Due — Defs

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

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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.

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

03 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; whate…

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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.

04 v. t. To endue.