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  • 21bring — /brɪŋ / (say bring) verb (t) (brought, bringing) 1. to cause to come with oneself; take along to the place or person sought; conduct or convey. 2. to cause to come, as to a recipient or possessor, to the mind or knowledge, into a particular… …

  • 22Defail — De*fail , v. t. [F. d[ e]faillir to fail; pref. d[ e] (L. de) + faillir. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] To cause to fail. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23failure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nonperformance Nouns 1. failure, unsuccessfulness, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, abortion, miscarriage, malfunction, outage; bankruptcy (see nonpayment); labor in vain; no go; inefficacy;… …

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  • 24Trip — Trip, v. t. 1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling. [1913… …

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  • 25trip up — Trip Trip, v. t. 1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling. [1913… …

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  • 26trip — /trɪp / (say trip) noun 1. a journey or voyage. 2. a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, or the like, between two points. 3. a journey made for pleasure; excursion. 4. Colloquial a quantity of LSD prepared in some form for sale. 5.… …

  • 27trip — trip1 /trip/, n., v., tripped, tripping. n. 1. a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris. 2. a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, bus, or the like, between two points: It s a short trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia. 3. See round… …

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  • 28trip — [[t]trɪp[/t]] n. v. tripped, trip•ping 1) a traveling from one place to another; journey or voyage 2) a journey or run made by a boat, train, or the like, between two points 3) a single course of travel taken as part of one s duty, work, etc.: my …

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  • 29Fault-tolerant computer systems — are systems designed around the concepts of fault tolerance. In essence, they have to be able to keep working to a level of satisfaction in the presence of faults. Types of fault tolerance Most fault tolerant computer systems are designed to be… …

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  • 30trip — I. v. n. 1. Skip, hop, step quickly, dance, foot it. 2. Stumble, lose footing, make a false step, make a false movement. 3. Fail, mistake, err, be at fault, come short, commit an offence, bungle, blunder. II. v. a. 1. Supplant, throw off the… …

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