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adjective

Ruling adj.

1.

Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.

2.

Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.

Synonyms: Predominant; chief; controlling; directing; guiding; governing; prevailing; prevalent.

noun

Ruling n.

1.

The act of one who rules; ruled lines.

2.

(Law) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.

verb

Rule v. t. (past & past part. ruled; pres. part. ruling)

1.

To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage. "A bishop then must be blameless;... one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection."

2.

To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; used chiefly in the passive. "I think she will be ruled In all respects by me."

3.

To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. "That's are ruled case with the schoolmen."

4.

(Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.

5.

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.

Ruled surface (Geom.), any surface that may be described by a straight line moving according to a given law; called also a scroll.

Rule v. i.

1.

To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; often followed by over. "By me princes rule, and nobles." "We subdue and rule over all other creatures."

2.

(Law) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.

3.

(Com.) 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.

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Etymology of 'Ruling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ruling" Quotes from Famous Books

... his proportion of time and space and relative movement, which makes him one with the whole vast army. But this is not all. The creation of an army has, for its inner principle, one single idea of the General. According to the nature of that ruling idea, a production is either a work of art or a mere construction. All the materials and regulations of a joint-stock company have the unity of an inner motive. But the expression of this unity itself is not the end; it ever indicates an ulterior purpose. On the other ...

— Creative Unity • Rabindranath Tagore

... perceive it. As an honest man, whatever we teach, and be it good or evil, it is not the doctrine of Christ. What he taught (and in this he is like all other teachers worthy of the name) was not a code of rules, but a ruling spirit; not truths, but a spirit of truth; not views, but a view. What he showed us was an attitude of mind. Towards the many considerations on which conduct is built, each man stands in a certain relation. He takes life on a certain principle. He has a compass in his spirit which points in a certain ...

— Lay Morals • Robert Louis Stevenson

... him the warrior son of Zeus. "Yea, veteran, I would see the Epean King Augeas; surely for this end I came. If he bides there amongst his citizens, Ruling the folk, determining the laws, Look, father; bid some serf to be my guide, Some honoured master-worker in the fields, Who to shrewd questions shrewdly can reply. Are not we made dependent ...

— Theocritus • Theocritus

... his bent was for books and instruction from them. While his days passed in attending to the business of the Post Office, his nights were given to study and self-improvement. He was never satisfied with what he achieved; to learn and to know more and more was his ruling passion. Many citizens now called upon him for advice. He would be asked to speak when a new building was opened or a public movement was on foot. They knew him to be generous and full of civic pride. He belonged to the Board of Aldermen and at one time was offered the office of Mayor. He had the ...

— The Little Immigrant • Eva Stern

... this proceeding, and from that time onward he governed the provinces through sheriffs immediately dependent on himself, avoiding the foreign plan of appointing hereditary counts, as well as the English custom of ruling by viceregal ealdormen. He was, however, very sparing in giving earldoms at all, and inclined to confine the title to those who were already counts ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5 • Various

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