rule

/ruːl/ verb [I, T]

Definition

DECIDE › to make an official legal decision: [+ (that)] The judge ruled that it was wrong for a 16-year-old girl to be held in an adult prison.

CONTROL › to be in control of somewhere, usually a country: [often passive] They were ruled for many years by a dictator. the ruling party → See also rule the roost

(Definition of rule verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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