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Definition of rue verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

rue

 verb
verb
NAmE//ru//
 
rue something (old-fashioned or )Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rue
 
he / she / it rues
 
past simple rued
 
-ing form rueing
 
 
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(formal) to feel bad about something that happened or something that you did because it had bad results synonym regret He rued the day they had bought such a large house.
See rue in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary