of the brain.
=ramon=, _n.m._, garden-broom, besom; sweep’s apparatus.
=ramonage=, _n.m._, sweeping (of a chimney).
=ramoner=, _v.a._, to sweep (a chimney).
=ramoneur=, _n.m._, chimney-sweeper, sweep.
=rampant=, =-e=, _adj._, creeping, crawling; (fig.) cringing, crouching,
servile; (her.) rampant. _Lierre —_; creeping-ivy.
=rampant=, _n.m._, (arch.) coping.
=rampe=, _n.f._, flight of stairs; stairs; handrail, baluster; slope,
incline, gradient; (fig.) stage; (thea.) foot-lamps, foot-lights;
(engineering) inclined plane.
=rampement= (rānp-mān), _n.m._, creeping, crawling (reptiles).
=ramper=, _v.n._, to creep, to crawl; (fig.) to crouch, to cringe, to
truckle, to grovel. _Son style rampe_; his style is low, flat, prosy.
=rampin=, _adj.m._ _V._ =pinçard=.
=rampiste=, _n.m._, baluster-maker.
=ramure=, _n.f._, branches, boughs, antlers (of a stag).
=rancart=, _n.m._, (fam.) refuse, waste. _Mettre au —_; to throw aside,
to cast off, to lay aside, to do away with; (fig.) to put on the shelf.
=rance=, _adj._, rancid, rank, rusty.
=rance=, _n.m._, rancidness. _Sentir le —_; to smell rancid.
=rancette=, _n.f._, sheet-iron (for stove pipes).
=ranche=, _n.f._, round of a rack-ladder; rack (of a crane); peg.
=rancher=, _n.m._, rack-ladder; roost-ladder.
=ranci=, =-e=, _adj._, grown rancid; rank.
=rancidité= _or_ =rancissure=, _n.f._, rancidness, rancidity.
_se_ =rancir=, _v.r._, to grow rancid.
=rancissure=, _n.f._ _V._ =rancidité=.
=rançon=, _n.f._, ransom. _Mettre à —_; to demand, or exact, ransom of.
=rançonnement= (-so-n-mān), _n.m._, ransoming, exaction, extortion.
=rançonner=, _v.a._, to ransom; to set a ransom upon; to levy
contributions, to tax; (fig.) to impose upon; to fleece.
=rançonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam. l.u.) extortioner.
=rancune=, _n.f._, rancor, spite, grudge, ill-feeling, malice. _Vieille
—_; old grudge. _Il lui garde —_; he owes him a grudge. _Sans —_; without
ill-feeling.
=rancuni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, rancorous, spiteful.
=randonnée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) round, circuit, doubling (of game); ☉(fig.)
long walk.
=rang= (ran), _n.m._, row, line, range; rank (degree, station); order;
class; rate (of ships); (print.) frame; (nav.) tier (of cables); tier (of
boxes in theaters). _Dernier —_; lowest rank. _Au même —_; in the same
row. _À son —_; in one’s turn. _De premier —_; first rate. _Occuper un —
élevé_; to rank high. _Tenir un —_; to hold a rank, to make a figure. _Se
mettre sur les —s_; to enter the lists, to come forward (as a candidate);
to put up (for); to stand (for). _Être sur les —s_; to be a candidate
(for). _Il aspire au premier —_; he aspires to the first place. _Mettre
au — de ses amis_; to reckon amongst one’s friends. _Tel qui brille au
second — s’éclipse au premier_; a good subordinate often makes a bad
leader. _En — d’oignon_; (prov.) in a row. _V._ =oignon=.
=rangé=, =-e=, _part._, steady; pitched (of battles). _Bataille —e_;
pitched battle. _En bataille —e_; in a pitched battle. _Un homme —_; a
steady man.
=rangée=, _n.f._, row, range, file, line, tier, set.
=rangement=, _n.m._, arranging, putting in order, binning (wine).
=ranger=, _v.a._, to range, to put in ranks, to arrange; to put, to set,
in order; to set to rights; to subdue, to subject; to rank; to reckon; to
keep back; to put out of the way; to bin (wine); (nav.) to sail close to;
(milit.) to draw up (soldiers). _— des gens deux à deux_; to place people
in double file. _— des livres_; to set books in order. _— une armée en
bataille_; to draw up an army in battle array. _Les gardes firent — le
peuple_; the guards kept the people back. _Rangez cette table_; put that
table back, out of the way. _— la terre_, _la côte_; (nav.) to hug the
shore. _— le vent_; (nav.) to haul close to the wind.
_se_ =ranger=, _v.r._, to make room, to make way (for), to draw back, to
step aside, to stand aside, to clear the way, to get out of the way; to
reform, to take to regular habits; to draw up (of carriages, of troops);
to fall in (of soldiers); to veer (of the wind). _Il se rangea dans un
coin_; he drew aside into a corner. _Rangez-vous donc!_ make room, will
you! _Les troupes se rangèrent en bataille_; the troops drew up in order
of battle. _Se — à l’avis de quelqu’un_; to come over (to), or fall in
(with), another’s opinion. _Se — du parti de quelqu’un_; to go over to a
person’s side. _Il s’est rangé_; he has settled down (after sowing his
wild oats). _Le vent se range à l’arrière_; (nav.) the wind is veering
aft.
=rangette=, _n.f._, sheet-iron.
=rangeur=, _n.m._, binner (of wine).
=ranimer=, _v.a._, to restore, to revive, to animate; to reanimate; to
stir up; to enliven; to cheer up. _— les couleurs d’un tableau_; to
revive the colors of a picture. _Le printemps ranime toute la nature_;
the spring revives all nature.
_se_ =ranimer=, _v.r._, to revive, to recover, to be restored to health;
to brighten up, to be enlivened; to cheer up. _La nature se ranime_;
nature revives.
=ranule= _or_ =grenouillette=, _n.f._, (med.) ranula.
=ranz=, _n.m._, ranz, air, tune. _— des vaches_; song of the Swiss
neatherds.
=raout=, _n.m._, rout, party.
=rapace=, _adj._, rapacious; (metal.) wasting.
=rapace=, _n.m._, rapacious person; rapacious bird. _pl._, (orni.) birds
of prey.
=rapacement=, _adv._, rapaciously.
=rapacité=, _n.f._, rapacity, rapaciousness.
=râpage=, _n.m._, rasping, grating.
=rapaisement=, _n.m._, reappeasement.
=rapaiser=, _v.a._, to pacify, to appease again.
=rapatelle=, _n.f._, horsehair cloth (for sieves).
=rapatriage=, _n.m._, reconciliation, reconcilement.
=rapatriement= (-trî-mān), _n.m._, repatriation, the sending back
of shipwrecked sailors, etc., to their country (by consuls); return
of troops from distant countries; recalling; (l.u.) reconciliation,
reconcilement.
=rapatrier=, _v.a._, to repatriate, to send back, to recall; to
reconcile, to set to rights, to make friends again. _On les a rapatriés_;
they have been reconciled.
_se_ =rapatrier=, _v.r._, to return to one’s native country, to return
home; to be reconciled; to be friends again, to make it up.
=râpe=, _n.f._, grater; rasp; stalk; stem of grapes, _V._ =rafle=. _pl._,
(vet.) malanders, _V._ =malandre=.
=râpé=, _n.m._, rape-wine (fresh grapes put into a vessel of spoiled wine
to improve it); rappee. _— de copeaux_; chips to clarify wine.
=râpé=, =-e=, _part._, (of clothes) shabby, threadbare, seedy, worn out.
_Du tabac —_; rappee. _Un habit —_; a threadbare coat.
=râper=, _v.a._, to grate, to rasp. _Se —_; to be rasped; (fig.) to
become threadbare, to be worn out.
=rapetassage=, _n.m._, patching, mending, cobbling.
=rapetasser= (rap-ta-sé), _v.a._, to patch, to patch up, to piece, to
botch, to mend, to cobble.
=rapetasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, botcher, piecer, cobbler; (fig.)
compiler, adapter.
=rapetissement=, _n.m._, shortening; (fig.) belittling.
=rapetisser= (rap-ti-sé), _v.a._, to belittle, to dwarf, to shorten, to
make less, shorter, smaller.
_se_ =rapetisser=, _v.r._, to become little, to lessen, to shrink; to
humble, _or_ lower, one’s self.
=rapetisser=, _v.n._, to become little, to lessen, to grow short, to
shrink.
=râpette=, _n.f._, (bot.) goose-grass.
=rapide=, _adj._, rapid, swift, quick, fleet, fast; hasty, sudden. _À
l’aile —_; swift-winged.
=rapide=, _n.m._, rapid. _Le —_; the fast, _or_ express, train.
=rapidement= (-pid-mān), _adv._, rapidly, swiftly, fleetly, lightly,
fast; suddenly.
=rapidité=, _n.f._, rapidity, swiftness, fleetness; speed; suddenness;
steepness.
=rapiéçage=, _n.m._, patching, piecing.
=rapiècement= (-piès-mān), _n.m._, piecing, patching, botching.
=rapiécer=, _v.a._, to piece, to botch, to patch, to mend.
=rapiécetage= (-piés-taj), _n.m._, piecing, patching; patchwork.
=rapiéceter= (-piés-té), _v.a._, to patch, to piece, to botch; to piece
all over. _— des meubles_; to botch up furniture.
=rapiéceur=, _n.m._, patcher, mender.
=rapière=, _n.f._, (jest.) rapier.
=rapin=, _n.m._, (fam.) painter’s pupil; (b.s.) dauber.
=rapinade=, _n.f._, daub.
=rapine=, _n.f._, rapine, plunder, pillage, robbery, plundering,
pillaging, spoil.
=rapiner=, _v.n._ and _a._, to pillage, to rob, to pilfer, to peculate.
=rapineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, plunderer, pilferer, pillager.
*=rappareiller=, _v.a._, to match.
=rapparier=, _v.a._, to match.
=rappel=, _n.m._, recall, recalling, revocation, call (to order);
(milit.) drums beating to arms _or_ quarters; unpaid part (of a salary).
_— à l’ordre_; call to order. _— de lumière_; (paint.) distribution of
light. _Battre le —_; (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.
=rappeler= (ra-plé), _v.a._, to call again, to call back; to recall, to
call home, to summon up, to muster; to restore; to recall to mind. _Je
m’en allais, et il m’a rappelé_; I was going, and he called me back.
_— quelqu’un à la vie_; to restore any one to life. _— un homme à son
devoir_; to recall a man to his duty. _— quelqu’un à l’ordre_; to call
any one to order. _— ses esprits_; to recover one’s self. _— le temps
passé_; to recall the past. _Rappelez-moi à son bon souvenir_; remember
me kindly to him. _— la lumière_; (paint.) to distribute the light.
_se_ =rappeler=, _v.r._, to recollect, to remember, to recall to mind.
_Se — quelque chose_; to remember anything. _Vous rappelez-vous?_ do you
remember? _Je me le rappelle parfaitement_; I recollect it very well. _Je
me rappelle que vous me l’avez dit_; I recollect your telling me so. _Je
me rappelle d’avoir fait cela_; I recollect having done that.
=rappeler=, _v.n._, (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.
=rapport=, _n.m._, bearing; revenue; produce; report, account,
information, relation, testimony, evidence; tale, story; return;
statement; affinity, analogy, resemblance, similitude; harmony,
correspondence, uniformity; connection, reference; communication,
intercourse, concern; tendency; ratio, proportion; reimbursement,
refunding; rising (in the stomach). _Être en —_; to be productive, to
be in bearing (of land). _Être en plein —_; to be in full bearing; to
be very productive. _Belle montre et peu de —_; a fine show and a small
crop. _Faire un —_; to draw up a report, to make a return. _Aimer à
faire des —s_; to love to tell tales. _Il en a fait son —_; he has sent
in his report. _Le style n’est pas en — avec le sujet_; the style is not
in harmony, or in keeping, with the subject. _Avoir — à_; to relate to,
to refer to; to have relation to. _Il n’y a aucun — entre ces choses_;
there is no connection between these things. _Mettre une personne en —
avec une autre_; to bring a person into contact with another; to bring
any two persons together. _Par — à_; with reference to. _Il a fait cela
par — à vous_; he did that on your account. _Sous le — de_; with respect
to. _Terres de —_; artificial soil, made soil. _Pièces de —_; patch-work,
inlaid work. _Sous tous les —s_; in all respects, in every respect.
=rapportable=, _adj._, (jur.) that must be refunded, restorable.
=rapporté=, =-e=, _part._, brought back; (com.) brought over _or_
forward. _Ouvrage de pièces —es_; inlaid work. _Terres —es_; artificial
soil, made soil.
=rapporter=, _v.a._, to bring again, to bring back, to carry back; to
bring away, to bring home; to bring home again; to carry home; to account
for; to revoke, to recall; to report, to tell, to relate, to give an
account of; to cite, to quote; to direct, to refer to; to ascribe, to
attribute; to yield, to bear; to bring in; to reimburse; (book-keeping)
to carry forward; to trace; to set down; (com.) to post (in ledgers).
_Il n’en a rapporté que des coups_; he only got blows by it. _— un fait
comme il s’est passé_; to relate a fact as it happened. _Il rapporte
tout_; he tells everything. _— tout à soi_; to think of nothing but self.
_— l’effet à sa cause_; to refer the effect to its cause. _Une terre qui
rapporte beaucoup_; an estate that yields a good income. _Des arbres qui
rapportent beaucoup_; trees that bear a great deal of fruit. _Son argent
lui rapporte six pour cent_; his money brings him in six per cent. _Cette
mauvaise action ne lui rapportera rien_; this bad action will avail him
nothing (com.). _— du journal au grand livre_; to post from the journal
to the ledger.
_se_ =rapporter=, _v.r._, to agree, to correspond, to tally, to coincide,
to blend; to relate, to refer, to have reference to, to allude to, to
be allied, related to. _Ces deux couleurs se rapportent bien_; these
two colors blend well together. _S’en rapporter à_; to leave it to (any
one). _Je m’en rapporte à vous_; I leave it to you; I trust to you. _Je
m’en rapporte à votre témoignage_; I abide by what you say. _S’il faut
s’en rapporter aux anciennes traditions_; if we are to believe ancient
traditions. _Je m’en rapporterai à qui que ce soit_; I will refer the
thing to anybody. _Je m’en rapporte à votre serment_; I abide (by) your
oath _or_ I refer you (to) your oath.
=rapporter=, _v.n._, to fetch and bring (of the dog); to bring in, to
produce; to tell tales; to pay well, to be profitable.
=rapporteur=, _n.m._, reporter, stenographer; (geom.) protractor. _— d’un
comité_; committee reporter.
=rapporteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tell-tale, tale-bearer.
=rapprendre=, _v.a._, to learn again, to learn anew.
=rapprivoiser=, _v.a._, to tame again.
=rapprochement= (-prosh-mān), _n.m._, drawing, placing near, bringing
together; junction; reconcilement, reconciliation; putting together,
comparing; comparison.
=rapprocher=, _v.a._, to draw near again, to approach again; to bring
together; to set in opposition, to compare; to bring nearer. _— deux
personnes_; to bring two persons together, to reconcile two persons.
_Rapprochez ces deux planches_; bring these two planks closer. _— un
cerf_; to put hounds on the track of a stag.
_se_ =rapprocher=, _v.r._, to come near again; to come, to draw, nearer;
to be brought together; to approach, to approximate, to resemble, to
begin to be friends again, to become reconciled.
=rapsode=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) rhapsodist.
=rapsodie=, _n.f._, rhapsody; rambling composition.
=rapsodiste=, _n.m._, rhapsodist.
=rapt=, _n.m._, abduction, rape.
=râpure=, _n.f._, raspings.
=raquetier=, _n.m._, racket-maker; battledore-maker.
=raqueton=, _n.m._, large racket.
=raquette=, _n.f._, racket, battledore; snow-shoe; (bot.) Indian fig,
opuntia.
=rare=, _adj._, rare, uncommon, extraordinary; unusual, singular; scarce;
thin, scanty, sparse; (med.) slow (of the pulse). _Devenir — comme les
beaux jours_; to become quite a stranger. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s
self scarce. _Vous devenez bien —_; you are quite a stranger.
=raréfacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, rarefying.
=raréfaction=, _n.f._, (phys.) rarefaction.
=raréfiable=, _adj._, (phys.) that can be rarefied.
=raréfiant=, =-e=, _adj._, rarefying.
_se_ =raréfier=, _v.n._, to rarefy, to become rarefied.
=rarement= (rar-mān), _adv._, rarely, seldom, unfrequently, not often.
=rareté= (rar-té), _n.f._, rarity, rareness, scarcity, singularity.
=rarissime=, _adj._, very rare, most rare.
