angry, to fly into a passion, to chafe, to fume. _La chambre s’échauffe_;
the room is getting warm. _Il s’est échauffé à marcher_; walking has made
him warm. _La querelle s’échauffe_; the quarrel is running high. _Le jeu
s’échauffe_; they are playing deep. _S’— sur la voie_; (hunt.) to follow
the chase eagerly.
=échauffourée=, _n.f._, a rash, headlong, _or_ blundering enterprise;
skirmish, affray; blunder.
=échauffure=, _n.f._, red pimple, rash.
=échauguette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, (milit.) watch-box, watch-tower.
=échauler=, _v.a._ _V._ =chauler=.
=échaux=, _n.m.pl._, channels, furrows, water-course, drains.
=échéable=, _adj._, falling due, payable.
=échéance=, _n.f._, falling due, expiration, maturity. _— commune_;
average maturity. _— prochaine_; nearly due. _À courte —_; at a short
date, short-dated. _À longue —_; at a long date; long-dated. _Jusqu’à
l’—_; until maturity, till due. _Payer une lettre de change à l’—_; to
pay a bill of exchange at maturity.
=échéant=, _part._, falling due. _Le cas —_; if such should be the case;
in that case.
=échec=, _n.m._, check, repulse, defeat; blow; loss. _Donner —_; to
check. _— et mat_; check-mate. _Être — et mat_; to be checkmated. _Il a
souffert un grand —_; he has suffered a dreadful blow. _Tenir un homme en
—_; to have a man under one’s thumb. _Tenir une armée en —_; to keep an
army at bay.
=échecs= (é-shè), _n.m.pl._, chess; board and set of chess-men;
chess-men. _Jouer aux —_; to play at chess.
=échelette=, _n.f._, rack (for pack-saddles, carts); (orni.) wall-creeper.
=échelier=, _n.m._, peg-ladder.
=échelle=, _n.f._, ladder; ladder-staircase; scale; degree; (nav.)
quarter-deck ladder. _— brisée_; folding-ladder. _— de siège_;
scaling-ladder. _— de corde_; rope-ladder. _— de meunier_; trap-ladder.
_— à incendie_; fire-ladder, fire-escape. _— de jardin_ ou _de
tapissier_; pair of steps. _— de dunette_; poop-ladder. _— de
commandement_; accommodation-ladder. _— campanaire_; bell-founder’s
diapason. _—s du Levant_; sea-ports in the Levant. _Faire la courte —_;
to mount upon one another’s shoulders. _Faire à quelqu’un la courte —_;
to give a lift to any one; to help any one through. _Sentir l’—_; to
deserve hanging. _Après lui il faut tirer l’—_; he has left nothing to be
done, _or_ you cannot go one better.
=échelon= (ésh-lon), _n.m._, round, rung, step (of a ladder); step,
stepping-stone; (milit.) echelon. _Descendre d’un —_; to come down a
step. _Marcher en —s_; to march in echelons.
=échelonner=, _v.a._, to draw up in echelons; to arrange according to
gradation. _— un corps d’infanterie_; to draw up a body of infantry in
echelons.
_s’_=échelonner=, _v.r._, to be graduated; to rise gradually; to be
arranged _or_ drawn up in echelons.
=échenal= _or_ =écheneau=, _n.m._, gutter, basin.
*=échenillage=, _n.m._, clearing, ridding of caterpillars.
*=écheniller= (ésh-ni-), _v.a._, to rid plants of caterpillars.
*=échenilleur=, _n.m._, caterpillar-destroyer; (ornith.)
caterpillar-eater.
*=échenilloir=, _n.m._, averruncator.
=écheno=. _V._ =échenal=.
=écheoir=. _V._ =échoir=.
=écheveau= (ésh-vo), _n.m._, hank, skein. _Dévider un —_; to reel, to
wind off, a skein.
=échevelé=, =-e= (é-shĕv-lé), _adj._, disheveled; whose hair hangs loose;
disordered; romantic, extravagant.
=échevette=, _n.f._, small skein.
=échevin= (ésh-vin), _n.m._, sheriff, alderman.
=échevinage=, _n.m._, shrievalty, sheriffdom, sheriffship.
=échidné= (é-kid-), _n.m._, (zoöl.) echidna.
=échi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (hunt.) voracious, greedy.
=échiffe= _or_ =échiffre=, _n.m._, (arch.) partition-wall (of a
staircase).
*=échignole=, _n.f._, (tech.) button-maker’s spindle.
*=échillon=, _n.m._, waterspout.
=échimose=, _n.f._ _V._ =ecchymose=.
=échine=, _n.f._, spine, backbone, chine; (arch.) echinus, ovolo. _Une
maigre —_; a thin, lank person. _Crotté jusqu’à l’—_; bespattered, _or_
splashed, up to the neck (with mud).
=échiné=, _part._, _adj._, broken-backed; belabored; beaten to death;
tired out.
=échinée=, _n.f._, (cook.) chine, chine-piece.
=échiner=, _v.a._, to break the back, to kill, to murder; to beat
unmercifully; to knock up, to tire out.
_s’_=échiner=, _v.r._, to knock one’s self up with work; to work one’s
self to death; (of things) to get used up.
=échinite= (é-ki-), _n.m._, (foss.) petrified sea-hedgehog, echinite.
=échinope= (é-ki-), _n.m._, (bot.) echinops, globe-thistle.
=échinophore= (é-ki-), _n.f._ and _adj._, (bot.) prickly samphire;
echinophora; (conch.) univalvular shell.
=échioïde= (é-ki-), _n.m._ (bot.). _V._ =vipérine=.
=échiqueté=, =-e= (é-shik-té), _adj._, checkered; (her.) checky.
=échiquier=, _n.m._, chess-board; exchequer; square net. _Ouvrage fait en
—_; checkerwork. _En —_; in squares; (nav.) in bow and quarter line.
=écho= (é-ko), _n.m._, echo. _Le jeu des —s_; echo-stop (in organs). _—s
de lumière_; (paint.) reverberations of light.
=échoir= (échéant, échu), _v.n._, to expire, to fall due, to be out, to
lapse, to devolve; to chance, to happen, to fall, to fall out; to fall
to. _Le premier payement doit — à Noël_; the first payment falls due at
Christmas. _Cette lettre de change est échue_; that bill of exchange is
due. _À —_; (of bills) running, not due. _Cela lui est échu en partage_;
that fell to his lot. _Si le cas y échoit_, _s’il y échet_, _le cas
échéant_; the case occurring; in such a case.
=échomètre= (é-ko-), _n.m._, echometer.
=échométrie= (é-ko-), _n.f._, echometry.
=échoppage=, _n.m._, edging, scorping.
=échoppe=, _n.f._, booth, stall; round _or_ flat graver; scalper;
scorper, burin.
=échopper=, _v.a._, to scorp, to edge.
=échoppi-er=, =-ère=, _n.m._ and _f._, stall-keeper.
=échouage=, _n.m._, (nav.) beaching, stranding. _Lieu d’—_; place proper
for running a vessel aground.
=échouement=, _n.m._, running aground, stranding.
=échouer=, _v.n._, to run aground _or_ on shore, to cast away, to run
against, to hit, to strand, to be stranded; to miscarry, to fail, to be
disappointed. _La frégate échoua contre un rocher_; the frigate struck
upon a rock. _— dans un examen_; to fail, to be plowed.
=échouer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to strand, to run aground.
=écimer=, _v.a._, to top, to pollard (trees).
=éclaboussement=, _n.m._, splashing, bespattering.
=éclabousser=, _v.a._, to splash, to bespatter.
=éclaboussure=, _n.f._, splash; (nav.) spoondrift.
=éclair=, _n.m._, lightning, flash of lightning, sort of chocolate cake;
(chem.) shine. _—s de chaleur_; heat-lightning. _Il a passé comme un —_;
he shot by like lightning. _Faire des —s_; to lighten.
=éclairage=, _n.m._, lighting, illumination. _— au gaz_; gas-lighting,
gas-light. _Gaz d’—_; illuminating gas, ethylene.
=éclaircie=, _n.f._, glade, vista; opening, rift (in clouds, etc.).
=éclaircir=, _v.a._, to clear, to brighten; to clarify; to thin, to
make thin; to clear up, to elucidate, to illustrate, to explain, to
throw a light on. _Cet auteur éclaircit bien des vérités_; that author
illustrates many truths. _— une difficulté_; to clear up a difficulty.
_Le temps éclaircit la vérité_; time brings truth to light. _—
quelqu’un_; to enlighten any one, to instruct, to inform, any one. _Il
faut l’en —_; he must be informed of it. _— une peau_; to gloss a skin.
_s’_=éclaircir=, _v.r._, to clear, to brighten, to become clear or
bright, to grow light; to be solved, to be explained, to be elucidated.
_Le temps s’éclaircit_; the weather is clearing up. _Son teint commence à
s’—_; her complexion is becoming clearer. _S’— d’une chose_; to inquire
about or into a business, to inform one’s self about anything, to clear
up a matter. _Il faut s’— sur cette affaire_; that affair must be cleared
up.
=éclaircissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, clearing up, explanation,
illustration, elucidation, solution; hint, light, discovery, insight.
_Avoir un —_, _en venir à un — avec quelqu’un_; to have an explanation,
to come to an explanation, with any one.
=éclaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) celandine. _La grande —_; swallow-wort,
tetter-wort. _La petite —_; crowfoot, pilewort.
=éclairé=, =-e=, _adj._ and _part._, lighted; enlightened; judicious;
intelligent, clear-sighted.
=éclairer=, _v.a._, to light, to give light to; to illuminate; to carry a
light before, to show a light to; to enlighten, to instruct; to observe,
to watch; (milit.) to reconnoiter; (paint.) to throw light in, to put
light in. _Eclairez monsieur_; show a light to the gentleman. _Les bonnes
lectures éclairent l’esprit_; the reading of good books enlightens
the mind. _Il faut l’— de près_; he must be watched closely. _— une
question_; to throw light upon a question.
_s’_=éclairer=, _v.r._, to become enlightened; to instruct, enlighten,
one another.
=éclairer=, _v.n._, to sparkle, to shine, to brighten, to glitter.
_v.imp._, to lighten. _Il éclaire_; it lightens.
=éclaireur=, _n.m._, (milit.) scout. _Aller en —_; (milit.) to scout.
=éclamé=, _adj._, broken-legged; broken-winged.
=éclanche=, _n.f._, shoulder of mutton.
=éclancher=, _v.a._, to unrumple (stuffs).
=éclat=, _n.m._, shiver; splinter (of wood, stone, brick); brightness,
refulgence, radiancy, resplendency, glitter, effulgence; clap, crash,
noise; luster, pomp, richness, magnificence, glory, gaudiness (of
colors); rumor, uproar. _Un — de pierre_; a fragment of stone. _Un — de
bombe_; a splinter of a shell. _On ne saurait soutenir l’— du soleil_;
there is no bearing the glare of the sun. _L’— des yeux_; the brilliancy
of the eyes. _L’— et la pompe de son style_; the splendor and pomp of
his style. _Un — de rire_; a burst of laughter. _Un grand — de voix_; a
loud shout. _Action d’—_; splendid achievement; brilliant action. _Des
personnes d’—_; eminent persons. _Cette action a fait —_; that action has
made a great deal of noise. _Voler en —s_; to be shivered, to fly into a
thousand pieces.
=éclatant=, =-e=, _adj._, bright, sparkling, glittering, brilliant,
radiant, dazzling, striking, gorgeous, effulgent, shining, signal,
glorious; piercing, loud, shrill. _Tout — de lumière_; all radiant with
light. _Son —_; shrill sound. _Bruit —_; crash. _Actions —es_; brilliant
exploits. _Vengeance —e_; signal vengeance.
=éclater=, _v.n._, to split, to shiver, to break in pieces, to burst; to
crack, to clap; to cry out, to exclaim against, to fly into, to break out
_or_ forth; to blaze out; to shine, to sparkle, to glitter, to flash,
to irradiate. _Une bombe éclate en tombant_; a bomb bursts on falling.
_Le tonnerre vient d’—_; there has just been a clap of thunder. _— de
rire_; to burst out laughing. _— en injures_; to burst forth into abuse.
_L’incendie éclata pendant la nuit_; the fire broke out during the night.
_Faire —_; to shiver, to shatter; to splinter; to snap, to burst, to
cause to explode; to vent, to give vent to; to brighten, to blaze forth;
to show, to discover, to make appear.
_s’_=éclater=, _v.r._, to split, to shiver, to fly into fragments, to
burst.
=éclectique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, eclectic.
=éclectisme=, _n.m._, eclecticism.
=écli=, _n.m._, (nav.) splinter.
=éclié=, =-e=, _adj._, splintered, sprung (of masts, etc.).
=éclipse=, _n.f._, eclipse, disappearance; absence. _Faire une —_; to
vanish, to disappear.
=éclipser=, _v.a._, to eclipse; to throw into the shade.
_s’_=éclipser=, _v.r._, to be eclipsed _or_ darkened, to disappear, to
vanish. _Il s’éclipsa tout d’un coup_; he suddenly disappeared.
=écliptique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (astron.) ecliptic.
=éclisse=, _n.f._, (surg.) splint; splinter; cheese-wattle; stand; rib,
side-piece (of violins, pails, tubs, casks, etc.)
=éclisser=, _v.a._, (surg.) to splint.
=éclogue=, _n.f._ _V._ =églogue=.
=éclopé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, cripple, halt; footsore, lame, badly
hurt. _Il est tout —_; he is quite lame.
=écloper=, _v.a._, to lame; to make lame; footsore. _S’—_, _v.r._, to
become lame, footsore.
=éclore=, _v.n._, to hatch; to blow, to open; to break, to dawn. _Les
poulets commencent à —_; the chickens are beginning to pierce the shell.
_Faire — des oiseaux_; to hatch birds; (fig.) to bring to light, to usher
in; to give birth to, to produce, to bring out; to blow, open.
=éclosion=, _n.f._, hatching; blowing, opening.
=écluse=, _n.f._, lock, guard-lock, sluice, dam, mill-dam, wear, weir,
flood-gate. _— de moulin_; mill-gate. _— à sas_; lift-lock. _— à vannes_;
sliding flood-gate. _Déversoir à —_; weir. _— à marée montante_;
tide-gate.
=éclusée=, _n.f._, sluice-full of water; lockage.
=écluser=, _v.a._, to build locks; to take a boat through a lock.
=éclusier=, _n.m._, sluice-man, lock-keeper.
=écobuage=, _n.m._, (agri.) weeding, burning of weeds.
=écobue=, _n.f._, weeder, turfing iron.
=écobuer=, _v.a._, to weed a field and burn the weeds.
=écœurement=, _n.m._, disgust; sickening; anguish of heart.
=écœurer=, _v.a._, to disgust; to sicken; (fig.) to shock; to dishearten.
=écofrai= _or_ =écofroi=, _n.m._, (tech.) cutting-board.
=écoinçon= _or_ =écoinson=, _n.m._, (mas., carp.) diagonal, angle-tie;
angle stuff-bead; (carp.) jamb (of doors); (carp.) reveal (of windows).
=écolage=, _n.m._, schooling.
=écolâtre=, _n.m._, (theol.) doctor, teacher.
=école=, _n.f._, school; college; scholastic philosophy; sect; training,
practice; blunder. _Petite —_; day-school. _Maître d’—_; schoolmaster.
_Camarade d’—_; schoolfellow. _— de droit_; law-school. _— de marine_;
naval school. _— d’équitation_, _— de natation_; riding-school,
swimming-school. _— communale_; parish-school. _Cela sent l’—_; that
savors of pedantry. _Faire —_; to be at the head of a school _or_ sect;
_or_ to be fundamental (of a doctrine); to found a school (of art,
literature). _Dire les nouvelles de l’—_; to tell tales out of school.
_Faire l’— buissonnière_; to play truant. _Faire une —_; (backgammon) to
blunder in pegging one’s points. _Envoyer à l’—_; to peg. _Faire une —_;
to commit a stupid blunder. _Basse —_; ordinary horsemanship. _Haute —_;
high horsemanship.
=écoli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, schoolboy, schoolgirl, pupil,
scholar, learner, a tyro. _En —_; boy-like. _Prendre le chemin des —s_;
to go a roundabout way; to loiter. _Ce n’est qu’un —_; he is but a
novice. _Tour d’—_; schoolboy trick. _Papier —_; exercise-paper.
=écolleter=, _v.a._, to cut off, to round off.
=éconduire=, _v.a._, to show out; to bow out; to dismiss; to put off,
to refuse, to deny. _Il nous éconduit poliment_; he gives us a polite
refusal.
=économat=, _n.m._, stewardship; bursarship; bursary; steward’s _or_
bursar’s office.
=économe=, _adj._, economical, saving, thrifty. _C’est une femme —_; she
is a thrifty woman. _Être — de louanges_; to be sparing of praise.
=économe=, _n.m.f._, steward, housekeeper, manager, economist, purser,
bursar, treasurer (of colleges, hospitals).
