Fate

[It. and Span. fato; Lat. fatum, from far i, to foretell or declare.] An oracle or prediction; destiny; inevitable nece ity; dependence upon a superior and uncontrolled cause; event predetermined. - See DESTINY, FREE-WILL, NECESSITY, PREDESTINATION. -Destruction; doom; death; final lot. "Yet still he chose the longest way to fate, Wasting at once his life and his estate."-Dryden.