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fault

/fɔlt/ verb C2
  1. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone. (transitive)
  2. To fracture. (intransitive)
  3. To commit a mistake or error. (intransitive)
  4. To undergo a page fault. (intransitive)

He/she/it faults · Past faulted · Past participle faulted · -ing form faulting

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Verb forms

Base form
fault
He/she/it
faults
Past
faulted
Past participle
faulted
-ing form
faulting

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More I cannot do; but if ye will, I can save ye the shame that comes of killing a brother against whom there is no fault--a brother spoken for and bought into the Pack according to the Law of the Jungle.”
The Jungle Book, p. 24 · B2
“But for all that, it is the fault of this new-grown timber.
The Jungle Book, p. 43 · B2
So if I am starved or killed here, it will be all my own fault.
The Jungle Book, p. 50 · B2
“It’s too bad; but it certainly wasn’t my fault, you see, Miss Cuthbert.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 56 · C1

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