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devoir

/dəˈvwɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

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

noun devoirs

archaic, often, plural Duty, business; something that one must do. […] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…].

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@misc{devoir_2026,
  title = {devoir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/devoir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}