☉=défluer=, _v.n._, (astrol.) to flow, to recede.

=défonçage=, _n.m._, (agri.) subsoil plowing; trenching.

=défoncé=, =-e=, _part._, broken, battered in. _Chemin —_; broken road.

=défoncement= (-fons-mān), _n.m._, (tech.) staving in, beating in of the

head of casks; (agri.) digging up; deep plowing.

=défoncer=, _v.a._, to stave in (a cask); to bilge; to cut up; to knock

in (the head of a cask). _— un terrain_; to dig up, to trench ground. _—

une peau_; to dip a hide. _— un chapeau_; to batter in a hat.

_se_ =défoncer=, _v.r._, to give way at the bottom; to break up (of

roads); to get cut up.

=déformation=, _n.f._, deformation.

=déformé=, =-e=, _adj._, deformed, out of shape.

=déformer=, _v.a._, to put out of form, to throw out of shape.

_se_ =déformer=, _v.r._, to lose the proper form or shape, to get out

of shape. _Sa taille se déforme_; her figure is losing its shape, its

litheness.

=défortifier=, _v.a._, to dismantle.

_se_ =défortifier=, _v.r._, to get dismantled.

=défouetter=, _v.a._, (book-bind.) to untie.

=défournement=, _n.m._, drawing out of the oven.

=défourner=, _v.a._, to draw out of an oven. _— le pain_; to draw the

batch.

=défourrer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unwrap, to take off the envelope.

=défrai=, _n.m._, (pop.) defraying, settling expenses.

=défraîchi=, _adj._, no longer fresh; faded.

=défraîchir=, _v.a._, to destroy, to take off, the brilliancy, gloss,

_or_ freshness of a thing.

_se_ =défraîchir=, _v.r._, to lose its brilliancy, freshness.

=défranciser=, _v.a._, to unfrenchify.

=défrayement=, _n.m._, defraying.

=défrayer=, _v.a._, to defray, to bear, the cost of; to amuse; to be the

laughing-stock of. _— la compagnie_; to be the laughing-stock of the

company.

=défrayeur=, _n.m._, defrayer.

=défrichage= _or_ =défrichement= (-frish-mān), _n.m._, clearing, grubbing

up; land so cleared. _Faire le — d’un terrain_; to clear a piece of

ground. _Ce — est en plein rapport cette année_; this piece of cleared

land is in full bearing this year.

=défriché=, _adj._, cleared (of land).

=défricher=, _v.a._, to clear, to grub up; to unravel (l.u.). _— un

champ_; to clear a field.

=défricheur=, _n.m._, clearer, digger.

=défrisement= (-friz-mān), _n.m._, uncurling.

=défriser=, _v.a._, to uncurl, to put out of curl; (pop.) to disappoint,

to ruffle.

_se_ =défriser=, _v.r._, to uncurl, come out of curl.

=défroncement=, _n.m._, unplaiting, unfolding.

=défroncer=, _v.a._, to undo gathers, folds, or plaits; to unknit (the

brows). _— le sourcil_; to smooth one’s brow.

=défroque=, _n.f._, old clothes; old things, effects; cast-off clothes.

=défroquer=, _v.a._, to unfrock.

_se_ =défroquer=, _v.r._, to forsake, to renounce one’s order (of monks).

=défruiter=, _v.a._, to strip of its fruit.

=défuner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strip (a mast).

=défunt=, =-e=, _adj._, defunct, deceased, late. _Les enfants du —_; the

deceased’s children.

=dégagé=, =-e=, _part._, disengaged; redeemed (of a pledge); flippant;

bold; easy; slender, graceful. _Chambre —e_; room that has a back-door.

_Escalier —_; back stairs. _Taille —e_; free, easy figure (pers.). _Air

—_; free, easy way _or_ manner.

=dégagement= (-gaj-mān), _n.m._, redeeming, disengagement, clearance;

(fenc.) disengaging; release, liberation, discharge. _Le — d’effets

déposés au mont-de-piété_; the redeeming of articles at the pawnbroker’s.

_Le — de sa parole_; the calling in of one’s word. _Le — de la voie

publique_; the clearing of the street. _Le — de la poitrine_; the easing

of the chest. _Escalier de —_; private staircase. _Tuyau de —_; waste

pipe.

=dégager=, _v.a._, to redeem; to take out of pawn; to free, to clear,

to disengage, to extricate, to disentangle, to separate; to evolve; to

deliver, to rescue. _— sa parole_; to redeem one’s word; to withdraw

one’s word. _— quelqu’un de sa parole_; to release any one from his

word. _— une porte_; to clear a doorway. _— la tête_, _la poitrine_; to

ease, relieve, _or_ lighten the head, the chest. _Il l’a dégagé de ses

ennemis_; he rescued him from his enemies. _Je le dégageai de ses liens_;

I freed him from his bonds. _— le fer_; (fenc.) to disengage. _Cet habit

dégage la taille_; that coat shows off the figure to advantage. _— les

cheveux_; to disentangle the hair.

_se_ =dégager=, _v.r._, to be cleared from; to extricate, to disengage,

to free, to disentangle, to loose one’s self; to break loose; to get

away, to get clear; (chem.) to be evolved.

=dégaine=, _n.f._, (fam.) awkwardness; ridiculous manners, deportment,

awkward gait, &c. _Quelle —!_ what a figure for you.

=dégainer=, _n.m._, unsheathing, drawing (of a sword). _Être brave

jusqu’au —_; to be brave till it comes to the push.

=dégainer=, _v.a._, to draw, to unsheath one’s sword; to fork out.

=dégaineur=, _n.m._, fighter, bully, quarrelsome fellow, professed

duelist.

=dégaler=, _v.a._, to pick clean (of skins).

=dégalonner=, _v.a._, to unlace, unstrip.

=déganter=, _v.a._, to pull off gloves.

_se_ =déganter=, _v.r._, to take off one’s gloves.

=dégarni=, =-e=, _adj._, unfinished; bare, naked; empty.

=dégarnir=, _v.a._, to untrim, to unfurnish, to strip; to thin; to

uncover; to dismantle. _— une chambre_, _une maison_; to unfurnish a

room, a house. _— le cabestan_; (nav.) to unring the capstan. _— un

vaisseau de ses agrès_; to strip a vessel of its rigging. _— un arbre_;

to thin a tree. _— une robe_; to untrim a gown.

_se_ =dégarnir=, _v.r._, to strip one’s self; to empty, become empty; to

grow thin; to lose; to part with; to wear lighter clothes. _Sa tête se

dégarnit_; his hair is growing thin. _La salle se dégarnit_; the house is

getting empty. _Il ne faut pas trop se hâter de se —_; people should not

be in too great a hurry to put on lighter clothing.

=dégasconner=, _v.a._, to teach a Gascon to speak good French, to acquire

French manners, &c.

_se_ =dégasconner=, _v.r._, to lose the Gascon accent.

=dégât=, _n.m._, havoc, damage, depredation, waste, ravage. _La grêle

a fait un grand —_; the hail has caused great havoc. _Faire le —_; to

ravage.

=dégauchi=, =-e=, _adj._, planed, smoothed, straightened.

=dégauchir=, _v.a._, to smooth, to plane, to level, to straighten; to

form, to polish. _— un jeune homme_; to polish a young man.

=dégauchissage= _or_ =dégauchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, planing,

straightening, leveling, smoothing.

=dégazer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to free from gas.

=dégazonnement=, _n.m._, unturfing.

=dégazonner=, _v.a._, to unturf.

=dégel=, _n.m._, thaw. _Avoir du —_; to have a thaw. _Être au —_; to be

thawing (of the weather). _Le vent est au —_; the wind will bring on a

thaw.

=dégeler= (dé-jlé), _v.a.n._, to thaw.

_se_ =dégeler=, _v.r._, to thaw.

☉=dégénérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, degenerating.

=dégénération=, _n.f._, degeneration; degeneracy, deterioration.

=dégénérer=, _v.n._, to decline, to degenerate, to fall away (from). _—

de ses ancêtres_; to degenerate from one’s ancestors.

=dégénérescence=, _n.f._, (med.). _V._ =dégénération=.

=dégénérescent=, =-e=, _adj._, degenerating.

=dégingandé=, =-e=, _adj._, tottering; awkward; gawky; swinging in one’s

gait; clumsy; ill-formed; unconnected; disjointed.

_se_ =dégingander=, _v.r._, to get out of shape; to swing about.

=dégîter=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to dislodge, to start.

=dégluer=, _v.a._, to take off the bird-lime; to unglue.

_se_ =dégluer=, _v.r._, to get rid of bird-lime; to get unglued _or_

cleared (of the eyes).

=déglutition=, _n.f._, deglutition, swallowing.

*=dégobiller=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to bring up; to puke, to spew, to vomit,

to throw up.

*=dégobillis=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) vomit, spew.

=dégoiser=, _v.a.n._, ☉to chirp, to twitter; to rattle; to blab out; to

chatter; to prattle. _En dégoise-t-elle!_ how she does rattle on, to be

sure! _Il a dégoisé tout ce qu’il sait_; he blabbed out all he knew.

=dégommage=, _n.m._, ungumming.

=dégommer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to wash out the gum; (pop.) to turn out of

office; to oust; to kill.

=dégonder=, _v.a._, to unhinge, to take from its hinge.

_se_ =dégonder=, _v.r._, to come unhinged, to come off its hinges.

=dégonflement=, _n.m._, subsiding, falling, collapsing; reduction.

=dégonfler=, _v.a._, to cause a thing to collapse, to reduce a swelling;

to discharge the gas from a balloon.

_se_ =dégonfler=, _v.r._, to go down, to be reduced, to subside, to

unbosom one’s self.

=dégor=, _n.m._, a discharging tube.

=dégorgement=, _n.m._, breaking out, overflowing; unstopping; outfall,

outflow. _— d’un tuyau_; cleansing, unstopping of a pipe.

=dégorgeoir= (-joar), _n.m._, priming-iron, vent-bit (for guns); outlet,

issue; spout.

=dégorger=, _v.a._, to clear, to open; to cleanse, to scour.

=dégorger=, _v.n._, to discharge one’s self, to overflow. _Faire —_; to

purge (fish); (fig.) to make any one stump up.

_se_ =dégorger=, _v.r._, to discharge, to empty itself; to get unstopped,

to get clear.

=dégoter=, _v.a._, (pop.) to knock down; to oust, to displace, to push

off.

=dégourdi=, =-e=, _adj._, quick, sharp, acute, shrewd (pers.); tepid

(water). _C’est un homme bien —_; he is a shrewd fellow.

=dégourdi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, quick, sharp, acute, shrewd man _or_

boy; pert, forward woman _or_ girl.

=dégourdir=, _v.a._, to quicken, to revive; to sharpen, to render shrewd;

to polish. _— ses jambes_; to stretch one’s limbs. _Faire — de l’eau_; to

take the chill off water. _— un jeune homme_; to polish a young man.

_se_ =dégourdir=, _v.r._, to remove the numbness from; to lose the

numbness of; to stretch one’s self; to become sharp, polished, shrewd; to

brighten up.

=dégourdissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, removal of numbness; return of

circulation; quickening, reviving.

=dégoût=, _n.m._, disgust, disrelish, loathing; dislike, distaste;

mortification. _Il lui a pris du — pour la viande_; he has taken a

dislike to meat. _Avoir du — pour la vie_; to be disgusted with life. _On

lui a donné bien des —s_; they made him swallow many a bitter pill.

=dégoûtant=, =-e=, _adj._, disgusting, loathsome, distasteful, nauseous,

sickening; unpleasant, disheartening. _Plaie —_; disgusting sore.

=dégoûté=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, fastidious person, fastidious. _Faire

le —_; to be squeamish, fastidious. _C’est un bon —_; he likes good

things. _Vous n’êtes pas —!_ you’re not at all particular! I should

rather think so!

=dégoûter=, _v.a._, to disgust; to put out of conceit. _Cela est bien

fait pour — quelqu’un du métier_; that is well calculated to disgust any

one with the trade. _Il est dégoûté de la vie_; he is disgusted with life.

_se_ =dégoûter=, _v.r._, to take a disgust, a dislike, a distaste to; to

nauseate, to dislike, to lose courage, to be disheartened.

=dégouttant=, =-e=, _adj._, dropping, dripping.

=dégouttement=, _n.m._, dripping, falling in drops.

=dégoutter=, _v.n._, to drop, to trickle, to drip, to dribble. _La sueur

lui dégouttait du front_; the perspiration was rolling off his forehead.

_Faire — du beurre sur de la viande_; to drip butter upon meat.

=dégradant=, =-e=, _adj._, degrading, debasing.

=dégradation=, _n.f._, degradation; (mil.) cashiering, drumming out;

damage, dilapidation; (jur.) waste; (paint.) diminution of light and

shade.

=dégrader=, _v.a._, to debase, to degrade, to deface, to strip; (paint.)

to diminish the light and shade; to damage, to dilapidate; (mil.) to

cashier, to drum out. _— un bois_, _une maison_; to damage a wood, a

house. _Le temps a dégradé ce monument_; time has defaced that monument.

_se_ =dégrader=, _v.r._, to degrade, to debase, to disgrace one’s self;

to become damaged, defaced, dilapidated; (jur.) to waste.

=dégrafer=, _v.a._, to unclasp, to unhook.

_se_ =dégrafer=, _v.r._, to become unhooked, unfastened (of garments); to

unbutton, unhook, unfasten one’s clothes.

=dégraissage= _or_ =dégraissement=, _n.m._, cleaning, scouring.

=dégraisser=, _v.a._, to scour, to remove greasy stains; to fleece any

one; to impoverish land, to carry off the soil; (carp.) to beard, to

thin; (cook.) to remove fat. _— un bouillon_; to skim the fat off broth.

_— un habit_; to clean a coat. _La poudre dégraisse les cheveux_; powder

cleans the hair. _Terre à —_; fuller’s earth. _Les ravines dégraissent

les terres_; torrents impoverish land (by carrying off the soil).

=dégraisseur=, _n.m._, scourer, cleaner.

=dégraissis=, _n.m._, scourings.

=dégraissoir=, _n.m._, scraper.

=dégravoiement= _or_ =dégravoîment=, _n.m._, (arch.) baring, laying bare

(by water).

=dégravoyer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to wash away, to bare, to lay bare (of

water).

=degré=, _n.m._, step, stair, staircase; stage, grade, gradation; degree,

point, extent, pitch; (astron., geol., gram., math., phys.) degree; (of

universities) degree. _À un très haut —_; to a very great extent. _Par

—s_; gradually. _Au suprême —_; in the highest degree.

=dégréement=, _n.m._, (nav.) unrigging.

=dégréer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unrig. _— un mât_; to strip a mast.

=dégrèvement= (-grèv-mān), _n.m._, reduction, relief; disencumbrance;

redemption.

=dégrever=, _v.a._, to diminish, to reduce (a tax); to disencumber, to

free, to redeem.

=dégringolade=, _n.f._, fall, tumble.

=dégringoler=, _v.n._, to run down, to tumble down; to topple down _or_

over; to go from bad to worse; to go to the dogs.

=dégrisement= (-griz-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) sobering, getting sober;

cooling down.

=dégriser=, _v.a._, to sober; to cool, to bring to one’s senses.

_se_ =dégriser=, _v.r._, to sober down; to come to one’s senses; to cool

down; to lose one’s illusions.

=dégrossage=, _n.m._, drawing fine; (wire-drawing) reducing, thinning.

=dégrosser=, _v.a._, to reduce; to thin (ingots).

=dégrossi=, _n.m._, (arts) roughing, rough-hewing, roughing down;

dressing, drawing.

=dégrossir=, _v.a._, to chip, to chip off the grosser parts; to

rough-hew, to hew down; to clear up, to unravel; to make a rough sketch

of. _— un bloc de marbre_; to chip a block of marble.

=dégrossissage=, _n.m._, (arts) roughing, rough-hewing; roughening down;

(carp.) dressing, trimming.

*=déguenillé=, =-e= (dég-ni-ié), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, tatterdemalion,

ragged person; tattered, ragged, in rags. _Un grand —_; a big

tatterdemalion. _Quelle est cette petite —e?_ who is that little girl in

rags and tatters? _Elle était toute —e_; she was in rags and tatters. _Un

habit —_; a ragged coat.

=déguerpir=, _v.a._, (jur.) to quit, to give up.

=déguerpir= (-ghèr-), _v.n._, to pack off, to move off; to be gone. _Je

le ferai bien —_; I’ll make him pack off. _— au plus vite_; to be gone as

fast as possible.

=déguerpissement= (-ghèr-pis-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) quitting; yielding,

giving over, departure, removal.

