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=a=, _n.m._, the first letter of the alphabet, a. _Panse d’a_; oval of an
a. _Il ne sait ni ~a~ ni ~b~_; he does not know _a_ from _b_. _Il n’a pas
fait une panse d’a_; he has not done a letter, a stroke. _Un homme marqué
à l’a_; the beau-ideal of a man, a man thoroughly reliable. _C’est un
homme marqué à l’a_; he is the soul of honor.
=a= (ab.), _Altesse_; Highness.
=aa= (ab.), _Altesses_; Highnesses.
=a=, at the beginning of French words, often comes from the privative α
of the Greeks, and denotes privation; as, _atonie_, debility; _acéphale_,
acephalous.
=à=, _prep._, denotes the end or term of the action of the verb, and
indicates the person or thing this action tends to. _Aller à Paris_; to
go to Paris. _Parler à quelqu’un_; to speak to some one.
=à= denotes extraction, separation. _Oter une bague à quelqu’un_; to take
a ring from any one. _Se soustraire aux poursuites de la justice_; to
abscond.
=à= denotes property, possession. _Cette montre est à mon frère_; this
watch is my brother’s. _Il a un style_, _une manière_, _à lui_; he has a
style, a manner, all his own. _Cette ferme appartient à mon père_; that
farm belongs to my father.
=à= denotes period, time. _Au lever du soleil_; at sunrise. _À l’aube du
jour_; at daybreak. _Arriver à temps_; to arrive in time. _À mon retour_;
on my return.
=à= indicates what stops on the surface, or penetrates beyond it. _Il a
une bague au doigt_; he has a ring on his finger. _Blessé à l’épaule_;
wounded in the shoulder.
=à= establishes the relative distance between things and persons. _À
portée de canon_; within cannon-shot. _Il demeure à vingt lieues d’ici_;
he lives twenty leagues off. _De vous à moi_; between you and me, from
you to me. _De Paris à Rouen_; from Paris to Rouen.
=à= points out whatever furnishes an inference or ground for conjecture.
_À l’œuvre on connait l’ouvrier_; the workman is known by his work.
_Attendre à l’œuvre_; to await results.
=à= denotes succession, gradation, order. _Petit à petit_; little by
little. _Un à un_; one by one. _Traduire mot à mot_; to translate word
for word, _i.e._, literally.
=à= is used in speaking of goods sold or bought by weight, measure, or
quantity. _Vendre du vin à la bouteille_; to sell wine by the bottle.
_Vendre de la viande à la livre_; to sell meat by the pound.
=à= denotes value, price. _Dîner à trois francs par tête_; to dine at
three francs a head.
=à= denotes conformity, manner. _S’habiller à la Française_; to dress
after the French fashion. _A l’instar de la capitale_; after the manner
of the capital. _À mon avis_; in my opinion. _Aller à pied_, _à cheval_;
to go on foot, to ride on horseback. _Marcher à reculons_; to walk
backwards.
=à=, between two nouns, makes the second serve to denote the species
or quality of the first. _Canne à sucre_; sugar-cane. _Vache à lait_;
milch-cow.
=à=, between two numeral adjectives, signifies _between_, or _about_. _Un
homme de quarante à cinquante ans_; a man between forty and fifty. _Il y
a quatre à cinq lieues_; it is about four or five leagues distant.
Remark.—The French say _quatre à cinq lieues_, because leagues are things
which may be divided into fractions; but, in speaking of things which
cannot be divided, _ou_ must be used. For instance, _Quatre ou cinq
personnes_; four or five persons.
=à=, before an infinitive, commonly denotes what is proper to be done.
_Un avis à suivre_; an opinion worth following. _Un homme à récompenser
ou à pendre_; a man that deserves to be rewarded or hanged.
=à=, used in speaking of vehicles, signifies _and_. _Une voiture à quatre
chevaux_, _grandes guides_; a carriage and four.
=à= is used in description instead of the English _with_. _Un homme à
barbe blanche_; a man with a white beard. _Une maison à pignon_; a house
with a gable, gabled.
=a=, has.
=abaca=, _n.m._, abaca, Manila hemp.
=abacus= (-kuss), _n.m._, abacus.
=abaisse=, _n.f._, the under-crust of pastry, piece of rolled paste.
=abaissé=, =-e=, _part._, lowered, brought low; dejected; diminished,
flattened. _Le pal est —_ (her.); the pale is abased.
=abaissement= (-bèss-man), _n.m._, lowering, falling, abatement,
depression; humiliation, abasement; (surg.) couching. _L’— des eaux_; the
abatement of the waters. _Opération de la cataracte par —_; couching.
=abaisser=, _v.a._, to let down, to let fall, to lower; to bring low
down; to diminish, to reduce; to pull down; (gard.) to lop out; to
debase, to cry down; to humble; to roll (paste); (surg.) to couch. _—
un pont-levis_; to let down a drawbridge. _— la voix_; to lower the
voice. _Dieu abaisse les superbes_; God humbles the proud. _Abaisser une
cataracte_; (surg.) to couch a cataract.
_s’_=abaisser=, _v.r._, to fall, to decrease, to subside, to abate, to
decline; to humble one’s self, to stoop, to sink, to cringe. _S’— à le
prier_; to stoop so low as to entreat him.
=abaisseur=, _n.m._, (anat.) depressor.
=abaisseur=, _adj._, (anat.) depriment. _Muscle —_; depriment muscle.
=abait=, _n.m._, bait. _V._ =appât=.
=abaiter=, _v.a._, to bait. _V._ =appâter=.
=abajoue=, _n.f._, (mam.) cheek-pouch; gill, gills.
=abalourdir=, _v.a._, (fam.) to make dull and stupid.
=abandon=, _n.m._, forsaking, relinquishment, surrender; leaving things
at random; abandonment, the being forsaken, forlornness, destitution,
ease, unconstraint. _Avoir un — séduisant_; to have seductive manners.
_Se livrer avec — à_; to indulge in.
_à l’_=abandon=, _adv._, at random, in confusion, at sixes and sevens.
_Laisser ses enfants à l’—_; to neglect one’s children. _Un champ qui est
à l’—_; a field left to run wild.
=abandonnataire=, _n.m.f._, (jur.) relessee.
=abandonné=, =-e=, _part._, abandoned, forsaken, given over. _Un malade
abandonné_; a patient given up.
=abandonné=, =-e=, _adj._, abandoned, lost to decency, shameless,
graceless, profligate.
=abandonné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, profligate, rake; lewd, wicked,
abandoned person.
=abandonnement= (-do-n-mān), _n.m._, abandonment, abandoning, forsaking;
desertion, the being forsaken; the giving up one’s effects; leaving,
quitting; dissoluteness, debauchery.
=abandonner=, _v.a._, to abandon, to quit, to leave, to desert, to
forsake; to give up, to give over; to leave one at the disposal of; to
deliver up; to let loose, let go. _Il abandonna le pays_; he left the
country. _— une cause_; to give up a cause. _— ses prétensions_; to give
up one’s claims. _Mes forces m’abandonnent_; my strength is failing me.
_— une corde_; to let go a rope. _— la partie_; to give up the struggle.
_s’_=abandonner=, _v.r._, to give one’s self up, to addict one’s self, to
give way to; to indulge in; to commit one’s self to; to prostitute one’s
self; to be easy in one’s manners, to throw off all restraint. _S’— à la
colère_, _au plaisir_, _au hasard_; to give way to anger, to indulge in
pleasure, to trust to fortune.
☉=abannation= (-ba-na-), _n.f._, (jur.) abannition.
☉=abaptiste= (-ba-tist), _adj._, (surg.) abaptiston.
=abaque=, _n.m._, (arch. antiq.) abacus, plinth, the uppermost part of
the capital of a column.
=abarticulation=, _n.f._, (anat.) abarticulation, diarthrosis.
=abas=, _n.m._, shower (bath), blight (in wheat). _V._ =teigne=.
=abasourdir=, _v.a._, (fam.) to stun, to dumfound, to astound; to stupefy.
=abâtardir=, _v.a._, to render degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to
spoil, to mar, to adulterate. _La servitude abâtardit le courage_;
slavery debases courage. _Un homme abâtardi_; a degenerate man.
_s’_=abâtardir=, _v.r._, to degenerate, to grow worse.
=abâtardissement= (-mān), _n.m._, degeneracy.
=abat-chauvée=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) flock-wool.
=abat-faim= (-fin), _n.m._, (_—_) large joint, substantial dish.
=abat-foin=, _n.m._, (_—_) opening above the rack to put the hay through;
loft-trap.
=abat-jour=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) sky-light, trunk-light; shade for a
lamp; window-blind; (bot.) opening.
=abattage=, _n.m._, cutting down, felling, clearance (of a forest);
(nav.) heaving down; careening; slaughtering (of animals).
☉=abattant=, _n.m._, shutter; flap (of a counter); lid.
=abattée=, _n.f._, (nav.) casting; falling off to leeward. _Faire son —_;
to cast; to fall off.
=abattement= (-mān), _n.m._, faintness, low state, weakness, prostration;
dejection, despondency, low spirits; (her.) abatement. _Tomber dans l’—_;
to become low-spirited. _Jeter dans l’—_; to deject. _Qui jette dans
l’—_; depressive.
=abatteur=, _n.m._, feller, knocker-off, slaughterer. _C’est un grand —
de bois_; he is a great braggart.
=abattis=, _n.m._, houses, walls, trees, thrown down; the killing of
game; giblets (of poultry); garbage; stones hewn down in a quarry; raw
hides; slaughter, destruction. _Abattis en ragoût_; stewed giblets.
=abattoir=, _n.m._, slaughter-house.
=abattre=, _v.a._, to throw down, to hurl down; to pull down; to beat,
to batter down; to bring down; to fell, to cut down, to hew down, to cut
off; to knock down; to blow down; to lay (the dust); to let down; to
soak (skins); to couch (the cataract); to waste (strength); to dispirit;
to dishearten; to unman; to cast down, to depress; to humble. _Le vent
abattra le blé_; the wind will throw the corn down. _— un rideau_; to let
a curtain down. _— les cuirs_; to skin dead animals. _— le pantalon_;
to remove the trousers. _— les peaux_; to soak the skins. _— un vaisseau
pour le caréner_; to careen a ship. _Un vaisseau dur à —_; a ship hard
to swing round. _— un mât_ (nav.); to carry away a mast. _La moindre
chose l’abat_; the least thing unmans him. _Elle a l’air bien abattu_;
she looks very dejected. _— l’orgueil de quelqu’un_; to humble any one’s
pride.
=abattre=, _v.n._, to lay down one’s cards (at play); (nav.) to fall off
to leeward, to cast. _Le vaisseau s’abat_; the ship is driving to leeward.
_s’_=abattre=, _v.r._, to fall, to tumble down; to stoop; to abate; to be
cast down, dejected; to break down (of horses); to burst (of a storm);
to despond; to pounce upon. _Le vent s’abat_; the wind is falling. _La
chaleur s’abat_; the heat is abating. _Un orage terrible va s’abattre sur
nous_; a dreadful storm is about to burst upon us.
=abattu=, =-e=, _adj._, pulled, broken, cast down; depressed, dejected;
humbled, crest-fallen. _Je me sens tout —_; I am quite out of spirits.
_Un visage —_; a woe-begone countenance.
=abattures=, _n.f.pl._, (hunt.) abature; foiling (of a stag).
=abat-vent=, _n.m._, penthouse (of a steeple); pentice, wind-screen,
louvre window.
=abat-voix=, _n.m._, sounding-board (of a pulpit).
=abbatial= (-cial), =-e=, _adj._, abbatial, abbatical.
=abbaye= (abéi), _n.f._, monastery, abbey. _Administration d’une —_;
abbacy.
=abbé=, _n.m._, abbé, abbot, priest. _Monsieur l’abbé_, your Reverence.
=abbesse=, _n.f._, abbess. _Dignité_, _fonctions_, _d’abbé_, _d’abbesse_;
abbotship.
=abc=, _n.m._, a, b, c, alphabet, primer; a, b, c, book; elements,
rudiments, spelling-book. _Apprendre son —_; to learn one’s letters.
_Être à l’— de_; to be at the a, b, c, of. _Renvoyer quelqu’un à l’—_; to
make a person begin all over again.
=abcéder=, _v.n._, to form into an abscess, to apostemate, to gather, to
come to a head.
=abcès=, _n.m._, abscess, apostem, gathering. _Former_, _vider_, _un —_;
to form, to take the matter out of, an abscess. _— aux gencives_; gumboil.
=abcisse=, _n.f._ _V._ =abscisse=.
=abdication=, _n.f._, abdication; (jur.) disinheritance of a son during
his father’s life-time; renunciation of (property). _Faire —_; to
abdicate.
=abdiquer=, _v.a._, to abdicate, to resign, to forswear.
=abdomen= (-mè-n), _n.m._, abdomen.
=abdominal=, =-e=, _adj._, abdominal.
=abducteur=, _adj._, (anat.) abducent.
=abducteur=, _n.m._, abductor.
=abduction=, _n.f._, (anat. and log.) abduction.
_s’_=abéausir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to become fine (of weather at sea).
=abécédaire=, _adj._, of the a, b, c. _Ouvrage —_; child’s first-book.
=abécédaire=, _n.m._, alphabet, primer, spelling-book.
=abecquer=, _v.a._, to feed a bird.
=abée=, _n.f._, mill-dam.
*=abeille=, _n.f._, bee. _— bourdon_; bumble-bee. _— domestique_; hive
bee. _— mère_; queen bee. _— ouvrière_; working bee. _Ruche d’—s_;
bee-hive. _Eleveur d’—_; bee-master. _Essaim d’—s_; swarm of bees.
=abeillé=, =-e=, _adj. & part._, covered, ornamented with bees.
=abéquer=. _V._ =abecquer=.
=aberration=, _n.f._, aberration; (sciences) alienation. _— de
réfrangibilité_; Newtonian aberration. _Cercle d’—_; crown of aberration.
=abêtir=, _v.a._, to stupefy; to stultify. _V._ =hébéter=.
=abêter=, _v.n._, _s’_=abêtir=, _v.r._, to grow stupid.
=ab hoc et ab hac=, _adv._, at random; confusedly.
=abhorrer=, _v.a._, to abhor, detest, loathe.
_s’_=abhorrer=, _v.r._, to abominate, loathe one another.
=abîme=, _n.m._, unfathomable depth, abyss, hell; a thing most abstruse
_or_ obscure; dipping-mold (for candles); (her.) the middle of the shield;
fesse-point, heart point.
=abîmé=, =-e=, _part._, swallowed up, ingulfed, destroyed, spoiled. _— de
dettes_; over head and ears in debt.
=abîmer=, _v.a._, to overthrow, to ingulf, to swallow up; to destroy
entirely, to cut up, to crush; to spoil, to injure.
=abîmer=, _v.n._, to be destroyed, to be swallowed up, to sink; to
perish, to be crushed.
_s’_=abîmer=, _v.r._, to fall into an abyss, to sink; to ruin, to undo
one’s self; to be spoiled.
=ab intestat=, _adv._, abintestate. _Succession —_; intestate’s estate;
intestacy.
=ab irato=, _adv._, in an angry fit. _Parler_, _agir_, _—_; to speak, to
act, under the influence of anger.
=abject=, =-e= (-jékt), _adj._, abject, base, mean, low, vile, despicable.
=abjectement=, _adv._, abjectly.
=abjection=, _n.f._, abjection, baseness; humiliation; vileness, meanness.
=abjuration=, _n.f._, solemn renunciation, abjuration.
=abjuratoire=, _adj._, abjuratory. _— acte_; act of abjuration.
=abjurer=, _v.a._, to abjure, to deny, to forswear, to renounce. _— une
opinion_; to abandon an opinion.
=ablactation=, _n.f._, (med.) ablactation, weaning.
=ablais=, _n.m._, (jurisp.) corn, either standing or cut down, but not
carried or carted away.
=ablaquéation=, _n.f._, (gard.) ablaqueation.
=ablatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) ablative.
=ablation=, _n.f._, (surg.) ablation.
=ablativo=, (triv.) _adv._, in confusion; higgledy-piggledy.
=able=, _n.m._, _or_ =ablette=, _n.f._, (fish) ablet, bleak.
=ablégat=, _n.m._, ablegate.
☉=ablégation=, _n.m._, ablegation.
=ablepsie=, _n.f._, (med.) ablepsy.
=ablier=, _n.m._, (fish.) purse-net; hoop-net.
☉=abluant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) abluent, cleansing.
