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.
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.]
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.