=dégueuler= (-gheu-), _v.n._, (l.ex.) to spew, to vomit.

*=déguignonner= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to change ill-luck, to bring better luck

to.

=déguisement= (-ghiz-mān), _n.m._, concealment, disguise. _Parlez sans

—_; speak openly.

=déguisable=, _adj._, disguisable, concealable.

=déguiser= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to disguise, to conceal, to hide. _On le

déguisa en femme_; they disguised him as a woman.

_se_ =déguiser=, _v.r._, to disguise one’s self; to conceal from one’s

self.

=dégustateur=, _n.m._, taster (of wines).

=dégustation=, _n.f._, tasting (of wines).

=déguster=, _v.a._, to taste (wines); to sip. _Se —_; to be tasted, to be

sipped.

=déhaler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to tow out _or_ back out.

=déhâler=, _v.a._, to take off sun-burns.

_se_ =déhâler=, _v.r._, to clear one’s complexion.

=déhanché=, =-e=, _adj._, hipped, hipshot; (fig.) ungainly. _n.m.f._,

hipshot person; ungainly man, woman _or_ girl.

=déhanchement=, _n.m._, swinging about; twisting about.

_se_ =déhancher=, _v.r._, to waddle, to swing about, to twist one’s body

about.

=déharnachement= (-nash-mān), _n.m._, unharnessing.

=déharnacher=, _v.a._, to unharness.

=déhiscence=, _n.f._, (bot.) dehiscence.

=déhiscent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) dehiscent.

=déhonté=, =-e=, _adj._, shameless, unabashed, _C’est un homme —_; he is

a man destitute of shame.

=dehors= (dĕ-or), _adv._, out, without, out of doors, abroad, externally;

(nav.) out, at sea. _En —_; without, outside. _Au —_; outwardly. _De —_;

from without. _Au dedans et au —_; at home and abroad. _Mettre quelqu’un

—_; to turn any one out of doors.

=dehors=, _n.m._, outside, exterior. _pl._, appearances; (fort.)

outworks; dependencies, approaches, grounds (of a house). _Sauver les —_;

to save appearances.

=déhortatoire=, _adj._, dehortatory.

=déicide=, _n.m._, deicide.

=déification=, _n.f._, deification.

=déifier=, _v.a._, to deify.

=déisme=, _n.m._, deism.

=déiste=, _n.m._, deist.

=déiste=, _adj._, deistical.

=déité=, _n.f._, deity, god, goddess, divinity.

=déjà=, _adv._, already, before, yet. _Pas — si_; not so very, not so

great. _Pas — tant_; not so very much.

=déjection=, _n.f._, (med.) dejection; ejection, evacuation.

=déjeté=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, warped, sprung.

_se_ =déjeter=, _v.r._, to warp (of wood); (med.) to deviate.

=déjettement= (dé-jèt-mān), _n.m._, warping; deviation.

=déjeuner= _or_ =déjeuné=, _n.m._, breakfast, breakfast-service. _— à la

fourchette_; meat breakfast. _Second —_; luncheon. _Un — de porcelaine_;

a porcelain breakfast-service.

=déjeuner=, _v.n._, to breakfast.

=déjoindre=, _v.a._, to disjoin, to disunite, to sever.

_se_ =déjoindre=, _v.r._, to become disjoined, to separate, to part, to

come apart.

=déjouer=, _v.a._, to baffle, to frustrate, to foil. _— un projet_; to

baffle a project. _— quelqu’un_; to baffle any one, to foil any one.

=déjouer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to play badly; (nav.) to wave, to flutter (of

the flag).

=déjucher=, _v.n.a._, to unroost, to come down from the roost. _Je vous

ferai bien — de là_; I will make you come down from there.

=déjuger=, _v.a._, to judge differently.

_se_ =déjuger=, _v.r._, to change, to reverse one’s opinion.

=delà=, _prep._, beyond; farther than, on the other side of. _Au —_, _de

—_, _par —_, _en —_; beyond, further on, upwards. _Deçà et —_; right and

left; all about. _Jambe deçà, jambe —_; one leg this side, the other that

side.

=délabré=, =-e=, _part._, tattered, in rags, shabby, seedy; (of things)

tumbledown, ramshackle. _Une santé —e_; shattered health. _Un navire —_;

a dismantled vessel. _Terre —e_; land gone to waste. _Un estomac —_; a

disordered stomach. _Être —_; to be all in tatters.

=délabrement=, _n.m._, ruin, decay, dilapidation; shabbiness, raggedness.

=délabrer=, _v.a._, to shatter, to ruin, to pull to pieces, to destroy,

to tear to tatters.

_se_ =délabrer=, _v.r._, to fall to tatters, to pieces, to go to ruin;

to decay. _Tous mes meubles se délabrent_; all my furniture is going to

wrack and ruin.

=délacer=, _v.a._, to unlace. _— un corset_; to unlace stays.

_se_ =délacer=, _v.r._, to unlace one’s self; to come undone (of stays,

strings, etc.).

=délai=, _n.m._, delay, extension of time, reprieve. _User de —s_; to put

off, to procrastinate. _Dans un — de_; within (a given time).

=délaiement=, _n.m._, diluting.

=délaissé=, =-e=, _part._, abandoned, forlorn, forsaken, friendless. _Des

orphelins —s_; helpless orphans.

=délaissement= (-lès-mān), _n.m._, destitution, forlornness,

helplessness, desertion; (jur.) abandonment to a mortgagee.

=délaisser=, _v.a._, to forsake, to abandon; to cast off, to desert, to

leave, to relinquish. _Se —_; to give up one’s property (in favor of

another).

=délardement=, _n.m._, (arch.) unlarding; splay, slope, beveling,

chamfering.

=délarder=, _v.a._, (arch.) to unlard, to splay, to bevel, to chamfer.

=délassement= (-lâs-mān), _n.m._, remission of attention _or_

application, relaxation; repose, recreation, diversion.

=délasser=, _v.a._, to refresh, to relax, to divert. _Le sommeil vous

délasse_; sleep refreshes one. _Un changement d’occupation délasse

l’esprit_; a change of occupation relaxes the mind.

_se_ =délasser=, _v.r._, to refresh one’s self, to rest.

=délat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, informer, denouncer, accuser.

=délation=, _n.f._, information, denunciation, informing.

=délatter=, _v.a._, to unlath.

=délavage=, _n.m._, diluting of color (in drawing and water-color

painting); soaking.

=délavé=, =-e=, _adj._, weak, pale, dim (of gems); diluted (of colors).

=délaver=, _v.a._, to dilute color (in drawing and water-color

painting); to soak, imbibe with water.

_se_ =délaver=, _v.r._, to become soaked, imbibed with water; to lose

color.

=délayable=, _adj._, dilutable.

=délayage=, _n.m._, diluting, dilution.

=délayant=, _n.m._, (med.) diluent.

=délayant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) diluent.

=délayement= (-lè-i-mān), _n.m._, diluting.

=délayer=, _v.a._, to dilute; to temper (lime); to spin out.

=déléatur=, _n.m._, (_—_) (print.) dele.

=délectable=, _adj._, delicious, delectable, delightful.

=délectablement=, _adv._, deliciously, delightfully.

=délectation=, _n.f._, delectation, delight, gratification.

=délecter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to delight.

_se_ =délecter=, _v.r._, to take delight. _Se — à l’étude_; to delight in

study.

=délégant= _or_ =délégat-eur=, _n.m._, =-e=, =-rice=, _n.f._, delegator.

=délégataire=, _n.m.f._, delegatee.

=délégation=, _n.f._, delegation, assignment; proxy.

=délégatoire=, _adj._, delegatory.

=délégué= (-ghé), _n.m._, delegate, deputy; proxy.

=délégué=, =-e=, _adj._, delegated.

=déléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to delegate; to assign. _— son autorité_; to

delegate one’s authority.

_se_ =déléguer=, _v.r._, to be delegated, assigned.

=délestage=, _n.m._, (nav.) unballasting.

=délester=, _v.a._, to unballast.

=délesteur=, _n.m._, (nav.) ballast-heaver, ballast-lighter.

=délétère=, _adj._, deleterious.

=délibérant=, =-e=, _adj._, deliberative.

=délibérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, deliberative.

=délibération=, _n.f._, deliberation; resolution. _Mettre en —_; to bring

under deliberation.

=délibéré=, =-e=, _adj._, deliberate, bold, decided, resolute. _Marcher

d’un pas —_; to walk resolutely. _De propos —_; with set purpose,

designedly, purposely.

=délibéré=, _n.m._, (jur.) deliberation.

=délibérément=, _adv._, deliberately, boldly, resolutely.

=délibérer=, _v.n._, to deliberate; to determine, to resolve. _Il n’y

a pas lieu à —_; there is no occasion for deliberating. _Il en sera

délibéré_; it shall be taken into consideration.

=délicat=, =-e=, _adj._, delicate, weak, dainty, nice, touchy,

fastidious, ticklish. _Vous êtes bien —_; you are very fastidious. _Faire

le —_; to be fastidious. _Affaire —e_; ticklish affair. _Il est — sur le

point d’honneur_; he is very tender on points of honor. _Il est — sur le

manger_; he is very dainty.

=délicatement= (-kat-mān), _adv._, delicately, daintily, tenderly. _Peu

—_; indelicately.

☉=délicater=, _v.a._, to cocker, to fondle, to pamper. _V._ =dorloter=.

_se_ =délicater=, _v.r._, to nurse one’s self, to indulge one’s self.

=délicatesse=, _n.f._, delicacy; tenderness; daintiness, scrupulousness,

refinement; nicety (of language); ticklishness; squeamishness;

considerateness. _pl._, dainties. _Les —s d’une langue_; the niceties of

a language. _Avoir une grande — de conscience_; to have a very scrupulous

conscience. _Ce serait une — de votre part_; it would be very nice of you.

=délice=, _n.m.sing._, =délices=, _n.f.pl._, delight, pleasure;

deliciousness. _Goûter les —s de la vie_; to enjoy the delights of life.

_Faire ses —s d’une chose_; to delight in a thing. _Je faisais les —s de

ma mère_; I was my mother’s darling.

=délicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, deliciously, delightfully.

=délicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, delicious, delightful; capital. _Cette

histoire est —se_; that’s a capital story.

_se_ =délicoter=, _v.r._, (man.) to slip the halter.

=délictueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (jur.) unlawful, felonious.

=délié=, =-e=, _adj._, untied, loose; small, thin; light, easy, flowing

(of style); slender, slim; cunning. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to be quick,

shrewd. _Avoir la langue —e_; to have a voluble, glib tongue.

=délié=, _n.m._, (penmanship) thin stroke, up-stroke.

=délier=, _v.a._, to unbind; to untie; to liberate, to release, to

absolve. _— quelqu’un d’un serment_; to free any one from an oath. _On

l’a délié de ses vœux_; he was liberated from his vows.

_se_ =délier=, _v.r._, to come untied, to get unfastened; to get loose.

=délimitation=, _n.f._, settling the limits, fixing the boundaries.

=délimiter=, _v.a._, to settle the boundaries, fix the limits.

=délinéation=, _n.f._, delineation.

=délinéer=, _v.a._, to delineate.

=délinquant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, delinquent, offender.

☉=délinquer=, _v.n._, (jur.) to offend, to trespass.

=déliot=, _n.m._, finger-stall, thumb-stall.

=déliquescence= (-kès-sānss), _n.f._, (chem.) deliquescence.

=déliquescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) deliquescent.

=deliquium= (-kui-om), _n.m._, (chem.) deliquium.

=délirant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (med.) one who is delirious;

delirious, frenzied, frantic; maddening, rapturous.

=délire=, _n.m._, delirium, frenzy, folly, deliriousness. _Avoir le —_;

to rave. _Tomber en —_; to become delirious.

=délirer=, _v.n._, to be delirious, to rave, to wander.

=delirium tremens= (de-li-riom tré-mīnss), _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.)

delirium tremens.

=délissage=, _n.m._, roughing, ruffling; sorting (of rags).

=délisser=, _v.a._, to rough, ruffle, sort.

=délisseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, sorter (of rags).

=délit=, _n.m._, misdemeanor, delinquency, offense; (mas.) wrong bed (of

stone). _En flagrant —_; in the very act.

=déliter=, _v.a._, (mas.) to surbed (stones).

_se_ =déliter=, _v.r._, to break in the grain; to cleave; to scale off.

=délitescence= (-tès-sāns), _n.f._, (med.) delitescence.

=délivrance=, _n.f._, deliverance, delivery; rescue, relief.

=délivre=, _n.m._, (anat.) after-birth; heam (of animals).

=délivrer=, _v.a._, to deliver, to release, to set free; to rid of, to

hand over. _— de prison_; to release from prison. _— de la marchandise_;

to deliver goods. _Se faire —_; to obtain, to take out.

_se_ =délivrer=, _v.r._, to deliver one’s self, to free one’s self.

=délivreur=, _n.m._, deliverer; rescuer; (man.) ostler; groom; (techn.)

one of the two drums of a cotton-machine.

=délogement= (-loj-mān), _n.m._, removal; change of quarters, departure,

decamping.

=déloger=, _v.n._, to remove, to quit, to go from one’s house; to go

away, to march off. _— sans tambour ni trompette_; to march off in

silence, to steal away; to decamp quietly, to bolt in the night.

=déloger=, _v.a._, to turn out (of house); to oust; to drive away;

(milit.) to dislodge.

=délové=, _adj._, (nav.) uncoiled (of rope).

=délover=, _v.a._, (nav.) to uncoil.

=déloyal=, =-e=, _adj._, disloyal, false, treacherous, unfair.

=déloyalement= (dé-loa-yal-mān), _adv._, disloyally, treacherously.

=déloyauté=, _n.f._, dishonesty, perfidiousness, treachery.

=delta=, _n.m._, (geog.) delta.

=deltoïde=, _adj._, (anat., bot.) deltoid.

=déluge=, _n.m._, deluge, flood. _Un — de larmes_; a flood of tears. _Un

— de paroles_; a torrent of words.

=déluré=, _adj._, wide-awake, sharp.

=délustrer=, _v.a._, to take off the luster, the gloss of.

=déluter=, _v.a._, to unlute.

=démagogie=, _n.f._, demagogism.

=démagogique=, _adj._, demagogic, demagogical.

=démagogue= (-gog), _n.m.f._, demagogue.

=démaigrir=, _v.n._, (jest.) to recover flesh.

=démaigrir=, _v.a._, (arch.) to thin.

=démailler=, _v.a._, to undo the meshes of.

_se_ =démailler=, _v.r._, to become undone.

*=démailloter=, _v.a._, to unswathe.

=demain=, _adv._, to-morrow. _— matin_; to-morrow morning. _— soir_;

to-morrow night. _Après —_; the day after to-morrow. _À — les affaires!_

we will talk of business another day!

=demain=, _n.m._, to-morrow. _Avec lui c’est toujours —_; he is always

putting off, procrastinating.

=démanché=, =-e=, _adj._, off the handle; (fig.) ungainly, loose,

dislocated, unconnected, disjointed.

=démanché=, _n.m._, an ungainly fellow; (mus.) shift.

=démanchement= (-mansh-mān), _n.m._, taking off (a handle); unhafting;

(mus.) shift.

=démancher=, _v.a._, to take off the handle, to unhaft.

_se_ =démancher=, _v.r._, to lose its handle; to go wrong; (mus.) to

shift.

=démancher=, _v.n._, (nav.) to get out of the channel; (mus.) to shift.

=demande=, _n.f._, question, query, request, petition; demand, suit,

inquiry; (com.) order, proposal; (mus.) subject of a fugue. _Faire sa

— par écrit_; to present one’s request in writing. _Appuyer une —_; to

second a request. _À sotte — point de réponse_; a silly question needs no

answer.

=demander=, _v.a._, to ask, to beg, to request, to solicit, to sue for,

to demand; (jur.) to pray; to desire; to wish, to want; to ask for, to

call for; to inquire after; to require; (com.) to order. _Faire —_; to

ask for. _— l’aumône_; to ask for alms. _— son pain_; to beg one’s bread.

_Que demandez-vous?_ what do you want? _N’est-il venu personne me —?_ has

nobody called for me? _On vous demande_; you are wanted. _Cela demande

une explication_; that requires an explanation. _On demande_; wanted. _Ne

pas — mieux_; to ask for nothing better; to be only too glad; to be most

happy to.

=demander=, _v.n._, to ask, to beg; to wish, to request; to require, to

demand.

_se_ =demander=, _v.r._, to ask one’s self, to wonder.

=demandeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, asker; applicant. _À beau — beau

refuseur_; diamond cut diamond.

