Rule, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ruled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ruling.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L. regulare. See Rule, n., and cf. Regulate.] 1. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage. Chaucer.
A bishop then must be blameless;... one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection. 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4.
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. Shak.
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. Atterbury.
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.