DUALISTIC, adjective Consisting of two. The dualistic system of Anaxagoras and Plato taught that there are two principles in nature, one active, the other passive.

DUALITY, noun

1. That which expresses two in number.

2. Division; separation.

3. The state or quality of being two.

DUB, verb transitive [Gr.] Literally, to strike. Hence,

1. To strike a blow with a sword, and make a knight.

Se cyng, dubbade his sunu Henric to ridere.

The King dubbed his son Henry a knight.

2. To confer any dignity or new character.

A man of wealth is dubbd a man of worth.

DUB, verb intransitive to make a quick noise.

DUB, noun

1. A blow. [Little used.]

2. In Irish, a puddle.

DUBBED, participle passive Struck; made a knight.

DUBBING, participle present tense Striking; making a knight.

DUBIETY, noun [See Doubt.] Doubtfulness. [Little used.]

DUBIOUS, adjective [Latin See Doubt. The primary sense is probably to turn or to waver.]

1. Doubtful; wavering or fluctuating in opinion; not settled; not determined; as, the mind is in a dubious state.

2. Uncertain; that of which the truth is not ascertained or known; as a dubious question.

3. Not clear; not plain; as dubious light.

4. Of uncertain event or issue.

In dubious battle.

DUBIOUSLY, adverb Doubtfully; uncertainly; without any determination.

DUBIOUSNESS, noun

1. Doubtfulness; a state of wavering and indecision of mind; as, he speaks with dubiousness

2. Uncertainty; as the dubiousness of the question.

DUBITABLE, adjective [Latin See Doubt.] Doubtful; uncertain. [Little used.] But the derivative indubitable is often used.

DUBITANCY, noun Doubt; uncertainty. [Little used.]

DUBITATION, noun [L, to doubt.] The act of doubting; doubt. [Little used.]

DUCAL, adjective Pertaining to a duke; as a ducal coronet.

DUCAT, noun [from duke.] A coin of several countries in Europe, struck in the dominions of a duke. It is of silver or gold. The silver ducat is generally of the value of four shillings and sixpence sterling, equal to an American dollar, or to a French crown, and the gold ducat of twice the value.

DUCATOON, noun A silver coin, struck chiefly in Italy, of the value of about four shillings and eight pence sterling, or nearly 104 cents. The gold ducatoon of Holland is worth twenty florins.

DUCHESS, noun The consort or widow of a duke. Also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy.

DUCHY, noun The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom; as the duchy of Lancaster.

DUCK, noun [G, Latin , to weave.] A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, etc.

DUCK, noun [from the verb, to duck ]

1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck some wild, others tame.

2. An inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

3. A stone thrown obliquely on the water so as to rebound; as in duck and drake.

DUCK, noun A word of endearment or fondness.

DUCK, verb transitive [G.]

1. To dip or plunge in water and suddenly withdraw; as, to duck a seamen. It differs from dive, which signifies to plunge ones self, without immediately emerging.

2. To plunge the head in water and immediately withdraw it; as, duck the boy.

3. To bow, stoop or nod.

DUCK, verb intransitive

1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid.

In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.

2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe.

DUCK with French nods.

DUCKED, participle passive Plunged; dipped in water.

DUCKER, noun A plunger; a diver; a cringer.

DUCKING, participle present tense Plunging; thrusting suddenly into water and withdrawing; dipping.

DUCKING, noun The act of plunging or putting in water and withdrawing. ducking is a punishment of offenders in France, and among English seamen, it is a penalty to which sailors are subject on passing, for the first time, the equator or tropic.

DUCKLING, noun A young duck.

DUCKOY. [See Decoy.]

DUCT, noun [Latin , to lead. See Duke.]

1. Any tube or canal by which fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed. It is particularly used to denote the vessels of an animal body, by which the blood, chyle, lymph, etc., are carried from one part to another, and the vessels of plants in which the sap is conveyed.

2. Guidance; direction. [Little used.]

DUCTILE, adjective [Latin , to lead.]

1. That may be led; easy to be led or drawn; tractable; complying; obsequious; yielding to motives, persuasion or instruction; as the ductile minds of youth; a ductile people.

2. Flexible; pliable.

The ductile rind and leaves of radiant gold.

