fallen

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Egypt was "fallen, fallen, fallen--fallen from her high estate;" an apathy, not unlike the stillness of death, brooded over her; literature was silent, art extinct; hope of recovery can scarcely have lingered in many bosoms.

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  1. verb Past participle of fall.

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  • Crest-fallen, the ministers then proposed simply to discharge the complaint; but the plumes which they had dropped, Pitt soon placed in his own beaver. —  Letters of Horace Walpole, v1
  • It seems the fallen is a character from a timeline known as "The War Within" and already has a toy released, here are the pics. —  Comic Book Movie
  • Possible candidates for the role of designer include: the God of Christianity; an angel -- fallen or not; Plato's demi-urge; some mystical new age force; space aliens from Alpha Centauri; time travelers; or some utterly unknown intelligent being. —  Evolution News & Views
  • The act of reading the thing may, I repeat, may help cultivate in you an articulate inwardness and an empathy with your fallen fellows - fallen, that is, just like you. —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • As the morning went on more flowers to the fallen were added. —  KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports
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  1. Formerly often written faln; past participle of fall, v.
 

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