verb
- present participle of fortune; to happen by chance or luck; to occur fortuitously
- present participle of fortune; to tell someone's fortune; to predict future events
Usage: archaic or literary; often used in the phrase 'what fortuned' meaning 'what happened'
Usage: archaic; related to divination or fortune-telling
noun
- the act or practice of telling fortunes; divination
Usage: archaic or rare
Examples
- What fortuning brought them together at that moment remains a mystery.
- The old woman made her living by fortuning for curious travelers.
- In medieval tales, fortuning was considered a mystical art.
- By fortuning, she claimed to see glimpses of the future.
- The fortuning of events led to an unexpected outcome.