=arrachement= (-rash-mān), _n.m._, tearing up, away, pulling up or out,

rooting up or out, clearing away, drawing, extraction; (arch.) toothing.

_d’_=arrache-pied=, _adv._, without intermission, incessantly.

=arracher=, _v.a._, to force from, out of, away from, off; to pull away;

to drag, to draw, to lug away; to extort; to snatch from, to wrest, to

wring; to extract (teeth); to wring (tears); to tear out, down; to wrest;

to grub up. _— de mauvaises herbes_; to grub up weeds. _— un secret à

quelqu’un_; to get a secret out of any one.

_s’_=arracher=, _v.r._, to tear; to tear away, off; to get away; to break

away. _S’— les cheveux_; to tear one’s hair. _On se l’arrache_; he or she

is all the rage; there is a great run upon it.

=arracheur=, _n.m._, drawer. _— de dents_; tooth-drawer. _— de cors_;

corn-cutter. _Mentir comme un — de dents_; to lie unblushingly, or like

an epitaph.

=arracheuse=, _n.f._, (hat-making) picker.

=arrachis=, _n.m._, plant rooted up; fraudulent rooting up of young trees.

=arrachoir=, _n.m._, rooter, digger.

☉=arraisonner=, _v.a._, to argue with any one. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.) to

speak, to hail.

=arrangé=, =-e=, _part._, arranged; affected.

=arrangeant=, =-e=, _adj._, accommodating, easy to deal with, to get on

with.

=arrangement=, _n.m._, arrangement, disposing, adjusting, setting in

order, laying out; cooking up; trimming (lamps); accommodating; order,

regularity, composure; method, proper arrangement or disposition;

economy; composition, compounding; _pl._, terms; measures. _Entrer en —_;

to compound. _J’ai pris des —s avec eux pour le paiement_; I have come to

terms with them respecting payment.

=arranger=, _v.a._, to set in order, to arrange, to do up; to rank, to

range, to dispose, to class; to accommodate, to make up, to compromise,

to conciliate, to compose; to suit, to agree with; to settle, to manage,

to wind up; to cook up; to trim (lamps); to ill-treat; to blow up (any

one); to fit up (a house); to trim up, to dress out. _— un jardin_; to do

up a garden. _— quelque chose_; to contrive something. _— ses affaires_;

to settle one’s affairs. _Il l’a arrangé de la bonne manière_; he gave it

him well, gave him his deserts. _Comme vous voilà arrangé!_ what a sight

you look! what a figure you cut! _Arrangez tout cela_; set all those

things in order. _Cela m’arrange_; that suits me. _Cela ne m’arrange

pas_; that does not suit me. _Arrangez-vous_; settle it among yourselves.

_s’_=arranger=, _v.r._, to put, place one’s self; to settle; to set to

rights; to be placed, arranged; to arrange, to make arrangements; to set

one’s house in order; to compound; to be all right; to contrive; to make

shift, to put up (with). _Cela s’arrangera_; that will be all right. _Il

s’est très bien arrangé_; he has made his house very comfortable. _Qu’il

s’arrange comme il voudra_; let him do as he likes. _Arrangez-vous_; do

as best you can; that is your lookout. _Je m’en arrange_; I make shift

with it. _Il s’est arrangé avec ses créanciers_; he has come to terms

with his creditors.

=arrentement= (-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) renting; letting out. _Tenir par —_;

to rent.

=arrenter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to rent, to let out.

=arrérager=, _v.n._, to get in arrears.

=arrérages=, _n.m.pl._, arrears. _Mandate d’— de rentes_; dividend

warrant. _Laisser courir ses —_; to let one’s arrears run on.

=arrestation=, _n.f._, arrest, custody. _Être en état d’—_; to be in

custody. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to arrest any one. _Opérer l’— d’une

bande de voleurs_; to capture a gang of thieves.

=arrêt=, _n.m._, decree; decision, award, judgment; sentence; attachment

(of both persons and goods); (horol.) stop-work; (tech.) rest, stop,

stay. _— de mort_; sentence of death. _— par défaut_; judgment by

default. _Chien d’—_; setter, pointer. _Robinet d’—_; stop-cock. _Maison

d’—_; jail, lock-up. _Mandat d’—_; warrant. _—s forcés_, _simples_;

(milit.) close, open, arrest. _Aux —s_; (milit.) under arrest; kept in

(schol.). _Mettre aux —s_; (milit.) to put under arrest. _Lever les —s_;

(milit.) to release from arrest. _Prononcer un —_; to pronounce judgment,

to pass sentence. _Mettre la lance en —_; to couch the lance. _Temps

d’—_; pause, stoppage, intermission. _En —_; at rest (of a lance); locked

(of a pistol).

=arrêté=, _n.m._, agreement, resolution; order, decision (of the police).

_— de compte_; (com.) account agreed upon.

=arrêté=, =-e=, _part._, stopped; hired, agreed for; decreed, agreed

upon, resolved upon; arrested; fastened. _Avoir des idées —es_; to have

fixed ideas. _Dessein —_; settled design.

=arrête-bœuf=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) cammoc, rest-harrow.

=arrête-nef=, _n.m._, (_—_) (ich.) sucking-fish.

=arrête-porte=, _n.m._, (_—_) gate, door-stop; door-keeper.

=arrêter=, _v.a._, to arrest, to stop, to stay; to make fast, to fasten;

to delay, to detain, to keep back; to give over; to put an end to; to

suppress; to fix the attention of; to apprehend, to take into custody; to

seize, to distrain; to hinder, to impede; to check, to curb; to staunch;

to alleviate; to throw out of gear (machinery); to hire, to engage; to

secure; to resolve upon, to agree; to conclude, to decree; to settle (an

account); to pin; to scotch. _— un point en cousant_; to fasten a stitch.

_— ses yeux sur_; to fix one’s eyes upon. _— un courrier_; to delay a

courier. _— un volet_; to fasten a shutter. _Ses créanciers l’ont fait

arrêté_; his creditors have had him arrested. _Qu’a-t-on arrêté dans

cette réunion?_ what has been decided at that meeting? _— un marché_; to

conclude a bargain. _— un domestique_, _une chambre_; to secure, engage a

servant, a room. _— une place à la diligence_; to secure a place in the

coach. _Rien ne l’arrête_; he sticks at nothing.

=arrêter=, _v.n._, to stand still, to stop, to make a stay; to stop to

bait (horses); to point, to set (of dogs).

_s’_=arrêter=, _v.r._, to stop, to pause, to rest, to dwell upon; to

stand still, to halt; to tarry, to loiter; to stop; to remain; to lag;

to forbear; to hesitate; to give over, to suspend; to leave off; to be

embarrassed; to be concluded (of bargains); to desist; to resolve upon;

to draw up (of carriages); to be allayed (of pain); to be thrown out

of gear (of machinery); to be fastened, to be pinned down. _Ma montre

s’arrête_; my watch stops. _Il s’arrête, la mémoire lui manque_; he

hesitates, his memory fails him. _Il ne faut pas s’arrêter à ce qu’il

dit_; one must not mind what he says. _Vous vous arrêtez à des riens_;

you stop at trifles.

=arrêtiste=, _n.m._, compiler of decrees.

☉=arrhement=, _n.m._, the giving of earnest money.

=arrher=, _v.a._, to give earnest-money.

=arrhes= (âr), _n.f.pl._, earnest, earnest-money. _Donner des —_; to pay

a deposit.

=arrière=, _n.m._, back part, rear; (nav.) stern. _D’—_; (nav.) aft. _En

—!_ back! _En —_; (nav.) abaft. _En —_; in arrears. _En — de_; behind.

_Surveillant de l’—_; (nav.) after-guard. _Se ranger de l’—_; (nav.)

to veer. _Tomber de l’—_; (nav.) to fall astern. _Avoir le vent —_, or

_filer vent —_; to sail before the wind.

=arrière=, _adv._, behind (of time and place); (nav.) aft, abaft. _Droit

—_; right abaft. _Avoir vent —_; to go before the wind.

=arrière=, _int._, away! avaunt!

=arriéré=, =-e=, _adj._, in arrears; behindhand.

=arriéré=, _n.m._, arrears. _Liquider l’—_; to pay up arrears. _Il a

beaucoup d’— dans sa correspondance_; he is very much behindhand in his

correspondence.

=arrière-ban=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) arriere-ban, reserve.

=arrière-bec=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) starling; breakwater; cutwater.

=arrière-bouche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (anat.) swallow (of the throat),

pharynx, posterior fauces.

=arrière-boutique=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back shop.

☉=arrière-change=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) compound interest.

=arrière-corps=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) recess; back-building.

=arrière-cour=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back yard, back court.

=arrière-dos=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) altar-screen, reredos.

=arrière-essaim=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after-swarm.

=arrière-faix=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) after-birth.

=arrière-fermier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-farmer, under-tenant.

=arrière-fief=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) arriere-fee _or_ mesne-fief.

=arrière-fleur=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) second blossom.

=arrière-garant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) double security; security of

the bail.

=arrière-garde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) rear-guard; (nav.) rear-division.

=arrière-goût=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after-taste.

=arrière-main=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back stroke; hindquarters (of a horse).

=arrière-neveu=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) great-nephew. _Les —x_; descendants,

the latest posterity.

=arrière-pensée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) mental reservation.

=arrière-petite-fille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s-—s_) great-grand-daughter.

=arrière-petit-fils=, _n.m._, (_—-—s-—_) great-grandson.

=arrière-plan=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (paint.) background.

=arrière-point=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back-stitch.

=arrière-pointeuse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back-stitcher.

=arrière-port=, _n.m._, inner harbor.

=arriérer=, _v.a._, to defer, to put off; to throw behindhand.

_s’_=arriérer=, _v.r._, to stay behind; to be in arrears (of payment).

=arrière-saison=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) autumn. _L’— de la vie_; the evening

of days, old age.

=arrière-train=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after-carriage, hind-quarters.

=arrière-vassal=, _n.m._, (_—-vassaux_) rear-vassal.

=arrière-voussure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back-arch.

=arrimage=, _n.m._, (nav.) stowage; trim of the hold.

=arrimer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stow away; to trim the hold.

=arrimeur=, _n.m._, stevedore.

=arriser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to touch.

=arrivage=, _n.m._, (nav.) arrival.

=arrivée=, _n.f._, arrival, entrance, approach, landing, coming, advent;

(nav.) falling off, lee-way. _À l’— de_; on the arrival of. _Aussitôt son

—_; immediately after his arrival. _Jours d’—_; mail days.

=arriver=, _v.n._, to come to land; to bear down; to arrive at, to

approach, to be coming; to happen, to chance; (nav.) to bear up, to

bear down, to veer; to come to pass; to occur; to befall, to chance, to

attain, to reach, to succeed. _— à l’âge de_; to attain the age of. _Le

navire arrive de ce côté_; the ship is bearing down this way. _La voiture

arriva_; the coach arrived. _La nuit arriva_; night came on. _Un accident

lui est arrivé_; an accident has happened to him. _Il arrivait à grands

pas_; he was approaching with rapid strides. _— à bon port_; to reach

home safely, to land; (of letters) to come to hand. _— à ses fins_, _à son

but_; to compass one’s ends. _Il arrive tous les jours que_; it happens

every day that. _Il lui est arrivé de dire_; he happened to say. _D’où il

est arrivé que_; whence it came to pass that. _S’il arrive que vous ayez

besoin de moi_; if you should chance to want me. _Quel malheur en peut-il

arriver_; what mischief can it entail? _Quoi qu’il arrive_; come what

may. _Qu’en arrivera-t-il?_ what will be the consequence, or the upshot?

_Cela ne m’arrivera plus_; I will never do so again. _Un malheur n’arrive

jamais seul_; misfortunes never come singly. _Arrivez!_ (fam.) come on!

come in! _Arrive qui plante, arrive que pourra_; (prov.) happen what may,

in any case. _— comme marée en Carême_; to come in the nick of time.

=arrobe=, _n.f._, Spanish weight, arroba.

=arroche=, _n.f._, (bot.) orach, goose-foot; mountain spinach.

=arrogamment= (-ga-mān), _adv._, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently.

=arrogance=, _n.f._, arrogance; haughtiness; superciliousness.

=arrogant=, =-e=, _adj._, arrogant, haughty, supercilious.

_s’_=arroger=, _v.r._, to arrogate to one’s self, to assume, to claim.

☉=arroi=, _n.m._, array, equipage. _Être en mauvais —_; to be in a sad

pickle.

=arrondi=, =-e=, _part._, rounded, made round; full. _Un visage —_; a

full face.

=arrondir=, _v.a._, to make a thing round, to round off; to aggrandize;

to extend, increase; (paint.) to round off; (nav.) to double (a cape). _—

une période_; to round off a period. _— une île_; (nav.) to sail round an

island. _— ses biens_; to increase one’s estate.

_s’_=arrondir=, _v.r._, to round, to get round; to increase one’s estate.

=arrondissement= (-mān), _n.m._, rounding, making round; roundness;

district, circuit; ward (of a town).

=arrosage=, _n.m._, irrigation, watering.

=arrosement= (a-rôz-mān), _n.m._, watering, sprinkling, besprinkling;

(cook.) basting; paying all round, stake, pool (at play).

=arroser=, _v.a._, to water, to irrigate, to besprinkle, to wet; to

bedew; to soak; to bathe (with tears); (cook.) to baste; to distribute

money. _— des créanciers_; to pay one’s creditors a trifle. _Arrosez ces

gens-là_; keep in with those people (by giving them trifling presents).

_— un repas de vin_; to wash down a meal with wine.

=arrosoir=, _n.m._, watering-pot.

=arrowroot=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) arrow-root.

=arrugie=, _n.f._, (mining) drain.

=ars=, _n.m.pl._, (vet.) vein of the fore leg; limb. _Saigner un cheval

aux quatre —_; to bleed a horse in all four legs.

=arsenal=, _n.m._, arsenal. _— de marine_; dock-yard.

=arséniate=, _n.m._, arseniate.

=arséniaté=, _adj._, combined with arseniate.

=arsenic=, _n.m._, arsenic.

=arsenical=, =-e=, _adj._, arsenical.

=arsénieux=, _adj._, arsenious.

=arsénique=, _adj._, (chem.) arsenic.

=arsénite=, _n.m._, arsenite.

=arsis=, _n.f._, (gram., mus.) arsis.

=art=, _n.m._, art; skill; cunning, artifice. _Les termes de l’—_;

technical terms. _L’— militaire_; military art. _Les —s libéraux_; the

liberal arts. _Les beaux-—s_; the fine arts. _—s manufacturiers_; arts

and manufactures. _— angélique_; (hist.) angelic art. _—s d’agrément_;

accomplishments. _Bachelier ès —s_; bachelor of arts. _Maître ès —s_;

master of arts. _Ouvrage d’—_; work of art. _Maîtres de l’—_; the

connoisseurs, the learned, the masters of their craft. _Homme de l’—_;

doctor. _Il a l’— de réussir dans tout ce qu’il entreprend_; he has the

art of succeeding in all his undertakings. _L’— perfectionne la nature_;

art improves nature.

=artère=, _n.f._, artery. _Piquer une —_; to open an artery.

=artériel=, =-le=, _adj._, arterial.

=artériole=, _n.f._, (anat.) small artery.

=artériologie=, _n.f._, arteriology.

=artériotomie=, _n.f._, arteriotomy.

=artérite=, _n.f._, arteritis.

=artésien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, _n._, artesian. _Puits —_;

artesian well.

=arthralgie=, _n.f._, arthritis.

=arthrite=, _n.f._, (med.) arthritis.

=arthritique=, _adj._, arthritic.

=arthrodie=, _n.f._, (anat.) arthrodia.

=arthrose=, _n.f._, arthrosis.

=artichaut=, _n.m._, artichoke. _—s_; spikes on a fence or gate. _— des

toits_; house-leek.

=article=, _n.m._, article, head; paragraph; matter, thing, subject;

point; item; (gram.) article; (anat.) articulation; (bot.) article, ware,

goods. _— de fond_; leading article. _— de Paris_; Paris speciality.

_C’est un autre —_; that’s another matter. _Ce n’est pas un — de foi_; it

is not worthy of credit. _Nous reviendrons sur cet —_; we shall resume

this subject. _C’est un — à part_; that is a separate article. _À l’— de

la mort_; at the point of death. _Faire l’—_; to puff one’s goods.

=articulaire=, _adj._, (med.) articular.

=articulation=, _n.f._, articulation, joint; (bot., anat.) joint,

articulation; (jur.) allegation.

=articulé=, =-e=, _part._, articulate; articulated, uttered, jointed,

vertebrated. _D’une manière —e_; articulately, distinctly.

=articuler=, _v.a._, to articulate, to pronounce; to enumerate; to set

forth.

_s’_=articuler=, _v.r._, to be articulated or jointed, to joint.

=articuler=, _v.n._, to articulate.

=artifice=, _n.m._, art; contrivance; slyness, cunning, craft, deceit;

trick, stratagem; shuffle. _Caisse d’—_; (nav.) powder-chest. _Un feu

d’—_; fireworks, pyrotechnics. _Tirer un feu d’—_; to let off fireworks.

=artificiel=, =-le=, _adv._, artificial.

=artificiellement= (-mān), _adv._, artificially.

=artificier=, _n.m._, fireworks-maker, pyrotechnist.

=artificieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, cunningly, craftily, artfully,

slily.

=artificieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, artful, cunning, crafty; shuffling, sly.

☉*=artillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) mounted with cannon. _Vaisseau —_;

armored vessel.

*=artillerie=, _n.f._, artillery, ordnance. _Une pièce d’—_; a piece of

ordnance. _Grosse —_; heavy artillery. _— légère_; light artillery. _— de

campagne_; field artillery. _— de siège_; battering or siege artillery.

_— à pied_; foot artillery. _— à cheval_; horse artillery. _Parc d’—_;

park of artillery. _Train d’—_; train of artillery. _Comité d’—_; board

of ordnance.

*=artilleur=, _n.m._, artilleryman, gunner.

=artimon=, _n.m._, (nav.) mizzen. _Mât d’—_; mizzen mast. _Hune d’—_;

mizzen top.

