Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun Any of various other plants having similar foliage, such as meadow rue.
- intransitive verb To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.
- intransitive verb To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- noun Sorrow; regret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sorrow; repentance.
- . To cause to grieve; make repentant, compassionate, or sorrowful; afflict: often used impersonally with a personal pronoun.
- To repent of; feel remorse for; regret; hence, to suffer in expiation of: as, to
rue one's folly or mistakes. - To feel sorrow or suffering on account of; suffer from or by; experience loss or injury from.
- To have or take pity on; feel sorry for; compassionate.
- To repent of and withdraw, or try to withdraw, from: as, to
rue a bargain. Seerue-bargain . - To be sorrowful; experience grief or harm; suffer; mourn.
- To repent; feel remorse or regret.
- To have pity; have compassion or mercy: often followed by on or upon.
- noun Any plant of the genus Ruta, especially R. graveolens, the common or garden rue, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, and elsewhere common in cultivation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (
Ruta graveolens ), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. - noun Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
- noun See under
Goat . - noun a pretty springtime flower (
Thalictrum anemonides ) common in the United States. - noun a little fern (
Asplenium Ruta-muraria ) common on walls in Europe. - noun obsolete Sorrow; repetance.
- transitive verb To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to grieve; to afflict.
- transitive verb Prov. Eng. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
- intransitive verb obsolete To have compassion.
- intransitive verb To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic
Repentance ,regret . - noun archaic
Pity ,compassion . - noun Any of various
perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens, formerly used in medicines. - verb obsolete, transitive To cause to
repent of sin or regret some past action. - verb obsolete, transitive To cause to feel
sorrow orpity . - verb transitive To
repent of orregret (some past action or event); towish that a past action or event had not taken place. - verb archaic, intransitive To feel
compassion orpity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- noun (French) a street or road in France
- noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- noun European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- noun leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ophelia wishes to remind the Queen of the sorrow and contrition she ought to feel for her unlawful marriage; and that she may wear her rue with peculiar propriety on Sundays, when she solicits pardon for the crime which she has so much occasion to _rue_ and repent of.
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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Columbine was emblematical of forsaken lovers.] [Footnote IV. 27: _There's rue for you; and here's some for me: -- we may call it herb of grace o 'Sundays: _] Probably a quibble is meant here, as _rue_ anciently signified the same as
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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A posh building in rue de Grenelle (Paris), its days recounted from two points of view, one belonging to a cultured concierge, the other to a little rich girl with suicidal tendencies.
An Interview with Muriel Barbery by Viviana Musumeci, April 15 2008 2010
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I can really recommend the Cremerie Polidor in rue Monsieur le Prince for an authentic bistro experience and the food is good and generous.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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Try Stohrer in rue Montorgueil. not as good as the Real Thing, but not bad
pasteis de nata 2007
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I can imagine that rue is a very different place without the law students ... or maybe it isn't so much a law student hangout as it used to be.
Archive 2005-11-01 Slimbolala 2005
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I can imagine that rue is a very different place without the law students ... or maybe it isn't so much a law student hangout as it used to be.
Our Town Slimbolala 2005
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I can imagine that rue is a very different place without the law students ... or maybe it isn't so much a law student hangout as it used to be.
This Blog Is Your Blog, Redux Slimbolala 2005
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10A modest laboratory was soon set up, but only at the science faculty in rue Cuvier, where Pierre taught a physics course to those preparing for the certificat d 'études.
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At No. 41 of the Avenue de Paris, at Versailles, there is a little street running north and south, called the rue du Bon Conseil.
Archive 2009-06-01 elena maria vidal 2009
treeseed commented on the word rue
folkname herb-of-grace
Among the Strega, Italian witches, a most sacred herb, see cimaruta
"A sprig of rue was used to sprinkle holy water during High Masses during the Medieval period."
_Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft, Raven Grimassi
February 11, 2008
yarb commented on the word rue
Citation (in sense of herb) on onion.
January 1, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word rue
Usage/historical note on mandrake.
October 9, 2017
yarb commented on the word rue
The women of the village came with advice, with bunches of rue to keep off witches, and a crucifix to place under the mattress. But the prospect of witnessing the birth disgusted him.
- Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah
September 20, 2019