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1 ἀγνοέω
ἀγνοέω impf. ἠγνόουν; 1 aor. ἠγνόησα; pf. ἠγνόηκα LXX; ptc. ἠγνοηκώς 3 Macc 3:9. Pass.: 1 fut. 3 sg. ἀγνοηθήσεται (Ath., R. 50, 34); plpf. 3 sg. ἠγνόητο (Ath., R. 50, 30). On the philological history s. FLindemann, SymbOsl 38, ’63, 69–75. (Hom.+)① to be uninformed about, not to know, be ignorant (of)ⓐ w. ὅτι foll. (Περὶ ὕψους 33, 3 [οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοῶ ὅτι=nor do I fail to recognize this, namely that …]; PGiss 11, 17 [118 A.D.]) Ro 2:4; 6:3; 7:1; MPol 17:2. A favorite of Paul’s is the formula οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν (cp. Theophr., CP 2, 4, 8; 3, 9, 5; PTebt 314, 3 [II A.D.] πιστεύω σε μὴ ἀγνοεῖν; Philo, Opif. M. 87 χρὴ μηδʼ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοεῖν ὅτι; Jos., Ant. 13, 354 οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοεῖν βούλομαί σε) I want you to know w. ὅτι foll. Ro 1:13; 1 Cor 10:1; cp. 2 Cl 14:2; w. περί τινος 1 Cor 12:1; 1 Th 4:13; w. ὑπέρ τινος and ὅτι foll. 2 Cor 1:8; w. acc. foll. Ro 11:25; cp. οὐ γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὰ νοήματα ἀγνοοῦμεν we are well aware of (Satan’s) designs 2 Cor 2:11 (cp. Diod S 3, 66, 4; Appian, Samn. 4 §14 [sim. Just., D. 33, 1] οὐκ ἀγνοεῖν ὅτι=know very well that; Athen. 4, 73, 172f οὐκ ἀγνοῶ … ἅ.; Wsd 12:10; Jos., Bell. 1, 608, Ant. 6, 253; 7, 217; PGM 7, 245 οὐκ ἀγνοοῦμεν); w. indir. question foll. 2 Cl 10:4; MPol 10:1. Abs. ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα I did it in ignorance 1 Ti 1:13 (TestJud 12:5; s. 4 below).ⓑ not to know w. acc. of pers. (PGiss 69, 4 Χαιρήμονα οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς; PPetr III, 53n, 4 [III B.C.]; Herm. Wr. 11, 21b ἀ. τὸν θεόν [codd. τὸ θεῖον]) or thing (SIG 336, 9 ἀ. τοὺς τῆς πόλεως νόμους; 881, 3–4; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 57, 6 [II B.C.]; Jos., Vi. 107) τοῦτον ἀγνοήσαντες Ac 13:27. τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην Ro 10:3 (here perh.=disregard, s. 2 below). παράπτωμα Hm 9:7. τὸ χάρισμα IEph 17:2; cp. MPol 11:2. Abs. ὅ ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε what you worship without knowing it (on the subject matter Maximus Tyr. 11, 5e: all sorts of philosophers ἴσασιν οὐκ ἑκόντες καὶ λέγουσιν ἄκοντες sc. τὸ θεῖον=they know and name God without intending to do so) Ac 17:23; cp. ISm 5:1. ὁ ἀγνοῶν the person who does not know it ITr 6:2. Pass. (Jos., Ant. 1, 286) ἀγνοοῦνται (the Christians) are not well known Dg 5:12; ἀγνοούμενοι (opp. ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι) 2 Cor 6:9; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ προσώπῳ ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις unknown to the congregations by face (=personally, dat. of relation B-D-F §197; manner, Rob. 530) Gal 1:22.② to pay little or no attention to, not to recognize, disregard, ignore (cp. Ro 10:3 above) εἴ τις ἀγνοεῖ, ἀγνοεῖται anyone who disregards (it), is disregarded (by God) 1 Cor 14:38 (v.l. ἀγνοείτω let that person remain ignorant.