Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Rule \Rule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ruling}.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L. regulare. See {Rule},
n., and cf. {Regulate}.]
1. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority
or dominion over; to govern; to manage. --Chaucer.

A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that
ruleth well his own house, having his children in
subjection. --1 Tim. iii.
2, 4.

2. To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion;
to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.

I think she will be ruled In all respects by me.
--Shak.

3. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by
universal or general consent, or by common practice.

That's are ruled case with the schoolmen.
--Atterbury.

4. (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a
direction or order of court.

5. To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided
by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means
of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result;
as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.

{Ruled surface} (Geom.), any surface that may be described by
a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called
also a {scroll}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ruled
adj : subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"


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