v. t. To befall. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I wish all good befortune you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See Bear to support, and cf. Fortuitous. ]
'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fortune book,
Fortune hunter,
Fortune teller,
Fortune telling,
v. t. [ OF. fortuner, L. fortunare. See Fortune, n. ]
v. i. To fall out; to happen. [ 1913 Webster ]
It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. small genus of shrubs called kumquats, native to South China, producing small ovoid orangelike fruits called
n. a person who claims to be able to foretell events in the future of another person.
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n. [ L. infortunium. See In- not, and Fortune. ] Misfortune. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unfortunate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. [ 1913 Webster ]
Consider why the change was wrought,
You 'll find his misfortune, not his fault. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unfortunate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]