| Fate (fate) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Fate |
| [L. fatum a
prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny,
fate, fr. fari to speak: cf. OF. fat. See Fame,
Fable, Ban, and cf. 1st Fay, Fairy.] |
A fixed decree by which the order of things
is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable
necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and
conditioned.
Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or
predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin;
death.
The element of chance in the affairs of
life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force
shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which
it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates
were, against him.
The three goddesses, Clotho,
Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or
Parcæwho were supposed to determine the course of human
life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as
spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.
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