fallen: Meaning and Definition of

fall•en

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