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Rue

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Noun

1. herb of grace, rue, ruta graveolens

European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

2. rue

leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy

3. regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow

sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

Example Sentences:
'he drank to drown his sorrows'
'he wrote a note expressing his regret'
'to his rue, the error cost him the game'

4. rue

(French) a street or road in France

Verb

5. regret, repent, rue

feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Rue

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verbWord forms: rues, ruing or rued
1. 
to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret for (one's own wrongdoing, past events with unpleasant consequences, etc)
noun
2. archaic
sorrow, pity, or regret
noun
any rutaceous plant of the genus Ruta, esp R. graveolens, an aromatic Eurasian shrub with small yellow flowers and evergreen leaves which yield an acrid volatile oil, formerly used medicinally as a narcotic and stimulant
. Archaic name: herb of grace Compare goat's-rue, meadow rue, wall rue

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Rue

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verb transitiveWord forms: rued or ˈruing
1. 
to feel remorse or repentance for (a sin, fault, etc.)
2. 
to wish (an act, promise, etc.) undone or unmade; regret
verb intransitive
3. 
to be sorrowful or regretful
noun
4.  Archaic
sorrow, repentance, or regret
noun
1. 
any of a genus (Ruta) of strong-scented shrubs of the rue family, esp. an herb (R. graveolens) with yellow flowers and bitter-tasting leaves formerly used in medicine
adjective
2. 
designating a family (Rutaceae, order Sapindales) of woody dicotyledonous plants, including the gas plant and the citrus plants

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Rue

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v. rued, ru·ing, rues
v. tr.
To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for: “I never rued a day in my life like the one I rued when I left that old mother of mine” (Flannery O'Connor).
v. intr.
To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
n.
Sorrow; regret: “I ... won her from various rivals, who ... went away, one may say, full of rue” (Brian Doyle).
n.
1. Any of various aromatic woody herbs or shrubs of the genus Ruta of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, especially the ornamental R. graveolens, having bipinnately compound leaves that yield an acrid volatile oil formerly used in medicine.
2. Any of various other plants having similar foliage, such as meadow rue.

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