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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rue \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 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.]
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