See Also: Fault(medicine)
At-Fault(law)
no-fault(dictionary)
fault(encyclopedia)
fault(2)(dictionary)
fault(1)(dictionary)
fault 1, noun(dictionary)
NO-FAULT DIVORCE(law)
fault 2, verb(dictionary)
fault-tolerant(dictionary)

fault(2) (iou)



fault verb. LME.
[from the noun. Perh. also infl. by Old French fauter.]
verb intrans. Be wanting or absent. LME-E16.
verb intrans. Come short of an accepted standard, fail. Long rare. LME.
verb intrans. Commit a fault; go or do wrong; offend. (Foll. by against, to, toward.) arch. LME.
T. Cartwright He that marrieth another, faulteth against the former wife. Browning Had I died for thee I had faulted more.
verb trans. Find fault with, blame, censure. LME.
American Speech Of all the productions of the publishing world, dictionaries are..the most likely to be faulted by reviewers.
b. Declare to be or mark as faulty. L16.
Spectator His final conclusion at least cannot be faulted.
verb trans. Stand in need of, lack. LME-L15.
verb intrans. Be deficient or lacking in. E16-E17.
verb intrans. Make a mistake, blunder. M16-M18.
Chesterfield His tongue stammering and faulting.
verb trans. Geology. Cause a fault or faults in; break the continuity of (a stratum etc.). Chiefly as faulted ppl adjective, faulting verbal noun. M19.
faulting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) Geology an instance of causing a fault or faults, a break in the continuity of a stratum etc.: LME.
faulture noun (rare) something blemished or imperfect, a failing, (the commission of) an error E19.