- 1. n. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. Source: opted
- 2. n. A spell or charm. Source: opted
- 3. a. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. Source: opted
- 4. a. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. Source: opted
- 5. v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. Source: opted
- 6. n. fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters Source: wordnet
- 7. adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences Source: wordnet
- 8. adj. strikingly odd or unusual Source: wordnet
- 9. 1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.] 2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] Sir W. Scott. 1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. 2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. Myself too had weird seizures. Tennyson. Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. Longfellow. Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] G. Douglas. Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. Shak. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson. Source: webster
- 10. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]Jamieson. Source: adambom
- 11. j:100 s. strikingly odd or unusual; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker Source: ecdict
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