3. That may be drawn out into wire or threads. Gold is the most ductile of the metals.

4. That may be extended by beating.

DUCTILENESS, noun The quality of suffering extension by drawing or percussion; ductility.

DUCTILITY, noun

1. The property of solid bodies, particularly metals, which renders them capable of being extended by drawing without breaking; as the ductility of gold, iron or brass.

2. Flexibility; obsequiousness; a disposition of mind that easily yields to motives or influence; ready compliance.

DUCTURE, noun [Latin] Guidance. [Not in use.]

DUDGEON, noun [G.] A small dagger.

DUDS, noun Old clothes; tattered garments. [A vulgar word.]

DUE, adjective Du. [Latin , Gr., to bind. It has no connection with owe.]

1. Owed; that ought to be paid or done to another. That is due from me to another which contract, justice or propriety requires me to pay, and which he may justly claim as his right. Reverence is due to the creator; civility is due from one man to another. Money is due at the expiration of the credit given, or at the period promised.

2. Proper; fit; appropriate; suitable; becoming; required by the circumstances; as, the event was celebrated with due solemnities. Men seldom have a due sense of their depravity.

3. Seasonable; as, he will come in due time.

4. Exact; proper; as, the musicians keep due time.

5. Owing to; occasioned by. [Little used.]

6. That ought to have arrived, or to be present, before the time specified; as, two mails are now due

DUE, adverb Directly; exactly; as a due east course.

DUE, noun

1. That which is owed; that which one contracts to pay, do or perform to another; that which law or justice requires to be paid or done. The money that I contract to pay to another is his due; the service which I covenant to perform to another is his due; reverence to the creator is his due

2. That which office, rank, station, social relations, or established rules of right or decorum, require to be given, paid or done. Respect and obedience to parents and magistrates are their due

3. That which law or custom requires; as toll, tribute, fees of office, or other legal perquisites.

4. Right; just title.

The key of this infernal pit by due--I keep.

DUE, verb transitive To pay as due [Not used.]

DUEL, noun [Latin]

1. Single combat; a premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of deciding some private difference or quarrel. A sudden fight, not premeditated, is called a rencounter. A duel is fought with deadly weapons and with a purpose to take life.

2. Any contention or contest.

DUEL, verb intransitive To fight in single combat.

DUEL, verb transitive To attack or fight singly.

DUELER, noun A combatant in single fight.

DUELING, participle present tense Fighting in single combat.

DUELING, noun The act or practice of fighting in single combat.

DUELIST, noun

1. One who fights in single combat.

The duelist values his honor above the life of his antagonist, his own life, and the happiness of his family.

2. One who professes to study the rules of honor.

DUELLO, noun Duel; or rule of dueling. [Not used.]

DUENESS, noun Duness. [See Due.] Fitness; propriety due quality.

DUENNA, noun [See Don.] An old woman who is kept to guard a younger; a governess.

DUET, DUETTO, noun A song or air in two parts.

DUET, DUETTO noun A song or air in two parts.

DUFFEL, noun A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.

DUG, noun [Latin] The pap or nipple of a cow or other beast. It is applied to a human female in contempt, but seems to have been used formerly of the human breast without reproach.

From tender dug of common nurse.

DUG, preterit tense and participle passive of dig; as, they dug a ditch; a ditch was dug

DUKE, noun [G., L, to lead; to draw, to tug. Gr.]

1. In Great Britain, one of the highest order of nobility; a title of honor or nobility next below the princes; as the duke of Bedford or of Cornwall.

2. In some countries on the Continent, a sovereign prince, without the title of king; as the duke of Holstein, of Savoy, of Parma, etc.

3. A chief; a prince; as the dukes of Edom. Genesis 36:15.

DUKEDOM, noun

1. The seignory or possessions of a duke; the territory of a duke.

2. The title or quality of a duke.

DULBRAINED, adjective [dull and brain.] Stupid; doltish; of dull intellects. [See Dull and brained.]

DULCET, adjective [Latin , sweet.]

1. Sweet to the taste; luscious.

She tempers dulcet creams.

2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious; as dulcet sounds; dulcet symphonies.

DULCIFICATION, noun [See Dulcify.] The act of sweetening; the act of freeing from acidity, saltness or acrimony.

