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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