Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

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Connive :: Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at..
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Delinquently :: Delinquently (adv.) So as to fail in duty.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To miss of attaining; to lose.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
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.).
Failure :: Failure (n.) Want of success; the state of having failed.
Crash :: Crash (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise..
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.
Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..
Scant :: Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants..
Misobserver :: Misobserver (n.) One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Instability :: Instability (n.) The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..
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