DULCIFIED, participle passive Sweetened; purified from salts.

DULCIFIED spirits, a term formerly applied to the different ethers; as dulcified spirits of niter and vitriol, nitric and sulphuric ethers.

DULCIFY, verb transitive [L, sweet; to make.] To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness or acrimony.

DULCIMER, noun An instrument of music played by striking brass wires with little sticks. Daniel 3:5.

DULCINESS, noun [Latin] Softness; easiness of temper. [Not used.]

DULCORATE, verb transitive [Latin , sweet; to sweeten.]

1 To sweeten.

2. To make less acrimonious.

DULCORATION, noun The act of sweetening.

DULIA, noun [Gr., service.] An inferior kind of worship or adoration. [Not an English word.]

DULL, adjective [G.]

1. Stupid; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding; as a lad of dull genius.

2. Heavy; sluggish; without life or spirit; as a surfeit leaves a man very dull

3. Slow of motion; sluggish; as a dull stream.

4. Slow of hearing or seeing; as dull of hearing; dull of seeing.

5. Slow to learn or comprehend; unready; awkward; as a dull scholar.

6. Sleepy; drowsy.

7. Sad; melancholy.

8. Gross; cloggy; insensible; as the dull earth.

9. Not pleasing or delightful; not exhilarating; cheerless; as, to make dictionaries is dull work.

10. Not bright or clear; clouded; tarnished; as, the mirror is dull

11. Not bright; not briskly burning; as a dull fire.

12 Dim; obscure; not vivid; as a dull light.

13. Blunt; obtuse; having a thick edge; as a dull knife or ax.

14. Cloudy; overcast; not clear; not enlivening; as dull weather.

15. With seamen, being without wind; as, a ship has a dull time.

16. Not lively or animated; as a dull eye.

DULL, verb transitive

1. To make dull; to stupify; as, to dull the senses.

2. To blunt; as, to dull a sword or an ax.

3. To make sad or melancholy.

4. To hebetate; to make insensible or slow to perceive; as, to dull the ears; to dull the wits.

5. To damp; to render lifeless; as, to dull the attention.

6. To make heavy or slow of motion; as, to dull industry.

7. To sully; to tarnish or cloud; as, the breath dulls a mirror.

DULL, verb intransitive To become dull or blunt; to become stupid.

DULLARD, adjective Doltish; stupid.

DULLARD, noun A stupid person; a dot; a blockhead; a dunce.

DULLED, participle passive Made dull; blunted.

DULLER, noun That which makes dull.

DULLING, participle present tense Making dull.

DULLNESS, noun

1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.

2. Want of quick perception or eager desire.

3. Heaviness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

4. Heaviness; disinclination to motion.

5. Sluggishness; slowness.

6. Dimness; want of clearness or luster.

7. Bluntness; want of edge.

8. Want of brightness or vividness; as dullness of color.

DULLY, adverb Stupidity; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.

DULY, adverb [from due.]

1. Properly; fitly; in a suitable or becoming manner; as, let the subject be duly considered.

2. Regularly; at the proper time; as, a man duly attended church with his family.

DUMB, adjective Dum.

1. Mute; silent; not speaking.

I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalms 34:1.

2. Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; as the dumb brutes. The asylum at Hartford in Connecticut was the first institution in America for teaching the deaf and dumb to read and write.

3. Mute; not using or accompanied with speech; as a dumb show; dumb signs.

To strike dumb is to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.

DUMB, verb transitive To silence.

DUMBLY, adverb dumly. Mutely; silently; without words or speech.

DUMBNESS, noun Dumness.

1. Muteness; silence or holding the peace; omission of speech. This is voluntary dumbness

2. In capacity to speak; inability to articulate sounds. This is involuntary dumbness

DUMFOUND, verb transitive To strike dumb; to confuse. [A low word.]

DUMMERER, noun One who feigns dumbness. [Not in use.]

DUMP, noun [G.]

1. A dull gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; sorrow; heaviness of heart.

In doleful dumps.

2. Absence of mind; reverie.

3. A melancholy tune or air. [This is not an elegant word, and in America, I believe, is always used in the plural; as, the woman is in the dumps.]

DUMPISH, adjective Dull; stupid; sad; melancholy; depressed in spirits; as, he lives a dumpish life.

