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What's The Definition Of Rue?
[n] leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
[n] European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy [v] feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about Synonyms | Synonyms for Rue: herb of grace | regret | repent | Ruta graveolens Related Terms | Find terms related to Rue: See Also | experience | feel | genus Ruta | herb | herb | herb of grace | herbaceous plant | rue | rue | Ruta | Ruta graveolens Rue In Webster's Dictionary \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. ?; cf. AS. r?de.]
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\, 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.] \Rue\, v. 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\, n. [AS. hre['o]w. See {Rue}, v. t.] Sorrow; repetance. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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