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
Fate"ful, a. .
Defn: 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 Fat"head`, n. (Zoöl.) (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
Fa"ther, n. Etym: [OE. fader, AS. fæder; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader,
OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L.
pater, Gr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. pa protect. 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.