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Word: rue (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus ''Ruta'', especially the herb ''Ruta graveolens'', formerly used in medicines.
  • archaic Pity, compassion.
  • archaic Repentance, regret.

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Verb:

  • archaic intransitive To feel compassion or pity.
  • obsolete transitive To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
  • obsolete transitive To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
  • transitive To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

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