=demande-ur=, _n.m._, =-resse=, _n.f._, (jur.) demandant, plaintiff.

=démangeaison= (-jè-zon), _n.f._, itching; longing. _Avoir une grande —

de parler_; to be dying to talk.

=démanger=, _v.n._, to itch; to long. _La tête me démange_; my head

itches. _Les pieds lui démangent_; he longs to go out.

=démanteler= (-man-tlé), _v.a._, (milit.) to dismantle.

=démantellement= (tèl-mān), _n.m._, (fort., milit.) dismantling.

=démantibuler=, _v.a._, to break, to dislocate; to put out of order.

=démarcation=, _n.f._, demarcation. _Ligne de —_; line of demarcation.

=démarche=, _n.f._, gait, walk; proceeding, measure; step, course;

application, overture. _— noble_; noble bearing. _Faire une —_; to take a

step; to make an application. _On observe toutes ses —s_; all his steps

are dogged.

=démarier=, _v.a._, to annul a marriage.

_se_ =démarier=, _v.r._, to get unmarried.

=démarquer=, _v.a._, to unmark.

=démarquer=, _v.n._, to lose the mark of its age (of a horse).

=démarrage=, _n.m._, unmooring.

=démarrer=, _v.a._, to unmoor. _— un cordage_; to unbend a rope.

=démarrer=, _v.n._, to leave, to slip her moorings (of a ship); to move,

to stir, to get away.

=démasquer=, _v.a._, to unmask; to show up. _— une batterie_; to unmask a

battery.

_se_ =démasquer=, _v.r._, to unmask, to take off one’s mask. _Il s’est

démasqué_; he has pulled off his mask.

=démâtage=, _n.m._, (nav.) dismasting.

=démâter=, _v.a._, to dismast.

=démâter=, _v.n._, to lose her masts (of a ship).

=démêlage=, _n.m._, combing (of wool).

=démêlé=, _n.m._, strife, contest, contention, quarrel. _Leur — est

fini_; their difference is at an end.

=démêler=, _v.a._, to disentangle, to separate; to contest; to

distinguish; to discern, to clear up, to penetrate, to fathom, to

unravel, to extricate; to untwist, to unfold; to comb out. _Avoir à —

avec_; to have to do with. _Je ne veux rien avoir à — avec lui_; I will

have nothing to do with him. _— le vrai d’avec le faux_; to distinguish

truth from falsehood.

_se_ =démêler=, _v.r._, to be unraveled; to be disentangled, to extricate

one’s self; to get clear of, to comb one’s hair.

=démêloir=, _n.m._, large tooth-comb.

=démembrement=, _n.m._, dismemberment; dismembered part.

=démembrer=, _v.a._, to tear limb from limb; to dismember, to disjoint.

=déménagement= (-naj-mān), _n.m._, household removal, removing, change of

residence. _Voiture de —_; furniture van.

=déménager=, _v.a._, to remove one’s furniture.

=déménager=, _v.n._, to remove (to change one’s residence). _Sa raison

déménage_; he is getting childish.

=déménageur=, _n.m._, furniture-remover.

=démence=, _n.f._, insanity, madness, lunacy, mental aberration. _Tomber

en —_; to become insane.

_se_ =démener=, _v.r._, to stir, to struggle, to make a great fuss,

to strive hard, to toil and moil. _Se — avec vigueur_; to struggle

vigorously.

=démenti=, _n.m._, lie; flat contradiction, disappointment. _Donner un —

à quelqu’un_; to give any one the lie. _Vous en aurez le —_; you will get

the worst of it, be worsted.

=démentir=, _v.a._, to give the lie to, to contradict; to deny; to

belie, to refute. _Démentirez-vous votre signature?_ will you deny your

signature? _— sa gloire_; to belie one’s fame. _Ses actions démentent ses

discours_; his actions belie his language.

_se_ =démentir=, _v.r._, to contradict one’s self; to belie one’s self;

to fall off, to flag, to give way. _Cet ouvrage se dément un peu vers la

fin_; this work falls off, flags, a little towards the end.

=démérite=, _n.m._, demerit.

=démériter=, _v.n._, to demerit. _Je n’ai point démérité de vous_, _auprès

de vous_; I have done nothing to forfeit your esteem.

=démesuré=, =-e=, _adj._, huge, immoderate; inordinate, unbounded,

excessive. _Il a une envie —e de vous voir_; he is dying to see you.

=démesurément=, _adv._, immoderately, inordinately, excessively, hugely.

=démettre=, _v.a._, to put out of joint, to dislocate; to dismiss; to

turn out; (jur.) to overrule, to nonsuit.

_se_ =démettre=, _v.r._, to be put out of joint; to resign, to throw up

(an appointment). _Il s’est démis le poignet_; he has dislocated his

wrist. _Se — de son emploi_; to resign one’s position.

=démeublement=, _n.m._, unfurnishing; absence of furniture.

=démeubler=, _v.a._, to unfurnish, to strip of furniture.

=demeurant=, _n.m._, remainder, residue.

_au_ =demeurant=, _adv._, in other respects; after all, otherwise.

=demeurant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) dwelling, living, abiding.

=demeure=, _n.f._, abode, home, dwelling, lodgings; stay; (jur.) delay.

_Changer sa —_, _de —_; to change one’s lodgings. _En —_; behindhand; in

arrears. _Mettre en —_; (jur.) to summon, to compel, to lay under the

necessity. _Être à —_; to be a fixture, stationary. _Cela n’est pas à —_;

that is only temporary. _Péril en la —_; danger in delay.

=demeurer=, _v.n._, to live, to lodge, to reside; to continue, to remain,

to rest; to stay; to stand, to stop. _— à la campagne_; to live in the

country. _— en arrière_; to stay behind. _— sur son appétit_; not to

fully satisfy one’s appetite. _Où en êtes-vous demeuré?_ where did you

leave off? _Demeurons-en là_; let us keep to that, let us stop there. _La

victoire nous est demeurée_; victory remained with us. _— d’accord_; to

agree.

=demi=, _n.m._, (arith.) half. _Deux demies font un entier_; two halves

make a whole.

=demi=, =-e=, _adj._, half. _Un demi-pied_; half a foot. _Demi-soupir_;

(mus.) quaver rest. _Un pied et —_; a foot and a half. _Une demi-heure_;

half an hour. _Une heure et —e_; an hour and a half. _Entendre à

demi-mot_, (_—-—s_) to take in any one’s meaning at once. _Demi-cercle_,

(_—-—s_) semi-circle. _En demi-cercle_; semi-circular. _Demi-dieu_,

(_—-—x_) demi-god. _À fourbe, fourbe et —_; set a thief to catch a thief.

_N’en pas faire à —_; not to stop half-way; to go right through with.

=demi=, _adv._, half. _Il est à —-fou_; he is half mad. _Faire les choses

à —_; to do things by halves.

=demie=, _n.f._, the half-hour.

=démieller=, _v.a._, to take the honey off.

=demi-bain=, _n.m._, hip-bath.

=demi-fleuron=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_). _V._ =fleuron=.

=demi-fortune=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) four-wheeled one-horse carriage.

=demi-jour=, _n.m._, twilight.

=demi-lune=, _n.f._, (_—-—_) (fort.) crescent, half-moon.

☉=demi-métal=, _n.m._, semi-metal.

=demi-mot=, _n.m._, hint.

=demi-pension=, _n.f._, half-board, partial-board.

=demi-setier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) half a pint English.

=demi-solde=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) half-pay. _Officier en —_; half-pay

officer.

=démission=, _n.f._, resignation. _Donner sa —_; to send in one’s

resignation, to resign. _Offrir sa —_; to tender one’s resignation.

=démissionnaire=, _n.m.f._, resigner. _Il est —_; he has resigned his

position.

=démissionnaire=, _adj._, who has resigned, thrown up (his commission),

vacated his seat.

=démissionner=, _v.n._, to resign.

=démitrer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to unmitre.

=démobiliser=, _v.a._, to demobilize.

=démocrate=, _n.m.f._, democrat.

=démocratie=, _n.f._, democracy.

=démocratique=, _adj._, democratic.

=démocratiquement=, _adv._, democratically.

=démocratiser=, _v.a.n._, to democratize.

_se_ =démocratiser=, _v.r._, to become democratized.

=démodé=, =-e=, _adj._, out of fashion, antiquated, old-fashioned.

=demoiselle=, _n.f._, young lady; unmarried lady; young girl;

gentlewoman; hot water-bottle; dragon-fly; (orni.) Numidian crane;

paving-beetle.

=démolir=, _v.a._, to demolish, to pull down, to subvert, to overthrow,

to destroy. _Je l’ai démoli_; I floored him.

=démolisseur=, _n.m._, demolisher, subverter.

=démolition=, _n.f._, demolition. _pl._, old building materials. _Par

suite de —s_; because of the pulling down of the building.

=démon=, _n.m._, devil, fiend; demon; genius. _Petit —_; little demon

(child). _Faire le —_; to play the devil. _Quel — vous agite?_ what evil

spirit torments you?

=démonétisation=, _n.f._, withdrawal from circulation (of money); calling

in.

=démonétiser=, _v.a._, to withdraw from circulation; to call in (money).

=démoniaque=, _adj._, demoniacal, demoniac.

=démoniaque=, _n.m.f._, demoniac, demon, devil.

=démonographe=, _n.m._, demonographer.

=démonographie=, _n.f._, demonology.

=démonologie=, _n.f._, demonology.

=démonomanie=, _n.f._, demonomania.

=démonstrateur=, _n.m._, demonstrator, lecturer.

=démonstrati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, demonstrative.

=démonstration=, _n.f._, demonstration, proof.

=démonstrativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, demonstratively.

=démontable=, _adj._, that can be taken to pieces.

=démontage=, _n.m._, taking to pieces.

=démonter=, _v.a._, to dismount, to unhorse; to nonplus, to baffle;

to alter (one’s countenance); to take to pieces, to undo; (nav.) to

supersede, to unship. _— le gouvernail_; to unship the rudder. _— un

capitaine_; to supersede a captain.

_se_ =démonter=, _v.r._, that may be taken to pieces (of machinery);

to lose one’s countenance; to be unhinged; to be nonplused _or_

disconcerted; to be getting out of order _or_ of gear (of machinery); to

become impaired (of the health).

=démontrable=, _adj._, demonstrable.

=démontrer=, _v.a._, to demonstrate, to prove.

=démoralisat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, corrupting, demoralizing.

=démoralisation=, _n.f._, demoralization.

=démoraliser=, _v.a._, to demoralize.

☉=démoraliseur=, _n.m._, corrupter.

=démordre=, _v.n._, to let go one’s hold; to depart, to desist,

to retract, to yield. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to make one change his

resolution. _Il n’en démordra pas_; he will not abate an inch, he will

stick to.

=démotique=, _adj._, demotic.

=démoucheter=, _v.a._, to take off the button of a foil, to uncap.

_se_ =démoucheter=, _v.r._, to become uncapped.

=démoulage=, _n.m._, taking from the mold.

=démouler=, _v.a._, to take from the mold.

=démunir=, _v.a._, to strip a place of ammunition; to deprive; to leave

unprovided.

_se_ =démunir=, _v.r._, to deprive one’s self, to part with; to leave

one’s self unprovided for.

=démurer=, _v.a._, to unwall, to open.

=démuseler= (-muz-lé), _v.a._, to unmuzzle.

=dénaire=, _adj._, denary.

=dénanti=, =-e=, _adj._, unsecured, unprovided; stripped, bare.

=dénantir=, _v.a._, to deprive of security.

_se_ =dénantir=, _v.r._, to give up securities, to part with.

=dénationaliser=, _v.a._, to denationalize.

=dénatter=, _v.a._, to unmat.

=dénaturalisation=, _n.f._, denaturalization.

=dénaturaliser=, _v.a._, to denaturalize.

=dénaturation=, _n.f._, (chem.) debasement, misrepresentation;

perversion, sophistication.

=dénaturé=, =-e=, _adj._, unnatural, barbarous, cruel.

=dénaturer=, _v.a._, to alter the nature of; to deface, to disfigure; to

change, to misrepresent, to pervert, to distort; (chem.) to debase.

=dendrite= (din-), _n.f._, (min.) dendrite.

=déndroïde= (din-), _adj._, (bot.) dendroid.

=dénégation=, _n.f._, denial; (law) traverse.

=dénégatoire=, _adj._, (law) traversing.

=déni=, _n.m._, (jur.) denial, refusal. _— de justice_; refusal of

justice.

=déniaisé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharpened, who has had his eyes opened,

cunning. _Un homme —_; a cunning, crafty man.

=déniaiser=, _v.a._, to sharpen the wits of; to cheat, to take in, to

dupe, to open the eyes of.

_se_ =déniaiser=, _v.r._, to learn wit, to become sharp, to grow cunning.

=déniché=, =-e=, _part._, gone, flown. _Les oiseaux sont —s_; the birds

have flown.

=dénicher=, _v.a._, to take out of its nest; to turn out; to hunt out; to

find out. _— une statue_; to take a statue out of its niche.

=dénicher=, _v.n._, to forsake its nest (of a bird); to hasten away; to

make off, to run away. _Allons, il faut —_; come, be off with you.

=dénicheur=, _n.m._, birds’-nester. _Un — de merles_; sharper. _Un — de

fauvettes_; fortune-hunter; lady-killer.

=denier=, _n.m._, (antiq.) denarius; denier; money; farthing; mite;

cash, funds; rate of interest; (pharm.) scruple; old French copper coin

worth ⅟₁₃th of a farthing; (coin.) weight of a little above 1¼ grammes.

_— à Dieu_; earnest money. _A beaux —s comptants_; in cash, in ready

money. _Les —s publics_; the public money. ☉_Au — vingt-cinq_; four per

cent. _Le — de Saint Pierre_; Peter’s pence. _Le — de la veuve_; the

widow’s mite. _Cet homme n’a pas un — vaillant_; that man is not worth

a farthing. _Rendre compte à livres sous et —s_; to account to the

uttermost farthing.

=dénier=, _v.a._, to deny, to refuse. _Se —_; to be denied; to deny one’s

self.

=dénigrant=, _adj._, disparaging.

=dénigrement=, _n.m._, vilifying, disparagement.

=dénigrer=, _v.a._, to disparage, to traduce, to vilify.

=dénombrement=, _n.m._, enumeration, census, list.

=dénombrer=, _v.a._, to number, to enumerate.

=dénominateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) denominator.

=dénominati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, denominative.

=dénomination=, _n.f._, denomination, name.

=dénominer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to denominate, to mention by name.

=dénoncer=, _v.a._, to denounce, to inform against, to impeach, to

announce, to lodge information against; to give notice, to proclaim, to

declare.

=dénonciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, denunciator, informer, accuser.

=dénonciation=, _n.f._, denunciation, denouncement, declaration,

intimation.

☉=dénotation=, _n.f._, denotation.

=dénoter=, _v.a._, to describe; to denote, to betoken.

=dénouement= _or_ =dénoûment=, _n.m._, event, issue; denouement,

catastrophe, unraveling; undoing, ending (of a play).

=dénouer=, _v.a._, to untie, to loose; to give elasticity; to solve

(difficulties); to unravel (plots).

_se_ =dénouer=, _v.r._, to untie, to unravel, to unfold, to clear up. _Sa

langue s’est dénouée à la fin_; he has spoken out at last.

=denrée=, _n.f._, commodity, wares, provisions. _Il vend bien sa —_; he

makes the most of his talents.

=dense=, _adj._, dense, close, thick.

=densité=, _n.f._, density, thickness.

=dent=, _n.f._, tooth; notch; cog; prong. _—s de lait_; first teeth. _—s

de sagesse_; wisdom teeth. _—s d’en haut_; upper teeth. _—s d’en bas_;

lower teeth. _Faire ses —s_; to cut one’s teeth. _Les —s percent à cet

enfant_; that child is cutting his teeth. _Les —s lui claquent_; his

teeth chatter. _Serrer les —s_; to set the teeth. _Grincer des —s_; to

gnash the teeth. _Une — qui branle_; a loose tooth. _Le mal de —s_; the

toothache. _Avoir mal aux —s_; to have a toothache. _Les —s lui tombent_;

he is losing his teeth. _L’alvéole d’une —_; the socket of a tooth. _Se

curer les —s_; to pick one’s teeth. _Le fruit vert agace les —s_; green

fruit sets the teeth on edge. _Une vieille sans —_; a toothless hag.