=ras=, =-e=, _adj._, close-shaved, short-haired; shorn, shaved, close,
bare; smooth, open, flat; short-naped; (nav.) low-built, flat-bottomed,
undecked. _Un chien à poil —_; a short-haired dog. _Il a la tête —e_; his
head is shorn. _Il a le menton —_; he has a bare, smooth, chin. _Il porte
la barbe —e_; he shaves close. _Du velours —_; shorn velvet. _Etoffe —e_;
smooth stuff. _Serge —e_; napless serge. —_e campagne_; open country.
_Vaisseau —_, or _vaisseau — à l’eau_; straight-sheered ship. _Faire
table —e_; to clear the board of. _A —e terre_; level with the ground.
=ras=, _n.m._, short-nap cloth. _— de carène_; (nav.) shipwright’s
floating stage. _Au — de_, _à —_; nearly level with. _— de marée_; (nav.)
tide-way race. _À — de terre_; almost touching the ground; skimming the
ground. _V._ =raz=.
=rasade=, _n.f._, bumper, brimmer. _Boire une —_; to drink a bumper.
=rasant=, =-e=, _adj._, shaving, grazing; sweeping; (fort.) rasant;
(milit.) flank. _Vue —e_; view of a flat, open country.
=rasement= (raz-mān), _n.m._, shaving; (milit.) razing _or_ leveling to
the ground.
=raser=, _v.a._, to shave; to shave off to demolish, to pull down, to
raze to the ground; to graze, to touch; to skim over; to lay flat; to
glance over, to touch lightly, to suppress; to cut down, to disable (a
ship). _Se faire —_; to get (one’s self) shaved. _— une maison_; to pull
down a house. _— un vaisseau_; to cut down a ship. _Une balle lui rasa le
visage_; a ball grazed his face. _— la côte_; (nav.) to hug the coast. _—
l’air_; to hover.
_se_ =raser=, _v.r._, to shave, to shave one’s self, to be shaved. _Cette
perdrix se rase_; this partridge keeps close to the ground.
=raser=, _v.n._, to shave; to pass very close to; (vet.) to raze, to be
aged. _Ce cheval rase_; this horse is aged.
=rase-tapis=, _n.m._, (of horses) daisy-cutter.
=rasibus= (-bus), _prep._, (pop.) quite close. _Couper —_; to cut off
quite close.
=rasoir=, _n.m._, razor; (fig. and pop.) a bore. _Pierre à —_; hone.
_Cuir à —_; razor-strop. _Repasser un —_; to set a razor.
=rason=, _n.m._, (ich.) razor-fish.
=rassade=, _n.f._, glass-bead, bugle.
=rassasiant=, =-e=, _adj._, satiating, filling, cloying.
=rassasiement= (-zi-mān), _n.m._, satiety; surfeit.
=rassasier=, _v.a._, to sate, to satiate; to satisfy, to fill; to cloy,
to glut, to surfeit. _Être rassasié d’une chose_; to be tired of a thing.
_Il n’est jamais rassasié d’argent_; he can never have enough money.
_se_ =rassasier=, _v.r._, to be satiated; to sate one’s self with; to be
cloyed with; to take one’s fill of.
=rassemblement=, _n.m._, assembling; muster, mustering, collecting;
riotous meeting, mob; assemblage. _Disperser un —_; to disperse a mob.
=rassembler=, _v.a._, to collect, to assemble, to reassemble, to gather
together, to bring together again; to put together again; to get
together, to muster. _— des troupes_; to muster troops. _— des matériaux
pour un ouvrage_; to collect materials for a work.
_se_ =rassembler=, _v.r._, to assemble, to gather together, to
congregate, to meet, to unite, to muster. _Se — en foule_; to flock, to
crowd.
=rasseoir= (ra-soâr), _v.a._, to seat again, to reseat; to replace, to
put in its place again; to settle, to calm, to compose, to appease. _—
une statue sur sa base_; to replace a statue on its base. _— une pierre_;
to replace a stone. _Donnez-lui le temps de — ses esprits_; give him time
to compose himself.
_se_ =rasseoir=, _v.r._, to sit down again, to be seated again; to settle
(of liquids); to be composed.
=rasseoir=, _v.n._, to settle (of liquids). _Laissez — ce café_; let that
coffee settle.
=rasséréner=, _v.a._, to make serene, to clear up; to restore serenity
to. _Le soleil parut et rasséréna le temps_; the sun shone out and
cleared up the weather.
_se_ =rasséréner=, _v.r._, to clear up, to recover one’s serenity; to
brighten up.
=rassiéger=, _v.a._, to besiege again; to beset again.
=rassis=, =-e=, _part._, set down again; settled.
=rassis=, _adj._, cool, staid, sedate, sober-minded. _Du pain —_; stale
bread. _De sang —_; in cool blood. _De sens —_; with sound judgment,
dispassionate, unmoved. _Esprit —_; sober mind.
=rassis=, _n.m._, old horse-shoe reset; (fig.) soberness (in Montaigne).
=rassortiment=, _n.m._, rematching (of colors, materials); re-sorting;
taking in a stock of goods for a season, etc., restocking.
=rassortir=, _v.a._, to sort, _or_ match, again.
=rassurance=, _n.f._, reassurance.
=rassurant=, =-e=, _adj._, tranquillizing; encouraging, comforting,
reassuring.
=rassurer=, _v.a._, to strengthen; to remove any one’s fears; to
consolidate; to make firm; to tranquillize, to reassure, to comfort, to
satisfy, to cheer.
_se_ =rassurer=, _v.r._, to tranquillize one’s self; to recover one’s
self, to be reassured; to set one’s mind at rest; (of the weather) to
settle, to clear up. _Rassurez-vous_; set your mind at rest.
=rat=, _n.m._, rat; whim, crotchet, fad; niggard; taper. _— d’eau_;
water-rat. _— de Pharaon_; ichneumon. _Mort aux —s_; rat’s-bane. _Un
nid à —s_; a sorry lodging. _Gueux comme un — d’église_; as poor as a
church mouse. _À bon chat bon —_; set a thief to catch a thief. _— de
cave_; small wax taper; exciseman. _Avoir des —s_; to be whimsical. _—
de l’opéra_; ballet-girl. _Prendre un —_; to miss fire. _— d’église_;
church-goer.
=ratafia=, _n.m._, ratafia.
=ratang=, _n.m._, ratan.
=ratanhia=, _n.m._, (bot., med.) rhatany.
=ratata=, _n.m._, drum-beating.
=ratatiné=, =-e=, _adj._, shriveled, shriveled up; shrunk. _Un petit
vieillard —_; a little withered old man.
_se_ =ratatiner=, _v.r._, to shrink, to shrivel, to shrivel up.
*=ratatouille=, _n.f._, (cook.) bad stew (made of scraps of meat).
=rate=, _n.f._, spleen, milt. _Avoir des vapeurs de —_; to be troubled
with the spleen. _Epanouir la —_; to drive away the spleen, to make
merry. _S’épanouir la —_; to drive away one’s spleen, to be merry.
=râteau=, _n.m._, (agri.) rake, bow (of a scythe); (horl., nav.) rack.
=râtelage= (râ-tlaj), _n.m._, (agri.) raking.
=râtelée= (râ-tlée), _n.f._, raking; rakeful.
=râteler= (râ-tlé), _v.a._, to rake.
=râteleur= (râ-tleur), _n.m._, raker.
=rateleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, splenetic.
=râtelier=, _n.m._, rack (in stables); set of teeth; (milit.) arm-rack;
(nav.) rack. _Manger à plus d’un —_; to have more than one string to
one’s bow. _Mettre les armes au —_; to quit the service.
=ratelle=, _n.f._, disease (of pigs).
=rater=, _v.n._, to miss fire; to flash in the pan, to miscarry. _Son
fusil rata_; his gun missed fire.
=rater=, _v.a._, to miss; not to obtain; to fail in. _— une charge_; to
miss a place.
☉=rati-er=, =-ère= (-tié, -tièr), _adj._, whimsical. _n.m._, ratter,
rat-catcher.
=ratière= (-tièr), _n.f._, rat-trap.
=ratification=, _n.f._, ratification.
=ratifier=, _v.a._, to ratify.
*=ratillon=, _n.m._, little rat.
=ratine=, _n.f._, ratteen, patersham, frieze cloth.
=ratiné=, =-e=, _adj._, friezed.
=ratiner=, _v.a._, (manu.) to frieze.
=ratiocination=, _n.f._, ratiocination, reasoning.
=ratiociner=, _v.a._, to ratiocinate, to reason.
=ration=, _n.f._, ration, allowance. _Mettre à la —_; to allowance. _—
diminuée_; short allowance.
=rational=, _n.m._, breast-plate (Jew. rel.).
=rationalisme=, _n.m._, rationalism.
=rationaliste=, _n.m._, rationalist.
=rationalité=, _n.f._, rationality.
=rationnel=, =-le=, _adj._, rational. _Horizon —_; rational horizon.
_Quantité —le_; rational quantity.
=rationnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, rationally.
=rationnement=, _n.m._, short allowance.
=rationner=, _v.a._, to allowance, to put on short allowance.
=ratissage=, _n.m._, scraping, raking.
=ratisser=, _v.a._, to rake; to scrape, to scrape off.
=ratissoire=, _n.f._, scraper.
=ratissure=, _n.f._, scrapings.
=raton=, _n.m._, (mam.) raccoon; (fam.) little rat; (pers.) ducky,
darling; (in fables) mouser.
=rattacher=, _v.a._, to tie again, to tie up again; to fasten again, to
fasten up again; to connect, to attach. _— par une chaîne_; to chain up
again. _— une question à une autre_; to connect one question with another.
_se_ =rattacher=, _v.r._, to be tied; to fasten, to be fastened; to
fasten upon; to be attached to, to be connected _or_ allied (with).
=ratteindre=, _v.a._, to retake, to catch again, to take again; to
overtake, to come up again (with).
=rattendrir=, _v.a._, to soften again, to make tender again, to move
again.
=rattiser=, _v.a._, to stir up the fire again; to stir up again. _V._
=attiser=.
=rattraper=, _v.a._, to retake, to catch again, to overtake, to come up
again (with), to recover. _On a rattrapé le prisonnier_; the prisoner has
been retaken. _Bien fin qui m’y rattrapera_; once bit, twice shy.
_se_ =rattraper=, _v.r._, to catch hold of; to compensate one’s self; to
win back one’s losses; to make up for.
=rature=, _n.f._, erasure, scratch; word crossed out.
=raturer=, _v.a._, to efface; to blot out; to erase, to scratch _or_
cross out; to scrape (skins).
=raucité=, _n.f._, raucity, hoarseness.
=rauque=, _adj._, hoarse.
=ravage=, _n.m._, ravage, havoc, waste. _Faire des —s_; to commit ravages.
=ravager=, _v.a._, to ravage, to lay waste, to spoil.
=ravageur=, _n.m._, ravager, spoiler.
=ravale=, _n.f._, roller (to smooth the ground).
=ravalement= (-val-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) debasement, disparagement; (mas.)
rough-casting; (arch.) finishing off. _Piano à —_; piano-forte with a
double row of keys.
=ravaler=, _v.a._, to swallow again; to put down, to run down, to lower;
to press, to roll (land); to debase, to disparage; (mas.) to rough-cast.
_— la gloire de_; to run down the glory of.
_se_ =ravaler=, _v.r._, to debase one’s self; to lower one’s self.
=ravaudage=, _n.m._, mending (of old clothes); botching, bungling;
darning stockings.
=ravauder=, _v.a._, to mend (old clothes); to botch, to botch up; to
revile; to plague, to tease, to bustle about (in-doors). _— des bas_; to
darn stockings.
=ravauderie= (-vô-drî), _n.f._, (fam.) silly stuff, nonsense, trash.
_Dire des —s_; to talk nonsense.
=ravaudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mender (of stockings, old clothes);
botcher, patcher; twaddler.
=rave=, _n.f._, long radish, radish, colerape, turnip, beet.
=ravelin= (ra-vlin), _n.m._, (fort.) ravelin.
=ravenelle= (ra-vnèl), _n.f._, wall-flower.
=ravi=, =-e=, _part._, carried away, transported; raptured; ravished,
overjoyed, glad, delighted. _Être — de joie_; to be overjoyed. _J’en suis
—_; I am delighted at it. _— d’admiration_; carried away by admiration.
_Je suis — que vous la connaissiez_; I am delighted you know her.
=ravière=, _n.f._, radish-bed.
=ravigote=, _n.f._, (cook.) sharp sauce.
=ravigoter=, _v.a._, (pop.) to revive the appetite of, to enliven, to
cheer.
_se_ =ravigoter=, _v.r._, to revive, to recover one’s strength, one’s
appetite.
=ravilir=, _v.a._, to debase, to disgrace, to degrade, to lower. _V._
=avilir=.
=ravin=, _n.m._, ravine, hollow road.
=ravine=, _n.f._, mountain torrent; gully, ravine.
=ravinement=, _n.m._, gullying.
=raviner=, _v.a._, to gully (land).
=ravir=, _v.a._, to carry off; to take away; to ravish, to rob of; to
charm, to delight, to enrapture. _— le bien d’autrui_; to steal the
property of another. _— l’honneur à une fille_; to dishonor a girl. _On
lui a ravi son plus doux espoir_; he has been robbed of his dearest hope.
_À —_; wonderfully well, to admiration, admirably. _Elle chante à —_; she
sings admirably.
=ravisement=, _n.m._, thinking better of; altering one’s mind, second
thought, after thought.
_se_ =raviser=, _v.r._, to alter one’s mind, to bethink one’s self; to
think better of it.
=ravissant=, =-e=, _adj._, rapacious, ravenous; admirable, ravishing,
delightful, lovely, enchanting, charming.
=ravissement= (-vis-mān), _n.m._, rape; transport, rapture, ravishment,
delight. _Il était dans le —_; he was in raptures. _— de joie_; transport
of joy.
=ravisseur=, _n.m._, ravisher.
*=ravitaillement=, _n.m._, revictualing; (fig.) recruiting.
*=ravitailler=, _v.a._, to revictual. _Se —_; to recruit.
=raviver=, _v.a._, to make a fire burn up; to revive; to reanimate; to
brighten up, to cheer, to rouse. _— un tableau_; to revive a picture.
_se_ =raviver=, _v.r._, to revive.
=ravoir=, _v.a._, to get again, to have again; to get back, to recover.
_se_ =ravoir=, _v.r._, to recover one’s strength, to recruit, to pick up,
to pick up one’s crumbs.
=rayé=, =-e=, _part._, striped, streaked; (artil.) rifled, grooved;
scratched, scratched out, crossed out. _Vaisselle —e_; scratched plate.
_Des mots —s_; words crossed out. _Canon —_; rifled cannon.
=rayer=, _v.a._, to scratch (plate, dishes, etc.), to scratch out; to
cross or strike out, to erase, to expunge, to streak, to stripe; (artil.)
to rifle, to groove. _— une étoffe_; to stripe a stuff. _Rayez cela de
vos papiers_; strike that out of your book; (fig.) look upon it as a
bad debt. _— d’une liste_; to strike off a list. _— du papier_; to rule
paper. _— le canon d’un fusil_; to rifle a gun-barrel.
=rayère=, _n.f._, loop-hole (in towers).
=rayeur=, _n.m._, ruler (instr.).
=ray-grass=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (bot.) rye-grass.
=rayon=, _n.m._, ray, beam, gleam; (geom.) radius; spoke (of a wheel);
(ich.) ray; (agri.) furrow; shelf; comb (of honey). _— de lumière_; ray
of light. _Faisceau de —s_; (opt.) pencil of rays. _Un — d’espérance_;
a ray of hope. _À dix lieues de —_, _dans un — de dix lieues_; within a
radius of ten leagues. _Une étoile à cinq —s_; a star with five rays. _—
de miel_; honey-comb.
=rayonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, radiant, shining, sparkling, beaming. _— de
lumière_; beaming with light.
=rayonné=, =-e=, _adj._, radiated, stellated; (of rooms) shelved.
=rayonné=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) radiary. _pl._, radiata.
=rayonnement= (rè-io-n-mān), _n.m._, radiance; radiancy; (phys.)
radiation. _Le — des astres_; the radiation of the stars.
=rayonner=, _v.n._, to radiate, to irradiate; to shine; to beam; to
glisten; to trace furrows or lines. _Son visage rayonne de joie_; his
face is radiant with joy. _v.a._, to shelve (a room).
=rayure=, _n.f._, stripe (of textile fabrics); streak; scratch, groove;
rifling (fire-arms).
=raz=, _n.m._, (nav.) race, bore. _— de marée_; bore, eagre (rush of
water up an estuary; wave caused by the meeting of two tides).
=razzia=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (milit.) raid, foray, razzia; inroad; (fig.)
clean sweep.
=ré=, _n.m._, (mus.) D; (vocal mus.) re, D.
=re=, =ré=, prefix from Latin _re_, _red_.
=réabonnement=, _n.m._, renewed subscription.
