Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Fateful
Fate′ful (fāt′fụl), a. . Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. "The fateful steel." J. Barlow.
2. Significant of fate; ominous.
The fateful cawings of the crow. Longfellow.
— Fate′ful·ly, adv.-Fate′ful·ness, n.