parcae
n . 司命运的三女神
司命运的三女神
Parcae n 1 :
any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny ;
identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns Parcae \
Par "
cae \,
n .
pl . [
L .]
The Fates .
See {
Fate },
4 .
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Fate \
Fate \ (
f [=
a ]
t ),
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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Necessity and chance Approach not me ;
and what I will is fate . --
Milton .
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Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent ,
brooding ,
everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments . --
Froude .
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2 .
Appointed lot ;
allotted life ;
arranged or predetermined event ;
destiny ;
especially ,
the final lot ;
doom ;
ruin ;
death .
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The great ,
th '
important day ,
big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome . --
Addison .
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Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown . --
Shak .
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The whizzing arrow sings ,
And bears thy fate ,
Antinous ,
on its wings . --
Pope .
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3 .
The element of chance in the affairs of life ;
the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events ;
fortune ;
esp .,
opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle ;
as ,
fate was ,
or the fates were ,
against him .
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate .
--
Pope .
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Sometimes an hour of Fate '
s serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams . --
B .
Taylor .
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4 .
pl . [
L .
Fata ,
pl .
of fatum .] (
Myth .)
The three goddesses ,
Clotho ,
Lachesis ,
and Atropos ,
sometimes called the {
Destinies },
or {
Parc [
ae ]}
who were supposed to determine the course of human life .
They are represented ,
one as holding the distaff ,
a second as spinning ,
and the third as cutting off the thread .
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Note :
Among all nations it has been common to speak of fate or destiny as a power superior to gods and men --
swaying all things irresistibly .
This may be called the fate of poets and mythologists .
Philosophical fate is the sum of the laws of the universe ,
the product of eternal intelligence and the blind properties of matter .
Theological fate represents Deity as above the laws of nature ,
and ordaining all things according to his will --
the expression of that will being the law .
--
Krauth -
Fleming .
Syn :
Destiny ;
lot ;
doom ;
fortune ;
chance .
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20 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Parcae ":
Atropos ,
Clotho ,
Dame Fortune ,
Decuma ,
Fata ,
Fates ,
Fortuna ,
Heaven ,
Lachesis ,
Moirai ,
Morta ,
Nona ,
Norns ,
Providence ,
Skuld ,
Tyche ,
Urdur ,
Verthandi ,
Weird Sisters ,
Weirds
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