To fall as a lot or portion. (Const. dative)

intransitive. Of an occurrence, good or bad fortune, etc.: to happen, occur (to a person or thing); to befall. Cf. senses 27 32.

intransitive. With indirect object (or, in early use, with †to): to happen to a person; to befall. Chiefly Scottish in later use, mainly in fixed…

intransitive. To contribute to (a person's shame, honour, credit, etc.); = redound, v. 4b.

intransitive. To have the effect of contributing to some advantage or disadvantage for a person or thing. With to or (occasionally) †into.

intransitive. To rebound, spring back, or return to the starting point or source; to rebound on or upon. Chiefly figurative.

to fall in a person's path (also road,etc.) and variants: to be met with in the course of a person's experience. Earliest in to fall in one's way at…

To fall to a person as a right or duty. Obsolete.