(~s, ruing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ something that you have done, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. (LITERARY)
Tavare was probably ruing his decision.
= regret
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. (LITERARY)
You’ll live to ~ the day you said that to me, my girl.
PHRASE: V inflects