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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perdu  \Per*du"\,  Perdue  \Per*due"\,  a.  [F.  perdu,  f.  perdue, 
  lost,  p.  p.  of  perdre  to  lose,  L.  perdere.  See  {Perdition}.] 
  1.  Lost  to  view;  in  concealment  or  ambush;  close 
 
  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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