12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
13. 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.
14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
The Romans fell on this model by chance.
Swift.
Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall.
Ruth. iii. 18.
They do not make laws, they fall into customs.
H. Spencer. 15. To come; to occur; to arrive.
The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten
days sooner.
Holder. 16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
Jowett 17. 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.
18. To belong or appertain.
If to her share some female errors fall,
Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Pope. 19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur
fell from him.
To fall abroad of (Naut.), to strike against; — applied to one vessel coming into collision with another.
— To fall among, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly. — To fall astern (Naut.), to move
or be driven backward; to be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a current, or when outsailed
by another. — To fall away. (a) To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine. (b) To renounce
or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel. (c) To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize. "These . . .
for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." Luke viii. 13. (d) To perish; to vanish; to be
lost. "How . . . can the soul . . . fall away into nothing?" Addison. (e) To decline gradually; to fade; to
languish, or become faint. "One color falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly." Addison.
— To fall back. (a) To recede or retreat; to give way. (b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not
to fulfill. — To fall back upon. (a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a stronger position in the rear, as
to a fort or a supporting body of troops). (b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some available
expedient or support). — To fall calm, to cease to blow; to become calm. — To fall down. (a) To
prostrate one's self in worship. "All kings shall fall down before him." Ps. lxxii. 11. (b) To sink; to come
to the ground. "Down fell the beauteous youth." Dryden. (c) To bend or bow, as a suppliant. (d) (Naut.)
To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. — To fall flat, to produce no response or
result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat. — To fall foul of. (a) (Naut.) To have a
collision with; to become entangled with (b) To attack; to make an assault upon. — To fall from, to
recede or depart from; not to adhere to; as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from allegiance
or duty. — To fall from grace (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from the faith. — To fall home (Ship
Carp.), to curve inward; — said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a
perpendicular. — To fall in. (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in. (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper
or assigned place in line; as, to fall in on the right. (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on
the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long received, fell in. (d) To become operative.
"The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in." Macaulay. — To fall
