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Keywords: destiny, inevitable, doom, personified, fagles

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.

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

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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.

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The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcæwho 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.

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(1) (Gk- keres, fates of death): Fagles found that Homer used the term in two ways, both in an impersonal sense as "death, doom, a man's individual fate," and also in a personified sense as the "spirit of death;" in the latter sense Homer used the term in the plural for those "shadowy but potent figures who ultimately control the destiny of mortals;" they were supposed to derive from the decisions and declarations of the gods, thus making their outcome inevitable and determined. (2) The destined result of life after a sequence of fated events. Kismet, Karma, destiny are other names.

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The cause beyond man's control that is held to determine events; destiny.

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an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

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the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"

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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

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(Gk- keres, fates of death): Fagles found that Homer used the term in two ways, both in an impersonal sense as "death, doom, a man's individual fate," and also in a personified sense as the "spirit of death;" in the latter sense Homer used the term in the plural for those "shadowy but potent figures who ultimately control the destiny of mortals;" they were supposed to derive from the decisions and declarations of the gods, thus making their outcome inevitable and determined; however, in the Iliad, one sees brave men struggle against their fate(s), and discover at least some measure of freedom to be able to influence or contribute to their destinies (e.g. Aeneas is said to struggle "against the will of fate" XX.383; see "gods" below)

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The Arcanum of luck and destiny, capable of defining the random and forcing the hand of Fate.

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The normal outcome of differentiation of a cell's progeny.

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Report on the ultimate outcome of each nesting attempt. If at least one young fledged (left) the nest, choose 'successful'. If no eggs hatched or no young left the nest, choose 'failed'.

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Common theme in childrens' stories where a master-plan determines the path of all the characters and guarantees a Happy-Ever-After(tm) for all the pleasant characters.

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Keywords: belthasar, intracorp, dogbone, magazine, chrono

Fate is a magazine of paranormal phenomena, published since 1948.

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FATE, Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment, is a generic role-playing game. Fate is currently based on the FUDGE gaming system. It has no fixed setting, traits, or genre and is almost entirely customizable.

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Fate is a game which was in development in 1996. It was being developed by DogBone Software. However, Intracorp went bankrupt before the game could be completed.

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Keywords: reunion, disbanded, danish, album, festival

Fate, Danish heavy metal band originally formed in 1984. They disbanded in 1993, but after a one-off reunion at a German music festival in 2004, Fate was reformed and they released a new album, V, in 2006.

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Keywords: jared, stevens, fictional, comics, doctor

Fate (Jared Stevens) was a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, who first appeared in Fate #0, the start of his own series. His character was closely connected to Doctor Fate.

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Keywords: oversoul, culmination, illusions, soul, conceptions

The culmination of experiences designed by the OverSoul to assist the human soul in breaking out of fear's illusions, conceptions, and limitations.

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Keywords: pianist, beforehand, decree, destined, great

decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"

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Keywords: folio, fatale, femme, first

femme fatale folio ( First Folio)

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Keywords: encyclopedia, analytic, epa, technologies, field

EPA Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia

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Keywords: bad, actions, good, life, end

The end result of the actions of life, either good or bad.

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