=artisan=, _n.m._, artisan, handicraftsman, operative, artificer,

mechanic, craftsman; author, architect, contriver.

=artison=, _n.m._, (ent.) wood-fretter, moth.

=artisonné=, _adj._, worm-eaten.

=artiste=, _n.m.f._, artist, player, performer, actor, actress.

=artistement=, _adv._, in an artistic manner; skillfully, artistically.

=artistique=, _adj._, artist-like; artistic, of art.

=arum= (-rom), _n.m._, (bot.) arum, wake-robin.

=aruspice=, _n.m._, aruspex, diviner, soothsayer.

=aruspicine=, _n.f._, (antiq.) aruspicy.

=aryen=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, Aryan.

=aryténoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) arytænoid.

=as= (âss), _n.m._, ace (at cards, dice); as (Roman weight).

=asaret=, _n.m._, (bot.) asarum.

=asarum= (-rom), _n.m._, asarabacca, asarum.

=asbeste=, _n.m._, asbestos.

=ascaride=, _n.m._, (ent.) ascaris.

=ascendant=, _n.m._, ascendant; ascendency, influence; power, ruling

passion, ancestor. _Avoir de l’— sur_; to have influence over. _—s et

descendants_; ancestors and descendants.

=ascendant=, =-e=, _adj._, ascending, ascendant, upwards.

=ascenseur=, _n.m._, hoist, lift.

=ascension=, _n.f._, ascent; up-stroke (of machinery); ascension;

ascending, rising; Ascension-day, Holy Thursday. _Jour de l’—_; Holy

Thursday.

=ascensionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, ascensional.

=ascète=, _n.m.f._, ascetic, anchoret; monk.

=ascétique=, _adj._, ascetic, rigid, severe.

=ascétique=, _n.m._, ascetic.

=ascétique=, _n.f._, ascetic doctrine.

=ascétisme=, _n.m._, ascetism.

=asciens= (as-si-in), _n.m.pl._, (geog.) Ascians.

=ascite=, _n.f._, ascites, common dropsy.

=ascitique=, _adj._, dropsical, ascitic.

=asclépiade=, _n.m._, (poet.), asclepiad.

=asclépiade=, _adj._, (poet.) formed of asclepiads.

=asclépiade=, _n.f._, _or_ =asclépias=, _n.m._, (bot.) asclepias,

swallow-wort.

=asiarcat=, _n.m._, dignity of an asiarch.

=asiarque=, _n.m._, (hist.) asiarch.

=asiatique=, _adj._, _n._, Asiatic.

=asile=, _n.m._, asylum, refuge, place of refuge, shelter, sanctuary;

harbor, retreat, protection. _Salle d’—_; infant school. _Servir d’—_; to

shelter. _Sans —_; shelterless, homeless.

=asile=, _n.m._, wasp-fly.

=asine=, _adj.f._, (l.u.) asinine, of the ass. _Bête —_; ass; blockhead.

=aspect=, _n.m._, aspect, view, sight; look, countenance; phase, point of

view.

=asperge=, _n.f._, asparagus (head of). _Botte d’—s_; bundle of asparagus.

=aspergement=, _n.m._, sprinkling.

=asperger=, _v.a._, to sprinkle, to besprinkle.

=aspergerie= _or_ =aspergière=, _n.f._, asparagus-bed or ground.

=aspergés= (-jèss), _n.m._, aspergillum, holy-water sprinkler. _Je suis

arrivé à l’—_; I entered the church as the priest was sprinkling the

people with holy-water.

=aspérité=, _n.f._, asperity, roughness, ruggedness; harshness;

unevenness.

=aspersion=, _n.f._, aspersion, sprinkling, besprinkling.

=aspersoir=, _n.m._, holy-water brush; rose (of a water-pot).

=aspérule=, _n.f._, (bot.) wood-ruff.

=asphalte=, _n.m._, asphalt, asphaltum.

=asphaltique= _or_ =asphaltite=, _adj._, asphaltic, bituminous. _Le lac

—_; the asphaltic lake, the Dead Sea.

=asphodèle=, _n.m._, (bot.) asphodel, king’s-spear, wild daffodil.

=asphyxiant=, _adj._, asphyxiating, suffocating.

=asphyxie=, _n.f._, (med.) asphyxy, suffocation, suspended animation.

=asphyxié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a person in a state of asphyxia.

=asphyxier=, _v.a._, to cause asphyxia, to suffocate. _Le gaz les

asphyxia_; the gas suffocated them.

_s’_=asphyxier=, _v.r._, to destroy one’s self by suffocation.

=aspic=, _n.m._, aspic; asp; (bot.) aspic; spikenard; spike-lavender;

(cook.) cold meat or fish, with jelly. _Langue d’—_; a viper’s tongue.

=aspirant=, =-e=, _adj._, suction, sucking (of pumps).

=aspirant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, candidate, suitor, aspirant, postulant;

midshipman. _— au doctorat_; candidate for a doctor’s degree. _— de

marine_; midshipman.

=aspirateur=, _n.m._, (of air-pumps) exhauster.

=aspiration=, _n.f._, inhaling, inspiration; (gram.) aspiration,

breathing; (of pumps) exhaustion, suction; aspiration, longing after,

fervent desire. _Tuyau d’—_; exhausting pipe.

=aspiré=, =-e=, _adj._, aspirate; (hydr.) exhausted.

=aspirée=, _n.f._, (gram.) aspirate.

=aspirer=, _v.a._, to inspire; to inhale; to draw in; to suck in; (gram.)

to aspirate; (hydr.) to exhaust.

=aspirer=, _v.n._, to aspire, to covet, to aim at. _— aux honneurs_; to

aspire after honors.

_s’_=aspirer=, _v.r._, to suck; to be inhaled.

=aspre=, _n.m._, asper, a Turkish coin.

=assa=, _n.f._, (_n.p._), concrete gum, asa, assa.

=assabler=, _v.a._, to fill with sand.

=assabler=, _v.n._, to run aground; to be stranded.

=assa dulcis=, _n.f._ (_n.p._), asa-dulcis, benzoin.

=assa foetida=, _n.f._, (phar.) assafœtida.

=assagir=, _v.a._, to make wise, to impart wisdom. _S’—_, _v.r._, to

become wise.

*=assaillant=, _n.m._, aggressor, assailant, besieger.

*=assaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, aggressive.

*=assaillir=, _v.a._, to assault, to assail, to attack; to surprise, to

beset, to come upon.

=assainir=, _v.a._, to make, to render healthy. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become

healthy.

=assainissement= (-mān), _n.m._, sanitation, purification, salubrity,

drainage.

=assaisonnement= (-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, condiment, seasoning, dressing.

=assaisonner=, _v.a._, to season, to dress, to spice; to give a relish

to; to make palatable; to set off, to give a zest to.

=assaisonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seasoner.

=assassin=, _n.m._, assassin, murderer, murderess; ruffian. _À l’—!_

murder! _Crier à l’—_; to call out murder.

=assassin=, =-e=, _adj._, killing, murderous.

=assassinant=, =-e=, _adj._, exceedingly tiresome, boring; killing,

murdering.

=assassinat=, _n.m._, assassination, willful murder, homicide, murder.

☉=assassinateur=, _n.m._, assassin, murderer.

=assassiner=, _v.a._, to assassinate, to murder, to make away with; to

bore, to tease, to plague any one to death.

=assaut=, _n.m._, assault, storm, onset, onslaught; attack, shock;

fencing match, assault. _Donner l’— à une place_; to storm a place.

_Emporter une ville d’—_; to carry a town by storm. _Faire — d’esprit_;

to make a trial of wit. _Faire — de_; to vie with each other in.

=asséchage=, =asséchement=, _n.m._, drying up.

=assécher=, _v.a._, to drain (mine); to dry up.

=assemblage=, _n.m._, assemblage, collection, union; set, combination;

(print.) gathering; (nav.) tabling; (carp.) bond, scarf.

=assemblé=, =-e=, _part._, assembled, united, joined.

=assemblée=, _n.f._, assembly, meeting, company, party; convocation;

congregation (of churches); meeting, meet (of hunters). _Se réunir en

— publique_; to meet in public assembly. _L’— se tient_; the meeting is

being held. _— de jeu_; card-party.

=assembler=, _v.a._, to collect, to gather; to get, bring, put or lay,

together; to assemble, to convoke, to call together; (print.) to gather;

(carp.) to trim, to scarf.

_s’_=assembler=, _v.r._, to assemble, to meet; to come, to get or gather,

together; to congregate, to muster. _Qui se ressemble s’assemble_; birds

of a feather flock together.

=assembleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gatherer, collector.

=asséner=, _v.a._, to strike, to deal (a blow). _Il lui asséna un coup de

poing_; he struck him a violent blow with his fist.

=assentiment=, _n.m._, assent.

=assentir=, _v.n._, to agree to, to assent; (hunt.) to scent.

=asseoir= (-soâr), (asseyant, assis), _v.a._, to seat; to set or put in

a chair; to set, to lay, to fix; to establish, to rest, to ground; to

pitch; to settle, to assess; to train (a horse). _— les fondements d’une

maison_; to lay the foundations of a house. _— une rente_; to settle an

annuity. _— un camp_; to pitch a camp. _Faire — quelqu’un à sa table_; to

admit any one to one’s table.

_s’_=asseoir=, _v.r._, to sit, to sit down; to be seated, to settle, to

perch. _Asseyez-vous_; sit down.

=assermenté=, =-e=, _part._, sworn.

=assermenter=, _v.a._, to swear in, to administer the oath to.

=asserti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, assertive.

=assertion=, _n.f._, assertion, affirmation.

=asservir=, _v.a._, to enslave, to reduce to servitude or slavery; to

subject; to enthrall; to bring under subjection; to master, to subdue, to

conquer.

=asservissant=, _adj._, enslaving, subjecting, coercive.

=asservissement= (-mān), _n.m._, subjection, enthrallment, bondage,

servitude, slavery.

=assesseur=, _n.m._, assessor (judge).

=assette=, _n.f._, adze, hatchet.

=assez=, _adv._, enough, sufficiently; pretty, rather. _J’en ai —_; I

have had enough of it. _Vous avez — fait_; you have done enough. _Cela

est — bien_; that is pretty well. _Cette femme est — jolie_; this woman

is rather pretty. _Cela paraît — vraisemblable_; that appears likely

enough. _— et plus qu’il n’en faut_; enough and to spare. _C’est —_,

_en voilà —_; enough, that will do. _— parlé_; enough talking. _C’est —

loin_; it is rather far. _On ne saurait avoir — de soin de sa santé_; one

cannot take too much care of one’s health. _Cela est — de mon goût_; I

like it well enough. _Suis-je — malheureux!_ could I be more unfortunate!

_— volontiers_, _d’— bon cœur_; readily enough.

=assidu=, =-e=, _adj._, assiduous, punctual; diligent, constant,

attentive.

=assiduité=, _n.f._, assiduity, application, diligence, attention.

=assidûment=, _adv._, assiduously, constantly, sedulously, diligently,

punctually.

=assiégé=, _n.m._, besieged. _Les —s firent une sortie_; the besieged

made a sally.

=assiégeant=, =-e=, _adj._, besieging.

=assiégeant=, _n.m._, besieger.

=assiéger=, _v.a._, to besiege, to lay siege to; to surround; to beset,

to dun. _Ses créanciers l’assiègent_; his creditors dun him.

=assiette=, _n.f._, plate; seat, situation, sitting, posture; tone, state

of the mind; temper, condition of one’s mind; assessment (of taxes);

(nav.) trim; (man.) seat; (arch.) site. _—s blanches_; clean plates.

_Une — à soupe_; a soup plate. _— d’argent_; a silver plate. _L’— d’une

église_; the site of a church. _L’— d’un bâtiment_; the situation of a

building. _Cela n’est pas dans son —_; that is not steady. _Il n’est pas

dans son —_; he is out of sorts, not at his ease. _Faire l’— de_; to

assess. _Piquer l’—_; to sponge. _Pique-—_; sponger. _L’— d’une rente_;

the assignment of an annuity. _— d’un vaisseau_; trim of a ship. _Casseur

d’—s_; swaggerer. _Son — dîne pour lui_; present or not, he pays all the

same.

=assiettée=, _n.f._, a plateful.

*=assignable=, _adj._, assignable.

☉*=assignant=, _n.m._ _V._ =demandeur=.

*=assignat=, _n.m._, assignat (French paper money.) _Legs par —_;

specific legacy.

*=assignation=, _n.f._, summons, subpœna, writ; appointment, rendezvous,

assignation; assignment; transfer; (com.) check. _Signifier une — à

quelqu’un_; to serve a writ upon any one. _Faire une — de_; to make

an assignment of; (com.) appointment. _Manquer à l’—_; to break an

appointment.

*=assigné=, =-e=, _part._, summoned.

*=assigné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, defendant. _V._ =défendeur=.

*=assigner=, _v.a._, to summon, to subpœna; to assign; to appoint, to

allow, to allot. _Obtenir permission d’— quelqu’un_; to take out a writ

against any one.

=assimilable=, _adj._, assimilable.

=assimilation=, _n.f._, assimilation.

=assimiler=, _v.a._, to assimilate, to liken, to compare. _S’— à

quelqu’un_; to compare one’s self to any one.

=assis=, =-e=, _part._, seated. _Restez —_; keep your seat. _Voter par —

et levé_; to give one’s vote by rising or by remaining seated.

=assise=, _n.f._, (arch.) a course; (geol.) layer, stratum.

=assises=, _n.f.pl._, assizes, session. _Cour d’—_; Assize Court. _Tenir

les —_; to hold the assizes. _Cet homme tient ses — dans la maison_; this

man is the oracle of the house.

=assistance=, _n.f._, assistance, help, aid; relief, comfort; audience,

company, by-standers; congregation (in a church). _— publique_; poor-law

relief.

=assistant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, assistant (of religious orders);

onlooker, by-stander, beholder, spectator. _Il prit tous les —s à

témoin_; he took all present to witness.

=assistant=, =-e=, _adj._, assistant, helper.

=assister=, _v.n._, to be at, to be present at, to attend, to stand by,

to look on, to witness.

=assister=, _v.a._, to assist, to help; to succor; to aid, to support; to

attend. _— les pauvres_; to relieve the poor. _— ses amis de son crédit_;

to use one’s interest in favor of. _Dieu vous assiste_; God help you!

=association=, _n.f._, association, partnership, society; combination.

_Contrat d’—_; deed of partnership. _— illégale_; conspiracy. _— de

secours mutuels_; friendly benefit society. _Faire une — avec quelqu’un_;

to enter into partnership with any one.

=associé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, associate; fellow; member; companion;

partner. _— bailleur de fonds_, _— commanditaire_; sleeping partner.

=associer=, _v.a._, to associate, to admit or receive as a partner; to

take into partnership; to divide or share something with any one.

_s’_=associer=, _v.r._, to enter, to get into partnership with one; to

associate one’s self with, to join, to combine, to be joined or connected

with; to make any one a party to.

=assoiffer=, _v.n._, to become thirsty.

=assolement=, _n.m._, (agri.) rotation of crops.

=assoler=, _v.a._, (agri.) to vary the crops.

=assombrir=, _v.a._, to darken, to make gloomy, to throw a gloom over, to

sadden, to cloud. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become, grow dark, gloomy; to darken

(of the brow).

=assommant=, =-e=, _adj._, wearisome, tiresome, boring, killing,

oppressive (of heat). _Cet homme est —_; this man is a great bore.

=assommer=, _v.a._, to beat to death, to knock on the head; to beat

unmercifully; to overpower; to overwhelm, to bear down; to pester, to

bore; to grieve, to oppress; to plague to death. _— à coups de bâton_; to

beat to death with a stick. _La chaleur m’assomme_; the heat overpowers

me.

_s’_=assommer=, _v.r._, to kill one’s self, to be overwhelmed, to

overburden one’s self. _Vous vous assommez à force de travail_; you are

killing yourself by too much labor.

=assommeur=, _n.m._, slaughterer, feller (of oxen).

=assommoir=, _n.m._, trap; loaded bludgeon. _Coup d’—_; overpowering

blow. _Quel —!_ what a bore!

=assompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, assumptive.

=assomption=, _n.f._, assumption; (rel.) Assumption (Aug. 15).

=assonah=, _n.m._ _V._ =sonna=.

=assonance=, _n.f._, assonance.

=assonant=, =-e=, _adj._, assonant.

=assorti=, =-e=, _part._, stocked, furnished; matched; sorted; paired;

suitable. _Il n’y a point de marchand mieux —_; no shop-keeper is better

stocked. _Un mariage bien —_; a very suitable match.

=assortiment=, _n.m._, set; assortment, stock, collection; match;

sorting; combination. _Livres d’—_; books on sale (not published by the

vendor).

=assortir=, _v.a._, to sort, to match, to pair, to stock, to furnish.

_Mal —_; to mis-match. _— des couleurs_; to match colors. _— une

boutique_, to stock a shop.

=assortir=, _v.n._, to match, to sort, to suit, to pair.

_s’_=assortir=, _v.r._, to match, to agree, to suit; to be a match, to be

suitable.

=assortissant=, =-e=, _adj._, suitable, becoming, matching.

=assoté=, =-e=, _adj._, infatuated, extremely fond, doting on.

=assoter=, _v.a._, (fam. and iron.) to befool, to infatuate; to besot.

_S’—_, _v.r._, to be foolishly fond of.

=assoupir=, _v.a._, to make drowsy, heavy, dull; to lull, to assuage, to

allay, to soften; to deaden; to suppress, to stifle, to still, to quiet,

to hush, to hush up.

_s’_=assoupir=, _v.r._, to grow drowsy, dull, heavy, sleepy; to fall

asleep; to doze; to be assuaged, to be weakened; to be appeased, to be

stilled.

=assoupissant=, =-e=, _adj._, drowsy, sleepy, soporiferous, soporific.

_Discours —_; speech that sends one to sleep.

=assoupissement= (-mān), _n.m._, drowsiness, sleepiness, heaviness;

carelessness, sloth, negligence, supineness, hushing up; (med.) coma.

