2. Verb. (third-person singular of fortune) ¹
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Definition of Fortunes
1. fortune [v] - See also: fortune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortunes
Literary usage of Fortunes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"CHAPTER 51 GREAT fortunes tion 1. The development of large-scale production ...
The scarcity of high business ability explains great fortunes accumulated ..."
2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Frank Hesketh Peters (1881)
"Passing now from this question to that of the cannot the fortunes of descendants
and of friends generally, the £t™"[£es doctrine that they do not affect the ..."
3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"widow with romantic fortunes. And she seems to have had several romances. I think
I have found out that there was one between her and my friend Rex. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"At a later period he followed the fortunes of Prince Rupert (Prince Rupert's ...
the fortunes of which wen' barely restored by the return of the prince. ..."
5. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to the State and Condition by William Law, Charles Bigg (1899)
"VI Containing the great obligations, and the great advantages of making a wise
and religious use of our estates and fortunes AS the holiness of Christianity ..."
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