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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[LL.

fallibilis

, fr. L.

fallere

to deceive: cf. F.

faillible

. See

Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived;

as, all men are

fallible

; our opinions and hopes are

fallible

Adj.

[L. fallo, to deceive.]

Liable to fail or mistake; that may err or be deceived in judgment. All men are fallible.

Liable to error; that may deceive. Our judgments, our faculties, our opinions are fallible; our hopes are fallible.