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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Weird \Weird\, a. [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. [1913 Webster] Myself too had weird seizures. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas. [1913 Webster] Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. [1913 Webster] The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. --Shak. [1913 Webster]