a. [ L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate. ] 1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That fatal screech owl to our house
That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fatalisme. ] The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fataliste. ] One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility. [ 1913 Webster ]

The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. Ser T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a manner resulting in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being fatal. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]