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ˈruer rare. Also 4 rewer(e, reewer. [f. rue v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who pities or feels compassion.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxxxv. 14 Þou, laverd, rewer and milde⁓herted. 1382Wyclif Isaiah xlix. 10 The rewere of them shal gouerne them. Ibid. liv. 10 The bond of my pes shal not be moued, seide the Lord, thi reewer. 2. One who repents.
1721Kelly Scot. Prov. 284 Reavers should not be Ruers. |