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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fallible \Fal"li*ble\, a. [LL. fallibilis fr L. fallere to
deceive: cf F. faillible. See {Fail}.]
Liable to fail mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be
deceived; as all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes
are fallible.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fallible
adj 1: likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to
some degree" [ant: {infallible}]
2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine
beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: {frail},
{imperfect}, {weak}]
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