English Dictionary: due | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Due \Due\, v. t. To endue. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Due \Due\, a. [OF. deu, F. d[96], 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Due \Due\, adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. |