Rue

[Rue]

To rue is to feel regret or remorse for something. If that position at the deli ended up involving a reality TV show that made everyone famous, you may rue the day you turned down the job.

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A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

Noun
(French) a street or road in France

Noun
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"

Noun
leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy

Noun
European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

Verb
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

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n.
A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

n.
Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.

v. t.
To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.

v. t.
To cause to grieve; to afflict.

v. t.
To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.

v. i.
To have compassion.

v. i.
To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.

v. t.
Sorrow; repetance.

Rue

Rue , n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. ; cf. AS. rde.] 1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see.
They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace.
2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. Goat's rue. See under Goat. -- Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides) common in the United States. -- Wall rue, a little fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria) common on walls in Europe.

Rue

Rue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruing.] [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS. hre'a2wan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reun, Icel. hruggr grieved, hrug&edh; sorrow. &root; 18. Cf. Ruth.] 1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over. Chaucer.
I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.
Thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues.
2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth me." Chaucer. 3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [Prov. Eng.]

Rue

Rue, v. i. 1. To have compassion. [Obs.]
God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue.
Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them.
2. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.

Rue

Rue, n. [AS. hre'a2w. See Rue, v. t.] Sorrow; repetance. [Obs.] Shak.

A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.

To have compassion.

Sorrow; repetance.

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