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devoir

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6 lettersPronunciation /dəˈvwɑː/Part of speech nounSorted deiorvStarts with DEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. formal expression of respect

Word origin

From Middle English devoir, borrowed from Middle French devoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe; ought, must”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…].
  • I should have long ere this paid my devoirs to the inhabitants of Raymond Castle.
  • Then quoth the portress to the mistress of the house, "O my lady, arise and go to thy place that I in turn may do my devoir."

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