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Definition of: fate
(fāt) noun
1. Predetermined and inevitable necessity; that power which is thought to determine one's future, success or failure, etc.
2. Destiny; fortune; lot.
3. Evil destiny; doom; destruction; death.
4. Outcome; final result. See synonyms under NECESSITY.
—v.t. fat·ed, fat·ing To predestine: obsolete except in passive. [<L fatum, orig. neut. sing. of fatus, pp. of fari speak]
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