—For the juxtaposition of act. and pass. s. Alex. Aphr., Fat. 31, II/2 p. 202, 18 ἀγνοῶν καὶ ἀγνοούμενος).③ to fail to understand, w. implication of lack of capacity or ability, not to understand w. acc. τὸ ῥῆμα Mk 9:32; Lk 9:45. ἐν οἷς (=ἐν τούτοις, ἅ) ἀγνοοῦσιν βλασφημοῦντες deriding what they do not understand 2 Pt 2:12 (cp. PTebt 43, 25 [118 B.C.] ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἔν τισιν ἠγνοηκότων).④ to be unaware about one’s wrongdoing, lapse/do wrong/sin unintentionally (Isocr., X. et al.; Polyb. 1, 67, 5; Diod S 1, 70, 7 ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀγνοουμένων; 11, 16, 1 τὰ ἠγνοημένα=lapses; 17, 73, 6; Sir 5:15; 2 Macc 11:31; PTebt 23, 12 [II B.C.] τὰ προηγνοημένα the former sins; s. ἄγνοια 2 beg.) w. πλανᾶσθαι Hb 5:2 (Moffatt: ‘err through ignorance’; s. next entry and μετριοπαθέω).—LCerfaux, RAC I 186–88.—DELG s.v. γιγνώσκω 225. M-M. TW. Sv. -
2 ἀγνοέω
Aἀγνοιῇσι Od.24.218
: [tense] impf.ἠγνόουν Isoc.7.21
, etc.: [tense] fut.ἀγνοήσω B.Fr.12
, Isoc.12.251, D.32.10, 54.31: [tense] aor. , Th.2.49, etc.; [dialect] Ep.ἠγνοίησα Il.2.807
, Hes.Th. 551, [dialect] Ep. [var] contr. [ per.] 3sg.ἀγνώσασκε Od.23.95
: [tense] pf. , Alex.20.4:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. (of med. form)ἀγνοήσομαι D. 18.249
; ἀγνοηθήσομαι v.l. in Luc.JTr.5: [tense] aor. ἠγνοήθην, v. infr.: [tense] pf.ἠγνόημαι Isoc.15.171
, Pl.Lg. 797a. (This Verb implies a form ἄγνοος, = ἀγνώς 11):— not to perceive or recognize; Hom., almost always in [tense] aor.,ἄνδρ' ἀγνοιήσασ' ὑλάει Od.20.15
, cf. Th. l.c., Pl.Phdr. 228a; mostly with neg., οὐκ ἠγνοίησεν he perceived or knew well, Il. 2.807, etc.;μηδὲν ἀγνόει E.Andr. 899
.—Mostly c. acc., to be ignorant of, Hdt.4.156, S.Tr.78; ; ἑαυτοὺς ἀ. forget their former selves, D.10.74; τὴν πόλιν ἀ. not to discern the temper of the city, Id.19.231;τὸν ξένον Philostr. VA2.26
; fail to understand,τὸ ῥῆμα Ev.Marc.9.32
;περί τινος Pl.Phdr. 277d
: c. gen. pers. and rel. clause,ἀγνοοῦντες ἀλλήλων ὅ τι λέγομεν Id.Grg. 517c
: dependent clauses in part.,τίς.. ἀ. τὸν ἐκεῖθεν πόλεμον δεῦρο ἥξοντα; D.1.15
: with Conj., οὐδεὶς ἀ. ὅτι .. Id.21.156, etc.;ἀγνοῶν εἰ.. X.An.6.5.12
:—[voice] Pass., not to be known, recognized, Pl.Euthphr.4a, Hp.Ma. 294d, etc.;ἀγνοούμενα ὅπῃ.. ἀγαθά ἐστι Id.R. 506a
; ἠγνοῆσθαι ξύμπασιν ὅτι .. Id.Lg. 797a;ὑπελάμβανον ἀγνοήσεσθαι D.18.249
; καιρὸν οὐ παρεθέντα οὐδ' ἀγνοηθέντα ib.303, cf. Isoc.15.171; τὰ ἠγνοημένα unknown parts, Arr.An.7.1.4.II abs., go wrong, make a false step, first in Hp.Art.46, Antipho 5.44 (dub.l.), lsoc.8.39; part. ἀγνοῶν ignorantly, by mistake, X.An.7.3.38, Arist.EN 1110b27;ἀγνοήσαντες And.4.5
: in moral sense, to be ignorant of what is right, act amiss, Plb.5.11.5, cf. Ep.Heb.5.2:—[voice] Med., fail to recognize, Gal.14.630. -
3 ἀγνοέω