=assouplir=, _v.a._, to make supple, to render flexible, tractable;

(man.) to break in. _— un cheval_; to break in a horse. _— une étoffe_;

to make a stuff soft.

_s’_=assouplir=, _v.r._, to become supple, manageable.

=assourdir=, _v.a._, to deafen, to make deaf; to stun; to muffle (a bell,

an oar); (paint.) to darken.

_s’_=assourdir=, _v.r._, to grow deaf.

=assourdissant=, _adj._, deafening.

=assourdissement=, _n.m._, deafening noise; muffling, deadening;

temporary deafness.

=assouvir=, _v.a._, to glut, to satiate, to cloy, to surfeit, to

gratify. _— ses passions_; to gratify one’s passions. _— sa faim_; to

satiate one’s hunger. _s’_=assouvir=, _v.r._, to be satiated, glutted,

surfeited, cloyed, gratified.

=assouvissement= (-mān), _n.m._, glutting, cloying, satiating.

=assujettir=, _or_ =assujétir=, _v.a._, to subdue, to enthrall, to bring

under, into, subjection; to subject, to tie down; to oblige; to fix, to

fasten, to wedge in. _— ses passions_; to master one’s passions. _S’— à

quelque chose_; to tie one’s self down to a thing.

_s’_=assujettir=, _v.r._, to subject one’s self to.

=assujettissant=, =-e=, _adj._, binding, constraining, fettering,

restrictive.

=assujettissement= (-mān), _n.m._, subjection, enthrallment; constraint.

=assumer=, _v.n._, to take upon one’s self, to assume.

=assurance=, _n.f._, assurance, certainty, certitude; security,

safety; pledge; trust, confidence; protestation, promise; insurance;

boldness, confidence, hardihood. _— maritime_; marine insurance.

_— contre l’incendie_; fire insurance. _— sur risques ordinaires_;

common insurance. _— sur la vie_; life insurance. _Bureau d’—_;

insurance-office. _Courtier d’—_; insurance broker. _Police d’—_; policy

insurance. _Avec —_; safely. _Il est en lieu d’—_; he is in a safe place.

_Donnez-moi des —s_; give me a security. _Prenez ma montre pour —_; take

my watch as a security. _Il met son — en Dieu_; he puts his trust in God.

_Il parle avec —_; he speaks boldly. _Prenez de l’—_; put on a little

assurance. _Il n’y a pas d’— à prendre en vous_; there is no reliance to

be placed in you.

=assure=, _n.f._, woof, texture.

=assuré=, =-e=, _adj._, sure, safe, secure; certain; bold, confident;

impudent; trusty; insured. _Une retraite —e_; a safe retreat. _Sa perte

est —e_; his ruin is infallible.

=assuré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person insured.

=assurément=, _adv._, assuredly, surely, to be sure; doubtless,

undoubtedly; certainly, sure enough. _Oui, —_; yes, doubtless. _— non_;

certainly not.

=assurer=, _v.a._, to assure (a person of a thing); to assert, to affirm,

to promise; to secure, to make sure of; to guarantee; to inspire with

confidence; to fix firmly; to fasten; to insure; to underwrite; (man.) to

accustom to the bit. _Il a assuré son argent_; he has made sure of his

money. _— la bouche d’un cheval_; to accustom a horse to bear the bit. _—

une maison contre l’incendie_; to insure a house against fire. _— pour

l’aller_; (com.) to insure out. _— pour le retour_; to insure home.

_s’_=assurer=, _v.r._, to secure, to make sure of; to ascertain; to be

confident of; to satisfy one’s self; to be assured, to be sure; to be

persuaded, to be convinced. _S’— de quelqu’un_; to secure any one, to

engage him. _S’— d’un poste_; to make sure of a position.

=assureur=, _n.m._, underwriter, insurer, assurer.

=assyrien=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, Assyrian.

=astéisme=, _n.m._, (rhet.) asteism, irony.

☉=astelle=, _n.f._, (surg.) splint, bolster. _V._ =attelle=.

=aster=, _n.m._, (bot.) star-wort, aster.

=astérie=, _n.f._, asteria, star-stone; star-fish.

=astérisme=, _n.m._, (astron.) asterism.

=astérisque=, _n.m._, asterisk.

=astéroïde=, _n.m._, asteroid.

=asthénie=, _n.f._, (med.) debility, asthenia.

=asthmatique= (as-ma-tik), _adj._, asthmatical.

=asthme= (as-m), _n.m._, asthma.

=astic=, _n.m._, glazing-stick, polisher.

=asticot=, _n.m._, gentle, maggot, worm.

=asticoter=, _v.a._, to plague; to tease, to vex. _Il est toujours à

m’—_; he is always plaguing me.

=astiquer=, _v.a._, to polish, to glaze; to clean up, to dress up.

=astracan=, _n.m._, astrakhan (fur).

=astragale=, _n.m._, (arch., bot.) astragal; (anat.) astragalus, talus,

ankle-bone; (gilding, paint.) fillet; milk-vetch, wild liquorice.

=astral=, =-e=, _adj._, astral, starry.

=astre=, _n.m._, star, fixed star, luminary. _—s errants_; wandering

stars. _Cette femme est belle comme un —_; this woman is quite a paragon

of beauty.

=astrée=, _n.f._, (astron.) Astrea; (zoöl.) astrea.

=astreindre= (astreignant, astreint), _v.a._, to force, to compel; to

subject; to bind down, to oblige.

_s’_=astreindre=, _v.r._, to confine one’s self, to tie one’s self down,

to anything.

=astriction=, _n.f._, (med.) astriction.

=astringence=, _n.f._, astringency.

=astringent=, =-e=, _adj._, astringent.

=astringent=, _n.m._, astringent.

=astroïte=, _n.f._, astroit.

=astrolabe=, _n.m._, (astron.) astrolabe.

=astrolâtre=, _n.m._, star-worshiper.

=astrolâtrie=, _n.f._, astrolatry.

=astrolâtrique=, _adj._, star-worshiping.

=astrologie=, _n.f._, astrology.

=astrologique=, _adj._, astrological.

=astrologue= (-log), _n.m._, astrologer.

=astronome=, _n.m._, astronomer.

=astronomie=, _n.f._, astronomy.

=astronomique=, _adj._, astronomical, astronomic.

=astronomiquement= (-mān), _adv._, astronomically.

=astuce=, _n.f._, craft, guile, wile, cunning.

=astucieusement=, _adv._, craftily, cunningly.

=astucieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, crafty, wily.

=asyle=. _V._ =asile=.

=asymétrie=, _n.f._, asymmetry.

=asymptote=, _n.f._, (geom.) asymptote.

=asymptotique=, _adj._, asymptotical.

=asyndète=, _n.m._, (rhet.) asyndeton.

=ataraxie=, _n.f._, ataraxy, quietude.

=atavisme=, _n.m._, atavism.

=ataxie=, _n.f._, (med.) ataxy.

=ataxique=, _adj._, (med.) ataxic, irregular.

=atelier=, _n.m._, workshop, manufactory; study; studio; office; shed;

gang (workmen). _Chef d’—_; foreman. _Tout l’— m’a quitté_; all my

workmen have left me. _Jour d’—_; best, true light.

=atellanes=, _n.f.pl._, (hist.) Atellanae.

=atermoiement= _or_ =atermoîment=, _n.m._, delay of payment; composition,

delay, evasion, shift.

=atermoyer=, _v.a._, to put off; to delay a payment.

=atermoyer=, _v.n._, to try to gain time; to shuffle.

_s’_=atermoyer=, _v.r._, to compound with one’s creditors.

=athée=, _n.m._, atheist.

=athée=, _adj._, atheistical, atheistic.

=athéisme=, _n.m._, atheism.

=athénée=, _n.m._, athenæum.

=athénien=, =-ne=, (-ni-in, -ni-è-n), _adj._, Athenian.

=athénien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Athenian.

=athérome=, _n.m._, (med.) atheroma.

=athlète=, _n.m._, athlete; wrestler; champion.

=athlètique=, _n.f._, athletics.

=athlètique=, _adj._, athletic, athletical.

=atlante=, _n.m._, (arch.) atlantes.

=atlantide=, _n.f._, Atlantis.

=atlantides=, _n.f.pl._, (astron.) Atlantides.

=atlantique=, _adj._, Atlantic.

=atlantique=, _n.f._, Atlantic.

=atlas=, _n.m._, atlas; (anat.) atlas.

=atmosphère=, _n.f._, atmosphere.

=atmosphérique=, _adj._, atmospherical, atmospheric.

=atome=, _n.m._, atom, corpuscle.

=atomique=, _adj._, atomical, atomic.

=atomisme=, _n.m._, atomism, doctrine of atoms.

=atomiste=, _n.m._, atomist.

=atomistique=, _adj._, atomical. _Théorie —_; atomic theory.

=atone=, _adj._, atonic, dull, lack-lustre, fixed, staring.

=atonie=, _n.f._, (med.) atony, debility.

=atonique=, _adj._, (med.) atonic, debilitated.

=atours=, _n.m.pl._, woman’s attire, ornament, dress. _Dame d’—_; lady of

the bedchamber. _Être dans ses plus beaux —_; to be dressed in all one’s

finery. [Generally used in the plural.]

☉=atourner=, _v.a._, to attire, to trick out, to dress out, to bedizen.

=atout=, _n.m._, a trump; trump-card. _Jouer —_; to play trumps; (fam.)

quietus.

=atrabilaire=, _adj._, splenetic; gloomy, morose, peevish, bilious;

melancholy.

=atrabile=, _n.f._, (med), black bile, hypochondria.

=âtre=, _n.m._, fire-place, hearth, floor (of ovens).

=atroce=, _adj._, atrocious, odious, grievous, cruel, flagitious,

excruciating.

=atrocement= (-mān), _adv._, atrociously, cruelly, outrageously.

=atrocité=, _n.f._, atrociousness, heinousness, grievousness; atrocity.

=atrophie=, _n.f._, (med.) atrophy.

=atrophié=, =-e=, _adj._, wasted, withered, atrophied, stunted.

=atrophier=, _v.a._, to waste, to wither. _S’—_, _v.r._, to waste away.

=attaballe=, _n.m._, attabal (Moorish tabor).

=attablé=, =-e=, _part._, seated at table.

=attabler=, _v.a._, to set to table.

_s’_=attabler=, _v.r._, to sit down to, to take one’s place at, table.

=attachant=, =-e=, _adj._, engaging, captivating, winning, interesting,

attractive, pleasing.

=attache=, _n.f._, string, cord, strap, leash, tether (for dogs); band

(of wood, iron); tie, fastening, rivet; attachment, inclination; consent;

(anat.) attachment, stabling. _Mettre un chien à l’—_; to tie a dog up.

_Prendre des chevaux à l’—_; to take in horses. _Vivre sans —_; to live

free. _Être à l’—_; to be always slaving.

=attaché=, =-e=, _part._, fastened, fixed, attached; tied, bound; intent

on, bent on. _— à son opinion_; wedded to one’s own opinion.

=attaché=, _n.m._, attaché (of an embassy).

=attachement= (-tash-mān), _n.m._, attachment; affection; inclination;

eagerness, constant application, zeal, tie, bond; (arch.) _pl._,

memoranda of work done. _— à l’étude_; fondness for study.

=attacher=, _v.a._, to fasten, to make fast, to attach, to fix, to stick,

to tack; to connect, to join; to apply, to affix; to suspend, to hang;

to hook, to link, to chain, to rivet; to engage, to bind, to endear,

to captivate; to interest, to make attentive, to occupy. _— avec une

épingle_; to pin. _— avec une courroie_; to strap. _— avec un crochet_;

to hook. _— avec de la colle de pâte_; to paste. _— avec de la colle

forte_; to glue. _C’est ce qui m’attache à vous_; this is what binds me

to you. _— du prix à quelque chose_; to set a value upon something. _— le

grelot_; to bell the cat.

_s’_=attacher=, _v.r._, to take hold, to hold to, to fasten on; to cling;

to cleave, to stick, to keep close, to adhere; to be attached, to have an

affection for, to interest one’s self in; to apply one’s self to; to gain

over. _La poix s’attache aux doigts_; pitch sticks to the fingers. _Ils

s’attachèrent l’un à l’autre_; they became attached to each other. _Je

m’attachai à lui plaire, mais en vain_; I used all my efforts to please

him, but in vain. _S’— à remplir son devoir_; to strive to fulfill one’s

duty.

=attaquable=, _adj._, assailable; that may be attacked; of doubtful

validity.

=attaquant=, _n.m._, assailant, aggressor.

=attaque=, _n.f._, attack, onset; assault; approach; insult, reproach;

aggression; fit, stroke. _Elle a eu une — de nerfs_; she has had a

nervous attack.

=attaqué=, =-e=, _part._, attacked, stricken, assaulted, set upon;

provoked, urged.

=attaquer=, _v.a._, to attack, to assail, to assault, to fall _or_ set

upon one, to come upon; to sue; (man.) to spur; to impugn, to reproach,

to censure; to contest the validity of a document, to sue; to begin;

to provoke; (nav.) to near a cape, a coast. _— quelqu’un de paroles_;

to insult any one. _L’— sur sa naissance_; to reproach him his birth.

_— quelqu’un de conversation_; to address a person. _— le taureau par

les cornes_; to seize the bull by the horns. _Il attaque bien la note_;

(mus.) he strikes the note well. _Il attaque bien la corde_; he makes the

string tell.

_s’_=attaquer=, _v.r._, to challenge, to defy, to set upon; to find fault

with; to fall foul of any one; to fall upon, to encounter any one. _Il

s’est attaqué à son maître_; he has encountered one who is more than his

match.

=attarder=, _v.a._, to delay. _V._ =retarder=.

_s’_=attarder=, _v.r._, to be belated, to loiter on the way, to linger.

=atteindre= (atteignant, atteint), _v.a._, to touch, to strike, to hit,

to hurt, to injure; to reach, to attain; to affect; to arrive at, to

come to; to come up to, to overtake, to catch, to join; to equal. _Il

n’a pas atteint le but_; he has not hit the mark. _La balle l’atteignit

au front_; the ball struck him in the forehead. _— son maître_; to equal

one’s master. _— l’âge de_; to attain the age of. _Ce danger ne saurait

m’—_; this danger cannot reach me. _Nous atteindrons le village avant la

nuit_; we shall reach the village before night. _— l’ennemi_; to come up

with the enemy. _Il a beau courir, je l’atteindrai_; it is in vain for

him to run, I shall overtake him. _Être atteint de_; to be seized with.

=atteindre=, _v.n._, to reach, to come at, to touch; to attain, to

compass. _Je ne saurais y —_; I cannot reach it, come up to it. _— au

but_; to hit the mark. _— à la perfection_; to attain to perfection.

=atteint=, =-e=, _part._, hit, struck; attacked, seized, affected,

reached. _— d’un crime_; arraigned for a crime.

=atteinte=, _n.f._, blow, stroke, touch; attack, fit, seizure (of

disease); injury, damage, harm, wrong; reach; outrage; (man.) overreach.

_Les —s du froid_; the ill-effects of cold. _Une légère — de goutte_; a

slight touch of the gout. _Sa santé n’a jamais reçu d’—_; his health has

never received any injury. _Porter — à_; to injure, to impair, to commit

an offense against. _Subir une —_; to receive a blow, an injury. _Je suis

hors de ses —s_; I am out of his reach. _Porter — à l’honneur_; to sully

the fair name of. _Porter — aux droits de_; to infringe the rights of.

=attelage= (-laj), _n.m._, team, yoke, set, pair; carriage, horses.

=atteler= (-lé), _v.a._, to put horses to; to yoke. _Dites au cocher

qu’il attelle_; tell the coachman to put the horses to. _C’est une

charrette mal attelée_; they are an ill-assorted couple.

=attelle=, _n.f._, hame; (surg.) splint.

=attenant=, =-e= (-nān, -t), _adj._, next, contiguous, adjoining.

☉=attenant=, _prep._, next to, close by.

_en_ =attendant=, _adv._, in the mean time, in the interim, meanwhile,

till then, temporarily.

_en_ =attendant que=, _conj._, till, until. _Jouons en — qu’il vienne_;

let us play till he comes. _En — — mieux_; until something better turns

up.

=attendre=, _v.a._, to wait for, to stay for, to tarry for; to look

forward to; to expect; to look for; to await, to attend, to be in store

for. _— la mort_; to await death. _Le dîner nous attend_; the dinner is

waiting for us. _Nous l’attendons à dîner_; we expect him to dinner.

_Je l’attends à tout moment_; I expect him every minute. _C’est là où

je l’attends_; there I shall have him. _Attendez-moi sous l’orme_; you

may wait for me till doomsday. _Voilà le sort qui vous attend_; this is

the fate in store for you. _Attendez!_ stay! hold! _Je suis las d’—_;

I am tired of waiting. _Attendons encore un peu_; let us wait a little

longer. _Qu’il attende_; let him wait. _Tout vient à point à qui sait

—_; patience brings all things about. _Il attend que son fils revienne_;

he is waiting till his son returns. _Attendez jusqu’à demain_; wait till

to-morrow. _Une question n’attendait pas l’autre_; question followed

question.

_s’_=attendre=, _v.r._, to rely upon, to count upon; to trust, to trust

to; to expect, to expect, to look forward to, to anticipate; to reckon

upon. _Se faire —_; to keep people waiting. _Il ne faut pas s’— à cela_;

we must not rely upon that. _Je m’y attends_; I expect it. _Je ne

m’attendais pas à cela_; I did not expect that. _Attendez-vous-y!_ I wish

you may get it!

=attendri=, =-e=, _part._, moved, affected, touched.

=attendrir=, _v.a._, to make tender, to soften; to touch; to move, to

affect. _Cela attendrit la viande_; that makes meat tender. _Ses larmes

m’ont attendri le cœur_; his tears have softened my heart.

_s’_=attendrir=, _v.r._, to grow tender; to be moved, to melt, to pity,

to relent, to soften. _S’— sur le sort de quelqu’un_; to pity the fate of

any one.

=attendrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, moving, affecting, heart-stirring,

soul-moving.

=attendrissement= (-mān), _n.m._, compassion, feeling, emotion,

sensibility; relenting, tenderness.

