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Word: rue
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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.
Source: Wiktionary
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