=économie=, _n.f._, economy; thrift. _Vivre avec —_; to live
economically. _Faire des —s_; to put by money, to save money. _L’— de
l’univers_; the disposition of the universe. _L’— du corps humain_; the
harmony of the human body. _L’— d’un discours_; the management _or_
disposition of a speech. _Il n’y a pas de petites —s_; a penny saved is a
penny earned, _or_ take care of the pence, etc.
=économique=, _adj._, economic, economical, cheap. _Ménage —_; economical
housekeeping. [_Economique_ is applied to things only: as, _fourneau —_;
fuel-saving stove.]
=économique=, _n.f._, economics.
=économiquement= (-mik-mān), _adv._, economically.
=économiser=, _v.a._, to economize, to save, to put by, to husband. _—
ses forces_; to husband one’s strength.
=économiste=, _n.m._, economist.
=écope=, _n.f._, (nav.) scoop, skeet, ladle.
=écorce=, _n.f._, bark, rind; peel; shell; outside, surface. _Oter l’—_;
to peel. _Cet homme n’a que l’—_; he is but a superficial, a shallow man.
_Juger du bois par l’—_; to judge of the inside by the outside. _Entre
l’arbre et l’— il ne faut pas mettre le doigt_; you should not interfere
in other people’s quarrels.
=écorcement= _or_ =écorçage=, _n.m._, barking, stripping (of trees).
=écorcer=, _v.a._, to bark, to strip, to peel.
=écorché=, _n.m._, (paint.) figure without skin (for the study of the
muscles).
_à_ =écorche-cul=, _adv._, (l.ex.) sliding on the ground; against the
grain, unwillingly. _V._ _à_ =rebrousse-poil=.
=écorchée=, _n.f._, (conch.) conus (striated cone). _À l’—_; in lots _or_
small parcels.
=écorchement=, _n.m._, excoriation; flaying, skinning.
=écorcher=, _v.a._, to flay, to skin; to gall, to peel off, to rub off
the bark; to take off the skin; to fleece. _— l’anguille par la queue_;
to begin at the wrong end. _Cela écorche les oreilles_; that grates on
one’s ears. _Ce procureur écorchait ses clients_; that attorney fleeced
his clients. _— le français_; to speak broken French, to murder the
French language. _Jamais beau parler n’écorcha la langue_; civility costs
nothing. _Il crie avant qu’on l’écorche_; he cries out before he is hurt.
_s’_=écorcher=, _v.r._, to tear off one’s skin, to get skinned, to gall
_or_ be galled; (fig.) to speak ill of _or_ disparage one’s self.
=écorcherie=, _n.f._, knacker’s yard; inn in which travelers are fleeced;
expensive place; fleecing.
=écorcheur=, _n.m._, knacker; flayer; fleecer.
=écorchure=, _n.f._, scratch, excoriation; slight wound.
=écorner=, _v.a._, to break the horns, the corners, of; to dog’s ear;
to curtail, to impair, to lessen, to diminish. _Il fait un vent à — un
bœuf_; it is blowing great guns.
=écornifler=, _v.a._, to sponge upon, to hang on.
=écorniflerie=, _n.f._, sponging, hanging on.
=écornifleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sponger, hanger-on.
=écornure=, _n.f._, corner broken off, breaking at the edges, chipping.
=écossais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Scotsman, Scotswoman; Scottish.
=écossaise=, _n.f._, Scotch plaid, plaid-stuff.
=écosser=, _v.a._, to shell, to husk (peas or beans).
=écosseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sheller.
=écot=, _n.m._, share (of a reckoning); reckoning; score; quota; company;
stump (of a tree). _Payez votre —_; pay your share. _Parlez à votre —_;
speak to your own company; mind your own business. _De tous —s_; meddling
with everything.
=écôtage=, _n.m._, stemming (of tobacco).
=écôter=, _v.a._, to stem.
*=écouailles=, _n.f.pl._, coarsest wool, tail wool.
=écoulement= (é-kool-mān), _n.m._, flowing, running, draining; (com.)
sale, output, outlet. _L’— de l’eau_; the flowing of water. _L’— de nos
produits_; the sale of our commodities.
=écouler=, _v.a._, to pour away; (com.) to drain; to sell.
_s’_=écouler=, _v.r._, to run _or_ flow away; to pass away, to glide
away; to slip away; (com.) to go off. _L’eau s’écoule_; water flows away.
_L’argent s’écoule_; money slips away. _Le temps s’écoule_; time passes
away. _Ces marchandises s’écoulent vite_; these goods sell fast, _or_ go
off well, _or_ have a good sale, _or_ command a ready sale.
=écourgeon=. _V._ =escourgeon=.
=écourter=, _v.a._, to shorten, to dock, to crop; to curtail. _— un
chien_; to crop a dog. _Cheval écourté_; cropped horse. _Nez écourté_;
snub-nose.
=écoutant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, listener, hearer; listening,
attending. _Avocat —_; briefless barrister.
=écoute=, _n.f._, hiding-place for listening; (nav.) sheet, main-sheet
(cordage). _Être aux —s_; to be on the watch, on the look-out; to
eavesdrop. _Entre deux —s_; both sheets aft.
=écouter=, _v.a._, to listen; to hearken; to give hearing; to hear; to
pay attention to; to mind. _— à la porte_; to listen at the door. _— les
avis de quelqu’un_; to listen to any one’s advice. _— raison_; to listen
to reason. _Ecoutez_; hark ye, look here, come! _Il n’écoute personne_;
he heeds nobody. _Ne l’écoutez pas!_ never mind him! _Se faire —_; to
obtain a hearing, to enforce obedience.
_s’_=écouter=, _v.r._, to like to hear one’s self; to be over careful of
one’s self; to indulge one’s self. _Il s’écoute trop_; he nurses himself
too much.
=écouteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, listener. _C’est un — aux portes_; he
is an eaves-dropper.
=écouteux=, _adj._, skittish, jibbing (of horses).
*=écoutille=, _n.f._, (nav.) hatchway. _Fermer les —s_; to close the
hatches.
=écoutoir=, _n.m._, ear-trumpet.
*=écouvillon=, _n.m._, scovel (of ovens); swab; mop; sponge (of a cannon).
*=écouvillonner=, _v.a._, to sweep; to mop; to sponge (of a cannon).
=écran=, _n.m._, screen; hand-screen; fire-screen. _— de toilette_;
splash-guard. _— en bannière_; banner screen.
=écrasage=, _n.m._, crushing; bruising.
=écrasant=, =-e=, _adj._, crushing; humiliating; exorbitant, excessive;
overwhelming; ruinous.
=écrasé=, =-e=, _part._, crushed, ruined. _Nez —_; flat nose. _Taille
—e_; squat figure (pers.).
=écrasement= (é-krâz-mān), _n.m._, crushing; crush; bruising; squashing;
overwhelming; destruction, ruin.
=écraser=, _v.a._, to crush; to bruise; to weigh down, to overburden,
to overwhelm; to bear down; to run over; to ruin; to squash. _— des
groseilles_; to squash gooseberries. _J’ai manqué d’être écrasé par
un carrosse_; I was near being run over by a coach. _Être écrasé de
travail_; to be overwhelmed with work. _— d’impôts_; to overburden with
taxes. _— ses rivaux_; to crush one’s rivals.
=écraseur=, _n.m._, crusher, bruiser; steam-roller.
=écrelet=, _n.m._, gingerbread, nut.
=écrémer=, _v.a._, to take off the cream, to skim; to take the best of.
=écrémoire=, _n.f._, skimmer; milk-skimmer.
=écrêter=, _v.a._, to sweep off the top of a work, to dismantle with
shot; to cut off the comb of a cock.
=écrevisse=, _n.f._, crayfish; (astron.) Cancer. _Une — de mer_; a
crawfish. _Rouge comme une —_; as red as a boiled lobster.
_s’_=écrier=, _v.r._, to cry out, to exclaim. _V._ _s’_=exclamer=.
*=écrille=, _n.f._, grate (of a fish-pond).
=écrin=, _n.m._, casket, jewel-box _or_ case.
=écrire= (écrivant, écrit), _v.a._, to write; to spell; to pen, to set
down, to write word; to write to ask. _— quelque chose sur un registre_;
to enter anything in a register. _Papier à —_; writing-paper. _— que_; to
write to say that, to state that.
_s’_=écrire=, _v.r._, to sign one’s self, to write one’s name; to be
written, to be spelled; to write to each other.
=écrit=, _n.m._, writing, written agreement; pamphlet. _Mot d’—_; short
note; line; word. _Mettre_, _coucher_, _par —_; to set anything down in
writing.
=écrit=, =-e=, _part._, writ, written, fated. _Cela était — au ciel_;
that was written above. _Il est — que je ne gagnerai jamais_; I am fated
never to win. _C’était —_; it was bound to happen.
=écriteau=, _n.m._, bill (poster); board; signboard.
=écritoire=, _n.f._, ink-horn; inkstand. _— portative_; pocket inkstand.
=écriture=, _n.f._, writing, hand, handwriting; scripture. _pl._,
accounts, papers, documents, lawyer’s bills. _— coulée_; secretary-hand,
running-hand. _Mauvaise —_; scrawl. _L’Ecriture sainte_; the Holy
Scriptures, the Bible. _Commis aux —s_; copying clerk.
=écriturer=, _v.n._, to do copying work.
=écriturier=, =ère=, _n.m.f._, copying-clerk, copyist.
*=écrivailler=, _v.a._, to scribble.
*=écrivaillerie=, _n.f._, scribbling.
*=écrivailleur=, _n.m._ _V._ =écrivassier=.
*=écrivain=, _n.m._, writer, author; writing-master; captain’s clerk. _—
public_; public scrivener, petition writer.
=écrivassier=, _n.m._, (in the Channel Isles) solicitor; scrivener.
=écriveu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, fond of _or_ always writing, scribbling.
=écrou=, _n.m._, screw nut; female screw; jail- _or_ gaol-entry. _Livre_,
_registre_, _d’—_; jail- _or_ gaol-book.
=écrouelle=, _n.f._, freshwater shrimp.
=écrouelles=, _n.f.pl._, king’s evil, scrofula.
=écrouelleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, scrofulous; person affected with
the king’s evil.
=écrouer=, _v.a._, to enter in the jail- _or_ gaol-book; to imprison; to
lock up.
=écroues=, _n.f.pl._, bills of expense of the royal kitchen.
=écrouir=, _v.a._, to hard-hammer (metal).
=écrouissement=, =écrouissage=, _n.m._, hammer-hardening.
=écroulé=, =-e=, _part._, fallen down, overthrown. _Un mur —_; a fallen
wall. _Un empire —_; an overthrown empire.
=écroulement= (é-krool-mān), _n.m._, falling in, falling down, crumbling
down; wreck, ruin.
_s’_=écrouler=, _v.r._, to fall in, to fall down, to fall to pieces;
to break down; to collapse; to perish. _Cet édifice vint à s’—_; that
building fell down. _La terre s’écroula_; the ground gave way. _Faire
s’—_; to pull _or_ bring down.
=écroûter=, _v.a._, to cut off the crust. _S’—_; to lose its crust (of
bread).
=écru=, =-e=, _adj._, unbleached, raw. _Fil —_, _soie —e_; raw thread,
raw silk. _Toile —e_; brown holland.
=écrues=, _n.f.pl._, wood of new and spontaneous growth.
=ectropion=, _n.m._, (med.) eversion of the eyelids.
☉=ectype=, _n.f._, ectype.
=écu=, _n.m._, shield; ☉crown, an obsolete French coin; ☉half a crown;
money, cash; copy-paper. _Amasser des —s_; to hoard up money. _C’est le
père aux —s_; he is a moneyed man.
=écuage=, _n.m._, scutage, land-tax.
=écubier=, _n.m._, (nav.) hawse-hole.
*=écueil= (ékeu-i), _n.m._, reef, rock; sand-bank; breaker; peril,
danger; obstacle; stumbling-block. _Donner sur un —_; to strike against a
rock. _Le monde est plein d’—s_; the world is full of dangers.
=écuelle=, _n.f._, porringer, bowl, basin. _Laver les —s_; to wash the
dishes. _Des lavures d’—s_; dish-water, hog-wash. _Être propre comme une
— de chat_; to be filthy, very dirty.
=écuellée=, _n.f._, porringer-full, bowl-full.
=écuisser=, _v.a._, to thin (trees at the foot).
=éculer=, _v.a._, to tread down at heel.
_s’_=éculer=, _v.r._, to wear down at the heel.
=écumage=, _n.m._, skimming, scumming.
=écumant=, =-e=, _adj._, foaming; frothy, seething.
=écume=, _n.f._, froth, foam; scum, dross; dregs; slag; lather. _L’— de
la mer_; the foam of the sea. _L’— de certains métaux_; the dross of
certain metals. _L’— d’un cheval_; the foam of a horse. _Jeter de l’—_;
to foam. _— de mer_; white talc; meerschaum; sea-ware.
=écuménicité=, _n.f._ _V._ =œcuménicité=.
=écuménique=, _adj._ _V._ =œcuménique=.
=écuméniquement=, _adv._ _V._ =œcuméniquement=.
=écumer=, _v.n._, to foam, to froth. _La mer écume_; the sea foams. _Il
écumait de rage_; he was foaming with rage.
=écumer=, _v.a._, to skim; to pick up; to gather, to collect, rake up.
_— le pot_; to skim the pot. _— les marmites_; to be a sponger. _— les
mers_; to scour the seas.
=écumeur=, _n.m._, skimmer, collector; parasite, plagiarist. _— de
marmites_; sponger, hanger-on. _— de mer_; sea-robber, sea-rover.
=écumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, frothy, foaming.
=écumoire=, _n.f._, skimmer, scummer.
=écurage=, _n.m._, scouring, cleaning.
=écurer=, _v.a._, to scour, to cleanse. _— de la vaisselle_; to scour
dishes.
*=écureuil=, _n.m._, squirrel.
=écureu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scourer of kitchen utensils. _— de
puits_; well-cleanser.
=écurie=, _n.f._, stable; stabling; mews; stud; equipage. _Valet d’—_;
stable-boy, groom, ostler.
=écusson=, _n.m._, escutcheon; shield, coat of arms; (arch.) knob;
(hort., nav.) escutcheon.
=écussonner=, _v.a._, (hort.) to bud.
=écussonnoir=, _n.m._, (hort.) budding-knife.
=écuyer=, _n.m._, esquire, squire; equerry; riding-master; rider; wall
hand-rail (of a staircase). _Il est bon —_; he is a good horseman. _—
tranchant_; carver. _— de cuisine_; head cook; house-steward. _Grand —_;
master of the horse.
=écuyère=, _n.f._, horsewoman, female equestrian performer. _À l’—_; in
riding fashion. _Bottes à l’—_; top boots, riding boots.
=eczéma=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) eczema.
=edda=, _n.f._, (_—s_) edda.
=éden= (é-dè-n), _n.m._, Eden.
=édenté=, =-e=, _adj._, toothless; (fig.) broken, edentate. _Vieille —e_;
toothless hag. _Un peigne —_; a broken-toothed comb.
=édenter=, _v.a._, to wear out, to break the teeth of objects such as
combs, saws, etc.; to deprive of one’s teeth; to cause any one to lose
his teeth. _La vieillesse nous édente_; old age causes us to lose our
teeth.
_s’_=édenter=, _v.r._, to lose its _or_ one’s teeth.
=édentés=, _n.m.pl._, (zoöl.) edentata.
=édicter=, _v.a._, to enact, to decree. _Peines édictées par la loi_;
penalties enacted by law.
=édicule=, _n.f._, small edifice, pavillon, kiosk.
=édifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, edifying.
=édificateur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) builder, constructor.
=édification=, _n.f._, building, erection; edification.
=édifice=, _n.m._, edifice, building, pile; structure, fabric.
=édifier=, _v.a._, to build, to erect, to construct; to edify, to
improve, to instruct, to enlighten, to satisfy. _Il m’a édifié sur son
compte_; he told me all about him.
=édile=, _n.m._, edile.
=édilité=, _n.f._, edileship.
=édit=, _n.m._, edict, decree.
=éditer=, _v.a._, to publish, to edit (of books).
=éditeur=, _n.m._, publisher.
=édition=, _n.f._, edition.
=édredon=, _n.m._, eider-down; eider-down quilt.
=éducat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._, educator; teacher; educationalist. _adj._,
educative, instructing.
=éducati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, educative.
=éducation=, _n.f._, education; breeding, rearing (of animals); training;
manners. _Faire l’— d’un jeune homme_; to educate a young man. _Tenir une
maison d’— de demoiselles_; to keep a boarding school for young ladies.
_Il n’a point d’—_; he has no breeding.
=édulcoration=, _n.f._, edulcoration; sweetening.
=édulcorer=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to edulcorate, to sweeten.
=éduquer=, _v.a._, (pop.) to bring up, to educate, children.
=éfaufiler=, _v.a._, to reeve out (of textile fabrics).
=effaçable=, _adj._, effaceable.
=effaçage=, _n.m._, effacing; erasing.
=effacement=, _n.m._, effacing, effacement; obliteration, blotting
out; disappearance; humility, self-effacement; throwing back (of the
shoulders). _Homme d’—_; man of retiring manner.
