Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic transitive English) To consider (something) as a possible option among others.
WordNet
v. include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules [syn: rule out]
Usage examples of "rule in".
There was no rule in my order book telling me to forbid them to come outside, but I had never heard of one doing so.
The rule in such cases is that every cut shall intersect every other cut and no two intersections coincide.
Is she to be killed, Your Holiness, so that Mathilda may rule in her place and we as regents over her?
They all knew, even those who had, despite everything, cast their vote for her rule, that had sufficed for a rule in exile, but sufficed no more.
The reason lay as much in practicality as in his policy of not divulging people's secrets: He doubted that Hikari could long continue to rule in any event.
If she wanted to rule in LaMut it would have to be as the wife of the man to follow young Vandros.
In a republic, or democracy, the people will rule in every thing: in the Congregational church they rule as deacons.
Consequently some persons had come to rule in Teq who were less than fit-great only in their commitment to greed.