Rue

[ruː] or [ru]

Definition

(noun.) (French) a street or road in France.

(noun.) leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy.

(noun.) European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy.

Checker: Paulette--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

(n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.

(v. t.) To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.

(v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.

(v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.

(v. i.) To have compassion.

(v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.

(v. t.) Sorrow; repetance.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Regret, deplore, lament, repent of, be sorry for, grieve for.

Typist: Portia

Definition

v.t. to be sorry for: to lament: to repent of: to compassionate: to try to withdraw from as a bargain.—v.i. to be sorrowful: to suffer: to have pity upon:—pr.p. rue′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. rued.—n. sorrow.—n. Rue′-bar′gain a forfeit for withdrawing from a bargain.—adj. Rue′ful sorrowful: piteous: deplorable: mournful: melancholy.—adv. Rue′fully.—ns. Rue′fulness; Ru′ing repentance.

n. a plant of any species of genus Ruta with bitter leaves and greenish-yellow flowers—an emblem of bitterness and grief—called Herb of grace: any bitter infusion.—ns. Rue′-anem′one an American wild-flower; Rue′-wort a plant of the rue family.

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