+ V 4-3-1-1-12=21 Gn 20,4; Lv 4,13; 5,18; Nm 12,11; 1 Sm 14,24not to discern, to be ignorant of, to fail to understand [τι] Gn 5,18; not to know that [ὅτι +ind.] Nm 12,11; id. [+inf.] Wis 7,12; to be ignorant of what is right, to act amiss [abs.] (in moral sense) Lv 4,13; ἀγνοῶν ignorantly, by mistake Gn 20,4οὐκ ἀγνοέω to know well Wis 12,10*Wis 19,14 τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας those who did not know corr.? τοὺς ἀγνῶτας those unknownCf. LARCHER 1985 1074-1075(Wis 19,14); WALTERS 1973 108(Wis 19,14); →NIDNTT; TWNT -
4 ἀσυνεσία
A want of understanding, stupidity, E.Ph. 1727 (lyr.), Th.1.122; opp. σύνεσις, Arist.EN 1142b34 codd. [suff] ἀσυν-ετέω, to be without understanding,τὰ μέγιστα Hp.Fract.25
, cf. LXX Ps.118(119).158, Hsch.s.v. φελγύνει:—[dialect] Aeol. [suff] ἀσυν-έτημι, fail to understand,τὰν ἀνέμων στάσιν Alc.18
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5 βόμβυξ
βόμβυξ, - υκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `silk-worm' (Arist.).Other forms: The length of the u is unknown.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: It is now known that silk was also produced in Greece (Kos and Asia Minor) before it was introduced from the east; see Hemmerdinger, Glotta 48 (1970) 65. He cites Isidorus of Sevilla on the origin of the word: Appellatus autem hoc nomine ab eo quod evacuetur cum fila generat, et aer solus in eo remanet (Etym. VII, 5, 8); an explanation which I fail to understand. So the word will indeed be of Anatolian origin, as its structure suggests. An original *p\/bamb-ūk- (with suffix - uk-, probably with long ū) would fit exactly the structure of Pre-Greek. Schrader-Nehring 2, 381ff., DNPauly 11, 347ff. See βαμβάκιον, βαμβακεύτριαι on `cotton'.Page in Frisk: 1,251Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βόμβυξ
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6 λείπω
Aἔλειπον Il.19.288
, etc.: [tense] fut.λείψω 18.11
: [tense] aor. 1 ἔλειψα, part. (= Antiph.32), elsewh. only late, Plb.12.15.12 ( παρ-), Str.6.3.10 ( παρ-), Ps.-Phoc.77 (ἀπ-), etc.; uncompounded, Ptol.Alm.10.4, Luc.Par.42, Ps.-Callisth.1.44 (cod. C); also in later Poets, Man.1.153, Opp.C.2.33, and in Inscrr., Epigr.Gr.522.16 ([place name] Thessalonica), 314.27 ([place name] Smyrna), etc.: but correct writers normally use [tense] aor. 2ἔλῐπον Il.2.35
, A.Pers. 984 (lyr.), etc.: [tense] pf.λέλοιπα Od.14.134
: [tense] plpf. ἐλελοίπειν ([dialect] Att. -η) X.Cyr.2.1.21:—[voice] Med., in prop. sense chiefly in compds.: [tense] aor. 2ἐλιπόμην Hdt.1.186
, 2.40, E.HF 169, etc. (in pass. sense, Il.11.693, al.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in pass. sense , Hdt.7.8.ά, 48; alsoλειφθήσομαι S.Ph. 1071
, λελείψομαι Il.24.742, Th.5.105, etc.: [tense] aor.ἐλείφθην, λείφθην Pi.O.2.43
; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl. : [tense] pf.λέλειμμαι Il.13.256
, Democr.228, Pl.Ti. 61a, etc.: [tense] plpf.ἐλελείμμην Il.2.700
; [dialect] Ep.λέλειπτο 10.256
: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. alsoἔλειπτο A.R.1.45
, etc.:1 leave, quit, Ἑλλάδα, δώματα, etc., Il.9.447, Od.21.116, etc.: with a neg., [σκόπελον] οὔ ποτε κύματα λείπει Il.2.396
