FPage 15
- English Word Fall Definition To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
- English Word Fall Definition To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
- English Word Fall Definition To come; to occur; to arrive.
- English Word Fall Definition To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
- English Word Fall Definition To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
- English Word Fall Definition To belong or appertain.
- English Word Fall Definition To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.
- English Word Fall Definition To let fall; to drop.
- English Word Fall Definition To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
- English Word Fall Definition To diminish; to lessen or lower.
- English Word Fall Definition To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
- English Word Fall Definition To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
- English Word Fall Definition The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.
- English Word Fall Definition The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
- English Word Fall Definition Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
- English Word Fall Definition Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
- English Word Fall Definition The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.
- English Word Fall Definition Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
- English Word Fall Definition A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.
- English Word Fall Definition Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
- English Word Fall Definition Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
- English Word Fall Definition The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.
- English Word Fall Definition Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
- English Word Fall Definition The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
- English Word Fall Definition That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
- English Word Fall Definition The act of felling or cutting down.
- English Word Fall Definition Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.
- English Word Fall Definition Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.
- English Word Fall Definition That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
- English Word Fallacies Definition of Fallacy