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fall•en



Pronunciation: (fô'lun), [key]
—v.
pp. of fall.

—adj.
1. having dropped or come down from a higher place, from an upright position, or from a higher level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc.
2. on the ground; prostrate; down flat: Exhausted, the racers lay fallen by the road.
3. degraded or immoral.
4. (of a woman) having lost her chastity.
5. overthrown, destroyed, or conquered: a fallen city.
6. dead: fallen troops.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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