Part 4139

<hw>Fail"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fail</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; <as>as, <ex>failure</ex> of rain; <ex>failure</ex> of crops.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Omission; nonperformance; <as>as, the <ex>failure</ex> to keep a promise</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Want of success; the state of having failed.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Decau, or defect from decay; deterioration; <as>as, the <ex>failure</ex> of memory or of sight</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; <as>as, <ex>failure</ex> in business</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A failing; a slight fault.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fain</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fain</ets>, <ets>fagen</ets>, AS. <ets>f\'91gen</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fagan</ets>, Icel. <ets>faginn</ets> glad; AS. <ets>f\'91gnian</ets> to rejoice, OS. <ets>fagan&omac;n</ets>, Icel. <ets>fagna</ets>, Goth. <ets>fagin&omac;n</ets>, cf. Goth. <ets>fah&emac;ds</ets> joy; and fr. the same root as E. <ets>fair</ets>. Srr <er>Fair</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Fawn</er> to court favor.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.</def>

<blockquote>Men and birds are <b>fain</b> of climbing high. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To a busy man, temptation is <b>fain</b>to climb up together with his business. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The learned Castalio was <b>fain</b> to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fain</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With joy; gladly; -- with <i>wold</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He would <b>fain</b> have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. <i>Luke xv. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Fain</b> Would I woo her, yet I dare not. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fain</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To be glad ; to wish or desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Whoso fair thing does <b>fain</b> to see. <i>Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fain\'82ant</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fai`n\'82`ant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F.; <ets>fait</ets> he does + <ets>n\'82ant</ets> nothing.]</ety> <def>Doing nothing; shiftless.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.</def></def2>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Faint</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Faint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fainter</er> <tt>(-?r)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Faintest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>faint</ets>, <ets>feint</ets>, false, faint, F. <ets>feint</ets>, p.p. of <ets>feindre</ets> to feign, suppose, hesitate. See <er>Faign</er>, and cf. <er>Feint</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; <as>as, <ex>faint</ex> with fatigue, hunger, or thirst</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; <as>as, "<ex>Faint</ex> heart ne'er won fair lady</as>."</def>

<i>Old Proverb.</i>