=attendu=, _prep._, considering, on account of, in consideration of. _—

que_; seeing that, as, whereas, in _or_ for as much as.

=attenir=, _v.n._, to adjoin; to be contiguous.

=attentat=, _n.m._, attempt at crime; crime; attempt; criminal attempt;

indecent assault; outrage; infringement, violation. _— à la pudeur_; upon

the life of. _— contre les lois_; outrage upon the laws.

=attentatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) hostile, outrageous, unlawful, in contempt

of.

=attente=, _n.f._, expectation, waiting; hope, expectation. _Remplir_,

_tromper_, _l’—_; to come up to, to deceive, expectation. _Pierre d’—_;

(arch.) toothing; (fig.) stepping-stone. _Être dans l’— de_; to be

expecting. _Ligature d’—_; (surg.) temporary ligature. _Salle d’—_;

waiting-room. (com.) _Dans l’— de vous lire_; awaiting the favor of a

reply.

=attenter=, _v.n._, to attempt, to make an attempt. _— a la vie de

quelqu’un_; to make an attempt upon any one’s life. _— contre la liberté

publique_; to make an attempt against public liberty. _— à ses jours_; to

try to take one’s own life.

=attenti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attentive, heedful, mindful, considerate;

studious; diligent, careful. _Être — à_; to look after, to see to.

=attentifs=, _n.m.pl._, followers.

=attention=, _n.f._, attention, attentiveness, care; heed, mindfulness,

carefulness, vigilance; regard, respect, consideration. _Faute d’—_;

inadvertently. _Force d’—_; intentness. _Avec —_; attentively. _Manque

d’—_; heedlessness. _Faire une chose avec —_; to do a thing with care.

_Faire — à_; to mind. _— au commandement!_ (milit.) attention! _Faites

donc —_; mind what you say, what you do. _N’y faites pas —!_ do not mind

it! _Regarder avec —_; to look fixedly. _Prêtez-y —_; pay attention to

it. _Cela mérite —_; that deserves notice. _S’attirer l’— du public_; to

attract the notice of the public. _Plein d’—_; regardful, mindful. _Sans

—_; reckless. _Il a eu l’— de m’avertir_; he was good enough to warn me.

_Il a pour moi de grandes —s_; he has a great regard for me. _Attention!_

Look out!

=attentionné=, =-e=, _adj._, attentive.

=attentivement= (-mān), _adv._, attentively, carefully.

=atténuant=, =-e=, _adj._, attenuant; (jur.) palliating, extenuating.

=atténuant=, _n.m._, (med.) attenuant.

=atténuation=, _n.f._, attenuation, weakness; extenuation, mitigation,

palliation.

=atténué=, =-e=, _adj._, attenuated, wasted, emaciated, palliated;

tapering.

=atténuer=, _v.a._, to attenuate, to weaken, to make thin; to extenuate,

to mitigate, to palliate, to underrate. _— un crime_; to palliate a crime.

=atterrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) landing, landfall, making land.

=atterrant=, =-e=, _adj._, astounding, startling, overwhelming.

=atterrer=, _v.a._, to throw or strike down, to bring to the ground; to

overthrow; to destroy, to demolish, to ruin; to subvert; to deject, to

cast down; to astound, to overwhelm.

=atterrer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to make land.

=atterrir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to land, to make land.

=atterrissage=, _n.m._, landing, making land.

=atterrissement= (-ĕr-ris-mān), _n.m._, alluvion, accretion, alluvium.

=attestation=, _n.f._, attestation, certificate, voucher, oath, affidavit.

=attester=, _v.a._, to attest, to certify, to vouch, to witness, to

swear, to testify, to call, to take to witness. _J’en atteste le ciel_; I

call heaven to witness. _J’en atteste les dieux_; witness, ye gods.

=atticisme=, _n.m._, Atticism.

=atticiste=, _n.m._, Atticist.

=attiédir=, _v.n._, to make lukewarm, to cool, to abate. _Le temps

attiedira leur zèle_; time will cool their ardor.

_s’_=attiédir=, _v.n._, to cool, to grow cool, lukewarm, to become cool.

=attiédissement= (-mān), _n.m._, lukewarmness, coolness; abatement.

=attifement=, _n.m._, toggery, rig-out.

=attifer=, _v.a._, to dress out; to bedizen.

_s’_=attifer=, _v.r._, to dress oneself out, to rig oneself out.

=attifet=, _n.m._, ornament, trinket.

=attique= (at-tik), _adj._, Attic; (arch.) attic. _Goût —_; Attic taste.

_Sel —_; Attic salt, Attic wit.

=attique=, _n.m._, Attic; (arch.) attic, attic story.

=attiquement=, _adv._, (gram.) after the Attic dialect.

*=attirail=, _n.m.sing._, apparatus, implements, utensils, tire,

gear, furniture, tackle, baggage, train, equipage, paraphernalia;

show, pomp. _L’— d’une imprimerie_; the materials and implements of a

printing-office. _L’— d’une cuisine_; kitchen apparatus and utensils.

=attirant=, =-e=, _adj._, attractive, alluring, enticing, engaging.

=attirer=, _v.a._, to attract, to draw; to incite; to bring over, to win

over, to gain over; to lure, to wheedle, to entice, to bring upon, to

inspire. _L’aimant attire le fer_; the loadstone attracts iron. _— par

des caresses_; to wheedle by caresses. _— l’ennemi dans une embuscade_;

to draw the enemy into an ambuscade. _— les yeux_, _les regards de tout

le monde_; to attract the eyes of all the world. _Un malheur en attire

un autre_; one misfortune seldom comes alone.

_s’_=attirer=, _v.r._, to draw down upon one, to draw _or_ bring upon

oneself; to incur, to run into, to get into, to attract; to win, to gain,

to get. _— l’attention du public_; to attract the notice of the public.

_— des affaires_; to get one’s self into scrapes.

=attiser=, _v.a._, to make up (the fire), to stir up; to poke; (fig.) to

incense, to stir up. _— le feu_; to fan the flame.

=attisoir= _or_ =attisonnoir=, _n.m._, (in foundries), poker.

=attitrer=, _v.a._, (seldom used but in the _past participle_) to

appoint, to recognize; to bribe. _Juges attitrés_; appointed judges.

_Marchand attitré_; the shopkeeper one usually deals with. _Témoins

attitrés_; bribed witnesses.

=attitude=, _n.f._, attitude, (paint.) posture.

=attouchement= (-toosh-mān), _n.m._, touch, feeling, contact.

=attract-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, attractile.

=attracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attractive.

=attraction=, _n.f._, attraction.

=attraire=, _v.a._, to allure, to entice.

=attrait=, _n.m._, allurement, attraction, charm; (rel.) comfort. _La

beauté est un puissant —_; beauty is a powerful charm.

=attrape=, _n.f._, bite, trick, take-in, sell, hoax.

=attrape=, _n.m._ _— nigaud_; fool-trap. _— mouche_; catch-fly. _C’est un

— tout_; he is a grabber.

=attrape-lourdaud=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) clap-trap; catch-penny.

=attrape-parterre=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (l.u.) clap-trap for the

pit, clap-trap.

=attraper=, _v.a._, to entrap, to ensnare, to trap; to take in, to catch;

to overreach; to cheat, to trick; to overtake; to get, to secure; to

receive; to compass; to take, to surprise; to hit, to reach; to seize.

_— un renard dans un piège_; to entrap a fox. _Prenez garde à vous, il

vous attrapera_; look to yourself, he’ll take you in. _Il en a attrapé de

plus fins que vous_; he has taken in more cunning people than you are.

_Attrape qui peut_; scramble for it. _Attrapé!_ caught! _Il a attrapé un

bon bénéfice_; he has got a good living. _— un rhume_; to catch a cold.

_— un coup_; to get a blow. _— quelqu’un sur le fait_; to catch any one

in the act. _La pierre l’a attrapé à la tempe_; the stone hit him on the

temple. _— le sens_, _la pensée_, _d’un auteur_; to catch the sense,

to hit upon the meaning of an author. _— un caractère_; to hit off a

character. _— la ressemblance_; to hit off the likeness. _Attrape!_ take

that!

_s’_=attraper=, _v.r._, to be caught; (man.) to clip.

=attrapeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, deceiver, deluder, cheat, trickster.

=attrapoire=, _n.f._, trap, pit-fall, snare; wile, trick.

=attrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, attractive, inviting, winning, engaging,

charming.

=attribuer=, _v.a._, to attach, to annex; to attribute, to ascribe, to

impute (a thing to any one); to assign, to confer. _— des privilèges à

une charge_; to assign; to attach privileges to an office.

_s’_=attribuer=, _v.r._, to assume, to take upon one’s self, to arrogate

to one’s self; to claim. _Il s’attribue de grands droits_; he claims

extensive rights.

=attribut=, _n.m._, attribute, prerogative; (log.) predicate, attribute,

quality; symbol, emblem.

=attributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attributive; (law) relative.

=attribution=, _n.f._, conferring; privilege, prerogative; _pl._, powers;

province, department. (law) cognizance, competence. _Lettres d’—_;

patents conferring power (to act).

=attristant=, =-e=, _adj._, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, grievous.

=attrister=, _v.a._, to grieve, to afflict, to trouble, to cast down,

to throw a gloom over. _Cette nouvelle l’attriste_; that piece of news

grieves him.

_s’_=attrister=, _v.r._, to grieve, to yield to sorrow; to be sad, to

become sorrowful.

=attrition=, _n.f._, (theol.) attrition; (phys.) attrition, friction.

=attroupement= (-troop-mān), _n.m._, gathering, riotous assemblage, mob,

rabble. _Loi contre les —s_; Riot Act.

=attrouper=, _v.a._, to assemble, to gather together. _Il attroupa toute

la canaille_; he gathered all the rabble together.

_s’_=attrouper=, _v.r._, to flock together, to gather in crowds, to get

together tumultuously. _Défense de s’—_; no gatherings allowed.

=au=, contraction of _à le_, to the. _Céder au torrent_; to give way to

the torrent. _Sauce — vin blanc_; wine-sauce.

=aubade=, _n.f._, morning serenade; reproof, abuse, lecture. _Il en a eu

l’—_; he was reproved for it.

☉=aubain=, _n.m._, alien, foreigner.

=aubainage=, _n.m._, escheatage.

=aubaine=, _n.f._, (jur.) aubaine, escheat, escheatage; windfall, piece

of good luck.

=aube=, _n.f._, the dawn; alb (priest’s garment); (hydr.) float-board;

float; paddle-board (of steamers). _L’— du jour_; the break of day. _—s

de moulin_; flat-boards of a mill. _Roue à —s_; paddle-wheel. _— mobile_;

feathering paddle.

=aubépine=, _n.f._, hawthorn, whitethorn, may.

=aubère=, _adj._, (man.) flea-bitten gray. _Cheval —_; flea-bitten gray

horse.

=auberge=, _n.f._, inn, public-house, tavern.

=aubergine=. _V._ =melongène=.

=aubergiste=, _n.m._, innkeeper, publican, landlord, host.

=auberon=, _n.m._, catch (of a lock).

=auberonnière=, _n.f._, clasp (of a lock).

*=aube-vigne=, _n.f._, (bot.) virgin’s-bower, traveler’s joy.

=aubier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sap-wood, alburnum.

=aubifoin=, _n.m._, (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower.

=aubin=, _n.m._, (man.) canter, hand-gallop.

=aubiner=, _v.n._, (man.) to canter; (hort.) to earth; (of vines) to

layer.

=aubour=, _n.m._, (bot.) laburnum.

=aucun=, =-e=, _adj._, any; (negative) none, no one; not any; no. _Je ne

connais — de vos juges_; I know none of your judges. _— ne le dira_; no

one will say so. _Je doute qu’— de vous le fasse_; I doubt whether any

of you will do it. _Il n’y a — de ses sujets qui ne mourût pour lui_;

there is not one of his subjects who would not die for him. _De tous ceux

qui se disaient mes amis, — m’a-t-il secouru?_ did any of all those who

called themselves my friends assist me? _Je vous le cède sans bénéfice

—_; I let you have it without any profit whatever. _Il n’a fait —es

dispositions_; he has made no arrangements. _Sans —s frais_; without any

expense.

=aucunement= (-mān), _adv._, in no wise, not at all, not in the least.

_Je ne le connais —_; I do not know him at all. _—, Monsieur_; not in the

least, Sir.

=audace=, _n.f._, audacity, insolence, assurance, daring, boldness. _Avec

—_; insolently. _Payer d’—_; to brazen it out.

=audacieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, audaciously, daringly, boldly.

=audacieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, audacious, daring; impudent, insolent;

presumptuous, bold; high-spirited, enterprising. _Génie —_; daring

genius. _Entreprise —se_; bold enterprise.

☉=au deçà= (ô-dsa), _prep._ _V._ =deçà=.

=au delà= (ô-dla), _prep._, on the other side, beyond. _V._ =delà=.

=audience=, _n.f._, audience, auditory; court, sitting, hearing; hall

(where causes are heard); levee. _Jour d’—_; court day. _Ouvrir l’—_; to

open the court. _— publique_; open court. _— à huis clos_; a sitting with

closed doors, a case heard _in camerâ_. _En pleine —_; in open court.

_L’— est levée_; the sitting is raised. _On le mit hors de l’—_; he was

turned out of the court. _L’— est reprise_; the case is resumed. _Donner

—_; (of a minister) to hold a levee, to give audience. _Tenir l’—_; (of a

judge) to sit, to preside.

=audiencier=, _adj.m._ _Huissier —_; crier of a court.

=audiencier=, _n.m._, usher, crier of a court.

=auditeur=, _n.m._, auditor, auditress, hearer; auditor (of accounts).

=auditi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ auditory. _Conduit — externe_; cavity of the

ear.

=audition=, _n.f._, (jur.) hearing, audit, auditing. _L’— des témoins_;

the hearing of the witnesses.

=auditoire=, _n.m._, congregation (in a church); audience (theatre, &c.);

auditory, bar, court.

=auge=, _n.f._, trough; a plasterer’s hod; spout (of a water-mill). _— à

goudron_; (nav.) tar-bucket. _— d’écurie_; manger.

=augée=, _n.f._, hodful, troughful.

=augelot= (ôj-lo), _n.m._, little ditch; small trough, ladle.

=auger=, _v.a._, (tech.) to hollow out.

=auget=, _n.m._, seed-box, drawer (of a bird-cage); spout (of a

mill-hopper); small trough; bucket (of a water-wheel); trough.

=augment=, _n.m._, (gram.) augment; (med.) increase, jointure, dowry.

=augmentateur=, _n.m._, augmenter; (_adj._) augmenting.

=augmentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) augmentative.

=augmentation=, _n.f._, augmentation, increase, enlargement, addition;

(com.) rise (in salary).

=augmenté=, =-e=, _part._, augmented, increased. _Un livre revu, corrigé

et —_; a book revised, corrected, and augmented.

=augmenter=, _v.a._, to augment, to increase, to enlarge, to add to,

to raise the salary of; (com.) to raise. _Il a augmenté sa maison_; he

has enlarged his house. _— le prix_; to raise the price. _Je vais — mon

commis_; I am about to increase my clerk’s salary.

=augmenter=, _v.n._, to augment, to increase, to grow, to rise (in

price), to multiply. _Le sucre a augmenté de prix_; sugar has risen in

price.

_s’_=augmenter=, _v.r._, to increase, to enlarge, to better, to improve.

=augural=, =-e=, _adj._, augural, augurial.

=augure=, _n.m._, augury; omen, token; augur, soothsayer. _Un bon_,

_un mauvais —_; a good, bad omen. _De mauvais —_; ominous, portentous,

ill-boding. _Funeste —_; ill-boding omen. _Un oiseau de mauvais —_; a

bird of ill-omen.

=augurer=, _v.a._, to augur; to conjecture, to surmise. _Qu’en

pouvez-vous —?_ what can you augur from it? _Je n’en augure rien de bon_;

I foresee no good result.

=auguste=, _adj._, august, sacred, venerable.

=augustement=, _adv._, (l.u.) in an august manner.

=augustin=, =-e=, _n.m.f._, Austin friar, or nun. _Saint —_; (print.)

English.

=aujourd’hui=, _adv._, to-day, this day; nowadays, now, at present.

_D’— en huit_; this day week. _D’— en quinze_; this day fortnight. _Dès

—_; from to-day, henceforth. _— il y a huit_, _quinze_, _jours_; it

is a week, a fortnight, ago. _La mode d’—_; the present fashion. _Les

hommes d’—_; the men of the present day. _Ce n’est pas d’— que nous nous

connaissons_; we are no new acquaintances.

=aulique=, _adj._, aulic.

=aulique=, _n.f._, thesis.

=aulnaie=, =aulne=, =aulnée=. _V._ =aunaie=, =aune=, =aunée=.

=auloffée=, _n.f._, (nav.) luff.

=aulx= (ô), _pl._ of =ail=.

=aumailles=, _adj._ _Bêtes —_; horned cattle.

=aumône=, _n.f._, alms, alms-giving, charity, gift, dole. _Faire l’—_; to

give alms. _Demander l’—_; to beg. _Vivre d’—_; to live upon alms. _Être

réduit à l’—_; to be reduced to beggary. _Faites moi l’— d’un regard_;

bestow but one look upon me. _Qui vit d’—s, meurt de faim_; beg and

starve.

☉=aumônée=, _n.f._, sum given to hospitals.

☉=aumôner=, _v.a._, to pay a fine to the poor.

=aumônerie=, _n.f._, almonry, chaplaincy.

=aumônier=, _n.m._, almoner, chaplain, ordinary.

=aumônière=, _n.f._, alms-box, alms-purse; almoner (nun).

=aumôni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, charitable, lavish of alms.

=aumusse= _or_ =aumuce=, _n.f._, amess, hood (priest’s garment).

=aunage=, _n.m._, alnage, ell-measure.

=aunaie=, _n.f._, an alder-plot, grove of alders.

