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noun 
  1. A regulation, law, guideline.
  2. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
  3. Something to keep order.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: lineaal
  • French: règle
  • German: Lineal
  • Italian: regola
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: regla
verb (rul, ing)
  1. To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: regeren
  • German: regieren, beherrschen
  • Spanish: mandar, gobernar
Etymology: 
  • (noun) From riule, from regula "straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern"
  • (verb) From riuler, from regulare.


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