☉=abluer=, _v.a._, to revive old writing, to wash with gall-nut.
=ablution=, _n.f._, ablution, washing, purification. _Faire ses —s_; to
perform one’s ablutions.
=abnégation=, _n.f._, abnegation, renunciation, sacrifice. _— de
soi-même_; self-denial. _Faire — de_; to renounce, set aside.
=aboi=, _n.m._, barking, baying.
=aboiement= _or_ =aboîment= (-boa-mān), _n.m._, barking, baying.
=abois=, _n.m.pl._, despairing condition, last shift, distress. _Aux
—_; at bay, hard up, at one’s wits’ end. _Mettre aux —_; to drive to
extremities. _La place est aux —_; the place, citadel, can hold out no
longer, is in desperate straits.
=abolir=, _v.a._, to abolish, to repeal, to annul. _— un impôt_; to take
off a tax.
_s’_=abolir=, _v.r._, to fall into disuse, to become obsolete.
=abolissable=, _adj._, abolishable.
=abolissement= (-mān), _n.m._, abolishment.
=abolition=, _n.f._, abolition; royal pardon; repeal.
=abolitionniste=, _n.m._, abolitionist.
=abominable=, _adj._, abominable, execrable.
=abominablement=, _adv._, abominably.
=abomination=, _n.f._, abomination, detestation. _Avoir en —_; to
abominate, to hold in detestation. _Être en —_; to be detested.
=abondamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, abundantly.
=abondance=, _n.f._, abundance, plenty, copiousness, plentifulness;
multitude, affluence; richness, fullness (of language); weak
wine-and-water (in schools). _Corne d’—_; horn of plenty, cornucopia.
_— de biens_; opulence. _Vivre_, _être_, _dans l’—_; to live in plenty.
_Parler avec —_; to speak fluently. _Ecrire_, _parler_, _d’—_; to write,
to speak, extempore, offhand. _— de biens ne nuit pas_; store is no sore.
=abondant=, =-e=, _adj._, abounding, plentiful, copious; fruitful,
exuberant, teeming, voluble, diffusive. _Une langue —e_; a copious
language.
=abonder=, _v.n._, to abound in _or_ with, to be full of; to overflow. _Il
abonde dans votre sens_; he supports your opinion; he has come round to;
he concurs in. _— dans son sens_; to be wedded to one’s own opinion.
=abonné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, subscriber (to periodicals, theatres,
&c.).
=abonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, subscription (to periodicals, theatres,
&c.); agreement. _Les —s sont suspendus pour ce soir_ (of places of
amusement); season-tickets not available this evening.
=abonner=, _v.a._, to subscribe for.
_s’_=abonner=, _v.r._, to subscribe; to compound for. _On s’abonne à_;
subscriptions are received at.
☉=abonnir=, _v.a._, to better, to mend, to improve.
☉=abonnir=, _v.n._, _s’_=abonnir=, _v.r._, to mend, to grow better.
☉=abonnissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, (fam.), improvement, amelioration.
=abord=, _n.m._, landing; arrival; access; admittance, approach; attack,
onset. _Avoir l’— facile_; to be easy of access. _De prime —_; at first
sight.
=à bord=, _adv._, aboard, on board.
_d’_=abord=, _adv._, first, at first, at first sight. _Tout d’abord_,
_au premier abord_, _dès l’abord_; at first, from the very first. _Dès
l’abord, j’ai senti que je devais ..._ I felt, from the very first, that
I ought ... _or_ was to ...
=abordable=, _adj._, accessible, accostable, of easy access; approachable.
=abordage=, _n.m._, (nav.) landing; boarding; fouling. _Aller_ or _sauter
à l’—_; to board a ship, grapple.
=aborder=, _v.n._, to arrive at; to land.
=aborder=, _v.a._, to come near, to come to, to come up with; to board,
to run foul of (a ship); to accost; to broach, handle (a subject). _— un
vaisseau ennemi_; to board an enemy’s ship. _— par accident_; to run foul
of. _Il m’a abordé dans la rue_; he accosted me in the street.
_s’_=aborder=, _v.r._, to run foul of each other; to come up with one
another.
=abordeur=, _n.m._, boarding vessel.
=aborigène=, _adj._, first, original, aboriginal.
=aborigènes=, _n.m._, _pl._, aborigines.
=abornement=, _n.m._ _V._ =délimitation=.
=aborner=, _v.a._ _V._ =délimiter=.
=aborti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abortive.
=abot=, _n.m._, clog (for horses’ fore feet).
=abouchement= (-boosh-mān), _n.m._, interview, conference, parley;
(anat.) anastomosis, inosculation.
=aboucher=, _v.a._, to bring together, to confer.
_s’_=aboucher=, _v.r._, to have an interview; to confer with; to place
one’s self in communication with; (anat.) to inosculate.
=about=, _n.m._, (carp.) end, butt-end.
=abouté=, =-e=, _adj._, placed end to end.
=aboutement= (-boot-mān), _n.m._, (carp.) but, abutment.
=abouter=, _v.a._, to join end to end.
=aboutir=, _v.n._, to join; to border upon; to meet; (surg.) to burst; to
come to; to tend to; to end in. _N’— à rien_; to come to nothing; to end
in smoke. _Ce champ aboutit à un marais_; this field borders upon a fen.
_Faire — un abcès_; to bring an abscess to a head. _S’aboutir_ (gard.);
to bud, be covered with buds.
=aboutissant=, =-e=, _adj._, bordering upon.
=aboutissants= (rarely used without the word _tenants_), _n.m._, _pl._,
boundaries of an estate; abuttals, particulars; connections. _Je n’aime
pas les tenants et — de cet homme_; I do not like the set by which that
man is surrounded. _Savoir les tenants et — d’une affaire_; to know all
about a thing.
=aboutissement= (-mān), _n.m._, eking piece (tailoring); (surg.) the
drawing to a head.
=ab ovo=, _adv._, from the very beginning.
=aboyant=, =-e=, _adj._, barking.
=aboyer=, _v.n._, to bark, to bay, to yelp; to dun. _Il aboie après tout
le monde_; he snarls at everybody. _— après quelque chose_; to long for
a thing, covet a thing. _— à la lune_; to bark when one cannot bite; to
complain in vain.
=aboyeur=, _n.m._, barker; snarler; dun; touter; link-man (at the door
of a theatre): (orni.) greenshank. _Ce journaliste n’est qu’un —_; this
journalist is nothing but a snarling critic.
=abrac=, _n.m._, abraxas.
=abracadabra=, _n.m._, abracadabra (magical word).
=abraquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to haul taut.
=abrasion=, _n.m._, (med.) abrasion, excoriation.
=abraxas=, _n.m._, abracadabra.
=abrégé=, =-e=, _adj._, short, summary.
=abrégé=, _n.m._, abridgment, compendium, epitome, abstract, summary. _En
—_; in a few words, briefly. _Réduire en —_; to epitomize.
=abréger=, _v.a._, to abridge, to shorten, to epitomize; to abbreviate,
to cut down, to cut short. _Pour —_; to be brief.
_s’_=abréger=, _v.r._, to become short, or shorter.
=abreuvage=, =abreuvement=, _n.m._, watering, soaking, steaming, priming.
=abreuver=, _v.a._, to water, to give drink to; to make drink; to soak,
to drench; to fill; (paint.) to prepare, to prime; to soak (wood).
_s’_=abreuver= =de=, _v.r._, (of animals) to go to water; to drink
plentifully; to be steeped in. _S’— de larmes_; to shed copious tears.
_S’— de douleurs_; to be filled with grief; to drain to the dregs the cup
of sorrow. _Un cœur abreuvé de fiel_; a heart steeped in gall.
=abreuvoir=, _n.m._, watering-place, horse-pond; (mas.) abreuvoir. _— à
mouches_ (burlesque style); a large wound or gash on the head or face.
=abréviateur=, _n.m._, abbreviator, abridger.
=abréviati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abbreviatory, abridging, abbreviating.
=abréviation=, _n.f._, abbreviation, contraction.
=abri=, _n.m._, shelter, cover. _Être sous l’— d’un bois_; to be
sheltered by a wood. _Sans —_; homeless. _Donner un — à_; to shelter. _À
l’—_; sheltered, under cover. _Être à l’—_; to be under shelter. _Être à
l’— du vent_; to be sheltered from the wind. _À l’— de la persécution_;
safe from persecution. _Mettre à l’—_; to shelter, screen.
=abricot=, _n.m._, apricot.
=abricoté=, _n.m._, candied apricot.
=abricotier=, _n.m._, apricot-tree.
=abrier=, _v.a._, (nav.) to becalm; to belee.
=abriter=, _v.a._, to shelter, to shield, to screen, to shade, to
protect; (nav.) to becalm, belee.
=abrité=, =-e=, _adj._, (gard.) sheltered.
_s’_=abriter=, _v.r._, to shelter one’s self; to take shelter; to assist.
_Abritez-vous mutuellement_; mutually assist each other.
=abrivent=, _n.m._, (gard.) matting, screen; shelter; sentry-box; hut.
=abrogation=, _n.f._, abrogation, repeal; annulment.
=abroger=, _v.a._, to abrogate, to repeal, to annul.
_s’_=abroger=, _v.r._, to fall into disuse, to grow obsolete.
=abrome=, _n.m._, (bot.) abroma.
=abrouti=, =-e=, _adj._, nipped, browsed.
=abroutissement= (-mān), _n.m._, damage done to trees by cattle browsing.
=abrupt=, =-e=, _adj._, rugged, craggy; (bot.) abrupt.
=abruption=, _n.f._, abruption; (surg.) rupture, fracture.
_ex_ =abrupto=, _adv._, _adj._, suddenly, bluntly, off-hand, on the spur
of the moment; abrupt, impetuous.
=abrutir=, _v.a._, to stupefy, to besot, to brutalize.
_s’_=abrutir=, _v.r._, to become stupid, to be besotted, to get
brutalized.
=abrutissant=, =-e=, _adj._, brutalizing, stupefying.
=abrutissement= (-mān), _n.m._, brutishness, stupor, sottishness.
=abrutisseur=, _n.m._, brutalizer; _adj._, stupefying, brutalizing.
=abscisse=, _n.f._, (geom.) abscissa.
=absence=, _n.f._, absence, inadvertence, want of. _— d’esprit_; absence
of mind. _Avoir des —s d’esprit_; to have fits of absence. _Remarquer l’—
de_; to miss.
=absent=, =-e=, _adj._, absent, out of the way, missing, wanting; (of the
mind) wandering.
=absent=, _n.m._, one absent, absentee. _Les —s ont toujours tort_; the
absent are always in the wrong.
_s’_=absenter=, _v.r._, to absent one’s self; to keep out of the way.
=absentéisme=, _n.m._, absenteeism.
=abside=, _n.f._, (arch. and rel.) apse.
=absinthe=, _n.f._, absinthe, wormwood; bitters.
=absolu=, _n.m._, absolute, existing independent of any other cause.
=absolu=, =-e=, _adj._, absolute; arbitrary, despotical, unlimited;
peremptory; magisterial; positive, unconditional; full, strict.
=absolument=, _adv._, absolutely, arbitrarily, peremptorily; positively,
indispensably, fully. _Il refusa —_; he gave a flat denial.
=absolution=, _n.f._, absolution; acquittal; discharge. _Sans avoir reçu
l’—_; unabsolved.
=absolutisme=, _n.m._, absolutism.
=absolutiste=, _n.m.f._, partisan of absolute power.
=absolutoire=, _adj._, absolutory.
=absorbable=, _adj._, absorbable.
=absorbant=, =-e=, _adj._, absorptive, absorbent.
=absorbent=, _n.m._, absorbent.
=absorbé=, =-e=, _part._, absorbed, engrossed, rapt in. _Il est — dans
l’étude_; he is absorbed in study.
=absorbement=, _n.m._, absorption (of mind).
=absorber=, _v.a._, to absorb, to swallow up; to drink in, to consume, to
waste; to engross, to occupy entirely; to take up.
_s’_=absorber=, _v.r._, to be absorbed, or swallowed up.
=absorption=, _n.f._, absorption.
=absoudre= (absolvant, absous), _v.a._, to absolve, to acquit, to bring
in not guilty, to clear; to give absolution.
=absou-s=, =-te=, _part._, acquitted, absolved, discharged.
=absoute=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) general absolution.
=abstème=, _adj._, abstemious.
=abstème=, _n.m.f._, abstainer.
=abstenant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._, abstainer, total abstainer, teetotaler.
_s’_=abstenir=, _v.r._, to abstain, to refrain, to forbear, to forego.
_S’— de vin_; to abstain from wine.
=abstention=, _n.f._, abstention, abstinency; withdrawal of a judge from
a trial.
=abstergent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) cleansing; abstersive; abstergent.
=abstergent=, _n.m._, (med.) abstergent, detergent.
=absterger=, _v.a._, to absterge; to cleanse.
=abstersi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) abstersive, cleansing.
=abstersion=, _n.f._, (surg.) abstersion.
=abstinence=, _n.f._, abstinence, temperance, sobriety, fasting.
=abstinent=, =-e=, _adj._, abstemious, sober.
=abstracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abstractive.
=abstraction=, _n.f._, absence of mind, abstraction. _Avoir des —s_; to
have fits of absence. _Par —_; abstractedly. _— faite de_; setting aside;
exclusive of.
=abstractivement= (-mān), _adv._, abstractly, separately.
=abstraire= (abstrayant, abstrait), _v.a._, to draw from, to separate, to
abstract.
=abstrait=, =-e=, _adj._, abstract; abstruse; inattentive, absent-minded.
=abstraitement= (-trèt-mān), _adv._, abstractedly, separately.
=abstrus=, =-e=, _adj._, abstruse, intricate, difficult; dark, obscure,
recondite.
=absurde=, _adj._, absurd, nonsensical, foolish, irrational,
preposterous. _Réduire une opinion à l’—_; to show the absurdity of an
opinion. _Tomber dans l’—_; to fall into the absurd.
=absurdement=, _adv._, absurdly, nonsensically.
=absurdité=, _n.f._, absurdity, nonsense, preposterousness, foolishness.
=abus=, _n.m._, abuse, misuse, breach (of a thing); grievance; error.
_Réformer_, _corriger_, _les —_; to redress grievances, nuisances. _Appel
comme d’—_ (leg.); appeal by writ of error.
=abuser=, _v.n._, to abuse, to impose on, to misuse, to use ill, to
make a bad use of, to misemploy. _Vous abusez de ma patience_; you take
advantage of my patience.
=abuser=, _v.a._, to cheat, to deceive, to delude, to gull.
_s’_=abuser=, _v.r._, to mistake, to be mistaken, to deceive one’s self.
=abuseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.), cheat, deceiver, impostor.
=abusi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abusive, improper, against rules, custom.
=abusivement= (-mān), _adv._, abusively, improperly.
=abuter=, _v.a._, to throw for first go, aim. _v.n._, (shipbuilding) to
abut.
=abyme=, _n.m._ _V._ =abîme=.
=acabit=, _n.m._, quality (of fruits, vegetables); quality, stamp, kidney
(of persons). _Cet homme est d’un bon —_; he is a good sort of fellow.
_Ce sont des gens du même —_; they are all tarred with the same brush.
=acacia=, _n.m._, acacia; gum-tree.
=académicien= (-si-in), _n.m._, academician.
=académie=, _n.f._, academy, society of learned men; academy (division of
the University of France); academy (Plato’s); university; ☉riding-school;
pupils, school. _Tenir —_; to keep a gaming-house; (paint.) academy
figure.
=académique=, _adj._, belonging to an academy, academical.
=académiquement= (-mik-mān), _adv._, academically.
☉=académiser=, _v.n._, to paint from a model.
=académiste=, _n.m._, academist, pupil.
*=acagnarder=, _v.a._, (fam.) to accustom to sloth; to make idle.
_s’_=acagnarder=, _v.r._, to grow slothful, to lead an idle life; to
become besotted.
=acajou=, _n.m._, mahogany. _Noix d’—_; cashew nut. _Pomme d’—_; cashew
apple.
=acanthe=, _n.f._, acanthus, bear’s foot.
=acare= _or_ =acarus=, _n.m._, acarus, itch, animalcule, mite.
=acariâtre=, _adj._, crabbed, cross-grained, waspish, shrewish.
=acariâtreté=, _n.f._, peevishness, crabbedness.
=acariens=, _n.m.pl._, (ent.) acaridae.
=acatalecte=, =acatalectique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, acatalectic.
=acatalepsie=, _n.f._, (med.) acatalepsy.
=acataleptique=, _adj._, acataleptic.
