Fate

fat, n. A decree pronounced by God; inevitable nece ity; appointed lot; esp., final lot, death, destruction; destiny; doom; chance, pi. (Myth.') Three godde es (Clotho, Laches is, and Atropos) supposed to determine the course of human life.— Fa'tal, a. Proceeding from, or appointed by, nece ary; inevitable; causing death or destruction; destructive; calamitous. — Fa'tally, adv. — Fa'talism, -izm, n. The doctrine of fate, or inevitable ces ity. — Fa'talist, n. One who maintains that things happen by inevitable nece ity. — Fatal'ity, -1-tT, n. State of being fatal, or proceeding destiny; invincible nece ity; state of being ductive of death; tendency to destruction or danger; mortality.