[for.tune] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L fortuna; akin to L fort-, fors chance, luck, and perh. to ferre to carry--more at bear] (14c) 1 often cap: a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably
2. obs: accident, incident 3 a: prosperity attained partly through luck: success b: luck 1 c pl: the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life) "her ~s varied but she never gave up"
4: destiny, fate "can tell your ~"; also: a prediction of fortune
5. a: riches, wealth "a man of ~" b: a store of material possessions "the family ~" c: a very large sum of money "spent a ~ redecorating"
[2]fortune vb for.tuned ; for.tun.ing vt (14c) 1 obs: to give good or bad fortune to
2. archaic: to endow with a fortune ~ vi, archaic: happen, chance