FPage 10
- English Word Failing Definition The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
- English Word Faille Definition A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
- English Word Failure Definition Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
- English Word Failure Definition Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
- English Word Failure Definition Want of success; the state of having failed.
- English Word Failure Definition Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
- English Word Failure Definition A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
- English Word Failure Definition A failing; a slight fault.
- English Word Fain Definition Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
- English Word Fain Definition Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.
- English Word Fain Definition With joy; gladly; -- with wold.
- English Word Fain Definition To be glad ; to wish or desire.
- English Word Faineant Definition A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
- English Word Faineant Definition Doing nothing; shiftless.
- English Word Faint Definition Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
- English Word Faint Definition To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
- English Word Faint Definition To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- English Word Faint Definition To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- English Word Faint Definition To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.
- English Word Faint Definition The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
- English Word Faint Definition Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
- English Word Faint Definition Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
- English Word Faint Definition Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
- English Word Fainted Definition of Faint
- English Word Fainthearted Definition Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
- English Word Fainting Definition of Faint
- English Word Fainting Definition Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.
- English Word Faintish Definition Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
- English Word Faintling Definition Timorous; feeble-minded.
- English Word Faintly Definition In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.