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adjective

Due adj.

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

Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. "Her obedience, which is due to me." "With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne."

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.

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

Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. "This effect is due to the attraction of the sun."

noun

Due n.

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." "Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil."

Right; just title or claim. "The key of this infernal pit by due... I keep."

adverb

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

verb

Due v. t. To endue. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Due'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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