=acaule=, _adj._, (bot.) acaulous, acaulose.
=accablant=, =-e=, _adj._, grievous, oppressive, insufferable,
overwhelming; annoying, crushing, sweltering.
=accablé=, =-e=, _adj._, dejected, depressed. _Être —_; to be extremely
low-spirited.
=accablement=, _n.m._, heaviness, languor, grief, dejection of spirits,
oppression, discouragement. _Être dans l’—_; to be in the greatest
dejection.
=accabler=, _v.a._, to crush, to bear down, to overwhelm; to throw, to
weigh, to press down; to overload; to overpower; to afflict; to deject,
to depress, to overwhelm; to load with, to heap on.
=accalmie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull.
=accaparement= (-mān), _n.m._, monopoly, engrossment, forestalling,
buying up.
=accaparer=, _v.a._, to engross, to monopolize, to forestall; to swallow
up, to buy up.
=accapareu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, monopolist, engrosser, forestaller,
monopolizer.
*=accastillage=, _n.m._, the space occupied by the forecastle and
quarter-deck; upper-work.
*=accastiller=, _v.a._, to provide a ship with a fore and a hind-castle.
*=accastillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (of a ship) having a fore and a hind-castle.
_Haut —_; with high upper works.
=accéder=, _v.n._, to accede, to comply with, to agree to, consent.
=accélérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, accelerative.
=accélération=, _n.f._, acceleration, haste, dispatch.
=accéléré=, =-e=, _adj._, accelerated, quickened. _Au pas —_; in double
quick time. _Pas —_; quick march.
=accélérer=, _v.a._, to accelerate, to quicken; to despatch, to forward,
to hasten.
☉=accenser= _or_ =acenser=, _v.a._, to lease, to let, to rent, to annex,
to join, to unite.
=accent=, _n.m._, stress of the voice, accent, note; pronunciation,
emphasis, expression. _— aigu_, _circonflexe_, _grave_; acute, circumflex,
grave, accent. _— nasillard_; twang. _— très-fortement prononcé_; broad
accent. _Sans —_; unaccented. _Prêtez l’oreille à mes —s_; hearken to my
strain.
=accenteur=, _n.m._, (ornith.) accentor.
=accentuation=, _n.f._, accentuation.
=accentué=, =-e=, _adj._, accented, accentuated.
=accentuer=, _v.a._, to accent, to accentuate, to lay stress on.
=acceptable=, _adj._, acceptable, worth accepting.
=acceptant=, _n.m._, (jur.) accepter.
=acceptation=, _n.f._, acceptance.
=accepter=, _v.a._, to accept, to receive, to admit; to resign one’s self
to. _Qui vaut la peine d’être accepté_; worth accepting.
=accepteur=, _n.m._, (com.) acceptor.
☉=acceptilation=, _n.f._, acceptilation.
=acception=, _n.f._, respect, regard; (of words) sense, meaning,
acceptation. _— de personnes_; respect of persons.
=accès=, _n.m._, access, approach, admittance, attack, fit (of fever),
paroxysm, madness. _Par —_; by fits and starts.
=accessibilité=, _n.f._, accessibility.
=accessible=, _adj._, accessible, approachable, easy to come at.
=accession=, _n.f._, access, entry; accession; adhesion.
=accessit= (-sit), _n.m._, the second best, the first after the prizeman
(in academies, schools). _Proxime —_; honorable mention.
=accessoire=, _adj._, accessory, additional.
=accessoire=, _n.m._, accessory, minor; (paint.) accessory; (thea.)
property. _Fournisseur d’—s_ or _chef d’—_; property-man.
=accessoirement=, _adv._, accessorily.
=accident=, _n.m._, accident, incident, casualty; (paint.) accident;
(med.) symptom, complication; (mus.) incidental; irregularity, undulation
(in ground). _Par —_; accidentally.
=accidenté=, =-e=, _adj._, rough, uneven, unequal, broken, hilly (of
ground); picturesque.
=accidentel=, =-le=, _adj._, accidental, adventitious, incidental;
fortuitous, eventual, casual.
=accidentellement= (-mān), _adv._, accidentally, casually, by chance.
=accipitres=, _n.m.pl._, accipiters.
=accipitrin=, =-e=, _adj._, accipitrine.
=accise=, _n.f._, inland duty, excise. _Préposé a l’—_; exciseman.
=acclamation=, _n.f._, acclamation, shout, cheering, huzza, applause.
_Saluer par des —s_; to cheer.
=acclamer=, _v.a._, to acclaim, to applaud, to hail, to welcome.
=acclamper=, _v.a._, (nav.) to clamp.
=acclimatable=, _adj._, acclimatizable.
=acclimatation=, =acclimatement=, _n.f._, acclimatization.
=acclimater=, _v.a._, to acclimatize, to accustom to a climate.
_s’_=acclimater=, _v.r._, to become acclimatized.
=accointance=, _n.f._, (fam. and b.s.) acquaintance, commerce, intimacy,
connection.
_s’_=accointer=, _v.r._, to become or get intimately acquainted with any
one.
=accoisement=, _n.m._, appeasement.
=accoiser=, _v.a._, to appease, calm, quiet. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become
appeased; to end.
=accolade=, _n.f._, embrace, hug; accolade; (cook. —, mus. — print.)
brace; a crooked line. _— brisée_; (print.) half-brace. _Une — de
lapereaux_; a brace of rabbits. _Donner l’— à_; to embrace, to dub a
knight. _Recevoir l’—_; to be made a knight.
=accolader=, _v.a._, to bracket.
=accolage=, _n.m._, tying up; nailing up.
=accolé=, =-e=, _part._, (her.) joined together.
=accolement=, _n.m._, joining, uniting; union.
=accoler=, _v.a._, to hug, to embrace; to place side by side; to couple;
(hort.) to prop, to tie up.
=accolure=, _n.f._, (agri.) a band of straw, osier.
=accommodable=, _adj._, that may be arranged; accommodable.
=accommodage=, _n.m._, the dressing of meat, cooking; hair-dressing.
=accommodant=, =-e=, _adj._, accommodating, complying, courteous.
=accommodé=, =-e=, _part._, favored, fitted up, adjusted; (cook.)
dressed; well off, well to do.
=accommodement= (-mān), _n.m._, accommodation, agreement, arrangement,
composition; settlement; reconciliation; way, medium. _Un homme d’—_; a
man easy to deal with. _En venir à un —_; to come to terms.
=accommoder=, _v.a._, to adapt, to accommodate, to fit, to make up;
to mend, to improve; to reconcile, to conciliate; to adjust; to be
convenient; to dress, to trim; to cook; to treat, to serve out; to
thrash; to let have, to sell. _Ceci vous accommodera-t-il?_ will this
suit you?
_s’_=accommoder=, _v.r._, to agree, to come to terms; to accommodate
one’s self; to suit; to make free with; to be pleased with, to put up
with. _— à tout_; to put up with anything. _— de tout_; to be pleased
with everything.
*=accompagnat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (mus.) accompanist.
*=accompagnement= (-mān), _n.m._, accompanying; attendance, retinue;
accompaniment; accessory, appendix. _— de quatuor_; accompaniment
for stringed instruments. _— d’harmonie_; accompaniment for wind
instruments. _— à grand orchestre_; full accompaniment.
*=accompagner=, _v.a._, to accompany, to escort, to wait on, to attend;
to be of the retinue, to follow; to match, to suit with; to add, to back;
to be the accompanist. _J’ai eu l’honneur de l’— chez elle_; I had the
honor of seeing her home.
_s’_=accompagner=, _v.r._, to be accompanied; to accompany one’s self (on
an instrument).
=accompli=, =-e=, _adj._, accomplished, performed, fulfilled; complete;
faultless, perfect. _Une beauté —_; a perfect beauty.
=accomplir=, _v.a._, to accomplish, to effect; to finish, to complete; to
fulfill, to make good. _— sa promesse_; to carry out one’s promise.
_s’_=accomplir=, _v.r._, to be accomplished, to be performed, to be past.
=accomplissement= (-mān), _n.m._, accomplishment, fulfillment;
completion, execution, observance.
=accon=, _n.m._, small lighter, punt.
=accoquiner=. _V._ =acoquiner=.
=accorage=, _n.m._, propping.
=accord=, _n.m._, agreement, bargain, contract, convention, settlement,
stipulation; consent, concurrence; good understanding, unity; (mus.)
accord, chord; (paint.) harmony, accord. _Être d’—_; _demeurer d’—_;
_tomber d’—_; to agree, to be agreed. _Mettre d’—_; to reconcile. _D’—_;
granted, done. _D’un commun —_; by common consent. _Être d’—_; (mus.) to
be in tune. _Tenir d’—_; to keep in tune.
=accordable=, _adj._, grantable, that may be granted; (mus.) tunable; (of
men) reconcilable.
*=accordailles=, _n.f.pl._, (pop.) the ceremony of signing the articles
of marriage, espousals.
=accordant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mus.) accordant, tunable, harmonious,
concordant.
=accorde!= _int._ (nav.) now! (order given to rowers to pull together).
=accordé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bridegroom, bride (after the marriage
articles are signed); one who is betrothed, granted.
=accordéon=, _n.m._, accordion.
=accorder=, _v.a._, to grant, to allow, to accord, to give, to allot, to
bestow, to concede; to admit, to give up; to make friends, to reconcile;
(gram.) to make agree; (mus.) to tune, to string. _— mal_; to mistune.
_Accordez vos flûtes_; agree upon it between you.
_s’_=accorder=, _v.r._, to agree, to suit, to be suited, to accord, to
correspond; to square; to join, to concur. _S’— du prix_; to agree upon
the price. _Il ne s’accorde pas avec lui-même_; he is inconsistent with
himself.
=accordeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tuner (of instruments). _Clef d’—_;
tuning-hammer.
=accordoir=, _n.m._, tuning-hammer.
=accore=, _n.f._, (nav.) shore, prop, stanchion.
=accore=, _adj._, bluff, steep.
=accorer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to shore up, to prop, to stay, to wedge.
=accorné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) horned.
=accort=, =-e=, _adj._, flexible, complying, courteous, affable.
=accortise=, _n.f._, complaisance, affability, courtesy.
=accostable=, _adj._, (l.u.) accostable, easy of access. _Il n’est pas
—_; he is not approachable.
=accoste=, _n.m._, (nav.) order to bring alongside.
=accoster=, _v.a._, to accost, to make up to, to come or go up to one, to
join, to couple; (nav.) to come alongside.
_s’_=accoster= =de=, _v.r._, to keep company with, to make acquaintance
with, to frequent.
=accotar=, _n.m._ _V._ =accotoir=.
=accotement=, _n.m._, (engineering) driftway; (rail.) bank, outer way.
=accoter=, _v.a._, to prop up, to support, to bear up, to lean; (hort.)
to dung, to match, to screen.
_s’_=accoter=, _v.r._, to lean on anything, to support one’s self.
=accotoir=, _n.m._, prop, leaning-stock, stanchion; (nav.) stay, shore.
=accouchée=, _n.f._, a woman in child-bed, lying-in woman.
=accouchement= (-koosh-mān), _n.m._, child-bed; delivery, confinement,
accouchement; obstetrics; midwifery. _Hôpital des —s_; lying-in hospital.
_Faire un —_; to deliver a woman.
=accoucher=, _v.n._, to lie in, to be brought to bed, to be delivered. _—
avant terme_; to miscarry. _Accouchez donc!_ (fam.) come, out with it!
=accoucher=, _v.a._, to deliver a woman.
=accoucheur=, _n.m._, man-midwife, accoucheur.
=accoucheuse=, _n.f._, a midwife.
_s’_=accouder=, _v.r._, to lean on one’s elbow.
=accoudoir=, _n.m._, anything to lean the elbow upon, elbow-rest, sill,
rail.
=accouer=, _v.a._, to tie the halter of the first horse to the tail of
the second, and so on; to wound a stag in the shoulder, to ham-string him.
=accoulins=, _n.m.pl._, alluvion; clay for making bricks.
=accouple=, _n.f._, leash, brace, couple.
=accouplement=, _n.m._, coupling, pairing, joining or yoking together;
copulation.
=accoupler=, _v.a._, to couple; to tack or join together; to yoke; to
match, to pair. _— des bœufs_; to yoke oxen.
_s’_=accoupler=, _v.r._, to couple, to copulate; to pair.
=accourcie=, _n.f._, short cut; a passage formed in a ship’s hold, to go
fore and aft.
=accourcir=, _v.a._, to shorten, to make shorter, to abridge.
_s’_=accourcir=, _v.r._, to shorten, to grow shorter, to decrease.
=accourcissement= (-mān), _n.m._, shortening, diminution.
=accourir=, _v.n._, to run to, to hasten, to flock together, to run at,
to rush at.
=accoutré=, =-e=, _part._, accoutred, dressed.
=accoutrement=, _n.m._, (jest. or iron.) garb, dress, gear.
=accoutrer=, _v.a._, (jest. or iron.) to dress out, rig out.
_s’_=accoutrer=, _v.r._, to dress one’s self out in, to rig one’s self
out.
☉=accoutumance=, _n.f._, habit, custom.
=accoutumé=, =-e=, _adj._, accustomed, habitual, used to. _À l’—e_; as
usual, customarily.
=accoutumer=, _v.a._, to accustom, to use, to habituate; to inure.
=accoutumer=, _v.n._, to use, to be wont.
_s’_=accoutumer=, _v.r._, to accustom, to use, to inure one’s self.
☉=accouvé=, =-e=, (fam.) _adj._, brooding over (the fire).
=accréditer=, _v.a._, to accredit; to give reputation, credit, sanction
to; to bring into vogue, to procure esteem, to confirm, to spread
(rumors).
_s’_=accréditer=, _v.r._, to get a name or reputation, to get into
credit; to ingratiate one’s self.
=accrétion=, _n.f._, (med.) accretion.
=accroc= (-krô), _n.m._, impediment, hitch, hindrance; rent, tear. _Faire
un — à_; to tear.
☉=accroche=, _n.f._, hindrance, obstacle, hitch.
=accroche-cœur=, _n.m._, (_—_) (curl) heart-breaker, kiss-curl. _En —_;
curled up, twisted.
=accrochement=, _n.m._, locking (of carriages); difficulty, hitch, delay.
=accrocher=, _v.a._, to hang up or upon, to hook; to catch, to tear; to
get, to pick up; to lock, to get locked with; to grapple (a ship); to
delay, stop, put off, pawn. _— sa montre_; to pawn one’s watch. _Il lui à
accroché de l’argent_; he has done him out of some money.
_s’_=accrocher=, _v.r._, to catch in; to hang on; to lay hold of, to
cling to.
=accroire=, _v.a._, to believe. _Faire — à_; to make believe. _En
faire — à quelqu’un_; to impose upon any one. _S’en faire —_; to be
self-conceited, to overrate one’s self.
=accroissement=, _n.m._, increase, growth, enlargement, extension,
development.
=accroître=, _v.a._, to increase, to enlarge, to amplify, to augment, to
raise.
=accroître=, _v.n._, to increase, to augment.
_s’_=accroître=, _v.r._, to increase, to grow; to be augmented or
advanced, to improve.
=accroupi=, =-e=, _adj._, squat, cowering, crouching.
_s’_=accroupir=, _v.r._, to sit down upon the hams or heels, to squat, to
crouch.
=accroupissement= (-mān), _n.m._, cowering, squatting, crouching.
=accru=, _n.m._, sprig produced by roots, shoot.
=accrue=, _n.f._, increase of land caused by the retiring of waters;
encroachment by trees on adjoining land.
*=accueil= (-keu), _n.m._, reception, welcome, greeting; (com.)
protection, honor (of bills). _Faire —_; to receive kindly (of bills),
to meet. _Recevoir bon —_; to meet with due honor, protection; to be
greeted, welcomed; (com.) to be met, honored (of bills).
*=accueillir= (-keu-), _v.a._, to receive, to make welcome, to entertain;
to hail; to overtake; to assail; (com.) to honor; to protect. _Être
bien accueilli_; to be received with a hearty welcome. _La tempête nous
accueillit_; the storm overtook us.
=accul=, _n.m._, place that has no egress; blind alley; small bay, cove;
(hunt.) terrier, lodge, hole; breeching (of a cannon).
=acculer=, _v.a._, to bring to a stand; to drive into a corner; to drive
into a place from which there is no escape; (hunt.) to run home.
=acculer=, _v.n._, (of carts) to hang backwards.
=accumulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, accumulator.
=accumulation=, _n.f._, accumulation.
