fating

Variant of fate

fate definition

fate (fāt)

noun

  1. the power or agency supposed to determine the outcome of events before they occur; destiny
    1. something inevitable, supposedly determined by this power
    2. what happens or has happened to a person or entity; lot; fortune
  3. final outcome
  4. death; destruction; doom
  5. any of the three Fates

Etymology: ME < L fatum, prophetic declaration, oracle < neut. pp. of fari, to speak: see fame

transitive verb fated fat′ed, fating fat′·ing

to destine: now usually in the passive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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