_Armé jusqu’aux —s_; armed to the teeth. _N’avoir pas de quoi mettre sous

la —_; not to have a morsel to put in one’s mouth. _Avoir une — contre

quelqu’un_; to have an old grudge against one. _Déchirer à belles —s_;

to tear to pieces, to rend any one. _Chacun lui donne un coup de —_;

every one has a fling at him. _Être sur les —s_; to be tired out, done

up. _Montrer les —s à quelqu’un_; to show one’s teeth to any one. _Ne

pas desserrer les —s_; not to open one’s lips. _Parler entre ses —s_; to

speak betwixt one’s teeth. _Parler des grosses —s_; to talk big. _Prendre

le mors aux —s_; to run away (of horses); to be earnest in business.

_Rire du bout des —s_; to sham a laugh, to pretend to laugh. _Murmurer

entre ses —s_; to mutter to one’s self. _C’est vouloir prendre la lune

avec les —s_; it is aiming at impossibilities. _Les —s d’une roue_; the

cogs of a wheel. _Ce couteau a des —s_; that knife is notched. _Manger du

bout des —s_; to eat with no appetite, to play with one’s food. _Avoir

les —s bien longues_; to be very hungry.

=dentaire=, _adj._, dental.

=dentaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) dentaria, toothwort.

=dental=, =-e=, _adj._, (gram.) dental.

=dentale=, _n.m._, (conch.) dentalium, dental, tooth-shell.

=dentale=, _n.f._, (gram.) dental.

=dent-de-lion=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) dandelion.

=denté=, =-e=, _adj._, toothed; (bot.) dentated. _Roue —e_; cogged wheel.

_Feuille —e en scie_; serrated leaf.

=dentée=, _n.f._, bite from a hound; rip (of a tusk).

=dentelaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) lead-wort.

=dentelé=, =-e= (dānt-lé), _adj._, notched, jagged, denticulated,

toothed, indented.

=dentelé=, _n.m._, (anat.) denticulated muscle.

=denteler=, _v.a._, to indent, to notch, to jag, to tooth, to cog.

=dentelle=, _n.f._, lace, lace-work. _Manchettes à —_; lace ruffles.

=dentelli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, lace-man, lace-woman, lace-maker.

=dentelure= (dān-tlur), _n.f._, jagging, notching, denticulation,

indenting.

=denticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) denticulated, indented.

=denticules=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) denticles.

=dentier= (-tié), _n.m._, set of teeth (natural or artificial).

=dentifrice=, _n.m._, dentifrice. _adj._, good for the teeth. _Poudre —_;

tooth-powder.

=dentiste=, _n.m._, dentist.

=dentisterie=, _n.f._, dentistry.

=dentition=, _n.f._, dentition, cutting of teeth.

=denture=, _n.f._, set of teeth; (horl.) teeth range.

=dénudation=, _n.f._, denudation.

=dénuder=, _v.a._, to denude; to lay bare; to strip.

=dénué=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute; void; devoid. _— de support_; bereft

of support. _— d’esprit_; devoid of wit.

=dénuement= _or_ =dénûment=, _n.m._, destitution, deprivation, penury,

want.

=dénuer=, _v.a._, to strip, to leave destitute.

_se_ =dénuer=, _v.r._, to strip one’s self; to leave one’s self destitute.

=dépaillage=, _n.m._, unbottoming (of chairs).

=dépailler=, _v.a._, to unbottom.

_se_ =dépailler=, _v.r._, to lose its straw-seat.

=dépaissance=, _n.f._, pasturage, high pasture ground.

=dépalissage=, _n.m._, (hort.) unpaling.

=dépalisser=, _v.a._, to unpale.

=dépaqueter= (dé-pak-té), _v.a._, to unpack.

=dépareillé=, =-e=, _adj._, unmatched, imperfect, odd.

*=dépareiller=, _v.a._, to unmatch, to spoil the pair of, to render

incomplete. _— des gants_; to unmatch gloves. _Livres dépareillés_; odd

goods.

=déparer=, _v.a._, to undress (altars); to strip; to disfigure, to take

away the beauty; to disparage.

=déparier=, _v.a._, to take away one (of a pair); to separate.

=déparler=, _v.n._, to cease talking, to talk nonsense.

=déparquer=, _v.a._, to unpen (of oysters); to unbed.

=départ=, _n.m._, departure, setting out; (chem.) parting; (metal.),

departure. _Être sur son —_; to be on the eve of setting out.

=départager=, _v.a._, to settle by a casting vote. _— les voix_, _les

suffrages_; to give a casting-vote.

=département=, _n.m._, distribution; department; line, business (province

or business assigned to a particular person). _Les —s de la France_; the

departments of France. _— des affaires étrangères_; foreign-office. _— de

l’intérieur_; home-office. _Cela n’est pas de son —_; that does not lie

in his province.

=départemental=, =-e=, _adj._, departmental.

=départir=, _v.a._, to distribute, to divide, to endow, to bestow, to

allot, to grant.

_se_ =départir=, _v.r._, to depart, to desist, to swerve, to deviate. _Il

s’est départi de sa demande_; he has desisted from his demand. _Se — de

son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty.

=dépassement=, _n.m._, over-extension, excess.

=dépasser=, _v.a._, to go beyond; to exceed, to surpass; to outsail; to

overreach, to overstep; to be higher _or_ taller; to draw out (ribbons).

_— ses pouvoirs_; to exceed one’s powers. _Il me dépasse de trois

pouces_; he is taller than I am by three inches.

=dépâtissage=, _n.m._, sorting (of type).

=dépâtisser=, _v.a._, (print.) to sort and distribute (type).

=dépavage=, _n.m._, unpaving.

=dépaver=, _v.a._, to unpave, to take up the pavement.

=dépaysé=, =-e=, _part._, away from home, out of one’s element. _Se

trouver — dans une société_; to feel out of one’s element.

=dépayser= (-pè-i-zé), _v.a._, to take, to send from home; to remove; to

put out; to put on a wrong scent.

_se_ =dépayser=, _v.r._, to leave one’s home; to go abroad; to get out of

one’s element.

=dépècement= (-pès-mān), _n.m._, cutting up, cutting in pieces, carving,

breaking up, tearing up; dismemberment; eating away (of the sea).

=dépecer= (dép-sé), _v.a._, to cut up, to carve, to cut in pieces; to

dismember; to eat away. _— une volaille_; to cut up a fowl. _— de la

viande_; to carve meat.

=dépeceur=, _n.m._, carver, cutter, meat-dresser.

=dépêche=, _n.f._, dispatch (letter on affairs of state); (com.)

correspondence, mail, telegram. _Les —s_; the post-bag. _Faire les —s_;

to make up the dispatches, the mails.

_à_ =dépêche-compagnon=, _adv._, hurriedly, carelessly. _Travailler à —_;

to hurry over one’s work. _Se battre à —_; to give no quarter in fighting.

_se_ =dépêcher=, _v.r._, to make haste, to look sharp. _Dépêchez-vous_;

make haste.

=dépêcher=, _v.a._, to send off dispatches, a courier, a messenger; to

dispatch; to be quick, to do things quickly, to hasten; to make way with

any one, to kill.

=dépêcher=, _v.n._, to dispatch, to hurry off, to send off a courier,

_or_ messenger, in haste. _On a dépêché à Vienne_; a courier has been

sent to Vienna.

=dépeçoir=, _n.m._, chopping-knife.

=dépeindre=, _v.a._, to depict; to describe; to portray; to paint; to

represent.

=dépelotonner=, _v.a._, to unwind.

_se_ =dépelotonner=, _v.r._, to become unwound.

*=dépenaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) tattered, ragged, in rags; ill-clad;

slatternly; emaciated.

*=dépenaillement=, _n.m._, raggedness; faded appearance (of the face).

=dépendamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) dependently.

=dépendance=, _n.f._, dependence; appendage; out-house; offices;

out-building. _Être dans la — de quelqu’un_; to be dependent on any one.

_Tenir quelqu’un dans la —_; to keep any one in a state of dependancy.

=dépendant=, =-e=, _adj._, dependent. _En —_; (nav.) edging off.

=dépendre=, _v.a._, to take down; to unhang.

=dépendre=, _v.n._, to depend; to be dependent; to rest. _Cela dépend de

moi_; that depends on, rests with, me.

=dépens=, _n.m.pl._, expense, cost. _Vivre aux — d’autrui_; to live at

other people’s expense. _Faire la guerre à ses —_; to play a losing game.

_Il a gagné son procès avec —_; (jur.) he gained his lawsuit with costs.

=dépense=, _n.f._, expense; expenditure; outlay, waste, flow; steward’s

office; pantry. _pl._, supplies. _Comité des —s_; committee of supplies.

_De folles —s_; extravagant expense. _—s de bouche_; living expenses.

_La — du ménage_; household expense. _Sa — excède ses revenus_; his

expenditure exceeds his income. _Ne pas plaindre la —_; not to spare

expense. _Faire de la —_; to spend money. _Faire la —_; to do the

housekeeping. _Aimer la —_; to like spending money.

=dépenser=, _v.a._, to spend, to expend; to consume; (b.s.) to waste. _Il

aime à —_; he is fond of spending. _Se —_; to be spent.

=dépensi-er=, =-ère=, _n._, _adj._, extravagant person, spendthrift;

extravagant.

=dépensier=, _n.m._, burser; (nav.) purser’s steward.

=déperdition=, _n.f._, deperdition, loss, waste; (med.) discharge.

=dépérir=, _v.n._, to perish, to decline, to pine away, to waste, to

wither, to dwindle, to waste away, to decay, to go to ruin.

=dépérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, wasting away, decay, withering,

falling away.

=dépersuader=, _v.a._, to dissuade.

=dépêtrer=, _v.a._, to disentangle, to extricate, to disengage, to clear,

to free.

_se_ =dépêtrer=, _v.r._, to get out of; to rid one’s self of, to get

clear of.

=dépeuplement=, _n.m._, depopulation; thinning (of forests).

=dépeupler=, _v.a._, to unpeople, to depopulate, to unstock, to thin. _—

un colombier_; to unstock a pigeon-house. _— une forêt_; to thin a forest.

_se_ =dépeupler=, _v.r._, to be depopulated, to be unstocked.

=dépiécer=, _v.a._ _V._ =dépecer=.

=dépilage=, _n.m._, taking off the hair _or_ the fleece (of hides).

=dépilati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, depilatory.

=dépilation=, _n.f._, depilation.

=dépilatoire=, _n.m._, depilatory.

_se_ =dépiler=, _v.r._, to lose the hair (of animals).

=dépiquage=, _n.m._, (agri.) treading out (corn, etc.).

=dépiquer=, _v.a._, to unquilt, to unstitch; to cheer up. _— quelqu’un_;

to cheer any one; to put any one in a better humor; (gard.) to transplant.

_se_ =dépiquer=, _v.r._, to recover one’s good humor; to recoup one’s

self.

=dépister=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to track; to ferret out, to hunt out; to

throw off the scent.

=dépit=, _n.m._, spite, vexation. _Avoir du —_; to be vexed. _Il pleurait

de —_; he wept for vexation. _Faire quelque chose par —_; to do a thing

out of spite. _En — de_; in spite of. _Ecrire en — du bon sens_; to write

nonsense.

=dépiter=, _v.a._, to vex, to spite.

_se_ =dépiter=, _v.r._, to be vexed, to be in a pet, to get out of temper.

=déplacé=, =-e=, _part._, displaced, misplaced, ill-timed, unbecoming.

_Discours —_; uncalled for speech.

=déplacement= (dé-plas-mān), _n.m._, displacement, change of place;

removal.

=déplacer=, _v.a._, to displace, to misplace, to remove, to change.

_se_ =déplacer=, _v.r._, to change one’s place, to leave one’s place,

one’s residence; (of things) to be displaced.

=déplaire=, _v.n._, to displease, to offend; to incur the displeasure of

any one; to be unpleasant, disagreeable, to give offense. _Ne vous en

déplaise_; with your leave, if you don’t mind. _N’en déplaise à_; with

all due deference to.

_se_ =déplaire=, _v.r._, to dislike, to be displeased with, to displease

each other; not to thrive (of animals, plants). _Je ne me déplairais pas

ici_; I should not dislike living here. _Les troupeaux se déplaisent dans

ce lieu-là_; the flocks do not thrive in that place.

=déplaisance=, _n.f._, dislike, aversion.

=déplaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, obnoxious.

=déplaisir=, _n.m._, displeasure, dislike, annoyance, grief, sorrow,

trouble, affliction.

=déplantage=, _n.m._, _or_ =déplantation=, _n.f._, displanting.

=déplanter=, _v.a._, to displant.

=déplantoir=, _n.m._, (gard.) trowel.

=déplâtrage=, _n.m._, unplastering.

=déplâtrer=, _v.a._, (mas.) to unplaster.

=dépleurer=, _v.n._, to cease weeping.

=déplier=, _v.a._, to unfold, to open; to lay out, display (goods).

=déplissage=, _n.m._, unplaiting.

=déplisser=, _v.a._, to unplait.

_se_ =déplisser=, _v.r._, to come out of plait.

=déploiement= _or_ =déploîment= (dé-ploa-mān), _n.m._, display,

unfolding; (milit.) deployment.

=déplombage=, _n.m._, unstopping; unsealing.

=déplomber=, _v.a._, to unlead, to unload (a stick); to unstop (a tooth).

=déplorable=, _adj._, deplorable, lamentable, wretched.

=déplorablement=, _adv._, deplorably, lamentably, wretchedly.

=déplorer=, _v.a._, to deplore, to bewail, to lament, to mourn; to regret.

=déployé=, =-e=, _adj._, unfolded, displayed, open. _Voguer à voiles

—es_; (nav.) to be under full sail. _À gorge —e_; at the top of one’s

voice, lustily, with all one’s might.

=déployer=, _v.a._, to unfold, to unroll, to unfurl, to set out, to

display, to open, to show, to stretch, to spread; (milit.) to deploy. _—

les voiles_; to spread the sails. _— toute son éloquence_; to put forth

all one’s eloquence.

_se_ =déployer=, _v.r._, to unroll, to display one’s self; (milit.) to

deploy.

=déplumé=, =-e=, _adj._, unplumed, unfeathered.

=déplumer=, _v.a._, to unplume, to deprive of feathers; to pluck, to pick.

_se_ =déplumer=, _v.r._, to molt, to shed feathers.

=dépocher=, _v.a.n._, to take out of one’s pocket; to fork out, stump up.

=dépolir=, _v.a._, to take off the polish. _— du verre_; to rough glass.

_Le feu dépolit le marbre_; fire takes the polish off marble.

=dépolissage=, _n.m._, (of glass) roughing.

=déponent=, _adj._, _n.m._, (gram.) deponent.

=dépopulariser=, _v.a._, to render unpopular.

_se_ =dépopulariser=, _v.r._, to become unpopular.

=dépopulation=, _n.m._, depopulation.

=déport=, _n.m._, delay; (jur.) challenging one’s self; (on change)

backwardation.

=déportation=, _n.f._, deportation (transportation), exile, banishment.

=déporté=, _n.m._, person sentenced to deportation; transport, convict.

=déportements=, _n.m.pl._, misconduct; evil-doings.

=déporter=, _v.a._, to deport, to transport for life; to banish, to exile.

_se_ =déporter=, _v.r._, to desist from. _Se — de ses prétentions_; to

withdraw one’s claims.

=déposant=, =-e=, _adj._, depositing; giving evidence.

=déposant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, deponent; witness; bailer.

=déposer=, _v.a._, to lay down; to lay aside; to strip, to divest, to

depose; to deposit; to give evidence; to lodge (a complaint). _On le

déposa de sa charge_; he was removed from office. _— son bilan_; to file

one’s schedule.

=déposer=, _v.n._, to settle, to leave a sediment (of liquids); to give

evidence.

=dépositaire=, _n.m._, depositary, trustee, guardian; consignee.

=déposition=, _n.f._, deposition, deprivation; deposing; évidence. _La —

porte que_; the evidence says that.

=déposséder=, _v.a._, to dispossess, to oust.

=dépossesseur=, _n.m._, dispossessor.

=dépossession=, _n.f._, dispossession, deprivation.

=déposter=, _v.a._, to drive from a post, to dislodge.

=dépôt=, _n.m._, depositing, deposit, trust; lodgment (of money);

depository, warehouse; depot, agency; sediment, settling. _— de

mendicité_; poorhouse, workhouse. _Faire un —_; to make a deposit. _En

—_; as a deposit in trust; (com.) on sale.

=dépotage=, _n.m._, decanting.

=dépoter=, _v.a._, to take out of a pot; to decant.

=dépotoir=, _n.m._, general deposit of night-soil.

=dépoudrer=, _v.a._, to unpowder.

_se_ =dépoudrer=, _v.r._, to unpowder one’s hair.

