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Webster 1913 Edition


Reule

Reule

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
Rule.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024


reule

reule

English

Noun

reule (plural reules)

  1. Obsolete form of rule.

Verb

reule (third-person singular simple present reules, present participle reuling, simple past and past participle reuled)

  1. Obsolete form of rule.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • reulle
  • rieule
  • riule
  • rule
  • ruele

Etymology

Semi-learned term borrowed from Latin regula. Compare the inherited doublet reille, from Vulgar Latin *regla.

Noun

reule f (oblique plural reules, nominative singular reule, nominative plural reules)

  1. rule (regulation, law, guideline)
  2. ruler; rule (straight-edge)

Related terms

  • reuler/riuler

Descendants

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