DUMPISHLY, adverb In a moping manner.

DUMPISHNESS, noun A state of being dull, heavy and moping.

DUMPLING, noun [from dump.] A kind of pudding or mass of paste in cookery; usually, a cover of paste inclosing an apple and boiled, called apple-dumpling.

DUMPY, adjective Short and thick.

DUN, adjective

1. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

2. Dark; gloomy.

In the dun air sublime.

DUN, verb transitive To cure, as fish, in a manner to give them a dun color. [See Dunning.]

DUN, verb transitive [See Din.]

1. Literally, to clamor for payment of a debt. Hence, to urge for payment; to demand a debt in a pressing manner; to urge for payment with importunity. But in common usage, dun is often used in a milder sense, and signifies to call for, or ask for payment.

2. To urge importunately, in a general sense, but not an elegant word.

DUN, noun

1. An importunate creditor who urges for payment.

2. An urgent request or demand of payment in writing; as, he sent his debtor a dun

3. An eminence or mound. [See Down and Town.]

DUNCE, noun Duns. [G.] A person of weak intellects; a dullard; a dolt; a thickskull.

I never knew this town without dunces of figure.

DUNCERY, noun Dullness; stupidity.

DUNCIFY, verb transitive To make stupid in intellect. [Not used.]

DUNDER, noun [Latin] Lees; dregs; a word used in Jamaica.

The use of dunder in the making of run answers the purpose of yeast int he fermentation of flour.

DUNE, noun A hill. [See Down.]

DUNG, noun [G.] The excrement of animals.

DUNG, verb transitive To manure with dung

DUNG, verb intransitive To void excrement.

DUNGED, participle passive Manured with dung.

DUNGEON, noun

1. A close prison; or a deep, dark place of confinement.

And in a dungeon deep.

They brought Joseph hastily out of the dungeon Genesis 41:14.

2. A subterraneous place of close confinement.

DUNGEON, verb transitive To confine in a dungeon

DUNGFORK, noun A fork used to throw dung from a stable or into a cart, or to spread it over land.

DUNGHILL, noun

1. A heap of dung.

2. A mean or vile abode.

3. Any mean situation or condition.

He lifteth the beggar from the dunghill 1 Samuel 2:8.

4. A term of reproach for a man meanly born. [Not used.]

DUNGHILL, adjective Sprung from the dunghill; mean; low; base; vile.

DUNGY, adjective Full of dung; filthy; vile.

DUNGYARD, noun A yard or inclosure where dung is collected.

DUNLIN, noun A fowl, a species of sandpiper.

DUNNAGE, noun Faggots, boughs or loose wood laid on the bottom of a ship to raise heavy goods above the bottom.

DUNNED, participle passive [from dun.] Importuned to pay a dept; urged.

DUNNER, noun [from dun.] One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

DUNNING, participle present tense [from dun.] Urging for payment of a debt, or for the grant of some favor, or for the obtaining any request; importuning.

DUNNING, participle present tense Or noun [from dun, a color.] The operation of curing codfish, in such a manner as to give it a particular color and quality. Fish for dunning are caught early in spring, and often in February. At the Isles of Shoals, off Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, the cod are taken in deep water, split and slack-salted; then laid in a pile for two or three months, in a dark store, covered, for the greatest part of the time, with salt-hay or eel-grass, and pressed with some weight. In April or May, they are opened and piled again as close as possible in the same dark store, till July or August, when they are fit for use.

DUNNISH, adjective Inclined to a dun color; somewhat dun.

DUNNY, adjective Deaf; dull of apprehension. [Local.]

DUO, noun [Latin , two.] A song in two parts.

DUODECAHEDRAL, DUODECAHEDRON, [See Dodecahedral, Dodecahedron.]

DUODECAHEDRAL, DUODECAHEDRON [See Dodecahedral, Dodecahedron.]

DUODECIMFID, adjective [Latin , twelve; to cleave.] Divided into twelve parts.

DUODECIMO, adjective [Latin , twelve.] Having or consisting of twelve leaves to a sheet; as a book of duodecimo form or size.

DUODECIMO, noun A book in which a sheet is folded into twelve leaves.

DUODECUPLE, adjective [Latin , two; tenfold.] Consisting of twelves.

