An archaic or dialectal form meaning to fall or collapse, derived from Latin roots.
Directly from Latin 'cadere' (to fall, to happen, to befall). This is the root word that generated 'cadence,' 'cadenza,' and numerous other English terms.
The Latin verb 'cadere' is one of the most productive word roots in English—it spawned 'case,' 'casual,' 'accident,' 'cascade,' 'deciduous,' and dozens more words all sharing the concept of 'falling.'
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