Fall, fawl, v.n

to drop from a higher place by the power of gravity; to drop from an erect posture; to disc discharge itself; to lapse from faith or rectitude; to die by plague or sword; to come to anend suddenly; to sink into disgrace or misery; to decline in power, wealth, or glory; to pa into worse state; to come; to sink; to be diminished in weight or value; not to amount to the full; to be rejected; to decline from violence to calmne ; to pa into a new state; to sink in to an air of dejection,discontent,anger,sorrow, or shame; to befall; to light on; to a ail; to come unexpectedly; torush or hurry to; to pa bechance, lot,distribution, inheritance, or otherwise,as po e ion or property; to become the property of; to be uttered carele ly; to become feeble or faint; to be brought forth; to i ue; to terminate: v.a. to sink or depre ; to diminish; to bring forth; to fell; to cut down [U.S.] To fall aboard of, to strike against, as one ve el coming into collision with another [Naut.] To fall astern, to drop rearward [Naut.) To fallaway, to lose flesh; to pine; to renounce allegiance; to revolt; to renounce the faith; to apostatize; to sink into wickedne ; to perish; to be lost; to fade: to languish. To fall back, to recede; to give way; not to fulfil. To fall calm, to become calm. To fall down, to prostrate one's elfin worship;to drop to the ground; tobow down as a suppliant; to sail or pa toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. Tofall foul, to attack; to make an a ault. To fall from, to depart from; not to adhere to, as an agreement; to depart from allegiance or duty. To fall in, to agree with; to comply; to join, as a proce ion. To fall in with,to meet, as aship; also to discover or come near, as land. To fall off, to withdraw; to die away; to withdraw from the faith or from allegiance or duty; to abandon; to drop; to depreciate; to become le valuable or interesting, as a periodical. To fall on, to begin suddenly and eagerly; to a ail; to drop on; to descend on. To fall out, to quarrel; to happen. To fall over, to desert from one side to another; to fall beyond. To fall short, to be deficient. To fall to, to begin hastily and eagerly; to apply one's self to. To fall under, to come under or within the limits of; to be subjected to; to become the subject of; to come within; to be ranged or reckoned with (A.S. fallen).