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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Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
Disprovide :: Disprovide (v. t.) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
Nonproficiency :: Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.
Unlikely :: Unlikely (a.) Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case..
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Blot :: Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
Fiasco :: Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking..
Undeserve :: Undeserve (v. t.) To fail to deserve.
Disremember :: Disremember (v. t.) To fail to remember; to forget.
Miscognize :: Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
Backcast :: Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse..
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin..
Mismanagement :: Mismanagement (n.) Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.
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..
Impunctuality :: Impunctuality (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality..
Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
Bezoar :: Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea..
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