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Perdue

{

Per-du′

,

Per-due′

}
(pẽr-dū′ or pẽr′dū̍)
,
Adj.
[F.
perdu
, f.
perdue
, lost, p. p. of
perdre
to lose, L.
perdere
. See
Perdition
.]
1.
Lost to view; in concealment or ambush.
He should lie
perdue
who is to walk the round.
Fuller.
2.
Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless.
“A perdue captain.”
Beau. & Fl.

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