For"tune, v. i. To fall out; to happen.
It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the
camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning.
Knolles.
For"tune*less, a. Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion.
Spenser.
For"tun*ize (?), v. t. To regulate the fortune of; to make happy.
[Obs.] Spenser.
For"ty (fÙr"t), a. [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. feÛwertig; feÛwer
four + suff. - tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G.
vierzig, Icel. fjˆrutu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwr
tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.] Four times ten;
thirty-nine and one more.
For"ty, n.; pl. Forties (-tz). 1. The sum of four tens; forty units or
objects.