DUODENUM, noun [Latin] The first of the small intestines.

DUOLITERAL, adjective [Latin , two; a letter.] Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.

DUPE, noun [See the verb.] A person who is deceived; or one easily led astray by his credulity; as the dupe of a party.

DUPE, verb transitive To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on ones credulity; as, to be duped by flattery.

DUPION, noun A double cocoon, formed by two or more silk-worms.

DUPLE, adjective [Latin] Double. duple ratio is that of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc.

DUPLICATE, adjective [Latin , to double; twofold; to fold. See Double.] Double; twofold.

DUPLICATE proportion or ratio, is the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus in 2. 4. 8. 16., the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4.

DUPLICATE, noun

1. Another corresponding to the first; or a second thing of the same kind.

2. A copy; a transcript. Thus a second letter or bill of exchange exactly like the first is called a duplicate

DUPLICATE, verb transitive [Latin] To double; to fold.

DUPLICATION, noun

1. The act of doubling; the multiplication of a number by 2.

2. A folding; a doubling; also, a fold; as the duplication of a membrane.

DUPLICATURE, noun A doubling; a fold. In anatomy, the fold of a membrane or vessel.

DUPLICITY, noun [Latin , double.]

1. Doubleness; the number two.

2. Doubleness of heart or speech; the act or practice of exhibiting a different or contrary conduct, or uttering different or contrary sentiments, at different times, in relation to the same thing; or the act of dissembling ones real opinions for the purpose of concealing them and misleading persons in the conversation and intercourse of life; double-dealing; dissimulation; deceit.

3. In law, duplicity is the pleading of two or more distinct matters or single pleas.

DURABILITY, noun [See Durable.] The power of lasting or continuing, in any given state, without perishing; as the durability of cedar or oak timber; the durability of animal and vegetable life is very limited.

DURABLE, adjective [Latin , to last; hard.] Having the quality of lasting or continuing long in being, without perishing or wearing out as durable timber; durable cloth; durable happiness.

DURABLENESS, noun Power of lasting; durability; as the durableness of honest fame.

DURABLY, adverb In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

DURANCE, noun [Latin]

1. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody of the jailer.

2. Continuance; duration. [See Endurance.]

DURANT, noun A glazed woolen stuff; called by some everlasting.

DURATION, noun

1. Continuance in time; length or extension of existence, indefinitely; as the duration of life; the duration of a partnership; the duration of any given period of time; everlasting duration This holding on or continuance of time is divided by us arbitrarily into certain portions, as minutes, hours and days; or it is measured by a succession of events, as by the diurnal and annual revolutions of the earth, or any other succession; and the interval between two events is called a part of duration This interval may be of any indefinite length, a minute or a century.

2. Power of continuance.

DURE, verb intransitive [Latin See Durable.] To last; to hold on in time or being; to continue; to endure. [This word is obsolete; endure being substituted.]

DUREFUL, adjective Lasting.

DURELESS, adjective Not lasting; fading.

DURESS, noun [Latin See Durable.]

1. Literally, hardship; hence, constraint. Technically, duress in law, is of two kinds; duress of imprisonment, which is imprisonment or restraint of personal liberty; and duress by menaces or threats [per minas, ] when a person is threatened with loss of life or limb. Fear of battery is no duress duress then is imprisonment or threats intended to compel a person to do a legal act, as to execute a deed; or to commit an offense; in which cases the act is voidable or excusable.

2. Imprisonment; restraint of liberty.

DURING, participle present tense Of dure. Continuing; lasting; holding on; as during life, that is, life continuing; during our earthly pilgrimage; during the space of a year; during this or that. These phrases are the case absolute, or independent clauses; durante vita, durante hoc.

DURITY, noun [Latin]

1. Hardness; firmness.

2. Hardness of mind; harshness. [Little used.]

DUROUS, adjective Hard. [Not used.]

DURRA, noun A kind of millet, cultivated in North Africa.

DURST, preterit tense Of dare.

DUSE, noun A demon or evil spirit. Quosdam daemones quos dusios Galli nuncupant. August. De Civ. Dei, 15. 23. What the duse is the matter? The duse is in you. [Vulgar.]