_se_ =réabonner=, _v.r._, to subscribe again; to renew one’s subscription.
=réabsorber=, _v.a._, to reabsorb.
=réabsorption=, _n.f._, reabsorption.
=réact-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, (pol., l.u.) reactionary.
=réacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reactive.
=réactif=, _n.m._, (chem.) reagent, test.
=réaction=, _n.f._, reaction.
=réactionnaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, reactionist; reactionary.
=réactionner=, _v.a._, to sue again.
=réactionner=, _v.n._, to react.
=réadmettre=, _v.a._, to readmit, to admit again.
=réadmission=, _n.f._, readmission, readmittance.
=réadopter=, _v.a._, to readopt.
=réadoption=, _n.f._, readoption.
=réafficher=, _v.a._, to stick _or_ post up again.
=réaffirmer=, _v.a._, to reaffirm.
=réaggrave=, _n.f._, (canon law) reaggravation.
=réaggraver=, _v.a._, (canon law) to censure by a reaggravation.
=réagir=, _v.n._, to react.
=réajournement=, _n.m._, readjournment; fresh summons.
=réajourner=, _v.a._, to readjourn.
=réal=, _n.m._ (_réaux_), _or_ =réale=, _n.f._ (_réales_), real (Spanish
coin = 5 cents).
=réal=, =-e=, _adj._, royal, of the royal galley.
=réale=, _n.f._, royal galley (old).
=réalgar=, _n.m._, (min.) realgar.
=réalisable=, _adj._, realizable.
=réalisation=, _n.f._, realization; (fin.) conversion into money.
=réaliser=, _v.a._, to realize; to convert into money.
_se_ =réaliser=, _v.r._, to be realized, to be converted into money;
(fig.) to come to pass.
=réalisme=, _n.m._, realism.
=réaliste=, _n.m.f._, realist.
=réalité=, _n.f._, reality; (theol.) real presence. _En —_; in reality;
in fact, indeed.
=réapparition=, _n.f._, reappearance.
=réappel=, _n.m._, second call, second call over.
=réappeler=, _v.a._, to call over a second time.
=réapposer=, _v.a._, to reaffix, to put on again, to set on again; to
reappend.
=réapposition=, _n.f._, reaffixing, reappending; putting on again.
=réargenter=, _v.a._, to resilver, to replate.
=réargenture=, _n.f._, resilvering, replating.
=réarmement=, _n.m._, arming again, re-arming.
=réarmer=, _v.a._, to arm again.
=réarpentage=, _n.m._, resurvey.
=réarpenter=, _v.a._, to resurvey.
=réassemblage=, _n.m._, reassemblage.
=réassembler=, _v.a._, to reassemble, to gather together again.
=réasservir=, _v.a._, to subjugate, enslave again.
*=réassignation=, _n.f._, fresh summons, reassignment, new subpœna.
*=réassigné=, =-e=, _part._, summoned again, reassigned.
*=réassigner=, _v.a._, to reassign, to resummon, to summon again.
=réassurance=, _n.f._, reinsurance, reassurance.
=réassurer=, _v.a._, to reinsure, to reassure.
=réatteler=, _v.a._, (of horses) to put to again.
=rebaigner=, _v.a._, to bathe again. _Se —_; to bathe again.
*=rebâiller=, _v.n._, to yawn again.
=rebaiser=, _v.a._, to kiss again.
=rebaisser=, _v.a._, to lower again, to let down again. _Se —_; to stoop
down again.
=rebander=, _v.a._, to bend again (a bow); to bind up again; to tie up
again; to put another bandage (over the eyes).
=rebaptisant= (-ba-ti-), _n.m._, rebaptizer.
=rebaptisation= (-ba-ti-), _n.f._, baptizing again.
=rebaptiser= (-ba-ti-), _v.a._, to rebaptize.
=rébarbati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, stern, gruff, crabbed, cross. _Visage —_;
crabbed, gruff, stern countenance.
=rebâter=, _v.a._, to resaddle, to saddle again.
=rebâtir=, _v.a._, to rebuild, to build again.
=rebattre=, _v.a._, to beat again; to repeat, to tell over and over; to
shuffle again (cards).
=rebattu=, =-e=, _part._, old, hackneyed, trite, oft-told. _Un conte —_;
an old worn-out story. _J’en ai les oreilles —es_; I am sick of hearing
it so often.
=rebaudir=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to caress, to encourage (dogs).
☉=rebec=, _n.m._, (instr.) rebeck.
=rebelle=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rebel; rebellious, disobedient,
unyielding; (med.) obstinate; (metal.) refractory, impervious (to);
ill-adapted; unfeeling. _— à la justice_; flying in the face of justice.
_— à la raison_; impervious to reason. _Un sujet — à la poésie_; a
subject ill-adapted to verse. _Une fièvre — aux remèdes_; an unyielding
fever. _C’est une beauté —_; she is an unfeeling beauty. _Substances —s_;
(metal.) refractory substances, substances hard to melt.
_se_ =rebeller=, _v.r._, to rebel, to rise in rebellion, to revolt.
=rébellion=, _n.f._, rebellion, resistance, contumacy. _Faire — à la
justice_; to resist justice.
=rebénir=, _v.a._, to bless again; to consecrate anew.
_se_ =rebéquer=, _v.r._, to be saucy, to be pert, insolent.
=rebercer=, _v.a._, to rock again.
_se_ =rebercer=, _v.r._, to rock one’s self again.
=rebiffer=, _v.n._, to turn up one’s nose.
_se_ =rebiffer=, _v.r._, to resist, to refuse obedience; to refuse
bluntly.
=reblanchir=, _v.a._, to wash again; to blanch again, to bleach again; to
whitewash again.
=rèble= _or_ =rièble=, _n.m._, (bot.) goose-grass; cleavers.
=reboire=, _v.a._, to drink again.
=reboisement=, _n.m._, retimbering, reafforestation.
=reboiser=, _v.a._, to retimber, to replant, to reafforest.
=rebond=, _n.m._, rebound.
=rebondi=, =-e=, _adj._, plump, round, chubby, full. _Des joues —es_;
chubby cheeks.
=rebondir=, _v.n._, to rebound.
=rebondissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, rebounding.
=rebord=, _n.m._, border, hem (of clothes); ledge; brim.
=reborder=, _v.a._, to put a new border to; to border again, to rehem.
_— une robe_; to put a new border, _or_ new hem, to a gown. _— des
souliers_; to bind shoes anew.
=rebotter=, _v.a._, to make boots again for; to boot somebody again.
_se_ =rebotter=, _v.r._, to put on one’s boots again.
=rebouchement=, _n.m._, stopping up again.
=reboucher=, _v.a._, to stop up again; to block up again; to stuff up; to
cork up again. _— un trou_; to stop up a hole again. _— une bouteille_;
to cork a bottle up again.
_se_ =reboucher=, _v.r._, to get, _or_ become, stuffed up, _or_ stopped
up, again; to bend. _L’épée se reboucha contre sa cuirasse_; the sword
bent against his cuirass.
=rebouil=, _n.m._, pelt-wool.
*=rebouillir=, _v.n._, to boil again.
=rebouisage=, _n.m._, cleaning and polishing (of hats).
=rebouiser=, _v.a._, to clean and polish (hats).
=rebourgeonner=, _v.n._, to bud again.
=rebours=, _n.m._, wrong side (of a stuff); wrong way (of the grain);
contrary, reverse. _À —_, _au —_; the wrong way; against the grain,
backwards. _Marcher à —_; to walk backwards. _Prendre à —_; to
misconstrue. _Lire à —_; to read backwards.
=rebours=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) cross, cross-grained, crabbed.
=reboutage=, _n.m._, bone-setting.
=rebouteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bone-setter.
=reboutonner=, _v.a._, to button again, to rebutton.
_se_ =reboutonner=, _v.r._, to button up one’s clothes again.
=rebrider=, _v.a._, to bridle again.
=rebrocher=, _v.a._, to restitch books.
=rebroder=, _v.a._, to re-embroider.
*=rebrouiller=, _v.a._, to embroil again, to mix again, to confound
again, to entangle again.
=rebrousse=, _n.f._, napping-tool.
=rebroussement= (-broos-mān), _n.m._, turning back, turning up,
inflection; (geom.) retrogression (of a curve).
_à_ =rebrousse-poil=, _adv._, against the hair; the wrong way; against
the grain.
=rebrousser=, _v.a._, to turn up (the hair). _— chemin_; to go back, to
turn back, to retrace one’s steps.
=rebroussoir=, _n.m._, napping-tool.
=rebroyer=, _v.a._, to grind again.
=rebrûler=, _v.a._, to burn again.
=rebrunir=, _v.a._, to burnish again.
=rebuffade=, _n.f._, rebuff, repulse, rebuke.
=rébus= (-bus), _n.m._, rebus; pun, conundrum.
=rebut=, _n.m._, repulse, rebuff, rejection, refusal; refuse; trash;
waste, rubbish, trumpery; riff-raff, scum. _Marchandises de —_; waste
goods. _Papier de —_; waste paper. _Mettre au —_; to throw aside. _Être
au —_; to be thrown aside. _Mettre une lettre au —_; to send a letter to
the dead-letter office. _De —_; waste, left off, cast off. _Bureau des
—_; dead-letter office.
=rebutant=, =-e=, _adj._, repulsive, forbidding, loathsome. _Travail —_;
tedious work. _Air —_; forbidding look. _Homme —_; repulsive man.
=rebuter=, _v.a._, to repulse, to rebuff, to thrust away, to cast aside;
to reject, to refuse; to disgust, to shock. _— des excuses_; to refuse an
apology. _Il a rebuté ces marchandises_; he rejected those goods.
_se_ =rebuter=, _v.r._, to be discouraged _or_ disheartened, to be
rebuffed, to lose courage. _Il se rebute aisément_; he is easily
disheartened.
=recacher=, _v.a._, to hide again.
=recacheter= (-kash-té), _v.a._, to seal up again.
=récalcitrant=, =-e=, _adj._, stubborn, refractory, perverse, reluctant,
averse.
=récalcitrer=, _v.n._, to be restive, to kick (of horses); (l.u.) to be
refractory; to resist, to be reluctant.
=recaler=, _v.a._, to wedge up again, to refix, to refasten. (fig.) _V._
=rembarrer=. _Il a été recalé_; (fam.) he has been plowed again.
=récapitulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, recapitulatory.
=récapitulation=, _n.f._, recapitulation, summing up.
=récapituler=, _v.a._, to recapitulate, to sum up.
=recarder=, _v.a._, to card again.
=recarreler= (-kar-lé), _v.a._, to pave a floor anew.
=recasser=, _v.a._, to break again; (agri.) to break up stubble-land, to
give a first plowing to.
=recassis=, _n.m._, (agri.) stubble-land that has been broken up.
=recéder=, _v.a._, to re-cede, to yield again, to restore again, to let
have back (again); to give up again.
=recel=, _n.m._, (jur.) receiving of stolen goods.
=recélé=, _n.m._, (jur.) concealment of goods; embezzlement.
=recèlement= (-sèl-mān), _n.m._, concealing, concealment (of
malefactors); receiving (of stolen goods).
=recéler=, _v.a._, to conceal (malefactors); to receive (stolen goods);
to embezzle; to conceal, to hide; to contain. _— des effets_; to conceal
wearing apparel.
=recéler=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to be _or_ remain concealed.
=receleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (rĕ-cĕ-), receiver of stolen goods.
=récemment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, recently, newly, lately.
=recensement= (-sāns-mān), _n.m._, census; return, numbering; revisal,
verification.
=recenser=, _v.a._, to take the census; to verify, to examine.
=recension=, _n.f._, (philos.) recension; book revised and edited (by a
critic).
=récent=, =-e=, _adj._, recent, new, fresh, late.
=recépage=, _n.m._, (agri.) cutting down close (of vines).
=recépée=, _n.f._, cut part of a wood.
=recéper=, _v.a._, (agri.) to cut down.
=récépissé=, _n.m._, receipt (for documents, papers); acknowledgment of
receipt.
=réceptacle=, _n.m._, receptacle; (bot.) torus.
=récepteur=, _n.m._, recipient, receiver, reservoir; (of telegraphs)
receiving instrument.
=réceptibilité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) receptibility.
=réception=, _n.f._, receiving, receipt, reception; admittance,
admission, levee, drawing-room; party, entertainment. _Accuser — d’une
lettre_; to acknowledge the receipt of a letter. _Bonne —_; welcome, good
reception.
=réceptionnaire=, _adj._, receiving. _n.m._, receiver, receiving clerk.
=réceptivité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) receptivity.
=recerclage=, _n.m._, re-hooping.
=recercler=, _v.a._, to hoop anew, to put new hoops to.
=recette=, _n.f._, receipt, receipts, collection; receiving office;
recipe; receiver’s office, receivership, collectorship.
=recevabilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) admissibility.
=recevable=, _adj._, receivable, admissible, allowed.
=receveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, receiver, surveyor, comptroller,
collector (of taxes).
=recevoir=, _v.a._, to receive, to accept, to take, to take in, to let
in; to welcome, to harbor; to admit; to allow of; to meet with, to submit
to; to entertain. _— bien_; to receive well; to welcome. _— un mauvais
accueil_; to meet with a bad reception. _— une opinion_; to admit an
opinion. _Je reçois vos offres_; I accept your offers. _Son livre a été
bien reçu_; his book has taken well. _— une excuse_; to accept an excuse.
_— une proposition_; to accept a proposal. _— un coup mortel_; to be
mortally wounded. _— la mort_; to meet with (one’s) death.
=recevoir=, _v.n._, to receive, to receive company; to be at home to
visitors; to hold a levee, a drawing-room. _On recevra ce soir là_; there
will be company that evening. _Elle reçoit beaucoup_; she sees a great
deal of company. _Quand recevez-vous?_ when is your reception, _or_ at
home, day? when are you at home to visitors?
=recez= (rĕ-sê), _n.m._, recess; minutes (of a Congress).
=réchampir= _or_ =échampir=, _v.a._, to pick out with colors, to set off.
=rechange=, _n.m._, change of anything; spare things; (com.) re-exchange;
(nav.) spare stores. _Des habits de —_; spare clothes. _J’en ai de —_; I
have some in reserve. _Mâts de hune de —_; spare topmasts. _De —_; spare.
=rechanger=, _v.a._, to change again.
=rechanter=, _v.a._, to sing again; to tell often.
=réchapper=, _v.n._, to escape, to recover. _Un réchappé de la potence_;
(pop.) a villain, a gallows bird. _— d’une maladie_; to recover from an
illness.
=recharge=, _n.f._, surcharge; fresh charge. _En —_; in addition.
=rechargement=, _n.m._, reloading, loading again, reballasting.
=recharger=, _v.a._, to load again, to reballast; to recharge; (milit.)
to make a second charge; to charge again, to enjoin over again. _— les
ennemis_; to charge the enemy again.
=rechasser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to drive away again; to drive back.
=rechasser=, _v.a._, to hunt again.
=réchaud=, _n.m._, chafing-dish, dish-warmer, hot-water dish, small
stove; (hort.) hot-bed, mulch.
=réchauffage=, _n.m._, warming up again; giving as new what is old,
hash-up; plagiarism; reheating; (metal.) balling.
=réchauffé=, _n.m._, food, etc., warmed up; something that is stale, old;
stale stuff, imitation; (fig.) after-thought. _C’est du —_; it is mere
imitation.
=réchauffé=, =-e=, _adj._, warmed up again.
=réchauffement=, _n.m._, (hort.) lining anew (a hot-bed); mulching.
=réchauffer=, _v.a._, to heat again, to make warm again, to make hot
again, to warm again, to warm up; to re-animate, to rekindle, to stir
up. _Faire — la soupe_; to warm up the soup. _— une couche_; (hort.) to
manure a bed anew, to mulch.
_se_ =réchauffer=, _v.r._, to warm one’s self, to get one’s self warm, to
grow warm; to rekindle, to become warmer, to warm.
=réchauffoir=, _n.m._, plate-warmer, dish-warmer.
=rechausser=, _v.a._, to put on shoes _or_ stockings again; to set new
cogs to a wheel; (agri., hort.) to mold, to mold up; (mas.) to line the
foot of, to underpin. _— un arbre_; to mold up a tree. _— un mur_; to
underpin a wall.
=rêche=, _adj._, rough (to the taste, touch); crabbed (of persons).
_Cette étoffe est —_; that stuff is very rough.
=recherche=, _n.f._, search, seeking, quest, pursuit; research, inquiry,
investigation; examination, scrutiny; studied elegance, neatness, finish,
labored refinement, studied refinement, care; addresses, courtship, suit;
(mas.) research, mending (with tiles or slates). _Travailler à la — de la
vérité_; to labor in search of truth. _— exacte_; strict search. _Faire
la — d’une chose_; to search for a thing. _Style naturel et sans —_;
natural and unaffected style. _Il fait la — d’une veuve_; he is courting
a widow.
