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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fail \Fail\, v. t.
1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
to desert.
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There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. --1
Kings ii. 4.
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2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]
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Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.]
1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase
without fail. "His highness' fail of issue." --Shak.
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2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fail \Fail\ (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Failed} (f[=a]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Failing}.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum,
to deceive, akin to E. fall. See {Fail}, and cf. {Fallacy},
{False}, {Fault}.]
1. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in
any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be
furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be
altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams
fail; crops fail.
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As the waters fail from the sea. --Job xiv. 11.
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Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
--Shak.
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2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
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If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
attributed to their size. --Berke.
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3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
to sink.
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When earnestly they seek
Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.
--Milton.
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4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
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Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
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6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not
to fulfill expectation.
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Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
iv. 22.
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Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
--Shak.
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7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
to be baffled or frusrated.
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Our envious foe hath failed. --Milton.
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8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps
Shall grieve him, if I fail not. --Milton.
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9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business
obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent; as, many
credit unions failed in the late 1980's.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
fail
v 1: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to
notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The
secretary failed to call the customer and the company
lost the account" [syn: {neglect}]
2: be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?";
"The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
[syn: {go wrong}, {miscarry}] [ant: {succeed}]
3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His
sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength
finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the
crisis" [syn: {betray}]
4: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went";
"The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke
down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The
engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went
after the accident" [syn: {go bad}, {give way}, {die},
{give out}, {conk out}, {go}, {break}, {break down}]
5: be unable; "I fail to understand your motives" [ant: {pull
off}]
6: judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students" [ant:
{pass}]
7: fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed
nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: {flunk},
{bomb}, {flush it}] [ant: {pass}]
8: fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her
obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail
his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
9: become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;
"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired
cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
10: prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed
after a long drought" [syn: {run out}, {give out}]
11: get worse; "Her health is declining"
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