=accumuler=, _v.a._, to accumulate, to heap up, to store, to amass. _—
crime sur crime_; to heap crime upon crime.
_s’_=accumuler=, _v.r._, to accumulate, to increase.
=accusable=, _adj._, accusable, impeachable, chargeable.
=accusat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, accuser, indicter, impeacher.
=accusatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) accusative case. _A l’—_; in the accusative.
=accusation=, _n.f._, accusation, indictment, impeachment, charge;
complaint; prosecution. _Chef d’—_; count of an indictment. _Mise en —_;
arraignment. _Intenter une —_; to prefer an indictment. _Mettre en —_; to
impeach. _Prononcer la mise en —_; to find a true bill.
=accusatoire=, _adj._, accusatory.
=accusé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, accused, prisoner, culprit. _— de
réception_; (com.) acknowledgment of letter, receipt.
=accuser=, _v.a._, to accuse of, to charge with; to indict, to impeach;
to reproach, to tax; to blame; to dispute the validity of a deed; to
mention, to give notice; (fig.) to show, to indicate, to betray, to
attest. _— réception d’une lettre_; to acknowledge the receipt of a
letter.
_s’_=accuser=, _v.r._, to accuse one’s self.
=acéphale=, _adj._, acephalous, without a head.
=acéphales=, _n.m.pl._, acephala.
=acérain=, =-e=, _adj._, relating to steel, steely.
=acerbe=, _adj._, sour, sharp, acerb; harsh, bitter.
=acerbité=, _n.f._, acerbity, harshness; bitterness.
=acéré=, =-e=, _adj._, steely, steeled; sharp, keen, sharp-edged; acerose.
=acérer=, _v.a._, to steel.
☉=acéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, acerose, needle-shaped.
=acescence=, _n.f._, acescency, acidifying.
=acescent=, =-e=, _adj._, acescent.
=acétabule=, _n.m._, acetabulum.
=acétate=, _n.m._, acetate.
=acéteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, acetous.
=acétique=, _adj._, acetic.
=achalandage=, _n.m._, custom, connection; good will and fixtures.
=achalandé=, =-e=, _part._, having custom. _Boutique bien —e_; a
well-frequented shop, doing or driving a good trade.
=achalander=, _v.a._, to get custom, to procure customers, to procure
custom to.
_s’_=achalander=, _v.r._, to get or draw, attract, customers.
=acharné=, =-e=, _adj._, fleshed; rabid; infuriated; implacable;
desperate; obstinate; intense. _Un combat —_; a desperate fight. _Une
haine —e_; an implacable hatred.
=acharnement=, _n.m._, tenacity; rancor, blind fury; stubbornness,
ill-nature; obstinacy, desperation. _Avec —_; unmercifully. _C’est de
l’—_; this is rank fury.
=acharner=, _v.a._, to flesh; to rouse, to madden; to set on; to
embitter, to envenom.
_s’_=acharner=, _v.r._, to be intent, bent, set upon; to set one’s heart
upon; to persist in; to be infuriated, implacable. _Il s’acharne à
l’étude_; his heart is set upon study.
☉=achars=, _n.m.pl._, Indian pickles.
=achat=, _n.m._, purchase, purchasing, buying; bargain. _Faire des —s_;
to purchase.
=ache=, _n.f._, (bot.) smallage.
=achée=, _n.f._, worms, gentles, bait.
=acheminement= (ash-mi-n-mān), _n.m._, step; preparatory measure, means,
way, dispatch.
=acheminer= (ash-mi-né), _v.a._, to forward, to send on.
_s’_=acheminer=, _v.r._, to set out or forward, to make one’s way
towards; to begin one’s journey; to proceed towards; to get on.
=acheter= (ash-té), _v.a._, to buy, to purchase, to bribe. _— cher ou bon
marché_; to buy dear or cheap. _— en bloc_; to buy in a lump. _— chat en
poche_; to buy a pig in a poke.
_s’_=acheter=, _v.r._, to buy for one’s self, to be bought.
=acheteur= (ash-teur), _n.m._, buyer, purchaser, last bidder.
=achevé=, =-e=, _part._, finished, perfect, exquisite, absolute;
downright, consummate, arrant. _Beauté —e_; a perfect beauty. _Sot —_;
downright ass.
=achèvement= (-shev-mān), _n.m._, completion, finishing, conclusion.
=achever= (ash-vé), _v.a._, to finish, to put the finishing hand to;
to close, to end, to conclude, to terminate, to perfect, to crown, to
consummate; to dispatch, to kill. _— de boire_; to drink up. _Achevez!_
out with it! _Il n’acheva pas_; he said no more.
=acheveur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, finisher.
=achillée=, _n.f._, (bot.) milfoil, yarrow.
=achit=, _n.m._, wild vine.
=achoppement= (-shop-mān), _n.m._, stumbling, impediment. _Pierre d’—_;
stumbling-block.
=achopper=, _v.n._, to stumble, to knock one’s self against anything;
(fig.) to fail.
=achromatique= (-kro-), _adj._, achromatic.
=achromatisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, (opt.) achromatism.
☉=achronique= (-kro-), _adj._ _V._ =acronyque=.
=aciculaire=, _adj._, acicular, needle-shaped.
=acide=, _n.m._, acid.
=acide=, _adj._, acid, sour, tart, sharp.
=acidifier=, _v.a._, to acidify.
=acidité=, _n.f._, acidity, sourness, sharpness, tartness.
=acidule=, _adj._, of the nature of acids, acidulous.
=acidulé=, =-e=, _adj._, acidulated.
=aciduler=, _v.a._, to acidulate.
=acier=, _n.m._, steel. _— fondu_; cast steel. _— indien_, _— wootz_;
wootz. _— poule_, _— de cémentation_; blistered steel. _Articles d’—_;
steel wares. _Bijouterie d’—_; polished steel wares. _Fil d’—_; steel
wire.
=aciérage=, _n.m._, (metal.) the hardening of copper, steeling, plating
with steel.
=aciération=, _n.f._, the converting of iron into steel.
=aciérer=, _v.a._, to convert into steel, to steel.
=aciérie=, _n.f._, steel manufactory, steel-works.
=acineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, acinose, acinous.
=aciniforme=, _adj._, aciniform.
=acmé=, _n.m._, (med.) acme.
=acné=, _n.f._, (med.) acne.
=acolyte=, _n.m._, acolothist, acolyte; companion, confederate, associate.
=acompte=, _n.m._, installment, partial payment.
=acon=, _n.m._ _V._ =accon=.
=aconit= (-nit), _n.m._, aconite, wolf’s-bane, monk’s hood. _—
tue-chien_; dog’s-bane.
=acoquinant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) alluring, engaging, captivating.
=acoquiner=, _v.a._, (fam.) to allure, to bewitch; to captivate.
_s’_=acoquiner=, _v.r._, (fam.) to be bewitched, to be greatly attached
to. _Il s’acoquine auprès de cette femme_; he is much in love with that
woman.
=acotylédone=, _adj._, (of plants) acotyledonous.
=acoup=, _n.m._, (_—s_) jerk, sudden stop, or halt.
=acoustique=, _n.f._ (_n.p._), acoustics.
=acoustique=, _adj._, acoustic. _Cordon —_; speaking-pipe. _Cornet —_;
ear-trumpet. _Voûte —_; whispering dome, gallery.
=acquéreur=, _n.m._, buyer, purchaser.
=acquérir= (acquérant, acquis), _v.a._, to acquire, to purchase, to buy,
to obtain; to get, to achieve, to attain, to gain, to win.
_s’_=acquérir=, _v.r._, to get, to be gotten, to be acquired, obtained,
or purchased, to win for one’s self.
=acquêt=, _n.m._, (jur.) common property of two married people,
acquisition, purchase.
=acquiescement= (-mān), _n.m._, acquiescence, compliance, consent,
willingness.
=acquiescer=, _v.n._, to acquiesce, to agree, to assent, to yield, to
comply.
=acquis=, _part._ of Acquérir.
=acquis=, =-e=, _adj._, acquired; added; secured; (med.) adventitious.
=acquis=, _n.m._, acquired knowledge, acquirements, attainments.
=acquisition=, _n.f._, acquisition, getting, acquiring, attaining,
purchase, conquest. _Contrat d’—_; deed of purchase.
=acquit=, _n.m._, discharge, receipt; lead (at billiards). _Par manière
d’—_; for form’s sake. _Jouer à l’—_; to play who shall pay for the
whole. _Pour acquit_ (on bills), paid. _Donner — de_; to give a receipt
for. _Mettre son — à_; to put “paid” on to receipt.
=acquit-à-caution=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (customs) permit.
☉=acquit-patent=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) royal decree granting the remission
of a debt.
=acquittement= (-mān), _n.m._, payment, clearing off, liquidation;
acquittal.
=acquitter=, _v.a._, to pay, to pay off, to clear, to quit; to receipt;
to acquit, to discharge.
_s’_=acquitter=, _v.r._, to fulfill, to perform; to pay off one’s debts,
to pay off, to be quits.
=acre=, _n.f._, acre.
=âcre=, _adj._, sharp, sour, tart, acrimonious; bitter, biting; acrid.
=âcreté=, _n.f._, acridity, sharpness, sourness, tartness, acrimony.
=acrimonie=, _n.f._, acrimony, sharpness, keenness.
=acrimonieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, acrimonious, sharp.
=acrobate=, _n.m.f._, rope-dancer.
=acronyque=, _adj._, (astr.), acronic, acronical.
=acropole=, _n.f._, acropolis.
=acrostiche=, _n.m._, acrostic.
=acrotère=, _n.m._, (arch.) acroterium, blocking course; (nav.) cape,
headland.
=acte=, _n.m._, act; deed; indenture, instrument; document; charter;
_pl._, records, public registers, rolls, proceedings. _— faux_; forged
deed. _Expédition d’un —_; copy of a deed. _Donner — de_; to deliver an
official certificate of. _Rédiger un —_; to draw up a document. _Faire
acte de présence_; to put in an appearance, to show one’s self. _Prendre
—_; to make a note of, to put down.
=act-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, actor; actress; player.
=actif=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) assets (_pl._); (gram.) active voice. _Actif
et passif_; assets and liabilities. _Actif_; receipts of a budget.
=acti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, active; real, actual; quick, nimble, brisk,
agile, stirring, busy, energetic. _Dettes actives_; assets.
=action=, _n.f._, action, act, agency, operation, virtue, motion; deed,
feat, performance; gesture, posture; engagement, battle; suit, plea;
share, stock. _— cessible_ (com.); transferable share. _— nominative_;
personal share. _Promesse d’—s_; scrip. _Détenteur de promesse
d’—s_; scrip-holder. _Titre d’une —_; document of a share. _Par —s_;
joint-stock. _— d’éclat_; splendid achievement. _—s de banque_; bank
stock. _Hausse_, _baisse_, _des —s_; rise, fall, of shares. _— de grâces_;
thanksgiving. _En —_; in motion. _Entrer en —_; to begin opérations.
_Intenter une — à quelqu’un_; to bring an action against any one. _Mettre
en —_; to carry into action, to carry out. _En —_; (mach.) in gear. _Hors
d’—_; out of gear.
=actionnaire=, _n.m._, shareholder, stockholder.
=actionner=, _v.a._, to bring an action, to sue at law. _S’—_; to bestir
oneself.
=activement= (-mān), _adv._, actively, vigorously.
=activer=, _v.a._, to press, to hasten, to forward, to expedite.
=activité=, _n.f._, action, activity; nimbleness, expedition, dispatch,
employment. _En —_; in activity, in active service.
=actualisation=, _n.f._, actualness, adaptation to the times.
=actualiser=, _v.a._, to actualize.
=actualité=, _n.f._, actuality, passing event; question of the hour.
=actuel=, =-le=, _adj._, actual, real; present.
=actuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, now, at this very time.
=acuité=, _n.f._, (mus.) acuteness, keenness.
=acuminé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) acuminated.
=acuponcture=, _n.f._, (surg.) acupuncture.
=acutangle=, _adj._, acute-angled.
=acutangulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) acute-angled.
=adage=, _n.m._, adage, proverb; saying.
=adagio=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) adagio.
=adagio=, _adv._, (mus.) adagio, slowly.
=adamantin=, =-e=, _adj._, adamantine.
=adaptation=, _n.f._, adaptation.
=adapter=, _v.a._, to apply, to adapt; to suit; to fit.
_s’_=adapter=, _v.r._, to apply, fit, suit. _Qui peut —_; which is
adaptable.
=adapteur=, _n.m.f._, adapter.
=addition= (ad-di-), _n.f._, addition; accession; bill, reckoning;
(print.) marginal note. _— composée_; compound addition. _— en hache_
(print.); interlineary matter. _Faire l’— de_; to add, to sum up.
=additionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, additional.
=additionner=, _v.a._, to add, to cast up.
=adducteur=, _n.m._, (anat.) adductor.
=adducteur=, _adj._, (anat.) adducent.
=adduction=, _n.f._, (anat.) adduction.
=ademption=, _n.f._, (jur.) revocation of a legacy.
=adepte=, _n.m.f._, adept.
=adéquat=, =-e= (-kouat), _adj._, (philos.) complete, entire, adequate.
=adhérence=, _n.f._, adhesion; adherence, attachment.
=adhérent=, =-e=, _adj._, adherent, sticking to.
=adhérent=, _n.m._, adherer, follower, partisan.
=adhérer=, _v.n._, to adhere, to be adherent, to cling, to hold, to
cleave, to stick; to adhere to, to approve.
=adhési-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, adhesive.
=adhésion=, _n.f._, adhesion, adherence; compliance.
=ad hoc=, _adv._, to that effect or purpose.
=ad hominem=, _adv._, personal, direct. _Argument —_; _argumentum ad
hominem_.
☉=ad honores=, _adv._, honorary.
=adiante=, _n.m._, (bot.) adiantum, maiden-hair.
=adieu=, _adv._, adieu, farewell, good-bye. _Dire —_, _faire ses adieux_
=à=; to bid adieu. _Sans —_; without bidding you adieu, without saying
good-bye. _— va!_ (nav.) about ship!
=adieu=, _n.m._, farewell, parting, leave. _Faire ses —x_; to take one’s
leave.
=adipeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, adipous, adipose, fat.
=adipocire=, _n.f._, adipocere.
=adiposité=, _n.f._, adipose or fatty condition.
=adirer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to mislay, to lose.
=adition=, _n.f._, (jur.) acceptance of an inheritance.
=adjacent=, =-e=, _adj._, adjacent, bordering upon, contiguous.
=adjectif=, _n.m._, (gram.) adjective.
=adjecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) adjectival.
=adjectivement= (-mān), _adv._, adjectively.
=adjoindre=, _v.a._, to adjoin, to associate, to give as an assistant.
_S’—_; to take as a partner.
=adjoint=, _n.m._, adjunct, associate, colleague, assistant, deputy.
_Maire —_; deputy mayor.
=adjonction=, _n.f._, adjunction, union, annexation.
=adjudant=, _n.m._, adjutant. _Fonctions d’—_; adjutancy. _— de place_;
town adjutant.
=adjudicataire=, _n.m.f._, purchaser, contractor, highest bidder.
=adjudicataire=, _adj._, purchasing; contracting.
=adjudicat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, awarder.
=adjudicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) adjudging.
=adjudication=, _n.f._, adjudication; auction; contract, award. _Par —_;
by contract. _Mettre en —_; to contract for.
=adjuger=, _v.a._, to adjudge, to adjudicate, to award. _Adjugé!_ (at
auctions) gone!
_s’_=adjuger=, _v.r._, to appropriate to one’s own use.
=adjuration=, _n.f._, adjuration, imprecation.
=adjurer=, _v.a._, to adjure; to conjure, to call upon, to beseech.
=adjuvant=, _n.m._, (med.) adjuvant.
=ad libitum= (-tom), _adv._, ad libitum, at will, at pleasure.
=admettre=, _v.a._, to admit, to receive; to allow, to approve of, to
suppose; to adopt; to give admittance, to take in; to let in, to suffer
to come into, to let enter.
=adminicule=, _n.m._, (jur.) presumptive proof.
=administra-teur=, _n.m._, =-trice=, _n.f._, administrator,
administratrix, manager, trustee, governor, curator; guardian (of the
poor).
=administrati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, administrative.
=administration=, _n.f._, administration, management, direction,
government, conduct. _Mauvaise —_; maladministration.
=administrativement=, _adv._, administratively.
=administré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person under one’s administration or
jurisdiction.
