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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
fail .
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Examples
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Thou failest not of this, O one-eye269 of ill-omen!
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“Again,” cried he, with a look at once stern and disappointed, “again thou failest me? what wanton trifling! why shouldst thou thus elate a worn-out mind, only to make it feel its lingering credulity? or why, teaching me to think I had found an angel, so unkindly undeceive me?”
Cecilia 2008
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First, my son, I exhort thee give good heed to heaven's will, lest from slighting it thou suffer shipwreck; for in this one single point thou failest, though well-advised in all else.
The Suppliants 2008
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First, my son, I exhort thee give good heed to heaven's will, lest from slighting it thou suffer shipwreck; for in this one single point thou failest, though well-advised in all else.
The Suppliants 2008
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Were it only that thou hast resolved, six to one thou failest.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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But, nevertheless, the devil and thy time of life are against thee: and six to one thou failest.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Pedro, I am a woman as others are, and subject to the same desires, as (by nature) attendeth on flesh and blood: looke how thou failest in kindnesse towards me, thinke it not amisse, if I doe the like to thee, and endeavour thou to win the worthy title of a Father, because I was made to be a Mother.
The Decameron 2004
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And if thou failest to do so, there is a day of retribution.
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He is unchangeable in his purposes, faithful in his promises, and will put forth the ‘exceeding greatness of his power’ for the accomplishment of them; so that though thou failest, he will cause thee to renew thy strength, though thou fallest, thou shalt not be cast down.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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Happeneth it ever, O monarch, that from covetousness or folly or pride thou failest to decide between the plaintiff and the defendant who have come to thee?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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