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   Due (?), a. [OF. deu, F. dû, 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, adv. Directly; exactly; as, “a due east course”.
   
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   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, v. t. To endue. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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