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"Section F, G and H"

Luke x. 18.


2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a
recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters
and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on
his knees.


I fell at his feet to worship him.

Rev. xix. 10.


3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its
waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone
falls into the Mediterranean.


4. To become prostrate and dead; to die;
especially, to die by violence, as in battle.


A thousand shall fall at thy side.

Ps. xci. 7.


He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting,
fell.
Byron.


5. To cease to be active or strong; to die
away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the
wind falls.


6. To issue forth into life; to be brought
forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.

Shak.


7. To decline in power, glory, wealth, or
importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to
decline in weight, value, price etc.


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