Rue \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. ?; cf. AS. r?de.] 1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant ({Ruta graveolens}), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. --Milton.
They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer. Taylor.
{Rue anemone}, a pretty springtime flower ({Thalictrum anemonides}) common in the United States.
{Wall rue}, a little fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) common on walls in Europe.
Rue \Rue\, n. [AS. hre['o]w. See {Rue}, v. t.] Sorrow; repetance. [Obs.] --Shak.
Rue \Rue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruing}.] [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS. hre['o]wan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reun, Icel. hruggr grieved, hrug[eth] sorrow. [root] 18. Cf. {Ruth}.] 1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over. --Chaucer.
I wept to see, and rued it from my heart. --Chapmen.
Thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues. --Milton.
2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] ``God wot, it rueth me.'' --Chaucer.
3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [Prov. Eng.]
Rue \Rue\, v. i. 1. To have compassion. [Obs.]
God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue. --Chaucer.
Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them. --Ridley.
2. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue. --Chaucer.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you. --Tennyson.
The Semiramis was widely regarded as Cairo's safest hotel - it is where US secretaries of state usually stay. In the meantime, the editors of the Egyptian Gazette can only rue yesterday morning's banner headline.
Picasso painted "Acrobat and Young Harlequin" in 1905 in his Paris attic studio at 13 rue Ravignon using gouache, an opaque watercolor easier to handle than oil paint.
In Calais the shopping streets are in two groups, around rue Royal and place d'Armes, and along the boulevards Jacquard and La Fayette.
Bush satisfied Dornan that his position was in line with the conservative stance, but Dornan said Tuesday that Bush "will rue the day he picks" Sullivan.
Martin Forde, 12 rue Rambuteau, Paris 75003 On Burma's western border, Moslem refugees fleeing persecution are streaming into Bangladesh at the rate of 5,000 a day.
OECD, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France.
No major honour, I rue, for the best film of the final days, Georgia's The Beloved.
L'Ami Louis on the winding rue Vertbois is one of the oldest bistros in Paris with a delightful mottled mirrors and battered old wooden furniture.
He went to dinner with Gertrude and Alice in their flat at 27 rue de Fleurus, and enjoyed Alice's superb cooking.
For months two of the swankiest stores on the very swanky rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris have been hidden behind bright blue screens as teams of builders have beavered inside.
Mr. Posner couldn't be reached for comment, but he may rue the day he became involved with Fischbach.
The fire started at about 3:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of the Hotel St. Vincent de Paul on rue d'Hauteville, in a run-down neighborhood a few blocks from the Gare du Nord train station.
Centre for European Policy Studies, 33 rue Ducale, Brussels.
It also means that protectionists in the West, and particularly in the U.S. Congress, may soon rue the days when they complained about Japanese investment.
The message is simply this: America will rue the day it infected the educated English classes with American business culture, the day it turned Prince Charles not into a toad, but into Lee Iacocca.
If you want to browse, head also for Saint-Germain des Pres, where the tiny streets running down to the river between rue de Seine and rue du Bac are crammed with antique shops.
If you want to browse, head also for Saint-Germain des Pres, where the tiny streets running down to the river between rue de Seine and rue du Bac are crammed with antique shops.
IAN AND Diana Sykes are beginning to rue the day five years ago when they bought the 12-bedroom Swan House country house hotel two-and-a-half miles outside Stratford-on-Avon. 'It seemed a good idea at the time,' recalls 30-year-old Mr Sykes.