=recherché=, =-e=, _adj._, choice, exquisite; affected, far-fetched,
sought after, run after, in great request, in great demand. _Parure —e_;
exquisite dress. _Expression —e_; far-fetched expression. _Ornements —s_;
choice ornaments.
=rechercher=, _v.a._, to seek again, to look again for, to seek, to
seek for, to seek after, to look for, to search, to search for, to
search after; to investigate, to search into, to inquire into, to make
an inquiry into; to institute an inquiry into, to call to account; to
endeavor to obtain, to desire, to aspire to; to run after, to court, to
seek; to solicit in marriage, to ask in marriage, to woo, to solicit the
hand of; (arts) to finish, to finish off, to polish; (man.) to animate.
_On rechercha sa vie_; they made inquiries into his mode of life. _— un
cheval_; to animate a horse.
_se_ =rechercher=, _v.r._, to seek each other, _or_ each other’s society;
to be sought after.
*=rechigné=, =-e=, _adj._, sour-faced, glum, surly, sulky, cross,
crabbed, gruff.
*=rechignement=, _n.m._, sulking, frowning, sullenness, crabbedness.
*=rechigner=, _v.n._, to look sulky, sullen, grim, gruff, sour, crabbed.
☉=rechoir=, _v.n._, to fall again; to relapse, to have a relapse.
=rechute=, _n.f._, relapse.
=récidive=, _n.f._, recidivism, relapse into crime; second offense,
repetition of an offense. _Il y a —_; it is not the first offense. _Être
en —_; to be an old offender.
=récidiver=, _v.n._, to repeat the same offense; to commit the same crime
again.
=récidiviste=, _n.m.f._, previously convicted felon; habitual criminal;
old offender.
=récif=, _n.m._, (nav.) reef, ledge (of rocks); ridge.
=récipé=, _n.m._, recipe, medical prescription; receipt.
=récipiendaire=, _n.m._, new member, member-elect.
=récipient=, _n.m._, (chem.) recipient, receiver; cistern, well.
=réciprocation=, _n.f._, reciprocation.
=réciprocité=, _n.f._, reciprocity, reciprocation.
=réciproque=, _n.m._, like. _Rendre le —_; to return the like; to give
like for like.
=réciproque=, _n.f._, (math., log.) converse.
=réciproque=, _adj._, reciprocal, mutual; (math.) converse, reciprocal.
=réciproquement= (-prok-mān), _adv._, reciprocally, mutually; (math.)
conversely.
=recirer=, _v.a._, to wax, polish, _or_ black, again.
=récit=, _n.m._, recital, relation, account, story, tale, narration,
narrative, statement; report; (mus.) recitative.
=récitant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mus.) solo.
=récitateu-r=, _n.m._, reciter, repeater.
=récitatif=, _n.m._, (mus.) recitative.
=récitation=, _n.f._, reciting, recitation; repetition.
=réciter=, _v.a._, to recite, to rehearse; to repeat, to say; to tell, to
relate, to give an account of, to recount; (mus.) to sing in recitative;
to play in recitative. _Récitez votre leçon_; say your lesson.
=réciter=, _v.n._, (mus.) to perform a recitative; to recite.
=réciteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, reciter, story-teller.
=réclamable=, _adj._, claimable.
=réclamant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) claimant.
=réclamation=, _n.f._, claim, demand; complaint, protestation, protest,
opposition, objection. _Être en —_; to have raised an objection, to have
formulated a complaint, a demand.
=réclame=, _n.m._, (hawking) bird-call.
=réclame=, _n.f._, (print.) catch-word; primer; (of newspapers) editorial
announcement, advertisement, puff, puffing, paragraph puff; (thea.) cue,
catchword (last words of couplets).
=réclamer=, _v.a._, to implore, to entreat, to beseech; to reclaim, to
claim back, to redemand, to demand back again; to claim; (hunt.) to call
off; (hawking) to bring back; (jur.) to lay claim to. _— son droit_; to
claim one’s right. _— un oiseau_; to bring back a hawk. _— les chiens_;
to call off the dogs.
_se_ =réclamer=, _v.r._, to be reclaimed, to be demanded; to say one is
known to a person; to make use of any one’s name, to invoke, to refer to.
_Voyant qu’on allait le maltraiter, il se réclama d’un tel_; seeing they
were about to ill-treat him, he referred to so-and-so.
=réclamer=, _v.n._, to oppose, to object, to protest (against), to
complain (of), to make a complaint, to make objection (to). _Je réclame
contre cela_; I protest against that. _Personne ne réclame?_ does nobody
raise any objection?
=reclouer=, _v.a._, to nail again.
☉=reclure=, _v.a._, to shut up, to confine, to cloister up, to sequester.
=reclus=, =-e=, _n._ and _part._, recluse, monk, nun; cloistered up, shut
up, sequestered, secluded.
=reclusion= _or_ =réclusion=, _n.f._, reclusion, retirement, seclusion;
(jur.) confinement, imprisonment (with hard labor and loss of civil
rights).
*=recogner=, _v.a._, to hit again, to strike again; to beat back, to
drive back, to beat (an argument).
=récognitif= (-cog-), _adj.m._, (jur.) recognitory. _Acte —_;
ratification of a liability (stating the consideration thereof).
=récognition= (-cog-), _n.f._, recognition.
=recoiffer=, _v.a._, to dress the head _or_ hair again; to re-adjust the
hair; to cap again, to re-cap (bottles).
=recoin=, _n.m._, corner, nook, by-place, by-way. _pl._, cricks and
corners; innermost recesses.
=récolement= (-kol-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) examination; verification.
=récoler=, _v.a._, (jur.) to read the previous evidence to a witness; to
examine, to verify.
☉=récollection= (-kol-lèk-), _n.f._, (devotional style) contemplation.
=recollement=, _n.m._, pasting, _or_ gluing, again; (of a wound) healing.
=recoller=, _v.a._, to paste again (fig. and fam.). _Il a été recollé_ or
_recalé_; he has been plowed again.
=récollet=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, recollet (Franciscan friar _or_ nun).
=récolte=, _n.f._, harvest, crop, vintage; collection, gathering. _Temps
de la —_; harvest time. _Faire la —_; to get in the harvest.
=récolter=, _v.a._, to reap, to gather in, to get in.
_se_ =récolter=, _v.r._, to be got in (of crops).
=recommandable=, _adj._, commendable, recommendable, respectable.
=recommandation=, _n.f._, recommendation; esteem, reference,
introduction; (jur.) detainer. _Lettre de —_; letter of introduction.
=recommander=, _v.a._, to recommend, to charge, to enjoin, to bid,
to intrust, to request; (jur.) to lodge a detainer against. _Je vous
recommande le secret_; I enjoin secrecy.
_se_ =recommander=, _v.r._, to recommend one’s self, itself; to look for
protection (to); to refer to. _Cette chose se recommande d’elle-même_;
the thing is its own recommendation. _Je me recommande à vous_; I refer
to you.
=recommencement=, _n.m._, recommencement, beginning anew, repetition,
renewal.
=recommencer=, _v.a.n._, to recommence, to begin again. _— la guerre_; to
begin war afresh. _— de plus belle_, _— sur nouveaux frais_; to renew the
attempt, to begin again worse than ever. _C’est toujours à —_; there’s no
end to it. _Ne recommencez pas, par exemple_; don’t do it again, though.
=recomparaître=, _v.n._, to appear again (before).
=récompense=, _n.f._, reward, recompense; requital; compensation, amends;
indemnity. _En —_; in return (for); as a recompense (for).
=récompenser=, _v.a._, to reward, to requite, to recompense, to
remunerate; to make amends (to), to compensate; to requite; to make up
for, to repay. _— le temps perdu_; to make up for lost time.
_se_ =récompenser=, _v.r._, to make up for, to make amends, to be
recompensed.
=recomposer=, _v.a._, to recompose.
=recomposition=, _n.f._, recomposition.
=recompter= (-kon-té), _v.a._, to count again.
=réconciliable=, _adj._, reconcilable.
=réconciliat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reconciler. _adj._,
reconciling.
=réconciliation=, _n.f._, reconciliation, reconcilement.
=réconcilier=, _v.a._, to reconcile, to conciliate; to make friends
again. _On les a réconciliés_; they have been reconciled. _— une église_;
to consecrate a church anew.
_se_ =réconcilier=, _v.r._, to be reconciled, to become friends again.
_Il s’est réconcilié avec son père_; he has made it up with his father.
=réconduction= (_tacite_), _n.f._, (jur.) renewal of a lease, continued
tenancy (upon the same terms).
=reconduire=, _v.a._, to reconduct, to lead back, to show out; to
accompany, to see home, to accompany to the door.
=reconduite=, _n.f._, accompanying out, _or_ to the door; seeing out,
seeing home. _Faire la —_; to accompany out, home.
=reconfirmer=, _v.a._, to confirm again.
☉=réconfort=, _n.m._, comfort, relief, consolation.
☉=réconfortation=, _n.f._, cheering up, comforting, strengthening.
=réconforter=, _v.a._, to cheer up, to strengthen, to fortify, to
comfort; to cheer.
=reconfrontation=, _n.f._, confronting anew.
=reconfronter=, _v.a._, to confront again.
=reconnaissable=, _adj._, recognizable.
=reconnaissance=, _n.f._, gratitude, thankfulness; recognition;
examination; acknowledgment, confession; reward, return; recognizance;
(milit., nav.) reconnoitering, reconnoitering party. _Avoir de la —_; to
be grateful. _Témoigner sa —_; to testify one’s gratitude. _Faire une —_;
to reconnoiter. _— d’enfant_; acknowledgment of a child. _— de prêteur
sur gages_; pawn-broker’s ticket.
=reconnaissant=, =-e=, _adj._, grateful, thankful. _— de_; thankful for.
=reconnaître=, _v.a._, to recognize, to know again; to know; to identify;
to find out, to discover; to acknowledge, to confess, to admit, to allow;
to be grateful; (milit.) to reconnoiter, to explore, to observe. _Je ne
le reconnais plus_; he has grown out of my recollection. _Se faire —_;
to make one’s self known. _On a reconnu sa trahison_; his treachery was
discovered. _— un enfant_; to own a child. _Je vous reconnais bien là_;
that is just like you.
_se_ =reconnaître=, _v.r._, to know one’s self; to see one’s self; to
know where one is; to make out; to come to one’s self; to collect one’s
self; to give one’s self breathing time; to acknowledge one’s guilt; to
plead guilty. _Il se reconnaît dans son fils_; he sees himself in his
son. _Je commence à me reconnaître_; I begin to know where I am. _Je ne
me reconnais plus_; I don’t know what I am about. _Je me reconnais bien
là_; that is just like me.
=reconquérir=, _v.a._, to reconquer, to recover, to regain.
=reconsidération=, _n.f._, reconsideration.
=reconsidérer=, _v.a._, to reconsider.
=reconstituer=, _v.a._, to reconstitute, to re-establish, to re-organize.
=reconstitution=, _n.f._, reconstitution, reorganization, resettling;
(jur.) substitution.
=reconstruction=, _n.f._, reconstruction, rebuilding.
=reconstruire=, _v.a._, to build again, to reconstruct.
=reconsulter=, _v.a._, to consult again.
=reconter=, _v.a._, to tell again, to relate over again.
=recontinuer=, _v.a._, to resume, to go on again.
=recontracter=, _v.a._, to contract again.
=reconvention=, _n.f._, (jur.) cross suit, cross action, set off.
=reconventionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) cross. _Demande —_; cross action.
=reconvoquer=, _v.a._, to convene again, to call together again.
=recopier=, _v.a._, to copy again. _Se —_; to be recopied.
*=recoquillement=, _n.m._, curling up, turning up, shriveling; being
dog’s-eared (of leaves).
*=recoquiller=, _v.a._, to curl up; to turn up, to shrivel up; to
dog’s-ear (leaves).
*_se_ =recoquiller=, _v.r._, to turn up, to curl one’s self up, to be
dog’s-eared, to shrivel.
=recorder=, _v.a._, to rehearse (a lesson); to learn _or_ get by heart;
to cord again; to twist again; to measure firewood again.
_se_ =recorder=, _v.r._, to concert with any one, to call to mind; to be
recorded.
=recorriger=, _v.a._, to correct again, to revise.
=recors=, _n.m._, bailiff’s man.
=recoucher=, _v.a._, to put to bed again, to lay flat again.
_se_ =recoucher=, _v.r._, to go to bed again.
=recoudre=, _v.a._, to sew again, _or_ stitch again.
_se_ =recoudre=, _v.r._, to be sewn up again.
=recoupe=, _n.f._, rubble, stone-chips; chippings; pollard.
=recoupement= (-coop-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) off-set; recess.
=recouper=, _v.a._, to cut again.
=recoupette=, _n.f._, coarse meal.
=recourbé=, =-e=, _adj._, bent back, curved, crooked.
=recourber=, _v.a._, to bend back, to make crooked, to crook.
_se_ =recourber=, _v.r._, to grow crooked, to bend.
=recourbure=, _n.f._, bending back, curvature.
=recourir=, _v.n._, to run again; to have recourse to, to apply to, to
resort (to); to appeal. _— aux remèdes_; to have recourse to remedies.
=recours=, _n.m._, recourse; refuge, resort, help, resource, redress,
remedy, appeal. _— en cassation_; petition of appeal. _— en grâce_;
petition for pardon _or_ commutation.
☉=recousse=, _n.f._ _V._ =rescousse=.
=recousu=, =-e=, _part._, sewed, stitched again.
=recouvrable=, _adj._, (fin.) recoverable.
☉=recouvrance=, _n.f._, recovery.
=recouvrement=, _n.m._, recovery, regaining; (fin.) payment; (horl.) lid;
cap (of a watch); (arch.) overlapping. _pl._, debts due to one. _— de
la santé_; recovery of one’s health. _Faire un état de —_; to draw up a
statement of debts due. _Faire un —_; to recover an outstanding debt.
=recouvrer=, _v.a._, to recover, to regain, to get again, to get back
possession (of), to get in, to collect. _— ses forces_; to recover one’s
strength. _— son bien_; to recover one’s fortune.
=recouvrir=, _v.a._, to cover again; to cover, to mask, to hide, to
conceal.
_se_ =recouvrir=, _v.r._, to cover one’s self again; to be covered again;
to be hidden again, to become cloudy again, to be overcast again.
=recracher=, _v.a._ and _n._, to spit out again; to spit again; (fig.) to
fork out again; to disgorge.
=récréance=, _n.f._, provisional possession. _Lettres de —_; (diplomacy)
letters of recall.
=récréati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, recreative; refreshing; diverting, amusing.
=récréation=, _n.f._, recreation, amusement, diversion; play (of
children). _Heure de —_; play-time. _Être en —_; to be at play, out of
school.
=recréer=, _v.a._, to re-create, to create again.
=récréer=, _v.a._, to recreate, to divert, to amuse.
_se_ =récréer=, _v.r._, to divert, to amuse one’s self, to take
recreation.
=récrément=, _n.m._, (med.) recrement.
=récrémenteu-x=, =-se=, _or_ =récrémentitiel=, =-le=, _adj._, (med.)
recremental, recrementitious.
=recrépir=, _v.a._, to parget again, to roughcast; to give a fresh coat
of plaster to; to paint (one’s face); to patch up. _— un vieux mur_; to
replaster an old wall. _— un vieux conte_; to dress up an old story.
=recrépissage= _or_ =recrépissement=, _n.m._, replastering; repatching.
=recreuser=, _v.a._, to dig up again, to dig deeper.
☉=recri=, _n.m._, exclamation; cry, outcry, clamor.
_se_ =récrier=, _v.r._, to exclaim; to utter an exclamation; to cry
out, to protest. _Il n’y a pas de quoi se —_; there is nothing to cause
astonishment, there is no need to cry out.
=récrimination=, _n.f._, recrimination.
=récriminatoire=, _adj._, recriminatory.
=récriminer=, _v.n._, to recriminate.
=récrire=, _v.a._, to write over again; to write again; to rewrite.
=recroître=, _v.n._, to grow again; to spring up again.
=recrotter=, _v.a._, to dirty again.
=recru=, =-e=, _adj._, quite tired, worn out, knocked up, jaded, spent.
=recrudescence=, _n.f._, recrudescence.
=recrudescent=, =-e=, _adj._, recrudescent.
=recrue=, _n.f._, recruiting; recruit; recruits. _Faire des —s_; to raise
recruits.
=recrutement= (re-krut-mān), _n.m._, recruiting, recruitment.
=recruter=, _v.a._, to recruit.
_se_ =recruter=, _v.r._, to recruit.
=recruteur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, recruiter; recruiting, recruiting
officer.
=recta=, _adv._, punctually, exactly.
=rectangle=, _adj._, (geom.) rectangular, right-angled.
