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.
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A great noise; a hollow sound.
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A great noise; a hollow sound.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
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To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
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Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
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Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
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He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
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He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
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Gone.
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Gone.
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
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To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
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To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of…
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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…
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To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
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A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
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To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…
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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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A botch; a patch.
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A great noise; a hollow sound.
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A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
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The bittern.
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To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
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A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the govern…
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
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To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…
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To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
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To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the w…
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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
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Capable of being broken.
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Capable of being broken.
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of Fail
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of Fail
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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
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An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…
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A great noise; a hollow sound.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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of Dice
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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
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Gone.
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To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.
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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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