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fated, ppl. a.|ˈfeɪtɪd|
[f. fate n. and v. + -ed.]
1. Appointed, decreed or determined by fate.
1715–20Pope Iliad i. 282 Thy injured honor has its fated hour. 1821J. Baillie Met. Leg., Wallace xvii, Each upon his fated day. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel v. 239 God's judgments were not..a mere fated thing.
2. Doomed to destruction.
1817Chalmers Astron. Disc. i. (1852) 38 A blazing comet may cross this fated planet. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 14 Cavalry..were fast approaching the fated city.
3. ‘Invested with the power of fatal determination’ (J.).
1601Shakes. All's Well i. i. 232 The fated skye Giues vs free scope.
4. Controlled, guided, or driven on by fate.
1801Southey Thalaba ii. xxii, The fated Fire moved on. 1817Byron Manfred ii. ii, Fated in thy sufferings. 1827Pollok Course T. vii. 448 The fated crew..warred Against the chosen saints. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 303 He purified His fated hands of that unlooked-for guilt.
¶5. Of armour: Made proof by spells, charmed. rare—2.[Suggested by Ariosto's armi fatate; the It. fatare to render proof by spells, to charm, corresponds to OF. faer:—popular L. fātāre, f. fāta fairy (see fay n.); but the etymological notion as apprehended by Dryden was prob. ‘protected as by a decree of Fate’.] 1697Dryden Virg. æneid Ded., His fated Armour was only an Allegorical Defence. Ibid. viii. 716 Bright Vulcanian Arms, Fated from force of Steel by Stygian charms.
6. Preceded by some qualifying adv.: Having a particular fate or destiny. rare exc. in ill-fated.
a1721Prior Epil. to Phædra 25 Her aukward Love indeed was oddly fated; She and her Poly were too near related. |