adjective
Etymology: from past participle of fate (II)
1.
a. : determined or controlled by fate
all life is lived in a fated field — New York Times
an ill- fated expedition
b. : marked by fate : chosen to be the locale of disastrous events
the spot was fated and narrowly escaped being the scene of a second catastrophe as frightful as the first — J.A.Froude
2. : fateful
from the first there had been a fated air about the Gallipoli expedition — Alan Moorehead
the story unfolds with a tragic, fated quietness — Times Literary Supplement