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"Section F, G and H"

i. To grow fat, plump, and
fleshy.


An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a
young one.
Mortimer.


Fa"tal, a. [L. fatalis, fr.
fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate.]
1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or
destiny; necessary; inevitable.
[R.]


These thing are fatal and
necessary.
Tillotson.


It was fatal to the king to fight for his
money.
Bacon.


2. Foreboding death or great disaster.
[R.]


That fatal screech owl to our house

That nothing sung but death to us and ours.

Shak.


3. Causing death or destruction; deadly;
mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a
fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal
error.


Fa"tal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F.
fatalisme.] The doctrine that all things are subject to
fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.


Fa"tal*ist (?), n.


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