Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being ruled; governable.
- Permissible according to rule; allowable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
ruled ;governable - adjective According to
rule ;allowable
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is rulable to hit the center player with nothing but the slipper, but the players will use any other feints they choose to mislead him as to who holds the slipper, pretending to pass it, or making a false move as though to hit him, etc.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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It is not rulable to shove it; it must simply be placed on the track and move of its own weight.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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She said she would not think of going in Ballardsville, but she supposed it was more rulable in New York.
The Kentons William Dean Howells 1878
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To assist the reader to interpret the flag more fully we would state that in engraving heraldic devices it is rulable to make the portions delineating blue in horizontal lines, and red in perpendicular ones.
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Podcasting is much less rulable, it doesn’t need a central entity like the one Bloom envisioned, or Odeo, or even Apple.
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"It may not be rulable nor dignified," he begins hotly, "but I demand a moment's hearing.
The Diamond Coterie Lawrence L. Lynch
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I think it is rulable for each crew to prepare their boat as they think best. "
In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. Oliver Optic 1859
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