=effacer=, _v.a._, to efface, to expunge; to wear out; to rub out; to
strike out; to blot out; to scrape out, to scratch out; to wash away,
to obliterate; to eclipse, to throw into the shade; to throw back (the
shoulders); to surpass, to excel, to outdo. _— ses péchés par ses
larmes_; to wash out one’s sins by one’s tears.
_s’_=effacer=, _v.r._, to get obliterated; to wash out; to wear away; to
keep in the background; to draw aside; to give way; to straighten one’s
self; to throw one’s self well back. _Il s’effaça pour éviter le coup_;
he drew aside to avoid the blow.
=effaceu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, eraser.
=effaçure=, _n.f._, blot, blotting out, obliteration, erasure.
=effaner=, _v.a._, (agri.) to strip of leaves.
=effaré=, =-e=, _part._, wild; scared; bewildered. _Un visage —_; a
haggard, scared countenance.
=effarement=, _n.m._, bewilderment, distraction, terror, affright.
=effarer=, _v.a._, to terrify, to scare.
_s’_=effarer=, _v.r._, to be scared, to take fright.
=effarouchant=, =-e=, _adj._, terrifying, startling.
=effarouchement=, _n.m._, scare, fright, affright, alarm, umbrage.
=effaroucher=, _v.a._, to scare away; to startle, to shock, to give
umbrage.
_s’_=effaroucher=, _v.r._, to be scared, to be startled, to take umbrage
or alarm; to take fright.
=effecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, effective, real, positive; (com.) in cash.
_C’est un homme —_; he is a man of his word.
=effectif=, _n.m._, (milit.) effective force; strength.
=effection=, _n.f._, (geom.) effection.
=effectivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, in effect, really, actually, indeed,
in fact; and to be sure; yes, so it is.
=effectuer=, _v.a._, to effect, to execute, to accomplish; to carry out;
to bring about; to work out.
_s’_=effectuer=, _v.r._, to be effected, executed, accomplished; to take
place; to take effect; to be carried out.
=effémination=, _n.f._, effeminacy.
=efféminé=, =-e=, _adj._, effeminate, womanish. _Air —_; effeminate look.
=efféminer=, _v.a._, to effeminate, to enervate.
=effendi= _or_ =efendi= (è-fān-di), _n.m._, effendi (Turkish title).
=effervescence=, _n.f._, effervescence; excitement; ferment.
=effervescent=, =-e=, _adj._, effervescent, effervescing; excited,
excitable.
=effet=, _n.m._, effect, consequence, result; performance, intent,
execution; purpose; power (mec.); bill of exchange, bill. _pl._, goods;
luggage; movables, chattels; funds; stocks. _Produire de l’—_; to make
an impression. _Ces choses-là font un vilain —_; those things look bad.
_Souscrire un —_; to sign a bill. _— à échoir_; running bill. _Faire les
fonds d’un —_; to provide for a bill. _Faire-honneur à un —_; to honor
a bill. _À double —_; double acting (mec.). _En —_; in reality, indeed.
_Pour cet —_; to that end, for that purpose. _À l’— de_; to the end
that, with a view to. _À quel —?_ to what purpose? to what end? _À —_;
sensational, clap-trap. _Cela me fait cet —_; it seems so to me. _Faire
de l’—_; to make a show; to be showy. _Faire l’— de_; to make one think
of; to put one in mind. _— rétrograde_; (at billiards) screwing back. _—
contraire_; screw. _— de côté_; side.
*=effeuillaison=, _n.f._, fall of the leaves.
*=effeuillement=, _n.m._, stripping off the leaves; defoliation.
*=effeuiller=, _v.a._, to strip of leaves, to pluck; to pick to pieces (a
flower).
*_s’_=effeuiller=, _v.r._, to lose _or_ shed its leaves (of a tree, a
flower). _Les roses s’effeuillent_; the roses are shedding their leaves.
=efficace=, _adj._, efficacious, effectual, effective.
=efficace=, _n.f._, efficacy, efficiency, virtue.
=efficacement= (-kas-mān), _adv._, efficaciously, efficiently,
effectually.
=efficacité=, _n.f._, efficacy, efficiency.
=efficient=, =-e=, _adj._, efficient.
=effigie=, _n.f._, effigy. _Pendre en —_; to hang in effigy.
=effigier=, _v.a._, to make an effigy of.
=effilé=, _n.m._, fringe.
=effilé=, =-e=, _adj._, slender, slim; sharp, fine, tapering. _Avoir la
taille —e_; to have a thin, slender figure.
=effiler=, _v.a._, to unweave, to ravel out, to unravel; to thin (the
hair); (hunt.) to tire out the dogs.
_s’_=effiler=, _v.r._, to ravel, to ravel out, to fray out; to taper.
=effiloche=, _n.f._, untwisted silk, light refuse silk.
=effilocher= _or_ =effiloquer=, _v.a._, to ravel out, to undo.
=effiloque=, _n.f._ _V._ =effiloche=.
=effilure=, _n.f._, raveled thread.
=efflanqué=, =-e=, _adj._, lean, thin, lank, raw-boned; meager. _Style
—_; meager style.
=efflanquer=, _v.a._, to make lean, to emaciate.
=effleurer=, _v.a._, to take the surface off; to pick, to pluck
(flowers); to skim over, to skim the surface of, to glance at; to grace,
to touch upon, to dip into.
=effleurir=, _v.a._, (chem.) to effloresce.
_s’_=effleurir=, _v.r._, to effloresce.
=efflorescence=, _n.f._, efflorescence.
=efflorescent=, =-e=, _adj._, efflorescent.
=effluence=, _n.f._, (phys.) effluence.
=effluent=, =-e=, _adj._, (phys.) effluent.
=effluve=, _n.m._, effluvium. _pl._, effluvia.
=effondrement=, _n.m._, (agri.) digging deep; trenching; falling in,
sinking.
=effondrer=, _v.a._, (agri.) to dig deep, to break in, to weigh down, to
sink. _— une volaille_; to draw a fowl. _— du poisson_; to gut fish.
_s’_=effondrer=, _v.r._, to fall in; to give way.
*=effondrilles=, _n.f.pl._, grounds, sediment, dregs.
_s’_=efforcer=, _v.r._, to strain, to strive, to make an effort, to exert
one’s self; to struggle, to endeavor, to attempt.
=effort=, _n.m._, effort, exertion, endeavor; force, strength; (nav.,
vet.) strain, weight; stress. _L’— de l’eau a rompu cette digue_; the
force of the water has broken down that dyke. _Ce cheval a un —_; that
horse is strained. _Faire un — sur soi-même_; to do one’s self violence,
to strive to overcome one’s repugnance. _Se donner un —_; to overstrain
one’s self, to sprain one’s back.
=effraction=, _n.f._, breaking, breaking open, house-breaking. _Vol avec
—_; burglary.
=effraie=, _n.f._, white barn-owl; screech-owl.
_s’_=effranger=, _v.r._, to become unraveled, to fray at the edges.
=effrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, frightful, fearful, dreadful, terrific;
appalling; grim, hideous.
=effrayé=, =-e=, _part._, afraid, daunted, dismayed.
=effrayer=, _v.a._, to fright, to frighten, to alarm, to terrify, to
dismay.
_s’_=effrayer=, _v.r._, to be frightened, to be startled, to take fright,
to take alarm. _Il s’effraie de peu de chose_; he is soon frightened.
=effréné=, =-e=, _adj._, unbridled, unrestrained, unruly; lawless; wild;
frantic. _Passions —es_; unbridled passions.
=effritement=, _n.m._, crumbling to dust; exhaustion (of land).
=effriter=, _v.a._, (agri.) to exhaust (land).
_s’_=effriter=, _v.r._, (agri.) to become exhausted; to crumble to dust.
=effroi=, _n.m._, fright, terror, consternation; dread, dismay. _Porter
partout l’—_; to carry consternation everywhere.
=effronté=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, shameless, brazen-faced person;
shameless, bold, brazen-faced.
=effrontément=, _adv._, impudently, boldly, shamelessly.
=effronterie= (é-front-rî), _n.f._, effrontery, boldness, impudence,
shamelessness. _Il est plein d’—_; he is full of impudence. _Il a eu l’—
de me menacer_; he had the effrontery to threaten me. _Payer d’—_; to
brazen a thing out.
=effroyable=, _adj._, frightful, dreadful, horrid, horrible, awful;
downright; shocking; prodigious. _Elle est d’une laideur —_; she is
frightfully ugly.
=effroyablement=, _adv._, frightfully, horribly, dreadfully, awfully;
shockingly. _Elle est — laide_; she is frightfully ugly.
=effusion=, _n.f._, effusion, pouring out, overflowing, shedding.
=éfourceau=, _n.m._, two-wheeled timber-carriage.
=égagropile=, _n.m._, (vet.) wool-ball.
=égal=, =-e=, _adj._, equal, uniform, like, alike; even, level, same.
_Tout lui est —_; it is all one to him. _Une humeur —e_; an even temper.
_Cela m’est —_; it is all the same to me. _C’est —, si j’avais su_; never
mind, if I had only known.
=égal=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, equal. _À l’— de_; in comparison of, as
much as, equal to. _Traiter d’—_; to treat as one’s equal. _Sans —_;
matchless. _D’— à —_; between equals; on equal terms.
=également= (é-gal-mān), _adv._, equally, alike, impartially, uniformly;
also, likewise, too.
=égaler=, _v.a._, to equal, to make even, level; to come up to, to match,
to emulate; to compare, to parallel.
_s’_=égaler=, _v.r._, to render one’s self equal; to compare one’s self
to.
=égalisation=, _n.f._, equalization.
=égaliser=, _v.a._, to equalize, to make level; to square accounts. _— un
terrain_; to level a piece of ground. _S’—_; to find its own level.
=égalitaire=, _adj._, based on equality, or on equal rights; leveling.
=égalité=, _n.f._, (geom.) equality, parity; evenness, uniformity;
congruity. _À — de mérite_; where there is equality of merit. _— d’âme_;
equanimity.
=égard=, _n.m._, regard, consideration, respect; deference, attentions.
_Avoir —_; to pay regard. _Avoir — à quelque chose_; to be regardful of
anything. _Avoir des —s pour_; to have consideration for, to pay regard,
deference to. _En — à_; considering. _En — à la qualité_; considering the
quality. _Avoir de grands —s pour quelqu’un_; to show great deference to
any one. _Par — pour_; out of regard for. _Par — pour vous_; for your
sake. _À l’— de_; respecting; with regard to. _À cet —_; in this respect.
_À tous —s_; in all respects.
=égaré=, =-e=, _part._, strayed; misguided, misled, roving, wild;
mislaid; disordered, distracted, bewildered. _Brebis —es_; lost sheep.
=égarement= (é-gar-mān), _n.m._, straying, losing one’s way; mistake,
error; wildness (of the look); disorder, ill-conduct, excess, frenzy,
bewilderment. _— d’esprit_; mental alienation.
=égarer=, _v.a._, to mislead, to misguide; to bewilder; to impair
(intellect); to lead astray, to lead into error; to mislay. _— quelque
chose_; to mislay anything.
_s’_=égarer=, _v.r._, to lose one’s way, to stray; to err; to mistake; to
be led into error; to go astray; to ramble; to lose one’s self. _Il s’est
égaré de son chemin_; he has lost his way. _Il s’égara dans la forêt_; he
lost himself in the forest.
=égarotté=, =-e=, _adj._, (man.) wither-wrung.
=égayer=, _v.a._, to enliven, to divert, to make cheerful, to lighten,
to raise (the spirits), to cheer, to cheer up; to thin (trees). _— un
appartement_; to make an apartment lighter.
_s’_=égayer=, _v.r._, to make merry, to be merry, to divert one’s self,
to sport, to cheer up. _Il faut vous —_; you must cheer up. _Nous nous
égayâmes à ses dépens_; we made merry at his expense.
=égide=, _n.f._, Ægis (shield of Jupiter, of Pallas); shield, buckler,
breast-plate; protector. _Il me sert d’—_; he is my protector. _Sous son
—_; under his ægis; under his protection.
=égilops= (-lops), _n.m._, (med.) egilops.
=églantier= (-tié), _n.m._, (bot.) eglantine, woodbine, hip-tree, brier,
dog-brier. _— odorant_; sweet-brier.
=églantine=, _n.f._, (bot.) (flower) eglantine, hip, dog-rose,
sweet-brier, woodbine.
=églefin=, _n.m._, (ich.) haddock.
=église=, _n.f._, church; chimney cowl; cowl. _L’— anglicane_; the church
of England. _Un homme d’—_; a churchman, a clergyman. _Gueux comme un rat
d’—_; as poor as a church mouse.
=églogue= (-log), _n.f._, eclogue.
☉=égoïser=, _v.n._, to egotize.
=égoïsme=, _n.m._, egotism, selfishness; (philos.) egoism.
=égoïste=, _adj._, egotistic; selfish, egoistic.
=égoïste=, _n.m.f._, egotist; (philos.) egoist. _C’est un —_; he is an
egotist.
=égopode=, _n.m._, (bot.) gout-weed, goutwort.
=égorger=, _v.a._, to cut the throat of, to slaughter, to butcher, to
kill.
=égorgeur=, _n.m._, slaughterer, murderer.
*_s’_=égosiller=, _v.r._, to make one’s throat sore, to make one’s self
hoarse (with speaking); to bawl out, to strain one’s voice.
=égotisme=, _n.m._, (ant.) egotism.
=égotiste=, _n.m._, (ant.) (l.u.) egotist.
=égout=, _n.m._, running or falling of water; sink, drain, sewer; eaves,
projecting roof. _— collecteur_; main-sewer.
=égoutier=, _n.m._, sewer-man.
=égouttage=, _n.m._, drainage; draining, dripping.
=égoutter=, _v.n._, to drain, to drip.
=égoutter=, _v.a._, to drain, to let drop.
_s’_=égoutter=, _v.r._, to drop, to drain.
=égouttoir=, _n.m._, drainer, plate-rack.
=égoutture=, _n.f._, drainings, drippings.
=égrain= _or_ =égrin=, _n.m._, seedling pear _or_ apple tree.
=égrainer=. _V._ =égrener=.
_s’_=égrainer=. _V._ _s’_=égrener=.
=égrappage=, _n.m._, picking (of grapes, currants, etc.).
=égrapper=, _v.a._, to pick (grapes, currants, etc.) from the bunch.
=égrappoir=, _n.m._, grape-picker (instr.).
*=égratigner=, _v.a._, to scratch, to claw; (paint.) to stencil. _S’il ne
mord pas, il égratigne_; if he does not bite he scratches.
*=égratigneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scratcher; (paint.) stenciler.
*=égratignure=, _n.f._, scratch; slight wound. _Il ne saurait souffrir la
moindre —_; he cannot bear the least thing _or_ hurt.
*=égravillonner=, _v.a._, to ablaqueate.
=égrefin=, _n.m._ _V._ =églefin=.
=égrenage=, _n.m._, shelling, husking (grains); picking (grapes); (arts)
ginning.
=égrener=, _v.a._, to shell, to husk (grain); to pick from the bunch
(grapes); (arts) to gin.
_s’_=égrener=, _v.r._, to shell (of grain); to fall from the stalk; to
shed seeds.
*=égrillard=, =-e=, _adj._, sprightly, brisk, lively; free, broad.
*=égrilloir=, _n.m._, weir, grate (to keep the fish in a pond).
=égrisée=, _n.f._, diamond-dust.
=égriser=, _v.a._, to clean, to rough-down, to cut (diamonds).
=égrisoir=, _n.m._, diamond-dust box.
=égrugeoir= (-joâr), _n.m._, mortar.
=égruger=, _v.a._, to pound, to bruise. _— du sel_; to pound salt.
=égueulé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, _adj._, (égheulé), broken-mouthed;
(pop.) vulgar, foul-mouthed person.
=égueulement= (é-gheul-mān), _n.m._, (artil.) breaking at the mouth of a
cannon.
=égueuler= (égheulé), _v.a._, to break off the mouth _or_ neck (of glass
and other vessels).
_s’_=égueuler=, _v.r._, to bawl till one’s throat is sore; (artil.) to
break at the mouth (of a gun).
=égyptien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-èn), _adj._, Egyptian.
=égyptien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Egyptian; gipsy.
=eh=, _int._, ah! well! _— bien!_ well! _— bien, soit_; well, be it so.
=éhanché=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =déhanché=.
=éherber=, _v.a._ _V._ =sarcler=.
=éhonté=, =-e=, _adj._, shameless, brazen-faced.
=éhouper=, _v.a._, to lop off the top (of a tree).
=eider=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (orni.) eider, eider-duck.
=éjaculateur=, _adj._, (anat.) ejaculatory.
=éjaculation=, _n.f._, throwing out with force, discharge; ejaculation
(fervent prayer).
☉=éjaculatoire=, _adj._ _V._ =éjaculateur=.
=éjaculer=, _v.a._, (anat.) to throw out, to ejaculate, to discharge.
=éjarrer=, _v.a._, to remove the coarse hairs (from furs).
=éject-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, ejecting. _Tuyau —_; discharge pipe.
=élaboration=, _n.f._, elaboration.
