Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails..

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Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege..
Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Agalaxy :: Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Flunk :: Flunk (v. t.) To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty..
Sorehead :: Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like..
Nonconformity :: Nonconformity (n.) Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship..
Nonarrival :: Nonarrival (n.) Failure to arrive.
Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
Fault :: Fault (n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) 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..
Connive :: Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at..
Failure :: Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business..
Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..
Unforesee :: Unforesee (v. t.) To fail to foresee.
Nonpresentation :: Nonpresentation (n.) Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
Failure :: Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..
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