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noun

Rue n.

(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." "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."

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 n. Sorrow; repetance. (Obs.)

verb

Rue v. t. (past & past part. rued; pres. part. ruing)

To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over. "I wept to see, and rued it from my heart." "Thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues."

To cause to grieve; to afflict. (Obs.) "God wot, it rueth me."

To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. (Prov. Eng.)

Rue v. i.

To have compassion. (Obs.) "God so wisly (i. e., truly) on my soul rue." "Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them."

To feel sorrow and regret; to repent. "Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue." "Old year, we'll dearly rue for you."

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"Rue" Quotes from Famous Books

... flowers laid up for her by an honest merchant changed for a wreath of rue as he was reminded of his better—his better and (she thought) hers, alas! A wave of desire to catch back at far-off things played her a trick. She found herself yearning for her childhood, found herself crying for her innocence, for the sweet scent of opening ...

— Rest Harrow - A Comedy of Resolution • Maurice Hewlett

... And Cusco in Peru, the richer seat Of Atabalipa; and yet unspoiled Guiana, whose great city Geryon's sons Call El Dorado. But to nobler sights Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed, Which that false fruit that promised clearer sight Had bred; then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see; And from the well of life three drops instilled. So deep the power of these ingredients pierced, Even to the inmost seat of mental sight, That Adam, now enforced to close his eyes, Sunk down, and all his spirits became entranced; ...

— Paradise Lost • John Milton

... downstairs were secured, and a show-window put in. This was at the corner of the Rue du Bac and the Pont Royal, within sight of the Louvre. It is an easy place to find, and you had better take a look at the site the next time you are in Paris—it is ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 6 - Subtitle: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists • Elbert Hubbard

... Jesuits who saw it. The library of their house at Rome had one of the first, and it attracted numerous visitors; subsequently, another authentic copy of the dimensions of the tablet was sent to Paris, and deposited at the library in the Rue Richelieu, where it may still be seen in the gallery ...

— Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology • James Freeman Clarke

... world to knowe, That sorrowes which from common causes growe, 10 Are not worth mourning for, the losse to beare, But of one onely sonne, 's not worth one teare. Some tender-hearted man, as I, may spend Some drops (perhaps) for a deceased friend. Some men (perhaps) their Wifes late death may rue; Or Wifes their Husbands, but such be but fewe. Cares that haue vs'd the hearts of men to tuch So oft, and deepely, will not now be such; Who'll care for loss of maintenance, or place, Fame, liberty, or of the Princes grace; 20 Or sutes in law, ...

— Minor Poems of Michael Drayton • Michael Drayton

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