=élaboré=, =-e=, _adj._, elaborate, wrought, labored.
=élaborer=, _v.a._, to elaborate, to work out.
=élagage=, _n.m._, (hort.) lopping; branches lopped off.
=élaguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to lop, to prune; to curtail, to cut down,
to cut out. _Elaguez ces détails inutiles_; cut out those useless
particulars.
=élagueur=, _n.m._, (hort.) pruner.
=élan=, _n.m._, start, spring; dash, rush; sally, flight, glow, soaring;
burst, outburst, transport; (mam.) elk, moose-deer. _Par —s_; by starts.
_Prendre un —_; to take a spring, a flight.
=élancé=, =-e=, _adj._, slender, slim, thin, lank.
=élancement= (é-lāns-mān), _n.m._, shooting, twitch, twinge. _pl._,
transports.
=élancer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to launch, to dart, to shoot.
_s’_=élancer=, _v.r._, to bound, to shoot, to shoot _or_ to spring forth,
to dart forth, to rush, to dash, to spring; to take one’s flight. _Il
s’élança sur son cheval_; he leapt _or_ sprang on horseback. _Il s’élança
sur l’ennemi_; he rushed upon the enemy. _S’— sur quelqu’un_; to spring
upon any one. _Mon âme s’élança vers Dieu_; my soul soared up to God.
=élancer=, _v.n._, to shoot, to twitch (of pain).
=élanion=, _n.m._, (orni.) kite. _— martinet_; swallow-tailed kite.
=élargir=, _v.a._, to stretch, to widen, to make wider, to let out; to
enlarge, to release, to set at liberty. _— un habit_; to let out a coat.
_— ses quartiers_; to extend one’s quarters. _— un compas_; to open a
pair of compasses. _— un prisonnier_; to set a prisoner at liberty.
_s’_=élargir=, _v.r._, to widen, to become wider; to enlarge; to stretch;
to enlarge one’s estate; to set one’s self free.
=élargissement= (-jis-mān), _n.m._, widening, enlarging; release,
discharge (from prison).
=élargissure=, _n.f._, piece let in; eking-piece.
=élasticité=, _n.f._, elasticity, springiness.
=élastique=, _adj._, elastic, springy.
=élastique=, _n.f._, india-rubber; elastic-net; spring-side.
=élatine=, _n.f._, (bot.) water-wort.
=élavé=, _adj._, (hunt.) soft and discolored.
=elbeuf=, _n.m._, Elbeuf-cloth.
=eldorado=, _n.m._, (_—s_) El Dorado.
=éléatique=, _n.m._, _adj._, eleatic.
=électeur=, _n.m._, elector.
=électi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, elective.
=élection=, _n.f._, election, return, polling; choice, appointment.
_Temps_, _lieu d’—_; (surg.) most favorable time, place, for performing
an operation. _Solliciter des suffrages aux —s_; to solicit votes at
elections. _Aux —s générales_; at the general election.
=électoral=, =-e=, _adj._, electoral, elective. _Priver du droit —_; to
disfranchise.
=électorat=, _n.m._, electorate.
=électrice=, _n.f._, Elector’s consort, Electress.
=électricité=, _n.f._, electricity.
=électrique=, _adj._, electric. _Secousse —_; electric shock. _Conducteur
—_; electric conductor.
=électrisable=, _adj._, electrifiable.
=électrisant=, =-e=, _adj._, electrifying.
=électrisation=, _n.f._, electrification.
=électriser=, _v.a._, to electrify.
_s’_=électriser=, _v.r._, to be electrified, to electrify.
=électro-aimant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) electro-magnet.
=électro-chimie=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) electro-chemistry.
=électro-dynamique=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) electro-dynamics.
=électro-magnétisme=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) electro-magnetism.
=électromètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) electrometer.
=électro-négati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, electro-negative.
=électrophore=, _n.m._, (phys.) electrophorus.
=électro-positi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, electro-positive.
=électroscope=, _n.m._, (phys.) electroscope.
=électuaire=, _n.m._, electuary.
=élégamment= (-ga-mān), _adv._, elegantly, stylishly.
=élégance=, _n.f._, elegance, style.
=élégant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, gentleman, lady, of fashion; swell,
exquisite; elegant, fashionable, stylish.
=élégiaque=, _adj._, elegiac.
=élégiaque=, _n.m._, elegist.
=élégie=, _n.f._, elegy.
=élément=, _n.m._, element, hobby, favorite pastime; component part. _La
chasse est son —_; hunting is his hobby. _Être dans son —_; to be quite
at home (in anything).
=élémentaire=, _adj._, elementary, elemental.
=élémi=, _n.m._, (pharm.) elemi.
=éléphant=, _n.m._, elephant.
=éléphantiasis= (-tia-zis), _n.f._, (med.) elephantiasis.
=éléphantin=, =-e=, _adj._, elephantine.
=élevage=, _n.m._, (agri.) breeding, raising, rearing (of cattle).
=élévateur=, _adj._, _n.m._, (anat.) elevator, elevatory; raising,
lifting.
=élévation=, _n.f._, elevation, lifting up, raising; rising ground,
height, eminence; (persp.) view; exaltation; greatness (of soul);
nobleness; (c.rel.) elevation of the host; rise (of prices); raised
plan. _Il lui doit son —_; he is indebted to him for his promotion. _Il a
beaucoup d’—_; he possesses great elevation of mind. _— dans le style_;
loftiness of style. _— de côté_; side view (of a building).
=élévatoire=, _n.m._, (surg.) elevator.
=élève=, _n.m.f._, pupil, scholar; student; (nav.) midshipman. _— maître_
(_m._), _maîtresse_ (_f._); pupil-teacher, pupil, governess. _— en
chambre_; parlor boarder.
=élève=, _n.f._, (agri.) breeding (of cattle).
=élevé= (él-vé), =-e=, _part._, raised, grand; heroic, eminent, stately,
lofty; high (of prices); exalted. _C’est un jeune homme bien —_; he is a
very well-bred youth.
=élever= (él-vé), _v.a._, to raise, to raise up, to exalt, to lift up;
to cast up; to ennoble; to erect, to rear up, to set up; to augment, to
increase; to run up (of accounts); to bring up, to breed; to rear; to
educate, to train up, to nurse, to foster. _— quelqu’un jusqu’aux nues_;
to extol any one to the skies. _— la voix_; to raise one’s voice. _J’ai
pris de la peine à — ces plantes_; I took some trouble to raise those
plants.
_s’_=élever=, _v.r._, to arise, to break out; to ascend, to mount, to go
up, to run up; to amount; to be elevated; to increase, to augment; to run
up (of accounts); to be started. _Une tempête s’éleva_; a storm arose.
_Il s’éleva une querelle_; a quarrel broke out. _Les vapeurs s’élèvent de
la terre_; vapors rise from the earth. _Celui qui s’élève sera abaissé_;
he who exalts himself shall be humbled. _Les vagues s’élevèrent hautes et
menaçantes_; the waves rolled high and threatening.
=éleveur= (él-veur), _n.m._, elevator; cattle-breeder, grazier.
=élevure= (él-vur), _n.f._, pimple, blotch, blain.
=elfe=, _n.m._, elf (fairy).
=élider=, _v.a._, (gram.) to cut off, to elide.
_s’_=élider=, _v.r._, to be elided, to be cut off. _Cette lettre
s’élide_; that letter is elided.
=éligibilité=, _n.f._, eligibility, fitness.
=éligible=, _adj._, eligible, fit.
_s’_=élimer=, _v.r._, to wear out, to rub out.
=élimination=, _n.f._, elimination, dismissal, expulsion; removal,
rejection.
=éliminer=, _v.a._, to eliminate, to strike out _or_ off, to expel, to
discard, to dismiss, to remove; to delete.
=élingue= (é-ling), _n.f._, (nav.) sling, strop.
=élinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to sling.
=élire=, _v.a._, to elect, to choose, to return, to appoint, to
designate. _— domicile_; to take up one’s abode.
=élision=, _n.f._, elision.
=élite=, _n.f._, choice, pick, select few, flower, prime. _L’— de
l’armée_; the pick of the army. _J’ai eu l’— de ses livres_; I have had
the pick of his books. _D’—_; picked, crack.
=élixir=, _n.m._, elixir.
=elle=, _pron._, she, her, it; =elles=, _pl._, they, them. _Je parle
d’—_; I speak of her. _Je reviens à —_; I return to her. _Je lui parle_;
I am speaking to her. _Je les lui donne à elle-même_; I give them to her,
place them in her own hands. _Je les vois, —s et leur frère_; I see them
and their brother.
=ellébore=, _n.m._, (bot.) hellebore. _— noir_; Christmas-thorn, black
hellebore. _Avoir besoin d’—_; not to be in one’s right senses.
=elléborine=, _n.f._, (bot.) helleborine, bastard hellebore.
=ellipse= (è-lips), _n.f._, (gram., geom.) ellipsis; ellipse.
=ellipsoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, ellipsoidal.
=ellipsoïde=, _n.m._, (geom.) ellipsoid.
=ellipticité=, _n.f._, ellipticity.
=elliptique=, _adj._, elliptical.
=elliptiquement=, _adv._, elliptically.
=elme= (=Feu Saint=), _n.m._, corposant, Castor and Pollux.
=élocution=, _n.f._, elocution.
=éloge=, _n.m._, eulogium, eulogy, panegyric, encomium, praise,
commendation. _Digne d’—_; praiseworthy. _Faire soi-même son —_; to sound
one’s own praises. _Faire l’— d’un auteur_; to speak in praise of an
author. _— funèbre_; funeral oration.
=élogieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, full of praise, eulogistic, flattering.
=élogiste=, _n.m.f._, (ant.) eulogist, writer of panegyrics.
*=éloigné=, =-e=, _part._, removed, distant, wide, remote, far; absent,
foreign. _Temps —s_; distant times. _Cause —e_; remote cause. _Il est
fort — de le croire_; he is far from believing it. _Se tenir —_; to keep
away, to stand aloof. _D’une manière —e_; distantly.
*=éloignement= (é-loagn-mān), _n.m._, removal, removing; distance,
remoteness; retirement; aversion, dislike; estrangement, unwillingness.
_On voit Paris dans l’—_; Paris is seen in the distance. _Avoir de l’—
pour le travail_; to have an aversion for work.
*=éloigner=, _v.a._, to remove, to put away, to send away; to dismiss; to
discard; to repudiate; to remove further; to waive; to avert; to banish;
to drive away; to put off, to delay, to retard; to alienate, to estrange;
to indispose. _— un sujet_; to waive a subject. _— les soupçons_; to
discard suspicion. _— quelqu’un de_; to indispose any one (towards). _—
quelqu’un de son pays_; to send any one away from his country. _Eloignez
de vous ces mauvaises pensées_; dismiss such evil thoughts.
_s’_*=éloigner=, _v.r._, to go away, to remove, to recede; to forsake; to
withdraw; to ramble; to digress; to swerve; to deviate; to be different,
to differ from, to dislike; (paint.) to appear in the distance; to be
alienated, to be wanting, to fall off, to fail. _Ne vous éloignez pas_;
don’t go far. _S’— de son devoir_; to deviate from one’s duty. _S’— de
son sujet_; to digress from one’s subject. _Cette opinion s’éloigne de
la mienne_; that opinion differs from mine.
=élongation=, _n.f._, elongation; digression.
=élonger=, _v.a._, (nav.) to sheer off, to lay alongside of, to run out a
warp.
=éloquemment= (-ka-mān), _adv._, eloquently.
=éloquence=, _n.f._, eloquence, oratory. _— de la tribune_; parliamentary
eloquence.
=éloquent=, =-e=, _adj._, eloquent.
=élu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (person) elected, chosen, elect.
=élu=, =-e=, _part._, elected, chosen, elect, appointed, designated,
returned.
=élucidation=, _n.f._, elucidation.
=élucider=, _v.a._, to elucidate.
=élucubration=, _n.f._, lucubration.
=élucubrer=, _v.a.n._, to lucubrate.
=éludable=, _adj._, evadible, eludible.
=éluder=, _v.a._, to elude, to evade.
=élyme=, _n.m._, (bot.) elymus, lyme-grass.
=élysée=, _n.m._, (myth.) Elysium. _L’Elysée_; the residence (in Paris)
of the President of the Republic.
=élysée=, _adj._, Elysian. _Les champs —s_; the Elysian Fields.
=élyséen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Elysian.
=élysiens= (-īn), _adj.m.pl._, (myth.) Elysian.
=élytre=, _n.m._, (ent.) elytron, wing-shell.
=elzévir=, _n.m._, Elzevir (edition).
=elzévirien=, =-ne=, _adj._, elzevirian, Elzevir.
=émaciation=, _n.f._, emaciation.
=émacié=, =-e=, _adj._, emaciated.
*=émail=, _n.m._, enamel; (her.) tincture; (fig.) gloss, brilliancy. _—
de Hollande_; Dutch blue. _Peindre en —_; to enamel. _Peinture en —_;
enameling, enameled picture. _Peintre en —_; enameler.
*=émailler=, _v.a._, to enamel; (fig.) to adorn, to embellish, to stud,
to strew, to covet.
*=émailleur=, _n.m._, enameler.
*=émaillure=, _n.f._, enameling.
=émanation=, _n.f._, emanation.
=émancipation=, _n.f._, emancipation.
=émanciper=, _v.a._, to emancipate.
_s’_=émanciper=, _v.r._, to gain one’s liberty, to free one’s self; to
take too much liberty, to get too free, to go beyond bounds, to forget
one’s self, to play pranks. _Vous vous émancipez trop_; you are getting
rather too free.
=émaner=, _v.n._, to emanate.
=émargement=, _n.m._, writing on the margin; marginal note; signature on
the margin.
=émarger=, _v.a._, to write, to sign, on the margin; to receipt; (fig.)
to draw one’s salary; (tech.) to diminish the breadth of the margin of
engravings, etc.
=émarginé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) emarginate.
=émasculation=, _n.f._, emasculation.
=émasculer=, _v.a._, to emasculate.
=embabouiner=, _v.a._, (fam., l.u.) to wheedle; to gammon.
=emballage=, _n.m._, packing up, packing; package. _Toile d’—_;
packing-canvas, pack-cloth.
=emballer=, _v.a._, to pack up; to wrap up; to pack off; (fam. jest.) to
send away, to pack off (any one), to look at, to quod.
=emballeur=, _n.m._, packer; (pop.) bragger, bobby, policeman.
=embander=, _v.a._, to tie up; to swathe.
=embarcadère=, _n.m._, terminus; wharf; pier; steps, landing-stage.
=embarcation=, _n.f._, small boat, craft; crew, passengers.
=embardée=, _n.f._, (nav.) yaw, lurch.
=embarder=, _v.a._ and _n._, (nav.) to yaw, to lurch.
=embargo=, _n.m._, embargo. _Lever l’—_; to take on an embargo. _Mettre
un — sur_; to lay an embargo on.
*=embarillé=, =-e=, _adj._, barreled up.
*=embariller=, _v.a._, to barrel, to barrel up.
=embarquement=, _n.m._, embarkation, embarking, shipping, shipment.
=embarquer=, _v.a._, to embark, to ship, to put on ship-board; to take on
board; to see off. _On l’a embarqué dans une méchante affaire_; he has
been drawn into some bad business.
_s’_=embarquer=, _v.r._, to embark, to go on board, to take shipping; to
put to sea, to sail, to set out; to engage.
=embarras=, _n.m._, incumbrance, hindrance, impediment; embarrassment,
difficulty, trouble, intricacy, fuss; perplexity, puzzle; (med.)
derangement. _Cet homme fait bien de l’—_; that man makes a great fuss.
_Être dans l’—_; to be in difficulties. _Se mettre dans l’—_; to get into
trouble, into a scrape. _Je suis dans l’—_; I am at a loss. _Ce n’est pas
l’—_; that’s easy enough; I see no objection. _Avoir l’— du choix_; to
have too much to choose from. _— de voitures_; block of carriages.
=embarrassant=, =-e=, _adj._, embarrassing, puzzling, awkward;
perplexing, encumbering, cumbersome, troublesome.
=embarrassé=, =-e=, _part._, embarrassed, entangled, perplexed,
obstructed, constrained; out of countenance. _Être —_; to be at a loss.
=embarrasser=, _v.a._, to embarrass, to hamper, to encumber, to
obstruct; to clog, to trouble, to confound, to puzzle; to come amiss
to, to inconvenience, to incommode; to insnare. _Être embarrassé de sa
personne_; not to know what to do with one’s self. _Que cela ne vous
embarrasse point_; do not trouble yourself about that. _Cette question
l’a embarrassé_; that question puzzled him. _Il est embarrassé de
répondre_; he is at a loss for an answer. _— une rue_; to obstruct a
street.
_s’_=embarrasser=, _v.r._, to entangle one’s self, to be embarrassed,
entangled; to be solicitous about, to concern one’s self with; (med.) to
be affected. _Il ne s’embarrasse de rien_; nothing ever troubles him. _Sa
langue s’embarrasse_; his tongue begins to falter; his speech is impeded.
=embasement=, _n.m._, (arch.) continuous base; basement.
