faile (third-person singular simple presentfailes,present participlefailing,simple past and past participlefailed)

1. Obsolete spelling offail.
   • 1566, William Adlington,The Golden Asse‎^[1]:

     And lest by her long talke she should be found to trip orfaile in her words, she filled their laps with gold, silver, and Jewels, and commanded Zephyrus to carry them away.

   • 1665 December 7 (date written; Gregorian calendar),Samuel Pepys,Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 27th, 1665”, inHenry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor,The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume V, London:George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge:Deighton Bell & Co., published1895,→OCLC,page156:

     But none can be got, which pleases him the thoughts of, for, if the Exchequer should succeede in this, his office wouldfaile.

• A-Life,A-life,ALife,Alfie,Alife,a-life,aLife,alief,alife

faile f

1. genitivesingular offail

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