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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Want :: Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..
Fault :: Fault (n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.
Repine :: Repine (v. i.) To fail; to wane.
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..
Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) Refusal or failure to comply.
Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty..
Nonclaim :: Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
Missuccess :: Missuccess (n.) Failure.
Irrecognition :: Irrecognition (n.) A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.
Disagree :: Disagree (v. i.) To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
Sure :: Sure (superl.) Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
Noncompletion :: Noncompletion (n.) Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
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..
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin..
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Default :: Default (v. t.) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against..
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