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n.
A stickler for rules; a slave of rules
n.
A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
n.
To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
a.
A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
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.
n.
To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
a.
Destitute of rule; lawless.
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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.
a.
A composing rule. See under Conposing.
n.
One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
v. i.
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
v. t.
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
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Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.
n.
A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a).
prep.
The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
a.
A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
imp. & p. p.
of Rule
v. i.
To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.
n.
To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
a.
A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.
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