fate

[O. Fr. fat, from Lat. fatum =that which is spoken, fate; for =to speak; O. Sp. & Ital. fato; Port. fudo; Sp. hado.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The decree of God by which the course of events is fixed; inevitable and unalterable neces 1789 and fortunes of men. They were three in number: Clotho held the spindle, Laches is drew out the thread of man's destiny, and Atropos cut it off. For the difference between fate and destiny , see DESTINY. *fate, v . t . [FATE, s.] To decree by fate or destiny; to preordain; to destiny. "As it hath fated her to be my motive." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well , iv. 4. fat-ed, a . [Eng. fat (e); -ed . ] 1. Decreed by fate or inevitable nece ity. "One midnight fated to the purpose." Shakesp.: Tempest, i. 2. 2. Regulated by fate; determined. *3. Exempted by fate. "Who knows but that his fated armor was only an allegorical defense?"-Dryden. Discourse on Epic Poetry. *4. Invested with the power of determining fate or destiny. "Thy fated sky Gives us free scope." --Shakesp.: All's Well , i. 1. fate-ful, a . [Eng. fate ; ful (1).] Bearing or having fatal power; bringing fate or destruction; fatal. "In his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way." Scott: Marmion. (Introd.) fā te-fül-ly, adv. [Eng fateful; -ly.] In a fateful or fatal manner; fatally. *fā te fül-ne , s. [Eng. fateful ; -ne .] The quality or state of being fateful. father, *fa-der, *fa-dir, *fa-dre, *fa-dyr, *fæ-der, *fea-der, *fe-der, *va-der, *ve-der, s . [A. S. fæder ; cogn. with Dut. vader ; Dan. & Sw. fader : Icel. fadhir ; Goth.fadar ; Ger. vater : O. H. Ger fatar , vatar ; O. Fris. feder : Lat. pater ; Gr. pater ; Sansc. pitri ; Pers. pidar .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) A male parent; he who begets a child. "Ych the loue as the mon that my fader ys." Robert of Gloucester, p. 20. (2) A male ancestor, especially the first ancestor; a forefather; the progenitor or founder of a race, family, line, . (Often used in the plural.) "They forsook the Lord God of their fathers." -Judges ii. 12. (3) In the same sense as II. 1. "Our Father , which art in heaven."- Matthew vi. 9. 2. Figuratively : (1) The creator, originator, or inventor of anything; the first to practice any art, profe ion, or occupation; the author or contriver. "Vauban, the father of the science of fortification." Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. ix. (2) The origin or cause of anything. "The wish was father , Harry, to that thought." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . 11. , iv. 5. (3) A respectful mode of addre to an old man. (4) The title of the senators of ancient Rome. "And Fathers mixed with Commons, Seized hatchet, bar, and crow." Macaulay: Horatius, xxxiv. (5) One who acts as or occupies the place of a father to another; one who exercises paternal care over another. "I was a father to the poor." -Job xxix. 16. (6) One who by marriage comes to the position of a father; a father-in-law, a step-father. (7) The eldest or senior member of any profe ion or body. "Being at that time the oldest person who had a seat in St. Stephen's, though not the father of the House in Par sity; a fixed destiny depending upon a superior liamentary standing."-London Times. cause, and uncontrollable by man. "Nece ity or chance Approach me not, and what I will is fate ." Milton: P. L. , vii. 173. 2. Destiny, lot, fortune. "The arbiters of the prisoner's fate came in and went out as they chose." - Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xxii. 3. Death, destruction, evil destiny, doom. "The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate , Anti no us, on its wings." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xxii. 11, 12. *4. The cause of death. "With full force his deadly bow he bent, And feathered fates among the mules and sumpters sent." Dryden: Homer's Iliad , i. 5. ( Pl .) Circumstances against which it is im. po ible or usele to contend. "The fates were against them." - Morley: Life of Cobden, ii. 378. II. Mythol. ( pl .): The Parce or Destinies; the godde es supposed to preside over the birth, life, (8) In the same sense as II. 2. II. Technically: 1. Theol.: The first person of the Trinity. "Baptising them in the name of the Father , and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." - Matthew xxviii. 19. 2. Ecclesiology and Church History: (1) Pl .: The Christian writers prior to the seventh century, though some include under the designation also those of a considerably subsequent period. The first in time were the five Apostolic Fathers. [APOSTOLIC.] Of the others, there lived in the first three centuries, prior to the establishment of Christianity, Justin Martyr, Theophilus, bishop of Antioch, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, Origen, Tertullian, . After its establishment there were of Greek Fathers, Eusebius of Cæsarea, A than as i us, .; and of Latin Church, Lac tanti us, Jerome, Augustine, and others. (2) Singular : (a) Gen.: An official title for a Roman or Ritualistic priest, a confe or, the superior of a convent, . boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; fatherle (b) Spec.: [ Holy Father .] (1) Fathers of the Christian Doctrine: Ch. Hist.: A Roman Catholic society founded in France in the sixteenth century by Cæsar de Bus, and enrolled by Pope Clement VIII. among the legitimate societies in A. D. 1597. They gave special attention to the religious instruction of the young and ignorant. (2) Fathers of the Oratory : Ch. Hist .: A Roman Catholic society founded in Italy in the sixteenth century by Philip Neri, and approved of by Pope Gregory VII. in A. D. 1577. The oratory referred to is that which Neri built for himself at Florence, and occupied for many years. The society has produced some learned men, Cæsar Bar on i us being one of the most distinguished. (3) Fathers of Somasquo : Ch. Hist.: A Roman Catholic society, so named from Somasquo, the town in which their first general resided. The same as Regular Clerks of St. Majoli (q. v.). IMG:content-1465.png:[blocks in formation] Naut.: The title given in the dockyards to the constructor of a ship of the navy. *father-better, a . Surpa ing one's father in any respect. *father-brother, s. An uncle on the father's side. father-dust, s. The dust from which all men are sprung. father-in-law, s. 1. The father of one's husband or wife. 2. Improperly used for a step-father. father-lasher, s. Ichth.: Cottus bubalis. A voracious acanthopterygious fish, of the genus Cottus, found on the shores of Green land, Britain, and Newfoundland. The head is armed with several formidable spines. It is from eight to ten inches in length, and is largely used as food.