DUSK, adjective [G., tarnish; to tarnish; to become dull or obscure. Gr.]

1. Tending to darkness, or moderately dark.

2. Tending to a dark or black color; moderately black.

DUSK, noun

1. A tending to darkness; incipient or imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as the dusk of the evening.

2. Tendency to a black color; darkness of color.

Whose dusk set off the whiteness of the skin.

DUSK, verb transitive To make dusky. [Little used.]

DUSK, verb intransitive To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dark. [Little used.]

DUSKILY, adverb With partial darkness; with a tendency to blackness or darkness.

DUSKINESS, noun Incipient or partial darkness; a slight or moderate degree of darkness or blackness.

DUSKISH, adjective Moderately dusky; partially obscure; slightly dark or black; as duskish smoke.

DUSKISH tincture.

DUSKISHLY, adverb Cloudily; darkly.

DUSKISHNESS, noun Duskiness; approach to darkness.

DUSKY, adjective

1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley.

A dusky torch.

2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as a dusky brown.

DUSKY clouds.

3. Gloomy; sad.

This dusky scene of horror.

4. Intellectually clouded; as a dusky sprite.

DUST, noun

1. Fine dry particles of earth or other matter, so attenuated that it may be raised and wafted by the wind; powder; as clouds of dust and seas of blood.

2. Fine dry particles of earth; fine earth.

The peacock warmeth her eggs in the dust Job 34:15.

3. Earth; unorganized earthy matter.

DUST thou art, and to dust shalt thou return. Genesis 3:14.

4. The grave.

For now shall I sleep in the dust Job 7:5.

5. A low condition.

God raiseth the poor out of the dust 1 Samuel 2:8.

DUST, verb transitive

1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe or sweep away dust; as, to dust a table or a floor.

2. To sprinkle with dust

3. To levigate.

DUSTER, noun An utensil to clear from dust; also, a sieve.

DUSTINESS, noun The state of being dusty.

DUSTY, adjective

1. Filled, covered or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust.

2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white; a dusty red.

DUTCH, noun The people of Holland; also, their language.

DUTCH, adjective Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.

DUTEOUS, adjective [from duty.]

1. Performing that which is due, or that which law, justice or propriety requires; obedient; respectful to those who have natural or legal authority to require service or duty; as a duteous child or subject.

2. Obedient; obsequious; in a good or bad sense.

DUTEOUS to the vices of thy mistress.

3. Enjoined by duty, or by the relation of one to another; as duteous ties. [Little used.]

DUTIABLE, adjective [See Duty.] Subject to the imposition of duty or customs; as dutiable goods.

DUTIED, adjective Subjected to duties or customs.

DUTIFUL, adjective

1. Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice or propriety; obedient; submissive to natural or legal superiors; respectful; as a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

2. Expressive of respect or a sense of duty; respectful; reverential; required by duty; as dutiful reverence; dutiful attentions.

DUTIFULLY, adverb In a dutiful manner; with a regard to duty; obediently; submissively; reverently; respectfully.

DUTIFULNESS, noun

1. Obedience; submission to just authority; habitual performance of duty; as dutifulness to parents.

2. Reverence; respect.

DUTY, noun

1. That which a person owes to another; that which a person is bound, by any natural, moral or legal obligation, to pay, do or perform. Obedience to princes, magistrates and the laws is the duty of every citizen and subject; obedience, respect and kindness to parents are duties of children; fidelity to friends is a duty; reverence, obedience and prayer to God are indispensable duties; the government and religious instruction of children are duties of parents which they cannot neglect without guilt.

2. Forbearance of that which is forbid by morality, law, justice or propriety. It is our duty to refrain from lewdness, intemperance, profaneness and injustice.

3. Obedience; submission.

4. Act of reverence or respect.

They both did duty to their lady.

5. The business of a soldier or marine on guard; as, the company is on duty It is applied also to other services or labor.

6. The business of war; military service; as, the regiment did duty in Flanders.

7. Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty but a direct tax.

DUUMVIR, noun [Latin , two; man.] One of two Roman officers or magistrates united int he same public functions.

DUUMVIRAL, adjective Pertaining to the duumvirs or duumvirate of Rome.

DUUMVIRATE, noun The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity or government of two men thus associated; as in ancient Rome.