=administrer=, _v.a._, to administer, to manage, to officiate, to govern;
to minister, to dispense; (jur.) to furnish, find. _Droit d’—_; letters
of administration. _— des témoins_; to find, produce, witnesses.
_s’_=administrer=, _v.r._, to administer to one’s self; to be managed, to
be administered.
=admirable=, _adj._, admirable, wonderful.
=admirablement=, _adv._, admirably, wonderfully.
=admirat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, admirer, praiser.
=admirati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, of admiration or exclamation, wondering.
_D’un air —_; with a wondering look.
=admiration=, _n.f._, admiration, wonder, marvel. _Point d’—_; note of
exclamation. _Avoir de l’— pour_, _Être dans l’—_; to admire. _Saisir
d’—_; to strike with admiration.
=admirer=, _v.a._, to admire, to wonder at.
=admissibilité=, _n.f._, admissibility.
=admissible=, _adj._, allowable, admissible.
=admission=, _n.f._, admission, admittance, reception.
=admonestation=, _n.f._, admonishment, admonition.
=admonester=, _v.a._, (jur.) to admonish, to warn, to reprimand.
=admonit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, adviser.
=admonition=, _n.f._, admonition, advice, exhortation, reprimand.
=adné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) adnate.
=adolescence=, _n.f._, adolescence.
=adolescent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lad; lass; stripling.
=adolescent=, =-e=, _adj._, adolescent.
=adonien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (poet.) adonic.
=adonique=. _V._ =adonien=.
=adonis= (-nis), _n.m._, Adonis, beau; (bot.) adonis, pheasant’s-eye.
=adoniser=, _v.a._, to deck out, to make fine.
_s’_=adoniser=, _v.r._, to bedizen one’s self.
=adonner=, _v.n._, (nav.) to veer aft.
_s’_=adonner=, _v.r._, to give, to apply, to devote, to addict one’s
self, to give one’s mind (to a thing _— à quelque chose_), to follow, to
take to a thing. _S’— au vin_, to become addicted to drinking.
=adoptable=, _adj._, that can be adopted.
=adoptant=, _n.m._, adopter.
=adopté=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, adoptive son, daughter, heir, &c.
=adopter=, _v.a._, to adopt; to embrace, to espouse, to sanction, to
pass, to carry.
=adopti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, adoptive, by adoption. _Enfant —_; adoptive
child. _Père —_; foster-father.
=adoption=, _n.f._, adoption.
=adorable=, _adj._, adorable, charming, delightful.
=adorablement=, _adv._, adorably, delightfully.
=adorat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, adorer, worshiper, great admirer.
=adoration=, _n.f._, adoration, worshiping; worship; admiration, respect,
reverence.
=adorer=, _v.a._, to adore, to worship; to have a passionate love for.
=ados=, _n.m._, (gard.) shelving-bed, border (against a wall).
=adossé=, =-e=, _adj._, back to back; resting or standing against;
indorsed (of a bill).
=adossement=, _n.m._, position back to back; backing, indorsement.
=adosser=, _v.a._, to set or lean with the back against a thing, to put
back to back. _S’— contre un mur_; to lean up against a wall.
=adouber=, _v.n._, (chess) to adjust a piece; (nav.) to mend, to repair.
=adoucir=, _v.a._, to soften, to mitigate, to sweeten; to modify, to
compose, to calm, to soothe; to smooth, to appease; to ease, to allay,
to relieve, to cool, to pacify; to tame. _Rien ne peut — son chagrin_;
nothing can mitigate his sorrow. _— un esprit irrité_; to appease an
exasperated mind.
_s’_=adoucir=, _v.r._, to grow cool, soft, mild; to be assuaged,
mitigated; to relent; (of weather) to get milder.
=adoucissant=, _n.m._, emollient, mollifier.
=adoucissant=, =-e=, _adj._, softening, soothing, emollient.
=adoucissement= (-mān), _n.m._, sweetening, softening, mollifying;
assuaging, appeasing; ease, mitigation, palliation, alleviation, relief,
consolation.
=adoucisseur=, _n.m._, glass-polisher.
=adoué=, =-e=, _adj._, (hunt.) coupled, paired.
=ad patres= (-ess), to kingdom come. _Aller —_; to be gathered to one’s
fathers.
=adrachne= (-rakn), _n.m._, strawberry-tree. _V._ =arbousier=.
=adragant=, =-e=, _adj._, tragacanth.
=adragant=, _n.m._, tragacanth; gum-dragon.
=ad rem=, _adv._, pertinently. _Répondre —_; to answer pertinently, to
the point.
=adresse=, _n.f._, speech, direction, address; skill, dexterity,
expertness, cleverness, ingenuity; shrewdness, cunning, direction,
destination. _Être à l’— de_; to be directed to. _Faire tenir à son —_;
to forward to its destination. _Tour d’—_; legerdemain. _Avoir l’adresse
de_; to be artful enough to.
=adresser=, _v.a._, to direct, to address. _— mal_; to misdirect.
_s’_=adresser=, _v.r._, to be directed; to address one’s self, to apply,
to make application, to appeal to. _— ici_; apply within. _Vous vous
adressez mal_; you mistake your man. _— bien_; you come to the right
person.
=adroit=, =-e=, _adj._, dexterous, ingenious, clever, skillful; handy,
neat; cunning, shrewd, artful.
=adroitement= (-droat-mān), _adv._, adroitly, skillfully, artfully,
cleverly, happily; smartly, handily.
=adulaire=, _n.f._, (min.) adularia, moon-stone, sun-stone.
=adula-teur=, _n.m._, =-trice=, _n.f._, adulator, flatterer, fawner,
sycophant; parasite.
=adula-teur=, =-trice=, _adj._, adulatory, parasitical.
=adulation=, _n.f._, adulation, flattery, sycophancy.
=aduler=, _v.a._, to fawn upon, to cringe to, to flatter.
=adulte=, _adj._, adult, grown-up.
=adulte=, _n.m.f._, adult.
=adultération=, _n.f._, (pharm.) adulteration.
=adultère=, _n.f._, adulteress.
=adultère=, _n.m._, adulterer; adultery.
=adultère=, _adj._, adulterous; adulterate. _Femme —_; adulteress.
=adultérer=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to adulterate.
=adultérin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, adulterine child.
=adultérin=, =-e=, _adj._, adulterine.
=aduste=, _adj._, (med.) adust, burnt up.
=adustion=, _n.f._, (med.) adustion, burning.
=advenant=, _part._, occurring, in case, in the event of. _— le décès_;
in the event of the death.
=advenir=, _v.n._, to occur, happen, to chance, befall. _Advienne que
pourra_; happen what may.
=adventice=, _adj._, adventitious.
=adventi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, adventive, casual.
=adverbe=, _n.m._, (gram.) adverb.
=adverbial=, =-e=, _adj._, adverbial.
=adverbialement= (-mān), _adv._, adverbially.
=adverbialité=, _n.f._, adverbial nature of.
=adversaire=, _n.m._, adversary, opponent, antagonist, opposer.
=adversati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) adversative.
=adverse=, _adj._, adverse, opposite. _Avocat —_; counsel on the opposite
side.
=adversité=, _n.f._, adversity, affliction.
=adynamie=, _n.f._, (med.) adynamy, debility.
=adynamique=, _adj._, adynamic.
=aérage=, _n.m._, ventilation, airing. _Puits d’—_; air-shaft.
=aération=, _n.f._, aëration, airing.
=aéré=, =-e=, _adj._, aired, airy.
=aérer=, _v.a._, to air, to renew the air; (chem.) to aërate.
=aérien=, =-ne= (-in-e-n), _adj._, aërial.
=aériennement=, _adv._, aërially, in the air.
=aérifère=, _adj._, aërial.
=aériforme=, _adj._, aëriform.
=aériser=, _v.a._, to aërify.
=aérodynamique=, _n.f._, aëro-dynamics.
=aérographie=, _n.f._, aërography.
=aérolithe=, _n.m._, aërolite, aërolith.
=aérologie=, _n.f._, aërology.
=aéromancie=, _n.f._, aëromancy.
=aéromètre=, _n.m._, aërometer.
=aérométrie=, _n.f._, aërometry.
=aéronaute=, _n.m.f._, aëronaut. _Art_, _science de l’—_; aëronautics.
=aérophobie=, _n.f._, aërophobia.
=aérostat=, _n.m._, aërostat; air-balloon.
=aérostation=, _n.f._, aërostation.
=aérostatique=, _adj._, aërostatic.
=aétite=, _n.f._, aëtites, eagle-stone.
=affabilité=, _n.f._, affability, affableness, kindness, courtesy.
=affable=, _adj._, affable, courteous, of easy manners.
=affablement=, _adv._, affably, courteously.
=affabulation=, _n.f._, the moral of a fable.
=affadir=, _v.a._, to make unsavory or insipid; to flatten; to be
nauseous, to cloy, to pall, to satiate.
_s’_=affadir=, _v.r._, to become insipid.
=affadissement= (-mān), _n.m._, cloying, insipidity, nauseousness.
=affaiblir=, _v.a._, to enfeeble, to weaken, to debilitate; to impair, to
attenuate; to debase (coins).
=affaiblir=, _v.n._, to grow weak, to weaken, to droop.
_s’_=affaiblir=, _v.r._, to grow weak, to be impaired, to become
enfeebled; to abate.
=affaiblissant=, =-e=, _adj._, weakening, enfeebling.
=affaiblissement= (-mān), _n.m._, weakening, enfeebling, impairment,
diminution of strength; allaying, abatement; debasement (of coins).
=affaire=, _n.f._, thing, affair, matter; business, concern, job,
duty; dealing; trouble, scrape, quarrel; action, case, lawsuit; fight,
skirmish, battle; need, occasion, want; work, transaction. _Belle —_;
fine thing, pretty mess, trifling matter. _—s courantes_; current
business. _— de rien_; trifling affair. _— d’intérêt_; money matter.
_Bien_, _mal_, _dans ses —_; in good, bad, circumstances. _Homme d’—s_;
man of business, agent, steward, middleman. _Relation d’—s_; mercantile
connection. _Dans les —s_; in business. _En —_; engaged in business.
_Pour —_; on business. _Aller à ses —s_; to go to one’s business.
_S’attirer une —_; to get into a scrape. _Avoir — à_; to have to deal
with. _Avoir — avec_; to have business with. _Avoir bien des —s_; to be
much employed. _Avoir des —s pardessus la tête_; to be over head and
ears in business. _Céder ses —s_; to give up business. _Être à ses —s_;
to attend to business. _Eviter les —s_; to keep clear of scrapes. _Faire
des —s_; to do business. _Faire l’— de quelqu’un_; to answer some one’s
purpose, turn. _Faire son — à quelqu’un_; to settle any one’s business,
do for him. _Faire de grandes —s_; to carry on an extensive business. _Ne
faire rien à l’—_; not to affect the matter. _Mettre quelqu’un dans les
—s_; to set any one up in business, to apprentice any one to a business.
_Se retirer des —s_; to retire from business. _Sortir d’une — avec
honneur_; to come off honorably. _Tirer d’—_; to extricate, to help out.
_Se tirer d’—_; to get out of trouble, to get on in the world. _Vaquer
aux —s_; to attend to business. _Vider une —_; to settle an affair.
_C’est_, _ce n’est pas_, _une —_; it is no, it is an, easy matter. _J’ai
votre —_; I have what you want, the very thing for you. _Je ferai son —_;
I will do for him. _C’est mon —_; leave that to me. _J’en fais mon —_;
I take that upon myself. _Ce ne sont pas là mes —s_; that is none of
my business. _Au point où en sont les —s_; as matters stand. _Son — est
bonne_; he is in for it, he will catch it. _Son — est faite_; he is done
for.
=affairé=, =-e=, _adj._, full of business, busy. _Faire l’—_; to ape the
busy man; to fuss about.
=affaissement= (-mān), _n.m._, depression, sinking, subsiding, giving
way, weakness, weighing down; (med.) collapse.
=affaisser=, _v.a._, to cause to sink, to weigh down, to press down, to
bear down, to weaken.
_s’_=affaisser=, _v.r._, to sink, sink down, subside, settle, to give way.
=affaiter=, _v.a._, (falconry) to reclaim and train, tame (hawks).
=affaler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to overhaul (a rope); to embay, drive upon a
lee-shore. _Affale!_ lower away.
_s’_=affaler=, _v.r._, (nav.) to slide down; to be driven upon a
lee-shore.
=affamé=, =-e=, _adj._, famished, hungry, starving, craving. _Être — de_;
to be greedy of; eager for.
=affamer=, _v.a._, to famish, to starve.
=affectation=, _n.f._, affectation, distinction; (jur.) mortgage, charge.
=affecté=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, destined; (alg.) affected, assumed.
=affecter=, _v.a._, to affect, to pretend, feign; to appropriate, to
destine.
_s’_=affecter=, _v.r._, to be affected; to be moved.
=affecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, affective.
=affection=, _n.f._, affection, love, attachment, liking, inclination,
partiality; (med.) affection. _Témoignage d’—_; token, mark, of
affection. _Par —_; out of affection. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_; to become
attached, to take a fancy, to any one. _— nerveuse_; nervous affection.
=affectionné=, =-e=, _adj._, affectionate, loving.
=affectionner=, _v.a._, to love, to have an affection for, to fancy, to
be fond of, to like; to take an interest in.
_s’_=affectionner=, _v.r._, to apply one’s self to a thing with delight,
to attach one’s self to, to delight in, to take a fancy for.
=affectueusement= (-mān), _adv._, affectionately, fondly, heartily,
kindly.
=affectueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, affectionate, warm-hearted.
=afférent=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) appertaining to, belonging to, accruing
to, indivisible. _Portion —e_; share of indivisible property.
=affermable=, _adj._, farmable, rentable, demisable.
=affermage=, _n.m._, farming, renting, demising.
=affermer=, _v.a._, to farm or let out by lease; to take a lease of; to
rent.
_s’_=affermer=, _v.r._, to be farmed, rented.
=affermir=, _v.a._, to strengthen, to give strength to; to make firm
or strong; to fasten; to harden, to make hard or firm; to confirm, to
establish, to consolidate, to fix firmly.
_s’_=affermir=, _v.r._, to become strong, firm or fast; to grow hard; to
fortify one’s self; to become established, to persist in.
=affermissement= (-mān), _n.m._, strengthening, settling, consolidation,
establishment; stay, support, prop.
=affété=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, full of affectation, prim, finical;
canting, mincing. _Mine —e_; affected looks. _Manières —es_; affected
manners.
=afféterie=, _n.f._, affectation, affectedness; primness, mannerism;
affected, formal ways; cant. _Les —s d’une coquette_; the affected ways
of a coquette.
=affichage=, _n.m._, the posting up of placards, bills, &c.,
bill-sticking, placarding.
=affiche=, _n.f._, placard, bill, hand-bill. _Poser une —_; to post up a
placard. _Homme —_; sandwich man.
=afficher=, _v.a._, to post up; to publish, to proclaim, to make a show
of, to parade, to divulge. _Défense d’—_; stick no bills.
_s’_=afficher=, _v.r._, to set up for; to attract public notice. _Cette
femme s’affiche_; that woman seeks notoriety.
=afficheur=, _n.m._, bill-sticker.
=affidé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, confederate, trusty, confidential agent.
=affidé=, =-e=, _adj._, trusty, trustworthy.
=affilage=, _n.m._, whetting, sharpening, grinding, setting.
=affilé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharp; nimble, glib (of the tongue).
=affiler=, _v.a._, to set, to put an edge on, to sharpen.
=affiliation=, _n.f._, affiliation, association.
=affilier=, _v.a._, to receive, to affiliate, to admit.
_s’_=affilier=, _v.r._, to get affiliated, admitted.
=affiloir=, _n.m._, hone, whetstone, steel.
=affinage=, _n.m._, affinage, refining, fining (of metals, sugar).
=affiner=, _v.a._, to fine, to refine; to try.
_s’_=affiner=, _v.r._, to be refined; to be fined, tried, (nav.) (of
weather), to clear up.
=affinerie= (-rî), _n.f._, (metal.) finery, painting shop.
=affineur=, _n.m._, finer; (metal.) refiner.
=affinité=, _n.f._, affinity, alliance; congeniality, conformity,
relation. _Avoir de l’— avec_; to be congenial to.
=affinoir=, _n.m._, hatchel.
=affiquet=, _n.m._, a knitting-sheath. _—s_, _pl._; gewgaws,
knick-knacks, bauble.
=affirmati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, affirmative; positive.
=affirmation=, _n.f._, affirmation, assertion; (log.) predication;
affidavit, oath.
