defail

English

Etymology

French défaillir to fail; prefix dé- (Latin de) + faillir. See fail, and compare default.

Verb

defail (third-person singular simple present defails, present participle defailing, simple past and past participle defailed)

  1. (obsolete) To fail, or cause to fail.

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