fault
/fɔlt/ verb C2- To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- To fracture.
- To commit a mistake or error.
- To undergo a page fault.
He/she/it faults · Past faulted · Past participle faulted · -ing form faulting
Verb forms
- Base form
- fault
- He/she/it
- faults
- Past
- faulted
- Past participle
- faulted
- -ing form
- faulting
From the library
“Never mind, dearest mother,” said a young and lovely girl, with a profusion of light brown hair, and eyes that seemed to float in liquid crystal, “’tis all my fault for seizing upon M.
“Ah, Danglars!” whispered Caderousse, “you have deceived me—the trick you spoke of last night has been played; but I cannot suffer a poor old man or an innocent girl to die of grief through your fault.
The Hound looked up and said, “It was not my fault master: my spirit was as good as ever, but I could not help my infirmities.
The count smiled as if the child bade fair to realize his hopes, while Madame de Villefort reprimanded her son with a gentleness and moderation very far from conveying the least idea of a fault having been committed.
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