faten.
/feɪt/, U.S. /feɪt/ 1.
a. The principle, power, or agency by which, according to certain philosophical and popular systems of belief, all events, or some events in particular, are unalterably predetermined from eternity. Often personified.The Old English synonym was wyrd: see weird n.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun]
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1550 The fate wold his soule shold vnbodye.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 26 Stand fast good Fate to his hanging. View more context for this quotation
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 83 Concerning Fate Plato held thus. All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by Fate.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 232 When everlasting Fate shall yeild To fickle Chance. View more context for this quotation
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 161 Fate, and the Laws or Commands of the Deity, concerning the Mundane Oeconomy..being really the same thing.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother i. i Fate, Or somewhat like the force of Fate was in it.
1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket iii. 24 Jove, and all-compelling Fate.
1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity Pref. 25 Fate was some~thing that even the gods often endeavoured..to resist.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 38 We..Fate's fix'd will, from Nature's wanderings learn.
a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) viii. 345 The idea of fate sets us free from the sense of blame.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God i. 11 What is He but a vast formless Fate?
b. figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates > of destiny
fate1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 67 So perttaunt like would I ore'sway his state, That he should be my foole, and I his fate.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. i I am Fate in Persia And Life and Death depend upon my Pleasure.
2. Mythology.
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a. The goddess of fate or destiny; in Homer Μοῖρα.
b. plural. In later Greek and Roman mythology, the three goddesses supposed to determine the course of human life (Greek Μοῖραι, Latin Parcæ, Fata).In Greek the three Fates are called Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos; these names were adopted by Latin poets, but the mythologists give as native names Nona, Decuma, and Morta.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Fates
weirdsc725
ParcaeeOE
the three sistersa1400
destiny14..
the Weird Sistersc1400
(the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552
the three Fatals1575
fate1600
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates
weirdsc725
ParcaeeOE
the three sistersa1400
(the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552
the three Fatals1575
fate1600
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 196 Py... Like Limander, am I trusty still. This. And I, like Helen, till the fates me kill. View more context for this quotation
1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 189 Bless the kind Fates, and think your Fortune rare.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 338 Thread, which is spun by the fates in one part uniform and strong, in another weakened.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 183 Your slightest desires seem a law to the Fates.
1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) ii. 50 We three Sat muffled like the Fates.
3. That which is destined or fated to happen.
a. gen. Also in plural. Predestined events. as sure as fate: see sure adj. 5a.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > destiny or fate
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 173 What I will is Fate. So spake th' Almightie. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 118 Th' inspected Entrails, cou'd no Fates foretel. View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 73 Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. viii. 152 'Tis the best way of meeting fate.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 236 There lay in the fates a Third Silesian War for him.
b. Of an individual, an empire, etc.: The predestined or appointed lot; what a person, etc. is fated to do or suffer.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 209 He curseth..His byrthe, hym self, his fate, and ek nature.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clarence lv To flye theyr fate.
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. i. 402 How blist a fate where it to vs. View more context for this quotation
1668 Lady Chaworth Let. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep. App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) II. 10 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889-II) XLIV. 393 Mr. Ho..deserves a better fate.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 111 By a very extraordinary fate, he had got a very particular interest..in many Worthy men.
a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. iii. 25 It has been commonly their Fate to fare hardlier.
1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) iv. 68 A noteworthy comment on the fate of human pride.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 164 The general fate of sects is to obtain a high reputation for sanctity while they are oppressed.
c. In etymological sense: An oracle or portent of doom.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil
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1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 50 The solemn knell fell in with the tale of life and sin, Like a rhythmic fate sublime.
4.
a. What will become of, or has become of (a person or thing); ultimate condition; destiny. Often in to decide one's fate, to fix one's fate, to seal one's fate. a fate worse than death: see death n. Phrases 7.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > destiny or fate > a destiny
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1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 267 The lover waits for the decision of his mistress to fix his Fate.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §322 Anxiety for the fate of the Edystone.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 40 If she is now discovered, her fate is certain!
