- Chance Personified
- Fortuna (Roman); Tyche (Greek)
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Chance Personified
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Chance — (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chance comer — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chance — chanceless, adj. /chans, chahns/, n., v., chanced, chancing, adj. n. 1. the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all. 2. luck or fortune … Universalium
The last chance — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The main chance — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fortune — fortuneless, adj. /fawr cheuhn/, n., v., fortuned, fortuning. n. 1. position in life as determined by wealth: to make one s fortune. 2. wealth or riches: to lose a small fortune in bad investments. 3. great wealth; ample stock of money, property … Universalium
fortune — for•tune [[t]ˈfɔr tʃən[/t]] n. v. tuned, tun•ing 1) position in life as determined by wealth: to make one s fortune[/ex] 2) wealth; riches: lost a fortune[/ex] 3) an ample stock of material possessions: inherited a fortune[/ex] 4) chance; luck:… … From formal English to slang
fortune — /ˈfɔtʃən / (say fawchuhn), /ˈfɔtʃun/ (say fawchoohn) noun 1. position in life as determined by wealth: to make one s fortune; a man of fortune. 2. amount or stock of wealth. 3. great wealth; ample stock of wealth. 4. chance; luck. 5. (often… …
Lady Luck — (sometimes l.c.) the personification of luck as a lady bringing good or bad fortune: Lady Luck was against us and we lost the game. [1930 35] * * * lady luck, chance; good fortune: »... the large gambling casinos where adventurers have wooed lady … Useful english dictionary
TYCHE — the Greek CONCEPT of chance personified as a Goddess … Concise dictionary of Religion
