due adj
1. owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due" [syn: owed] [ant: undue]
2. proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem" [syn: deserved]
3. scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes" [syn: due(p)]
4. suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course" [ant: undue]
5. reasonable in the circumstances; "gave my comments due consideration"; "exercising due care" n
6. that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due"
7. a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues" adv : directly or exactly; straight; "went due North"

Due \Due\, v. t. To endue. [Obs.] --Shak.

Due \Due\, a. [OF. deu, F. d[^u], 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.
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.

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