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fateful definition

fate·ful (-fəl)

adjective

  1. revealing what is to come; prophetic
  2. having important consequences; significant; decisive
  3. controlled as if by fate
  4. Obsolete bringing death or destruction

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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