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2. In a manner issuing in death or ruin;
mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or
wounded.

Fa"tal*ness, n. Quality of being
fatal. Johnson.

||Fa"ta Mor*ga"na (?). [It.; -- so called because this
phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata)
of the name of Morgána. See Fairy.] A kind
of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted,
displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits
of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.

Fat"back` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
The menhaden.

Fat"-brained` (?), a. Dull of
apprehension.

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.


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