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1Fortune-telling — is the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through mystical or supernatural means and often for commercial gain. It often conflates with the religious practice known as divination.European and Euro American fortune… …
2try — [trī] vt. tried, trying [ME trien < OFr trier < ? VL * tritare, to cull out, grind < L tritus, pp. of terere, to rub, thresh grain: see TRITE] 1. Obs. to separate; set apart 2. a) to melt or render (fat, etc.) to get (the oil) b) to… …
3try one's fortune — index bet Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4try one's fortune — try one s luck, test one s chances …
5fortune — n. wealth 1) to accumulate, amass, make a fortune 2) to come into, inherit a fortune 3) to dissipate, run through, squander a fortune 4) an enormous, large, vast fortune 5) a family fortune luck 6) to try one s fortune 7) the (bad; good) fortune… …
6fortune — /ˈfɔtʃən / (say fawchuhn), /ˈfɔtʃun/ (say fawchoohn) noun 1. position in life as determined by wealth: to make one s fortune; a man of fortune. 2. amount or stock of wealth. 3. great wealth; ample stock of wealth. 4. chance; luck. 5. (often… …
7Fortune's Fool (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Fortune s Fool title orig = translator = author = Mercedes Lackey illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms subject = genre = Fantasy novel publisher …
8try one's luck — check to see the outcome of one s fortune …
9try his fortune — check to see what his fate will be …
10Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show) — Infobox Television caption = Wheel of Fortune Season 26 intertitle. show name = Wheel of Fortune format = Game show rating = TV g picture format = NTSC (480i), 720p 1080i (HDTV) | creator = Merv Griffin starring = Pat Sajak, host (1983 present)… …
