Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
rue , rue, row.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To rue.
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- verb Obsolete spelling of
rue .
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Examples
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_Fa-rewe ` ll lo-ue a ` nd a-ll thi ` e la-wes fo ` r e-ve ` r_
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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On ðat dai ðat dom sal ben. ðat it ne us harde rewe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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¶ And lete þe fig {ur} e of 2 in þe nether rewe stonde stil.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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Write a rewe of figures of what nomb {re} þou welt.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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And set þe articul of þe composit next aft {er} þe digit in þe same rewe, yf þ {ere} be no mo fig {ur} es aft {er}.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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[Sidenote: The eighth case of the craft.] ¶ Her {e} is þe 8 case, þe quych is þis: yf þ {ere} be a 0 or mony cifers in þe hier rewe, þ {o} u schalt not m {u} ltiplie hem, bot let hem stonde.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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Now cast ylke 4 cifers þat schuld go to twenty thousant, And thes 3 cifers þat schuld go afor {e} 3 thousant, & sette hem in rewe ychoɳ aft {er} oþ {er} in þi mynde, as þai schuld stonde in a tabull {e}.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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But yf þ {ere} come no figure aft {er} þe cifre, write þe articul next hym in þe same rewe as here
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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Certayɳ þus most þ {o} u do, þ {o} u most borow on of þe next figure significatyf in þat rewe, for þis case may not happe, but yf
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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And þe case is þis, yf of þe casting of 2 nomburis to-ged {er}, as of þe fig {ur} e of þe hyer rewe & of þe figure of þe neþ {er} rewe come a Composyt, how schalt
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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