☉=aune=, _n.f._, ell; (fig.) measure, standard. _Acheter à l’—_; to buy

by the ell. _Mesurer les autres à son —_; to measure another man’s peck

by one’s own bushel. _Les hommes ne se mesurent pas à l’—_; one must not

judge of a man’s merit by his stature. _Il sait ce qu’en vaut l’—_; he

knows it to his cost, by experience. _En avoir tout du long de l’—_; to

get it with a vengeance.

=aune=, _n.m._, alder-tree.

=aunée= _or_ =aulnée=, _n.f._, (bot.) elecampane.

=auner=, _v.a._, to measure; to judge of, to value.

=auneur=, _n.m._, alnager, measurer.

=auparavant=, _adv._, before, first; heretofore, previously; ere now.

_Longtemps —_; a long time before.

=auprès=, _prep._, near, by; close to; close by; near to; with, in,

over; to, in comparison with. _Sa maison est — de la mienne_; his house

is close to mine. _Être — d’un seigneur_; to live with a nobleman.

_Excusez-le — de son père_; excuse him to his father. _Il cherche à me

nuire — de vous_; he endeavors to lower me in your esteem. _Être bien —

de quelqu’un_; to be in anybody’s good books. _Elle peut tout — de lui_;

she can do anything with him. _Votre mal n’est rien — du sien_; your

distress is nothing to his. _Vivre — de ses parents_; to live with one’s

parents.

=auprès=, _adv._, by, hard by, close to.

=aurate=, _n.m._, (chem.) aurate.

=auréole=, _n.f._, glory, halo, nimbus, crown of glory; (paint.) aureola;

(anat.) areola.

=auriculaire=, _adj._, auricular. _Témoin —_; ear-witness. _Le doigt —_;

the little finger.

=auriculaire=, _n.m._, the little finger.

=auricule=, _n.f._, auricle, external ear; (bot.) bear’s ear, auricula.

=auriculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) auriculate, eared.

=aurifère=, _adj._, auriferous.

=aurifier=, _v.a._, to stop (teeth) with gold.

=aurillard=. _V._ =orillard=.

=aurique=, _adj._, shoulder-of-mutton shaped. _Voiles —s_; lateen sails.

=aurochs= (oroks), _n.m._, (mam.) urus, wild bull.

=aurone=, _n.f._, abrotanum, southern-wood.

=aurore=, _n.f._, dawn, morning, morn, day-dawn, day; East; gold color;

(myth., astron.) Aurora. _À l’—_; at daybreak. _Avant l’—_; before dawn.

_L’— commençait à poindre_; day was beginning to dawn. _L’— aux doigts

de rose_; rosy-fingered morn. _Du couchant à l’—_; from west to east. _—

boréale_; aurora borealis.

=auscultation=, _n.f._, (med.) auscultation.

=ausculter=, _v.a._, (med.) to auscultate.

=auspice=, _n.m._, auspice, omen, presage. _Heureux —s_; a good omen,

auspices.

=aussi=, _adv._, too, also, likewise; besides, therefore, moreover;

accordingly; so; as much; as. _Vous le voulez, et moi —_; you will have

it so, and I too. _Donnez-m’en —_; give me some too. _Il est — sage que

vaillant_; he is as prudent as courageous. _Il est — sot que son ami_; he

is as much a fool as his friend.

=aussi=, _conj._, therefore, but then. _Ces dentelles sont belles, —

coûtent-elles beaucoup_; these laces are fine, but then they are dear. _—

bien_; for, and the more so as; as well. _Je ne veux point y aller, —

bien est-il trop tard_; I won’t go there, the more so as it is too late.

_Je n’ai que faire de l’en prier, — bien ne m’écouterait-il pas_; it

would be in vain for me to entreat him, inasmuch as he would not listen

to me. _Je sais cela — bien que vous_; I know that as well as you. _— peu

que_; as little as, as few as.

=aussière= _or_ =haussière=, _n.f._, (nav.) hawser, small cable, warp.

=aussitôt=, _adv._, immediately, directly, as soon as, forthwith. _—

après votre départ_; immediately after your departure. _— dit, — fait_;

no sooner said than done. _— que_; as soon as, whenever. _— qu’il

viendra_; as soon as he comes.

=auster= (os-tèr), _n.m._, auster, south-wind.

=austère=, _adj._, austere, severe, stern, grave; harsh, sharp (to the

taste).

=austèrement= (-mān), _adv._, austerely, severely, rigidly.

=austérité=, _n.f._, austerity; severity, sternness; strictness.

=austral=, =-e=, _adj._, austral.

=autan=, _n.m._, (poet.) south wind, storm, blast. _Braver les —s_; to

face the storm.

=autant=, _adv._, as much, as many; so much, so many; as far, as long.

_Ce vase contient — que l’autre_; this vase contains as much as the

other. _Il y avait — d’hommes que de femmes_; there were as many men as

women. _Travaillez — que vous pourrez_; work as much as you can. _Je l’ai

vendu tout —_; I sold it for quite as much. _Une fois —_; as much again.

_— que jamais_; as much as ever. _— l’esclavage me répugne, — la liberté

m’effraie_; liberty alarms me as much as slavery is repugnant to me. _—

de têtes, — d’opinions_; so many men, so many minds. _Cela est fini_,

ou _— vaut_; that is as good as done. _— en emporte le vent_; all that

is idle talk. _Boire d’—_; to drink a great deal. _À la charge d’—_; on

condition of a return. _— ne pas y aller du tout_; might as well not go

at all. _— que_; as, as far as. _— que j’en puis juger_; as far as I can

conjecture. _— dire_; you might as well say.

_d’_=autant mieux= _or_ _d’_=autant plus= (_adverb. phrase_), the more

so, so much the more so, the rather, especially. _Je l’estime d’autant

plus qu’il est pauvre_; I esteem him the more because he is poor. _Je

l’en aime d’autant mieux_; I love her all the more for it.

_d’_=autant moins= (_adverb. phrase_), the less, so much the less. _Il en

est d’autant moins à craindre_; he is all the less to be feared.

_d’_=autant que=, _conj._, seeing that, more especially as.

=autel=, _n.m._, altar; (astron.) ara. _Le Sacrement de l’—_; the host;

the holy Sacrament, Eucharist. _Les —s_; religion. _Grand_, _maître_,

_—_; high altar. _Nappe d’—_; altar cloth. _Tableau d’—_; altar-piece.

_Il mérite qu’on lui élève des —s_; he deserves the greatest honors. _Il

en prendrait sur l’—_; he would rob a church. _Qui sert à l’— doit vivre

de l’—_; every man must live by his profession.

=auteur=, _n.m._, author, authoress; inventor, maker, cause, source,

contriver, framer; writer; perpetrator; achiever; artist, engraver,

composer, sculptor; owner; informant, authority. _Dieu est l’— de toutes

choses_; God is the author of all things. _L’— d’un projet_; the framer

of a project. _L’— d’un procédé_; the inventor of a process. _C’est elle

qui est l’— de ce livre_; she is the author of that book. _Se faire —_;

to turn author. _Nommez votre —_; name your informant, authority. _Droit

d’—_; copyright.

=authenticité=, _n.f._, authenticity, genuineness.

=authentique=, _adj._, original; authentic, genuine.

=authentique=, _n.f._, authentics.

=authentiquement= (-mān), _adv._, authentically.

=authentiquer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to sign and seal, to authenticate.

=autobiographe=, _n.m._, autobiographer.

=autobiographie=, _n.f._, autobiography.

=autobus=, _n.m._, motor omnibus.

=autochtone= (-tok-to-n), _n.m._, (antiq.) autochthon; (_adj._)

autochthonous.

=autoclave=, _adj._, self-regulating; _n.m._, steaming-pan.

=autocrate=, _n.m._, autocrat.

=autocratie= (-cî), _n.f._, autocracy.

=autocratique=, _adj._, autocratical.

=autodafé=, _n.m._, (_—s_) auto-da-fé.

=autographe=, _n.m._, autograph.

☉=autographe=, _adj._, autographic, autographical.

=autographie=, _n.f._, autography.

=autographier=, _v.a._, to autograph.

=autographique=, _adj._, autographic.

=automate=, _n.m._, automaton.

=automatique=, _adj._, automatic, automatical.

=automédon=, _n.m._, charioteer, Jehu, driver, cabby.

=automnal=, =-e= (-tom-nal), _adj._, autumnal.

=automne= (-to-n), _n.m.f._, autumn; fall of the leaf; fall (of the year).

=automot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, self-acting, self-moving, self-propelling.

=automobile=, _n.m._, motor-car.

=autonome=, _adj._, autonomous.

=autonomie=, _n.f._, autonomy, self-government.

=autopsie=, _n.f._, post-mortem examination, autopsy, inquest.

=autorisation=, _n.f._, authorization; authority, permission; license (of

a preacher); warrant; consent.

=autoriser=, _v.a._, to authorise, to empower, to commission, to qualify;

to allow by authority, to legalize, to license, to warrant.

_s’_=autoriser=, _v.r._, to get or gain or assume authority, to think

one’s self warranted (by), to act on the authority of.

=autorité=, _n.f._, authority, legal power, rule, command, sway; credit,

power, sanction, interest, weight, consideration. _Avoir de l’— sur_; to

have power over. _Être en —_; to be invested with authority. _Il l’a fait

de son — privée_; he did it on his own initiative. _Alléguer_, _apporter

des —s_; to quote or cite authorities. _Faire —_; to be an authority.

=autour=, _n.m._, goshawk.

=autour=, _prep._, about, round, around. _— de sa personne_; about his

person. _— du bras_; round the arm. _Tourner — du pot_; to beat about the

bush.

=autour=, _adv._, about, round, round about. _Il regardait tout —_; he

looked all about. _Ici —_; hereabouts.

=autourserie=, _n.f._, goshawk training.

=autoursier=, _n.m._, goshawk trainer, falconer.

=autre=, _adj._, other, different, else, second, another. _L’— jour_; the

other day. _Une — fois_; another time. _Tout —_; quite different. _Aucun

—_; no one else. _Vous —s_; you people, fellows. _Nous —_; the like of

us. _Encore un —_; another, one more. _Il le regarde comme un — lui

même_; he looks upon him as a second self.

=autre=, _pron._, another, other, else. _Nul — n’y aurait consenti_;

nobody else would have consented to it. _Un — le fera_; another will do

it. _Tout — l’aurait fait_; any other would have done it. _Les uns se

plaisent à une chose, les —s à une —_; some delight in one thing and some

in another. _L’un l’—_; one another, each other. _L’un et l’—_; both.

_L’un ou l’—_; either. _Ni l’un ni l’—_; neither. _L’un et l’— vous ont

obligé_; both have obliged you. _Les uns et les —s_; all. _Ni l’un ni

l’— ne valent rien_; both are good for nothing. _À l’un ou à l’—_; to

either. _Ni pour l’un ni pour l’—_; for neither. _On les a payés l’un et

l’—_; both have been paid. _À l’envi l’un de l’—_; in emulation of one

another. _Entre —s_; among other people or among other things. _De côté

et d’—_; up and down. _De part et d’—_; on both sides, on all sides.

_C’est un — homme_; he is no more the same man. _Il ne fait — chose que

jouer_; he does nothing but play. _C’est — chose_; it is quite another

thing. _C’est une — paire de manches_; that’s a horse of another color.

_Nous —s Français, nous mangeons beaucoup de pain_; we French people eat

a great deal of bread. _Causer de choses et d’—s_; to talk of different

things. _Il dit d’une façon et il fait d’une —_; he says one thing and

does another. _L’un vaut l’—_; they are much of a muchness; or one is as

bad as the other. _Comme dit l’—_; as somebody says; as the saying is.

_Il n’en fait point d’—s_; he does nothing else, these are his pranks.

_L’un dans l’—_, _l’un portant l’—_; one with another; on an average. _Il

en sait bien d’—s_; he knows a trick worth two of that. _J’en ai vu bien

d’—s_; I have outlived worse things than that. _À d’—s!_ pshaw! I know

better, you must not tell that to me, tell it to the marines.

=autrefois=, _adv._, formerly, in former times; of old.

=autrement=, _adv._, otherwise; after another manner, another way; else;

or else. _Faisons —_; let us go to work another way. _Entrez, — je

fermerai la porte_; come in, or else I’ll shut the door. _C’est un homme

qui n’est pas — riche_; he is a man who is not over rich.

=autrichien=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n.m.f._, Austrian.

=autruche=, _n.f._, (orni.) ostrich. _Avoir un estomac d’—_; to have the

stomach of an ostrich; to digest anything.

=autrui=, _n.m._, _pron._, others, other people. _Dépendre d’—_; to

depend on others. _Faire à — ce que nous voudrions qu’on nous fît_; to do

by others as we would be done by. _Le bien d’—_; another’s property. _Mal

d’— n’est que songe_; we make light of the ills of others.

=auvent=, _n.m._, shed, penthouse, lean-to.

=auvernat=, _n.m._, Orléans wine.

=aux= (_pl._ of au), _art._, to the. _V._ =à=.

=auxdits=, =auxdites=, _adj.m.f.pl._, to the said.

=auxiliaire=, _adj._, auxiliary, subsidiary. _Verbe —_; auxiliary verb.

=auxiliaire=, _n.m._, auxiliary; helper, assistant.

_s’_=avachir=, _v.r._, to flag; to grow fat and flabby; to get out of

shape, to run down at heel.

=aval=, _adv._, down, downwards, down stream. _Le vent vient d’—_; the

wind is blowing up stream. _En — de_; below. _Vent d’—_; westerly wind.

=aval=, _n.m._, (com.) guarantee, indorsement. _Mettez votre — au dos de

ce billet_; indorse that bill.

=avalaison=, _n.f._, flood, torrent; (nav.) a long-continued west or

northwest wind.

=avalanche=, _n.f._, avalanche, snow-slip.

=avalasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =avalaison=.

=avalé=, =-e=, _part._, flagging, hanging down; sunk, fallen in; gone

down stream.

=avaler=, _v.a._, to swallow, to swallow down; to let down; to endure,

to pocket (affront); to lower (things into a cellar); to drink, to toss

off; (gard.) to lop; to gulp down. _— un affront_; to pocket an insult.

_Il ne fait que tordre et —_; he gobbles up everything. _— du vin dans

une cave_; to let wine down into a cellar. _— une branche_; to lop off a

branch close to the trunk. _— des couleuvres_; to pocket many affronts.

=avaler=, _v.n._, to go down, drop off (the river with the stream).

_s’_=avaler=, _v.r._, to flag, to hang down, to fall down or in; to be

swallowed.

=avalette=, _n.f._, a sort of float (angling).

=avaleur=, _n.m._, swallower, glutton. _— de pois gris_; a great glutton.

_— de charrettes ferrées_; a braggadocio.

=avaloire=, _n.f._, a large throat or swallow; (saddlery) breeching; (hat

making) stamper.

=avançage=, _n.m._, cab stand, stand.

=avance=, _n.f._, advance, start, distance in advance; projection,

prominence; advance-money; first step, offer; gain, benefit. _Il a

quatre lieues d’— sur moi_; he is four leagues ahead of me. _Faire une

— de mille écus_; to advance a thousand crowns. _Faire les —s d’une

entreprise_; to advance the funds for an enterprise. _Faire des —s_; to

make advances to. _Prendre l’—_; to get the start. _D’—_; beforehand.

_Payer d’—_; to pay beforehand. _Prévenir d’—_; to warn beforehand. _À

l’—_, _en —_, _par —_; beforehand, before one’s time, by anticipation.

=avancé=, =-e=, _part._, advanced; forward, early; late (of the hour).

_Un homme — en âge_; an elderly man. _Un jeune homme fort —_; a very

forward youth. _Les arbres sont —s_; the trees are forward. _Je n’en suis

pas plus —_; I am not a bit the better off for it. _Viande —e_; meat

which is getting bad. _Me voilà bien —!_ that’s all I get for my pains; I

am in a pretty predicament.

=avancée=, _n.f._, (milit.) advance guard.

=avancement= (-mān), _n.m._, progress, advancement; improvement;

preferment, promotion, rise.

=avancer=, _v.a._, to advance, to bring, to put forward; to hold out, to

stretch out, to set forward; to bring nearer; to hasten; to forward; to

pay beforehand; to lay out or down; to assert, to bring forth, to urge;

to hold forth; to promote, to put on (a clock); to broach, to bring

forward (opinion); to give (a chair). _Avancez la table_; push the table

forward. _— le pied_; to put one’s foot forward. _Faire —_; to push, to

push on. _Cela a avancé sa mort_; that hastened his death. _— l’horloge_;

to put the clock on. _— le dîner_; to hasten dinner. _— un ouvrage_; to

forward a piece of work. _Il lui a avancé de l’argent_; he has advanced

him some money. _— les intérêts de quelqu’un_; to promote any one’s

interests. _Pouvez-vous prouver ce que vous avancez?_ can you prove your

assertion? _On l’a avancé_; he has been promoted.

=avancer=, _v.n._, to advance, to get on, to proceed, to march on, to

move forward, to keep on, to go too fast; to come out; to jut out; to

lean over, to bear out; to encroach; to improve, to make some progress;

to thrive; to rise. _Avancez-donc!_ come along! _L’horloge avance_; the

clock is fast. _Cette maison avance trop sur la rue_; that house juts out

too much into the street. _— en âge_; to advance in years. _Faire — une

voiture_; to call a cab. _Cela m’— bien!_ what good is that to me?

_s’_=avancer=, _v.r._, to advance, to go on, to move forward; to stand

forth; to draw near, to come up; to get on, to improve; to get preferred,

to be successful; to go far; to jut out, to project. _Cet ambassadeur

s’est trop avancé_; that ambassador has gone too far. _Le temps

s’avance_; time flies. _S’— à cheval_; to ride up. _S’— en voiture_; to

drive up. _S’— à la voile_; to sail up. _S’— en courant_; to run up.

=avanceur=, _n.m._, gold-wire drawer.

=avanie=, _n.f._, insult, affront, outrage.

=avant=, _n.m._, (nav.) prow, head, bow of a ship. _De l’— à l’arrière_;

from stem to stern. _Gagner l’— de_; to get ahead of, to get a headway

(on a ship).

=avant=, _prep._, (of time and order) before. _J’ai vu cela — vous_; I

saw that before you. _— toutes choses_; above all things. _— tout_; first

of all, before all.