=rectangle=, _n.m._, rectangle.
=rectangulaire=, _adj._, rectangular, right-angled.
=recteur=, _n.m._, rector (of a parish, of an academy); provost, warden.
=rect-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, directing. ☉_Esprit —_; (chem.) aromatic.
_Pennes rectrices_; (zoöl.) tail-feathers.
=rectifiable=, _adj._, rectifiable.
=rectificateur=, _n.m._, rectifier.
=rectificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, rectifying.
=rectification=, _n.f._, rectification; (jur.) amendment.
=rectifier=, _v.a._, to rectify.
_se_ =rectifier=, _v.r._, to be rectified.
*=rectiligne=, _adj._, rectilineal, rectilinear.
=rectitude=, _n.f._, rectitude, uprightness.
=recto=, _n.m._, (_—s_) first page of a leaf; odd page, right-handed page.
=rectoral=, =-e=, _adj._, rectorial.
=rectorat=, _n.m._, rectorship, rectorate, provostship, wardenship.
=rectrice=, _n.f._, (orni.) tail-feather. _V._ =recteur=, _adj._
=rectum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) rectum.
=reçu=, =-e=, _part._, received; admitted; recognized, customary, usual.
=reçu=, _n.m._, receipt. _Au — de_; on receipt of. _Donnez-moi un — de ce
que je vous remets_; give me a receipt for what I give you.
*=recueil=, _n.m._, collection, selection, miscellany. _— choisi_;
elegant extracts.
*=recueillement=, _n.m._, contemplation, meditation, self-communing;
gathering, collection; (fig.) peaceful seclusion.
*=recueilli=, =-e=, _part._, gathered, collected; meditative, wrapped in
meditation, calm, still, quiet. _C’est un homme très —_; he is a very
contemplative man.
*=recueillir=, _v.a._, to gather, to get in; to reap; to get together,
to collect; to pick up; to receive, to take in, to shelter. _— une
succession_; to inherit an estate. _— ses esprits_; to collect one’s
self. _— ses forces_; to collect one’s strength. _— les voix_; to collect
the votes.
_se_ =recueillir=, _v.r._, to collect one’s self, to collect one’s
thoughts; to wrap one’s self up in pious meditation. _— en soi-même_; to
retire within one’s self, to commune with one’s self; to reflect.
=recuire=, _v.a._, to cook, _or_ do, again; to boil over again; to bake
over again; (manu.) to anneal. _— des métaux_; to anneal metals.
=recuit=, =-e=, _part._, boiled, baked, _or_ roasted again. _Cela est
cuit et —_; that is done to rags.
=recuit=, _n.m._, _or_ =recuite=, _n.f._, annealing (of metals, glass);
reheating (liquids).
=recul=, _n.m._, recoil; kicking (of fire-arms).
=reculade=, _n.f._, falling back; retreat; backing (of carriages).
_Honteuse —_; shameful retreat. _Faire une —_; to beat a retreat.
=reculé=, =-e=, _part._, put back; distant, remote; backward, behind (in
learning). _La postérité la plus —e_; the remotest posterity.
=reculée=, _n.f._, (l.u.) backing-space; moving back. _Feu de —_; (l.u.)
roasting fire.
=reculement= (-kul-mān), _n.m._, drawing back; backing (of carriages);
breech (of saddles).
=reculer=, _v.a._, to pull back; to put back; to put off, to defer; to
extend.
_se_ =reculer=, _v.r._, to draw back; to go further off, to put back; to
be extended, to sit further off.
=reculer=, _v.n._, to go back; to fall back, to draw back; to retreat,
to recede, to shirk, to shrink (before), to back out (of); to give way;
to recoil; to rein back (a horse). _— pour mieux sauter_; to wait for
something better. _Il est trop avancé pour —_; he is too far involved
to retreat. _Il ne recule jamais_; he never flinches. _En reculant_; in
going backwards.
_à_ =reculons=, _adv._, backwards; the wrong way; with one’s back to the
engine, etc.
☉=récupérable=, _adj._, that may be recovered, retrievable, recoverable.
=récupération=, _n.f._, recovery.
=récupérer=, _v.a._, to recover, to retrieve; to get back.
_se_ =récupérer=, _v.r._, to recover; to retrieve one’s losses.
=récurer=, _v.a._ _V._ =écurer=.
=récurrence=, _n.f._, (med.) recurrence.
=récurrent=, =-e= (-kur-rān, -t), _adj._, (med.) recurrent, returning.
=récursoire=, _adj._, (jur.) which can give rise to an appeal, remedial.
=récusable=, _adj._, (jur.) exceptionable, challengeable, doubtful.
=récusation=, _n.f._, (jur.) challenge, exception, denial.
=récuser=, _v.a._, to challenge (witnesses, jurors); to deny, to reject.
_se_ =récuser=, _v.r._, to excuse one’s self, to decline; (of judges,
jurors) to decline judging _or_ voting; to declare one’s self incompetent.
=rédacteur=, _n.m._, writer (of a deed); clerk (in a public office);
editor, editress; writer (of periodicals). _— d’un journal_; editor of a
newspaper. _— en chef_; chief editor. _— gérant_; sub-editor.
=rédaction=, _n.f._, drawing up (deeds, etc.); wording; editing
(periodicals); editors.
=redan=, _n.m._, (fort.) redan; (arch.) skew-back.
=redanser=, _v.n._, to dance again.
=reddition= (rèd-di-), _n.f._, (jur., milit.) surrender, reduction;
restitution, giving back; giving in (of accounts). _— de compte_; giving
in of accounts.
=redébattre=, _v.a._, to debate again.
=redéclarer=, _v.a._, to declare again.
=redédier=, _v.a._, to dedicate anew.
=redéfaire=, _v.a._, to undo again.
=redéjeuner=, _v.a._, to breakfast again.
=redélibérer=, _v.a._, to deliberate again (upon), to consider again.
☉=redélivrer=, _v.a._, to set at liberty a second time.
=redemander=, _v.a._, to redemand, to ask again; to ask back again.
=redemeurer=, _v.n._, to dwell _or_ live again.
=redémolir=, _v.a._, to demolish, _or_ pull down, again.
=rédempteur=, _n.m._, redeemer, savior.
=rédempt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, redeeming, redemptive, redemptory.
=rédemption=, _n.f._, redemption; ransom.
=rédemptoriste=, _n.m._, Redemptorist.
=redépêcher=, _v.a._, to dispatch again.
=redescendre=, _v.n._, to go, _or_ come, down again.
=redescendre=, _v.a._, to take down again.
=redevable=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, debtor; indebted; beholden. _Je suis
votre —_ or _je vous suis —_; I am your debtor. _Être — à ... de_; to be
indebted to ... for.
=redevance=, _n.f._, rent; royalty; due, service; (feudalism) fine.
=redevenir= (rĕ-dĕ-vnir), _v.n._, to become again.
=redévider=, _v.a._, to wind again.
=redevoir=, _v.a._, to remain in one’s debt, to owe still.
=rédhibition=, _n.f._, (jur.) action to set aside a sale.
=rédhibitoire=, _adj._, (jur.) setting aside a sale; redhibitory.
=rédiger=, _v.a._, to draw out; to draw up; to draught; to write out; to
word; to indite.
_se_ =rédimer=, _v.a._, to redeem one’s self.
=redîner=, _v.n._, to dine again.
=redingote=, _n.f._, riding-coat, frock-coat; (ladies’) morning dress.
=redire=, _v.a._, to repeat, to say again, to tell again; to censure,
to criticize, to find fault (with); to report. _Trouver à — à_; to find
fault with, to find amiss, to complain of. _Je n’y trouve rien à —_; I
see nothing amiss in it. _Il n’y a rien à —_; no fault can be found with.
_Se faire —_; to have repeated to one; to require to be told again.
=rediseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tautologist, repeater; tell-tale,
tale-bearer.
=redistribuer=, _v.a._, to distribute again.
=redistribution=, _n.f._, redistribution, re-issue.
=redite=, _n.f._, (b.s.) repetition, gossiping.
=redompter= (-don-té), _v.a._, to subdue again.
=redondance= _or_ =rédondance=, _n.f._, superfluity of words, redundancy.
=redondant= _or_ =rédondant=, =-e=, _adj._, redundant.
=redonder= _or_ =rédonder=, _v.n._, to be redundant.
=redonner=, _v.a._, to give again, to give back again; to restore; to
deal again (at cards).
_se_ =redonner=, _v.r._, to give one’s self up again; to give away again;
to indulge again in.
=redonner=, _v.n._, to give one’s self up again; to fail again into; to
take to again; (milit.) to charge again; to be engaged again.
=redorer=, _v.a._, to gild over again, to regild.
=redormir=, _v.n._, to sleep again.
☉=redoublant=, _n.m._, pupil that remains a second year in the same class.
=redoublé=, =-e=, _part._, redoubled, increased; repeated. _Pas —_;
(milit.) double-quick time. _Rimes —es_; double rhymes.
=redoublement=, _n.m._, redoubling, increase; reduplication; (med.)
paroxysm.
=redoubler=, _v.a._, to redouble, to increase, to reiterate; to increase
greatly; to put a new lining to. _— ses soins_; to be doubly careful.
=redoubler=, _v.n._, to increase; to redouble; ☉to continue two years in
the same class (at school). _— de soins_; to be doubly attentive.
=redoul= _or_ =roudou=, _n.m._, (bot.) coriaria myrtifolia, tanners’
sumac.
=redoutable=, _adj._, formidable, redoubtable, terrible, dreadful.
=redoute=, _n.f._, (fort.) redoubt; ridotto; dancing-room.
=redouter=, _v.a._, to dread, to fear. _Il n’est pas à —_; he is not to
be feared.
=redressage=, _n.m._, straightening.
=redressement= (-drès-mān), _n.m._, straightening; erection; redressing;
redress; relief (from a grievance).
=redresser=, _v.a._, to make straight, to make straight again, to
straighten; to erect; to set up again; to put right; to correct, to
reform, to put to rights, to set to rights; to redress; to over-reach. _—
la tête_; to hold up one’s head. _— des griefs_; to redress grievances.
_se_ =redresser=, _v.r._, to become straight again; to get straight
again; to bridle up; to stand erect again; to set upright; to be set
right, to be redressed. _Redressez-vous_; sit up.
=redresseur=, _n.m._, redresser, avenger, righter.
=redû=, _n.m._, balance due.
=réducteur=, _n.m._, (surg.) apparatus for reducing a dislocation.
=réductibilité=, _n.f._, reducibleness.
=réductible=, _adj._, reducible.
=reducti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reductive.
=réduction=, _n.f._, reduction; subjugation; (com.) allowance, abatement;
(chem., math., surg.) reduction.
=réduire= (réduisant, réduit), _v.a._, to reduce, to abate, to diminish,
to curtail; to subdue, to subjugate; to compel; to oblige, to restrain;
(chem., math., surg.) to reduce. _— une place_; to reduce a stronghold,
to take a fortress. _— au désespoir_; to drive to despair.
_se_ =réduire=, _v.r._, to be reduced; to diminish; to abate; to vanish;
to reduce one’s self; to be subdued; (fig.) to come to, to amount to.
=réduit=, _n.m._, retreat, small habitation; lodging; corner, recess;
hole, hovel; (fort.) reduct.
=réduplicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) reduplicative.
=réduplicatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) reduplicative.
=réduplication=, _n.f._, reduplication.
=réédification=, _n.f._, rebuilding.
=réédifier=, _v.a._, to rebuild.
=rééditer=, _v.a._, to publish anew (of books).
=réel=, =-le=, _adj._, real, true; actual; substantial. _n.m._, reality,
truth.
=réélection=, _n.f._, re-election.
=rééligibilité=, _n.f._, re-eligibility.
=rééligible=, _adj._, re-eligible.
=réélire=, _v.a._, to re-elect.
=réellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, really; in reality, truly, indeed.
=réemballage=, _n.m._, repacking.
=réemballer=, _v.a._, to repack.
=réémettre=, _v.a._, to re-issue.
=réémigrer=, _v.n._, to re-emigrate.
=réémission=, _n.f._, re-issue.
=réentement=, _n.m._, regrafting.
=réenter=, _v.a._, to regraft. _Se —_; to be regrafted.
=réenterrement=, _n.m._, reburial.
=réenterrer=, _v.a._, to re-bury, to re-inter.
=réer=, _v.n._ _V._ =raire=.
=réescompte=, _n.m._, (com.) rediscount.
=réescompter=, _v.a._, (com.) to rediscount.
=réexaminer=, _v.a._, to examine anew.
=réexpédier=, _v.a._, to forward again, to send off again.
=réexpédition=, _n.f._, forwarding again, sending off again, return.
=réexportation=, _n.f._, re-exportation.
=réexporter=, _v.a._, to re-export.
=refâcher=, _v.a._, to vex again, to anger again.
_se_ =refâcher=, _v.r._, to grow angry, _or_ vexed, again.
=refaçon=, _n.f._, remaking, remake.
=refaçonner=, _v.a._, to form _or_ make again, to re-fashion.
=réfaction=, _n.f._, remaking; repairing, repairs; (com.) rebate.
=refaire=, _v.a._, to do again, to do over again, to remake; to make
anew; to begin anew; to recommence; to deal again (at cards); to take in,
to deceive; to be refreshing (to); to refresh; to mend, to repair. _— de
la viande_; to warm meat up again, to re-pot meat.
_se_ =refaire=, _v.r._, to refresh one’s self; to recover one’s strength;
to retrieve one’s losses; to assume a new character. _Se — un habit_; to
have a coat done up again, _or_ a coat made again.
=refait=, _n.m._, drawn game (at play); (hunt.) new horns.
=refait=, =-e=, _part._, done again; (of timber) squared, prepared for
use; (nav.) twice laid (of cordage).
=refaucher=, _v.a._, to mow again.
=réfection=, _n.f._, repairs; ☉repairs to buildings; refection (meal);
food, nourishment; recovery of strength.
=réfectoire=, _n.m._, refectory, dining-room _or_ hall.
=refend=, _n.m._, splitting, sawing, dividing; (arch.) channel (in wall).
_Mur de —_; (arch.) partition-wall. _Bois de —_; sawed timber.
=refendre=, _v.a._, to cleave, _or_ split, again; to quarter (timber); to
saw into slabs (stone); to saw, _or_ cut, lengthwise.
=référé=, _n.m._, (jur.) application to a judge (sitting) in chambers.
_En —_; in chambers.
=référence=, _n.f._, (com.) reference; relation, information.
=référendaire=, _n.m._, referendary.
=référendariat=, _n.m._, referendaryship.
=référer=, _v.a._, to refer; to ascribe. _En — à_; to refer to.
_se_ =référer=, _v.r._, to refer, to have a reference; to refer, to leave
it (to), to confide, to trust (in). _S’en référer à l’avis de quelqu’un_;
to refer to the opinion of any one.
=référer=, _v.n._, to report, to make a report.
=refermer=, _v.a._, to shut up again, to close up. _— une plaie_; to
close a wound.
_se_ =refermer=, _v.r._, to shut again; to close again.
=referrer=, _v.a._, to shoe again (animal).
*=refeuilleter=, _v.a._, to turn over again, to turn over and over
(leaves); to read again cursorily.
=reficher=, _v.a._, to thrust, or stick, in again; to drive in again.
=refiger=, _v.n._, to congeal again.
_se_ =refiger=, _v.r._, to congeal again.
=refixer=, _v.a._, to fix again.
=réfléchi=, =-e=, _adj._, reflected; reflecting; deliberate; considerate;
reflective, thoughtful, meditative; (bot.) reflex. _Action —e_;
deliberate action. _Crime —_; premeditated crime. _Opinion peu —e_; hasty
opinion. _Personne —e_; reflective, meditative, thoughtful, circumspect,
person. _Homme peu —_; inconsiderate man.
=réfléchir=, _v.a._, to reflect, to reflect back; to mirror back; to
throw back; to reverberate.
_se_ =réfléchir=, _v.r._, to reflect, to be reflected.
=réfléchir=, _v.n._, to reflect, to reflect on, to think, to consider, to
ponder. _J’y réfléchirai_; I’ll think it over.
=réfléchissant=, =-e=, _adj._, reflecting.
=réfléchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, reflection, reverberation.
=réflecteur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, reflector; reflective, reflecting.
=reflet=, _n.m._, reflection, reflex, reflected light.
=refléter=, _v.a._, to reflect (light, etc.).
_se_ =refléter=, _v.r._, to reflect, to be reflected, to be mirrored back.
=refleurir=, _v.n._, to blossom again, to blow again, to flower again; to
flourish again. _Faire —_; to revive.
=réflexe=, _adj._, reflex.
=réflexibilité=, _n.f._, reflexibility.
=réflexible=, _adj._, reflexible, reflectible.
=réflexi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reflexive.
