ruling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RU'LING, participle present tense 1. Governing; controlling the will and actions of intelligent beings, or the movements of other physical bodies. 2. Marking by a ruler. 3. Deciding; determining. 4. adjective Predominant; chief; controlling; as a ruling passion.
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