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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Parcae \Par"c[ae]\, n. pl. [L.]
The Fates. See Fate, 4.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Fate \Fate\ (f[=a]t), n. [L. fatum a prophetic declaration,
oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari
to speak: cf. OF. fat. See Fame, Fable, Ban, and cf.
1st Fay, Fairy.]
1. A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed;
the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity;
the force by which all existence is determined and
conditioned.
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Necessity and chance
Approach not me; and what I will is fate. --Milton.
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Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent,
brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and
tyrant were alike the instruments. --Froude.
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2. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined
event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin;
death.
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The great, th'important day, big with the fate
Of Cato and of Rome. --Addison.
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Our wills and fates do so contrary run
That our devices still are overthrown. --Shak.
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The whizzing arrow sings,
And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings. --Pope.
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3. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the
unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force
shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances
against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or
the fates were, against him.
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
--Pope.
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Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes
through our changeful sky its coming beams. --B.
Taylor.
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4. pl. [L. Fata, pl. of fatum.] (Myth.) The three goddesses,
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the
Destinies, or Parc[ae]who were supposed to determine
the course of human life. They are represented, one as
holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third
as cutting off the thread.
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Note: Among all nations it has been common to speak of fate
or destiny as a power superior to gods and men --
swaying all things irresistibly. This may be called the
fate of poets and mythologists. Philosophical fate is
the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of
eternal intelligence and the blind properties of
matter. Theological fate represents Deity as above the
laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to
his will -- the expression of that will being the law.
--Krauth-Fleming.
Syn: Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Parcae \Par"c[ae]\, n. pl. [L.]
The Fates. See Fate, 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fate \Fate\, n. [L. fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what
is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari to speak:
cf. OF. fat. See Fame, Fable, Ban, and cf. 1st Fay,
Fairy.]
1. A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed;
the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity;
the force by which all existence is determined and
conditioned.
Necessity and chance Approach not me; and what I
will is fate. --Milton.
Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent,
brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and
tyrant were alike the instruments. --Froude.
2. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined
event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin;
death.
The great, th'important day, big with the fate Of
Cato and of Rome. --Addison.
Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our
devices still are overthrown. --Shak.
The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate,
Antinous, on its wings. --Pope.
3. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the
unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force
shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances
against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or
the fates were, against him.
A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
--Pope.
Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes
through our changeful sky its coming beams. --B.
Taylor.
4. pl. [L. Fata, pl. of fatum.] (Myth.) The three goddesses,
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the
Destinies, or Parc[ae]who were supposed to determine
the course of human life. They are represented, one as
holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third
as cutting off the thread.
Note: Among all nations it has been common to speak of fate
or destiny as a power superior to gods and men --
swaying all things irresistibly. This may be called the
fate of poets and mythologists. Philosophical fate is
the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of
eternal intelligence and the blind properties of
matter. Theological fate represents Deity as above the
laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to
his will -- the expression of that will being the law.
--Krauth-Fleming.
Syn: Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Parcae
n : the 3 goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the
Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
parcae
Latin a.
(inflection of la parcus nom//voc f p ; gen//dat f s)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Parcae
n.
(lb en mythology) The Fates.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Parcae
n.
(lb en mythology) The Fates.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
parcae
Latin a.
(inflection of la parcus nom//voc f p ; gen//dat f s)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Parcae
n.
(lb en mythology) The Fates.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
parcae
Latin a.
(inflection of la parcus nom//voc f p ; gen//dat f s)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Parcae
n.
(lb en mythology) The Fates.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
Parcae /pˈɑːkiː/
Parzen
Note: Schicksalsgöttinnen der römischen Mythologie
Synonym: the Fates
From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 : [ freedict:lat-deu ]
parca (parcae )
Park
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Parcae":
Atropos, Clotho, Dame Fortune, Decuma, Fata, Fates, Fortuna,
Heaven, Lachesis, Moirai, Morta, Nona, Norns, Providence, Skuld,
Tyche, Urdur, Verthandi, Weird Sisters, Weirds
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 司命运的三女神
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