=réflexion=, _n.f._, reflection; thought, consideration. _Faire —_; to
reflect. _Avez-vous fait vos —s?_ have you considered the matter? have
you pondered over it? _Un homme de —_; a thinking man. _Toute — faite_;
all things considered; after due reflection; on second thought.
=refluer=, _v.n._, to reflow, to flow back, to ebb.
=reflux=, _n.m._, reflux, refluctuation; ebb, ebbing, flowing back. _Le
flux et le —_; the ebb and flow; (fig.) the constant shifting.
☉=refonder=, _v.a._, (jur.) to refund, to reimburse, to repay; to refound.
=refondre=, _v.a._, to refound, to melt again; to recast, to cast again,
to mold anew; to improve; to remodel; (nav.) to repair, to improve, to
correct. _— la monnaie_; to recoin money. _— un ouvrage_; to remodel, or
re-cast, a work. _— un vaisseau_; to repair a ship thoroughly.
=refonte=, _n.f._, refounding, recasting (metal.); recoinage, recoining;
remodeling; (nav.) thorough repair.
=reforger=, _v.a._, to forge again.
=réformable=, _adj._, reformable, that may be reformed; (jur.)
reversible; (mil.) exemptible.
=réformat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reformer. _adj._, reforming,
reformatory.
=réformation=, _n.f._, reformation, amendment. _La — des monnaies_; the
re-stamping of coin.
=réforme=, _n.f._, reform, reformation, amendment; (milit.) reduction,
discharge. _Traitement de —_; (milit.) half-pay. _Être mis à la —_;
(milit.) to be put on half-pay. _Être en —_; (milit.) to be on half-pay.
_Congé de —_; (milit.) discharge. _Cheval de —_; cast horse.
=réformé=, =-e=, _part._, reformed. _La religion —e_; the Protestant
religion. _Un officier —_; a half-pay officer.
=réformé=, _n.m._, reformer, reformist.
=réformer=, _v.a._, to reform, to mend, to improve. _— ses mœurs_; to
reform one’s morals. _— sa vie_; to amend one’s life. _— les abus_; to
reform abuses. _— son train_; to reduce the number of one’s servants. _—
les monnaies_; to re-stamp coin. _— des troupes_; to discharge troops. _—
un officier_; to put an officer on half-pay. _— un soldat_; to discharge
a soldier.
_se_ =réformer=, _v.r._, to reform, to amend; to be reformed.
=reformer=, _v.a._, to form again, to form anew.
_se_ =réformer=, _v.r._, to form again, to be formed anew.
=réformiste=, _n.m._, reformer, reformist.
=refortifier=, _v.a._, to fortify again.
=refouetter=, _v.a._, to whip again.
=refoulement= (re-fool-mān), _n.m._, driving back, suppression,
compressing, forcing back; ebbing (of the tide). _Le — des eaux_; the
flowing back of the waters. _Le — de la marée_; the ebbing of the tide.
_Le — d’une armée_; the driving back of an army.
=refouler=, _v.a._, to drive back, to repel; to compress; (artil.) to
ram. _— la marée_; to stem, to go against the tide.
=refouler=, _v.n._, to ebb; to flow back. _La marée refoule_; the tide is
ebbing.
=refouloir=, _n.m._, cannon-rammer.
=refournir=, _v.a._, to furnish again, to stock anew.
=réfractaire=, _adj._, refractory, stubborn, obstinate, rebellious;
impervious (to); fire-proof.
=réfractaire=, _n.m._, (milit.) defaulting conscript, defaulter.
=réfracter=, _v.a._, (phys.) to refract.
_se_ =réfracter=, _v.r._, to be refracted.
=réfracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, refractive.
=réfraction=, _n.f._, (phys.) refraction.
=refrain=, _n.m._, refrain, burden of a song; constant theme; (nav.,
l.u.) rolling back of billows (after breaking on rocks), surf. _C’est son
— continuel_; it is his constant theme; he is always harping upon it.
=refrangibilité=, _n.f._, refrangibility.
=réfrangible=, _adj._, refrangible.
=refrapper=, _v.n._, to strike again, to knock again. _— la monnaie_; to
restamp coin.
=refréner=, _v.a._, to bridle, to restrain; to curb, to repress.
=réfrigérant=, =-e=, _adj._, refrigerant. _Mélange —_; freezing mixture.
=réfrigérant=, _n.m._, (med.) refrigerant.
=réfrigérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) refrigerative.
=réfrigératif=, _n.m._, (med.) refrigerative.
=réfrigération=, _n.f._, (chem.) refrigeration.
☉=réfrigératoire=, _adj._, refrigerative.
=réfringent=, =-e=, _adj._, refracting.
=refrire=, _v.a._, to fry again.
=refriser=, _v.a._, to curl again.
=refrogné=, =-e=, _or_ =renfrogné=, =-e=, _part._, frowning, scowling,
gruff, surly, sullen. _Air —_; scowling, sullen look.
*=refrognement= _or_ =renfrognement=, _n.m._, frown, scowl, knitting of
the brows.
_se_ =refrogner= or _se_ =renfrogner=, _v.r._, to frown, to knit one’s
brows.
=refroidi=, =-e=, _part._, chilled, cooled.
=refroidir=, _v.a._, to cool, to chill.
_se_ =refroidir=, _v.r._, to cool, to grow cold _or_ cool; to slacken, to
relax, to relent, to abate.
=refroidir=, _v.n._, to cool, to become cold.
=refroidissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, cooling, coolness; coldness; chill,
cold. _J’ai pris un —_; I have caught a chill.
=refrotter=, _v.a._, to rub again.
=refuge=, _n.m._, refuge, shelter, asylum, resting place; resource,
protection. _— assuré_; safe refuge. _Lieu de —_; place of safety.
=réfugié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, refugee.
_se_ =réfugier=, _v.r._, to take refuge, shelter; (fig.) to have recourse
(to); to shelter one’s self (behind).
=refuir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to double.
=refuite=, _n.f._, (hunt.) shift, doubling; (l.u.) shuffling, evasion.
=refus=, _n.m._, refusal, denial; thing refused. _Essuyer un —_; to meet
with a refusal. _Un — net_; a flat refusal. _Cela n’est pas de —_; that
is not to be refused, _or_ is very acceptable. _Ce n’est pas à son —_; it
has not been offered him _or_ he has not had the refusal of it. _Enfoncer
un pieu jusqu’à — de mouton_; (tech.) to ram a pile in (until driven
home). _Ce pieu est au —_; this pile is set, driven home.
=refusable=, _adj._, refusable.
=refuser=, _v.a._, to refuse; to deny; to decline, not to accept, to
grudge, to demur. _— des présents_; to refuse presents. _— la porte à
quelqu’un_; to deny any one admittance; to shut one’s door (against).
_se_ =refuser=, _v.r._, to deny one’s self, to deprive one’s self of;
not to permit; to grudge one’s self; to shun, to avoid; to withstand, to
resist. _Il se refuse le nécessaire_; he denies himself the necessaries
of life.
=refuser=, _v.n._, to refuse; to decline; (man.) to refuse to advance;
(nav.) to scant; not to come to the wind.
=refuseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, refuser.
=réfutable=, _adj._, refutable.
=réfutateur=, _n.m._, refuter, confuter.
=réfutation=, _n.f._, refutation, confutation, disproof.
=réfuter=, _v.a._, to refute, to confute, to disprove.
_se_ =réfuter=, _v.r._, to refute each other; to be refuted.
*=regagner=, _v.a._, to regain, to get again, to win back, to recover; to
retrieve; to rejoin, to overtake, to reach, to gain over. _— le dessus_;
to get the upper hand again. _— le vent sur l’ennemi_; (nav.) to get the
weather-gauge of the enemy. _— quelqu’un_; to gain any one over _or_ to
overtake any one. _— la maison_; to return home, to reach home.
*=regaillardir=, _v.a._, to make merry, to enliven, to revive, to give a
fillip to. _V._ =ragaillardir=.
=regain=, _n.m._, aftermath, after-grass; (fig.) revival, return; (of
life) new lease of. _— de jeunesse_; a second youth. _— de vie_; a new
lease of life.
=régal=, _n.m._, feast, entertainment, treat; pleasure. _C’est un vrai —
pour moi_; it is a real treat for me.
=régalade=, _n.f._, (fam.) gulping down; blazing fire; treating; treat.
_Boire à la —_; to gulp down; to pour (wine, etc.) down one’s throat,
without putting the glass to one’s lips.
=régalant=, =-e=, _adj._, amusing, pleasant, entertaining.
=régale=, _n.m._, (mus.) regal, vox humana (stop).
=régale=, _n.f._, right, regalia (F. Hist.).
=régale=, _adj.f._, (l.u.) royal. _Eau —_; aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric
acid).
=régalement= (-gal-mān), _n.m._, ☉assessment, equalization (of taxes);
leveling (of ground); ☉equalization (of shares in an inheritance).
=régaler=, _v.a._, to regale, to treat, to feast, to entertain; ☉to
assess taxes; to level (ground)
_se_ =régaler=, _v.r._, to feast, to entertain _or_ treat one another; to
regale one’s self; to enjoy one’s self.
=régaleur=, _n.m._, entertainer, leveler.
☉=régalien= (-in), _adj.m._, regal, royal.
=regard=, _n.m._, look; gaze, stare; glance; eye, eyes; (astrol.) aspect;
two pictures looking at one another. _pl._, eyes; attention, notice;
(tech.) draft-hole, man-hole. _— tendre_; tender look. _Lancer un —_; to
dart a look. _Jeter ses —s de côté et d’autre_; to cast one’s eyes about.
_Jeter un — sur_; to cast a glance at. _Adoucir ses —s_; to soften one’s
countenance. _Fixer les —s de quelqu’un_; to catch any one’s eye; to
arrest any one’s attention. _Au — sombre_; dull-eyed. _En —_; opposite.
_Avoir — sur_; to look into, to face. _Promener ses —s sur_; to cast
one’s eyes upon, _or_ round. _Abaisser les —s_; to look down. _Au — de_,
_V._ =à l’égard de=.
=regardable=, _adj._, to be worth looking at; to be looked at.
=regardant=, _n.m._, beholder, looker-on, spectator.
=regardant=, =-e=, _adj._, too strict, particular, nice; economical,
near, saving, niggardly.
=regarder=, _v.a._, to look at; to look on; to behold; to face, to be
opposite, to look into; to consider, to mind, to look up to; to regard,
to concern. _— quelqu’un_; to look at any one. _— quelqu’un fixement_;
to stare at any one. _— par un trou_; to look (at) through a hole. _—
quelqu’un de haut en bas_; to look down upon any one, to look any one
down (with contempt). _— comme_; to look upon as, to consider as, to
repute. _Cela vous regarde_; that concerns you. _Se faire —_; to attract
notice.
_se_ =regarder=, _v.r._, to look at one’s self; to look at each other; to
look upon one’s self as; to consider one another as; to be opposite to
each other; to be in front of each other.
=regarder=, _v.n._, to look, to face, to be opposite, to front; to mind,
to pay heed to. _Ma chambre regarde sur le jardin_; my room overlooks
the garden. _Regardez-y bien_; take heed. _Y —_; to be particular,
to consider. _Y — à deux fois_; to think twice. _Y — de près_; to be
particular about. _Je n’y regarde pas de si près_; I am not so particular
as all that.
=regarnir=, _v.a._, to furnish again; to retrim.
=régate=, _n.f._, regatta, boat-race.
=regayer=, _v.a._, to comb hemp.
=regayoir=, _n.m._, hemp-comb.
=regayure=, _n.f._, refuse of hemp.
=regazonnement=, _n.m._, returfing.
=regazonner=, _v.a._, to returf.
=regel=, _n.m._, renewed frost, freezing again.
=regeler=, _v.n._, to freeze again.
=régence=, _n.f._, regency.
=régénérat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, regenerator; regenerating,
reproducing.
=régénération=, _n.f._, regeneration.
=régénérer=, _v.a._, to regenerate.
_se_ =régénérer=, _v.r._, to be regenerated.
=régent=, =-e=, _adj._, regent.
=régent=, _n.m._, regent; master (of a college); governor, director (of
the bank of France); name of a large diamond of the French crown.
=régenter=, _v.a._ and _n._, ☉to teach; (fig.) to domineer, to lord it
over, to hector.
=regermer=, _v.n._, to regerminate.
=régicide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, regicide; regicidal.
=régie=, _n.f._, administration; administration of the taxes; excise,
excisemen; excise-office. _Officier de la —_; exciseman.
=regimbement=, _n.m._, kicking (of horses); resistance, revolt, kicking
against.
=regimber=, _v.n._, to kick (of horses); (fig.) to resist; to revolt, to
kick against.
=régime=, _n.m._, regimen; diet; form of government; rule; reign; law;
order of things; (gram.) object, objective case. _Mettre au —_; to diet.
_Être au —_; to be on low diet. _Vivre de —_; to live by rule. _Se mettre
au —_; to diet one’s self.
=régiment=, _n.m._, regiment.
=régimentaire=, _adj._, regimental.
=région=, _n.f._, region, country.
=régional=, _adj._, local (district); industrial, agricultural.
=régir=, _v.a._, to govern, to rule; to administer, to manage.
=régisseur=, _n.m._, manager, steward.
=régistrateur=, _n.m._, registrar, recorder (in the Pope’s chancellor’s
office).
=registre=, _n.m._, register, book, account; register (of an organ);
(mus.) draw-stop; (print.) register; damper (of chimneys); vane (of a
steam-engine). _Rapporter sur un —_; to enter in a register. _Il est sur
mes —s_; I have him on my books. _Tenir —_; to keep account (of).
=registrer=, _v.a._, to register, to record.
=regître=, _n.m._ _V._ =registre=.
=regîtrer=, _v.a._ _V._ =registrer=.
=réglage=, _n.m._, ruling (of paper); regulating, settling; setting,
timing (of watches, clocks, etc.).
=règle=, _n.f._, rule, ruler; order; pattern, model, example; guide,
regulation; (arith.) sum. _pl._, menses, courses. _Cela est de —_; that
is the rule. _Dans les —s_; according to rule, in due form. _Être en
—_, _se mettre en —_; to be in order, to have everything in order. _— à
coulisse_; sliding rule.
=réglé=, =-e=, _adj._, ruled; regulated, regular, steady. _— comme un
papier de musique_; as regular as clock-work. _Une vie —e_; a regular
life. _À des heures —es_; at regular hours. _Il a le pouls —_; his pulse
is regular.
=règlement=, _n.m._, regulation; laws, by-laws; standing order;
settlement (of accounts); (mil.) roster. _Violer le —_; to commit a
breach of order. _Vous manquez au —_; you are breaking the rules. _— de
compte_; settlement of an account.
=réglément=, _adv._, regularly, exactly.
=réglementaire=, _adj._, according to regulations, allowed, lawful,
usual, customary.
=réglementation=, _n.f._, regulating.
=réglementer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to regulate.
=régler=, _v.a._, to rule, to regulate, to square; to order; to settle;
to determine, to decide; to time. _— sa dépense_; to regulate one’s
expenses. _— ses affaires_; to settle one’s affairs. _— une pendule_; to
set a clock right. _— un différend_; to settle a difference.
_se_ =régler=, _v.r._, to regulate one’s self by; to imitate, to follow
the example of, to be guided (by); to be regulated, to time one’s self
(upon). _Se — sur la vertu_; to be guided by virtue. _Je ne me règle pas
sur cela_; I don’t go by that. _Je me réglerai sur vous_; I shall time
myself by you.
=réglet=, _n.m._, (print.) rule; (arch.) girth.
=réglette=, _n.f._, (print.) reglet.
=régleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ruler, paper-ruler.
=réglisse=, _n.f._, licorice. _Du jus de —_; Spanish liquorice. _— en
bâton_; stick licorice.
=réglure=, _n.f._, ruling (of paper).
*=régnant=, =-e=, _adj._, reigning, prevailing, present; prevalent;
predominating, predominant, chief.
*=règne=, _n.m._, reign; prevalence; vogue, fashion, crown (over the high
altar in churches); kingdom; tiara (of the pope). _— animal_; animal
kingdom.
*=régner=, _v.n._, to reign, to govern, to rule, to bear sway, to
prevail; to be in fashion; (arch.) to reach. _La maladie qui règne_; the
prevailing disease.
=régnicole=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._ (rēg-ni-), (jur.) native, citizen;
naturalized subject.
=regonflement=, _n.m._, re-inflation, swelling anew.
=regonfler=, _v.n._, to swell, to overflow.
=regonfler=, _v.a._, to swell again; to inflate, to fill again.
=regorgement=, _n.m._, overflowing (of fluids); overflow, superabundance.
=regorger=, _v.n._, to overflow, to run over, to abound with, to teem
with; to be glutted, to be crowded _or_ crammed (with). _La salle
regorgeait de monde_; the hall was crowded with spectators. _Cette
province regorge de blé_; that province abounds in corn. _— de santé_; to
be in rude health. _Faire —_; to compel to disgorge.
