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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUE, v.t. ru. [L. rudo, to roar, to bray.]
To lament; to regret; to grieve for; as, to rue the commission of a crime; to rue the day.
Thy will chose freely what it now so justly rues.
RUE, v.i. To have compassion. [Not in use.]
RUE, n. Sorrow; repentance. [Not in use.]
RUE, n. ru. [Gr. L.]
A plant of the genus Ruta, of several species. The common garden rue is medicinal, as a stimulant and detergent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy [syn: rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens]
2: leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
3: sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" [syn: sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness]
4: (French) a street or road in France v
1: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: repent, regret, rue]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English rewe, from Old English hr?ow; akin to Old High German hriuwa sorrow Date: before 12th century regret, sorrow <with rue my heart is laden — A. E. Housman> II. verb (rued; ruing) Date: 12th century transitive verb to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for intransitive verb to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ruta, from Greek rhyt? Date: 13th century a European strong-scented perennial woody herb (Ruta graveolens of the family Rutaceae, the rue family) that has bitter leaves used medicinally

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. (rues, rued, rueing or ruing) repent of; bitterly feel the consequences of; wish to be undone or non-existent (esp. rue the day). --n. archaic 1 repentance; dejection at some occurrence. 2 compassion or pity. Etymology: OE hreow, hreowan 2. n. a perennial evergreen shrub, Ruta graveolens, with bitter strong-scented leaves formerly used in medicine. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L ruta f. Gk rhute

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. Goat's rue. See under Goat. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rue Rue, n. [AS. hre['o]w. See Rue, v. t.] Sorrow; repetance. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rues, ruing, rued) 1. If you rue something that you have done, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. (LITERARY) Tavare was probably ruing his decision. = regret VERB: V n 2. If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. (LITERARY) You'll live to rue the day you said that to me, my girl. PHRASE: V inflects

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a garden herb (Ruta graveolens) which the Pharisees were careful to tithe (Luke 11:42), neglecting weightier matters. It is omitted in the parallel passage of Matt. 23:23. There are several species growing wild in Palestine. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes. It has a powerful scent, and is a stimulant. (See MINT.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

roo (peganon): One of the plants mentioned in Lu 11:42 as subject to tithe: in the parallel passage, Mt 23:23, anise and cummin are mentioned. Ruta graveolens (Natural Order, Rutaceae) is the official rue, and a very similar species, R. chalepensis, is indigenous. Rue is a small shrub growing 2 to 4 ft. high with a heavy odor, disagreeable to Westerners, but a favorite with Orientals. A sprig of rue is often fixed on a child's cap or clothes as a kind of charm.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

Airports

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FAA District	NONE
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County	POPE
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Elevation	403
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Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SE
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
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Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	010
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	003
Air Taxi	004600
General Aviation, Local Operations	010000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	010000
Military Aircraft Operations	000500
Latitude	35.2591466667
Longitude	-93.0932661111
State FIPS code	05
State Postal Code	AR
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	6
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

affliction, anguish, be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, care, commiseration, compassion, compunction, contriteness, contrition, deplore, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, penance, penitently, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repent, repentance, repine, rue the day, ruth, sympathy, woe