Fantasia (n.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form..
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments..
Orthographically :: Orthographically (adv.) according to the rules of proper spellin.
Order :: Order (n.) To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule..
System :: System (n.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity..
Rondeau :: Rondeau (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule..
Regime :: Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system..
Annul :: Annul (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority..
Order :: Order (n.) That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate..
Grammatication :: Grammatication (n.) A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule.
Mourne :: Mourne (n.) The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached..
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