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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Malignity :: Malignity (n.) Virulence; deadly quality.
Pulverulent :: Pulverulent (a.) Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling..
Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..
Rule :: Rule (n.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
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..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
Anomaly :: Anomaly (n.) Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
Measure :: Measure (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations..
Half-bred :: Half-bred (a.) Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) One who is confined to no general rule.
Tributary :: Tributary (n.) A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess..
Mistressship :: Mistressship (n.) Female rule or dominion.
Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..
Monarchize :: Monarchize (v. t.) To rule; to govern.
Subject :: Subject (a.) Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States..
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