Chapter 577

These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson.

It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon.

2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.]

That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak.

3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.

Fatalism <Xpage=545>

Fa"tal*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. fatalisme .] The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

Fatalist <Xpage=545>

Fa"tal*ist (?) , n. [Cf. F. fataliste .] One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

Fatalistic <Xpage=545>

Fa`tal*is"tic (?) , a. Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

Fatality <Xpage=545>

Fa*tal"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Fatalities (#) . [L. fatalitas : cf. F. fatalit\'82 ] 1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

The Stoics held a fatality , and a fixed, unalterable course of events. South.

2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.

The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality . Ser T. Browne.

By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting. Eikon Basilike.

3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

Dryden.

Fatally <Xpage=545>

Fa"tal*ly (?) , adv. 1. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate.

Bentley.

2. In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded .

Fatalness <Xpage=545>

Fa"tal*ness , . Quality of being fatal.

Johnson.

Fata Morgana <Xpage=545>

Fa"ta Mor*ga"na (?) . [It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata ) of the name of Morg\'a0na . See Fairy .] A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.

Fatback <Xpage=545>

Fat"back` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The menhaden.

Fat-brained <Xpage=545>

Fat"-brained` (?) , a. Dull of apprehension.

Fate <Xpage=545>

Fate (?) , n. [L. fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari to speak: cf. OF. fat . See Fame , Fable , Ban , and cf. 1st Fay , Fairy .] 1. 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.

Necessity and chance Approach not me; and what I will is fate . Milton.

Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments. Froude.

2. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.

The great, th'important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. Addison.

Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown. Shak.

The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate , Antinous, on its wings. Pope.

3. 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 .

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate . Pope.

Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams. B. Taylor.

4. pl. [L. Fata , pl. of fatum .] (Myth.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies , or Parc\'91 who 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.

&hand; Among all nations it has been common to speak of fate or destiny as a power superior to gods and men -- swaying all things irresistibly. This may be called the fate of poets and mythologists. Philosophical fate is the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of eternal intelligence and the blind properties of matter. Theological fate represents Deity as above the laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to his will -- the expression of that will being the law.

Krauth-Fleming.

Syn. -- Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.

Fated <Xpage=545>

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.

Fateful <Xpage=545>

Fate"ful (?) , a. . Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. "The fateful steel."

J. Barlow.

2. Significant of fate; ominous.

The fateful cawings of the crow. Longfellow.

-- Fate"ful*ly , adv. - Fate"ful*ness , n.

Fathead <Xpage=545>

Fat"head` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley ( Pimephales promelas ); -- called also black-headed minnow . (b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.

Father <Xpage=545>

Fa"ther (?) , n. [OE. fader , AS. f\'91der ; akin to OS. fadar , D. vader , OHG. fatar , G. vater , Icel. Fa<?/ir Sw. & Dan. fader , OIr. athir , L. pater , Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, Skr. pitr , perh. fr. Skr. p\'be protect. <?/<?/<?/,<?/<?/<?/. Cf. Papa , Paternal , Patriot , Potential , Pablum .] 1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

A wise son maketh a glad father . Prov. x. 1.

2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers , ancestors.

David slept with his fathers . 1 Kings ii. 10.

Abraham, who is the father of us all. Rom. iv. 16.

3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.

I was a father to the poor. Job xxix. 16.

He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. Gen. xiv. 8.

4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.

And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father , my father ! 2 Kings xiii. 14.

5. A senator of ancient Rome.

6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor ), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.

Bless you, good father friar ! Shak.

7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers ; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers .

8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.

The father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Gen. iv. 21.

Might be the father , Harry, to that thought. Shak.

The father of good news. Shak.

9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.

Our Father , which art in heaven. Matt. vi. 9.

Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye. Milton.

Adoptive father , one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. -- Apostolic father , Conscript fathers, etc. See under Apostolic , Conscript , etc. -- Father in God , a title given to bishops. -- Father of lies , the Devil. -- Father of the bar , the oldest practitioner at the bar. -- Fathers of the city , the aldermen. -- Father of the Faithful . (a) Abraham. Rom. iv. Gal. iii. 6-9. (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. -- Father of the house , the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service. -- Most Reverend Father in God , a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York. -- Natural father , the father of an illegitimate child. -- Putative father , one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father. -- Spiritual father . (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. -- The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.) , the pope.

Father <Xpage=545>

Fa"ther (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fathered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering .] 1. To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak.

2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).

Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. Swift.

3. To provide with a father. [R.]

Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? Shak.

To father on &or; upon , to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. "Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor." Barrow .

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Fatherhood <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*hood (?) , n. The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Father-in-law <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther-in-law` (?) , n. ; pl. Fathers-in-law (<?/) . The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law .

&hand; A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law .

