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Rule — American Heritage Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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resolvedcontextestablished
Was rule always only an abstract command?
No. Latin rēgula meant a straightedge or ruler as well as a rule, and the physical measuring sense survives in English.
Definitions and etymology: rod, principleIndependently preserves both branches.
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EDGE 724contextestablished
rule → reule
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern rule continues Middle English reule through English spelling and pronunciation history.
- MEANING
- A guide for action expands across standards, authority, procedures, and measurement.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Headword definitions and etymologyIndependently preserves ruler, principle, authority, and straight-line senses.
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