Meaning

(chiefly in the plural, now very rare) A change, as of fortune..

Example Sentences

While to your ears, a father does unfold / The various scenes by turns which checquer'd o'er / My life, vicissities of bliss and woe. / When our offended Maker deem'd to cheer / Offending man, with promises of love, / And reconciling mercy, tell me, Eve, / Associate dear, in fortune's every change, / …

It is well enough known that species of the lower forms of plant life, such as ferns and mosses amid the vicissities of change of situation, have spread over both hemispheres without such a departure from the central type as would constitute a distinct species; but is this true as regards higher forms, such as cycads and conifers?

Thomas Jefferson Gentry, an aspiring young lawyer, becomes a protege of Tammany, experiences all the vicissities of politics, and throws himself upon the mercies of Peggy McShane, a blue-eyed Irish lass, who heroically accepts him.

Seeing things thus will have their course, their appointed changes and vicissities, no contrivance or labor of men can prevent it.

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• vicissities

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Use vicissity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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