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Fall (?), v. t. 1.
To let fall; to drop. [Obs.]

For every tear he falls, a Trojan
bleeds.

Shak.

2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall
the voice. [Obs.]

3. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
[Obs.]

Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you
fall the price of your native commodities.

Locke.

4. To bring forth; as, to fall
lambs. [R.] Shak.

5. To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a
tree. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Fall, n. 1. 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.

2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an
erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a
fall.

3. Death; destruction; overthrow;
ruin.

They thy fall conspire.

Denham.

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