;νιν.. χιὼν οὐδαμὰ λ. S.Ant. 830
(lyr.); χερσὶν ὕπο Τρώων λείψειν φάος ἠελίοιο, i.e. die, be killed, Il.18.11;λ. τὸν βίον ὑπό τινος Pl.Lg. 872e
; λ. βίον, βίοτον, etc., S.El. 1444, E.Hel. 226 (lyr.), etc.;αὐτόχειρι σφαγῇ λ. βίον Id.Or. 948
.b conversely,τὸν δ' ἔλιπε ψυχή Il.5.696
, Od.14.426;τὸν.. λίπε θυμός Il.4.470
;ἔπειτά με καὶ λίποι αἰών 5.685
, cf. Od.7.224;λίπε δ' ὀστέα θυμός Il.16.743
; ψυχὴ δὲ λέλοιπεν (sc. ὀστέα) Od.14.134; νῦν δ' ἤδη πάντα λέλοιπεν (sc. ἐμέ) ib. 213; in these two last passages some take it intr., is gone, v. infr. 11.2 leave behind, leave at home,παιδὶ τὸν ἐν μεγάροισιν ἔλειπες Od.13.403
, cf. Il.5.480; esp. of dying men, leave (as a legacy), Ἀτρεὺς δὲ θνῄσκων ἔλιπεν πολύαρνι Θυέστῃ [τὸσκῆπτρον] 2.106; , cf. S.Aj. 973; παῖδα ὀρφανὸν λ. ib. 653; λ. ἄρρενας, θυγατέρας, Pl.Lg. 923e, 924e;λ. εὔκλειαν ἐν δόμοισι A.Ch. 348
(lyr.):—also in [voice] Med., leave behind one (as a memorial to posterity),μνημόσυνον λιπέσθαι Hdt.1.186
, 6.109, al.;λιπέσθαι τιμωρούς E. HF 169
;διαδόχους ἐμαυτῷ Plu.Aem.36
, etc.b leave standing, leave remaining, spare,οἰκίαν οὐδεμίαν X.An.7.4.1
;μηδένα Id.HG2.3.41
, Pl.R. 567b, etc.3 leave, forsake, Il.17.13, etc.;λ. τινὰ χαμαί Pi.O.6.45
; ; τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν λ. ib. 903;λ. τὴν τάξιν Pl.Ap. 29a
, etc.; λ. ἐράνους fail in paying.., D.27.25, cf. 25.22; λ. δασμόν, φοράν, X.Cyr.3.1.1, 34; λ. μαρτυρίαν, ὅρκον, fail in.., D.49.19, 59.60, λ. δίκην allow it to go by default, SIG134b24 (Milet., iv B.C.); λοιβὰς.. οὐ λίπε neglected them not, IG3.1337.8.b conversely, λίπον ἰοὶ ἄνακτα they failed him, Od.22.119.4 Math., lose or drop something, i.e. have something subtracted from it, τὸ KP λιπὸν τὸ BO the area KP minus the area BO, Apollon.Perg.3.12, cf. Ptol.Alm. 10.4, al., Dioph.2.21.II intr., to be gone, depart, Epigr.Gr.149.2 ([place name] Rhenea); v. supr. 1.1b.2 to be wanting or missing,οὔ τί πω ἔλιπεν ἐκ τοῦδ' οἴκου.. αἰκία S.El. 514
(lyr.); (lyr.); (lyr.); λείπουσιν αἱ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς [τρίχες] Arist.HA 518a24;ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει Ev.Luc.18.22
; τί λείπει τῶν ἐπιτηδείων αὐταῖς; Plb.10.18.8; τί γάρ σοι λείπει; Arr.Epict.2.22.5, cf. Diog.Oen.64; [εἰς τὴν προκειμένην πραγματείαν] τὸ ὑφ' οὗ γίνεται.. μὴ ῥηθὲν οὐ λείπει is not needed, Marcellin.Puls.69: c. inf., λείπει μὲν οὐδ' ἃ πρόσθεν ἤδεμεν τὸ μὴ οὐ βαρύστον' εἶναι nihil absunt quin.., S.OT 1232: so c. gen.,βραχὺ λείπει τοῦ μὴ συνάπτειν Plb.2.14.6
, etc.; πρότασις τῆς προειρημένης λείπουσα ὑποθέσει a proposition containing less in the hypothesis than that aforesaid, Papp.648.1: freq. with numerals,κεφάλαιον γίγνεται μικροῦ λείποντος πέντε καὶ δέκα τάλαντα Lys.19.43
;οὐ πολὺ λεῖπον τῶν ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶν Plb.12.16.13
; : generally,παντὸς μὲν οὖν λείπει Pl.Lg. 728a
; ὁ λιπών ib. 759e; τὸ λεῖπον what is lacking, Plb.4.38.9, etc.; esp. Gramm., to be incomplete, of a phrase,λειπούσης τῆς φράσεως A.D.Adv.159.28
