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Due \Due\, v. t. To endue. [Obs.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Due \Due\, a. [OF. deu, F. d[^u], p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty.]

1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.

2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.

Her obedience, which is due to me. --Shak.

With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. --Gray.

3. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.

4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. --J. D. Forbes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Due \Due\, adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Due \Due\, n.

1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.

He will give the devil his due. --Shak.

Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. --Tennyson.

2. Right; just title or claim.

The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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