=embastillement=, _n.m._, imprisoning; surrounding with forts.
=embastiller=, _v.a._, to imprison; to surround with forts.
=embatage=, _n.f._, casing, tiring of wheels.
☉*=embatailler=, _v.a._, to embattle.
=embâter=, _v.a._, to put on a pack-saddle; to saddle, to encumber. _On
l’a embâté d’une affaire bien désagréable_; they have saddled him with a
very disagreeable job.
=embâtonner=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to arm with a cudgel.
=embattés=, _n.m.pl._, periodical winds.
=embattoir=, _n.m._, shoeing pit (for wheels).
=embattre=, _v.a._, to case, to tire (a wheel).
=embauchage=, _n.m._, hiring, engaging (workmen); tampering, gaining
over, enticing away; enlisting, recruiting.
=embaucher=, _v.a._, to hire, to engage (workmen); to entice away, to
tamper with; to enlist, to recruit.
=embaucheur=, _n.m._, hirer; recruiting-officer; recruiter, crimp.
=embauchoir=, _n.m._, boot-tree; boot-last.
=embaumement= (an-bôm-mān), _n.m._, embalming.
=embaumer=, _v.a._, to embalm; to perfume, to scent. _v.n._, to smell
very sweet.
=embaumeur=, _n.m._, embalmer.
=embecquer=, _v.a._, to feed (a bird); to bait (a hook).
=embéguiner= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to muffle up; to infatuate, to bewitch.
_s’_=embéguiner=, _v.r._, to be infatuated, to be bewitched, to become
bigoted.
=embelle=, _n.f._, (nav.) waist.
=embellie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull, momentary calm; favorable change;
clearing.
=embellir=, _v.a._, to embellish, to beautify; to adorn, to decorate, to
set off. _— un conte_; to embellish a tale.
_s’_=embellir=, _v.r._, to grow beautiful, to improve in beauty, to grow
handsome.
=embellir=, _v.n._, to beautify, to grow handsomer. _Elle ne fait que
croître et —_; she grows taller and handsomer every day.
=embellissement= (-lis-mān), _n.m._, embellishment, improvement,
adornment.
=embérize=, _n.f._, (zoöl.) bunting.
_s’_=emberlucoquer=, _v.r._, (fam.) to be taken with, to be wedded to.
*=embesogné=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., jest.) busy, busily engaged.
=embêtement=, _n.m._, (triv.) annoyance, bother; nuisance, bore.
=embêter=, _v.a._, (triv.) to stupefy, to stultify, to besot; to annoy,
to plague; to tease, to torment, to rile; to worry; to aggravate, to bore.
_s’_=embêter=, _v.r._ (triv.) to feel dull, bored.
=emblaison=, _n.f._, seed-time, sowing-time.
=emblavage=, _n.m._, (agri.) wheat-sowing.
=emblaver=, _v.a._, to sow with corn.
=emblavure=, _n.f._, land sown with corn.
_d’_=emblée=, _adv._, at the first, in a trice; at the first onset; at
the first trial; there and then; straight off the reel.
=emblématique=, _adj._, emblematical.
=emblème=, _n.m._, emblem. _Être l’— de_; to be emblematical of.
=emboire=, _v.a._, to imbibe; (sculp.) to coat (with oil or wax).
_s’_=emboire=, _v.r._, (paint.) to get dull _or_ flat; to dry in.
=emboîtement= (ān-boat-mān), _n.m._, fitting in, jointing, clamping.
=emboîter=, _v.a._, to joint; to set (bones); to clamp, to fit, to fit
in. _— le pas_; (milit.) to lock up.
_s’_=emboîter=, _v.r._, to fit, to fit in.
=emboîture=, _n.f._, socket, clamp; (pottery) collar. _L’— des os_; the
juncture of the bones.
=embolie=, _n.f._, (med.) embolism.
=embolisme=, _n.m._, embolism.
=embolismique=, _adj._, embolismic, embolismal.
=embonpoint=, _n.m._, plumpness, corpulence, stoutness, obesity. _Prendre
de l’—_; to get stout, to pick up flesh. _Perdre son —_; to fall away, to
lose flesh.
=emboquer=, _v.a._, to feed, to cram food down.
_s’_=emboquer=, _v.r._, to cram food down one another’s throat.
=embordurer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to put in a frame, to frame.
=embossage=, _n.m._, (nav.) bringing the broadside to bear.
=embosser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bring the broadside to bear.
_s’_=embosser=, _v.r._, (nav.) to be brought to bear (broadside on).
=embouché=, =-e=, _part._, entered (of boats); prompted, tutored. _Être
mal —_; to be foul-mouthed, impertinent.
=emboucher=, _v.a._, to put to one’s mouth (wind instruments); to prompt;
to bit (a horse). _Il l’a bien embouché_; he gave him a good prompting.
_s’_=emboucher=, _v.r._, (of rivers) to fall into; to empty, to discharge
itself.
=embouchoir=, _n.m._, boot-tree; mouth-piece (of instruments).
=embouchure=, _n.f._, mouth-piece (of wind instruments); mouth (of a
river, of a harbor); out-fall (engineering).
=embouer=, _v.a._, (pop.) to cover with mud; to bemire; to vilify.
=embouquement=, _n.m._, (nav.) entrance to a strait.
=embouquer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to enter a strait.
=embourbé=, =-e=, _part._, stuck fast (in the mud). _Il jure comme un
charretier —_; he swears like a trooper.
=embourber=, _v.a._, to put in the mire; to bemire. _— quelqu’un dans une
mauvaise affaire_; to get any one into a troublesome business.
_s’_=embourber=, _v.r._, to sink in the mud, to stick in the mire; to be
involved (in any trouble).
=embourrer=. _V._ =rembourrer=.
=embourser=, _v.a._, to put into one’s purse; to receive; to pocket.
=embout=, _n.m._, ferrule.
=embouter=, _v.a._, to ferrule, to tip.
=emboutir=, _v.a._, (gold.) to scoop out; (coppersmith’s work) to beat
out; (arch.) to sheet; to stamp; to plate; to tip.
=embranchement=, _n.m._, branch, branching off; branch-road; branch-line,
junction (rail.).
=embrancher=, _v.a._, (carp.) to put together; to join.
_s’_=embrancher=, _v.r._, to branch off; to branch (of roads); to abut,
to join.
=embrasé=, =-e=, _part._, in flames, on fire; glowing, aglow, in a glow.
=embrasement= (an-brâz-mān), _n.m._, conflagration, burning; combustion;
kindling.
=embraser=, _v.a._, to fire, to set on fire, to kindle, to inflame. _La
guerre a embrasé toute l’Europe_; war has set all Europe ablaze.
_s’_=embraser=, _v.r._, to kindle, to take fire, to glow, to be aglow,
to be inflamed. _Cette matière s’embrase facilement_; that stuff easily
catches fire.
=embrassade=, _n.f._, embrace, hug, kissing, kiss.
=embrasse=, _n.f._, curtain-loop, curtain-band.
=embrassé=, =-e=, _part._, embraced. _Ils se tenaient —s_; they remained
locked in each other’s arms.
=embrassement= (an-bras-mān), _n.m._, embrace.
=embrasser=, _v.a._, to embrace, to clasp; to kiss; to encompass, to
encircle, to comprehend, to comprise, to take in, to include; to seize,
to avail one’s self of, to undertake. _Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint_;
grasp all, lose all. _— la querelle de quelqu’un_; to espouse any
one’s quarrel. _— une occasion_; to seize, to avail one’s self of, an
opportunity.
_s’_=embrasser=, _v.r._, to embrace, _or_ to kiss, one another.
=embrasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam., l.u.) embracer, kisser.
=embrassure=, _n.f._, band of iron, binder.
=embrasure=, _n.f._, embrasure; recess.
=embrayage=, _n.m._, connecting (of wheels); coupling gear (motor).
=embrayer=, _v.a._, to engage, to connect (man.).
=embrelage=, _n.m._, lashing.
=embreler=, _v.a._, to lash (a wagon load).
=embrener=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to dirty, to soil. _S’— dans quelque
affaire_; to entangle one’s self in a dirty piece of business.
=embrèvement=, _n.f._, (carp.) mortise, franking.
=embrever=, _v.a._, (carp.) to mortise, to frank, to join.
=embrigadement=, _n.m._, (milit.) brigading; enlisting, recruiting.
=embrigader=, _v.a._, (milit.) to brigade; to form into brigades.
=embrocation=, _n.f._, embrocation.
=embrochement=, _n.m._, spitting (of meat).
=embrocher=, _v.a._, to spit, to put upon the spit. _— quelqu’un_; to run
any one through the body.
=embroucher=, _v.a._, to overlap, overlay (tiles, etc.).
*=embrouillé=, =-e=, _part._, perplexed, intricate; entangled, obscure.
*=embrouillement= (an-brou-i-mān), _n.m._, embroiling, confusion,
intricacy, perplexity.
=embrouiller=, _v.a._, to embroil, to confuse, to confound, to jumble up;
to perplex, to obscure.
*_s’_=embrouiller=, _v.r._, to become intricate _or_ entangled; to get
confused; (fam.) to get fuddled, muddled.
=embrouilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mar-plot; blunderer.
=embroussaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, covered with brushwood, bushy, matted,
intricate.
=embruiné=, =-e=, _adj._, (agri.) spoilt by drizzle.
=embrumé=, =-e=, _adj._, foggy, misty, hazy.
=embrumer=, _v.a._, to overcast, to cover with fog _or_ mist. _S’—_; to
be covered with fog, to get misty, hazy.
=embrun=, _n.m._, (nav.) spray.
=embrunir=, _v.a._, to brown.
=embryogénie=, _n.f._, embryogeny.
=embryographie=, _n.f._, embryography.
=embryologie=, _n.f._, embryology.
=embryon=, _n.f._, embryo; (bot.) germ; little bit of a man; dwarf,
shrimp.
=embryonnaire=, _adj._, embryonic.
=embu=, =-e=, _part._ of =emboire=, soaked in, dried in.
=embu=, _n.m._, (paint.) dulness, flatness (of pictures).
=embûche=, _n.f._, snare, ambush. _Dresser des —s_; to lay snares.
=embûcher=, _v.a._, to begin cutting (trees); to drive back, to covert
(hunt.). _S’—_; to return, to covert.
=embuscade=, _n.f._, ambuscade; ambush; lurking-place, snare. _Être_, _Se
mettre_, _Se tenir_, _en —_; to lie _or_ be lying in wait, in ambush.
=embusquer=, _v.a._, to ambuscade, to post.
_s’_=embusquer=, _v.r._, to lay in ambuscade, to lie in wait.
=émender=, _v.a._, to amend, to correct.
=émeraude= (é-mrôd), _n.f._, emerald.
=émergence=, _n.f._, (phys.) emersion, emergence.
=émergent=, _adj._, (phys.) emergent.
=émerger=, _v.n._, to emerge, to rise out.
=émeri= (é-mri), _n.m._, (min.) emery. _Bouché à l’—_; with a ground
stopper.
*=émerillon=, _n.m._, whirl (for weaving); (nav.) swivel-hook.
*=émerillon=, _n.m._, (orni.) stone-falcon, merlin.
*=émerillonné=, =-e=, _adj._, brisk, sprightly, wide-awake, lively.
=émerisé=, =-e=, _adj._ _Papier —_; emery paper. _Toile —e_; emery cloth.
=émérite=, _adj._, emeritus; retired, pensioned, superannuated;
practised, adept.
=émersion=, _n.f._, emersion.
=émérus=, _n.m._, (bot.) bastard-senna, colutea.
*=émerveillement=, _n.m._, wonder, astonishment.
*=émerveiller=, _v.a._, to astonish, to amaze.
*_s’_=émerveiller=, _v.r._, to marvel, to wonder, to be astonished.
=émétique=, _n.m._, _adj._, emetic, puke, vomit; emetical.
=émétiser=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to add emetic to a mixture; to treat with
emetics.
=émettre=, _v.a._, to put in circulation, to utter; to emit, to issue, to
give out, to put forth, to express.
=émeu=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) emu.
=émeute=, _n.f._, riot, disturbance, commotion, uproar, tumult; rising,
mutiny. _Chef d’—_; ringleader.
=émeuter=, _v.a._, to rouse, to stir up, to excite.
=émeutier= (-tié), _n.m._, rioter.
=émier=, _v.a._ _V._ =émietter=.
=émiettement=, _n.m._, crumbling.
=émietter=, _v.a._, to crumble.
_s’_=émietter=, _v.r._, to crumble.
=émigrant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, emigrant; emigrating.
=émigration=, _n.f._, emigration, migration.
=émigré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, emigrant; refugee.
=émigrer=, _v.n._, to emigrate; to migrate.
=émincé=, _n.m._, (cook.) mince; thin slices.
=émincer=, _v.a._, to mince (meat).
=éminemment= (-na-mān), _adv._, eminently, in a high degree.
=éminence=, _n.f._, eminence; elevation, rising ground, height.
=éminent=, =-e=, _adj._, eminent, high, lofty, conspicuous.
=éminentissime=, _adj._, most eminent.
=émir=, _n.m._, Ameer, Emir.
=émissaire=, _n.m._, emissary; (tech.) overflow pipe, overflow channel.
_Bouc —_; scape-goat.
=émission=, _n.f._, emission, issue, uttering, putting into circulation.
=emmagasinage=, _n.m._, warehousing.
=emmagasiner=, _v.a._, to warehouse, to store.
=emmaigrir=, _v.a._ _V._ =amaigrir=.
*=emmaillotement=, _n.m._, swaddling, swathing.
*=emmailloter=, _v.a._, to swaddle, to swathe, to bind up in swaddling
clothes.
=emmanchement= (an-mansh-mān), _n.m._, (paint., sculpt.) joining,
hafting, helving; putting a handle.
=emmancher=, _v.a._, to put a handle to, to haft, to helve; to begin, to
set about. _Affaire mal emmanchée_; ill-managed affair.
_s’_=emmancher=, _v.r._, to fit in, to be begun; to be done. _Cela ne
s’emmanche pas ainsi_; that is not the way to set to work.
=emmancher=, _v.n._, (nav.) to enter the channel.
=emmancheur=, _n.m._, handle-maker.
=emmanchure=, _n.f._, arm-hole.
=emmannequiner=, _v.a._, to put in hampers; to basket (plants).
=emmantelé=, =-e=, _adj._, covered with a cloak; (fort.) ☉fortified.
_Corneille —e_; hooded-crow.
☉=emmanteler=, _v.a._, (fort.) to wall-round.
=emmariné=, =-e=, _adj._, accustomed to the sea.
=emmariner=, _v.a._, to man (a ship); to accustom to the sea.
_s’_=emmariner=, _v.r._, to be manned (of a ship); to get accustomed to
the sea.
=emmêlé=, =-e=, _adj._, entangled.
=emmêler=, _v.a._, to entangle.
_s’_=emmêler=, _v.r._, to get entangled.
=emménagement= (an-mé-naj-mān), _n.m._, removal, installation. _pl._,
(nav.) internal arrangements, accommodation.
=emménager=, _v.n._, to move in.
_s’_=emménager=, _v.r._, to move in.
=emménagogue=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) emmenagogue.
=emmener= (an-mné), _v.a._, to carry away, to take away, to lead away, to
fetch away, to convey away. _Il l’a emmené dans sa voiture_; he took him
away in his carriage. _Emmenez-le!_ off with him!
=emmenotter=, _v.a._, to handcuff, to manacle.
=emmeuler=, _v.a._, to stack hay.
=emmiellé=, =-e=, _adj._, honeyed, sweet, soft. _Paroles —es_; honeyed
words.
=emmieller=, _v.a._, to honey; to sweeten with honey; to cajole.
=emmiellure=, _n.f._, (vet.) a resolvent plaster.
=emmitonner=, _v.a._, to wrap up; to wheedle, to coax.
=emmitoufler=, _v.a._, to muffle up.
=emmortaiser=, _v.a._, to mortise, to set in a mortise.
_s’_=emmortaiser=, _v.r._, to mortise.
=emmotté=, =-e=, _adj._, (of roots of trees) covered with soil.
=emmuseler=, _v.a._, to muzzle.
=émoi=, _n.m._, emotion, anxiety, flutter, ferment. _Mettre en —_; to put
in a flutter, a ferment. _Être en —_; to be agitated _or_ in a ferment.
=émollient=, =-e=, _adj._, emollient, softening.
=émollient=, _n.m._, emollient.
=émolument=, _n.m._, emolument, fee, perquisite. _pl._, salary.
=émolumentaire=, _adj._, emolumental.
=émolumenter=, _v.n._, to profit; to get fees, perquisites.
=émonctoire=, _n.m._, (med.) emunctory.
=émondage=, _n.m._, pruning, lopping, trimming.
=émonde=, _n.f._, dung (of birds of prey).
=émonder=, _v.a._, to prune, to lop.
=émondes=, _n.f.pl._, branches lopped off; trash, refuse.
=émondeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pruner, trimmer, dresser.
=émorfiler=, _v.a._, to beard off; to blunt.
=émotion=, _n.f._, emotion; stir, commotion.
=émottage=, _n.m._, clod-crushing.
