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Definition of Regretter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regretter
Literary usage of Regretter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Cf. regretter, 'to desire, affect, wish for, ... 'I he F. regretter corresponds
to an OF regretter, of which Scheler cites two examples. ß. ..."
2. Un philosophe sous les toits: journal d'un homme heureux by Emile Souvestre, William Henry Fraser (1889)
"[L. regnare]. to reign, prevail. regret, s. m [regretter], regret. regretter, v.
tr. [re- + fr. greter], to regret. régulièrement, adv. ..."
3. A Comparative Glossary of the Gothic Language with Especial Reference to by Gerhard Hubert Balg (1889)
"... there is supposed to be derived the Fr. regret (re=Li. re-), grief, regretter,
to lament, whence Mdn. E. regret (S. Schade, ..."
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