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Meaning of FATED

Pronunciation:  'feytid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
 
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 Synonyms: certain, doomed, sure
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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