Definition for RUE

RUE, v.t. [ru; Sax. reowian, hreowian; W. rhuaw, rhuadu; D. rouwen, G. reuen, to repent; Dan. and Sw. ruelse, contrition. This is the L. rudo, to roar, to bray. Class Rd.]

To lament; to regret; to grieve for; as, to rue the commission of a crime; to rue the day. Thy will / Chose freely what it now so justly rues. Milton.

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