Rued

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rue \Rue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rued} (r[udd]d); 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.
     reuen, Icel. hryggr grieved, hryg[eth] sorrow. [root] 18. Cf.
     {Ruth}.]
     1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.


        --Chaucer.
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              I wept to see, and rued it from my heart. --Chapmen.
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              Thy will
              Chose freely what it now so justly rues. --Milton.
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     2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth
        me." --Chaucer.
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     3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get
        released from. [Prov. Eng.]
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