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Fail (?), v. t. 1.
To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to
desert.

There shall not fail thee a man on the
throne.

2. To miss of attaining; to lose.
[R.]

Though that seat of earthly bliss be
failed.

Fail, n. [OF. faille, from
failir. See Fail, v. i.]
1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; --
mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the
phrase without fail. "His highness' fail of
issue." Shak.

2. Death; decease. [Obs.]
Shak.

Fail"ance (?), n. [Of.
faillance, fr. faillir.] Fault; failure;
omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

Fail"ing, n. 1. A
failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency;
imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental
failing.


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