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   rue

   /ruː/

   verb

   • 1. bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone: "Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer"

   noun

   • 1. repentance; regret: archaic "with rue my heart is laden"
   • ▪ compassion; pity: archaic "tears of pitying rue"

   Word Origin Old Englishhrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’.

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   What does Rue mean?

   • It struck and injured fatally an innocent outsider, who was taken to the Charity Hospital, in the rue Jacob, and died there. Rue definition: to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly. See examples of RUE used in a sentence.

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   Is Rue a noun or a verb?

   • Used as both a noun and, more frequently, a verb, rue is very old, dating back to before the 12th century. Verb He must be ruing his decision now. I rue the day I agreed to this stupid plan. Noun (1) a soul filled with pain and rue But Fischer rued the Tribe’s scoreless stretch that doomed them to an early exit to the offseason.

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   What do we Rue in death?

   • But many are also left ruing the fact that it was ever allowed to happen in the first place. He sounded like a man ruing a race that has run away from him. We will rue the day we did away with the batteries, copper lines and mechanical switches. Only in death is there time to rue life as fully as life deserves. We rue the past and fear the future.

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   What would a person have to Rue every day?

   • One would have to rue every day, every one that came before and every new one as it arrives and all those to come in anticipation. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRUE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   RUE definition: 1. to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened 2. to feel sorry about an event and…. Learn more.

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     to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened;...

   • Znaczenie Rue, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     rue definicja: 1. to feel sorry about an event and wish it...

   • Rue: Portuguese Translation

     RUE translate: arrepender-se. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Rue in Simplified Chinese

     RUE translate: 对…感到懊悔;对…感到后悔;因为…感到遗憾. Learn more in the...

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     RUE translate: 對…感到懊悔;對…感到後悔;因為…感到遺憾. Learn more in the...

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     RUE pronunciation. How to say rue. Listen to the audio...

   • Ruefully

     RUEFULLY definition: 1. in a way that shows that you are...

   • Rue The Day

     RUE THE DAY definition: 1. to feel very sorry about an...

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   Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word rue as a verb and a noun. Rue can mean to feel regret or sorrow, or a plant with bitter leaves.

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   Rue is a modern verb that often looks back on the past. Shakespeare made famous the phrase " rue the day," meaning you bitterly regret a moment. For example, you might rue the day you had your first coffee if you become hopelessly addicted to it.

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   to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened; regret. rueful. adjective us / ˈru·fəl / She gave him a rueful smile. (Definition of rue from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and grammar of the verb rue, which means to feel bad about something that happened or something that you did. See examples, synonyms and word origin of rue.

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   Rue can be a verb meaning to feel regret or sorrow, or a noun meaning a plant with bitter leaves or a street in France. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of rue from various dictionaries and sources.

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   Rue definition: to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly. See examples of RUE used in a sentence.