Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
FORTUNE
I. noun see: bear
Date: 14th century
a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably, accident , incident ,
3. prosperity attained partly through luck ; success , luck 1, the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life) , destiny , fate ,
5. riches , wealth , a store of material possessions , a very large sum of money ,
II. verb (fortuned; fortuning)
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to give good or bad fortune to, to endow with a fortune, intransitive verb happen , chance