Rue
11rue — ‘regret’ [OE] and rue the plant [14] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source, of uncertain ultimate origins, which meant ‘distress’, and which also produced German reuen and Dutch rouwen. In the early Middle… …
12rue — rue; rue·ful; rue·ful·ly; rue·ful·ness; rue·ping; …
13rue — ‘regret’ [OE] and rue the plant [14] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source, of uncertain ultimate origins, which meant ‘distress’, and which also produced German reuen and Dutch rouwen. In the early Middle… …
14Rue — Rue, n. [AS. hre[ o]w. See {Rue}, v. t.] Sorrow; repetance. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
15Rue — Rue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruing}.] [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS. hre[ o]wan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reun, Icel. hruggr grieved, hrug[eth] sorrow. [root] 18. Cf. {Ruth}.] 1. To… …
16Rue [3] — Rue, Warren de la, s. De la Rue …
17rúe — rúe. (Del fr. rue). f. fest. coloq. calle …
18rue — [ru:] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: hreowan] literary to wish that you had not done something = ↑regret ▪ She learned to rue the day she had met Henri …
19rúe — (Del fr. rue). f. fest. coloq. calle …
20rue — rue1 [ro͞o] vt. rued, ruing [ME reowen < OE hreowan, akin to Ger reuen, to regret, ON hryggr, sorrowful, prob. < IE base * kreu , to strike, beat > Gr krouein] 1. to feel remorse or repentance for (a sin, fault, etc.) 2. to wish (an act …