*=dépouille=, _n.f._, spoil; slough, skin, hide; wardrobe (of persons

deceased); remains; spoils, booty; crop; exuviæ. _— mortelle_; mortal

remains. _La — d’un serpent_; the slough of a serpent. _L’âme quitta sa

— mortelle_; the soul forsook its earthly tenement. _Il a laissé sa — à

un tel_; he left his wardrobe to such a one. _—s opimes_; spolia opima.

_Il s’enrichit des —s d’autrui_; he enriches himself with the spoils of

others.

*=dépouillé=, =-e=, _part._, stripped; naked. _Jouer au roi —_; (fig. and

fam.) to compass the ruin of any one.

*=dépouillement= (dé-poo-i-mān), _n.m._, spoliation; despoiling;

privation; scrutiny (of a ballot-box); abstract (of an account). _Au — du

scrutin_; on the counting of the votes.

*=dépouiller=, _v.a._, to unclothe; to strip; to skin, to lay bare; to

despoil, to deprive; to throw off; to cast off (of insects); to lay

aside; to gather (crops); to inspect (a ballot-box); to present an

abstract (of accounts). _— ses vêtements_; to throw off one’s clothes. _—

une anguille_; to skin an eel.

_se_ *=dépouiller=, _v.r._, to shed its skin (of insects and animals); to

molt; to divest one’s self of; to strip one’s self of; to throw off; to

dispense with; to renounce.

=dépouilleur=, _n.m._, teller (of votes by ballot).

=dépourvoir=, _v.a._, to leave unprovided _or_ destitute.

_se_ =dépourvoir=, _v.r._, to leave one’s self unprovided. _Se —

d’argent_; to leave one’s self without cash.

=dépourvu=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute, unprovided, devoid. _Au —_;

unawares. _Pris au —_; caught napping.

=dépravation=, _n.f._, depravity, depravement; depravation.

=dépravé=, =-e=, _adj._, vitiated, depraved. _Goût —_; depraved taste.

=dépraver=, _v.a._, to vitiate, to deprave.

_se_ =dépraver=, _v.r._, to become vitiated, depraved. _Son goût se

déprave_; his taste is becoming vitiated.

=déprécati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (theol.) deprecatory.

=déprécation=, _n.f._, deprecation.

=dépréciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, depreciator.

=dépréciation=, _n.f._, dépréciation.

=déprécier=, _v.a._, to depreciate, to undervalue, to slight; to run

down, to disparage; to underrate.

_se_ =déprécier=, _v.r._, to depreciate one’s self; (of things) to fall

in value.

=déprédat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, depredator.

=déprédat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, predatory.

=déprédation=, _n.f._, plundering, depredation, malversation.

=dépréder=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to depredate, to plunder.

=déprendre=, _v.a._, to loosen, to part.

_se_ =déprendre=, _v.r._, to get detached _or_ loose; to give up, to

renounce.

=dépression=, _n.f._, hollow, depression, falling in; (astron., anat.,

surg.) depression.

=déprier=, _v.a._, to disinvite.

=déprimer=, _v.a._, to press down, to depress; to underrate.

_se_ =déprimer=, _v.a._, to be flattened, depressed.

=déprisant=, =-e=, _adj._, depreciating.

=dépriser=, _v.a._, to undervalue, to underrate; to disparage.

=de profundis= (-fon-dis), _n.m._, (c.rel.) de profundis.

=dépuceler=, _v.a._, to deflower.

=depuis=, _adv._, since, afterwards, ever after, since that time. _Je ne

l’ai point vu —_; I have not seen him since.

=depuis=, _prep._, since, from, after, for the last. _— la création du

monde_; since the creation of the world. _— peu_; lately. _— quand?_ how

long since? _— deux ans_; two years since. _— longtemps_; for a long

time. _— ce temps-là_; ever after; since then. _— quelque temps_; for

some time.

=depuis que=, _conj._, since. _— — vous êtes parti_; since you went away.

=dépurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, depurative.

=dépuration=, _n.f._, depuration.

=dépuratoire=, _adj._, depuratory.

=dépurer=, _v.a._, to depurate.

=députation=, _n.f._, deputation; deputyship.

=député=, _n.m._, deputy, delegate; M.P.

=députer=, _v.a._, to depute, to send.

=députer=, _v.n._, to send a deputation.

=déracinement= (-si-n-mān), _n.m._, rooting up, eradication.

=déraciner=, _v.a._, to root up, to pluck up, to pull up by the root,

to eradicate, extirpate. _— un cor_; to cut out a corn. _— un mal_; to

eradicate an evil.

_se_ =déraciner=, _v.r._, to unroot, to be torn up by the roots.

=dérader=, _v.n._, (nav.) to be driven out to sea.

=déraidir=, _v.a._, to unstiffen, to make pliant, to soften.

_se_ =déraidir=, _v.r._, to grow pliant, soft, supple.

*=déraillement=, _n.m._, running off the rails.

*=dérailler=, _v.n._, to run off the rails, to leave the metals.

*=dérailler=, _v.a._, to throw off the rails.

=déraison=, _n.f._, unreasonableness, folly, irrationality,

preposterousness.

=déraisonnable=, _adj._, senseless, unreasonable, void of reason,

preposterous.

=déraisonnablement=, _adv._, unreasonably, irrationally, preposterously.

=déraisonnement=, _n.m._, irrational talk.

=déraisonner=, _v.n._, to reason falsely, to talk nonsense, to talk

irrationally.

=dérangé=, =-e=, _adj._, out of order, deranged, crazy; unwell, out of

sorts. _Estomac —_; disordered stomach.

=dérangement= (dé-rānj-mān), _n.m._, derangement, discomposure, trouble,

embarrassment; disorder, disturbance.

=déranger=, _v.a._, to derange, to put out of its place, out of order,

to displace; to discompose; to disconcert, to incommode, to put out of

sorts, to unsettle, to disturb, to upset. _Cela m’a tout dérangé_; that

has quite disconcerted me. _La moindre chose le dérange_; the least thing

in the world unsettles _or_ upsets him.

_se_ =déranger=, _v.r._, to be deranged; to get out of order; to be

unwell; to trouble _or_ disturb oneself; to misconduct oneself; to lead a

disorderly life.

=déraper=, _v.n._, (nav.) to get atrip; to side-slip (of bicycles).

_L’ancre a dérapé_; the anchor is atrip. _Faire — une ancre_; to trip an

anchor.

=dérâper=, _v.a._, to pick (grapes) from the bunch.

=dératé=, =-e=, _adj._, deprived of spleen, lively; cunning, sharp.

_Courir comme un —_; to go like a shot; to run like a greyhound.

=dérater=, _v.a._, to take out, to extract, the spleen.

=derby=, _n.m._, derby.

=derechef=, _adv._, over again, afresh, anew, again.

=déréglé=, =-e=, _adj._, irregular, intemperate; exorbitant; unruly;

dissolute, profligate, lawless. _Vie —e_; irregular life. _Appétit —_;

immoderate appetite. _Imagination —e_; disordered imagination. _Désirs

—s_; inordinate desires. _Une conduite —e_; disorderly conduct.

=déréglement=, _n.m._, intemperateness; irregularity; unruliness, riot,

disorder; dissoluteness, licentiousness, profligacy. _Vivre dans le —_;

to lead a disorderly life.

=déréglément=, _adv._, disorderly, inordinately, intemperately,

dissolutely, loosely.

=dérégler=, _v.a._, to put out of order, to disorder.

_se_ =dérégler=, _v.r._, to be out of order, to be deranged; to lead a

disorderly life.

=dérêner=, _v.n._, to unrein, to unbridle.

=dérider=, _v.a._, to unwrinkle, to take away the wrinkles, to smooth, to

clear, to cheer up. _La joie déride le front_; joy smooths the brow.

_se_ =dérider=, _v.r._, to unbend one’s brow; to cheer up; to relax, to

unbend.

=dérimer=, _v.a._, to turn verse into prose.

=dérision=, _n.f._, derision, mockery, ridicule. _Par —_; out of

ridicule. _Tourner tout en —_; to turn everything into ridicule.

=dérisoire=, _adj._, derisive, derisory, mocking.

=dérivati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, derivative.

=dérivatif=, _n.m._, derivative, counter-irritant.

=dérivation=, _n.f._, derivation.

=dérive=, _n.f._, drift, lee-way. _En_ or _À la —_; adrift. _Avoir belle

—_; (nav.) to have good sea-room.

=dérivé=, =-e=, _adj._, derivative; drifted.

=dérivé=, _n.m._, (gram.) derivative.

=dériver=, _v.n._, to be derived; to get clear of the shore; (nav.) to

drift; to derive, to proceed from. _Faire —_; to derive.

=dériver=, _v.a._, to derive; to divert, turn off (of rivers).

=derme=, _n.m._, (anat.) derma.

=derni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, last; highest, greatest, vilest, meanest;

youngest (of a family of children); (mus.) closing. _En — lieu_; in the

last place. _En — ressort_; as a last appeal. _Rendre le — soupir_;

to breathe one’s last. _C’est la —e lettre qu’il ait écrite_; it is

the last letter he wrote. _Mettre la —e main à quelque chose_; to put

the finishing touch to anything. _Une affaire de la —e importance_; an

affair of the greatest importance. _Arriver au — degré_; to arrive at the

highest degree. _Cela est du — ridicule_; that is ridiculous to a degree.

_Aux —s les bons morceaux_; last come, best served.

=derni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, last; end of the gallery (tennis).

_Le — des hommes_; the vilest of men. _Jusqu’au —_; to the last.

_Dernier-né_, (_—s-—s_) last born male child.

=dernièrement=, _adv._, lately, of late, latterly, recently.

=dérobé=, =-e=, _part._, stolen, hidden, secret, concealed; spare,

leisure (of time); (arch.) private. _Escalier —_; private staircase.

_Fèves —es_; beans taken out of their skins. _À la —e_; by stealth,

clandestinely. _S’en aller à la —e_; to steal away, to slip out. _Heures

—es_; leisure hours.

=dérober=, _v.a._, to rob, to steal, to pilfer, to plunder, to purloin;

to conceal, to hide, to protect, to screen, to shelter; to shell (beans).

_— quelqu’un à la justice_; to screen anyone from justice.

_se_ =dérober=, _v.r._, to steal away, to escape, to disappear, to avoid,

to shun. _Il s’est dérobé_; he has stolen away. _Se — à la justice_; to

fly from justice. _Le vaisseau se déroba bientôt à la vue_; the ship was

soon lost to view.

=dérochage=, _n.m._, scouring (of metals).

=dérocher=, _v.a._, to scour (of metals).

=dérogation=, _n.f._, derogation.

=dérogatoire=, _adj._, derogatory.

=dérogeance=, _n.f._, forfeiture (of nobility).

=dérogeant=, =-e= (-jānt, -t), _adj._, derogatory.

=déroger=, _v.n._, to derogate; to take away, to detract; to condescend;

to stoop. _— à l’usage établi_; to act contrary to established custom. _—

à la noblesse_; to forfeit one’s nobility.

☉=déroidir=. _V._ =déraidir=.

=dérougir=, _v.a._, to take off the redness.

_se_ =dérougir=, _v.r._, to lose its redness.

=dérougir=, _v.n._, to lose its redness.

*=dérouillement=, _n.m._, removal of rust.

*=dérouiller=, _v.a._, to remove the rust, to polish, to brighten up.

*_se_ =dérouiller=, _v.r._, to lose its rust; to rub off the rust; to

polish up; to read up a subject. _L’esprit se dérouille dans le grand

monde_; good company rubs the rust off one’s mind.

=déroulement= (dé-rool-mān), _n.m._, unrolling; production of the evolute

(of curves).

=dérouler=, _v.a._, to unroll; to spread out, to display; (geom.) to

produce the evolute. _— les merveilles de la création_; to unfold the

wonders of creation.

_se_ =dérouler=, _v.r._, to unroll, to unfold; to display itself; to

spread out; to open to the view; (of the waves) to roll in.

=déroute=, _n.f._, rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin; failure, disorder,

confusion. _Mettre une armée en —_; to rout an army. _Mettre quelqu’un

en —_; to confuse, to nonplus, to silence anyone. _En pleine —_; in full

flight. _Ses affaires sont en —_; he is in a bad way (financially).

=dérouter=, _v.a._, to embarrass, to bewilder; to disconcert, to

perplex; to baffle, to foil. _Je suis tout dérouté_; I am quite out of my

latitude.

=derrière=, _prep._, behind, behind one’s back. _Laisser loin — soi_; to

leave far behind one. _Regardez — vous_; look behind you.

=derrière=, _adv._, behind. _Par —_; from behind. _Porte de —_;

back-door; (fig.) evasion.

=derrière=, _n.m._, hind, hinder part; posteriors; tail-board (of a

cart); breech. _Être logé sur le —_; to lodge at the back of the house.

_Montrer le —_; to turn tail, to show the white feather.

=derviche= _or_ =dervis=, _n.m._, dervis.

=des=, _art.pl._, of the; from the. _V._ =de=.

=dès=, _prep._, from, since, as early as. _— le point du jour_; from

break of day. _— le berceau_; from the cradle. _— à présent_; from this

moment, forthwith, henceforth. _— lors_; from that time.

=dès que=, _conj._, when, as soon as; since. _Dès qu’il parut_; as soon

as he appeared. _— —_ (for _du moment que_) _vous le souhaitez_; since

you wish it.

=désabonnement=, _n.m._, withdrawal of subscription.

_se_ =désabonner=, _v.r._, to withdraw one’s subscription (from a

newspaper or periodical).

=désabuser=, _v.a._, to disabuse, to undeceive.

_se_ =désabuser=, _v.r._, to undeceive one’s self. _Désabusez-vous_;

undeceive yourself.

=désaccord=, _n.m._, disagreement; (mus.) discord. _Être en —_; to be at

variance. _Être en — avec soi-même_; to be inconsistant with one’s self.

=désaccorder=, _v.a._, to untune, to set at variance.

_se_ =désaccorder=, _v.r._, to get out of tune.

=désaccouplement=, _n.m._, uncoupling.

=désaccoupler=, _v.a._, to uncouple.

_se_ =désaccoupler=, _v.r._, to uncouple, to get uncoupled; to come

asunder.

=désaccoutumance=, _n.f._, want of custom.

=désaccoutumer=, _v.a._, to disaccustom.

_se_ =désaccoutumer=, _v.r._, to break one’s self of, to lose the habit

of. _Se — de faire une chose_; to leave off doing a thing.

=désachalandage=, _n.m._, loss of custom.

=désachalander=, _v.a._, to take away the customers, to drive away

customers.

=désaffection=, _n.f._, disaffection.

=désaffectionner=, _v.a._, to lose affection, to cause any one to lose

affection.

_se_ =désaffectionner=, _v.r._, to lose affection.

=désaffourcher=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unmoor _or_ heave up an anchor.

=désaffubler=, _v.a._, to unmuffle.

=désagencement=, _n.m._, throwing out of gear.

=désagencer=, _v.a._, to throw out of gear, to disarrange, to disorder.

=désagréable=, _adj._, disagreeable, unpleasant; unacceptable;

uncomfortable; obnoxious; unsightly; distasteful. _Cela est — à voir_;

that is displeasing to the sight.

=désagréablement=, _adv._, disagreeably, unpleasantly; unacceptably;

uncomfortably; obnoxiously.

=désagréer=, _v.a._, to displease. _Cela ne me désagrée pas_; I do not

dislike that.

☉=désagréer=, _v.a._, to unrig. _V._ =dégréer=.

=désagrégation=, _n.f._, disaggregation.

=désagréger=, _v.a._, to disaggregate.

_se_ =désagréger=, _v.r._, to become disaggregated, to break away, to be

rent asunder.

=désagrément=, _n.m._, disagreeableness; unpleasantness, defect; blemish;

annoyance, discomfort, vexation.

=désajustement=, _n.m._, disarrangement; disorder.

=désajuster=, _v.a._, to derange, to disarrange, to disturb, to put out

of order, to disorder.

_se_ =désajuster=, _v.r._, to become disarranged _or_ disturbed, to

get out of order. _Sa coiffure s’est désajustée_; her hair has become

disarranged.

=désalignement=, _n.m._, (milit.) breaking line, out of line.

=désaligner=, _v.a._, (milit.) to break the line.

_se_ =désaligner=, _v.r._, (milit.) to fall out of line.

=désallier=, _v.a._, to disunite (allies).

_se_ =désallier=, _v.r._, to break off an alliance.

=désaltérant=, =-e=, _adj._, thirst-quenching.

=désaltérer=, _v.a._, to quench the thirst, to refresh.

_se_ =désaltérer=, _v.r._, to quench one’s thirst.

=désamorcer=, _v.a._, to uncap (fire-arms).

