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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 Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase without fail.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. [1913 Webster] 2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. --1 Kings ii. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.] [1913 Webster] Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] As the waters fail from the sea. --Job xiv. 11. [1913 Webster] Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. [1913 Webster] If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. --Berke. [1913 Webster] 3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. [1913 Webster] When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails. [1913 Webster] 5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra iv. 22. [1913 Webster] Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired; to be baffled or frusrated. [1913 Webster] Our envious foe hath failed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken. [1913 Webster] Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: {fail}, {neglect}] 2: be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" [syn: {fail}, {go wrong}, {miscarry}] [ant: {bring home the bacon}, {come through}, {deliver the goods}, {succeed}, {win}] 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: {fail}, {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: {fail}, {go bad}, {give way}, {die}, {give out}, {conk out}, {go}, {break}, {break down}] 5: be unable; "I fail to understand your motives" [ant: {bring off}, {carry off}, {manage}, {negociate}, {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: {fail}, {flunk}, {bomb}, {flush it}] [ant: {make it}, {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: {fail}, {run out}, {give out}] 11: get worse; "Her health is declining"