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Webster 1913 Edition

Fatal

Fa′tal

,
Adj.
[L.
fatalis
, fr.
fatum
: cf. F.
fatal
. See
Fate
.]
1.
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
[R.]
These thing are
fatal
and necessary.
Tillotson.
It was
fatal
to the king to fight for his money.
Bacon.
2.
Foreboding death or great disaster.
[R.]
That
fatal
screech owl to our house
That nothing sung but death to us and ours.
Shakespeare
3.
Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous;
as, a
fatal
wound; a
fatal
disease; a
fatal
day; a
fatal
error.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fatal

FA'TAL

,
Adj.
[L. fatalis. See Fate.]
1.
Proceeding from fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
These things are fatal and necessary.
2.
Appointed by fate or destiny.
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money.
In the foregoing senses the word is now little used.
3.
Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; as a fatal wound; a fatal disease.
4.
Destructive; calamitous; as a fatal day; a fatal event.

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