☉=désancrer=, _v.n._, to weigh anchor.

*=désappareiller=. _V._ =dépareiller=.

=désapparier=, _v.a._, to unpair (birds).

=désappointement= (-point-mān), _n.m._, disappointment.

=désappointer=, _v.a._, to disappoint; ☉to strike soldiers off the rolls;

to unstitch.

=désapprendre=, _v.a._, to unlearn, to forget.

=désapprobat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, censurer, fault-finder.

=désapprobat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, disapproving, censuring, carping. _Un

geste —_; a gesture of disapprobation.

=désapprobation=, _n.f._, disapprobation, disapproval.

=désappropriation=, _n.f._, renunciation (of property).

_se_ =désapproprier=, _v.r._, to renounce (property).

=désapprouver=, _v.a._, to disapprove of, to blame.

=désarborer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strike, to haul down.

=désarçonner=, _v.a._, to dismount, to unsaddle, to unhorse, to pull off;

to baffle, to nonplus, to floor, to silence.

=désargenter=, _v.a._, to unsilver, to drain of money. _Ces emplettes

m’ont désargenté_; these purchases have emptied my purse.

_se_ =désargenter=, _v.r._, to become unsilvered, to lose its plating, to

spend all one’s money.

=désarmé=, =-e=, _part._, disarmed, unarmed.

=désarmement=, _n.m._, disarming, disarmament; (nav.) laying up.

=désarmer=, _v.a._, to disarm, to unarm, to appease, to calm; to foil;

to uncock (a gun); (nav.) to unship (oars); to lay up, to dismantle.

_Ses pleurs me désarmèrent_; her tears disarmed me. _— la colère de

quelqu’un_; to appease any one’s anger. _— un vaisseau_; to dismantle a

ship, to lay her up; to pay off the officers and crew.

=désarmer=, _v.n._, to disarm; (nav.) to be dismantled, to be paid off.

=désarrimer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to alter or shift the stowage in the hold.

=désarroi=, _n.m._, disorder, disarray, confusion, hurly-burly.

=désarticulation=, _n.f._, (surg.) amputation (in a joint).

=désarticuler=, _v.a._, to disjoint.

=désassemblage=, _n.m._, disjoining.

=désassembler=, _v.a._, to take to pieces, to separate.

=désassocier=, _v.a._, to dissociate.

=désassorti=, =-e=, _adj._, unmatched, ill-sorted; jarring, unsuitable.

=désassortiment=, _n.m._, unmatching; bad assortment; unpairing.

=désassortir=, _v.a._, to unmatch; to unstock.

=désastre=, _n.m._, disaster, break-down; failure.

=désastreusement= (-treûz-mān), _adv._, disastrously.

=désastreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disastrous, very sad. _C’est —_; it is sad

in the extreme.

=désavantage=, _n.m._, disadvantage; detriment, prejudice. _L’affaire a

tourné à leur —_; the business turned out to their detriment, or badly

for them. _Parler au — de quelqu’un_; to speak disparagingly of any one.

=désavantager=, _v.a._, to deprive of an advantage, to disadvantage, to

prejudice.

=désavantageusement= (-jeuz-mān), _adv._, disadvantageously,

disparagingly.

=désavantageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disadvantageous, detrimental,

prejudicial.

=désaveu=, _n.m._, disavowal, denial; recantation. _Il fait le — de cette

action_; he disowns that action.

=désaveugler=, _v.a._, to undeceive, to open the eyes of.

=désavouer=, _v.a._, to disown, to disclaim, to disavow, to deny; to

retract, to recant. _— sa signature_; to repudiate _or_ deny one’s

signature. _Cette mère a désavoué son enfant_; that mother has disowned

her child.

=descellement=, _n.m._, (mas.) loosening, unsealing.

=desceller=, _v.a._, to unseal; (mas.) to loosen.

_se_ =desceller=, _v.r._, to become unloosened _or_ unsealed; to get

loose.

=descendance=, _n.f._, descent, lineage, pedigree, birth, extraction.

=descendant=, =-e=, _adj._, descending, going down; (milit.) coming off

duty.

=descendant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, descendant, offspring, progeny.

=descendant=, _n.m._, (l.u.) ebb-tide.

=descendre=, _v.n._, to descend; to go down; to go down stairs; to come,

to step, to get down; to alight; to stay, to put up; to fall; to reach;

to come from; (nav.) to land; to ebb, to subside. _Descendez vite_; make

haste and come down. _— de cheval_; to dismount. _— de voiture_; to get

out of, _or_ to alight from, a carriage. _— d’un bateau_; to get out

of or off a boat. _— dans un puits_; to go down into a well. _La marée

descend_; the tide is ebbing. _— dans sa conscience_; to examine one’s

conscience. _Il descendit à l’hôtel_; he put up at the hotel. _Nous

descendîmes dans une île_; we landed on an island. _Il vaut mieux monter

que —_; it is better to rise than to fall.

=descendre=, _v.a._, to descend, to take down, to bring, to let down; to

go, to come, to get down; to set down; to land. _Descendez ce tableau_;

take that picture down. _Où vous descendrai-je?_ where shall I set you

down? _— la garde_; to come off guard. _Faire —_; to bring down, to fetch

down, to let down, to send down; to lower, to sink.

=descente=, _n.f._, descent; going down; taking down; subsiding (of

waters); dismounting; disembarkment; (fin.) run; declivity; irruption;

rupture, hernia; (milit.) coming off guard. _La justice a fait une — chez

lui_; the police have searched his house. _— de lit_; bedside carpet, rug.

=descriptible=, _adj._, describable.

=descripti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, descriptive.

=description=, _n.f._, description, inventory.

=desdits=, _m.pl._, =desdites=, _f.pl._, from the said.

=déséchouer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to get afloat; to get off.

=désemballage=, _n.m._, unpacking. _V._ =déballage=.

=désemballer=, _v.a._, to unpack. _On a désemballé les marchandises_; the

goods have been unpacked.

=désembarquement=, _n.m._, disembarkation, landing. _V._ =débarquement=.

=désembarquer=, _v.a._, to disembark, to land; to unship, to unlade.

=désembellir=, _v.n._, to lose one’s or its beauty.

=désemboîter=, _v.a._, to disjoint; to put out of socket; to dislocate.

_se_ =désemboîter=, _v.r._, to become disjointed.

=désembourber=, _v.a._, to draw out of the mire.

_se_ =désembourber=, _v.r._, to get out of the mire.

=désemparer=, _v.n._, to quit, to go away. _Sans —_; on the spot, at

once, without intermission.

=désemparer=, _v.a._, to quit, to clear out, to dislodge; (nav.) to

disable. _— un vaisseau_; to disable a ship.

=désempenné= (dé-zan-pèn-né), _adj._, stripped of its feathers.

=désempeser=, _v.a._, to unstarch.

_se_ =désempeser=, _v.r._, to become unstarched, limp.

=désemplir=, _v.a._, to make less full, to diminish the contents of. _—

un tonneau_; to part empty a cask.

_se_ =désemplir=, _v.r._, to become less full. _Ma bourse se désemplit_;

my purse is getting low.

=désemplir=, _v.n._, to grow empty, to become less full. _Sa maison ne

désemplit point_; his house is always full of company.

=désempoissonner=, _v.a._, to unstock (a pond).

=désenchantement= (-shānt-mān), _n.m._, disenchantment.

=désenchanter=, _v.a._, to disenchant.

_se_ =désenchanter=, _v.r._, to become disenchanted.

=désenchant-eur=, =-eresse=, _adj._, disenchanting.

=désenchâsser=, _v.a._, to unset (jewels).

=désenclaver=, _v.a._, to disenclose (land).

=désenclouer=, _v.a._, to take out a nail, to unnail. _— un canon_; to

unspike a cannon. _— un cheval_; to take a nail out of a horse’s foot.

=désencombrement=, _n.m._, disencumbrance; dispersing.

=désencombrer=, _v.a._, to disencumber; to clear.

=désenfiler=, _v.a._, to unthread, to unstring.

_se_ =désenfiler=, _v.r._, to come unthreaded _or_ unstrung.

=désenfler=, _v.a._, to reduce the swelling.

_se_ =désenfler=, _v.r._, to become less swollen.

=désenfler=, _v.n._, to become less swollen; to cease to be swollen.

=désenflure=, _n.f._, diminution, disappearance of a swelling.

=désengrener=, _v.a._, to throw out of gear.

=désenivrer=, _v.a._, to sober, to make sober again. _Il ne désenivre

pas_; he is always drunk.

_se_ =désenivrer=, _v.r._, to get sober again, to recover, to be cured

of. _Se — en dormant_; to sleep oneself sober.

=désenlaidir=, _v.a._, to render less ugly.

_se_ =désenlaidir=, _v.r._, to become less ugly.

=désennui=, _n.m._, amusement, recreation, diversion, distraction.

=désennuyer=, _v.a._, to enliven; to cheer, to divert, to amuse.

_se_ =désennuyer=, _v.r._, to find amusement; to divert oneself, to kill

time.

=désenrayer=, _v.a._, to unlock _or_ unskid.

=désenrayer=, _v.n._, to unskid.

=désenrhumer=, _v.a._, to cure of a cold. _v.n._ _Ne pas —_; to be never

without a cold.

_se_ =désenrhumer=, _v.r._, to cure, get rid of, one’s cold.

=désenrôlement=, _n.m._, (milit.) discharge.

=désenrôler=, _v.a._, to discharge.

=désenrouer=, _v.a._, to cure of hoarseness.

=désenrouer=, _v.n._ _Ne pas —_; to be always hoarse.

_se_ =désenrouer=, _v.r._, to cure one’s hoarseness.

=désensabler=, _v.a._, to get out of the mud _or_ sand.

=désensevelir= (-sĕv-lir), _v.a._, to unwrap; to unshroud; to exhume.

=désensevelissement=, _n.m._, unshrouding; exhumation, disinterment.

=désensorceler=, _v.a._, to unbewitch.

=désensorcellement=, _n.m._, unbewitching.

=désentêter=, _v.a._, to cure of obstinacy; to drive out of the head.

_se_ =désentêter=, _v.r._, to be cured of obstinacy _or_ infatuation. _Il

ne peut se — de cette opinion_; he cannot get that opinion out of his

head.

=désentortiller=, _v.a._, to untwist; to clear; to unravel.

=désentraver=, _v.a._, to unfetter, to untangle.

=désenverguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to unbend (sails).

=désert=, =-e=, _adj._, desert, solitary, wild, waste, unfrequented;

abandoned, deserted.

=désert=, _n.m._, desert, solitary place, waste, wilderness. _Prêcher au

—_; to speak to the wind.

=déserter=, _v.a._, to desert, to abandon, to forsake, to quit, to leave.

_— les drapeaux_; to desert one’s colors.

=déserter=, _v.n._, to desert, to leave. _— à l’ennemi_; to go over to

the enemy.

=déserteur=, _n.m._, deserter.

=désertion=, _n.f._, desertion.

=désespérance=, _n.f._, despair.

=désespérant=, =-e=, _adj._, desperate, hopeless, discouraging,

disheartening; distressing; provoking; matchless.

=désespéré=, =-e=, _part._, hopeless, desperate; disconsolate,

despondent, disheartened.

=désespéré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, madman, madwoman; person in despair.

_Se battre en —_; to fight desperately. _Agir en —_; to behave like a

madman.

=désespérément=, _adv._, desperately, despairingly; hopelessly.

=désespérer=, _v.n._, to despair, to despond, to give up all hope. _— de

quelqu’un_, _de quelque chose_; to despair of any one, of anything; to

give up any one, anything, for lost.

=désespérer=, _v.a._, to drive to despair; to dishearten; to dispirit; to

distress, to torment.

_se_ =désespérer=, _v.r._, to be in despair, to give way to despair, to

despond.

=désespoir=, _n.m._, despair; hopelessness, desperation, despondency;

grief, affliction. _Être au —_; to be in despair, distress; to be vexed,

grieved. _Mettre au —_; to drive to despair; to vex extremely. _Tomber

dans le —_; to sink into despair. _De —_; through despair. _En — de

cause_; as a last resource, shift.

*=déshabillé= (dé-za-), _n.m._, dishabille, undress. _— du matin_;

morning dress _or_ wrapper.

*=déshabiller= (dé-za-), _v.a._, to undress, to strip, to disrobe.

_se_ *=déshabiller= (dé-za-), _v.r._, to undress one’s self.

=déshabité=, =-e= (dé-za-), _adj._, uninhabited, deserted.

=déshabituer= (dé-za-), _v.a._, to unaccustom, to break of.

_se_ =déshabituer= (dé-za-), _v.r._, to unaccustom one’s self; to break

one’s self of. _Se — d’une chose_; to leave off doing a thing.

=déshérence= (dé-zé-), _n.f._, (jur.) escheat.

=déshéritement= (dé-zé-), _n.m._, disinheritance.

=déshériter= (dé-zé-), _v.a._, to disinherit.

=désheurer= (dé-zeu-), _v.a._, (fam., l.u.) to derange the hours of, to

disturb.

_se_ =désheurer= (dé-zeu-), _v.r._, (fam., l.u.) to change one’s hours;

to disturb one’s self; (of clocks) to strike one time and mark another;

to strike wrong.

=déshonnête= (dé-zo-), _adj._, immodest, indecent, shameful; dishonest.

=déshonnêtement= (dé-zo-nêt-mān), _adv._, indecently, immodestly,

shamefully; dishonestly.

=déshonnêteté= (dé-zo-nêt-té), _n.f._, (l.u.) indecency, immodesty;

dishonesty.

=déshonneur= (dé-zo-), _n.m._, dishonor; disgrace, shame, discredit.

_Il a mis le comble à son —_; he has put the finishing stroke to his

dishonor. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to disgrace any one. ☉_C’est me prier de

mon —_; that is asking me to dishonor myself. _Tenir à —_; to look upon

as dishonorable.

=déshonorable= (dé-zo-), _adj._, dishonorable, disgraceful.

=déshonorablement= (dé-zo-), _adv._, dishonorably.

=déshonorant=, =-e= (dé-zo-), _adj._, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful.

=déshonorer= (dé-zo-), _v.a._, to dishonor, to bring to shame, to bring

shame upon, to disgrace, to tarnish, to disparage.

_se_ =déshonorer= (dé-zo-), _v.r._, to dishonor one’s self, to disgrace

one’s self.

=desideratum=, _n.m._, (_desiderata_, _pl._), desideratum.

*=désignati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, indicative.

*=désignation=, _n.f._, designation, indication; nomination, choice,

election.

*=désigné=, =-e=, _part._, appointed, indicated, prescribed. _À l’heure

—e_; at the appointed hour.

*=désigner=, _v.a._, to designate, to describe; to dénote, to betoken; to

appoint, to fix; to assign, to elect, to nominate, to choose, to point

out; to name, to call.

=désillusion=, _n.f._, =désillusionnement=, _n.m._, disillusion;

disappointment.

=désillusionner=, _v.a._, to undeceive, to disillusionize, to disappoint.

=désincorporer=, _v.a._, to disincorporate, to separate, to disunite, to

disembody.

=désinence=, _n.f._, (gram.) termination, ending.

=désinfatuer=, _v.a._, to disabuse, to undeceive, to dispel the

infatuation of.

_se_ =désinfatuer=, _v.r._, to cease to be infatuated.

=désinfectant=, _adj._, disinfecting.

=désinfectant=, _n.m._, disinfectant.

=désinfecter=, _v.a._, to disinfect, to purify.

_se_ =désinfecter=, _v.r._, to become disinfected.

=désinfection=, _n.f._, disinfection, fumigation.

=désintéressé=, =-e=, _adj._, uninterested; disinterested; unselfish,

impartial, unbiased; indemnified.

=désintéressement= (-rès-mān), _n.m._, impartiality; indifference;

disinterestedness, self-denial.

=désintéressement=, _adv._, (l.u.) disinterestedly.

=désintéresser=, _v.a._, to indemnify; to buy out the interest of; to

refund, to repay.

*=désinterligner=, _v.a._, (print.) to unlead.

=désinvestir=, _v.a._, (law) to devest; to deprive, to divest; (mil.) to

raise the siege of.

=désinviter=, _v.a._, to recall an invitation.

=désinvolte=, _adj._, free, easy, unconstrained.

=désinvolture=, _n.f._, easy _or_ graceful bearing _or_ gait; ease,

gracefulness.

=désir=, _n.m._, desire, wish; longing. _— déréglé_; inordinate desire.

_Au gré de ses —s_; agreeably to his wishes. _Brûler du — de_; to long to

do.

=désirable=, _adj._, desirable.

