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To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. [Obs.] Spenser.

e as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak. A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. Shak. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Matt. vii. 25.

To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. Shak.

To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend. [Obs.] Fortune friends the bold. Spenser.

Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.

Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. "Frugal fare." Dryden.

Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. [Obs.] "O giglot fortune!" Shak.

Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.

ough a surgical operation or a tedious illness. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang]

Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.

mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that she died for grief of it. Addison.

A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.] Every grise of fortune Is smoothed by that below. Shak.

nd are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany. Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. Shak.

r comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. Chaucer. Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser. Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney. Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills w…

By good fortune; fortunately; luckily. Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. Waller.

Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen. Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them. Boyle.

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

weight. -- To hold one's peace, to keep silence.- To hold out. (a) To extend; to offer. "Fortune holds out these to you as rewards." B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. "He can not long hold out these pangs." Shak. -- To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to s…