Fatherland <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*land" (?) , n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland . See Father , and Land .] One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

Father-lasher <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther-lash`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A European marine fish ( Cottus bubalis ), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach .

Fatherless <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*less , a. 1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child .

2. Without a known author.

Beau. & Fl.

Fatherlessness <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*less*ness , n. The state of being without a father.

Fatherliness <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*li*ness (?) , n. [From Fatherly .] The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Father longlegs <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther long"legs` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) See Daddy longlegs , 2.

Fatherly <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*ly , a. 1. Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to a father.

Fathership <Xpage=546>

Fa"ther*ship , n. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.

Fathom <Xpage=546>

Fath"om (?) , n. [<???/OE. fadme , fa&edh;me , AS. f\'91&edh;m fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. fa&edh;mos the outstretched arms, D. vadem , vaam , fathom, OHG. fadom , fadum , G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. fa&edh;mr fathom, Sw. famn , Dan. favn ; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to spread out, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ outspread, flat, L. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent , Petal .] 1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.]

Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. Shak.

Fathom <Xpage=546>

Fath"om , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fathomed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathoming .] 1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.]

Purchas.

2. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of.

Dryden.

The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. Hawthotne.

Fathomable <Xpage=546>

Fath"om*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being fathomed.

Fathomer <Xpage=546>

Fath"om*er (?) , n. One who fathoms.

Fathomless <Xpage=546>

Fath"om*less , a. 1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.

And buckle in a waist most fathomless . Shak.

2. Incomprehensible.

The fathomless absurdity. Milton.

Fatidical <Xpage=546>

Fa*tid"i*cal (?) , a. [L. fatidicus ; fatum fate + dicere to say, tell.] Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak . [R.] Howell . -- Fa*tid"i*cal*ly , adv.

Fatiferous <Xpage=546>

Fa*tif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. fatifer ; fatum fate + ferre to bear, bring.] Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive. [R.]

Johnson.

Fatigable <Xpage=546>

Fat"i*ga*ble (?) , a. [L. fatigabilis : cf. F. fatigable . See Fatigue .] Easily tired. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Fatigate <Xpage=546>

Fat"i*gate (?) , a. [L. fatigatus , p.p. of fatigare . See Fatigue .] Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.]

Requickened what in flesh was fatigate . Shak.

Fatigate <Xpage=546>

Fat"i*gate (?) , v. t. To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.]

Sir T. Elyot.

Fatigation <Xpage=546>

Fat`i*ga"tion (?) , n. [L. fatigatio : cf. OF. fatigation .] Weariness. [Obs.]

W. Montaqu.

Fatigue <Xpage=546>

Fa*tigue" (?) , n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare ; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.] 1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war .

Dryden.

3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

Fatigue call (Mil.) , a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. -- Fatigue dress , the working dress of soldiers. -- Fatigue duty (Mil.) , labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow . -- Fatigue party , a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

Fatigue <Xpage=546>

Fa*tigue" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fatigued (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing , n. ] [Cf. F. fatiguer . See Fatigue , n. ] To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Syn. -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade .

Fatiloquent <Xpage=546>

Fa*til"o*quent (?) , a. [See Fatiloquist .] Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.]

Blount.

Fatiloquist <Xpage=546>

Fa*til"o*quist (?) , n. [L. fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+ Loqui to speak.] A fortune teller.

Fatimite, Fatimide <Xpage=546>

Fat"i*mite (?) , Fat"i*mide (?) , a. (Hist.) Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. -- n. A descendant of Fatima.

Fatiscence <Xpage=546>

Fa*tis"cence (?) , n. [L. fatiscense , p.pr. of fatiscere to gape or crack open.] A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.

Kirwan.

Fat-kidneyed <Xpage=546>

Fat"-kid`neyed (?) , a. Gross; lubberly.

Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak.

Fatling <Xpage=546>

Fat"ling (?) , n. [ Fat + -ling .] A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.

He sacrificed oxen and fatlings . 2 Sam. vi. 13.

Fatly <Xpage=546>

Fat"ly , adv. Grossly; greasily.

Fatner <Xpage=546>

Fat"ner (?) , n. One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener .

Arbuthnit.

Fatness <Xpage=546>

Fat"ness , n. 1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

Their eyes stand out with fatness . Ps. lxxiii. 7.

2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.

Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. Rowe.

3. That which makes fat or fertile.

The clouds drop fatness . Philips.

Fatten <Xpage=546>

Fat"ten (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fattened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fattining (?) .] [See Fat , v. t. ] 1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.

Dryden.

Fatten <Xpage=546>

Fat"ten , v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.

And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway.

Fattener <Xpage=546>

Fat"ten*er (?) , n. One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.

Fattiness <Xpage=546>

Fat"ti*ness (?) , n. State or quality of being fatty.

Fattish <Xpage=546>