Due /(?)/

Due

a.
  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.
    With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
  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

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

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.
    Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.
  2. Right; just title or claim.
    The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.

Due

v. t.
  1. To endue. [Obs.]