rulable Definition

rule
noun

1. A principle, regulation, order or direction which governs or controls some action, function, form, use, etc.

Thesaurus: regulation, law, statute, measure, directive, dictate, charge, ordinance, mandate, code, edict, maxim, tenet.
2a. Government or control;

Thesaurus: power, authority, jurisdiction, leadership, direction, sway, dominion, sovereignty, supremacy.
2b. The period during which government or control is exercised.
3. A general principle, standard, guideline or custom.

Example: make it a rule always to be punctual
Thesaurus: procedure, method, course, action, pattern, habit, custom, practice, protocol, regimen, regime.
4. Christianity.
The laws and customs which form the basis of a monastic or religious order and are followed by all members of that order.
Example: the Benedictine rule
5. A ruler (sense 2).
6. printing.
A thin straight line or dash.
7. law.
An order made by a court and judge which applies to a particular case only.

verb ruled, ruling

tr & intr
1. To govern; to exercise authority over someone.

Thesaurus: govern, reign, command, control, dominate, manage, direct, guide, influence.
2. To keep control of or restrain someone or something.
3. To make an authoritative and usually official or judicial decision.

Thesaurus: decide, determine, pronounce, find, decree.
intr
4. To be common or prevalent.

Example: chaos ruled after the war
5. To draw a straight line.
6. To draw a straight line or a series of parallel lines eg on paper.

Derivative: rulable

Governable.

(S)
Allowable.

Derivative: ruleless
adj

Idiom: as a rule

Usually.

Idiom: be ruled

To take advice.

Idiom: rule the roost

To be dominant.

Etymology: 13c: from French, from Latin regula a straight stick, related to regere to rule, and rex king.

Phrasal Verb: rule something off

To draw a line in order to separate it from something else.

Phrasal Verb: rule something out

To leave it out or not consider it.To make it no longer possible; to preclude it.