, al.; to be wanting, omitted,λείποντος τοῦ καί Id.Conj.225.24
: also c. dat.,λείπει ἡ κεῖνος φωνὴ τῷ ε ¯ Id.Adv.147.17
.b of the moon, to be invisible (cf. λειψιφαής), Plot.2.3.5.c λείποντα εἴδη, in Algebra, = λείψεις, negative terms, Dioph.1Def.10.B [voice] Pass., to be left, left behind,ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο Il.2.700
;οἱ δ' οἶοι λείπονται Od.22.250
, etc.; also ὀπίσσω, μετόπισθε, κατόπισθε λ., Il.3.160, 22.334, Od.21.116; παῖδες.. μετόπισθε λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, Il.24.687;μόνα.. νὼ λελειμμένα S.Ant.58
, etc.; τὸ λειπόμενον βίου (v.l. βιοτᾶς) Ariphron 1 (= IG3.171).b Math., to be subtracted: τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΦ λειφθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΑ ποιεῖ .., the square on ΔΦ subtracted from the square on ΔΑ gives.., Ptol.Alm. 10.7.2 remain, remain over and above,τριτάτη δ' ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται Il.10.253
; ;ὀλίγων σφι ἡμερέων λείπεται σιτία Hdt.9.45
;ὃ πᾶσι λ. βροτοῖς.. ἐλπίς E.Tr. 681
;αὐτόνομοι ἐλείφθημεν Th.3.11
;ἕως ἄν τι λείπηται Id.8.81
: impers., λείπεται it remains, Pl.Tht. 157e: c.acc. et inf.,πεπληρῶσθαί με Id.Phdr. 235c
.II c. gen.,1 to be left without, to be forsaken of,κτεάνων λειφθεὶς καὶ φίλων Pi.I.2.11
;σοῦ λελειμμένη S. Ant. 548
; but στρατὸν λελειμμένον δορός which has been left by the spear, i.e. not slain, A.Ag. 517.2 to be left behind in a race, Il. 23.407, 409, Od.8.125; λελειμμένος οἰῶν lingering behind the sheep, 9.448; λείπετ'.. Μενελάου δουρὸς ἐρωήν he was left a spear's throw behind Menelaus, Il.23.529; ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο he had been left behind as much as a quoit's throw, ib. 523; , cf. E.Hipp. 1244; τοῦ κήρυκος μὴ λείπεσθαι not to lag behind the herald, Th.1.131; but ἀπό τινος to be left behind by one, Il.9.437, 445; λ. βασιλέος or ἀπὸ βασιλέος by the king, Hdt.8.113, 9.66; λείπεσθαι τοῦ καιροῦ to be behind time, X.Cyr.6.3.29;τῆς ναυμαχίης Id.7.168
;τῆς ἐξόδου Id.9.19
; but, λείπου μηδὲ σύ, παρθέν', ἀπ' οἴκων fail not [to come] from the house, i.e. follow us, dub. in S. Tr. 1275 (anap.): abs., to be left behind, be absent, Hdt.7.229, 8.44.3 come short of, be inferior to, τινος, like ἐλαττοῦσθαι, ἡττᾶσθαι, ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος, because the Verb has a comp. sense, Id.7.48, etc.; οὐκ ἔσθ' ὁποίας λείπεται τόδ' ἡδονῆς falls short of.., E.Fr.138.3; λείπεσθαί τινος ἔς τι or ἔν τινι, Hdt.1.99, 7.8. ά (v. infr. 4);περί τι Plb.6.52.8
; ; ;ξύνεσιν οὐδενὸς λ. Th.6.72
;πλήθει λ. X.HG7.4.24
;πλήθει ἡμῶν λειφθέντες Id.An.7.7.31
; οὐδ' ἔτι θηρὸς ἐλείπετο δερκομένοισιν, i.e. resembled.., Epic.in Arch.Pap.7p.4: also c. gen. rei,λειφθῆναι μάχης E.Heracl. 732
;οὐδὲν σοῦ ξίφους λελείψομαι Id.Or. 1041
: Math., τὸ ἐγγραφὲν τοῦ περιγραφέντος ἐλάσσονι λείπεται the inscribed figure falls short of the circumscribed by less than.., Archim.Con.Sph.21: also c. dat. rei,λειφθῆναι μάχῃ A.Pers. 344
