What is to cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth me." Chaucer called?
rue — To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth me." Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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