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Definition rule

Etymology 1

From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, itself an early semi-learned borrowing from Latin regula (�straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern�), from regere (�to keep straight, direct, govern, rule�); see regent.

Noun

rule (countable and uncountable, plural rules)

1. A regulation, law, guideline.
2. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
3. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
4. A regulating principle.
5. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
6. A normal condition or state of affairs.
7. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
8. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
9. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
10. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regul?re (�to regulate, rule�), from regula (�a rule�); see regular and regulate.

Verb

rule (third-person singular simple present rules, present participle ruling, simple past and past participle ruled)

1. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
2. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
3. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
4. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
5. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

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