[roo] 
,verb, rued, ru⋅ing, noun | 1. | to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities. |
| 2. | to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: I rue the day he was born. |
| 3. | to feel sorrow, repentance, or regret. |
| 4. | sorrow; repentance; regret. |
| 5. | pity or compassion. |
| rue 1 (rōō) v. rued, ru·ing, rues v. tr. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for. v. intr. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow. n. Sorrow; regret: "To their rue, the Social Democrats have to acknowledge that the Conservative-Liberal coalition has captured the center where elections are won" (Elizabeth Pond). [Middle English ruen, from Old English hrēowan, to affect with grief, and hrēowian, to repent.] ru'er n. |
