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Definition of Fates
1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of fate) ¹
3. Verb. (rare) (third-person singular of fate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fates
1. fate [v] - See also: fate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fates
Literary usage of Fates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pantheon: Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and by François Pomey (1784)
"... receive their Deaths impartially from the three fates; after Death they receive
their Condemnation impartially from the three Judges; and, ..."
2. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes : Authors by Samuel Austin Allibone (1896)
"With fates averse, the rout in arms resort To force their monarch, ... Before our
farther way the fates allow, Here must we fix on high the golden bough. ..."
3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"These, with clear-sounding voice, as they combed out the wool, outpoured fates
of such kind in sacred song, in song which none age yet to come could tax ..."
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