FAIL - Definiția din dicționar
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Fail (f&ā;l) v. i.
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As the waters
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Till Lionel's issue
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2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with
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If ever they
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3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
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When earnestly they seek
Such proof, conclude they then begin to
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4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
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Had the king in his last sickness
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6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.
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Take heed now that ye
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Either my eyesight
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7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.
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Our envious foe hath
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8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps
Shall grieve him, if I
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9. 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; as, many credit unions failed in the late 1980's.
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Fail (?), v. t. 1. To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
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There shall not
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2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]
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Though that seat of earthly bliss be
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Fail, n. [OF.
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2. Death; decease. [Obs.]
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