=émotter=, _v.a._, (agri.) to break clods of earth.
=émottoir=, _n.m._, (agri.) roller, clod-breaker.
=émoucher=, _v.a._, to drive flies away; to clear of flies.
=émouchet=, _n.m._, sparrow-hawk. _Donner l’— à une peau_; to soak a hide.
=émouchette=, _n.f._, fly-net (for horses).
=émoucheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pers.) fly-fanner.
=émouchoir=, _n.m._, fly-flap.
=émoudre=, _v.a._, to whet, to grind, to sharpen. _— des couteaux_; to
grind knives. _Faire — des ciseaux_; to have scissors ground.
=émouleur=, _n.m._, knife-grinder.
=émoulu=, =-e=, _part._, ground. _Frais — de_; fresh from, just come
from. _Il est frais — du collège_; he is fresh from college. _Combattre à
fer —_; to fight with sharp weapons.
=émoussage=, _n.m._, (agri.) emuscation.
=émoussé=, =-e=, _part._, blunt; dull. _Un esprit —_; a dull mind. _Des
sens —s_; deadened senses. _Etat —_; bluntness.
=émousser=, _v.a._, to make blunt; to take off the edge; to dull; to take
the moss off trees; to deaden. _— un rasoir_; to take the edge off a
razor.
_s’_=émousser=, _v.r._, to get blunt; to become dull; to be, to become,
deadened _or_ blunted. _La pointe de ce couteau s’est émoussée_; the
point of this knife is blunted.
=émoussoir=, _n.m._, moss-scraper.
*=émoustillé=, =-e=, _adj._, brisk, sprightly.
*=émoustiller=, _v.a._, to exhilarate, to put into spirits. _S’—_; to
bestir one’s self; to look alive.
=émouvant=, _adj._, touching, moving, affecting, stirring.
=émouvoir=, _v.a._, to move, to stir up; to agitate, to provoke; to
rouse; to raise; to affect, to touch. _Il sait l’art d’— les passions_;
he knows how to stir up the passions. _Il est ému de crainte_; he is
moved with fear. _— une sédition_; to raise a sedition.
_s’_=émouvoir=, _v.r._, to rise; to be roused; to be stirred up. _Il
s’émut à la vue du péril_; he was troubled at the sight of the danger.
_Il s’émeut de rien_; the least thing upsets him.
*=empaillage=, _n.m._, stuffing (animals).
*=empaillement=, _n.m._, bottoming (with straw); stuffing (animals).
*=empaillé=, =-e=, _part._, stuffed.
*=empailler=, _v.a._, to pack in straw; to stuff (birds); to straw
bottom. _— des ballots_; to pack up bales in straw. _— une plante_; to
wrap straw round a plant.
*=empailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, chair-mender; bird-stuffer.
=empalement= (an-pal-mān), _n.m._, impalement; (tech.) paddle-door,
shuttle.
=empaler=, _v.a._, to impale.
=empan=, _n.m._, span.
=empanacher=, _v.a._, to plume, to adorn with a plume. _— un casque_; to
adorn a helmet.
=empanner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bring to. _v.n._, to tie to.
=empaquetage=, _n.m._, packing.
=empaqueter= (an-pak-té), _v.a._, to pack up, to make up into a bundle,
to do up.
_s’_=empaqueter=, _v.r._, to wrap up. _Il s’empaqueta dans son manteau_;
he wrapped himself up in his cloak.
_s’_=emparer=, _v.r._, to possess one’s self of; to make one’s self
master of; to take possession of, to seize, to secure; to engross
(conversation); to master. _S’— d’un héritage_; to seize upon an
inheritance.
=empâtement=, _n.m._, stickiness, clamminess; cramming (of poultry);
(surg.) puffiness.
=empâter=, _v.a._, to make clammy, sticky; to cram (fowls); (paint.) to
impaste. _Cela m’a empâté les mains_; that has made my fingers sticky.
_Face empâtée_; pudding face.
=empattement=, _n.m._, footing, foundation, base, basement; (tech.)
platform (of a crane); (nav.) splicing.
=empaumer=, _v.a._, to grasp; to take possession of; to gain over; (at
tennis) to strike with the palm of the hand _or_ with a bat. _— la voie_;
(hunt.) to catch the scent.
=empaumure=, _n.f._, top-antlers; palm-piece of a glove.
=empeau=, _n.m._, (hort.) flute-grafting.
=empêchable=, _adj._, preventable.
=empêché=, =-e=, _part._, hindered, at a loss. _Être — de sa personne_;
to be greatly embarrassed. _Faire l’—_; to affect to be busy.
=empêchement= (an-pêsh-mān), _n.m._, hindrance, obstacle, impediment,
opposition, obstruction, difficulty; objection. _Lever tous les —s_;
to remove all obstacles. _Apporter de l’— à quelque chose_; to throw
impediments in the way of anything. _Je n’y mets point d’—_; I do not
oppose it.
=empêcher=, _v.a._, to oppose, to prevent; to hinder, to obstruct, to
impede, to put a stop to. _— un mariage_; to oppose a marriage. _Cette
muraille empêche la vue_; this wall obstructs the view. _Cela n’empêcha
pas qu’il ne le fît_; that did not prevent him from doing it (_i.e._, he
did it all the same). _Il m’empêche de travailler_; he hinders me from
working. _L’un n’empêche pas l’autre_; the one does not bar the other.
_Cela n’empêche pas que_; and yet, for all that.
_s’_=empêcher=, _v.r._, to forbear, to refrain from, to keep from, to
abstain. _Il ne saurait s’— de médire_; he cannot keep from slandering.
_Je ne saurais m’empêcher de le faire_; I cannot help doing it.
*=empeigne=, _n.f._, upper leather; vamp.
=empellement=, _n.m._, sluice, dam.
=empennelage=, _n.m._, backing an anchor.
=empenneler=, _v.a._, to back an anchor.
=empennelle=, _n.f._, small anchor; kedge.
=empenner=, _v.a._, to feather arrows.
=empenoir=, _n.m._, lock-chisel.
=empereur=, _n.m._, emperor.
=empesage=, _n.m._, starching.
=empesé=, =-e=, _part._, starched; (of style) stiff, formal.
=empeser=, _v.a._, to starch; (nav.) to wet (sails). _— un jabot_; to
starch a frill. _S’—_; to be starched.
=empeseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, starcher.
=empester=, _v.a._, to infect, to taint. _v.n._, to stink horribly.
=empêtré=, =-e=, _part._, entangled.
=empêtrer=, _v.a._, to entangle, to embarrass, to hamper, to saddle, to
fetter. _— quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire_; to involve any one in a
disagreeable business.
_s’_=empêtrer=, _v.r._, to become entangled, hampered, embarrassed.
=emphase=, _n.f._, magniloquence, pomposity; emphasis, stress.
=emphatique=, _adj._, bombastic, affected; emphatic.
=emphatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, bombastically, pompously,
emphatically.
=emphractique=, _n.m._, _adj._, (pharm.) emphractic.
=emphysème=, _n.m._, (med.) emphysema.
=emphytéose=, _n.f._, long lease, feudal holding.
=emphytéote=, _n.m._, tenant on a long lease.
=emphytéotique=, _adj._, emphyteutic. _Bail —_; very long lease.
_Redevance —_; ground-rent.
=empiècement=, _n.m._, yoke (of blouse).
=empierrement=, _n.m._, stoning, metalling, ballasting; broken stones;
metaled road.
=empierrer=, _v.a._, to stone, to metal (roads).
=empiètement=, _n.m._, encroaching, encroachment; infringement; trespass.
=empiéter=, _v.a._, to encroach, to make encroachments, to intrench upon,
to invade, to usurp.
=empiéter=, _v.n._, to encroach. _La mer empiète sur la côte_; the sea
encroaches upon the coast. _Il empiète sur mes droits_; he encroaches
upon my rights.
=empiffrer=, _v.a._, to cram, to stuff.
_s’_=empiffrer=, _v.r._, to cram, to stuff.
=empile=, _n.f._, (pisc.) gut-line.
=empilement=, _n.m._, piling; stacking.
=empiler=, _v.a._, to pile up; to stack; to bin; to fasten (hook).
=empileur=, _n.m._, stacker.
=empirance=, _n.f._, damage (to goods in transit).
=empire=, _n.m._, empire, sovereignty; authority; reign; sway, dominion,
command, ascendency; dominions. _Bas-—_; Lower Empire. _L’humide —_;
(poet.) the sea. _— d’Occident_, _d’Orient_; the Western, the Eastern,
Empire. _Vous avez un — absolu sur moi_; you have absolute command over
me. _Avoir de l’— sur quelqu’un_; to sway any one. _Traiter quelqu’un
avec —_; to treat one imperiously, with haughtiness. _Avoir de l’— sur
soi_; to have control over one’s passions. _Se disputer l’—_; to contend
for sovereignty.
=empirée=, _n.m._ _V._ =empyrée=.
=empirement=, _n.m._, aggravation.
=empirer=, _v.a._, to make worse.
=empirer=, _v.n._, to grow worse. _Sa maladie empire chaque jour_; his
illness gets worse every day. _La chose empira_, matters grew worse.
=empirique=, _adj._, empiric, empirical.
=empirique=, _n.m._, empiric.
=empiriquement=, _adv._, empirically.
=empirisme=, _n.m._, empiricism.
=emplacement= (an-plas-mān), _n.m._, site, ground, piece of ground,
place, spot.
=emplanture=, _n.f._, (nav.) step (of a mast).
=emplastration=, _n.f._, (hort.) budding.
=emplastrer=, _v.a._, to bud.
=emplâtre=, _n.m._, plaster, salve, ointment; helpless creature. _Mettre
un — à_; (med.) to put a plaster on. _Mettre un — à une affaire_; to
patch up a business. _C’est un véritable —_; he is fit for nothing.
=emplette=, _n.f._, purchase. _Faire — de quelque chose_; to purchase
anything. _Faire des —s_; to go shopping.
=emplir=, _v.a._, to fill, to fill up.
_s’_=emplir=, _v.r._, to fill; to be filled.
=emploi=, _n.m._, employ, employment; situation, place, post; entry (of
accounts); (theat.) line of business; (fin.) appropriation. _— abusif_;
misemployment. _Faux —_; false item. _Faire un bon — de son temps_; to
make a good use of one’s time. _Double —_; useless repetition. _Donner de
l’—_; to give employment. _Sans —_; out of employment.
=employé=, _n.m._, clerk, person employed, employé, official.
=employer=, _v.a._, to employ, to use, to make use of; to bestow; to
devote; to spend; to lay out, to invest. _Bien — son temps_; to employ
one’s time well. _— son temps à l’étude_; to spend one’s time in study.
_— une phrase_; to use a phrase. _— mal_; to misemploy. _— le vert et le
sec_; to leave no stone unturned. _Je l’ai employé à cela_; I set him to
work on that. _— une somme en recette_; (com.) to enter a sum as received.
_s’_=employer=, _v.r._, to employ, to exert, one’s self; to use one’s
interest. _— pour quelqu’un_; to use one’s interest in any one’s favor.
=emplumer=, _v.a._, (mus.) to feather, to fledge; to quill. _— un
clavecin_; to quill a harpsichord.
_s’_=emplumer=, _v.r._, to become fledged; to feather one’s nest; (pop.)
to pick up flesh. _Il s’est bien emplumé dans cette maison_; he feathered
his nest well in that house.
=empocher=, _v.a._, (fam.) to pocket. _Il empoche tout ce qu’il gagne_;
he pockets all his winnings.
=empoignement=, _n.m._, grasping; capture, arrest.
*=empoigner=, _v.a._, to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of; to take up, to
take into custody. _Cela est trop gros, on ne saurait l’—_; that is too
thick, it is impossible to grasp it. _Je vous ferai —_; I shall have you
taken up.
*_s’_=empoigner=, _v.r._, to lay hold of each other. _Ils se sont
empoignés_; they laid hold of each other, they had a set-to.
=empointer=, _v.a._, to stitch; to point (pins, needles).
=empointeur=, _n.m._, stitcher; pointer.
=empois=, _n.m._, starch.
=empoisonné=, =-e=, _part._, poisoned; poisonous.
=empoisonnement= (-poâ-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, poisoning.
=empoisonner=, _v.a._, to poison; to infect; to mar, to corrupt; to
embitter, to envenom. _Ces maximes sont capables d’— la jeunesse_; these
maxims are calculated to corrupt the young.
_s’_=empoisonner=, _v.r._, to poison one’s self.
=empoisonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, poisoner, corrupter; wretched
cook.
=empoisser=, _v.a._ _V._ =poisser=.
=empoissonnement= (-poâ-so-n-mān), _n.m._, stocking with fish.
=empoissonner=, _v.a._, to stock with fish.
=emporté=, =-e=, _adj._, fiery, passionate, hasty, hot, hot-headed;
runaway; unmanageable.
=emportement=, _n.m._, transport; passion, fit of passion; hastiness;
outburst; anger, rage; frenzy, violence.
=emporte-pièce=, _n.m._, punch (instrument); puncher; cutting-out
machine; fly-press; sarcastic person; virulent satirist. _C’est une
réponse à l’—_; it is a very cutting answer.
=emporter=, _v.a._, to carry away, to take away, to sweep away, to convey
away; to remove (stains); to carry off (kill); to entail, to involve; to
gain, to obtain; to blow off; to burn. _Le vent a emporté mon chapeau_;
the wind has blown my hat off. _Cette maladie l’a emporté_; that illness
carried him off. _— de haute lutte_; to carry with a high hand. _L’—
sur_; to prevail; to have the advantage, to get the better of, to carry
the day; to preponderate, to overcome, to outweigh, to surpass. _L’amour
l’emporte souvent sur la raison_; love often gets the better of reason.
_Il l’a emporté sur tous ses concurrents_; he triumphed over all his
competitors. _Cette considération l’emporte sur toutes les autres_; that
consideration outweighs every other. _— ses cliques et ses claques_; to
pack up bag and baggage. _— la pièce_; to strike home.
_s’_=emporter=, _v.r._, to fly into a passion; to declaim, to inveigh
against; to rail at; to run away (of horses). _— contre le vice_; to
declaim against vice. _— comme une soupe au lait_; to take fire like
gunpowder.
=empotage=, _n.m._, potting.
=empoter=, _v.a._, (hort.) to inclose in pots, to pot.
=empourpré=, =-e=, _adj._, purple, purpled, empurpled.
=empourprer=, _v.a._, _s’—_, _v.r._, to purple.
=empreindre=, _v.a._, to imprint, to stamp; to mark; to impress; to
tincture. _S’—_, to become tinged.
=empreinte=, _n.f._, mark, stamp, print, impression; (paint.) first coat.
_L’— d’un cachet_; the stamp of a seal. _Son ouvrage porte l’— de son
esprit_; his work bears the stamp of his mind. _Marqué à l’— de_; bearing
the stamp of.
=empressé=, =-e=, _adj._, active; assiduous; officious; eager, earnest.
_Il paraît fort — auprès d’elle_; he appears markedly attentive to her.
_Des soins empressés_; assiduous attentions. _Faire l’—_; to put one’s
self forward.
=empressement= (an-prèss-mān), _n.m._, eagerness, earnestness; assiduous
attention; alacrity, promptness, haste, hurry. _Avec —_; eagerly,
earnestly, cheerfully, industriously. _Il a beaucoup d’— à vous servir_;
he is very anxious to serve you. _Trop d’—_; overforwardness.
_s’_=empresser=, _v.r._, to hasten, to be eager (to), to be earnest,
forward, to be ardent, to flock, to crowd, to press forward. _S’— de
parler_; to hasten to speak.
=emprisonnement= (-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, imprisonment, confinement, custody.
_— cellulaire_; solitary confinement.
=emprisonner=, _v.a._, to imprison, to confine.
=emprunt=, _n.m._, borrowing, loan. _Il est toujours aux —s_; he is
always borrowing. _Argent d’—_; borrowed money. _Une beauté d’—_; an
artificial beauty. _Faire un —_; to contract a loan.
=emprunter=, _v.a._, to borrow. _— de l’argent à quelqu’un_; to borrow
money of any one. _Nom emprunté_; assumed name. _Air emprunté_; an
embarrassed look. _Ne choisit pas qui emprunte_; beggars cannot be
choosers.
=emprunteu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, borrower; borrowing, prone to
borrow; not original.
=empuantir=, _v.a._, to cause an ill smell, to infect.
_s’_=empuantir=, _v.r._, to stink, to have a bad odor.
=empuantissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, stench.
=empyème=, _n.m._, (med.) empyema.
=empyrée=, _n.m._ and _adj._, the empyrean; empyreal.
=empyreumatique=, _adj._, empyreumatical.
=empyreume=, _n.m._, empyreuma.
=ému=, =-e=, _part._, moved, affected. _Fort —_; much affected.
=émulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (l.u.) emulator, rival, imitator.
☉=émulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, emulative.
=émulation=, _n.f._, emulation; rivalry.
=émule=, _n.m._, rival, competitor, emulator.
=émulgent=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) emulgent.
=émulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, emulsive.
=émulsion=, _n.f._, emulsion.