: c. part.,οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ λείπει γιγνώσκων X.Oec.18.5
; λέλειψαι τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων you come short of, understand not my plans, E.Or. 1085;λέλειμμαι τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν νόμων Id.Hel. 1246
: abs., to be defeated, Plb.1.62.6;ὑπό τινος AP11.224
(Antip.); λείπεσθαι ἐν [τῇ ἀγορανομίᾳ], Lat. repulsam ferre, Plu. Mar.5, etc.: abs., in part., ἄνδρας λελειμμένους inferior men, A.Fr. 37; also, the poor,IG
14.1839.7.4 to be wanting or lacking in a thing, fail of or in, c. gen.,ὀδυρμάτων ἐλείπετ' οὐδέν S.Tr. 937
;γνώμας λειπομένα σοφᾶς Id.El. 474
(lyr.); ; λελ. λόγου failing to heed my word, S.Aj. 543; μῆνας ἓξ.. λειπόμενος (sc. τῶν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν) Epigr.Gr. 519 ([place name] Thessalonica); also,λ. ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι μηδ' ὁρᾶν S.OC 495
; v. supr.3.5 to be in need of,τῆς σῆς βοηθείας A.D.Synt.289.28
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A to be in the dark about a thing, understand not, : —[voice] Pass., to be obscure, Ph.2.42,al., S.E.M.11.233, cf. 7.393; fail to appear,ἐπιμήνια-εύμενα Hp.Mul.1.2
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fail — fail1 [ feıl ] verb *** ▸ 1 be unsuccessful ▸ 2 not do something expected ▸ 3 not do well enough ▸ 4 no longer work/continue ▸ 5 lose quality/ability ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to be unsuccessful when you try to do something: Most people who… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fail — I UK [feɪl] / US verb Word forms fail : present tense I/you/we/they fail he/she/it fails present participle failing past tense failed past participle failed *** 1) a) [intransitive] to be unsuccessful when you try to do something Most people who… … English dictionary
fail — 1 /feIl/ verb 1 TRY BUT FAIL (I) to be unsuccessful in something that you want to do: Peace talks between the two countries have failed. | fail to do sth: Doctors failed to save the girl s life. | fail miserably (=be completely unsuccessful in a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
understand — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly, well ▪ completely, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, truly ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Senses Fail — playing at the O2 Academy Islington in February 2011 Background information Origin Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA … Wikipedia
How Children Fail — Infobox Book name = How Children Fail title orig = translator = image caption = author = John Holt illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = Education genre = Non fiction publisher = Pitman… … Wikipedia
I fail to see — I fail to see/understand/spoken formal phrase used for saying in an annoyed way that you do not understand something I fail to see why anybody would marry a man like that. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym… … Useful english dictionary