Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fated \Fat"ed\, p. p. & a.
1. Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to
rule a factious people.
One midnight Fated to the purpose. --Shak.
2. Invested with the power of determining destiny. [Obs.]
``The fated sky.'' --Shak.
3. Exempted by fate. [Obs. or R.] --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fated
adj : (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate;
"doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of
Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {doomed}]
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