What is to perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.] Had the king in his last sickness failed. Shak called?
fail — To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.] Had the king in his last sickness failed. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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