=regouler=, _v.a._, (pop.) to snub; to surfeit.
=regoûter=, _v.a._, to taste again.
=regracier=, _v.a._, to pardon again, a second time.
=regrat=, _n.m._, (l.u.) huckstering; huckster’s shop; ☉retail salt-shop.
=regrattage=, _n.m._, (mas.) regrating, rescraping.
=regratter=, _v.a._, to scratch again; to scrape again; (mas.) to regrate.
=regratter=, _v.n._, to huckster; (l.u.) to haggle; to make illegitimate
petty profits.
=regratterie= (-gra-trî), _n.f._, huckster’s trade; huckstery, huckster’s
wares.
=regratti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, huckster, huckstress; dealer in
second-hand goods; (fig.) scribbler, compiler, hack; haggler.
=regreffer=, _v.a._, to graft again.
=régressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, regressive, retrogressive.
=régression=, _n.f._, regression, retrogression.
=regret=, _n.m._, regret. _Avoir du —_; to feel regret, to be sorry.
_J’ai — que vous n’ayez pas vu cette pièce_; I regret that you have not
seen that play. _À —_; with regret, with reluctance, grudgingly.
=regrettable=, _adj._, lamentable, regrettable, deplorable.
=regrettablement=, _adv._, lamentably.
=regretter=, _v.a._, to regret, to lament, to grieve (at); to be sorry
(for); to repent, to miss. _Tout le monde le regrette_; he is regretted
by everybody. _Je regrette qu’il ne soit pas ici_; I regret that he is
not here. _Je vous regrette_; I miss you. _Le regretté ..._; the late
lamented ...
=regrossir=, _v.a._, (engr.) to make thicker.
=reguinder= (-ghin-), _v.a.n._, to hoist again; to soar again.
_se_ =reguinder=, _v.r._, to soar again (of a hawk).
=régularisation=, _n.f._, putting in order; settlement.
=régulariser=, _v.a._, to put in order, to settle.
=régularité=, _n.f._, regularity, strict observance (of rules);
strictness; ecclesiastical state.
=régulateur=, _n.m._, regulator; standard. _Le — d’une horloge_; the
regulator of a clock. _— de tirage_; damper.
=régulat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, regulating.
=régule=, _n.m._, (chem.) pure metal; (orni.) regulus, kinglet;
(disparagingly, of persons) kingling, kinglet.
=réguli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, regular, steady; punctual, exact.
=régulier=, _n.m._, regular (of monks, soldiers).
=régulièrement= (-lier-mān), _adv._, regularly, punctually, steadily.
=régurgitation=, _n.f._, reabsorption.
=régurgiter=, _v.a._, to throw, or pour, back.
=réhabilitation=, _n.f._, rehabilitation, vindication; (of bankrupts)
discharge.
=réhabiliter=, _v.a._, to rehabilitate, to reinstate; to restore to; to
vindicate.
_se_ =réhabiliter=, _v.r._, to rehabilitate one’s self, to reinstate, to
re-establish one’s self, to pay twenty shillings in the pound.
=réhabituer=, _v.a._, to use, to reaccustom.
_se_ =réhabituer=, _v.r._, to reaccustom one’s self.
=rehacher=, _v.a._, to mince again.
=rehanter=, _v.a._, to frequent again.
=rehasarder=, _v.a._, to venture again.
=rehaussé=, =-e=, _adj._, heightened, enhanced; set off, enriched.
=rehaussement= (-hôs-mān), _n.m._, raising, heightening; enhancing;
increase of value (of coin).
=rehausser=, _v.a._, to raise, to heighten, to set off, to enrich; to
set forth, to extol, to cry up, to enhance, to raise the value of. _—
le mérite d’une action_; to enhance the merit of an action. _— d’or et
d’argent_; to enrich with gold and silver.
=rehauts= (rĕ-hô), _n.m.pl._, (paint.) lightest parts of a picture.
=reheurter=, _v.a._, to knock, _or_ to hit, again.
=réimportation=, _n.f._, (com.) re-importation.
=réimporter=, _v.a._, to import again.
=réimposer=, _v.a._, to reassess; to lay on again; (print.) to reimpose.
=réimposition=, _n.f._, further assessment; (print.) reimposing.
=réimpression=, _n.f._, reprinting; reprint, reissue.
=réimprimer=, _v.a._, to print again, to reissue.
=rein=, _n.m._, kidney; rein (of an arch), skirt (of a wood). _pl._,
loins, reins, back. _Douleur dans les —s_; pain in the loins. _Poursuivre
quelqu’un l’épée dans les —s_; to pursue any one very close. _Il a les
—s forts_; he is strong-backed; (fig.) he has a long purse. _Douleur des
—s_; pains in the back. _Se donner un tour de —s_; to sprain one’s back.
_Chute des —s_; small of the back. _Les —s d’une voûte_; the haunches,
_or_ shoulder, of a vault.
=reinaire=, _adj._, (bot.) having the shape of a kidney; reniform.
=réincorporer=, _v.a._, to reincorporate.
=reine=, _n.f._, queen. _— régnante_; reigning queen, queen regnant. _—
mère_; queen mother. _— douairière_; queen dowager. _Faire la —_; to act
the queen. _—-des-prés_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) meadow-sweet.
=reine-claude=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) greengage.
=reine-marguerite=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (bot.) China-aster. Chinese
starwort, starwort. _V._ =marguerite=.
=reinette=, _n.f._, russet; rennet; pippin. _— d’Angleterre_; golden
pippin.
=réinfecter=, _v.a._, to reinfect, to taint again.
=réinstallation=, _n.f._, reinstallment.
=réinstaller=, _v.a._, to reinstall.
=reinté=, =-e=, _adj._, broad-loined, strong-backed.
=réintégrande=, _n.f._, (jur.) restoration.
=réintégration=, _n.f._, reinstatement; (com.) re-warehousing.
=réintégrer=, _v.a._, to reinstate; to re-warehouse.
=réinventer=, _v.a._, to invent anew.
=réinviter=, _v.a._, to invite again.
=reis=, _n.m._, (_—_) chief. _—-effendi_; Turkish Secretary of state for
Foreign Affairs.
=réitérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, repeated, reiterative.
=réitération=, _n.f._, reiteration, repetition.
=réitérer=, _v.a._, to reiterate, to repeat.
=reître=, _n.m._, reiter (German horse soldier of the 14th and 15th
centuries). _C’est un vieux —_; he is an old fox.
*=rejaillir=, _v.n._, to gush, to gush out, to spurt out, to fly out,
to stream, to spring out, to spout, to spout out; to reflect, to be
reflected, to flash; to fly back; to rebound, to cast a reflection
(upon); to be hurled back.
*=rejaillissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, gushing, gushing out, spouting,
spouting forth, springing out, spurting, spurting out; springing,
rebounding; reflection, flashing (of light); rebound, flying back (of a
solid body).
=rejaunir=, _v.n._, to grow yellow again.
=réjection=, _n.f._, rejection.
=rejet=, _n.m._, rejection; throwing out; young shoot, sprig, sprout;
(geol.) out-throw; (fin.) carrying; transfer; cast, swarm (of bees);
springe (for woodcock).
=rejetable=, _adj._, that may be rejected, rejectable.
=rejeteau=, _n.m._, weather-board _or_ bead (of a door _or_ window).
=rejeter= (rĕj-té), _v.a._, to throw again; to drive back, to throw back;
to cast _or_ throw up _or_ out; to throw, to throw away; to put forth (of
plants); to refuse to accept, to reject; to set aside; to deny; (fin.) to
carry; to transfer. _— le blâme sur_; to throw the blame on. _— un compte
sur_; to carry or transfer an account (to).
_se_ =rejeter=, _v.r._, to have recourse to, to fall back (upon); to
throw back to each other; to be rejected.
=rejeter=, _v.n._, to shoot (of plants).
=rejetoir=, _n.m._, springe, gin, noose.
=rejeton= (rĕj-ton), _n.m._, (bot.) shoot, sprout; (hort.) offset; (fig.)
scion, offspring.
=rejettement=, _n.m._, rejection.
=rejoindre=, _v.a._, to rejoin, to join again, to join; to reunite; to
meet again; to overtake; to catch up.
_se_ =rejoindre=, _v.r._, to join again, to catch each other up again, to
be joined together again; to reunite, to meet again.
=rejointoiement= (-toa-mān), _n.m._, (mas.) rejointing; repointing.
=rejointoyer=, _v.a._, (mas.) to rejoint, to repoint.
=rejouer=, _v.a._, to play again; to act again. _Se —_; to be played,
_or_ acted, again.
=rejouer=, _v.n._, to play again; to recall a move.
=réjoui=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, jovial, joyous, merry person; jovial,
joyous, merry. _Un gros —_; a jovial man; jolly fellow. _Grosse —e_;
buxom woman, _or_ lass.
=réjouir=, _v.a._, to rejoice, to gladden, to delight, to divert, to
entertain, to make merry; to cheer, to exhilarate. _Cette couleur réjouit
la vue_; that color pleases the eye. _Le vin réjouit le cœur_; wine makes
the heart glad.
_se_ =réjouir=, _v.r._, to be _or_ to make merry, to enjoy one’s self; to
rejoice (at); to be delighted (at), to enjoy one’s self, to be glad (of
or at).
=réjouissance=, _n.f._, rejoicing; coarse meat; make-weight. _pl._,
rejoicings, merry-making. _En signe de —_; as a sign of rejoicing.
=réjouissant=, =-e=, _adj._, jovial, joyous, cheerful; gladsome,
rejoicing, cheering, diverting, amusing.
=relâchant=, =-e=, _adj._, loosening, opening, laxative, relaxing.
=relâchant=, _n.m._, opening medicine, laxative.
=relâche=, _n.m._, intermission, remission; discontinuance; rest,
respite; relaxation; (thea.) no performance. _Il y a — au théâtre ce
soir_; there is no performance at the theater this evening. _—!_ closed
(of theaters). _Sans —_; without intermission.
=relâche=, _n.f._, (nav.) any place fit to put into; putting into port;
calling at a port.
=relâché=, =-e=, _adj._, loose, remiss, lax, relaxed. _Morale —e_; loose
doctrine.
=relâchement= (-lâsh-mān), _n.m._, slackness, looseness, laxness;
slackening, loosening, relaxing; diminution; intermission; abatement;
relaxation, rest; remissness; laxity (of morals). _— des nerfs_; relaxing
of the nerves.
=relâcher=, _v.a._, to slacken, to loose, to loosen, to unbend, to relax;
to let go, to release, to set at liberty; to yield, to give up, to abate.
_se_ =relâcher=, _v.r._, to grow slack _or_ loose; to slacken, to abate,
to give way, to relax, to unbend; to fall off; to flag; to get milder (of
the weather). _Se — l’esprit_; to unbend one’s mind, to take relaxation.
=relâcher=, _v.n._, to abate, to remit, to relax, to flag; (nav.) to put
into port, to touch at.
=relais=, _n.m._, relay (fresh horses); stage; posting-house (where
fresh horses are taken). _Chevaux de —_; fresh horses; (hunt.) relay;
opening (in carpet-making); (fort.) _V._ =berme=. _Être de —_; to be
unemployed, to have nothing to do, to be disengaged, at leisure.
=relaissé=, _adj.m._, (hunt.) resting (of hares).
=relaisser=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to rest (of hares).
=relancer=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to start again; to turn out again; to urge,
to rouse, to answer sharply, to put down, to take up short (by an
answer). _— quelqu’un_; to put any one down; to take any one up short.
=relaps=, =-e= (rĕ-laps), _n._ and _adj._, relapser; relapsed; relapsed
into heresy.
=rélargir=, _v.a._, to widen, to let out (clothes).
=rélargissement= (-jis-mān), _n.m._, widening; letting out (clothes).
=relater=, _v.a._, (jur.) to relate, to state.
=relateur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) relater, narrator.
=relati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, relative, relating.
=relatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) relative.
=relation=, _n.f._, relation, reference; respect, account, recital;
statement; connection. _pl._, relations, connections, intercourse;
communication, correspondence. _Être en —s avec quelqu’un_; to be
connected with any one, to be in correspondence with any one. _— exacte_;
exact account.
=relationnaire=, _n.m._, narrator, relater.
=relativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, relatively, comparatively.
=relativité=, _n.f._, relativeness.
=relatter=, _v.a._, to lath anew.
=relaver=, _v.a._, to wash again.
=relaxation=, _n.f._, (jur., med.) laxness; enlargement; relaxation,
abatement, remission. _— d’un prisonnier_; release of a prisoner.
=relaxé=, _adj._, relaxed, slackened, released.
=relaxer=, _v.a._, to relax; to enlarge; to release.
=relayer=, _v.a._, to take the place of, _or_ to relieve, any one.
_se_ =relayer=, _v.r._, to relieve one another; to take it in turns.
=relayer=, _v.n._, to take fresh horses, to change horses.
=relayeur=, _n.m._, job post-master.
=relécher=, _v.a._, to lick again.
=relégation=, _n.f._, (jur.) banishment; exile; relegation.
=reléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to banish; to send off; to shut up; to
consign; to relegate; to seclude.
_se_ =reléguer=, _v.r._, to shut one’s self up, to seclude one’s self.
=relent=, _n.m._, mustiness, moldiness. _Sentir le —_; to smell moldy.
=relevage=, _n.m._, raising; collection (of letters); clearing (letter
boxes).
*=relevailles= (rĕl-vâ-ye), _n.f.pl._, churching of a woman. _Faire ses
—_; to be churched.
=relevant=, =-e= (rĕl-vān, -t), _adj._, held, being holden; depending.
=relevé= (rĕl-vé), _n.m._, abstract, extract, statement, return; shifting
(of a horse’s shoe). _Faire un — de compte_; to make an abstract of an
account.
=relevé=, =-e= (rĕl-vé), _adj._, raised; erect; high, exalted,
lofty, refined. _Une condition —e_; a high rank. _Pensée —e_; noble
thought. _D’un ton —_; in a refined tone. _De la viande d’un goût —_;
high-seasoned meat.
=relevée= (rĕl-vé), _n.f._, (jur.) afternoon. _De —_; in the afternoon.
=relèvement= (rĕ-lèv-mān), _n.m._, raising again; statement, account;
(nav.) rising, bearing.
=relever= (rĕl-vé), _v.a._, to raise again, to lift up again; to tuck
up; to restore; to raise; to curl up, to twirl up; to heighten, to
relieve, to set off; to cry up, to extol; to notice, to remark; to take
up; to give a relish to; to liberate, to free; to retort; to criticize;
(nav.) to take the bearings of. _— des fortifications_; to restore
fortifications. _— un fossé_; to raise up the banks of a ditch. _— le
courage de quelqu’un_; to raise any one’s courage. _Relevez votre robe_;
tuck up your gown. _— les bords d’un chapeau_; to turn up the rim of a
hat. _— un mot_; to criticize a word. _— la tête_; to raise one’s head
again. _La parure relève la bonne mine_; dress sets off a handsome face.
_— une action_; to extol an action. _— quelqu’un_; to raise any one.
_Se faire — de ses vœux_; to get one’s vows annulled. _— la garde_; to
relieve guard. _— une sentinelle_; to relieve a sentry. _— un vaisseau_;
to get a ship afloat again. _— l’ancre_; to shift the position of the
anchor. _— une côte_; to take the bearings of a coast; to survey a coast.
_— le quart_; (nav.) to set the watch.
_se_ =relever=, _v.r._, to rise again; to get up again, to rise; to rise
up, to get up; to recover, to retrieve one’s losses; to relieve each
other; to take turns; to be raised; (nav.) to right itself (of a ship).
=relever=, _v.r._, to recover; to get better; to turn up; to depend; to
be dependent upon; to be amenable (to) (jur.). _— de maladie_; to recover
from illness. _— de coucher_; to be about again (after confinement); to
be churched.
=releveur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) levator; elevator.
=reliage=, _n.m._, hooping (of casks).
=relief=, _n.m._, relief, relievo, embossment; embossing; set-off.
_Bas-—_, (_—-—s_) bas-relief, bass-relief, basso-relievo, low-relief.
_Haut_, _plein —_, _— entier_; high-relief, alto-relievo. _Demi-—_,
(_—-—_) demi-relievo. _Ouvrage de —_; work in relief. _Donner du —_; to
set off; to give relief; to make conspicuous; to give importance to.
☉=reliefs=, _n.m.pl._, remains, leavings, broken scraps (from the table).
=reliement=, _n.m._, union, joining, junction; connecting, connection.
=relier=, _v.a._, to hoop (casks); to bind (books).
=relieur=, _n.m._, binder, bookbinder.
=religieuse=, _n.f._, nun.
=religieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, religiously, strictly, scrupulously,
faithfully.
=religieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, religious, spiritual; exact, strict,
punctual.
