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Due \Due\, adv.
Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
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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.
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He will give the devil his due. --Shak.
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Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.
--Tennyson.
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2. Right; just title or claim.
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The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.
--Milton.
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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.
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2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable;
becoming; appropriate; fit.
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Her obedience, which is due to me. --Shak.
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With dirges due, in sad array,
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
--Gray.
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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.
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4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the
steamer was due yesterday.
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5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
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This effect is due to the attraction of the sun.
--J. D.
Forbes.
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Due \Due\, v. t.
To endue. [Obs.] --Shak.
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