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fell verb Past participle of fall. 

1774 Dunmore's War 231 It has fell out extremely unlucky, that both them Gentlemens ranging Stations, was very thin when [the] Indians came. 1863 Thompson CW Letters (May 24) I think the yankes has fell back from raleigh at this time. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 225 She’s fell down. 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) He looked off and it [=the bear] had fell off over a cliff he said was something like a hundred feet high and which mashed it up considerably. 1961 Coe Ridge OHP-336B If he’d have fell off there, he’d hit right in the water. 1998 Dante OHP-71 The whole fireplace had fell in but it didn’t hurt the baby.
   


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