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   Weird , n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weorðan to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. urðr. √143. See Worth to become.]
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   Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
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   A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.]
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Weird, a.
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   Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
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   Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
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   Myself too had weird seizures.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
   Longfellow.
   
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   Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.]
   G. Douglas.
   
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   ☞ Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.
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   The weird sisters, hand in hand,
   Posters of the sea and land.
   Shak.
   
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   Weird, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]
   Jamieson.
   
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