FATE

I. noun see: ban Date: 14th century the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do ; destiny , 2. an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end, disaster , 3. final outcome, the expected result of normal development , the circumstances that befall someone or something , the three goddesses who determine the course of human life in classical mythology, Synonyms: see: ~ II. transitive verb (~d; fating) Date: 1601 destine