=désirer=, _v.a._, to desire, to wish for, to long for, to want. _Que

désirez-vous de moi?_ what do you want of _or_ with me? _Cet ouvrage ne

laisse rien à —_; this work is most satisfactory in all respects. _À —_;

desirable. _Cela laisse à —_; there is room for improvement.

=désireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, desirous, anxious, eager (to).

=désistement=, _n.m._, desistance, (law) nonsuit.

_se_ =désister=, _v.r._, to desist from, to give over, to abandon, to

renounce, (jur.) to waive.

=dès lors=, _adv._ _V._ =dès=.

=desman=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) musk-rat.

=désobéir=, _v.n._, to refuse to obey; to disobey.

=désobéissance=, _n.f._, disobedience; undutifulness; (jur.) contumacy.

=désobéissant=, =-e=, _adj._, disobedient; undutiful.

=désobligeamment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, disobligingly; unkindly.

=désobligeance=, _n.f._, unkindness; lack of complaisance.

=désobligeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, disobliging; unkind; uncivil.

=désobligeante= (-jant), _n.f._, carriage for two.

=désobliger=, _v.a._, to disoblige; to displease.

=désobstruant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstruant=, _n.m._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstructi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstructi-f=, _n.m._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstruer=, _v.a._, to clear from obstruction, to free, to deobstruct.

=désoccupation=, _n.f._, inactivity, want of employment, leisure. _V._

=désœuvrement=.

=désoccupé=, =-e=, _adj._, unemployed, unoccupied; at leisure; idle.

=désœuvré=, =-e=, _adj._, unoccupied, idle, unemployed. _Être —_; to be

unemployed. _Le temps pèse aux gens —s_; time hangs heavily on the hands

of idlers.

=désœuvrement=, _n.m._, want of occupation, idleness.

=désolant=, =-e=, _adj._, disheartening, grievous, afflicting,

distressing, dispiriting; mortifying, provoking, unbearable, tiresome.

=désolateur=, _n.m._, spoiler, ravager, destroyer. _adj._, desolating,

ravaging, destructive.

=désolation=, _n.f._, desolation, disconsolateness, affliction, grief,

vexation.

=désolé=, =-e=, _part._, afflicted, disconsolate, broken-hearted, in

great distress; very sorry; grieved. _Je suis —, mais il m’est impossible

de venir_; I am very sorry, but I cannot possibly come.

=désoler=, _v.a._, to desolate, to lay waste, to waste, to devastate;

to afflict, to grieve, to make disconsolate, to drive mad; to vex; to

pester, to harass, to annoy, to torment. _La mort de son ami le désole_;

the death of his friend cuts him to the quick. _Ce retard me désole_;

this delay vexes me.

_se_ =désoler=, _v.r._, to grieve, to give one’s self up to affliction,

to pine with grief, to be disconsolate.

=désopilant=, =-e=, _adj._, funny, laughable, side-splitting; (med.)

deobstruent.

=désopilant=, _n.m._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désopilati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) deobstruent, opening.

=désopilation=, _n.f._, (med.) deobstruction, clearance.

=désopiler=, _v.a._, (med.) to deobstruct, to clear. _Cela désopile la

rate_; that dispels the spleen.

_se_ =désopiler=, _v.r._, to brighten up, to cheer up.

=désordonné=, =-e=, _adj._, disorderly; dissolute, unruly, inordinate;

immoderate, extravagant. _Appétit —_; immoderate appetite.

=désordonnément=, _adv._, disorderly, irregularly; inordinately,

immoderately, excessively.

=désordonner=, _v.a._, to disorder, to disturb.

_se_ =désordonner=, _v.r._, to become disordered.

=désordre=, _n.m._, disorder, confusion; licentiousness; disorderly life;

riot, debauchery; discomposure, perturbation; variance, dissension,

discord; disturbance; devastation. _Vivre dans le —_; to lead a riotous

life. _Il a l’esprit en —_; his mind is in a state of perturbation.

_Les passions mettent le — dans l’âme_; the passions discompose the

soul. _Faire cesser le —_; to put an end to the disturbance. _En —_; in

disorder.

=désorganisat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, disorganizer; disorganizing.

=désorganisation=, _n.f._, disorganization.

=désorganiser=, _v.a._, to disorganize.

_se_ =désorganiser=, _v.r._, to become disorganized.

=désorienter=, _v.a._, to put any one out of his reckoning; to lead

astray; to mislead; to bewilder; to put out, to disconcert, to put out of

countenance. _Être désorienté_; to lose one’s way _or_ one’s bearings; to

be out of one’s element _or_ of one’s reckoning. _Notre guide était tout

à fait désorienté_; our guide was quite out of his reckoning.

=désormais=, _adv._, henceforth, hereafter, from this time.

=désossement= (dé-zos-mān), _n.m._, boning.

=désosser=, _v.a._, to bone. _Une dinde désossée_; a boned turkey.

_se_ =désosser=, _v.r._, to become disjointed.

=désourdir= (dé-zoor-), _v.a._, (l.u.) to unweave; to unravel.

=désoxydation=, _n.f._, (chem.) disoxidation, deoxidation.

=désoxyder=, _v.a._, (chem.) to disoxidate, to deoxidate.

_se_ =désoxyder=, _v.r._, to disoxidate, to deoxidize; to become

deoxidized.

=désoxygénation=, _n.f._, (chem.) disoxygenation.

=désoxygéner=, _v.a._, (chem.) to disoxygenate.

_se_ =désoxygéner=, _v.r._, to become disoxygenated.

=despote=, _n.m._, despot.

=despotique=, _adj._, despotic, despotical.

=despotiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, despotically.

=despotisme=, _n.m._, despotism.

=despumation=, _n.f._, (chem.) despumation.

=despumer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to despumate, to skim.

=desquamation= (-koua-), _n.f._, desquamation.

=dessabler=, _v.a._, to clear of sand.

=dessaboté=, =-e=, _adj._, unhoofed (of horses).

=dessaisir=, _v.a._, to dispossess.

_se_ =dessaisir=, _v.r._, to deprive one’s self of, to give up, to part

with.

=dessaisissement= (-zis-mān), _n.m._, parting with, cession, abandonment.

=dessaisonner=, _v.a._, (agri.) to change the rotation of crops; to grow

out of season.

=dessalé=, =-e=, _part._, unsalted, soaked; sharp, cunning.

=dessalé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, sharp fellow, sharp woman, knowing

person.

=dessalement=, _n.m._, clearing of salt, soaking.

=dessaler=, _v.a._, to remove salt from meat; to soak.

_se_ =dessaler=, _v.r._, to become less salt.

=dessangler=, _v.a._, to ungirth, to loosen the girth.

=desséchant=, =-e=, _adj._, drying.

=desséché=, =-e=, _part._, dried up; desiccated. _Des ossements —s_;

dried bones. _Des marais —s_; drained marshes.

=desséchement= (-sésh-mān), _n.m._, drying up, drainage, dryness;

emaciation.

=dessécher=, _v.a._, to dry, to dry up; to parch; to drain; to wither; to

waste, to emaciate.

_se_ =dessécher=, _v.r._, to dry up, to become dry; to be drained; to

wither; to waste away.

=dessein=, _n.m._, design, intention, intent; resolution; plan, scheme,

purpose, view. _Le — en est formé_; the resolution is taken. _Cacher son

—_; to hide one’s purpose. _Former le — de faire une chose_; to intend to

do a thing. _Changer de —_; to alter one’s mind. _Avoir — de_; to intend.

_Avoir de grands —s_; to have great views. _De — prémédité_; of set

purpose. _À —_; designedly, on purpose, intentionally. _À bon —_; with

a good intention. _À — de_; in order to, with the object of. _À — que_;

that, to the end that. _Sans —_; undesignedly, unintentionally.

=desseller=, _v.a._, to unsaddle.

=dessemelé=, =-e=, _adj._, without soles, soleless.

=dessemeler=, _v.a._, to take soles off, to wear out the soles of.

=desserre=, _n.f._, (l.u.) loosening. _Être dur à la —_; to be

close-fisted.

=desserrer=, _v.a._, to loosen, to slacken; to relax, to open; (print.)

to unlock. _Je n’ai pas desserré les dents_; I never opened my lips,

never said a word.

_se_ =desserrer=, _v.r._, to get loose, to loosen.

=dessert=, _n.m._, dessert.

=desserte=, _n.f._, leavings; ecclesiastical functions, officiating;

connection; service. _Chemin de —_; connecting road.

=dessertir=, _v.a._, to unset (gems).

=desservant=, _n.m._, curate, officiating minister, worker.

=desservir=, _v.a._, to take away, to clear the table, to remove the

cloth; to do an ill office; to officiate (of clergyman). _Il vous a

desservi auprès du ministre_; he has done you an ill turn with the

minister.

=dessiccati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, desiccative, desiccant.

=dessiccatif=, _n.m._, desiccative, desiccant.

=dessiccation=, _n.f._, desiccation.

=dessiller=, _v.a._, to open (eyes). _— les yeux à quelqu’un_; to

undeceive any one.

_se_ =dessiller=, _v.r._, to become opened.

=dessin=, _n.m._, drawing; design, sketch; pattern; draught, plan; (mus.)

arrangement. _— lavé_; washed drawing. _— colorié_; colored drawing. _—

haché_; hatched drawing. _— lithographié_; lithographic drawing. _— à la

craie_; chalk drawing. _Cette étoffe est d’un joli —_; this stuff is of a

pretty pattern. _— à main levée_; free-hand drawing.

=dessinateur=, _n.m._, draughtsman; designer, pattern-drawer.

=dessiné=, =-e=, _part._, drawn. _Une figure bien —e_; a well-drawn face.

_Un jardin bien —_; a garden well laid out.

=dessiner=, _v.a._, to draw, to design, to sketch, to delineate; to set

off, to mark, to indicate; to lay out. _— au crayon_; to draw with a

pencil. _— de fantaisie_, _d’après nature_, _d’après la bosse_; to draw

from fancy, from nature, from the bust. _Un vêtement qui dessine bien les

formes_; a dress that sets off the figure to advantage.

_se_ =dessiner=, _v.r._, to be delineated, to be visible, to appear; to

assume a form, to be formed, to be conspicuous; to display one’s figure

to advantage; to stand out, to show prominently. _Une terre se dessine

dans la brume_; land is visible through the mist.

=dessolement=, _n.m._, altering the rotation of crops.

=dessoler=, _v.a._, (agri.) to unsole (animals); to take off the sole; to

change the rotation of crops.

=dessouder=, _v.a._, to unsolder.

_se_ =dessouder=, _v.r._, to get unsoldered.

=dessoudure=, _n.f._, unsoldering.

=dessoufrage=, _n.m._, desulphuration.

=dessoufrer=, _v.a._, to desulphurate.

=dessoûler=, _v.a._, (pop.) to sober, to make sober.

=dessoûler=, _v.n._, to get sober again. _Il ne dessoûl pas_; he is

always on the drink.

_se_ =dessoûler=, _v.r._, (pop.) to get sober again.

=dessous=, _adv._, under, underneath, below. _Ci-—_; underneath, below.

_En —_; underneath; downward; (fig.) sly, artful.

=dessous=, _prep._, under, underneath, beneath. _Je l’ai cherché dessus

et — la table_; I have looked for it upon and under the table.

=dessous=, _n.m._, lower part; under side; wrong side; worst; lee (of

the wind). _Le — du vent_; (nav.) leeward. _Avoir le —_; to be worsted,

to have the worst of it. _Au-—_; below; under; beneath. _Je suis logé

au-— de lui_; I lodge below him. _Cet emploi est au-— de lui_; that

employment is beneath him. _Par-—_; under, beneath. _Là-—_; there, under

there. _Voir le — des cartes_; to be in the secret; in the know; to have

been behind the scenes. _Jusqu’au troisième —_; very deep. _— de bras_;

dress-preserver.

=dessus=, _adv._, on, upon, over; uppermost. _Il n’est ni — ni dessous_;

it is neither on nor under. _Sens — dessous_; upside down, topsy-turvy.

_Au —_; above; upwards. _Ci-—_; above. _Voyez ci-—_; see above. _En —_;

on the upper _or_ right side; in the upper part, above; at the top;

uppermost. _Cela est noir en — et blanc en dessous_; it is black on the

upper side, and white underneath. _Là-—_; on it, on that, on there; to,

on, about, this subject; upon this head; on which, thereupon, saying

this, with these words. _Passons la —_; let us dismiss the subject.

_Vous pouvez compter là-—_; you may rely upon that. _Par-—_; above;

over; more, over and above. _Il sauta par-—_; he jumped over.

=dessus=, _prep._, on, upon. _Otez cela de — la table_; take that off the

table. _Cela est au-— de ses forces_; that is beyond his strength. _Cet

homme est au-— de la calomnie_; this man is out of the reach of slander.

_Il sauta par-— la barrière_; he leaped over the gate. _Par-— tout_;

above all. _Il a des affaires par-— les yeux_; he is over head and ears

in business. _Par-— le marché_; into the bargain.

=dessus=, _n.m._, top, the upper part; upper side, right side; upper

hand, advantage; (mus.) treble. _Le — de la tête_; the crown of the head.

_Le — de la main_; the back of the hand. _Le — d’un livre_; the cover of

a book. _— de fauteuil_; antimacassar. _— de marbre_; marble-top. _— de

porte_; panel-frieze. _— de toilette_; toilet cover. _Avoir_ or _prendre

le —_; to gain the ascendancy, the upper hand. _Le — du vent_; (nav.) the

weather-gauge. _Être au-— du vent_; to be to windward, leeward. _Bas-—_

(_—_); second treble.

=destin=, _n.m._, destiny, doom, fate; career. _On ne peut fuir son —_;

no one can escape his destiny.

=destinataire=, _n.m.f._, (com.) consignee; (post.) addressee; receiver,

recipient.

=destination=, _n.f._, destination; intention, object, end. _À — de_;

addressed to; (nav.) bound for.

=destiné=, =-e=, _part._, destined, born. _Il est — au barreau_; he is

destined for the law. _Il était — à périr de cette manière_; he was

doomed to perish in this way.

=destinée=, _n.f._, fate, destiny; doom; career. _Remplir ses —s_; to

fulfil one’s destiny. _Finir sa —_; to terminate one’s career.

=destiner=, _v.a._, to destine, to intend, to design, to purpose; to

doom. _À qui destine-t-on un si riche présent?_ for whom is so rich a

present intended?

_se_ =destiner=, _v.r._, to be destined, intended. _Il se destine au

barreau_; he intends to follow the profession of the law.

=destituable=, _adj._, removable from office.

=destitué=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute, devoid; cashiered, removed. _— de

bon sens_; devoid of sense.

=destituer=, _v.a._, to dismiss, to turn out, to discharge, to remove

(from office); to cashier.

=destitution=, _n.f._, dismissal, removal.

☉=destrier=, _n.m._, steed, charger, war-horse.

=destruct-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, destroyer; ravager, spoiler.

_Les soldats sont de grands —s_; soldiers are great spoilers.

=destruct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, destructive, destroying, deadly,

ruinous; subversive.

=destructibilité=, _n.f._, destructibility.

=destructi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, destructive, destroying.

=destruction=, _n.f._, destruction.

=désuétude= (-su-), _n.f._, disuse, desuetude. _Tomber dans la —_; to

fall into disuse; to become obsolete (of words).

=désunion=, _n.f._, disunion, disjunction.

=désunir=, _v.a._, to disunite, to disjoin, to part, to separate.

_se_ =désunir=, _v.r._, to disunite, to come asunder, to divide, to fall

out.

=désusité=, =-e=, _adj._, obsolete, out of use; exploded.

=détachage=, _n.m._, cleaning, scouring; removal of spots.

=détachement= (dé-tash-mān), _n.m._, indifference; (milit.) detachment,

draught. _— de tout intérêt_; disinterestedness.

=détacher=, _v.a._, to detach, to disengage, to loosen, to untie, to

unbind, to unfasten; to undo; to separate, to cut off; to give (a blow);

(milit.) to draught, to tell off; to take out stains, to clean. _— une

épingle_; to take out a pin. _— un ruban_; to loosen a ribbon. _— une

agrafe_; to undo a clasp. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to give any one a

box on the ear. _Morceaux détachés_; extracts.

_se_ =détacher=, _v.r._, to become loosened, unfastened; to get loose; to

come undone; to be detached; to disengage one’s self; to break away _or_

off; to come off _or_ away; to wean one’s self of. _Se — d’une femme_; to

break off acquaintance with a woman. _Se — du jeu_; to leave off gambling.

=détacheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scourer, cleaner.

