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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rued p. pr. & vb. n. Ruing.]
 1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
    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.”
 3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [Prov. Eng.]