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Ruing (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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accruing (encz) | accruing,časové rozlišení Pavel Cvrček |
construing (encz) | construing, |
truing (encz) | truing, |
Accruing (gcide) | Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Accrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [See Accrue, n.,
and cf. Accresce, Accrete.]
1. To increase; to augment.
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And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
--Spenser.
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2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a
growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or
damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest
accrues to principal." --Abbott.
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The great and essential advantages accruing to
society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
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Construing (gcide) | Construe \Con*strue\ (?; Archaic ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Construed; p. pr. & vb. n. Construing.] [L. construere:
cf. F. construire. See Construct.]
1. To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so
as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection
of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction
of; to interpret; to translate.
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2. To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or
intention of; to interpret; to understand.
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Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own
words to free ourselves either from the ignorance or
malice of our enemies. --Bp.
Stilingfleet.
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And to be dull was construed to be good. --Pope.
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Misconstruing (gcide) | Misconstrue \Mis*con"strue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misconstrued;
p. pr. & vb. n. Misconstruing.]
To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
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Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. --Dryden.
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Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued.
--Addison.
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