fail

fail is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail. As the waters fail from the sea. Job xiv. 11. Till Lionel`s issue fails, his should not reign. Shak.

[2] To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. Berke.

[3] To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. Milton.

[4] To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.

[5] To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.] Had the king in his last sickness failed. Shak.

[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. Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. Ezra iv. 22. Either my eyesight fails, or thou look`st pale. Shak.

[7] To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated. Our envious foe hath failed. Milton.

[8] To err in judgment; to be mistaken. Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not. Milton.

[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.