RULE
- to control (to exercise authority over, also CONTROUL) [v RULED, RULING, RULES]
- to exercise control over [v RULED, RULES, RULING] : RULABLE [adj]
- principle; regulation
- control or government
- ruler for measuring and drawing
- to prove to be unrelated or not for consideration; eliminate; exclude
- to exercise control (over); govern
- to decide in the manner of a judge
- to mark with a ruler
- generally; usually
- to make impossible or impracticable