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. ii. 16 The base misers..deserve their fate.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xii. i. 581 It only remained to the brothers to decide on the fate of its tenant.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 163 He was obliged to bear the..fate of a minister, who..had thwarted the popular will.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xc. 246 More of it may share the same fate.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 142 Plumer's fate was sealed.
b. Death, destruction, ruin.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]
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uncreation1884
creative destruction1927
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. xxvi. 97 b Cirus was passed into fate.
1640 J. Shirley Coronation iv. sig. F4 Will you assist, and runne a fate with us.
1642 J. Denham Cooper's Hill 8 In the Common Fate, The neighbouring Abbey fell.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother i. i Thousand vulgar fates Which their Drugs daily hasten.
1857 C. M. Yonge Cameos xlii, in Monthly Packet Aug. 122 Their fate has been well sung by Mr. Monckton Milnes.
c. An instrument of death or destruction. poetic.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun]
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arrowOE
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1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 192 He..Feather'd Fates among the Mules and Sumpters sent.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 68 Hissing fly the feather'd Fates.
Compounds
C1. Simple attributive.
a.
fate-spell n.
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a1618 J. Sylvester Sonn. iv Vnder that Fate-spell onely are fore~showne Eternall praises.
b.
fate-like adj.
ΚΠ
1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xv The expression of the creatures [rattlesnakes] was..fate-like.
C2. Objective.
fate-denouncing adj.
ΚΠ
1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin 48 The Bird of Night With Fate-denouncing Outcries takes his Flight.
fate-foretelling adj.
ΚΠ
1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Tragedies 173 The fate-foretelling seer, Amphiaraus.
fate-scorning adj.
ΚΠ
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 282 Proud Œdipus, fate-scorning.
C3. Instrumental.
fate-environed adj.
ΚΠ
1835 T. N. Talfourd Ion ii. i Why should I waste these fate-environ'd hours.
fate-fenced adj.
fate-fencedness adj.
ΚΠ
1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1859) 80 His own fate-fencedness, or, as he would call it, his luck.
fate-folden adj.
ΚΠ
1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 93 An enchanted sea From all the world fate-folden.
fate-furrowed adj.
fate-menanced adj.
ΚΠ
1834 F. Wrangham Homerics 7 Knew'st thou what misfortunes lie, Fate-menaced, on thine homeward way.
fate-stricken adj.
ΚΠ
1866 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads (1868) 172 Our greatest from his throne Fate-stricken, and rejected of his own.
C4.
fate-line n. Palmistry a line in the palm of the hand supposed to indicate a person's fate in worldly affairs.
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the world > life > the body > skin > mark on skin > line in palmistry > [noun]
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heart line1652
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > other lines
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1889 K. St. Hill Gram. Palmistry ii. 43 When the Fate Line is tortuous..it is a sign of misfortune, or bad character.
1945 E. Bowen Demon Lover 103 Dirt engraved the fate-lines in Mary's palms.
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fatev.
/feɪt/, U.S. /feɪt/ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
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shendOE
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to do awayOE
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to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
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to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
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to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
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to cut off by the shins1592
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to blow up1660
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shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5091 A fame [may] be defoulede, & fatid for euer.
2. † b. elliptical. To destine to death. Obsolete.
a. To preordain as by the decree of fate. Const. to and to with infinitive. Obsolete except in passive in sense: To be appointed or destined by fate. Often quasi-impersonal with subject clause.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)]
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 129 A treacherous Armie leuied, one mid-night Fated to th' purpose. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iv. 20 Heauen..hath fated her to be my..helper to a husband. View more context for this quotation
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 248 Fated to wander.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. i. 4 It was fated that England should be the theatre of the first of a series of Revolutions.
1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 6 Whatever is fated, that will take place.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands v. 152 The breathing-time..was fated to be of short duration.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > to death
fate1788
1788 W. Cowper Stanzas for Year 18 Could I prophetic say Who next is fated.
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