Methodizing and Ruling

noun

• The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself.
  • synonyms: opinion

verb

• Exercise authority over; as of nations.
  • usage: "Who is governing the country now"
  • synonyms: govern, rule
• Decide with authority.
  • usage: "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
  • synonyms: rule, decree
• Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.
  • usage: "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
  • synonyms: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail
• Decide on and make a declaration about.
  • usage: "find someone guilty"
  • synonyms: rule, find
• Have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac.
  • synonyms: rule
• Mark or draw with a ruler.
  • usage: "rule the margins"
  • synonyms: rule
• Keep in check.
  • usage: "rule one's temper"
  • synonyms: rule, harness, rein

adjective

• Exercising power or authority.
  • synonyms: regnant, reigning

• (a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
• (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.
• (n.) The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
• (n.) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Rule.