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. Due
(Due), adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
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. Due
(Due), v. t. To endue. [Obs.] Shak.
Duebill
(Due"bill`) n. (Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like
a promissory note. Burrill.
Dueful
(Due"ful) a. Fit; becoming. [Obs.] Spenser.
Duel
(Du"el) n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common
form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.] A combat between
two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an
affront given by one to the other.
Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.
Duel
(Du"el), v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]
Dueler
(Du"el*er), n. One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South.
Dueling
(Du"el*ing), n. The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]
Duelist
(Du"el*ist) n. [F. duelliste.] One who fights in single combat. [Written also duellist.]
A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship.
Hume.
