rule in
To consider (something) as a possible option among others.
It was coming from a credible source, someone with a track record, someone who was a credible and respected member of an allied intelligence service during his career, and so it wa
rule
UK /ɹuːl/ US /ɹuːl/
noun 6verb 6name 3
Definitions
noun
1
A regulation, law, guideline.
All participants must adhere to the rules.
You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament.
2
A regulating principle.
There's little can be said in 't; 'Tis against the rule of nature.
3
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
Obey them that have the rule over you.
His stern rule the groaning land obeyed.
4
A normal condition or state of affairs.
My rule is to rise at six o'clock.
As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.
5
Conduct; behaviour.
This uncivil rule; she shall know of it.
verb
1
To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
2
To excel.
This game rules!
3
To decide judicially.
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
4
To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
That's a ruled case with the school-men.
5
To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
noun
1
Revelry.
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