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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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