=religieux=, _n.m._, friar, monk, brother.
=religion=, _n.f._, religion, creed; religious worship; piety, godliness,
faith; (fig.) scruple, conscientiousness, conscience. _Se faire une —
d’une chose_; to make a thing a matter of conscience _or_ of duty. _—
réformée_; protestant religion. _Entrer en —_; to become a monk, a nun.
_Mourir en —_; to die in the Lord, _or_ to die a Christian.
=religionnaire=, _n.m._, Protestant.
=religiosité=, _n.f._, ☉excessive scrupulousness in religious matters;
religiousness.
=relimage=, _n.m._, filing again.
=relimer=, _v.a._, to file again; to polish; to work up.
=reliquaire=, _n.m._, reliquary; shrine.
=reliquat=, _n.m._, balance, remainder of an account; remains (of a
disease); ☉remains of a feast.
=reliquataire=, _n.m._, debtor owing a balance; debtor.
=relique=, _n.f._, relic. _Les —s d’un saint_; the shrine of a saint. _Je
n’ai pas grand’foi à ses —s_; I have not much confidence in him.
=relire=, _v.a._, to read over again.
=reliure=, _n.f._, binding (of books).
=relocation=, _n.f._, (jur.) letting anew; reletting, fresh lease.
=reloger=, _v.a._ and _n._, to lodge again, to dwell again.
=relouer=, _v.a._, to let again; to underlet; to rent again.
=reluire=, _v.n._, to shine, to glitter, to glisten. _Tout ce qui reluit
n’est pas or_; all is not gold that glitters.
=reluisant=, =-e=, _adj._, bright, shining, glittering.
=reluquer=, _v.a._, to cast sheep’s eyes on; to ogle; to leer at; to
have an eye upon, to long for (fig.). _— une terre_; to covet a certain
property. _— un héritage_; to covet an inheritance.
=reluqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ogler; coveter.
=remâcher=, _v.a._, to chew again, to ruminate; to revolve in one’s mind.
=remaçonner=, _v.a._, to repair (mas.). _Se —_; to be repaired.
*=rémailler=, _v.a._, to enamel again.
=remailler=, _v.a._, to mend, to repair the meshes of (in stockings,
knitting, fishing nets, etc.).
=remander=, _v.a._, to send word again.
=remaniement= _or_ =remanîment=, _n.m._, handling again; touching again;
(print.) overrunning; doing over again, repairing, altering, changing.
=remanier=, _v.a._, to handle again; to touch again; to repair; to
retouch, to do over again; (print.) to overrun. _— le papier_; (print.)
to turn the paper.
=remarchander=, _v.a._, to haggle again.
=remarcher=, _v.n._, to walk _or_ go again; to march again.
=remarier=, _v.a._, to marry again.
_se_ =remarier=, _v.r._, to marry a second time; to be married again.
=remarquable=, _adj._, remarkable, conspicuous.
=remarquablement=, _adv._, remarkably, conspicuously.
=remarque=, _n.f._, remark, observation, notice. _Digne de —_; worthy of
notice, noteworthy.
=remarquer=, _v.a._, to mark again, to make another mark; to note, to
observe, to notice, to take notice; to remark, to distinguish. _Se faire
—_; to attract notice, to distinguish one’s self. _Faire —_; to observe,
to point out; to call attention to.
_se_ =remarquer=, _v.r._, to be remarked, noticed.
=remasquer=, _v.a._, to mask again.
_se_ =remasquer=, _v.r._, to put on one’s mask again.
=remballage=, _n.m._, re-packing.
=remballer=, _v.a._, to pack up again.
=rembarquement=, _n.m._, re-embarkation; re-embarkment, re-shipping,
re-shipment.
=rembarquer=, _v.a._, to re-embark; to ship again.
_se_ =rembarquer=, _v.r._, to re-embark; to go on board again; to engage
again (in anything).
=rembarrer=, _v.a._, to repel, to repulse; to retort on, to set down, to
take up short, to stop at once.
=remblai=, _n.m._, filling up; embanking; rubbish.
=remblayer=, _v.a._, to embank, to fill up (with rubbish); to resow (with
corn).
=remboîtement= (-boat-mān), _n.m._, setting (of a bone); fitting in
again, clamping.
=remboîter=, _v.a._, to set (a bone); to fit in again, to clamp (pieces
of joinery).
=rembourrage= _or_ =rembourrement= (ran-boor-), _n.m._, stuffing, padding.
=rembourrer=, _v.a._, to stuff (with flock _or_ hair); to stuff out, to
pad.
_se_ =rembourrer=, _v.r._, (pop.) to stuff up (to eat gluttonously).
=remboursable=, _adj._, repayable, reimbursable; (fin.) redeemable.
=remboursement=, _n.m._, reimbursement, repayment. _Contre —_; on
payment, on cash remittance. _Faire suivre en —_; to require payment on
delivery, to charge forward.
=rembourser=, _v.a._, to reimburse, to repay, to refund.
_se_ =rembourser=, _v.r._, to reimburse one’s self, to repay one’s self.
=rembraser=, _v.a._, to kindle again.
=rembrasser=, _v.a._, to embrace again.
=rembruni=, =-e=, _adj._, brown, dark, gloomy, dull, cloudy. _Un air —_;
a gloomy look. _Teint —_; dark complexion.
=rembrunir=, _v.a._, to make dark _or_ darker, to darken; to cloud; to
sadden.
_se_ =rembrunir=, _v.r._, to get, _or_ grow, darker; to become cloudy,
gloomy; to become sad, melancholy. _Son front se rembrunit_; his brow
grew darker.
=rembrunissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, darkening, becoming darker.
=rembuchement= (-bûsh-mān), _n.m._, (hunt.) return to covert.
_se_ =rembucher=, _v.r._, (hunt.) to return to covert.
=remède=, _n.m._, remedy; medicine, cure; (med.) clyster. _Sans —_;
without remedy, past recovery. _Susceptible de —_; remediable, not by any
means hopeless. _Être dans les —s_; to take remedies. _Se mettre dans les
—s_; to take remedies, physic. _Apporter du — à_; to remedy, to stop. _Un
— à tous maux_; a plaster for all sores. _Le grand —_; the grand remedy,
mercury. _A chose faite point de —_; what is done cannot be undone.
_C’est un vrai — d’amour que cette femme!_ that woman is a horrid old
fright.
=remédiable=, _adj._, remediable.
=remédier=, _v.n._, to remedy, to cure, to stop. _— à un mal_; to remedy
an evil. _On ne saurait y —_; that can’t be helped.
=remêler=, _v.a._, to mix again; to shuffle again.
=remémora-teur=, =-trice=, _adj._, reminding.
=remémorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, commemorative; reminding.
☉=remémorer=, _v.a._, to put in mind of, to remind of.
☉_se_ =remémorer=, _v.r._, to recollect.
=remener=, _v.a._, to take back, to lead back; to carry back, to bring
back (a person).
=remerciement= _or_ =remercîment=, _n.m._, thanks. _Faire des —s_; to
return thanks.
=remercier=, _v.a._, to thank, to give _or_ return thanks; to decline;
not to accept; to discharge. _Je vous remercie_; I thank you.
=réméré=, _n.m._, (jur.) redemption, repurchase. _Faculté de —_; power of
redemption. _Vente à —_; sale with power of redemption.
=remesurer=, _v.a._, to measure again.
=remetteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, remitter, remittor.
=remettre=, _v.a._, to put again, to put on again, to wear again; to put
back, to put back again, to set again; to lay again; to set (a bone); to
restore, to reinstate; to recover, to make well; to reassure; to remove;
to deliver, to give up; to return, to deliver up, to hand over; to put
off, to delay; to remit, to forgive, to pardon; to leave one the care of;
to intrust; to remember, to recognize. _— à la voile_; to set sail again.
_— l’épée dans le fourreau_; to put up one’s sword. _— une armée sur
pied_; to raise new forces. _— dans l’esprit_; to remind. _— quelqu’un_;
to recollect any one, to know any one again. _Je vous remets_; I
recollect your face. _— en bon ordre_; to restore to order. _— en bonne
intelligence_; to reconcile, to reunite. _Le voilà tout à fait remis_;
he is quite recovered. _— l’esprit_; to soothe the mind (of). _— une
lettre à son adresse_; to deliver a letter (to its address). _Faire —_;
to have something, _or_ to cause something to be, delivered, conveyed,
_or_ handed over; to send, to forward. _— de l’argent_; to remit money.
_— d’un jour à l’autre_; to put off from day to day. _— une chose à la
décision de quelqu’un_; to refer a matter to any one. _— en question_; to
unsettle, to call in question again.
_se_ =remettre=, _v.r._, to apply one’s self again; to resume; to set
one’s self again; to call to mind; to recover from, to grow well again;
to recover, _or_ to compose, one’s self; (hunt.) to light (of birds);
to resign one’s self; to refer, to rely. _Se — à table_; to sit down
again to table. _Remettez-vous_; compose yourself. _Se — une chose_;
to recollect a thing. _S’en — à_; to refer to; to trust to. _S’en — à
quelqu’un_; to refer a thing to any one, to leave, to intrust (to). _Se
— au beau_; (of the weather) to mend, to become fine again. _Se — en
route_; to resume one’s journey.
=remeubler=, _v.a._, to refurnish.
=réminiscence=, _n.f._, reminiscence.
=rémipède=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) remiped.
=remis=, =-e=, _part._, put back, put off; drawn (of a game); (of
weather) settled, fine again. _Partie —e_; drawn game. _Ce n’est que
partie —e_; it is only a pleasure deferred.
=remisage=, _n.m._, housing; coach-house, shed.
=remise=, _n.f._, giving up; delivery; delay; deferring; remittance;
reduction, abatement; commission, allowance; coach-house, mews; (hunt.)
cover (for game); place of lighting (of partridges). _Il use toujours de
—_; he is always putting off. _La — d’une audience_; the putting off of a
hearing. _Faire une —_; to make a remittance, to remit. _Faire — de_; to
forgive, to remit. _Il est sous la —_; he is on the shelf. _Sous la —_;
in the coach-house.
=remise=, _n.m._, coach let on hire; hired brougham. _Voiture de —_;
livery carriage (as hired from the stables, in opposition to voiture de
place, taken from the stand).
=remiser=, _v.a._, to put in the coach-house; to house; to put by.
=rémissible=, _adj._, remissible, pardonable, excusable.
=rémission=, _n.f._, remission, mercy, forgiveness, pardon.
=rémissionnaire=, _n.m._, pardoned criminal.
=rémittent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) remitting.
=remmaillage=, _n.m._, re-stitching, mending.
=remmailler=, _v.a._, to re-stitch, to mend, to remake the meshes of.
_V._ =remailler=.
*=remmailloter= (rān-ma-), _v.a._, to rewrap (in swaddling-clothes).
=remmancher= (rān-mān-), _v.a._, to put a new haft or handle to, to haft
again.
=remmener= (rān-mné), _v.a._, to take back, to carry back, to lead back;
to take away again (a person).
=remodeler= (-mo-dlé), _v.a._, to model anew.
=rémolade= _or_ =remolade=, _n.f._ _V._ =rémoulade=.
=remole=, _n.f._ _V._ =remous=.
=remontage=, _n.m._, new fronting, vamping (of boots); (tech.)
remounting, putting together again, fitting up again.
=remonte=, _n.f._, (milit.) remount; (of studs) new leap; going up stream.
=remonter=, _v.n._, to reascend; to go up again; to go back, to trace
back; to date (from) (with reference to time); to rise, to rise again;
to remount. _— à cheval_; to get on horseback again. _— sur sa bête_; to
recover one’s losses. _— à la source_, _à l’origine d’une chose_; to trace
a thing back to its origin.
=remonter=, _v.a._, to reascend; to go up again; to put together again;
to remount (cavalry); to rise (of public securities); to fit up; to
stock; to go up; to wind up (a watch, a clock); to new-string (of
instruments). _— une rivière_, _un fleuve_; to ascend a river. _— une
montre_; to wind up a watch. _— des bottes_; to new-front, _or_ to vamp,
boots. _— un fusil_; to new-stock a gun. _— le moral à quelqu’un_; to
revive the spirits of any one. _— un magasin_; to stock a warehouse anew.
_se_ =remonter=, _v.r._, to stock one’s self again; to wind up (watches);
(fig.) to recover one’s strength, health, _or_ spirits.
=remontoir=, _n.m._, key (for winding up clocks); keyless action (in
watches).
=remontrance=, _n.f._, remonstrance.
=remontrant=, _n.m._, remonstrant.
=remontrer=, _v.a._, to demonstrate, to represent, to lay before, to
point out, to show, to show again; to remonstrate; (hunt.) to show where
the game has passed. _En — à quelqu’un_; to be more than a match for, to
outdo any one; to put up to a thing or two. _C’est gros Jean qui remontre
à son curé_; it is teaching one’s grandmother how to suck eggs.
_se_ =remontrer=, _v.r._, to show one’s self again.
=rémora=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (ich.) remora; suck-fish; (fig.) hindrance,
impediment, obstacle.
=remordre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to bite again anything _or_ anybody; to
attack again; to try again; (fig., of conscience) to torment, to rack.
=remords= (re-mor), _n.m._, remorse, compunction. _Avoir des —s_; to feel
remorse. _Sans —_; remorseless. _Etouffer ses —_; to stifle remorse.
=rémore=, _n.f._ _V._ =rémora=.
=remorquage=, _n.m._, (nav.) towing.
=remorque=, _n.f._, towing (a ship). _Prendre a la —_; to take in tow.
_Se mettre à la —_; to get into tow. _Câble de —_; tow-line. _À la — de_;
in tow of; (fig.) under the influence, _or_ leadership, of; in the train,
_or_ wake, of.
=remorquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to tow, to tug, to drag.
=remorqueur=, _n.m._, tug, towing-vessel.
=remorqueuse=, _n.f._, (railways) pilot-engine.
_à_ =rémotis= (-tiss), _adv._, (l.u.) aside, by. _Mettre à —_; to put by.
=remoucher=, _v.a._, to snuff the candle again; to wipe again the nose of.
_se_ =remoucher=, _v.r._, to blow one’s nose again.
=remoudre=, _v.a._, to grind again (corn, etc.).
=rémoudre=, _v.a._, to sharpen, _or_ to whet, again.
*=remouiller=, _v.a._, to wet again.
=rémoulade=, _n.f._, (cook.) sharp mustard-sauce; (vet.) sprain-ointment.
=rémouleur=, _n.m._, grinder, knife-grinder.
=remous=, _n.m._, eddy, dead-water, back-water.
*=rempaillage=, _n.m._, re-covering with straw; restuffing, rebottoming.
*=rempailler=, _v.a._, to rebottom _or_ new-bottom (a chair).
*=rempailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, chair-mender.
=rempaquement= (-pak-mān), _n.m._, barreling of herrings.
=rempaqueter= (-pak-té), _v.a._, to pack up again.
=remparer=, _v.a._, to fortify, to bulwark; to intrench; to cover.
_se_ =remparer=, _v.r._, to fortify one’s self (by ramparts); to take
possession again.
=rempart=, _n.m._, rampart, bulwark.
=remplaçable=, _adj._, replaceable.
=remplaçant=, _n.m._, substitute.
=remplacement= (-plas-mān), _n.m._, replacing; replacement; fresh supply;
(fin.) reinvestment. _Bureau de —_; office for providing substitutes for
the army. _Le — a été aboli en France par la loi de 1872_; the replacing
of recruits by substitutes was abolished in France by law in 1872. _En —
de_; instead of, in place of.
=remplacer=, _v.a._, to replace, to take the place of; to serve as a
substitute; to reinvest. _Vous le remplacerez pendant son absence_; you
will fill his place during his absence. _Se faire —_; to get a substitute.
_se_ =remplacer=, _v.r._, to be replaced; to get a fresh supply of
anything.
=remplage=, _n.m._, the filling up, adding (of wine-casks); fillings,
rubble (mas.).
=rempli=, _n.m._, tuck, fold, turning in.
=rempli=, =-e=, _adj._, full, replete, fraught (with).
=remplier=, _v.a._, to make a tuck, to turn in.
=remplir=, _v.a._, to fill again; to fill, to fill up; to cram, to stuff;
to take up, to occupy; to supply, to furnish; to keep, to hold; to
fulfill, to discharge; to perform; to answer, to come up to; to pay back.
_Il remplit bien son temps_; he employs his time well. _— un poste_; to
hold a post. _— ses engagements_; to fulfill one’s engagements. _— une
tâche_; to perform a task. _— l’attente de quelqu’un_; to answer any
one’s expectation.
_se_ =remplir=, _v.r._, to fill one’s self; to cram, _or_ stuff, one’s
self; to fill, to become full.
=remplissage=, _n.m._, filling, filling up (of casks); filling out;
(fig.) rubbish, trash, padding.