=affirmative=, _n.f._, affirmative. _Prendre l’— pour ou contre_; to
decide for or against.
=affirmativement= (-mān), _adv._, affirmatively, positively.
=affirmer=, _v.a._, to affirm, to vouch, to assert, to assure, to
declare, to state; to confirm by or on oath; (log.) to predicate.
=affixe=, _n.m._, affix.
=affleuré=, =-e=, _adj._, level; (arch.) flush.
=affleurement=, _n.m._, leveling; making flush; (mining) cropping out,
outcrop.
=affleurer=, _v.a._, to make even, to level; (arch.) to make flush;
(ship-building) to fay; (mining) to crop out.
=affleurer=, _v.n._, to be level, on a level with, to be flush with.
=afflicti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) affecting the person corporal (of
punishments).
=affliction=, _n.f._, affliction, grief, trouble, distress, anguish,
sorrow, tribulation; trial, vexation.
=affligé=, =-e=, _adj._, afflicted, grieved, dejected, disconsolate. _—
d’une maladie_; laboring under a disease.
=affligeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, afflicting, afflictive,
distressing, grievous, woeful.
=affliger=, _v.a._, to afflict, to grieve, to vex, to trouble, to
distress, to cast down; to mortify.
_s’_=affliger=, _v.r._, to grieve, to be concerned; to be afflicted,
troubled, distressed, cast down, sorrowful; to fret.
=affluence=, _n.f._, a flowing together; affluence, abundance, multitude,
concourse, crowd.
=affluent=, =-e=, _adj._, (of rivers) falling into, running into.
=affluent=, _n.m._, confluence; tributary stream.
=affluer=, _v.a._, to fall, to run, to flow into; to abound; to resort,
to flock, to come in great numbers; (med.) to flow, to rush.
=afflux=, _n.m._, (med.) afflux, affluxion.
=affolé=, =-e=, _adj._, maddened, distracted, frantic; infatuated with;
madly in love with; (nav.) erroneous, defective (of the magnetic
needle). _Une boussole —e_; a compass that is not true.
=affoler=, _v.a._, to make extremely fond, to make one dote upon; to
madden, to distract, bewitch. _S’— de_; to become infatuated with.
=affouage=, _n.m._, the right of cutting wood.
=affouillement=, _n.m._, undermining, washing away.
=affouiller=, _v.a._, (arch.) to undermine; to wash away.
=affourche=, _n.f._, (nav.) small bower. _Ancre d’—_; small bow-anchor.
=affourché=, =-e=, _part._, astraddle, astride, (nav.) moored across.
=affourcher=, _v.n._ and _a._, _s’—_, _v.r._, to seat astride, (nav.) to
moor across, to moor by the head or by the head and stern.
=affranchi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, freed man; freed woman.
=affranchi=, =-e=, _part._, freed; post-paid, prepaid.
=affranchir=, _v.a._, to set free, to free, to enfranchise, to give
liberty; to make free; to absolve; to exempt, to discharge; to deliver;
to pay the carriage of; to prepay.
_s’_=affranchir=, _v.r._, to rid one’s self of, to free one’s self, to
get free, to shake off, to break through.
=affranchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, enfranchisement, manumission;
exemption, discharge; delivery, deliverance; payment of postage (of
a letter); pre-payment of carriage (of a parcel). _Timbre d’—_;
postage-stamp.
=affre=, _n.f._, dread, horror, agony. _Les —s de la mort_; the terrors
of death.
=affrètement= (-mān), _n.m._, chartering, freighting.
=affréter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to charter, to freight.
=affréteur=, _n.m._, charterer, freighter.
=affreusement= (-mān), _adv._, frightfully, horribly, dreadfully,
terribly, shockingly.
=affreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, frightful, hideous, horrible, atrocious,
fearful, ghastly, horrid, shocking.
=affriander=, _v.a._, to accustom, use, bring up, to dainties; to allure,
to entice, to tempt.
=affriolement= (-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) act of alluring, enticing,
tempting; allurement; enticement.
=affrioler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to allure, to entice, to draw by enticement.
=affriter=, _v.a._, to season (a frying pan).
=affront=, _n.m._, affront, outrage, insult; disgrace, shame, reproach.
_Recevoir un — sanglant_; to receive an outrageous affront. _Boire_,
_avaler_, _un —_; to pocket an affront.
=affronté=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) affrontee.
=affronter=, _v.a._, to affront, to face, to brave; to cheat, to take in.
=affronterie=, _n.f._, braving, daring, affronting.
=affronteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, affronter, deceiver, cheat.
=affublement=, _n.m._, grotesque make up (of dress), rig, muffling up.
=affubler=, _v.a._, to wrap up, (b.s.) to dress out, up, to muffle up.
_S’— d’un manteau_; to muffle one’s self up in a cloak, to assume (a
name).
_s’_=affubler=, _v.r._, to dress ridiculously. _S’— de quelqu’un_; to be
wrapped up in.
=affusion=, _n.f._, (phar.) affusion.
=affût=, _n.m._, gun-carriage, stand, rest; watch, lying in wait. _Être à
l’—_; to be upon the watch, to lie in wait. _Homme d’—_, knowing fellow.
=affûtage=, _n.m._, the mounting of a piece of ordnance; a set of tools,
implements; sharpening (of tools); the dressing (of a hat).
=affûter=, _v.a._, to mount (a cannon); to stock (with tools); to set or
sharpen (tools, pencils).
=affutiau= (-tio), _n.m._, trifle, bauble, knick-knack.
=afin=, _conj._, to, in order to; that, so that.
=afistoler=, _v.a._, to make spruce, to dress up.
=à fortiori=. _V._ =fortiori=.
=africain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, African.
=africain=, =-e=, _adj._, African.
=aga=, _n.m._, a Turkish officer, aga.
=agaçant=, =-e=, _adj._, inciting, alluring, enticing; vexing,
irritating, provoking, worrying.
=agace=, _n.f._, magpie.
=agacé=, =-e=, _part._, irritated, worried, set on edge. _Avoir les dents
—es_; to have one’s teeth on edge.
=agacement= (-mān), _n.m._, setting on edge; irritation. _— des nerfs_;
irritation of the nerves.
=agacer=, _v.a._, to incite, to provoke, to egg on, to spur on, to
irritate, to provoke, to entice, to allure, to set on edge.
=agacerie=, _n.f._, allurement, incitement, provocation. _Faire des —s à
quelqu’un_; to set one’s cap at any one, to ogle.
=agame=, _adj._, (bot.) agamous.
=agami=, _n.m._, (orni.) agami, gold-breasted trumpeter.
=agape=, _n.f._, agape, love-feast.
=agapètes=, _n.m._ and _f.pl._, agapetæ.
=agaric=, _n.m._, (bot.) agaric. _— champêtre_; field agaric, mushroom.
_— femelle_; female agaric. _— de chêne_; touch-wood.
=agasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =agace=.
=agate=, _n.f._, agate.
_s’_=agatiser=, _v.r._, (Th. Gautier) to become mellow (of a picture).
=agavé=, _n.m._, (bot.) agave, American aloe.
=âge=, _n.m._, age; years; generation, century. _Bas —_; infancy. _Jeune
—_; childhood. _Moyen —_; middle ages. _— moyen_; middle age, average. _—
mûr_; mature age. _— tendre_; early age. _Vieil —_; old age. _— viril_;
manhood. _— d’airain_; brazen age. _— d’argent_; silver age. _— de
fer_; iron age. _— d’or_; golden age. _— de raison_; age of discretion.
_Doyen d’—_; the oldest, senior. _Fleur de l’—_; prime of life. _Avant
l’—_; before one’s time. _D’— en —_; from age to age, from generation to
generation. _D’un certain —_; elderly. _Entre deux —s_; of middle age.
_Être d’— à_; to be old enough to. _Être bien pour son —_; to wear well,
to bear one’s years well. _Être sur l’—_; to be growing old. _Honoré par
l’—_; time-honored. _Paraître son —_; to look one’s age. _Tirer sur l’—_;
to be elderly.
=âgé=, =-e=, _adj._, aged, in years, elderly. _— de vingt ans_; twenty
years old. _Un peu —_; somewhat elderly.
=agence=, _n.f._, agency, business. _Bureau d’—_; agency office.
=agencement= (-jāns-mān), _n.m._, arrangement, grouping, ordering;
(arch.) order, composition; (paint.) disposition.
=agencer=, _v.a._, to arrange, to dispose, to fit up, to group.
_s’_=agencer=, _v.r._, to dress up, to adorn one’s self.
=agenda= (-jin-da), _n.m._, (_—s_) memorandum-book, agenda, diary.
*=agenouiller=, _v.a._, to make kneel down, to bring to one’s knees.
*_s’_=agenouiller=, _v.r._, to kneel down, (of a horse) to fall on his
knees.
*=agenouilloir=, _n.m._, hassock, kneeling-stool.
=agent=, _n.m.f._, agent; middleman; broker. _— comptable_; accountant.
_— d’affaires_; agent, man of business. _— monétaire_; circulating
medium. _— de change_; stock-broker. _— de police_; policeman.
=agglomération=, _n.f._, agglomeration.
=agglomérer=, _v.a._, to agglomerate.
_s’_=agglomérer=, _v.r._, to agglomerate.
=agglutinant=, =-e=, _adj._, agglutinant, adhesive.
=agglutinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, agglutinative.
=agglutination=, _n.f._, agglutination.
=agglutiner=, _v.a._, to agglutinate, to unite.
_s’_=agglutiner=, _v.r._, to agglutinate, to cohere.
=aggravant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) aggravating.
=aggravation=, _n.f._, aggravation; addition. _— de peine_; increase of
punishment.
=aggrave=, _n.m._, (canon law) threat of excommunication; censure,
admonition.
=aggraver=, _v.a._, to aggravate, to augment, to make worse.
_s’_=aggraver=, _v.r._, to increase, to be aggravated.
=aggrégat=, =aggrégation=, =aggréger=. _V._ =agrégat=, =agrégation=,
=agréger=.
=agile=, _adj._, agile, quick, nimble, active, light-footed.
=agilement= (-mān), _adv._, nimbly, with agility, quickly.
=agilité=, _n.f._, agility, nimbleness, activity, quickness, lightness.
=agio=, _n.m._, agio, premium.
=agiotage=, _n.m._, stock-jobbing; jobbing. _Faire l’—_; to deal in
stocks.
=agioter=, _v.n._, to be a stock-jobber; to gamble in the funds, to job.
=agioteur=, _n.m._, stock-jobber, jobber.
=agir=, _v.n._, to act, to do; to operate, to have an influence; to
negotiate, to manage a business; to sue, to prosecute; to behave; to
work. _Faire —_; to set going, to bring to bear upon. _— de concert avec
quelqu’un_; to go hand in hand with any one. _Il agit en ami_; he acts
like a friend. _— mal envers_; to use ill. _— d’après_; to act upon,
after. _C’est mal —_; that is behaving ill.
_s’_=agir=, _v.r._, to be in question; to be the matter. _Il s’agit_; the
question is, the point in question is. _De quoi s’agit-il?_ what is the
matter? _Il ne s’agit pas de cela_; that is not the question. _Il s’agit
de votre vie_; your life is at stake. _Il s’agit bien de cela_; I, they,
we, have something else to think of.
=agissant=, =-e=, _adj._, active, stirring, busy; efficacious, effectual.
=agitateur=, _n.m._, agitator.
=agitation=, _n.f._, agitation; tossing, jolting, shaking; trouble,
emotion, disturbance; uneasiness, tumult, restlessness.
=agiter=, _v.a._, to agitate, to put in motion, to move, to wave; to
shake, to pull, to heave, to jolt; to swing; to disturb, to disquiet, to
torment, to debate, to dispute. _— un drapeau_; to wave a flag.
_s’_=agiter=, _v.r._, to be agitated or in movement; to get rough; to
be restless, disturbed, uneasy; to stir, writhe, wag, struggle; to be
debated. _S’— dans l’eau_; to flounder about in the water.
=aglomération=, &c. _V._ =agglomération=.
=aglutinant=, &c. _V._ =agglutinant=, &c.
=agnat=, _n.m._, agnate.
=agnation=, _n.f._, agnation.
=agnatique=, _adj._, agnatic.
*=agneau=, =agnelle=, _n.m.f._, lamb. _Laine d’—_; lamb’s wool. _Peau
d’—_; lamb-skin.
☉*=agnel=, _n.m._, an old French golden coin, agnel.
*=agneler=, _v.n._, to lamb; to bring forth lambs, to yean.
*=agnelet=, _n.m._, lambkin, yeanling.
*=agneline=, _adj.f._, of a lamb. _Laine —_; lamb’s-wool, teg-wool.
*=agnès= (-ess), _n.f._, a young raw girl, simpleton.
=agnus=, _or_ =agnus-Dei=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) Agnus-Dei, Lamb of God.
=agnus-castus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) chaste-tree.
=agon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) agon, agonism.
=agonie=, _n.f._, agony, the pangs of death; grief, trouble, anguish,
torture. _Être à l’—_; to be at the point of death.
=agonir=, _v.a._, (pop.) to insult grossly, to pull to pieces, to load
with abuse.
=agonisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, a dying person; dying, in a dying
condition.
=agoniser=, _v.n._, to be at the point of death.
=agonistique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) agonistics.
☉=agonothète=, _n.m._, agonothete.
=agora=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (from Gr. Ἀγορὰ) market-place, public place.
=agouti=, _n.m._, (mam.) agouti.
=agrafe=, _n.f._, hook, clasp, hasp; (arch.) cramp-iron; sculptured
ornament. _— et porte_; hook and eye.
=agrafer=, _v.a._, to hook, to clasp, to hasp, to fasten with a clasp.
_s’_=agrafer=, _v.r._, to hook, to clasp, to cling, to lay hold on, to be
fastened.
=agraire=, _adj._, agrarian.
=agrandir=, _v.a._, to make greater; to enlarge; to augment; to lengthen,
to widen; to raise, to promote, to advance; to amplify, to exaggerate;
to give dignity to, to exalt, to promote. _— ses prétentions_; to raise
one’s pretensions. _Le génie agrandit les héros_; genius exalts heroes.
_s’_=agrandir=, _v.r._, to become greater, larger; to widen, to grow long
or longer; to enlarge one’s estate, to become richer, to raise or advance
one’s self.
=agrandissement= (-mān), _n.m._, enlargement, aggrandizement,
improvement; the making greater, larger, bigger; lengthening, widening,
increase; advancement, preferment, exaltation, dignifying.
=agravant=, &c. _V._ =aggravant=, &c.
=agréable=, _adj._, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing,
comfortable, acceptable, gladsome, grateful. _— au goût_; palatable. _Feu
—_; comfortable fire. _Avoir pour —_; to allow, permit. _Faire l’— auprès
d’une femme_; to be attentive to a lady.
=agréablement=, _adv._, agreeably, pleasantly, comfortably, gratefully,
gracefully.
=agréage=, _n.m._, brokerage.
=agréé=, _n.m._, solicitor, attorney (in the tribunals of commerce).
=agréer=, _v.a._, to accept, to receive kindly; to like, to relish; to
approve, to allow; ☉to rig. (_V._ =gréer=.) _— un vaisseau_; to rig, to
equip a ship.
=agréer=, _v.n._, to be liked, to like, to please, to be agreeable. _Cela
ne m’agrée pas_; I don’t like that, it does not suit me.
☉=agréeur=, _n.m._ _V._ =gréeur=.
=agrégat=, _n.m._, aggregate.
=agrégati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aggregative.
=agrégation=, _n.f._, aggregate; aggregation; admission (into a society);
examination for the degree of fellow; fellowship; aggregate body,
assemblage. _Concours d’—_; examination for a fellowship.
=agrégé=, _n.m._, fellow (of the university); assistant professor.
=agrégé=, =-e=, _adj._, aggregate; (bot.) clustered.
=agréger=, _v.a._, to aggregate, to unite, to join, to incorporate, to
receive, to admit into a society, to associate.
=agrément=, _n.m._, liking, approbation, consent; accomplishment;
agreeableness; pleasingness; pleasure, charm; gracefulness; ornament,
embellishment; advantage, amusement, comfort; (mus.) grace. _Arts d’—_;
accomplishments. _De grands —s_; great comfort.
=agrémenter=, _v.a._, to ornament, to trim, to adorn.
=agrener=, _v.a._, to feed, (game-birds) to bait.
=agrèner=, _v.a._, to pump water out of a boat.
=agrès=, _n.m.pl._, rigging.
=agresseur=, _n.m._, aggressor.
=agressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aggressive.
