Ruling

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  • adjective. Exercising control or authority.
  • adjective. Predominant.
  • noun. The act of governing or controlling.
  • noun. An authoritative or official decision.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The determination by a judge or court of a point arising in the course of a trial or hearing.
  • noun. The act of making ruled lines; also, such lines collectively.
  • Having control or authority; governing; reigning; chief; prevalent; predominant.
  • Synonyms Prevailing, Predominant, etc. (see prevalent), controlling.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
  • noun. A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
  • adjective. Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
  • adjective. Used in marking or engraving lines.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. That rules or rule.
  • noun. An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
  • verb. Present participle of rule.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
  • adjective. exercising power or authority
    • Word Usage
    "In that God's Spirit here commends their ruling, being duly discharged, _ruling well, excellently_, &c."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    subordinate  
    cross-reference
    ruling case  ruling elder  
    Equivalent
    powerful  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cooling  drooling  dueling  fooling  fueling  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absolute  act  action  appointment  arch  
    verb-stem
    rule  
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