Definition of fail

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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..

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Well :: Well (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered..
Forgetfulness :: Forgetfulness (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty..
Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..
Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..
Missuccess :: Missuccess (n.) Failure.
Cessavit :: Cessavit (n.) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
Nondevelopment :: Nondevelopment (n.) Failure or lack of development.
Nonclaim :: Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
Nondeposition :: Nondeposition (n.) A failure to deposit or throw down.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Nondiscovery :: Nondiscovery (n.) Want or failure of discovery.
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Sorehead :: Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like..
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..
Vail :: Vail (v. t.) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
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..
Misfortune :: Misfortune (v. i.) To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
Winder :: Winder (v. i.) To wither; to fail.
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