FATES
\fˈe͡ɪts], \fˈeɪts], \f_ˈeɪ_t_s]\
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In anc. myth., the three goddesses or destinies supposed to preside over the life and death of every individual-named respectively Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. pl. In ancient mythology, the Destinies or Parcae, who were supposed to determine the course of human life, their names were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the first is represented as holding the distaff, the second as spinning, and the third as cutting the thread of human life.
