"faile" meaning in English

See faile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: failes [present, singular, third-person], failing [participle, present], failed [participle, past], failed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} faile (third-person singular simple present failes, present participle failing, simple past and past participle failed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of fail. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: fail
    Sense id: en-faile-en-verb-6tbMx2K7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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