Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails..

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Unfailing :: Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
Unforesee :: Unforesee (v. t.) To fail to foresee.
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..
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To miss of attaining; to lose.
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous..
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Immortification :: Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.
Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security..
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..
Nonproficiency :: Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.
Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
Winder :: Winder (v. i.) To wither; to fail.
Unintermission :: Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.
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..
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.
Incognizant :: Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
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