rule

rule on

verb

Definition of RULE

to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute) <the coach ruled on the question of whether an off-campus bar fight ought to disqualify someone from the team>

Synonyms adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, determine, referee, rule (on), settle, umpire

Related Words consider, deem, deliberate, hear, ponder, weigh; size up; mediate, moderate, negotiate; prosecute, try; find (for or against); conclude, resolve; redetermine, rejudge

Near Antonyms equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, skirt