=agression=, _n.f._, aggression.
=agressivité=, _n.f._, aggressiveness.
=agreste=, _adj._, agrestic, wild, rustic; ill-bred, clownish, unmannerly.
=agricole=, _adj._, agricultural.
=agriculteur=, _n.m._, agriculturist, husbandman, farmer.
=agriculture=, _n.f._, agriculture, husbandry, tillage.
_s’_=agriffer=, _v.r._, to cling to with claws, to lay hold of.
=agriministe=, _n.m._, trimming maker.
=agrion=, _n.m._, dragon-fly.
=agripaume=, _n.f._, (bot.) mother-wort.
=agripper=, _v.a._, (pop.) to gripe, to snatch up.
_s’_=agripper=, _v.r._, (pop.) to lay hold of, to cling to.
=agronome=, _n.m._, agriculturist.
=agronomie=, _n.f._, agronomy.
=agronomique=, _adj._, agricultural.
=agrostemme=, _n.m._, (bot.) agrostemma. _— des jardins_; rose-campion,
corn-cockle.
=agrostide=, _n.f._, (bot.) bent-grass.
=agrouper=, _v.a._, to group.
=aguerri=, =-e=, (-ghè-) _part._, inured to war; disciplined. _Soldats
mal —s_; raw soldiers.
=aguerrir= (-ghè-), _v.a._, to train up in, to inure to the hardships of
war, to discipline, to accustom to war; to accustom, to inure, to use.
_s’_=aguerrir=, _v.r._, to grow warlike or martial; to accustom one’s
self to a thing, to be inured.
=aguets= (-ghè-), _n.m.pl._, watch, watching. _Être aux —_, _se tenir aux
—_; to lie in wait, to be upon the watch.
=agueustie= (-gheus-tî), _n.f._, (med.) loss of taste.
=agui=, _n.m._, (nav.) sling, bowline, knot.
=ah=, _int._, ah! hah! oh! _— ça_; now, then!
=ahan=, _n.m._, great bodily exertion, effort. _Suer d’—_; to perform
hard work, to toil and moil.
=ahaner=, _v.n._, to groan, sigh, pant; to toil and moil.
=aheurtement=, _n.m._, stubbornness, obstinacy.
_s’_=aheurter=, _v.r._, to maintain a thing obstinately, to be
obstinately bent upon a thing, to stick to it, to persist in. _— à une
opinion_; to be wedded to an opinion.
=ahi=, _int._ _V._ =aïe=.
=ahurir=, _v.a._, to amaze, to astound, to strike all of a heap, to
bewilder.
=ahurissement=, _n.m._, bewilderment, confusion, perplexity.
=aï=, _n.m._, (mam.) three-toed sloth.
=aide=, _n.f._, aid, help, relief, assistance, succor, support; chapel
of ease; (man.) aid, coaxing; aid; female assistant. _pl._, subsidies,
excise (taxes). _À l’—!_ help! _À l’— de_; with the help of. _Dieu vous
soit en —!_ God help you!
=aide=, _n.m._, helper, assistant, mate, help, coadjutor. _— major_ (_—s
—s_); assistant surgeon, (_formerly_) adjutant. _— chirurgien_ (_—s —s_);
assistant surgeon. _— de cuisine_ (_—s de cuisine_); under cook. _— de
camp_ (_—s de camp_); aide-de-camp.
=aider=, _v.a._, to aid, to help, to relieve, to assist, to succour. _— à
descendre_, _à surmonter_, _à relever_; to help down, over, up.
=aider=, _v.n._, to aid, to help, to assist, to succor, relieve. _— à
la lettre_; to add to the matter, complete the sense. _— au succès_; to
contribute to the success.
_s’_=aider=, _v.r._, to help one another, to use, to make use of; to
bestir one’s self; to help one’s self, avail one’s self. _On s’aide de ce
qu’on a_; people make use of what they have. _— l’un l’autre_; to help
one another.
=aides=, _n.f.pl._, (man.) aids.
=aïe=, _int._, ay! oh! ah! oh dear!
=aïeul=, _n.m._, grandfather, grandsire.
=aïeule=, _n.f._, grandmother, grandam.
=aïeux=, _n.m.pl._, forefathers, ancestors.
=aigle=, _n.m._, eagle; star (noted person); reading-desk, lectern (in
churches); (astron.) Aquila, Eagle. _À vol d’—_; eagle-winged. _Aux yeux
d’—_; eagle-eyed.
=aigle=, _n.f._, she-eagle; (her.) eagle; eagle standard.
=aiglefin=, _n.m._, haddock.
=aiglette=, _n.f._ _V._ =aiglon=.
=aiglon=, _n.m._, eaglet, a young eagle; (her.) eaglet.
=aigre=, _n.m._, sourness; rawness; sharpness; mustiness.
=aigre=, _adj._, sour, tart, sharp, bitter; crabbed; ill-natured; rough,
harsh; eager, brittle; shrill; musty. _Voix —_; harsh, shrill voice.
_Paroles —s_; sharp words.
=aigre-dou-x=, =-ce=, _adj._, bitterish, sourish.
=aigrefin=, _n.m._, sharper.
=aigrelet=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish, tartish.
=aigrement=, _adv._, acrimoniously, sourly, sharply, bitterly, roughly,
harshly.
=aigremoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) agrimony, liverwort.
=aigremore=, _n.m._, aigremore.
=aigret=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish, tartish.
=aigrette= _n.f._, egret, aigret; aigrette, tuft, or plume (of feathers,
diamonds); (bot.) egret, (milit.) tuft; horn (of the owl); crest (of the
peacock).
=aigretté=, =-e=, _adj._, with an egret, tufted, crested.
=aigreur=, _n.f._, sourness, sharpness, tartness, harshness, bitterness;
surliness; ill-nature, grudge, spite; _pl._, (med.) acidity of stomach,
heartburn, water-brash; (engrav.) harsh strokes, hatches made too hard.
=aigrir=, _v.a._, to make sour or sharp, to sour, to turn sour; to
irritate, to embitter, to make worse; to incense, to provoke; to make
ill-humored. _Sa disgrâce lui a aigri l’esprit_; his disgrace has soured
his temper.
_s’_=aigrir=, _v.r._, to turn sour, to grow sour or sharp; to grow worse,
to be exasperated. _Son mal s’aigrit_; his disease gets worse.
=aigrissement=, _n.m._, souring, irritation, bitterness.
=aigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, pointed, that has a sharp point; sharp, keen,
acute, piercing. _Son —_; sharp, shrill sound. _Douleur —ë_; acute pain.
_Faire un son —_; to utter a shrill cry.
=aiguade= (-gad), _n.f._, (nav.) fresh water; watering-place. _Faire —_;
to take in fresh water.
=aiguail= (-ga-), _n.m._, or =aiguaille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) dewdrop;
morning dew.
=aiguayer= (-gay-), _v.a._, to water (a horse); to rinse (clothes).
=aigue-marine=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_), aqua-marina, beryl.
=aiguichant=, =-e=, _adj._, enticing.
=aiguière= (-ghièr), _n.f._, ewer.
=aiguiérée= (-ghié-), _n.f._, ewer-full.
*=aiguillade=, _n.f._, goad.
*=aiguillage=, _n.m._, (railways) the shifting of the points, shunting.
*=aiguillat=, _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish.
*=aiguille=, _n.f._, needle; hand (of a dial, or watch, &c.); cock
(balance); spindle (of a compass); spire (of a steeple); (ich.) hornfish,
needle-fish; (railways) point. _— d’emballeur_; packing-needle. _—
à tricoter_; knitting-needle. _— à reprises_; darning-needle. _—s à
contre-poids_; self-acting points (rail.). _Trou d’une —_; eye of a
needle. _Ouvrage à l’—_; needlework. _— aimantée_; magnetic needle.
_Disputer sur la pointe d’une —_; to quarrel about straws. _Enfiler une
—_; to thread a needle.
*=aiguillée=, _n.f._, needleful.
*=aiguiller=, _v.a._, (surg.) to couch (a cataract); (rail.) to shift the
points.
*=aiguilletage=, _n.m._, tagging, (nav.) seizing.
*=aiguilleter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to trap, to seize, to mouse. _— les
canons_; to lash the guns.
=aiguilletier=, _n.m._, tagger, tag-maker.
*=aiguillette=, _n.f._, aglet, point; shoulder-knot; slice (of flesh,
skin); (nav.) knittle, tricing-line, laniard. _Le ferret de l’—_; the tag
of a point.
=aiguilleur=, _n.m._, (rail.) pointsman, switcher.
*=aiguillier=, _n.m._, needle-case, book. _V._ =étui=.
*=aiguillier=, _n.m._, needle-maker.
=aiguillière=, _n.f._, garfish-net, net for catching hornfish;
needle-maker.
*=aiguillon=, _n.m._, goad, spur, incentive, incitement, encouragement,
stimulus, motive; sting (of insects, serpents); (bot.) prickle,
stimulus. _Briser l’— de_; to take the sting out of.
*=aiguillonner=, _v.a._, to goad, to prick; to incite, to spur on, to
stimulate.
*=aiguillot=, _n.m._, (nav.) pintle.
=aiguisé=, =-e=, _part._, whetted, sharpened. _Une croix aiguisée_;
(her.) a pointed cross.
=aiguisement= (-mān), _n.m._, whetting, sharpening.
=aiguiser=, _v.a._, to whet, to sharpen, to make sharp; to set an edge
on; to point. _— l’appétit_; to sharpen the appetite. _— une épigramme_;
to give point to an epigram. _— ses couteaux_; to prepare for battle. _—
ses dents_; to prepare to eat heartily.
=aiguiseur=, _n.m._, knife-grinder, sharpener (_pers._)
*=ail=, _n.m._, (ails), (aulx) (ô), garlic. _— stérile_; eschalot. _Une
tête d’—_, _une gousse d’—_; a clove of garlic.
=ailante=, _n.m._, (bot.) ailanthus.
=aile=, _n.f._, wing, pinion; van, fan; wing (of an army, building);
aisle (of churches); fly (horol.); rung (of ships). _Avoir les —s
rapides_; to be swift-winged. _À tire d’—_; at a single flight. _En avoir
dans l’—_; to be smitten, to be in love. _Il en a dans l’—_; there is a
screw loose somewhere. _Frapper à l’—_; to wing. _Couper le bout de l’—_;
to pinion. _Être sur l’—_; to be on the wing. _Battre des —s_; to clap
the wings. _Trémousser des —s_; to flutter. _Rogner les —s à quelqu’un_;
to clip a person’s wings. _Voler de ses propres —s_; to be able to do
without the help of others; to stand on one’s own legs. _Vouloir voler
sans avoir des —s_; to undertake a thing beyond one’s strength. _Ne
battre plus que d’une —_; to be on one’s last legs. _Tirer de l’—_; to
make wing. _Tirer pied ou — de_; to get something out of (a thing), to
make the most of (a thing). _— de moulin_; wind-sail.
=ailé=, =-e=, _adj._, winged.
*=aileron=, _n.m._, small wing; pinion; fin (of some fish); float-board
(of a water-wheel); (arch.) scroll.
=ailette=, _n.f._, side-piece, side-lining of a shoe; small wing (of a
building); flange (motor).
*=aillade=, _n.f._, garlic sauce.
*=ailleurs=, _adv._, elsewhere, somewhere else, _D’—_; from another
reason, cause; on another account; besides, moreover, in other respects;
after all, in addition to which.
=aimable=, _adj._, amiable, lovable, lovely, agreeable, worthy to be
loved. _Un caractère —_; an amiable temperament.
=aimablement=, _adv._, in an amiable manner, amiably.
=aimant=, =-e=, _adj._, loving, affectionate.
=aimant=, _n.m._, loadstone, magnet. _La déclinaison de l’—_; the
variation of the compass.
=aimanté=, =-e=, _adj._, magnetic.
=aimanter=, _v.a._, to rub or touch with a loadstone, to magnetize.
=aimé=, =-e=, _adj._, loved, beloved.
=aimer=, _v.a._, to love, to be fond of, to have a passion for; to be
in love with; to like, to fancy, to have a fancy for, to admire, to
delight in, to have an inclination for. _Il aime à monter à cheval_;
he delights in riding. _Il aime sa personne_; he loves his own dear
self. _Aimez qu’on vous conseille, et non pas qu’on vous loue_; love to
be advised, not to be praised. _— mieux_; to prefer, to like better.
_— passionnément_; to be passionately fond of. _— à l’idolâtrie_; to
idolize. _Se faire —_; to endear one’s self to. _Qui aime bien, châtie
bien_; he chasteneth that loveth well. _Qui m’aime aime mon chien_; love
me, love my dog.
_s’_=aimer=, _v.r._, to love one’s self. _S’— les uns les autres_; to
love one another.
=aimez-moi=, _n.f._, marsh scorpion-grass. _V._ =myosotis=.
=ain=, _n.m._, woollen thread; the number of threads contained in a given
space.
=aine=, _n.f._, groin; herring-stick.
=aîné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, elder, senior.
=aîné=, =-e=, _adj._, eldest, elder, the eldest son or daughter; senior.
=aînesse=, _n.f._, primogeniture. _Droit d’—_; birthright.
=ainsi=, _adv._, thus, so, in this, that, manner. _Je suis — fait_;
that’s my temper. _Le monde est —_; such is the world. _— du reste_; and
so forth. _Il en est — des autres passions_; thus it is with the other
passions. _— soit-il_; amen, so be it. _— va le monde_; so the world
goes. _S’il en est —_; if such is the case.
=ainsi=, _conj._, thus, therefore, so that. _— que_, _tout — que_; as, as
well as, even as, in the same way as. _Cela s’est passé — que je vous
l’ai dit_; that happened in the way I told you.
=air=, _n.m._, air, wind; look, appearance, countenance, deportment;
aspect; (mus.) tune; (chem., man., paint., sculp.) air. _— abattu_;
downcast look. _— chagrin_; sorrowful look. _— éveillé_; sharp look. _—
farouche_; forbidding look. _Faire des châteaux en l’—_; to build castles
in the air. _Un coup d’—_; a cold chill. _Prendre l’—_; to take the air.
_Donner de l’— à une chambre_; to let the air into, to ventilate, a room.
_Chasser l’— renfermé_; to let out the confined air. _En plein —_; in the
open air. _Se tenir entre deux —s_; to be in a draught. _Il ne fait point
d’—_; there is not the least breath of wind. _Être en l’—_; to be in a
flutter. _Paroles en l’—_; empty, idle, words. _Parler en l’—_; to talk
wildly. _Il forme des desseins en l’—_; he forms extravagant designs.
_Il a tiré son coup en l’—_; he has miscarried. _Prendre l’— du bureau_;
to go and see how matters stand. _Faire prendre l’—_; to give an airing
to. _Les gens du bel —_; gentle folks, fashionable people. _Un homme de
méchant —_; an ill-looking man. _Un homme du grand —_; a man of rank, of
quality. _Avoir l’— de_; to look like. _Avoir l’— bien portant_; to look
well. _Lancer en l’—_; to toss (of horned cattle). _Avoir l’— bon_, _l’—
mauvais_; to look good-natured, ill-natured. _Prendre un — riant_; to
put on a smiling countenance. _Prendre un — de feu_; to warm one’s self.
_Rempli d’— vicié_; filled with foul air. _Cela a l’— grand_; that looks
grand. _Elle n’a pas l’— spirituel_; she doesn’t look sprightly. _Elle
a l’— bien étourdi_; she looks very giddy. _Il n’a pas l’— content_; he
doesn’t seem pleased. _Prendre des —s_, _se donner des —s_; to give one’s
self airs. _Prendre des —s de bel esprit_; to set up for a wit. _Un —
de famille_; a family likeness. _Air de tête_ (paint.); the attitude of
the head. _Un — gai_, _triste_; a lively, dull, tune. _Faire un — sur des
paroles_; to set words to music. _Jouer un — rapide_; to play a flourish.
_Ce cheval va à tout —_; this horse has all his paces.
=airain=, _n.m._, brass. _L’âge d’—_; the brazen age. _Avoir un front
d’—_; to have a brazen face, to blush at nothing. _Avoir des entrailles
d’—_; to have a heart of stone.
=aire=, _n.f._, area, barn-floor, threshing-floor; aerie (of a bird of
prey); (of ships) impetus, headway. _L’— d’un bâtiment_; (arch.) the
area of a building. _— de plancher_; superficies of a floor. _L’— d’un
triangle_; (geom.) the area or inside of a triangle. _Une — de vent_;
(nav.) a point of the compass.
