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1. 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.

2. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.

3. To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.




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Aristotelian sorites decree-law guide mood reading
Goclenian sorites decreement guideline moral readout
Procrustean law decretal guiding principle most record
SOP decretum hand mostly regime
T square deduce hands ne plus ultra regimen
a priori truth deem happy medium negate regnancy
acme degree have clout new high regulate
act determine have power norm regulation
act on dictate have the power norma reign
administration dictation have the right normal report
antetype dictum have the say normally representative
antitype diktat head up obtain repute
apothegm dilemma headship on the whole rescript
appointment direct hegemony ordain resolve
apriorism direction height order return a verdict
archetype directive highest order about routine
as a rule directorship hold order of nature rubric
ascendancy discipline ignore ordinance rule of deduction
assize dismiss imitatee ordinarily rule off
authority dispensation imperative ordonnance rule out
authorization dispose imperium original rule over
average disposition importance overlook ruler
axiom disregard in the main overrule ruling
balance dominance incidental power oversee run
ban dominate infer oversight say
bar domination influence pace off say the word
barometer domineer influentiality palms scale
be in dominion insinuation par self-evident truth
be in force doom institution paradigm senatus consult
be the rage drill instruct paralogism senatus consultum
be the rule edict instruction parameter sentence
be the thing edictum ipse dixit paramountcy set form
be-all and end-all effect iron hand pass judgment set off
bear reign effectiveness issue a command pass sentence settle
bid eliminate issue a writ pattern settled principle
bill eminence judge personality sorites
biotype empery jurisdiction persuasion sovereignty
blue ribbon empire jus policy square
brevet enactment juste-milieu political organization standard
brocard enchantment kingship polity standard operating procedure
bull enjoin law possess authority standing order
bylaw enthymeme law of nature postulate standing orders
bypass epitome lay off potency statute
call on esteem lay out power step off
call the shots etiquette lead practice straightedge
call the signals exclude leadership precedent suasion
call upon fact legislation precept subtle influence
canon favor leverage preclude suggestion
carry authority fiat lex predominance superintend
categorical syllogism figure lordship predominate supervise
center find magnetism preponderance supervision
championship find against mainly preponderate supremacy
charge find for manage prescribed form sway
charisma first place management prescript syllogism
charm first prize mandate prescription system of government
check forbid mark off preside talons
chiefly force mark out preside over tenet
civil government form mastership presidency test
classic example form of government mastery pressure theorem
claws formality matter of course prestige top spot
clout formula maxim prevail touchstone
clutches formulary maximum primacy triangle
code fugleman mean principium truism
command fugler measure principle truth
commandment fundamental measure off procedure type
commission gather measure out proclaim type species
common practice gauge median proclamation type specimen
commonly general orders mediocrity prohibit ukase
conclude general principle medium promulgate universal law
condemn generality middle pronounce universal truth
consequence generally middle course pronounce judgment upper hand
control genotype middle ground pronounce on urtext
convention give an order middle point pronouncement usually
crack the whip give the word middle position pronunciamento utter a judgment
credit gnome middle state proposition value
criterion golden mean middle-of-the-road propriety via media
customarily golden rule midpoint proscribe wear the crown
customs good feeling mirror prosyllogism wear the pants
decide govern mitzvah prototype weight
declaration governance mode pseudosyllogism whip hand
declare government model purchase wield authority
decorum graduated scale modus tollens quantity wield the scepter
decree grip moment raj working principle