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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her obedience, which is due to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With dirges due, in sad array,
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. J. D. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will give the devil his due. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Right; just title or claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To endue. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit; becoming. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who engages in a duel. [ R. ] [ Written also dueller. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]