Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.

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Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..
Unfailing :: Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Failure :: Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
Incognizant :: Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Miscognize :: Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
Accurate :: Accurate (a.) In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc..
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To miss of attaining; to lose.
Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
Nonsubmission :: Nonsubmission (n.) Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.
Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (v. t.) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion..
Uncomprehend :: Uncomprehend (v. t.) To fail to comprehend.
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.
Shadrach :: Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.).
Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of..
Fault :: Fault (n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.
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