=airée=, _n.f._, the lot of wheat, &c., lying on a barn-floor; batch of
dough.
=airelle=, _n.f._, whortleberry, bilberry.
=airer=, _v.n._, to make its aerie or nest.
=ais= (ê), _n.m._, board, shelf, plank; (print.) wetting-board; butcher’s
block.
=aisance=, _n.f._, ease, freedom, easiness, affluence; the comforts or
conveniences of life. _—s_, _pl._, water-closet. _Il fait tout avec
—_; he does everything with ease. _Avoir de l’— dans les manières_; to
have an easy deportment. _Être dans l’—_; to be in easy circumstances.
_Cabinet d’—s_, _lieux d’—s_; water-closet. _Fosse d’—s_; cess-pool.
=aise=, _n.f._, gladness, joy, content; ease, comfort, conveniency. _À
l’—_; easily; comfortable. _Se pâmer d’—_; to be overjoyed. _Tressaillir
d’—_; to leap for joy. _Elle ne se sent pas d’—_; she is beside herself
for joy. _Être à son —_; to be well off. _Mettre quelqu’un à son —_;
to put at ease, to reassure any one. _Vous en parlez bien à votre —_;
it is easy for you to say so. _N’en prendre qu’à son —_; to do only
what pleases one, to take it easy. _Se sentir mal à l’—_; to feel
uncomfortable. _Aimer ses —s_; to love one’s ease. _On n’a pas toutes ses
—s en ce monde_; we cannot have all we wish for in this world.
=aise=, _adj._, glad, joyful, well pleased. _Je suis bien — de vous
voir_; I am very glad to see you.
=aisé=, =-e=, _adj._, easy, convenient, commodious; in easy
circumstances. _Cela est — à dire_; it is an easy thing to say. _Un homme
— à vivre_; an easy, good-natured man. _Des souliers —s_; comfortable
shoes. _Un air —_; an easy deportment. _Un style —_; a free, lucid, easy
style. _Il est fort —_; he is in very easy circumstances.
=aisément=, _adv._, easily, readily, commodiously, freely, comfortably.
=aisselle=, _n.f._, arm-pit; (anat., bot.) axil, axilla.
=aitiologie=. _V._ =étiologie=.
=ajointer=, _v.a._, to join end to end, to fit.
=ajonc=, _n.m._, furze, thorn-broom, gorse, whin.
=ajournement=, _n.m._, adjournment, postponement; (jur.) summons.
=ajourner=, _v.a._, to adjourn, to put off; (jur.) to summon.
=ajourner=, _v.n._, _s’_=ajourner=, _v.r._, to adjourn, to be adjourned,
to put off, to defer, to summons.
=ajoutage=, _n.m._, piece joined on.
=ajouter=, _v.a._, to add, to join, to put to, to tag, to subjoin, to
supply, to interpolate. _Ce passage a été ajouté à ce livre_; this
passage is an interpolation. _— foi à quelque chose_; to give credit to a
thing.
=ajoutoir=. _V._ =ajoutage=, =ajutage=.
=ajustage=, _n.m._, adjusting, or giving the legal weight to a coin.
=ajusté=, =-e=, _part._, adjusted, fitted, accommodated, dressed. _Un
style bien —_; a very elaborate style. _Comme vous voilà —!_ what a
figure you cut.
=ajustement=, _n.m._, adjustment, adjusting, fitting, regulation,
settlement; laying out; attire, garb, apparel, dress, garment;
accommodation, agreement, reconciliation. _L’— d’un poids_; the adjusting
of a weight. _L’— d’une machine_; the regulating a machine. _Elle n’est
pas belle, elle a besoin d’—_; she is not handsome, she needs dress or
adornment.
=ajuster=, _v.a._, to adjust, to regulate, to square, to size, to tally;
to aim, to take aim at, to aim at; to fit, to adapt, to set in order, to
accommodate; to trim, to bedeck, to dress. _— un lièvre_; to take aim
at a hare. _— de nouveau_; to recompose. _— ses cheveux_; to put one’s
hair in order. _— deux personnes_; to reconcile two people, to make them
agree. _— un différend_; to reconcile a différence. _Ajustez vos flûtes_;
understand one another. _On l’a bien ajusté_; they have given it him
well. _— des passages d’un livre_; to make passages of a book agree.
_s’_=ajuster=, _v.r._, to prepare one’s self, to get one’s self ready; to
dress, to deck, one’s self out; to agree, to take measures, to concert
together.
=ajusteur=, _n.m._, weigher at the mint, fitter, sizer.
=ajustoir=, _n.m._, a pair of scales (used in the mint); assay scales.
=ajutage=, =ajutoir=, _n.m._, adjutage, a tube or pipe (for water-works).
=alacrité=, _n.f._, alacrity.
=alambic=, _n.m._, alembic, still. _Faire passer par l’—_; to distill, to
draw by distillation. _Passer par l’—_; to undergo a careful examination.
=alambiqué=, =-e=, _part._, far-fetched, too subtle, too refined,
fine-spun, wire-drawn. _Cette pensée est trop —e_; that thought is too
refined.
=alambiquer=, _v.a._, to puzzle, to refine too much upon. _S’— l’esprit
sur quelque chose_; to beat, puzzle one’s brains about a thing, to pore
over it.
=alanguir= (-ghir), _v.a._, to enfeeble, to make languid.
_s’_=alanguir=, _v.r._, to languish, to flag, to become languid.
=alarguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to bear off, to put to sea, to sheer
off.
=alarmant=, =-e=, _adj._, alarming, dreadful.
=alarme=, _n.f._, alarm, sudden fear, fright. _Sonner l’—_, _donner l’—_;
to sound, to give the alarm. _Cloche d’—_; alarm-bell. _Fausse —_; false
alarm. _Donner des —s_; to cause uneasiness to. _Porter l’— dans_; to
alarm. _L’— est au camp_; they are in a great fright. _Tenir en —_; to
keep in constant fear.
=alarmer=, _v.a._, to alarm, to raise an alarm, to startle.
_s’_=alarmer=, _v.r._, to take alarm, to be alarmed. _Ne vous alarmez
point_; don’t frighten yourself.
=alarmiste=, _n.m.f._, alarmist.
=alaterne=, _n.m._, species of buck-thorn; alatern.
=albâtre=, _n.m._, alabaster, whiteness. _D’—_; of alabaster, snowy white.
=albatros=, _n.m._, (orni.) albatross.
=alberge=, _n.f._, a small forward peach.
=albergier=, _n.m._, an alberge-tree.
=albigeois=, _n.m.pl._, Albigenses.
=albinos=, _n.m._, albino.
=albion=, _n.f._, Albion (England).
=albran=. _V._ =halbran=.
=albuginé=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) albugineous.
=albugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (anat.) albugineous, whitish.
=albugo=, _n.m._, (med.) albugo.
=album= (-bom), _n.m._, album, scrap-book, sketch-book.
=albumine=, _n.f._, albumen, white (of an egg).
=albumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, albuminous.
=alcade=, _n.m._, Spanish alcaid, alcade.
=alcaïque=, _adj._, alcaic. _Vers —s_; alcaic verses.
=alcalescence=, _n.f._, alkalescence.
=alcalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, alkalescent.
=alcali=, _n.m._, alkali.
=alcalimètre=, _n.m._, alkalimeter.
=alcalin=, =-e=, _adj._, alkaline.
=alcalisation=, _n._, alkalization.
=alcaliser=, _v.a._, (chem.) to alkalize.
=alcaloïde=, _n.m._, (chem.) alkaloid.
=alcantara=, _n.m._, a Spanish military order.
=alcarraza=, _n.m._, water-cooler.
=alcazar=, _n.m._, alcazar (Moorish palace).
=alcée=, _n.f._, hollyhock.
=alchimie=, _n.f._, alchemy.
*=alchimille=, _n.f._, (bot.) lady’s mantle.
=alchimique=, _adj._, alchymical.
=alchimiste=, _n.m._, alchymist.
=alcool=, _n.m._, alcohol.
=alcoolique=, _adj._, alcoholic.
=alcoolisation=, _n.f._, alcoholization.
=alcooliser=, _v.a._, to alcoholize.
=alcoolisme=, _n.m._, (med.) alcoholism.
=alcoran=, _n.m._, Koran.
=alcôve=, _n.f._, alcove, recess.
=alcyon=, _n.m._, halcyon, kingfisher.
=alcyonien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._, halcyon.
=aldébaran=, _n.m._, (astron.) Aldebaran.
=alderman=, _n.m._, alderman.
=aléatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) eventual, aleatory, contingent.
=alêne=, _n.f._, awl. _Feuilles en —_; acuminated leaves; (pisc.)
sharp-nosed skate.
=alénier=, _n.m._, awl-maker.
=alentir=, _s’_=alentir=. _V._ =ralentir= and _se_ =ralentir=.
=alénois=, _n.m._, common garden cress.
=alentour=, _adv._, about, around, round about. _Les bois d’—_; the
neighboring, surrounding woods.
=alentours=, _n.m.pl._, the neighboring grounds; environs, neighborhood;
persons about, around one; associates, familiars.
=alépine=, _n.f._, bombazine.
=alérion=, _n.m._, (her.) eaglet without beak or feet.
=alerte=, _n.f._, alarm, warning. _En —_; on the alert.
=alerte=, _adj._, alert, vigilant, watchful; active, stirring, quick,
sprightly, brisk, lively, agile.
=alerte=, _int._, take care, be quick; up!
=alésage=, _n.m._, (tech.) boring, drilling.
=aléser=, _v.a._, (tech.) to hammer planchets; to drill, bore. _— un
canon_; to bore a cannon.
=alésoir=, _n.m._, borer (instrument).
=alevin= (-vin), _n.m._, fry, young fish.
=alevinage=, _n.m._, small fry.
=aleviner= (-né), _v.a._, to stock with fry.
=alevinier= (-nié), _n.m._, breeding-pond.
=alexandrien=, =-ne=, _adj._, Alexandrian.
=alexandrin=, _n.m._, (poet.) alexandrine.
=alexandrin=, =-e=, _adj._, alexandrine.
=alezan= (-zān), _n.m._, chestnut horse.
=alezan=, =-e=, (-zān, -za-n), _adj._, chestnut.
=alèze=, _n.f._, sheet (placed under sick persons); draw-sheet; withe.
=alfa=, _n.m._, (bot.) an African plant; alfa-grass.
=alfange=, _n.f._, scimiter, phalanx, battalion (Chinese, Tartar). _V._
=cimeterre=.
=algalie=, _n.f._, (surg.) catheter.
=alganon=, _n.m._, a chain for galley-slaves.
=algarade=, _n.f._, (fam.) insult, affront; rating; blowing up; attack.
_Faire une —_; to insult, to rate any one; to blow any one up.
=algèbre=, _n.f._, algebra.
=algébrique=, _adj._, algebraical.
=algébriquement=, _adv._, algebraically.
=algébriste=, _n.m._, algebraist.
=algide=, _adj._, (med.) cold as ice, algid.
=algor=, _n.m._, (med.) algor.
=algorithme=, _n.m._, algorithm.
=alguazil= (-goua-zil), (_—s_) _n.m._, alguazil.
=algue=, _n.f._, alga, sea-weed, sea-wrack grass.
=alibi=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (jur.) alibi.
=alibiforain=, _n.m._, (fam. l.u.) irrelevant, rambling answer; evasion,
shuffling, prevarication.
=alibile=, _adj._, (med.) alible.
=aliboron=, _n.m._, jackass, a self-conceited fellow. _Maître —_; ass.
=aliboutier=, _n.m._, a fragrant resin, storax.
=alidade=, _n.f._, alidade, the index of any surveying instrument, such
as a quadrant, sextant, &c.
=aliénable=, _adj._, alienable, transferable.
=aliénataire=, _n.m._, alienee.
=aliénat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, alienator.
=aliénation=, _n.f._, a legal conveyance of property to another,
alienation, transfer; alienation (of the mind). _— mentale_; mental
derangement, madness.
=aliéné=, =-e=, _n._, lunatic, maniac. _Hospice pour les —s_; lunatic
asylum. _Maison d’—s_; mad-house.
=aliéné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of property) alienated, transferred to another;
(affections) estranged, withdrawn; (of the mind) deranged, mad.
=aliéner=, _v.a._, to alienate, to give away, to part with, to make
over, to deliver up the possession or right of. _— les affections_, _les
cœurs_, _les esprits_; to alienate, to estrange, to disaffect, to lose
the affection. _Il a aliéné les esprits_; he has disaffected all minds.
_— l’esprit à quelqu’un_; to drive one mad. _S’—_, _v.r._, to lose, to
estrange; to be lost; to be alienated; to become deranged.
*=aligné=, =-e=, _part._, in line; laid out in a line; that stands in a
right line; formed in line.
*=alignement=, _n.m._, laying out by a line; line; (milit.) dressing;
(print.) ranging. _Cette maison sort de l’—_; that house stands out of
the row. _Rentrer dans l’—_; to fall into line. _Prendre l’—_; to trace
the line of. _—!_ (milit.) dress!
*=aligner=, _v.a._, to lay out by a line; to square; to put in a straight
line; (milit.) to dress; (print.) to range. _— des troupes_; to form
troops in a line. _— ses phrases_; to square one’s sentences. _— un
compte_ (com.); to balance an account.
_s’_=aligner=, _v.r._, (milit.) to dress; (pop.) to have a set to, to
fight.
=aliment=, _n.m._, food, aliment, nourishment, meat, nutriment,
nutrition; fuel; (jur.) allowance.
=aliments=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) alimony, maintenance.
=alimentaire=, _adj._, alimentary; alimental. _Pension —_; alimony,
maintenance. _Régime —_; diet. _Pompe —_; feed-pump, donkey engine.
=alimentation=, _n.f._, alimentation; feeding.
=alimenter=, _v.a._, to feed, to nourish; to maintain; to supply with
what is necessary, to furnish; to fuel, to keep up. _Le marché ne fournit
pas de quoi — la ville_; the market does not furnish enough to supply the
town.
=alimenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) nutritive, alimentary, alimental.
=alinéa=, _n.m._, (_—s_), new paragraph, break.
=aliquante=, _adj._, (math.) aliquant.
=aliquote=, _adj._, (math.) aliquot.
=alise=, _n.f._, beam-berry, wild-sorb, chess-apple.
=alisier=, _n.m._, service-tree, beam-tree.
=alité=, =-e=, _part._, bedridden, laid up.
=aliter=, _v.a._, to confine to one’s bed.
_s’_=aliter=, _v.r._, to keep one’s bed, to be bedridden, to take to
one’s bed.
=alizari=, _n.m._, madder-root.
=alize=, _adj._, (nav.). _Vents —s_; trade-winds.
=alizé=, _n.f._ _V._ =alise=.
=alizier=, _n.m._ _V._ =alisier=.
=alkali=, &c. _V._ =alcali=, &c.
=alkékenge=, _n.m._, winter-cherry.
=alkermès= (-ess), _n.m._, alkermes.
=allah= (al-la), _n.m._, Alla, Allah.
=allaitement= (-lèt-mān), _n.m._, lactation, nursing, suckling.
=allaiter=, _v.a._, to suckle, to give suck, to nurse.
=allant=, _n.m._, goer. _— et venants_; goers and comers.
=allant=, =-e=, _adj._, stirring, bustling, fond of going about.
=allantoïde=, _n.f._, (anat.) allantois.
=allèchement=, _n.m._, allurement, enticement, bait.
=allécher=, _v.a._, to allure, to entice, to attract.
=allée=, _n.f._, going; passage, entry, alley; lane; walk. _Une —
couverte_; a shady walk. _Faire des —s et venues_; to go in and out, to
and fro.
=allégation= (al-lé-), _n.f._, citation, quotation, allégation.
=allège=, _n.f._, lighter, tender; (arch.) window basement, sill of the
window; (rail.) tender. _Frais d’—_; (com.) lighterage.
=allégeance= (al-lé-jan-s), _n.f._, (l.u.) allegiance. _Serment d’—_;
oath of allegiance.
=allégeance=, _n.f._, alleviation, relief.
=allégement= (al-léj-mān), _n.m._, alleviation, ease, relief.
=alléger= (al-lé-jé), _v.a._, to ease, to disburden, to lighten, to
unload (a boat); to alleviate, to soften, to relieve, to assuage pain or
grief; (nav.) to buoy up.
=allégir=, _v.a._, to lighten, to reduce.
=allégorie= (al-lé-), _n.f._, allegory. _Par —_; allegorically.
=allégorique= (al-lé-), _adj._, allegoric, allegorical.