Faileとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

faile (三人称単数 現在形 failes, 現在分詞 failing, 過去形および過去分詞形 failed)

1. Obsolete spelling of fail
   • 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse‎^[1]:

     And lest by her long talke she should be found to trip or faile in her words, she filled their laps with gold, silver, and Jewels, and commanded Zephyrus to carry them away.

   • 1665 December 7, Samuel Pepys; Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 27th, 1665 [Julian calendar]”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume V, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, OCLC 1016700617, page 156:

     But none can be got, which pleases him the thoughts of, for, if the Exchequer should succeede in this, his office would faile.