pret. fell; pp. fallen.

To drop from a higher place; to descend by the power of gravity alone. Rain falls from the clouds; a man falls from his horse; ripe fruits fall from trees; an ox falls into a pit. I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke 10:18.

To drop from an erect posture. I fell at his feet to worship him. Revelation 19:10.

To disembogue; to pass at the outlet; to flow out of its channel into a pond, lake or sea, as a river. The Rhone falls into the Mediterranean sea. The Danube falls into the Euxine. The Mississippi falls into the gulf of Mexico.

To depart from the faith, or from rectitude; to apostatize. Adam fell by eating the forbidden fruit. Labor to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Hebrews 4:11.

To die; particularly by violence. Ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Leviticus 26:7. A thousand shall fall at thy side. Psalm 97:7.

To come to an end suddenly; to vanish; to perish. The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished.

To be degraded; to sink into disrepute or disgrace; to be plunged into misery; as, to fall from an elevated station, or from a prosperous state.

To decline in power, wealth or glory; to sink into weakness; to be overthrown or ruined. This is the renowned Tyre; but oh, how fallen. Heaven and earth will witness, if Rome must fall, that we are innocent.

To pass into a worse state than the former; to come; as, to fall into difficulties; to fall under censure of imputation; to fall into error or absurdity; to fall into a snare. In these and similar phrases, the sense of suddenness, accident or ignorance is often implied; but not always.

To sink; to be lowered. The mercury in a thermometer rises and falls with the increase and diminution of heat. The water of a river rises and falls. The tide falls.

To decrease; to be diminished in weight or value. The price of goods falls with plenty and rises with scarcity. Pliny tells us, the as fell from a pound to two ounces in the first Punic war.

To sink; not to amount to the full. The greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation.

To be rejected; to sink into disrepute. This book must stand or fall with thee.

To decline from violence to calmness from intensity to remission. The wind falls and a calm succeeds. At length her fury fell.

To pass into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall distracted; to fall sick; to fall into rage or passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.

To sink into an air of dejection, discontent, anger, sorrow or shame; applied to the countenance or look. Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Genesis 4:5. I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.

To happen; to befall; to come. Since this fortune falls to you.

To light on; to come by chance. The Romans fell on this model by chance.

To come; to rush on; to assail. Fear and dread shall fall on them. Exodus 15:16. And fear fell on them all. Acts 79:77.