=émulsionner=, _v.a._, to mix an emulsion with.
=émyde=, _n.f._, marsh-tortoise.
=en=, _prep._, in, into, within, on, to, at, like, in the form of, as
a, out of, by, for. _Je l’ai mise — pension_; I have sent her to a
boarding-school. _— haut_; above, upstairs. _— bas_; below, downstairs.
_— avant_; forward. _— arrière_; backward, behind. _— dedans_; within.
_— dehors_; without. _Aller — France_; to go to France. _En tout temps_;
at all times. _— hiver_; in winter. _Être — bonne santé_; to be in good
health. _— nourrice_; out at nurse. _— prière_; at prayers. _Vivre —
roi_; to live like a king. _Agir — furieux_; to act as a madman. _Être
— robe de chambre_; to be in one’s dressing-gown. _— dépit de lui_; in
spite of him. _De plus — plus_; more and more. _Voir — songe_; to see
in a dream. _Il l’aborda — riant_; he came up to her with a smile. _—
passant_; by the way. _— colère_; in a passion. _— guerre_; at war. _—
paix_; at peace. _Tomber — décadence_; to fall into decay. _— trois
jours_; in three days. _Être — ville_; to be out.
=en=, _pron._, _m.f._ _sing._ and _pl._, of him, of her, of it, its, of
them, their; from him, from her, from it, from them; by him, by her, by
it, by them; about him, about her, about it, about them; thence, from
thence; some of it, any. _Avez-vous de l’argent?_ have you any money?
_J’— ai_; I have some. _Vous — parlez toujours_; you are always speaking
of him, of it. _Il — est mort un_; one of them is dead. _J’— suis bien
aise_; I am very glad of it. _J’— suis fâché_; I am sorry for it. _J’—
suis surpris_; I wonder at it. _Qu’— dites-vous?_ what do you say to
it? _Je n’— ai point_; I have none. _— voulez-vous?_ will you have any?
_Donnez m’—_; give me some. _C’est un bœuf, j’— vois les cornes_; it is
an ox, I see its horns. _Si vous voulez voir de beaux tableaux, il — a_;
if you wish to see fine pictures, he has some. _Il — est des femmes comme
des enfants_; it is with women as with children. _Il — est de cela comme
de la plupart des choses_; it is with that as with most other things.
_Après cela ils — vinrent aux mains_; after that they came to blows. _—
vouloir à quelqu’un_; to have a grudge against any one. _S’— aller_; to
go away. _S’— retourner_; to return. _C’— est fait_; it is all over. _Il
s’— faut de beaucoup_; you are a long way off. _Il ne sait où il — est_;
he knows not how far he has got. _Il — tient_; he is caught. _Voulez-vous
— être?_ will you make one of us? _Parlez-lui-—_; speak to him of it. _Il
veut — découdre_; he wants to fight it out.
=énallage=, _n.f._, (gram.) enallage.
_s’_=énamourer=, _v.r._, to fall in love (with).
=énarrer=, _v.a._, to relate in detail.
=enarrhement=, _n.m._ _V._ =arrhement=.
=enarrher=, _v.a._ _V._ =arrher=.
=énarthrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) enarthrosis.
=en-belle=, _n.f._, (nav.) direct fire. _adj._, direct. _adv._, directly,
fairly.
=encablure=, _n.f._, (nav.) cable’s length.
=encadré=, =-e=, _part._, framed.
=encadrement=, _n.m._, framing, frame; (mil.) enlistment.
=encadrer=, _v.a._, to frame, to encircle; to introduce, to insert.
_Faire — un tableau_; to have a picture framed. _S’—_, _v.r._, to be
introduced, inserted, inclosed; to fit in.
=encadreur=, _n.m._, picture-frame maker.
=encager=, _v.a._, to cage, to put in a cage.
=encaissage=, _n.m._, incasing; (hort.) tubbing.
=encaisse=, _n.f._, (fin., com.) cash in hand, cash-balance, metallic
reserve.
=encaissé=, =-e=, _part._, incased; embanked, sunk, hollow. _Cette
rivière est —e_; that river flows between high banks.
=encaissement= (ān-kès-mān), _n.m._, packing in cases; packing; putting
in boxes; embankment; (fin.) collection. _Sauf —_; when paid, if paid.
=encaisser=, _v.a._, to incase, to pack; to put in a box; to embank; to
collect; to encash, to receive; (fin.) to collect; to lay down a bed (to
roads).
=encan=, _n.m._, auction, public sale. _Vente à l’—_; sale by public
auction. _Mettre a l’—_; to put up for sale. _Vendre à l’—_; to sell by
auction.
*=encanailler=, _v.a._, to degrade; to lower by mixing with low company.
*_s’_=encanailler=, _v.r._, to keep low company; to lose caste.
_Gardez-vous de vous encanailler_; beware of keeping low company.
=encapuchonné=, =-e=, _part._, cowled, hooded.
=encapuchonner=, _v.a._, to put on a cowl.
_s’_=encapuchonner=, _v.r._, to wear a cowl; to put on a cowl; (man.) to
arch the neck (of horses).
=encaquement=, _n.m._, packing; barreling.
=encaquer=, _v.a._, to barrel; to cram full up.
=encaqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, packer.
=encarter=, _v.a._, (print.) to insert as a cancel.
_s’_=encarter=, _v.r._, to be inserted as a cancel.
=en-cas=, _n.m._, (_—_) sunshade (large enough to be used as an
umbrella); collation kept ready in case of need.
=encastelé=, =-e=, _adj._, hoof-bound (of a horse).
_s’_=encasteler=, _v.r._, to be hoof-bound.
=encastelure=, _n.f._, contracted heels.
=encastrement=, _n.m._, fitting; fitting in.
=encastrer=, _v.a._, to fit, to fit in.
_s’_=encastrer=, _v.r._, to fit, to fit in.
=encaustique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (paint.) encaustic, furniture-paste.
=encavement= (ān-kav-mān), _n.m._, storing (in cellar).
=encaver=, _v.a._, to put _or_ store in a cellar.
=encaveur=, _n.m._, cellar-man.
=enceindre=, _v.a._, to inclose, to encircle, to encompass, to surround.
_— de murailles_; to inclose with walls.
=enceinte=, _adj.f._, pregnant; with child; enceinte.
=enceinte=, _n.f._, circuit, circumference; inclosure, precincts; place;
(fort.) enceinte. _Mur d’—_; inclosure wall. _Mur d’— continue_; wall of
circumvallation. _Dans cette —_; within these walls.
=encens=, _n.m._, incense, frankincense; fragrance; homage; praise;
flattery. _Brûler de l’— sur les autels_; to burn incense on the altars.
_Donner de l’— à quelqu’un_; to flatter any one.
=encensement= (an-sāns-mān), _n.m._, incensing; praising, praise;
flattery.
=encenser=, _v.a._, to incense, to perfume with frankincense; to flatter,
to pay homage to.
=encenseur=, _n.m._, burner of incense; flatterer.
=encensier=, _n.m._, rosemary.
=encensoir=, _n.m._, censer, perfuming-pan; (astron.) Ara; (fig.)
ecclesiastical power. _Mettre la main à l’—_; to meddle with
ecclesiastical affairs. _Donner de l’— par le nez_, _casser le nez à
coups d’—_; to flatter fulsomely.
=encéphale=, _n.m._, encephalon (brain).
=encéphalique=, _adj._, (anat.) encephalic.
=encéphalite=, _n.f._, inflammation of the brain.
=encéphalocèle=, _n.f._, encephalocele, hernia of the brain.
=enchaînement= (ān-shèn-mān), _n.m._, chaining, linking; concatenation,
chain, series, connection.
=enchaîner=, _v.a._, to chain up, to chain, to bind in chains, to chain
down, to detain, to restrain; to captivate; to link, to connect.
_s’_=enchaîner=, _v.r._, to link, to be connected.
=enchaînure=, _n.f._, (tech.) chain; chain-work; connection.
=enchanteler= (ān-shān-tlé), _v.a._, to arrange timber in a yard; to set
(casks) on gawntrees.
=enchantement= (ān-shān-tmān), _n.m._, enchantment, charm, delight;
magic, witchcraft. _Par —_; by enchantment. _Il est dans l’—_; he is
delighted.
=enchanter=, _v.a._, to enchant, to bewitch, to fascinate, to charm, to
gratify. _Je suis enchanté de vous voir_; I am delighted to see you.
=enchante-ur=, =-resse=, _n._ and _adj._, enchanter, enchantress,
bewitcher, charmer, enchanting, bewitching. _Voix —resse_; enchanting
voice.
=enchaper=, _v.a._, to hook, to fasten; to case, to inclose one cask in
another.
=enchaperonner=, _v.a._, to hood (a hawk).
=encharner=, _v.a._, to put hinges to.
=enchâsser=, _v.a._, to enchase, to enshrine; to insert; to introduce; to
set. _— dans de l’or_; to set in gold. _— un diamant_; to set a diamond.
_— une anecdote dans un discours_; to introduce an anecdote into a speech.
=enchâssure=, _n.f._, setting; insertion; introduction.
=enchausser=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up.
=enchaux=, _n.m._, lime-wash.
=enchère=, _n.f._, bidding (at an auction); auction. _Vente à l’—_, _aux
—s_; sale by auction. _Couvrir une —_; to make a higher bid. _Vendre à
l’—_, _aux —s_; to sell by auction. _Folle —_; bidding for what one
cannot pay. _Mettre aux —s_; to bring to the hammer; to put up to
auction. _Payer la folle —_; to pay dear for one’s rashness. _Il est
à l’—_; he is to be bought by the highest bidder. _— au rabais_; a
Dutch auction.
=enchérir=, _v.a._, to bid for, to outbid, to overbid; to raise (prices).
=enchérir=, _v.n._, to bid, to outbid; (fig.) to surpass, to outdo, to go
further; to rise (in price). _La volaille a enchéri_; poultry has risen
in price.
=enchérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, rise, increase, advance in price.
=enchérisseur=, _n.m._, bidder (at an auction).
=enchevalement=, _n.m._, propping, underpinning (of a house).
=enchevauchure=, _n.f._, (tech.) lapping over.
=enchevêtré=, =-e=, _part._, entangled; confused; in a tangle, mixed up.
=enchevêtrement=, _n.m._, entanglement; confusion.
=enchevêtrer=, _v.a._, to halter; to entangle, to confuse.
_s’_=enchevêtrer=, _v.r._, to get a foot entangled in the halter; to get
entangled; to get confused, embarrassed.
=enchevêtrure=, _n.f._, (carp.) binding; (vet.) halter-cast.
=enchifrené=, =-e=, _part._, stuffed up (of the nose). _Je suis tout —_;
my nose is all stuffed up.
=enchifrènement= (-èn-mān), _n.m._, stuffing up (of the nose); snuffles.
_s’_=enchifrener=, _v.r._, to get a cold in the head.
=enchiridion= (-ki-), _n.m._, (antiq.) manual, enchiridion.
=enchymose= (-ki-), _n.f._, (med.) cutaneous hyperæmia.
=enclave=, _n.f._, piece of inclosed land; boundary, limit; recess (of a
lock on a river).
=enclavé=, =-e=, _part._, inclosed.
=enclavement= (an-klav-mān), _n.m._, inclosing.
=enclaver=, _v.a._, to inclose; to hem in, to wedge in.
_s’_=enclaver=, _v.r._, to be inclosed (in other land).
=enclin=, =-e=, _adj._, inclined, prone, addicted, apt, given to.
=encliquetage=, _n.m._, (tech.) catch.
=encliqueter=, _v.a._, to cog with a catch.
=enclitique=, _n.f._, (gram.) enclitic.
=encloîtrer=, _v.a._, to cloister.
=enclore=, _v.a._, to inclose, to fence _or_ take in.
=enclos=, _n.m._, inclosure, close; paddock, orchard.
=enclouage=, _n.m._, spiking.
=enclouer=, _v.a._, to prick animals (in shoeing); to spike (a gun).
=enclouure=, _n.f._, prick (in shoeing, etc.); difficulty, obstacle,
hitch.
=enclume=, _n.f._, anvil; (anat.) incus. _Billot d’—_; anvil-block. _Être
entre le marteau et l’—_; to be between the devil and the deep sea.
_Remettre sur l’—_; to remodel. _Il frappe toujours sur la même —_; he is
always harping on the same string.
=enclumeau= _or_ =enclumot=, _n.m._, hand-anvil.
=encoche=, _n.f._, notch (on a tally, etc.).
=encocher=, _v.a._, to notch. _— une flèche_; to fit an arrow in the bow.
=encoffrer=, _v.n._, to put in a coffer; to lay up; to bag, to cage, to
quod.
*=encoignure= _or_ =encognure= (an-ko-gnur), _n.f._, corner; angle (of a
street); corner-piece.
=encollage=, _n.m._, sizing.
=encoller=, _v.a._, to size.
=encolure=, _n.f._, neck and shoulders of a horse; (b.s.) appearance,
looks (of a person).
=encombrant=, _adj._, bulky, cumbering, encumbering, cumbersome.
=encombre=, _n.m._, accident, impediment, hindrance, obstacle.
=encombrement=, _n.m._, obstruction, stoppage; crowding, crowd.
=encombrer=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to encumber, to embarrass, to block up;
to throng.
_à l’_=encontre=, _prep._, counter, against. _Aller à l’— de quelque
chose_; to run counter to a thing.
=encorbellement= (-bèl-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) corbeling, projecting.
=encore=, _adv._, yet, still, more, again; once more; further; moreover;
besides, however. _Il n’est pas — venu_; he is not yet come. _À sept
heures j’attendais —_; at seven o’clock I was still waiting. _—?_ what,
again? _Outre l’argent, on lui donna — un cheval_; besides the money, he
had, moreover, a horse given him. _— s’il voulait m’envoyer dire_; if,
only, he would send me word. _Vous servez-vous — de ce livre?_ are you
still using that book? _Il est — plus riche que son frère_; he is still
richer than his brother. _Quoi —?_ what else? _— moins_; still less.
_Prenez — un verre de vin_; take another glass of wine. _— une fois je
vous dis_; I tell you once more. _Hier —_; only yesterday.
=encore=, _conj._, even, yet. _— que_; though, although.
=encorné=, =-e=, _adj._, horned, tossed.
=encorner=, _v.a._, to horn; to gore; to toss.
=encourageant=, =-e=, _adj._, encouraging, cheering, inspiriting.
=encouragement= (-raj-mān), _n.m._, encouragement, incitement, incentive;
countenance, support.
=encourager=, _v.a._, to encourage, to stimulate; to contenance, to
support, to be a promoter of.
_s’_=encourager=, _v.r._, to encourage each other.
=encourir=, _v.a._, to incur, to draw down upon one’s self, to fall
under. _— le mépris de tout le monde_; to draw down general contempt upon
one’s self.
=encouture=, _n.f._, (nav.) clincher-work.
=encrage=, _n.m._, (print.) inking.
=encrassement=, _n.m._, fouling (of fire-arms).
=encrasser=, _v.a._, to make dirty, to dirty; to foul.
_s’_=encrasser=, _v.r._, to get foul _or_ greasy, to become dirty; to
lower one’s self; to become foul.
=encre=, _n.f._, ink. _— à écrire_; writing ink. _— d’imprimerie_;
printing ink. _— de Chine_; Indian ink. _C’est la bouteille à l’—_;
there’s no seeing through that. _Tacher d’—_; to ink. _Ecrire de bonne
— à quelqu’un_; to write in strong terms to any one. _Être dans la
bouteille à l’—_; to be in the secret.
=encrêper=, _v.a._, to cover with crape.
_s’_=encrêper=, _v.r._, to put on crape.
=encrer=, _v.a._, (print.) to ink. _v.n._, to take the ink.
=encrier=, _n.m._, inkstand, ink-horn; (print.) ink-trough. _Table d’—_;
(print.) ink-table.
=encroué=, _adj._, entangled (of trees).
=encroûté=, =-e=, _part._, covered with a crust; rusty; full of
prejudices.
=encroûter=, _v.a._, to crust; to plaster a wall.
_s’_=encroûter=, _v.r._, to crust, to get hard, to become heavy; to
become stupid, rusty.
=encuirasser=, _v.a._, to cover with a cuirass.
_s’_=encuirasser=, _v.r._, to put on one’s cuirass; to get covered with
dirt; to become hardened.
=enculasser=, _v.a._, to breech (a gun).
=encuvement= (ān-kuv-mān), =encuvage=, _n.m._, tubbing.
=encuver=, _v.a._, to put into a vat, to tub.
=encyclique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, encyclical letter; encyclical.
=encyclopédie=, _n.f._, encyclopædia.
=encyclopédique=, _adj._, encyclopedic.
=encyclopédiste=, _n.m._, encyclopedist.
=endécagone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) hendecagon.
=endémique=, _adj._, endemical, endemic.
=endenté=, =-e=, _adj._, indented; furnished with teeth.
=endenter=, _v.a._, (carp.) to indent; to cog, to tooth, to supply with
teeth.
=endetter=, _v.a._, to cause to run into debt; to get a person into debt.
_s’_=endetter=, _v.r._, to run into debt, to contract debts.
