Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

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Failance :: Failance (n.) Fault; failure; omission.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..
Inexhaustible :: Inexhaustible (a.) Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words..
Nondevelopment :: Nondevelopment (n.) Failure or lack of development.
Miscarriageable :: Miscarriageable (a.) Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail.
Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..
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..
Condition :: Condition (n.) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study..
Nondelivery :: Nondelivery (n.) A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.
Fault :: Fault (n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Nonarrival :: Nonarrival (n.) Failure to arrive.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Failed :: Failed (imp. & p. p.) of Fai.
Failing :: Failing (n.) The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Remiss :: Remiss (n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.
Forgetfulness :: Forgetfulness (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty..
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