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Webster 1913 Edition


Rue

Rue

(rṳ)
,
Noun.
[F.
rue
, L.
ruta
, akin to Gr.
ῥυτή
; cf. AS.
rūde
.]
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.
Milton.
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.
Jer. Taylor.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rued
(rṳd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruing
.]
[OE.
rewen
,
reouwen
, to grive, make sorry, AS.
hreówan
; akin to OS.
hrewan
, D.
rouwen
, OHG.
hriuwan
, G.
reuen
, Icel.
hryggr
grieved,
hrygð
sorrow. √ 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.
Chapmen.
Thy will
Chose freely what it now so justly
rues
.
Milton.
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

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

Rue

,
Noun.
[AS.
hreów
. See
Rue
,
Verb.
T.
]
Sorrow; repetance.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rue

RUE

,
Verb.
T.
ru.
[L. rudo, to roar, to bray.]
To lament; to regret; to grieve for; as, to rue the commission of a crime; to rue the day.
Thy will chose freely what it now so justly rues.

RUE

,
Verb.
I.
To have compassion. [Not in use.]

RUE

,
Noun.
Sorrow; repentance. [Not in use.]

RUE

,
Noun.
ru.
[Gr. L.]
A plant of the genus Ruta, of several species. The common garden rue is medicinal, as a stimulant and detergent.