=endêvé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam., l.u.) irritable, passionate
person; impatient, irritable, passionate.
=endêver=, _v.n._, to fume, to be vexed. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to vex any
one; to drive any one mad.
=endiablé=, =-e=, _adj._, possessed; devilish; wicked, horrible.
=endiablé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person possessed. _C’est un —_; he is
like one possessed.
=endiabler=, _v.n._, to be furious. _Faire —_; to torment, to plague to
death; to render furious.
=endiguement=, =endigage=, _n.m._, damming in; damming up.
=endiguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to dam in; to dam up; to embank.
=endimanché=, =-e=, _adj._, dressed in Sunday best; with all one’s finery
on.
_s’_=endimancher=, _v.r._, to put on one’s Sunday clothes.
=endive=, _n.f._, endive.
=endoctriner=, _v.a._, to indoctrinate, to teach; to give his cue (to any
one).
=endoctrineur=, _n.m._, teacher; prompter.
=endolori=, =-e=, _adj._, painful, aching, sore.
_s’_=endolorir=, _v.r._, to make sore, tender; to ache, to become sore.
=endolorissement=, _n.m._, pain, aching, soreness.
=endommagement= (-maj-mān), _n.m._, loss, injury.
=endommager=, _v.a._, to damage, to injure.
_s’_=endommager=, _v.r._, to be damaged; to become deteriorated.
=endormeur=, _n.m._, cajoler, wheedler, flatterer, coaxer.
=endormi=, =-e=, _part._, asleep, sleeping; sleepy, drowsy, sluggish;
benumbed. _J’ai la jambe —e_; my leg is benumbed.
=endormi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, sleepy person; sleepy head; person
asleep. _Faire l’—_; to sham sleep.
=endormir=, _v.a._, to lull asleep, to send to sleep; to rock to sleep;
to wheedle, to amuse, to deceive; to benumb, to lull. _Endormez cet
enfant_; rock that child to sleep. _Sa conversation vous endort_; his
conversation sends you to sleep. _Cela m’a endormi la jambe_; that has
benumbed my leg.
_s’_=endormir=, _v.r._, to fall asleep, to go to sleep, to slumber; to be
lulled into security. _S’— du sommeil de la tombe_; to sleep the sleep of
death. _S’— dans le vice_; to be steeped in vice. _Il s’est endormi sur
cette affaire_; he was wanting in vigilance in that business. _S’— sur le
rôti_; to let slip the favorable opportunity.
=endos=, _n.m._, (com.) endorsement.
=endosmose=, _n.f._, (phys.) endosmose.
=endosse=, _n.f._, (fam.) trouble; burden.
=endossement= (ān-dôsmān), _n.m._, (com.) endorsement. _V._ =endos=,
which is more frequently used.
=endosser=, _v.a._, to put on one’s back; to buckle on; to put on; to
don; to saddle; (com.) to indorse. _— une lettre de change_; to indorse a
bill of exchange. _— le harnais_; to put on the harness.
=endosseur=, _n.m._, (com.) indorser.
=endroit=, _n.m._, place, spot, part, passage; point; right side (of a
stuff). _Son plus bel —_; any one’s, any thing’s, best side. _— faible_;
weak point. _— sensible_; sensitive point. _À l’— de_; with regard, _or_
with respect, to. _À deux —s_; reversible (of stuffs).
=enduire= (enduisant, enduit), _v.a._, to do over, to lay over, to coat,
to smear. _— une muraille de plâtre_; to do a wall over with plaster.
=enduit=, _n.m._, coat, coating, layer; glaze, glazing; varnish; polish.
=endurant=, =-e=, _adj._, patient, enduring; tolerant. _Peu —_; impatient
of injury.
=endurci=, =-e=, _part._, hardened, obdurate, inured, callous. _Un cheval
— aux coups_; a horse inured to blows. _Pécheur —_; hardened sinner.
=endurci=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, hardened sinner.
=endurcir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make hard, to toughen, to inure; to
render obdurate, to steel; to indurate; to render callous. _Le travail
endurcit le corps_; labor hardens the body. _L’avarice avait endurci son
cœur_; avarice had steeled his heart.
_s’_=endurcir=, _v.r._, to harden; to grow hard; to be steeled; to become
callous; to indurate.
=endurcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, hardness; hardness of heart,
obduracy; callousness.
=endurer=, _v.a._, to endure, to bear; to suffer, to undergo; to allow,
to put up with, to permit.
=énéide=, _n.f._, Eneid, Æneid.
=énéorème=, _n.m._, (med.) eneorema.
=énergie=, _n.f._, force, energy, strength, force, vigor, power. _Avec
—_; with energy. _Sans —_; of no energy.
=énergique=, _adj._, energetic, energetical, strong, vigorous, forcible.
_Remède —_; powerful remedy.
=énergiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, energetically, vigorously,
strenuously.
=énergumène=, _n.m.f._, demoniac; fanatic; desperado.
=énervation=, _n.f._, _or_ =énervement=, _n.m._, enervation.
=énerver=, _v.a._, to enervate, to unnerve.
_s’_=énerver=, _v.r._, to become enervated _or_ unnerved.
=enfaîteau=, _n.m._, (mas.) ridge-tile, gutter-tile.
=enfaîtement= (ān-fêt-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) ridge-lead.
=enfaîter=, _v.a._, to ridge a house.
=enfance=, _n.f._, infancy, childhood; childishness, puerility, dotage;
childish action. _Première —_; earliest infancy. _Dès mon —_; from my
infancy. _Sortir de l’—_; to emerge from childhood. _Être en —_; to be in
one’s dotage. _Tomber en —_; to become childish.
=enfant=, _n.m.f._, child; infant; native; (jur.) issue. _— adoptif_;
adopted child. _L’— prodigue_; the prodigal son. _L’— à naître_; the
child unborn. _— trouvé_; foundling. _— naturel_; natural child. _Un —
de famille_; a young gentleman. _— de la balle_; child that follows his
father’s profession, _or_ chip of the old block. _Un — à la mamelle_;
an infant at the breast. _Un — mort-né_; a still-born child. _Discours
d’—_; childish language. _— de chœur_; chorister. _Les —s perdus_;
(milit.) the forlorn hope. _Faire l’—_; to play the child; to behave like
a child. _C’est bien l’— de sa mère_; he is a chip of the old block.
_En travail d’—_; in labor. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good child, he is
a good fellow. _Les —s de France_; the children of the King of France,
the children of the eldest son of the King of France. _Petits enfants_;
little children. _Petits-enfants_; grandchildren.
=enfantement= (ān-fān-tmān), _n.m._, childbirth.
=enfanter=, _v.a._, to bear, to bring forth; to produce; to beget; to
bring to light; to give birth to.
=enfantillage=, _n.m._, child’s play, childishness.
=enfantin=, =-e=, _adj._, infantine, childish.
=enfariner=, _v.a._, to flour, to sprinkle with flour. _Être enfariné de
quelque science_; to have a smattering of some science. _Être enfariné
d’une mauvaise doctrine_; to be prepossessed in favor of a bad doctrine.
_Il est venu nous dire cela la gueule enfarinée_; (triv.) he came, full
of stupid confidence, to tell us that.
=enfer= (an-fèr), _n.m._, hell; infernal, _or_ lower, regions. _Au fond
de l’—_; in the depths of hell. _Les peines de l’—_; the torments of
hell. _L’— s’est déchaîné contre moi_; hell is let loose against me.
_Tison d’—_; hell-hound. _Un feu d’—_; a scathing fire.
=enfermé=, _n.m._, close, confined air. _Sentir l’—_; to smell close.
=enfermer=, _v.a._, to shut, to shut in; to shut up; to lock up; to
inclose; to coop up, to conceal; to comprehend, to comprise. _C’est un
homme à —_; that man ought to be confined in a mad-house. _— à clef_; to
keep under lock and key. _— un parc de murailles_; to wall in a park.
_s’_=enfermer=, _v.r._, to lock one’s self up, to seclude one’s self; to
lock, to lock up (of a thing).
=enferrer=, _v.a._, to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to
transfix.
_s’_=enferrer=, _v.r._, to run one’s self through with a sword, etc.;
(fig.) to injure one’s self; to fall into a snare; to get into a fix.
=enficeler=, _v.a._, to tie with a string.
=enfièvrement=, _n.m._, feverishness.
=enfilade=, _n.f._, suite (of chambers); string (of phrases); (milit.)
enfilade. _D’—_; raking (fire).
=enfiler=, _v.a._, to thread, to string; to pierce, to run any one
through with a sword, etc.; to engage in; to slip on; (milit.) to
enfilade. _— une aiguille_; to thread a needle. _— des perles_; to string
pearls; to lose one’s time. _— un discours_; to begin a long-winded
speech. _— un homme_; to run a man through the body.
_s’_=enfiler=, _v.r._, to be run through, to be pierced; to get engaged
_or_ involved in.
=enfileur=, _n.m._, header (in pin-making); prattler; (pop.) cheat,
wheedler.
=enfin=, _adv._, in fine, finally, at length, in short, after all, at
last, lastly.
=enflammé=, =-e=, _part._, on fire, in flames, ignited; kindled.
=enflammer=, _v.a._, to set on fire, to fire, to set in a blaze, to
kindle; to inflame, to heat; to incense, to provoke.
_s’_=enflammer=, _v.r._, to take fire, to be kindled, to be inflamed, to
blaze; to be ablaze; to be incensed; to ignite. _On vit tout le vaisseau
s’—_; they saw the whole ship ablaze _or_ break into flames.
=enflé=, =-e=, _part._, swelled, inflated, puffed up, bloated; (lit.)
bombastic, turgid, high-flown.
=enfle-bœuf=, _n.m._, golden-beetle.
=enflécher=, _v.n._, (nav.) to go up into the shrouds.
=enfléchure=, _n.f._, shroud, ratline.
=enfler=, _v.a._, to swell, to swell out, to blow out, to bloat; to puff
up, to distend, to elate, to excite; to inflate. _Le vent enflait nos
voiles_; the wind swelled our sails.
_s’_=enfler=, _v.r._, to swell, to grow turgid. _La voile s’enfle_; the
sail swells out. _S’— d’orgueil_; to be puffed up with pride.
=enflure=, _n.f._, bloatedness, swelling; (fig.) bombast, turgidness. _—
du style_; turgidness of style.
=enfoncé=, =-e=, _part._, broken open, sunken. Des yeux enfoncés; sunken
eyes. _—!_ (pop.) dished! done for!
=enfoncement= (ān-fons-mān), _n.m._, sinking, sinking down; breaking in;
recess; (paint.) background.
=enfoncer=, _v.a._, to sink, to sink to the bottom; to drive in; to
break in; to outwit, to surpass; to ruin, to blow up, to dish, to diddle.
_— un clou dans la muraille_; to drive a nail into the wall. _— son
chapeau_; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes. _— un bataillon_; to break
through a battalion.
_s’_=enfoncer=, _v.r._, to sink, to sink down; to break down; to bury
one’s self in; to plunge; to fail, to make a mess of. _S’— dans un bois_;
to dive into a wood. _Cet homme s’enfonce dans l’étude_; that man buries
himself in study. _S’— dans la débauche_; to plunge into debauchery.
=enfoncer=, _v.n._, to sink.
=enfonceur=, _n.m._, one who breaks in _or_ through anything; (fig.)
cheat, diddler. _— de portes ouvertes_; braggart.
=enfonçure=, _n.f._, cavity, hole, hollow; boards (of a bedstead); bottom
pieces (of casks).
=enforcir=, _v.a._, to strengthen.
_s’_=enforcir=, _v.r._, to gather strength; to grow stronger.
=enforcir=, _v.n._, to gather strength, to get strength.
=enformer=, _v.a._, to put on the block; to block (hats).
=enfouir=, _v.a._, to hide _or_ bury in the ground, to cover with earth.
=enfouissement= (ān-foo-is-mān), _n.m._, burying, hiding in the ground.
=enfouisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, burier.
=enfourcher=, _v.a._, to bestride, to straddle; to pierce with a
pitchfork.
=enfourchure=, _n.f._, fork, crotch; (hunt.) forked head (of a stag).
=enfourner=, _v.a._, to put in the oven. _Bien —_, _mal —_; to make a
good, a bad, beginning.
=enfournée=, _n.f._, putting in the oven _or_ kiln.
_s’_=enfourner=, _v.r._, to get into a difficult road, into a blind
alley, into a scrape.
=enfreindre= (enfreignant, enfreint), _v.a._, to infringe, to break, to
violate. _— un traité_; to infringe a treaty. _— les lois_; to transgress
the laws.
=enfroquer=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to make (any one) turn monk _or_ friar.
_s’_=enfroquer=, _v.r._, (b.s.) to turn monk.
_s’_=enfuir=, _v.r._, to run away, to flee, to take flight, to escape; to
run off; to elope; to run out, to leak. _Ils s’étaient enfuis de prison_;
they had made their escape from prison. _La bouteille s’enfuit_; the
bottle leaks.
=enfumé=, =-e=, _part._, smoked, smoky.
=enfumer=, _v.a._, to smoke, to fill with smoke, to smoke out. _— un
renard_; to smoke out a fox.
=enfutage=, _n.m._, casking.
=enfutailler=, _v.a._, to cask, to barrel, to tun.
=engagé=, _n.m._, enlisted soldier.
=engagé=, =-e=, _part._, engaged, enlisted; (nav.) in action,
water-logged. _La clef est —e dans la serrure_; the key sticks in the
lock. _Vaisseau —_; water-logged ship.
=engageant=, =-e= (-jān-t), _adj._, engaging, winning, pleasing, taking,
winsome. _Il a des manières —es_; he has winning manners.
=engageantes=, _n.f.pl._, short under-sleeves with lace cuffs.
=engagement= (ān-gaj-mān), _n.m._, engagement, pledging, pawning;
engagement (promise); enlisting; (milit.) bounty; (milit.) action. _pl._,
(com.) liabilities. _Entrer dans un —_; to enter into an engagement.
_Manquer à un —_; to fail to keep an engagement.
=engager=, _v.a._, to pawn, to pledge; to engage, to induce, to invite,
to persuade, to urge; (milit.) to enlist; to hire; to bind; (b.s.) to
involve; to unite; to compel. _— ses meubles_; to pledge one’s furniture.
_Cela ne vous engage à rien_; that binds you to nothing. _— quelqu’un
dans une mauvaise affaire_; to entangle any one in a bad business. _— le
combat_; to begin the action. _— un soldat_; to enlist a soldier. _— une
clef dans une serrure_; to entangle a key in a lock.
_s’_=engager=, _v.r._, to engage one’s self, to be a security, to
promise, to take upon one’s self, to undertake, to bind one’s self; to
hire one’s self; to enlist; to entangle one’s self, to get involved. _S’—
pour un ami_; to stand security for a friend. _S’— dans une mauvaise
affaire_; to get involved in a bad business. _Le combat ne tarda pas à
s’—_; the battle soon began.
☉=engagiste=, _n.m._, tenant (of crown lands).
=engaîner=, _v.a._, to sheathe; to case; to put up (of swords).
=enganter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to come up with, to overtake, to overreach; to
entrap, to cajole, to insnare.
=engazonner=, _v.a._, to turf; to cover with turf.
=engeance= (an-jāns), _n.f._, breed, brood (animal); (b.s.) race (pers.).
_Des poules d’une grande —_; hens of a large breed. _Maudite —_; cursed
race. _Quelle —!_ what a lot _or_ set!
=engeancer=, _v.a._, to embarrass; to saddle (with).
=engelure= (an-jlur), _n.f._, chilblain.
=engendrer=, _v.a._, to beget, to engender, to generate, to procreate;
to breed, to spawn; (fig.) to produce, to give rise, to occasion. _Ne
pas — la mélancolie_; to be of a very gay disposition. _Le mauvais air
engendre des maladies_; bad air breeds diseases. _La familiarité engendre
le mépris_; familiarity begets contempt.
_s’_=engendrer=, _v.r._, to be bred, engendered; to breed, to be
produced, generated.
=engeoler=, _v.a._ _V._ =enjôler=.
=engeoleur=, _n.m._ _V._ =enjôleur=.
=engerber=, _v.a._, to sheaf, to bind, to heap up.
=engin=, _n.m._, machine, engine; snare, gin, net; hoist (of a mill).
=englober=, _v.a._, to unite; to put, to throw, together.
=engloutir=, _v.a._, to swallow up, to devour; to ingulf; to absorb; to
dissipate, to squander away; to run through.
_s’_=engloutir=, _v.r._, to be swallowed up, to be ingulfed.
=engloutissement=, _n.m._, ingulfing, swallowing up, sinking.
=engloutisseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, swallower, devourer;
devouring.
=engluer=, _v.a._, to lime, to daub with bird-lime; (fig.) to take in.
_s’_=engluer=, _v.r._, to be caught, to stick in bird-lime; to be caught,
to be taken in (pers.).
=engoncé=, =-e=, _adj._, awkward, ungainly.
=engoncement=, _n.m._, awkward appearance.
=engoncer=, _v.a._, to cramp, to disfigure, to give an awkward appearance
to.
=engorgement=, _n.m._, obstruction, stopping up, congestion.