transitive. Not to have, to be without; to be deficient in; to lack. Now chiefly Scottish.

transitive. To be without, not to have, lack; to cease to have, lose. Now usually in progressive tenses. Also (occasionally) intransitive.

transitive. To be without; to want, lack, need; to be deprived of, to lose.

to fail of: = 7.

transitive. To be without, not to have; to have too little of; to be destitute of or deficient in.

transitive. To stand in need of, lack, want, be deficient in. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be wanting or deficient in (an essential quality or part).

To come short of, lack. Obsolete.

intransitive. To have a lack of; to be deprived of. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. to want of: not to have, to be without; to be deficient in; to lack. Obsolete.

transitive. To be without, lack.

To be deficient in, to be lacking in. Obsolete.

intransitive. Used in various senses of fail, v. (the prefix adding little to the force of the word). to defail of: to lack, want.

intransitive. to want for: (in negative constructions with not, never, etc.) to suffer from the want of, to be without, to lack. Frequently in to w…

with of: To put or keep on short allowance of; to keep (one) short of; to abridge or deprive of. In passive, to be in want of, have only a scant…

transitive. To lack (something requisite for completeness or sufficiency); to be wanting or deficient in; also absol.

passive. To be destitute of, or badly off for.

to bate of. to be deficient in.