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[Cf. F.
fataliste.] One who maintains that all things happen by
inevitable necessity.

Fa`tal*is"tic (?), a. Implying, or
partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

Fa*tal"i*ty (?), n.;pl.
Fatalities (#). [L. fatalitas: cf. F.
fatalité] 1. The state of being
fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to,
and independent of, free and rational control.

The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed,
unalterable course of events.

South.

2. The state of being fatal; tendency to
destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.

The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the
most considerable fatality.

Ser T.
Browne.

By a strange fatality men suffer their
dissenting.

Eikon Basilike.

3. That which is decreed by fate or which is
fatal; a fatal event. Dryden.

Fa"tal*ly (?), adv.

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