=avant=, _adv._, far, deep, forward, far advanced. _D’—_; before. _En

—!_ forward! march on! _En — de_; before, in front of. _Mettre en —_; to

bring forward. _N’allez pas si —_; don’t go so far. _Creuser fort — dans

la terre_; to dig very deep in the ground. _Plus —_; further, deeper.

_Bien — dans la nuit_; very late at night. _Nous étions bien — en mer_;

we had got a great way out to sea. _Aller de l’—_; (nav.) to go ahead.

=avant que=, _conj._, before. _— qu’il soit un an_; before a year is over.

=avantage=, _n.m._, advantage, vantage-ground, pleasure; benefit, profit,

interest; behalf, behoof; (nav.) weather-gauge; (man.) whip-hand; odds

(at play). _Avoir l’— sur_; to have the advantage over. _Avoir l’—_; to

win, to prevail. _On lui a fait tous les — possibles_; they gave him

every possible advantage. _Quel — vous en revient-il?_ what benefit do

you reap from it? _On peut dire ceci à son —_; this may be said in his

favor. _Nos troupes ont eu l’—_; our troop have had the best of it.

_Tirer — de tout_; to turn everything to account. _J’ai perdu, vous avez

l’—_; I have lost, you have the better of the game. _S’habiller à son —_;

to dress to the best advantage.

=avantager=, _v.a._, to advantage; to bestow an advantage on; to favor.

_La nature l’avait avantagé de beaucoup de qualités précieuses_; nature

had endowed him with many inestimable qualities.

=avantageusement=, (-mān), _adv._, advantageously, to advantage;

usefully; beneficially, favorably; highly. _S’habiller —_; to dress to

the best advantage. _Parler — de quelqu’un_; to speak highly of any one.

=avantageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, advantageous, profitable, beneficial,

eligible; conceited, presuming; overbearing; (of dress) becoming.

_Conditions —ses_; advantageous terms. _Coiffure —se_; a becoming way

of dressing the hair. _Un ton —_; a confident, assuming tone. _C’est un

homme —_; he is a conceited fellow, vain, presuming.

=avant-bec=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) starling of a bridge, pier,

ice-breaker, cutwater.

=avant-bras=, _n.m._, (_—_) fore-arm.

=avant-corps=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) fore-part.

=avant-cour=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) fore-court.

=avant-coureur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (mil.) van-courier, forerunner,

precursor; harbinger.

=avant-courri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) forerunner, harbinger.

=avant-derni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._ and _n._, (_—-—s_) the last but one.

_L’—e syllabe_; the penultimate.

=avant-faire-droit=, _n.m._, (_—_) preventive injunction.

=avant-fossé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fortif.) advance-fosse.

=avant-garde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) vanguard; (nav.) van.

=avant-goût=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) foretaste, earnest, anticipation.

=avant-hier= (-ti-ère), _adv._, the day before yesterday.

=avant-jour=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) morning-twilight.

=avant-main=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (man.) fore-hand of a horse; (tennis)

fore-hand stroke; (at cards) lead.

☉=avant-midi=, _n.m._, (_—_) forenoon.

=avant-mur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) outward wall, screen-wall.

=avant-pêche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) early peach.

=avant-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vamp, upper-leather of a boot.

☉=avant-plancher=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) false-ceiling.

=avant-poignet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-wrist.

=avant-port=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) outer harbor, tide-dock.

=avant-portail=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-portal.

=avant-poste=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) out-post.

=avant-propos=, _n.m._, (_—_) preface, preamble; introduction, exordium.

=avant-quart=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (horl.) warning-bell.

=avant-scène=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) front of the stage; proscenium, stage-box.

=avant-toit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-roof, projecting roof, eaves.

=avant-train=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-carriage, limber.

*=avant-veille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) two days before.

=avare=, _adj._, avaricious, miserly, covetous; stingy, close-fisted,

sparing; penurious, niggardly. _Être — de ses louanges_; to be sparing of

praise. _À père — enfant prodigue_; a miserly father has a spendthrift

son.

=avare=, _n.m._, miser, niggard; pinch-penny.

=avarement=, _adv._, avariciously.

=avarice=, _n.f._, avarice, avariciousness, covetousness; niggardliness;

stinginess. _Par —_; from avarice.

=avaricieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.u.) avaricious, covetous; stingy.

=avarie=, _n.f._, damage (done in conveying goods); (com.) damage, loss,

repairs. _—s communes_; (com.) general average. _Menues —s_; small

averages. _—s simples_; ordinary damage. _Sans —_; without mishap.

_Causer une —_; to damage. _Régler les —s_; to state the averages.

=avarié=, =-e=, _adj._, damaged.

=avarier=, _v.a._, to damage. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become damaged.

=avaste=, _int._, (nav.) avast, stop, stay.

=à vau-l’eau=, _adv._, with the stream, downstream. _Toutes son

entreprises sont allées —_; all his undertakings have come to nought.

=à vau-de-route=, _adv._, in flight.

=avé=, _n.m._, (_—_) ave. _— Maria_; ave Maria.

=avec=, _prep._, with, together with; among. _Venez — moi_; come with me.

_— dessein_; designedly. _— tout cela_; for all that, nevertheless. _Il

a pris mon manteau, et s’en est allé —_; he has taken my cloak, and has

gone off with it. _Discerner le bien d’— le mal_; to discern good from

evil, _— ça!_ (coll.) nonsense!

=avecque=, _prep._, obsolete spelling of =avec=.

=aveindre= (aveignant, aveint), _v.a._, to take out, to fetch out.

=aveine=, _n.f._ _V._ =avoine=.

=avelanède=, _n.f._, acorn-cup, valonia.

=aveline=, _n.f._, filbert, cob-nut.

=avelinier=, _n.m._, filbert-tree.

=avénage=, _n.m._, avenage (due, paid in oats).

=avenant=, _part._ _V._ =advenant=.

=avenant=, =-e=, _adj._, good-looking, prepossessing, comely,

pleasing, taking. _Physionomie —e_; pleasing features. _Manières —es_;

prepossessing, engaging manners. _n._, declaration of altered policy

(insurance).

_à l’_=avenant=, _adv._, appropriate; in keeping with. _Le dessert fut

à l’— du repas_; the dessert was in keeping with the repast. _Et tout à

l’—_; and all corresponding, matching.

=avènement= (-mān), _n.m._, coming, accession, succession, advent.

_L’— du roi à la couronne_; the king’s accession to the crown. _L’— du

Messie_; the coming of the Messiah.

=avèneron=, _n.m._, wild oats.

=avenir=, _n.m._, the future, futurity, existence, future welfare, hopes,

prospects; (jur.) venire facias. _À l’—_; in future. _On ne peut répondre

de l’—_; one cannot answer for the future. _J’assure un — à mes enfants_;

I secure a competence for my children. _Cet homme n’a aucun —_; that man

has no prospects. _D’—_, or _qui a de l’—_; promising, rising.

☉=avenir=, _v.n._ _V._ =advenir=.

=à-venir=, _n.m._ (_—_), (jur.) summons to an attorney to appear for his

client.

=avent=, _n.m._, Advent.

=aventure=, _n.f._, adventure, occurrence; chance, accident, luck;

fate, lot. _À l’—_; at a venture, at random. _Une plaisante —_; a droll

adventure. _Grosse —_; (com.) bottomry. _Dire la bonne —_; to tell

people’s fortunes. _Se faire dire sa bonne —_; to have one’s fortune

told. _Une diseuse de bonne —_; a fortune-teller. _Tenter l’—_; to make a

trial, to try one’s luck. _Mal d’—_; whitlow. _D’—_, _par —_; by chance,

perchance. _Si par —_; if peradventure, if by chance.

=aventuré=, =-e=, _part._, hazardous, hazarded, bold.

=aventurer=, _v.a._, to venture, to put to the venture, to risk.

_s’_=aventurer=, _v.r._, to venture, to take one’s chance, to hazard, to

risk one’s self.

=aventureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, venturous, venturesome, adventurous.

=adventuri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, adventurer, adventuress.

=aventurine=, _n.f._, avanturine, venturine.

=avenu=, =-e=, _part._, come to pass, happened. _Acte nul et non —_; act

that is null and void.

=avenue=, _n.f._, avenue, approach, walk.

=avéré=, =-e=, _part._, averred, established by evidence.

=avérer=, _v.a._, to aver, to prove the truth of, to confirm, to

establish.

=averhan=. _V._ =tétras=.

=à verse=, _adv._, fast (of rain). _Il pleut —_; it is pouring with rain.

=averse=, _n.f._, shower of rain; down-pour.

=aversion=, _n.f._, aversion, hate, hatred; antipathy, dislike,

detestation. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_; to take an aversion to one. _Cet

homme est ma bête d’—_; that man is my bugbear, my pet aversion.

=averti=, =-e=, _part._, warned, informed. _Se tenir pour —_; to be

on one’s guard, to take it as a warning. _Un bon — en vaut deux_;

forewarned, forearmed.

=avertir=, _v.a._, to warn, to caution; to inform of, to acquaint with,

to give notice of, to admonish. _Faire —_; to send notice, word.

=avertissement= (-mān), _n.m._, information, advice, (b.s.) warning,

caution; notification; advertisement (of books); (b.s.) admonition.

=avertisseur=, _n.m._, monitor, adviser; (official) public crier; (thea.)

call-boy. _— d’incendie_; fire-alarm.

=aveu=, _n.m._, avowal, confession, acknowledgment, admission;

approbation, consent, recognition. _Homme sans —_; vagrant, vagabond.

_Faire l’— de_; to confess.

=aveugle=, _adj._, blind, sightless; deluded; ignorant, implicit. _—

de naissance_ or _né_; born blind. _Obéissance —_; implicit obedience.

_Changer son cheval borgne contre un —_; to change from bad to worse. _La

fortune est —_; fortune is blind.

=aveugle=, _n.m.f._, blind person. _Un — y mordrait_; a blind man would

see it. _C’est un — qui en conduit un autre_; it is the blind leading the

blind. _Crier comme un — qui a perdu son bâton_; to cry out before one is

hurt.

=aveuglement=, _n.m._, blindness, infatuation.

=aveuglément=, _adv._, blindly, rashly, implicitly.

=aveugler=, _v.a._, to blind, to make blind; to put out the eyes of; to

dazzle; to delude; to obscure, to cloud; (nav.) to fother. _La passion

aveugle l’entendement_; passion obscures the understanding. _— une voie

d’eau_; (nav.) to fother a leak. _La trop grande lumière aveugle_; too

much light dazzles the eyes.

_s’_=aveugler=, _v.r._, to blind one’s self, to shut one’s eyes to, to be

blinded, to deceive one’s self.

_à l’_=aveuglette=, _adv._, (fam.) groping in the dark. _Aller —_; to go

groping along, blindly, rashly.

=avicule=, _n.f._, (mol.). _V._ =aronde=.

=avide=, _adj._, greedy of, eager for, thirsting for; voracious;

covetous, rapacious. _Un homme —_; a covetous man. _— de gain_; eager for

gain.

=avidement= (-mān), _adv._, greedily, eagerly, voraciously, covetously.

=avidité=, _n.f._, avidity, greediness, eagerness, covetousness.

=avilir=, _v.a._, to debase, to demean, to disgrace, to vilify; to

disparage, to discredit, to depreciate, to lower.

_s’_=avilir=, _v.r._, to disgrace one’s self, to debase one’s self, to

grow contemptible.

=avilissant=, =-e=, _adj._, debasing, degrading, humiliating.

=avilissement= (-mān), _n.m._, degradation, debasement, depreciation,

contempt, vileness.

=aviné=, =-e=, _part._, drunk, drunken, unsteady (from drink). _Il est

—_; _c’est un corps —_; he is a regular tippler.

=aviner=, _v.a._, to season with wine.

=aviron=, _n.m._, (nav.) oar. _— de couple_; scull. _Aller à l’—_; to

row. _Donner un coup d’—_; to lend a helping hand.

=avironnerie=, _n.f._, oar-maker’s shed.

=avironnier=, _n.m._, oar-maker.

=avis=, _n.m._, opinion, sentiment, mind, judgment; advice, counsel,

deliberation, admonition; notice, notification; warning, caution;

account, information, intelligence, news; motion; vote; advertisement (in

books). _À mon —_; in my opinion. _Je suis d’— que vous lui écriviez_;

I am of opinion that you should write to him. _Je ne suis pas d’— d’y

aller_; I am not for going there. _Dire son —_; to say, speak one’s mind.

_Je profiterai de l’— que vous me donnez_; I shall avail myself of the

caution you have given me. _— au lecteur_; a note to the reader; a word

to the wise. _J’ai changé d’—_; I have altered my mind. _On a reçu — de

Paris_; we are advised from Paris. _Lettre d’—_; letter of advice. _Faute

d’—_; for want of advice. _Sous —_; with advice. _Suivant l’— de_; as per

advice. _Donner à quelqu’un un — de quelque chose_; to advise any one of

anything. _Ne m’écris plus jusqu’à nouvel —_; write no more till further

notice. _Ouvrir un —_; to broach an opinion. _Être d’—_; to opine.

_Prendre les —_; to take the opinion. _Aller aux —_; to put to the vote.

_Donner un — assez clair à quelqu’un_; to give a pretty broad hint to

any one. _Il m’est —_; I rather think or methinks. _Deux —s valent mieux

qu’un_; two heads are better than one. _Il y a jours d’—_; there is no

hurry; there is plenty of time.

=avisé=, =-e=, _adj._, wary, discreet, prudent, cautious, advised,

circumspect. _Mal —_; ill-advised, _il est fort —_; he is a very discreet

man.

=aviser=, _v.a._, to apprise; to perceive; to espy; (com.) to advise.

=aviser=, _v.n._, to consider, to see to, to think upon, to look to.

_Avisez-y_; look to it. _Vous y aviserez_; you will see to it.

_s’_=aviser=, _v.r._, to think of, to consider, to take it into one’s

head; to bethink one’s self, to be so minded, to dare, to presume. _Il ne

s’avise jamais de rien_; he thinks of nothing. _Il s’avisa de_; he took

it into his head to. _Il n’y a sottise dont il ne s’avise_; there is no

folly he does not commit. _Il s’avisa d’un bon expédient_; he bethought

himself of a good expedient. _Ne vous en avisez pas_; you had better not.

=aviso=, _n.m._, (nav.) dispatch-boat.

*=avitaillement=, _n.m._, (nav., milit.) victualing; stores.

*=avitailler=, _v.a._, to victual, to furnish with victuals, to store.

☉*=avitailleur=, _n.m._, army or navy contractor.

=avivage=, _n.m._, first laying of tin-foil on glass; hewing.

=aviver=, _v.a._, to polish, to burnish, to brighten.

=avives=, _n.f.pl._, (vet.) vives.

=avivoir=, _n.m._, polisher, burnisher (tool).

=avocasser=, _v.n._, to be a pettifogger, to drudge at the bar.

=avocasserie=, _n.f._, pettifoggery, caviling, quibble, twaddle.

=avocat=, _n.m._, counsel, barrister, advocate, pleader, intercessor. _—

de causes perdues_, _— de Pilate_, _— de balle_, _— à tort_; briefless

barrister. _— consultant_; chamber-counsel. _— principal_; leading

barrister. _— général_; solicitor general. _Plaider par —_; to be

represented by counsel.

=avocate=, _n.f._, female advocate; mediatrix, intercessor.

=avocette=, _n.f._, (orni.) avoset.

=avoine=, _n.f._, oats. _—s_; oats still standing. _D’—_; of oats.

_Farine d’—_; oatmeal. _Balle d’—_; oatchaff. _Folles —s_; wild oats.

=avoinerie=, _n.f._, oat-field.

=avoir= (ayant, eu), _v.a._, to have; to get, to possess, to enjoy; to

be; to be worth; to be the matter with, to ail; to have on. _— pour

agréable_; to like. _— honte_; to be ashamed. _— raison_; to be right. _—

raison de_; to get the mastery over. _— tort_; to be wrong. _— peur_; to

be afraid. _— faim_; to be hungry. _— soif_; to be thirsty. _Vous n’avez

qu’a dire_; you need only say the word. _Qu’est-ce que vous avez?_ what

ails you? what is the matter with you? _Faire —_; to procure for. _Quel

âge avez-vous?_ how old are you? _Il a quarante ans_; he is forty. _J’ai

à vous parler_; I have something to tell you. _Il avait un habit bleu_;

he had on a blue coat. _En —_; to catch it. _Il en a_; he has caught it.

_En a-t-il!_ what a lot he has! _Y —_; there to be, to be the matter.

_Il ne saurait y — de différence_; there can be no difference. _Il y en

a de noirs_; there are some black ones. _C’est une femme comme il n’y

en a point_; she has not her like, her match. _Il y a plus_; nay, more.

_Il y en a encore_; there is still some left. _Il y a de quoi_; there is

enough, or good reason to. _Il n’y a pas de quoi_; don’t name or mention

it; there is no offense. _Je suis venu ici il y a deux mois_; I came

here two months ago. _Il n’y a tel que d’en_; money makes the man. _Il y

a un an qu’il est mort_; he has been dead a year. _Il y a deux mois que

je suis ici_; I have been here two months. _Il y a une heure que nous

écrivons_; we have been writing for the last hour. _Combien y a-t-il de

Paris à Londres?_ how far is it from Paris to London? _En — à_; to owe a

grudge to. _— dans la main_; to hold in the hollow of one’s hand. _— la

parole_; to be entitled to speak, to be in possession of the House. _Vous

avez la main_, _le dé_, _la boule_; it is your turn to play (at cards, at

dice, at billiards).

=avoir=, _n.m._, possessions, substance, property, what one is worth;

(com.) credit, creditor, creditor-side. _Voilà tout mon —_; this is all I

have.

=avoir du poids=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) avoirdupois.

=avoisinant=, =-e=, _adj._, neighboring, adjoining, close by.

=avoisiné=, _part._, with neighbors. _Être bien_ or _mal —_; to have good

or bad neighbors.

☉=avoisinement= (-mān), _n.m._, nearness, proximity.

