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fate F0049500 (fāt)n.1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events: Fate did not favor his career.2. a. The inevitable events predestined by this force: It was her fate to marry a lout.b. A final result or consequence; an outcome: What was the fate of your project?c. An unfavorable outcome in life; doom or death: suffered a fate worse than death; the island where the explorer met his fate.3. Fates Greek & Roman Mythology The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who control human destiny. Used with the.
[Middle English, from Old French fat, from Latin fātum, prophecy, doom, from neuter past participle of fārī, to speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]Fates (feɪts) pl n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the three goddesses who control the destinies of the lives of man, which are likened to skeins of thread that they spin, measure out, and at last cut. See Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis2. (Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth the Norns. See Norn1fatesAir elementals who live in light and thought.IdiomsSeefateFates
Fates, in Greek religion and mythology, three goddesses who controlled human lives; also called the Moerae or Moirai. They were: Clotho, who spun the web of life; Lachesis, who measured its length; and Atropos, who cut it. The Roman Fates were the Parcae—Nona, Decuma, and Morta. In Norse mythology, the three NornsNorns,
the Norse Fates. Like the Fates of Greek religion and mythology, the Norns spun and wove the web of life. Belief in the Norns was of great importance in Germanic religion and life. It was said that no one, not even the gods, could escape their fate.
..... Click the link for more information. wove the web of life.Fates (in Greek, Moirae), in ancient Greek mythology, the three daughters of Zeus and Themis. They were goddesses of fate, whose task was to watch over the course of human life. Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis assigned to each man his destiny, and, at the appointed hour, Atropos cut the thread of life irreversibly. In Roman mythology the Parcae corresponded to the Moirae. Fatesthree goddesses who spin, measure out, and cut the thread of each human’s life. Also called Lat. Parcae, Gk. Moirai. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 757]See: FateFATES
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