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PERDU'

PERDU'E, adverb [Latin perdo.] Close; in concealment.

The moderator, out of view,

Beneath the desk had lain perdue.

PERDU', noun One that is placed on the watch or in ambush.

PERDU', adjective Abandoned; employed on desperate purposes; accustomed to desperate purposes or enterprises.