=avoisiner=, _v.a._, to border upon, to be situated near, to be

contiguous to.

=avorté=, =-e=, _adj._, abortive, miscarried; (bot.) abortive;

frustrated, baffled; imperfect.

=avortement=, _n.m._, abortion, miscarriage, failure.

=avorter=, _v.n._, to miscarry; to slip; to prove abortive; to fail.

_Faire —_; to cause or procure abortion. _Ce dessein avorta_; that plan

failed. _Faire — les desseins de quelqu’un_; to baffle any one’s designs.

=avorton=, _n.m._, abortion; abortive child. (fig.) _Un — de mouche_; a

wretched, paltry, miserable fly.

=avouable=, _adj._, avowable.

=avoué=, _n.m._, attorney; solicitor. _Une étude d’—_; a solicitor’s

office.

=avouer=, _v.a._, to confess, to avow; to own, to acknowledge, to

declare openly, to grant, to allow; to approve. _Il a avoué le fait_;

he has confessed the deed. _Il avoue l’avoir fait_; he confesses to it.

_S’— vaincu_; to own one’s self vanquished. _J’étais, je l’avoue, un

peu confus_; I was rather confused, I must allow. _— un enfant_; to

acknowledge a child. _J’avouerai tout ce qu’il fera_; I will approve of

all he does.

=avoyer=, _n.m._, avoyer (Swiss magistrate).

*=avril=, _n.m._, April. _Donner un poisson d’— à quelqu’un_; to make any

one an April-fool. _Recevoir un poisson d’—_; to be made an April-fool.

_Poisson d’—_; mackerel.

=avrillé=, =-e=, _adj._, sown in April.

=avron=, _n.m._, (bot.) wild oats.

=avuer=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to mark down, to mark in.

=avulsion=, _n.f._, avulsion.

=axe=, _n.m._, axis; axle, axle-tree; (artil.) trunnion. _— tournant_;

axle-tree. _— de vis_; screw-arbor.

=axifuge=, _adj._, centrifugal. _V._ =centrifuge=.

=axillaire= (ak-sil-lèr), _adj._, (anat., bot.) axillar, axillary.

_Fleurs —s_; axillary flowers.

=axiome=, _n.m._, axiom.

=axiomètre=, _n.m._, (nav.) tell-tale (of the tiller).

=axonge=, _n.f._, (phar.) hog’s lard.

=ayan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) ayan (Turkish official).

=ayant cause=, _n.m._, (_—s —_) (jur.) assign.

=ayant droit=, _n.m._, (_—s —_) (jur.) party entitled.

=aynet=, _n.m._, skewer (for herrings).

=azalée=, _n.f._, (bot.) azalea.

=azédarac=, _n.m._, azedarach, bead-tree.

=azerole=, _n.f._, (bot.) azarole.

=azerolier=, _n.m._, azarole-tree.

☉=azime=, _adj._ _V._ =azyme=.

=azimut= (-mut), _n.m._, (astron.) azimuth.

=azimutal=, =-e=, _adj._, azimuthal.

=azotate=, _n.m._, (chem.) nitrate.

=azote=, _n.m._, (chem.) azote, nitrogen.

=azote=, _adj._, azotic, nitric.

=azoté=, _adj._, azotized, nitrogenized.

=azotique=, _adj._, azotic, nitric.

=azur=, _n.m._, azure, blue; sky-color. _— de Hollande_; Dutch blue.

_Pierre d’—_; azure-stone.

=azuré=, =-e=, _adj._, azure, sky-colored. _La voûte —e_; the azure skies.

=azurer=, _v.a._, to paint azure color, to blue.

=azurin=, =-e=, _adj._, azure. _n.m._, blue-butterfly.

=azyme=, _adj._, azymous, unleavened.

=azyme=, _n.m._, azym, unleavened bread. _Fête des —s_; feast of

unleavened bread.

=azymite=, _n.m._, Azymite.

B

=b=, _n.m._, the second letter of the alphabet, b. _Être marqué au

—_; to be either one-eyed, hunch-backed, or lame (_borgne_, _bossu_,

_boiteux_). _Ne parler que par ~b~ ou par ~f~_; never to speak without

swearing.

=baba=, _n.m._, bun, plum-cake.

=babel=, _n.f._, Babel, uproar, disorder. _Tour de —_; tower of Babel.

_C’est une vraie tour de —_, _c’est une —_; it is a perfect tower of

Babel, uproar.

=babeurre=, _n.m._, buttermilk.

=babiche=, _n.f._, =babichon=, _n.m._, lap-dog.

*=babil=, _n.m._, chatter, prating, talk, gabbling, tattle, prattle. _Il

nous étourdit par son —_; he bewilders us with his chattering.

*=babillage=, _n.m._, chit-chat, tittle-tattle, prattle, babbling,

twaddle.

*=babillard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, chatterer, babbler, tattler; blab,

blabber; (orni.) nettle-creeper. _C’est un franc —_; he is a regular

babbler. _Ne vous fiez pas à cet homme-là, c’est un —_; don’t trust that

man, he is a great blab.

*=babillard=, =-e=, _adj._, babbling, talkative, chattering.

*=babillement=, _n.m._, talkativeness, loquacity, garrulity.

*=babiller=, _v.n._, to prate, to tattle, to gossip.

=babine=, _n.f._, lip (of animals); chop. _Il s’en lèche les —s_; he is

smacking his lips over it.

=babiole=, _n.f._, bauble, gewgaw, toy, knick-knack, plaything, trifle,

trinket.

=bâbord=, _n.m._, (nav.) port.

=bâbord=, _adv._, larboard; aport.

=bâbordais=, _n.m._, (nav.) larboard-watch.

=babouche=, _n.f._, Turkish slipper.

=babouin=, _n.m._, baboon, monkey (of a child). _Faire baiser le — à

quelqu’un_; to make any one eat humble pie.

=babouine=, _n.f._, little fool, little hussy; lip. _V._ =babine=.

=babouiner=, _v.n._, (fam.) to play the buffoon.

=bac=, _n.m._, ferry, ferry-boat.

=baccalauréat=, _n.m._, bachelorship, bachelor’s degree.

=bacchanal= (-ka-), _n.m._, racket, uproar. _Faire —_; to make a racket,

to kick up a great row.

=bacchanale= (-ka-), _n.f._, noisy drinking-bout, revel, debauch.

☉=bacchanaliser= (-ka-), _v.n._, to revel, to riot.

=bacchante= (-kant), _n.f._, bacchante, termagant.

=baccharis= (-ka-ris), =-ide=, _n.f._, baccharis, ploughman’s spikenard.

=baccifère=, _adj._, bacciferous, berry-producing.

=bacha=, _n.m._ _V._ =pacha=.

=bâche=, _n.f._, cart tilt; hot-bed frame; tank, cistern; awning,

tarpaulin (of a wagon).

☉=bachelette=, _n.f._, young girl, maid, lass, damsel.

=bachelier=, _n.m._, bachelor of a university.

=bâcher=, _v.a._, to tilt, to cover (a cart).

=bachique=, _adj._, bacchic, jovial, drunken.

=bachon=, _n.m._, wooden pail.

=bachot=, _n.m._, wherry, small ferry-boat; (fam.) bachelor’s degree.

=bachotage=, _n.m._, ferry-man’s business.

=bachoteur=, _n.m._, ferry-man.

=bachotier=, _n.m._, crammer.

=bacile=, _n.m._, (bot.) sea-fennel.

=bacillaire=, _n.m._, pyramidal feldspar, scapolite.

=bâclage=, _n.m._, line of boats (in a port); (fig.) patching, hasty,

scamped work.

=bâclé=, =-e=, _part._, barred, fastened, scamped.

=bâcler=, _v.a._, to bar or chain, to close, to fasten (a door, a window,

a boat, a harbour); to do hastily, to polish off; to scamp (work).

=badaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, ninny, booby; gazer, lounger, idler;

cockney.

=badaudage=, _n.m._, cockneyism.

=badauder=, _v.n._, to lounge, to saunter, to loiter.

=badauderie=, _n.f._, foolery, silliness, simplicity, lounging,

sauntering.

=baderne=, _n.f._, (nav.) dolphin, paunch, fender (of ship).

=badian=, _n.m._, _or_ =badiane=, _n.f._, aniseed-tree.

=badigeon= (-jon), _n.m._, badigeon, stone-color, whitewash.

=badigeonnage= (-jo-naj), _n.m._, painting stone-color; smearing, making

up, daub.

=badigeonner= (-jo-né), _v.a._, to paint with stone-color, to whitewash,

to daub.

=badigeonneur= (-jo-neur), _n.m._, whitewasher, colorer, dauber.

=badin=, =-e=, _adj._, _n._, waggish, jocular, playful, roguish; sportive,

droll, comical. _Il a l’humeur —e_; he is of a sportive humor. _Air —_;

playful air. _Style —_; playful style. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a regular

banterer, a wag; joker, jester.

=badinage=, _n.m._, sport, play, jest; foolery, playfulness, jocularity,

trifle. _Ceci n’est point du —_; this is no foolery. _Il se prête

volontiers au —_; he has no objection to a little trifling. _Finissez

votre —_; have done with your fooling. _Ce n’est pour lui qu’un —_; it is

mere child’s play for him.

=badine=, _n.f._, switch; _pl._, small tongs.

=badiner=, _v.n._, to trifle, to dally, to play, to toy, to sport; to

flaunt. _Il ne badine pas_; he is not joking. _En badinant_; in fun, by

way of a joke. _La dentelle est trop tendue, il faut qu’elle badine un

peu_; the lace is too tight, it must wave about a little. _On ne badine

pas avec l’amour_; love is not to be trifled with.

=badinerie=, _n.f._, silly stuff, foolery, trifling.

=bafouer=, _v.a._, to scout, to scoff at, to baffle. _On l’a bafoué_; he

was scouted. _Il s’est fait —_; he got scoffed at.

=bâfre=, _n.f._, (pop.) guzzling, blow out, gorge.

=bâfrer=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to guzzle, to eat greedily, to have a blow out,

a grand feed.

=bâfreu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) guzzler, glutton.

=bagace=. _V._ =bagasse=.

=bagage=, _n.m._, luggage, baggage. _Nous avons laissé notre — en

arrière_; we have left our luggage behind. _Plier trousser —_; to pack

off. _Il a plié —_; he has taken his last journey (died). _Quel est le

— de cet auteur?_ what works has this author written? _— littéraire_;

literary knowledge.

=bagarre=, _n.f._, squabble, scuffle, fray, brawl; crowd, crush. _Se

trouver dans une —_; to get into a fray. _Se tirer d’une —_; to get out

of a scuffle.

=bagasse=, _n.f._, bagasse, cane trash; hussy, drab, slut.

=bagatelle=, _n.f._, bauble, trash, trinket, trifle, nonsense, mere

nothing. _Table de —_; bagatelle table. _Il ne s’amuse qu’à des —s_;

he trifles away his time. _S’amuser à une —_; to trifle away time.

_Bagatelles que tout cela_; that is all stuff and nonsense.

*=bagne=, _n.m._, convict-prison, hulks.

=bagnole=, _n.f._, horse-box (on railways).

☉*=bagnolette=, _n.f._, a head-dress.

=bague= (bag), _n.f._, ring. _— gravée en cachet_; seal-ring. _—s et

joyaux_; jewels and ornaments. _Course de —_; running at the ring. _Jeu

de —_; roundabout. _— au doigt_; (fig.) clear gain, sinecure, good thing.

=baguenaude= (bag-nôd), _n.f._, bladder-nut, trifle.

=baguenauder= (bag-nô-), _v.n._, to mind trifles, to trifle time away, to

fiddle-faddle.

=baguenaudier= (bag-nô-), _n.m._, bladder-nut-tree, bastard senna tree;

trifler; ring-puzzle.

=baguer= (ba-ghé), _v.a._, to baste, to stitch; (hort.) to ring.

=bagues=, _n.f.pl._, (l.u.) luggage.

=baguette= (ba-ghèt), _n.f._, switch, rod, ramrod, drum-stick, small

stick, wand; _pl._, (milit.) gauntlet; (arch.) baguet. _Ce cheval obéit

à la —_; that horse obeys the switch. _— à gant_; glove-stick. _—s

de tambour_; drum-sticks. _Coup de —_; beat of the drum. _— de fusée

volante_; stick of a rocket. _— d’or_; golden stick. _— d’huissier_;

usher’s rod. _— divinatoire_; conjuror’s wand. _Commander à la —_; to

command magisterially. _Passer par les —s_; to run the gauntlet. _Mener à

la —_; to rule with a rod of iron.

=baguier= (ba-ghié), _n.m._, casket for rings.

=bah=, _int._, pooh, pshaw, nonsense, fudge.

=bahut=, _n.m._, trunk, chest, press. _En —_; rounded, convex.

=bahuter=, _v.n._, to roister, to kick up a row.

=bahutier=, _n.m._, trunk-maker.

=bai=, =-e=, _adj._, bay. _Un cheval —_; a bay horse. _— châtain_;

chestnut. _— miroité_; dapple-bay. _— clair_; light-bay. _— doré_; yellow

dun.

=baie=, _n.f._, bay, gulf, road; (arch.) bay; (bot.) berry; ☉humbug,

trick. _Donner une — à quelqu’un_; to humbug one.

=baignade=, _n.f._, bath, bathing; bathing-place.

*=baigné=, =-e=, _part._, bathed, weltering; (geog.) washed. _On l’a

trouvé — dans son sang_; he was found weltering in his blood. _Des yeux

—s de larmes_; eyes bathed in tears. _Être — de sueur_; to be in a bath

of perspiration.

=baigner=, _v.a._, to bathe, to give a bath, to wash, to lave, to water.

_Faire — les chevaux_; to take horses to the water.

_se_ =baigner=, _v.r._, to bathe, to wash; to welter (in blood).

*=baigner=, _v.n._, to soak; to steep.

*=baigneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bather, bath-keeper.

☉*=baignoir=, _n.m._, bathing-place.

*=baignoire=, _n.f._, bathing-tub, bath; corner box (thea.). _Voiture —_;

bathing-machine.

*=bail=, _n.m._, (baux) lease. _— à ferme_; lease of ground. _— à long

terme_; long lease. _Donner à —_; to lease. _Passer un —_; to draw up a

lease. _Rompre_, _résilier_, _un —_; to break, to throw up, a lease.

_Cela n’est pas de mon —_; I did not bargain for that.

*=baille=, _n.f._, (nav.) half tub. _— de sonde_; bucket (for sounding).

_— à brac_; tar-pail, _or_ kid.

*=bâillement=, _n.m._, yawning, yawn; (gram.; l.u.) hiatus.

*=bâiller=, _v.n._, to yawn, to gape; to open (fissures); to be on

the jar, to gape (of doors). _On bâille souvent en voyant bâiller

les autres_; yawning is catching. _Bâiller de sommeil_; to yawn with

drowsiness.

☉*=bailler=, _v.a._, to give, to deliver. _— à ferme_; to let, to lease,

to farm out. _Vous me la baillez belle_; you are humbugging me.

*=baillet=, _adj._, (of horses) sorrel.

☉*=bailleul=, _n.m._, bone-setter. _V._ =rebouteur=.

*=bâilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, yawner; gaper. _Un bon — en fait

bâiller deux_; yawning is catching.

=baill-eur=, _n.m._, =-eresse=, _n.f._, one who leases, lessor. _Un — de

fonds_; money-lender, sleeping partner.

*=bailli=, _n.m._, bailiff.

*=bailliage=, _n.m._, bailiwick.

*=bailliag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of a bailiwick.

*=baillive=, _n.f._, bailiff’s wife.

=bâillon=, _n.m._, gag, muzzle; bribe.

*=bâillonner=, _v.a._, to stop the mouth of, to gag, to muzzle; to wedge

up (a door).

=bain=, _n.m._, bath; bathing-tub; _pl._, baths, bathing establishment,

bathing place, bathing room, waters. _— de mer_; salt water bath. _— à

domicile_; bath at home. _— de siège_; hip bath. _— de vapeur_; vapor

bath. _— de pieds_; foot bath. _La chambre de —_; the bath-room. _L’ordre

du —_; the Order of the Bath.

=bain-marie=, _n.m._ _Cuire au —_; to cook in a vessel immersed in

boiling water.

=baïonnette=, _n.f._, bayonet. _— au bout du fusil_; with fixed bayonets.

_—s au canon!_ fix bayonets! _Croiser la —_; to cross bayonets. _Charger

à la —_; to charge with fixed bayonets. _Enlever un poste à la —_; to

carry a post at the point of the bayonet.

=baïram= _or_ =beiram=, _n.m._, Baïram (Turkish feast).

☉=baisemain=, _n.m._, kissing (of hands); compliments.

=baisement=, _n.m._, kissing of feet; (geom.) osculation.

=baiser=, _v.a._, to kiss.

=baiser=, _n.m._, kiss, salute. _Un — de Judas_; a treacherous kiss.

=baiseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, kisser.

=baisoter=, _v.a._, to be always kissing.

=baisse=, _n.f._, fall, abatement, decline, falling off. _En —_; (com.)

falling. _Jouer à la —_; to bear, to speculate on a fall.

=baissé=, =-e=, _part._, down, let down, lowered. _Il marchait les yeux

—s_; he walked with downcast eyes. _Se retirer tête —e_; to sneak away.

_Donner tête —e dans le piège_; to fall headlong into the snare.

=baisser=, _v.a._, to let down, to lower, to bring down, to hang down; to

droop; (nav.) to lower, to strike. _Elle baissa son voile_; she let down

her veil. _— le rideau_; to drop the curtain. _— la visière d’un casque_;

to lower the beaver of a helmet. _— le drapeau_; to lower the colors. _—

pavillon_; to strike one’s flag; to knock under to one. _— les yeux_; to

cast one’s eyes down. _— la tête_; to hold, to hang down, to droop one’s

head. _— l’oreille_; to look confused.

