Fortune

fSr'chun, n. Chance accident luck for- tuity; appointed lot in life fate; destiny; what befalls one; event; good or succe ; esp. favorable i ue estate po e ions esp. large estate, great wealth. — v. To come casually to pa ; to happen. [F.; L. for tuna, fr. fors, chance; L./erre, E. bear.] — Fortunate, -nat, a. Coming by good luck; auspicious; receiving some unexpected good; lucky: succe ful prosperous. [L. for tun at us, p. p. 01 for tun are, to make prosperous.] — Fortunately, adv. — For 'tunatene , — For'tune-huntfer, n. A man who seeks wealth by marrying a rich woman. hunt'ing, n. Seeking of a fortune by marriage.— -tell'er, n. One who pretends to reveal the future events of one's life. teLVing, n. Actor practice of, etc. — Fortuitous, -tu'r-tus, a. Happening by chance; occurring unexpectedly, or without known cause; accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. [ME. and OF. fortuit, L. fortuities, fors.]— Fortuitously, adv. — Fortuitousne , ra.— Fortuity, -T-tY, Accident; chance; casualty. Forty. See under Four. Forum, fo'rum, E.pl. -rums, Z. pi. -ra, -ra. A market-place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people; a tribunal court a embly empowered to decide eauses. [L.; fores, doors. See Door.] Forward, Forwardne , etc. See under Fore. Forzando, 16rd-zan do, adv. (Mus.) Sudden and forcible; explosive,— usually indicated by the mark > over each note of the pa age, or by the letters sf orfz at the beginning of the pa age, — written also sforzando. prop. p. pr. of forzare, to force.]