*=détail=, _n.m._, detail, small matter, trifle, mere nothing; retail;

particular, circumstance. _Vendre en —_; to sell by retail. _Je n’ai omis

aucun des —s_; I omitted none of the circumstances. _En —_; minutely,

piece-meal; bit by bit.

*=détaillant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, retailer, publican.

*=détailler=, _v.a._, to cut in pieces; to retail; to sell by retail; to

detail, to relate minutely.

*_se_ =détailler=, _v.r._, to be cut up, to be related minutely; to be

retailed.

*=détailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, retailer.

=détalage=, _n.m._, taking in goods; putting _or_ packing up goods.

=détaler=, _v.a._, to take in goods; to pack up.

=détaler=, _v.n._, to take in goods; to shut up shop; to scamper away; to

take one’s self off.

=détalinguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to unbend (a cable).

=détaper=, _v.a._, to take out the tampion (of a gun).

=déteindre=, _v.a._, to take out the dye _or_ color.

=déteindre=, _v.n._, to lose color, to fade; to come off (of colors).

_Cette étoffe déteint beaucoup_; this stuff fades very much.

_se_ =déteindre=, _v.r._, to lose color; to fade; to come off (of colors).

=dételage=, _n.m._, taking out of harness, unharnessing.

=dételer= (dé-tlé), _v.a._, to unharness, to take out of harness, to

unyoke.

=détendoir=, _n.m._, stretcher, unstretcher (weaving).

=détendre=, _v.a._, to unbend, to slacken, to relax, to loosen, to take

down, to unhang. _— un arc_; to unbend a bow. _— son esprit_; to relax

one’s mind. _— une tapisserie_; to take down a set of hangings. _— une

tente_; to strike a tent.

_se_ =détendre=, _v.r._, to unbend, to slacken; to take relaxation,

repose; to become easier; to become milder (of weather).

=détendre=, _v.n._, to take down, to unhang (tapestry); to strike (tents).

=détenir= (dé-tnir), _v.a._, to detain, to withhold, to keep back, to

confine. _— quelqu’un en prison_; to keep in prison.

=détente=, _n.f._, unbending, relaxing; trigger (of a gun); (horl.)

detent, stop. _Machine à —_; expansion-engine. _À la —_; in pulling the

trigger. _Lâcher la —_; to pull the trigger. _Être dur à la —_; (fig. and

fam.) to be close-fisted.

=détent-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, holder, detainer.

*=détentillon=, _n.m._, (horl.) detent, _or_ stop, of the minute-hand.

=détention=, _n.f._, detention, imprisonment.

=détenu=, =-e=, _part._, detained, withheld. _— en prison_; kept in

prison. _— prisonnier_; kept a prisoner. _Être — pour dettes_; to be in

prison for debt.

=détenu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, prisoner, convict.

=détergent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) detergent.

=déterger=, _v.a._, (med.) to deterge; to absterge, to cleanse. _— une

plaie_; to cleanse a wound.

=détérioration=, _n.f._, deterioration, debasement; wear and tear.

=détériorer=, _v.a._, to deteriorate, to impair, to make worse.

_se_ =détériorer=, _v.r._, to deteriorate; to become defaced, to become

debased; to become the worse for wear.

=déterminable=, _adj._, determinable.

=déterminant=, =-e=, _adj._, determinative, decisive, conclusive.

=déterminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) determinative.

=déterminatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) determinative word.

=détermination=, _n.f._, determination, resolution, decision, settled

purpose.

=déterminé=, =-e=, _part._, determined, decided; fixed; resolved

on; caused; determinate; ascertained. _Un sens —_; a determinate

signification. _Il est — à tout_; he is ready for anything.

=déterminé=, =-e=, _adj._, determined, bold, steady, resolute.

=déterminé=, _n.m._, desperate fellow, resolute man. _Un petit —_; a

froward, ungovernable child.

=déterminément=, _adv._, absolutely, positively, determinately,

expressly, precisely; boldly, resolutely.

=déterminer=, _v.a._, to determine, to decide, to settle, to fix; to

ascertain; to resolve; to take a resolution; to fix the meaning; to lead

to, to cause, to bring on or about. _C’est moi qui l’ai déterminé à

cela_; it was I who made him take that resolve.

_se_ =déterminer=, _v.r._, to resolve; to determine; to be determined.

_Je ne puis me — à rien_; I cannot resolve upon anything.

=déterminisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) determinism.

=déterré=, _n.m._, person dug up. _Avoir l’air d’un —_; to look like one

risen from the dead. _Il a l’air d’un —_; he is as pale as a ghost.

=déterrer=, _v.a._, to dig up; to disinter, to take up; to find, to

discover, to bring to light, to ferret out, to rout out; to unkennel

(foxes); to unearth (hunt.).

=déterreur=, _n.m._, hunter out, ferreter. _— de saints_; discoverer of

the names of saints.

=détersi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) detersive, abstergent, cleansing.

=détersif=, _n.m._, (med.) detergent, detersive.

=détestable=, _adj._, detestable, hateful, abominable, odious; wretchedly

bad, wretched. _J’ai une plume —_; I have a wretchedly bad pen.

=détestablement=, _adv._, detestably, abominably, hatefully.

=détestation=, _n.f._, detestation, abhorrence.

=détester=, _v.a._, to detest, to hate, to abhor; to dislike.

=détester=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to blaspheme. _Ne faire que jurer et —_; to do

nothing but curse and swear.

=détiarer=, _v.a._, to discrown.

=détignonner=, _v.a._, to tear the hair of.

=détirer=, _v.a._, to draw out, to stretch, to wire-draw. _— une étoffe_;

to pull out a stuff. _— des cuirs_; to stretch hides.

=détiser=, _v.a._, to rake out (the fire); to still, to quell.

=détisser=, _v.a._, to unweave.

_se_ =détisser=, _v.r._, to get unwoven.

=détitrer=, _v.a._, to distitle, to deprive of (a title).

=détonant=, _adj._, detonating.

=détonation=, _n.f._, detonation, report. _À —_; detonating.

=détoner=, _v.n._, to detonate.

=détonneler=, _v.a._, to draw out of a cask.

=détonner=, _v.n._, to be out of tune, to play _or_ sing out of tune; to

talk nonsense.

=détordage=, _n.m._, untwisting, picking.

=détordre=, _v.a._, to untwist, to unwring.

_se_ =détordre=, _v.r._, to come untwisted.

=détorquer=, _v.a._, to distort, to misrepresent. _— un passage_; to

distort the meaning of a passage.

=détors=, =-e=, _adj._, untwisted.

☉=détorse=, _n.f._ _V._ =entorse=.

=détortiller=, _v.a._, to untwist; to unravel.

*_se_ =détortiller=, _v.r._, to become untwisted; to be unraveled.

=détouper=, _v.a._, to unstop, to take out the bung, to clear of

brambles; to take the tow out of.

*=détoupillonner=, _v.a._, to prune (orange-trees).

=détour=, _n.m._, winding, turning; roundabout way, circuitous road;

shift, evasion, trick, subterfuge, dodge. _Le — d’une rue_; the turning

of a street. _Les —s d’un bois_; the windings and turnings of a wood.

_Quel — vous avez fait!_ what a roundabout way you have come! _Je connais

ses tours et ses —s_; I know all his evasions and subterfuges. _Être sans

—_; to be sincere, straightforward. _User de —s_; to resort to shifts and

evasions.

=détourné=, =-e=, _part._, turned away; retired; indirect, oblique. _Des

chemins —s_; by-ways. _Voie —e_; indirect means.

=détournement=, _n.m._, turning away, turning aside; embezzlement. _— de

mineur_; (law) abduction of a minor.

=détourner=, _v.a._, to turn away, to turn aside, to lead astray, to turn

off, to lead off, out of; to divert, to avert, to drive or keep back, to

estrange; to secrete; to convey away, to embezzle, to appropriate; to

deter, to dissuade. _— la vue_; to turn the eyes away. _— un coup_; to

avert a blow. _On l’accuse d’avoir détourné ces fonds_; he is accused of

having converted these funds to his own use. _Cela me détourne de mes

occupations_; that draws me away from my business.

_se_ =détourner=, _v.r._, to turn away; to turn aside; to go out of the

way, to swerve. _Se — de son chemin_; to go out of one’s way. _Se — de

son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty. _Se — de son travail_; to leave

one’s work.

=détourner=, _v.n._, to turn, to turn off.

=détourneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, shoplifter.

=détracter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to detract, to traduce, to slander, to speak

ill of, to backbite.

=détract-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, detracter, slanderer, traducer.

=détracteur=, _adj.m._, detractive, detracting.

=détraction=, _n.f._, detraction.

=détranger=, _v.a._, (hort.) to drive away (insects).

=détraquer=, _v.a._, to spoil a horse’s paces, to throw a horse out of

his paces; to disorder, to put out of order; to throw into confusion; to

lead astray.

_se_ =détraquer=, _v.r._, to lose its paces (of a horse); to be out of

order, to be disordered; to go astray. _Cette montre se détraque_; this

watch is out of order. _Sa tête se détraque_; his brain is disordered.

_Un cheval qui se détraque_; a horse that loses his paces.

=détrempe=, _n.f._, distemper, painting in distemper. _Une —_; a sketch

in distemper. _Un mariage en —_; an irregular union. _Ouvrage —_; a poor

copy of another work.

=détremper=, _v.a._, to dilute, to dissolve, to moisten, to weaken; to

enervate. _— des couleurs_; to dilute colors. _— de la farine avec des

œufs_; to beat up flour with eggs. _— de l’acier_; to soften steel.

=détresse=, _n.f._, distress, sorrow, grief, trouble, anguish. _J’eus

pitié de sa —_; I took compassion on his sorrow.

=détresser=, _v.a._, to unweave, to unplait.

_se_ =détresser=, _v.r._, to become unwoven, etc.

=détriment=, _n.m._, detriment; injury, prejudice; (geol.) remains. _Au —

de_; to the prejudice of.

=détritage=, _n.m._, crushing.

=détriter=, _v.a._, to crush.

=détrition=, _n.f._, detrition.

=détritoir=, _n.m._, crushing-mill.

=détritus= (-tûs), _n.m._, detritus, residue, refuse.

=détroit=, _n.m._, (geog.) strait; sound, narrows; firth; (British)

channel.

=détromper=, _v.a._, to undeceive.

_se_ =détromper=, _v.r._, to be undeceived; to undeceive one’s self.

=détrônement= (dé-trô-n-mān), _n.m._, dethronement.

=détrôner=, _v.a._, to dethrone.

=détrôneur=, _n.m._, dethroner.

=détrousser=, _v.a._, to untuck, to let down; to rifle, to rob. _— les

voyageurs_; to plunder travelers.

☉=détrousseur=, _n.m._, highwayman, robber.

=détruire= (détruisant, détruit), _v.a._, to destroy, to ruin, to pull

down, to exterminate, to subvert, to do away with, to put to death, to

break up. _— une ville de fond en comble_; to raze a town to the ground.

_— une armée_; to overthrow an army. _— la santé_; to ruin the health. _—

radicalement_; to eradicate.

_se_ =détruire=, _v.r._, to fall to ruin, to decay; to destroy each

other, to neutralize one another; to destroy one’s self, to make away

with one’s self.

=dette=, _n.f._, debt, score; obligation, promise, pledge, duty. _—

hypothécaire_; debt upon mortgage. _—s actives_; book-debts, assets. _—s

passives_; debts, liabilities. _—s criardes_; petty debts. _Contracter_,

_faire_, _des —s_; to contract debts, to run into debt. _Être accablé_,

_perdu_, _criblé_, _de —s_; to be over head and ears in debt.

*=deuil=, _n.m._, mourning, grief, sorrow, gloom, mournful aspect;

black; mourners; time of mourning. _Habit de —_; mourning. _Grand —_;

deep mourning. _Petit_ or _demi —_; half mourning. _Personne qui mène le

—_; chief mourner. _Voiture de —_; mourning coach. _Suivre le —_; to be

one of the mourners. _Porter le —_, _être en —_; to be in, to put on,

mourning. _Prendre le —_; to go into mourning. _Faire prendre le — à_; to

put into mourning. _Faire son — d’une chose_; to resign one’s self to the

loss of anything.

=deutéro-canonique=, _adj._, deuterocanonical.

=deutéronome=, _n.m._, Deuteronomy.

=deux=, _adj._, two, both, second. _— à —_; two by two. _— fois_; twice.

_— fois autant_; twice as much, twice as many. _De — jours en — jours_;

every two days. _De — jours l’un_; every other day. _Regarder quelqu’un

entre — yeux_; to stare at any one. _Piquer des —_; to clap spurs to

one’s horse. _Tous —_; both, both together. _Tous les —_; both. _Henri

—_; Henry the second. _N’en faire ni un ni —_; to decide at once.

_Maintenant à nous —_; now I am ready for you; now we’ll have it out

together.

=deux=, _n.m._, two; second; (cards, dice) deuce. _Le — du mois_; the

second of the month. _On peut faire cela à —_; two can play at that game.

=deuxième= (deu-zièm), _adj._, second, other.

=deuxièmement= (-zièm-mān), _adv._, secondly.

=deux-points=, _n.m._, (_—_) (gram.) colon.

=dévalement=, _n.m._, sloping, slope; letting-down, lowering.

☉=dévaler=, _v.a._, to let down; to descend, to go _or_ come down. _— les

degrés_; to go down the stairs. _— du vin à la cave_; to let wine down

into the cellar.

☉=dévaler=, _v.n._, to descend, to slope, to go down, to come down

(stream).

=dévalisement=, _n.m._, rifling, robbing, stripping.

=dévaliser=, _v.a._, to rifle, to strip, to rob, to plunder.

=dévaliseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, robber, plunderer.

=devancer=, _v.a._, to precede, to go before; to get before, to outrun,

to outwalk, to outstrip; to take the place of; to have the precedence;

to be beforehand, to forestall, to get the start of; to anticipate; to

go beyond, to surpass, to outdo. _— à cheval_; to outride. _Son génie a

devancé son siècle_; his genius has outrun his century. _J’allais vous

voir, mais vous m’avez devancé_; I was going to see you, but you are

beforehand with me. _Avoir de l’argent — soi_; to have money at _or_ in

hand.

=devanci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, predecessor. _pl._, ancestors,

forefathers.

=devant=, _prep._, before; in front of, over against, opposite to; (nav.)

ahead of. _Regarder — soi_; to look before one; look ahead. _Otez-vous de

— mon jour_; get out of my light. _Otez-vous de — moi_; stand out of my

sight. _Ils passent par — chez nous_; they pass our door. _Il marchait —

moi_; he walked before, in front of, me. _Quand il fut — ses juges_; when

he was in the presence of his judges. _Par-— notaire_; in the presence

of a notary (_i.e._, a legal form). _Tout — l’église_; just opposite the

church.

=devant=, _adv._, before; (nav.) ahead. _Passez —_; go before. _Le train

de — d’une voiture_; the forewheels of a coach. _Les jambes de —_; the

forelegs. _Sens — derrière_; hind part foremost.

=devant=, _n.m._, front, the fore-part. _Il est logé sur le —_; he lodges

in the front. _Un — de cheminée_; a chimney-board. _— d’autel_; frontal

(panel in front of an altar). _Prendre le —_; to set out before; to

get before. _Prendre les —s_; to forestall, to be first in the field.

_Aller_, _venir_, _envoyer_, _au-— de quelqu’un_; to go, to come, to

send, to meet any one; (fig.) to meet half-way; to provide for _or_

against; to meet, to encounter, to oppose, to obviate. _Aller au-— d’une

chose_; to prevent anything. _Aller au-— des désirs de quelqu’un_; to

anticipate anyone’s wishes. _Ci-—_; before, formerly, heretofore, late.

_Les premiers vont —_; first come, first served. _Un ci-—_; an ex-noble.

=devantier= (-tié), _n.m._, (fam., l.u.) apron.

=devantière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, riding petticoat.

=devanture=, _n.f._, front (of buildings). _— de boutique_; shop-front.

=dévastat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, destroyer, despoiler, desolater,

ravager.

=dévastat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, devastating, desolating, destructive.

=dévastation=, _n.f._, devastation; ravage; havoc.

=dévaster=, _v.a._, to devastate, to lay waste, to desolate, to make

desolate, to spoil, to ravage.

=déveine=, _n.f._, change of luck (from good to bad); reverses, run of

ill-luck. _Quelle —!_ what ill-luck!

=développable=, _adj._, susceptible of development.

=développante= (dév-lo-pant), _n.f._, (geom.) evolvent; involute.

=développée=, _n.f._, (geom.) evolute.

=développement= (dév-lop-mān), _n.m._, unfolding, opening; development,

growth, progress; elucidation; display; clearing up; (geom.) evolution.