=baisser=, _v.n._, to lower, to wear, to break, to fail, to decay; to

go down; to ebb; to be on the decline, on the wane; to flag, to droop;

to fall. _Le jour baisse_; night is coming on. _Ce vieillard baisse_;

this old man is breaking up. _Sa vue commence à —_; his sight begins to

fail. _Il baisse à vue d’œil_; he is visibly sinking. _Son génie baisse_;

his genius is on the decline. _Ce malade baisse_; the patient is losing

strength. _Les actions baissent_; there is a fall in the shares. _Les

fonds baissent_; the funds are falling.

_se_ =baisser=, _v.r._, to stoop; to bow down, to be lowered. _Il n’a

qu’à — pour en prendre_; he has only to pick and choose.

=baissier=, _n.m._, bear, operator for a fall.

=baissière=, _n.f._, bottom of a cask; (agri.) hollow, puddle.

=baisure=, _n.f._, kissing-crust.

☉=bajoire=, _n.f._, double-faced coin.

=bajoue=, _n.f._, hog’s cheek; chap.

=bajoyer=, _n.m._, lateral wall, facing.

=bal=, _n.m._, ball, dance. _— masqué_; masked ball. _— paré_; fancy

dress-ball. _— bourgeois_; private ball. _— champêtre_; country ball. _—

costumé_; fancy dress ball. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to make one dance

for it. _Mettre le — en train_; to set things going. _Mettre une carte au

—_; to stake money upon a card.

=baladin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, mountebank, juggler, buffoon,

merry-andrew.

=baladinage=, _n.m._, buffoonery, nonsense.

=balafre=, _n.f._, gash, slash, cut; scar.

=balafrer=, _v.a._, to gash, to slash.

=balai=, _n.m._, broom, brush, besom. _— de jonc_; carpet-broom. _— de

crin_; hair-broom. _— de plume_; duster. _— à laver_; mop. _Manche à —_;

broom-stick. _Donner un coup de —_; to sweep up. _Rôtir le —_; to play

one’s pranks, to lead a fast life. _Il n’est rien tel que — neuf_; a new

broom sweeps clean.

=balais=, _adj._, balas. _Un rubis —_; a balas ruby.

=balance=, _n.f._, balance, scales, pair of scales; balance (of an

account); balance-sheet; (astron.) Libra. _— romaine_; steelyard. _Trait

de la —_; turn of the scale. _— juste_; good scales. _Arrêter une —_;

to agree a balance. _Réaliser une —_; to withdraw a balance. _Faire

pencher la —_; to turn the scale. _Mettre en —_; to balance. _Ses droits

peuvent-ils entrer en — avec les miens?_ can his claims be weighed in the

same scale with mine? _Être en —_; to be irresolute. _Cela tient l’esprit

en —_; that makes one irresolute.

=balancé=, _n.m._, (dance) setting to one’s partner.

=balancelle=, _n.f._, (nav.) felucca.

=balancement= (-mān), _n.m._, balancing, poising; rocking, see-saw,

fluctuation, wavering.

=balancer=, _v.a._, to balance, to poise; to swing, to wave, to weigh, to

counterbalance, to rock, to square (accounts). _— un javelot_; to poise a

javelin. _— les avantages et les inconvénients_; to weigh the advantages

and disadvantages. _— les pertes par le gain_; to balance the loss by the

profit. _Ses vertus balancent tous ses vices_; his virtues outweigh all

his vices. _— la victoire_; to keep the victory in doubt. _— un compte_;

to balance an account.

=balancer=, _v.n._, to balance, to hesitate, to be in suspense, to waver,

to fluctuate, to demur. _Il balança s’il accepterait la place qu’on lui

offrait_; he hesitated whether he should accept the situation offered

him. _Il y a consenti sans —_; he consented to it without hesitating.

_Il n’y a pas à —_; there is no room for hesitation.

_se_ =balancer=, _v.r._, to swing, to rock. _Cette femme se balance trop

en marchant_; that woman swings too much as she walks. _Un oiseau qui se

balance dan l’air_; a bird hovering in the air.

=balancier=, _n.m._, scale-maker; pendulum, balance; (coin.)

coining-engine; balancing-pole. _Le — d’une horloge_; the pendulum of a

clock. _Le — d’un tourne-broche_; the flyer of a roasting jack. _Le —

d’une machine à vapeur_; the beam of a steam-engine. _Le — transversal

d’une machine à vapeur_; cross-beam of an engine.

=balancine=, _n.f._, (nav.) lift.

=balançoire=, _n.f._, see-saw; swing. (fig.) _Quelle —!_ what a cram!

=balane=, _n.m._, (conch.) acorn-shell.

=balauste=, _n.f._, balausta, wild pomegranate.

=balaustier=, _n.m._, wild pomegranate tree.

=balayage=, =balayement=, _n.m._, sweeping.

=balayer=, _v.a._, to sweep, to scour. _Sa robe balaie la terre_; her

gown sweeps the ground. _Le vent balaie la plaine_; the wind sweeps the

plain. _— les mers_; to scour the seas.

=balayeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scavenger, sweeper.

=balayures=, _n.f.pl._, sweepings. _— de mer_; sea-weed washed on shore;

drift-weed.

=balbutiement= (-sî-mān), _n.m._, stuttering, stammering, lisping.

=balbutier= (-cié), _v.a._ and _n._, to lisp, to stammer, to mumble.

_Un enfant qui commence à —_; a child beginning to lisp. _Elle balbutia

quelques mots_; she stammered out a few words. _— un compliment_; to

stammer out a compliment. _Il ne fit que — son rôle_; he did nothing but

mumble his part.

=balbuzard=, _n.m._, bald-buzzard, osprey.

=balcon=, _n.m._, balcony.

=baldaquin=, _n.m._, baldachin; canopy, tester.

=baleine=, _n.f._, whale, whale-bone. _Barbe de —_; whale-bone. _Huile

de —_; whale oil. _La pêche de la —_; the whale fishery. _Blanc de —_;

spermaceti.

=baleiné=, =-e=, _adj._, stiffened with whalebone. _Un corset —_;

whalebone stays.

=baleineau=, _n.m._, young whale.

=baleinier=, _n.m._, _adj._, whaler.

=baleinière=, _n.f._, whale-boat.

=balestron=, _n.m._, (nav.) sprit.

☉=balèvre=, _n.f._, under lip; (arch.) jutting or projection of one stone

beyond another.

=bali=, _n.m._ _V._ =pali=.

=balisage=, _n.m._, (nav.) establishing of buoys, of beacons.

=balise=, _n.f._, (nav.) sea-mark, buoy, beacon; (bot.) the fruit of the

shot, canna-seed.

=baliser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to buoy, to erect beacons.

=baliseur=, _n.m._, person who sets up beacons, superintendent of

towing-paths.

=balisier=, _n.m._, (bot.) shot, American reed.

=baliste=, _n.f._, war-machine, ballista; (ich.) file-fish, trigger-fish.

=balistique=, _n.f._, ballistics. _adj._, ballistic.

=balivage=, _n.m._, staddling.

=baliveau=, _n.m._, staddle.

=baliverne=, _n.f._, nonsense, humbug, stuff. _Il vous conte des —s_; he

talks nonsense, tells you cock and bull stories.

=baliverner=, _v.n._, to trifle, to talk idly, to fiddle-faddle.

=ballade=, _n.f._, ballad.

=ballage=, _n.m._, (metal) balling.

=ballant=, _adj._, waving, swinging, dangling. _Il va les bras —s_; he

swings his arms in walking.

=ballast=, _n.m._, (railways) ballasting.

=balle=, _n.f._, ball; bullet, shot; husk of rice; bale, pack; (print.)

ball. _À vous la —_; it is your turn. _Juger la —_; to foresee the end.

_Prendre la — à la volée_; to hit the ball in the air. _Prendre la — au

bond_; to take the ball at the rebound; to seize the opportunity; to take

time by the forelock. _Enfants de la —_; children following the business

of their father. _C’est un enfant de la —_; he is his father’s son.

_Renvoyer la —_; to return the ball, to give tit for tat, to turn the

tables on. _Fusil chargé à —_; a musket loaded with ball. _—s ramées_;

chain-shot. _— morte_; spent ball. _À —s franches_; free firing. _— au

camp_; rounders. _Marchandise de —_; common, pack wares.

☉=baller=, _v.n._, to hop, to skip, to dance.

=ballet=, _n.m._, ballet.

=ballon=, _n.m._, balloon; football. _Envoyer un — d’essai_; to send out

a feeler.

=ballonné=, =-e=, _adj._, distended, swollen.

=ballonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, (med.) swelling.

=ballonnier=, _n.m._, football or balloon maker.

=ballot=, _n.m._, bale, package, pack. _Voilà votre —_; that is exactly

what you want, the very thing for you.

=ballote=, _n.f._, (bot.) horehound.

=ballotin=, _n.m._, small parcel, packet.

=ballottade=, _n.f._, (man.) ballotade.

=ballottage=, _n.m._, balloting.

☉=ballotte=, _n.f._, ballot; bucket. _V._ =boule=.

=ballottement= (-mān), _n.m._, tossing, shaking; voting by ballot.

=ballotter=, _v.a._, to toss, to toss about; to keep in suspense, to

bandy (a tennis-ball); to debate; to ballot. _— quelqu’un_; to toss any

one from pillar to post.

=ballotter=, _v.n._, to shake, to rattle. _Cette porte ballotte_; that

door shakes.

=balnéaire=, _adj._, watering, bathing. _Ville —_; watering place.

=balourd=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, numskull, dunce.

=balourd=, =-e=, _adj._, dull, heavy, thick-headed.

=balourdise=, _n.f._, stupidity, doltishness; stupid thing, gross blunder.

=balsamier=, _n.m._ _V._ =baumier=.

=balsamine= (-za-), _n.f._, balsamine.

=balsamique= (-za-), _adj._, balsamic, balmy.

=balsamite= (-za-). _V._ =tanaisie=.

=balustrade=, _n.f._, balustrade.

=balustre=, _n.m._, a baluster, hand-rail.

=balustrer=, _v.a._, to rail in, fence in, surround with balusters.

=balzan=, _adj._, (man.) white-footed, trammeled.

=balzane=, _n.f._, (man.) whitefoot, white spot, blaze.

=bambin=, _n.m._, baby, brat, bantling.

=bambochade=, _n.f._, (paint.) grotesque picture, caricature.

=bamboche=, _n.f._, (pop.) puppet show; bit of a thing (person); drinking

bout, spree; young bamboo, bamboo-cane. _Faire une —_; to have a spree.

_Faire des —s_; to lead a disorderly life.

=bambocheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pop.) libertine.

=bambou=, _n.m._, bamboo-cane, bamboo.

=ban=, _n.m._, ban; public proclamation; banishment. _—s_, _pl._, banns

(of matrimony). _Dispense de —s_; marriage license. _Mettre au —_; to

send to Coventry. _Rompre son —_; to break one’s ban. _Entre au —_; to be

under the ban.

=banal=, =-e=, _adj._, common; commonplace; mercenary. _Expression —e_;

vulgar, commonplace expression.

=banalité=, _n.f._, vulgarity, a commonplace, a trite expression.

=banane=, _n.f._, banana.

=bananier=, _n.m._, banana-tree.

=banc= (ban), _n.m._, bench, seat, settle; pew; reef, shoal, bank; bed;

dock, bar. _Un — à dos_; a bench with a back to it. _Un — de gazon_; a

turf seat. _— d’église_; church seat, pew. _— de l’œuvre_; churchwardens’

pew. _Il est encore sur les —s_; he is still at college. _Echouer sur un

— de sable_; to run aground on a sand bank. _Un — de corail_; a coral

reef. _Un — de harengs_; a shoal of herrings. _Un — d’huîtres_; a bed of

oysters. _— de pierre_; layer, bed, of stone. _Être au — des accusés_; to

be in the dock. _— des témoins_; witness-box.

=bancal=, =-e=, _adj._, bandy-legged.

☉=bancelle=, _n.f._, long narrow form, seat.

=banche=, _n.f._, sunken ridge.

=banco=, _adj._, banco (a term used in exchange business). _Faire —_; to

hold all the money staked.

=bancroche=, _adj._ _V._ =bancal=.

=bandage=, _n.m._, (surg.) bandage; application of bandages; belt; truss;

tire (of wheels); hoop, (of guns); spring. _— herniaire_; truss. _Délier

un —_; to undo a bandage.

=bandagiste=, _n.m._, truss-maker.

=bande=, _n.f._, band, belt, strip; company; gang; set of people, crew;

flight; troop; (her.) bend; (arch.) fascia, string; (anat.) tract. _— de

papier_; a slip of paper, wrapper. _La — d’une selle_; the side bar of a

saddle. _La — d’un billard_; the cushion of a billiard-table. _Une — de

voleurs_; a gang of thieves. _Ces oiseaux vont par —s_; those birds go in

companies. _Faire — à part_; to keep apart. _Donner à la —_; (nav.) to

heel. _Demi-—_; parliament-heel of a ship. _Sous —_; under wrapper.

=bandé=, =-e=, _part._, bandaged, taut, stretched; (her.) bendy.

=bandeau=, _n.m._, headband, fillet, frontlet, bandage; veil, mist;

(arch.) string-course. _Avoir un — sur les yeux_; to be blindfolded. _En

—x_; (of the hair) plain.

=bandelette=, _n.f._, little band, string, fillet; (surg.) fascia;

(arch.) bandelet.

=bander=, _v.a._, to bind up; to tighten, to bend; to bandy (at tennis);

(arch.) to lay the stones of an arch. _— une plaie_; to bind up a wound.

_— la caisse_; to run away. _Se — la tête_; to bind up one’s head. _Se —

les yeux_; to blindfold one’s self.

=bander=, _v.n._, to be stretched, tight, taut.

☉_se_ =bander=, _v.r._, to oppose, to resist.

=bandereau= (ban-dro), _n.m._, trumpet-sling.

=banderole= (ban-drol), _n.f._, banderole, streamer, pennant;

shoulder-belt.

=bandière=, _n.f._ _Front de —_; front line of battle; ☉banner, flag.

=bandit=, _n.m._, robber, vagabond, bandit, ruffian.

☉=bandoulier=, _n.m._, highwayman; mountaineer.

=bandoulière=, _n.f._, shoulder-belt, bandoleer; (phot.) sling-case.

_Porter la —_; to be a gamekeeper. _En —_; slung over the shoulder.

=bandure=, _n.f._, (bot.) pitcher-plant.

=bang=, _n.m._, (bot.) bang.

=banian=, _n.m._, Banian (idolater in India).

=banlieue=, _n.f._, suburbs, outskirts (of a town).

=bannatte= _or_ =bannasse=, _n.f._, tallow sieve or strainer.

=banne=, _n.f._, awning, tilt; tarpaulin; hamper (of boats).

=banneau=, _n.m._, small hamper, fruit basket.

=banner=, _v.a._, to cover with a tilt.

=banneret= (-rè), _adj._, banneret. _Chevalier —_; knight banneret.

=banneton=, _n.m._, basket, (fishing) cauf.

=bannette=, _n.f._, small hamper.

=banni=, =-e=, _part._, banished, outlawed.

=bannière=, _n.f._, banner, standard, flag, colors, streamer. _Se ranger

sous la — de quelqu’un_; to side with any one. _Aller au-devant de

quelqu’un avec croix et —_; to give one a handsome reception.

=bannir=, _v.a._, to banish, to expel, to dismiss; to drive away, to

exclude, reject.

=bannissable=, _adj._, deserving banishment.

=bannissement= (-mān), _n.m._, banishment.

=banque=, _n.f._, bank, banking business; (print. office) wages, pay-day.

_Carnet de —_; bank book. _Mandat de la —_; bank-post-bill. _Succursale

de —_; branch bank. _Compte de —_; bank account. _Assignation de —_;

bank transfer. _Mettre à la —_; to put in the bank. _Faire la —_; to be

a banker. _Action de la —_; bank-stock. _Billet de — de cinq livres_; a

five-pound bank-note. _Avoir un compte en —_; to have an account open at

the bank. _Faire sauter la —_; to break the bank.

=banqueroute= (ban-kroot), _n.f._, bankruptcy. _— frauduleuse_;

fraudulent bankruptcy. _Faire —_; to be bankrupt. _Faire — à quelqu’un_;

to break one’s word. _Faire — à l’honneur_; to forfeit one’s honor.

=banquerouti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, bankrupt.

=banquet=, _n.m._, banquet, feast.

=banqueter=, _v.n._, to banquet, to feast.

=banquette=, _n.f._, bench; (fort.) banquette; outside (of a coach);

footway (of a road). _Jouer devant les —s_; (theat.) to play to empty

benches.

=banquier=, _n.m._, money-agent, banker.

=banquise=, _n.f._, ice-belt, ice-floe; bank (of fog).

=bans=, _n.m.pl._, (hunt.) litter for dogs.

=bantam=, _n.m._, bantam.

=banvin=, _n.m._, (feudal law) right to sell wine.

=baobab=, _n.m._, (bot.) baobab.

=bapaume=, _n.f._, (nav.). _En —_; at a standstill.

=baptême= (ba-têm), _n.m._, baptism, christening. _Nom de —_; Christian

name. _Extrait de —_; certificate of baptism. _Recevoir le —_; to be

baptized. _Tenir un enfant sur les fonts de —_; to stand godfather or

godmother to a child. _Le — du tropique_; the ceremony of crossing the

line, ducking at sea.

=baptiser= (ba-ti-zé), _v.a._, to baptize, to christen. _— des cloches_;

to consecrate bells. _— un vaisseau_; to christen a ship. _— quelqu’un_;

to give one a nickname. _— son vin_; to dilute one’s wine.

=baptismal=, =-e= (ba-tis-mal), _adj._, baptismal.

=baptistaire= (ba-tis-tèr), _adj._, of baptism. _Registre —_; parish

register. _Extrait —_; certificate of baptism.

=baptiste= (ba-tist), _n.m._, baptist.

=baptistère= (ba-tis-tèr), _n.m._, baptistery.

=baquet=, _n.m._, tub, trough, bucket.

=bar=, _n.m._, (ich.) umbrina; (pisc.) bass; bar.

=baragouin=, _n.m._, gibberish, jargon, lingo. _Je ne comprends pas son

—_; I don’t understand his gibberish.

=baragouinage=, _n.m._, gibberish; rigmarole.