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Definition of Fate |
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Fate
A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him. The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread. Related Definitions: Against, All, Allotted, And, Appointed, Are, Arranged, As, By, Called, Chance, Conditioned, Considered, Course, Cutting, Death, Decree, Destinies, Destiny, Determine, Determined, Distaff, Doom, Element, Especially, Event, Existence, Fate, Final, Fixed, Force, Fortune, Him, Holding, Human, Immutable, In, Inevitable, Is, It, Law, Life, Lot, Necessity, Of, Off, One, Opposing, Or, Order, Predetermined, Prescribed, Ruin, Second, Shaping, Sometimes, Spinning, Struggle, Supposed, The, They, Third, Thread, Three, To, Universe, Useless, Was, Were, Which |
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Fate Quotations
Fate is written in the face. Federico Fellini I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. Buddha It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate. Henry David Thoreau Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations. Albert Einstein |
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Fate Translations
fate in Afrikaans is lot fate in Danish is bestemmelse fate in Dutch is lotsbestemming, bestemming, lot fate in Finnish is osa fate in Italian is destino fate in Latin is fatum, fortuna fate in Norwegian is skjebne fate in Spanish is destino |
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