A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 11)

désagréer, v.a., to displease. Cela ne me désagrée pas; I do not dislike that.

☉désagréer, v.a., to unrig. V. dégréer.

désagrégation, n.f., disaggregation.

désagréger, v.a., to disaggregate.

se désagréger, v.r., to become disaggregated, to break away, to be rent asunder.

désagrément, n.m., disagreeableness; unpleasantness, defect; blemish; annoyance, discomfort, vexation.

désajustement, n.m., disarrangement; disorder.

désajuster, v.a., to derange, to disarrange, to disturb, to put out of order, to disorder.

se désajuster, v.r., to become disarranged or disturbed, to get out of order. Sa coiffure s’est désajustée; her hair has become disarranged.

désalignement, n.m., (milit.) breaking line, out of line.

désaligner, v.a., (milit.) to break the line.

se désaligner, v.r., (milit.) to fall out of line.

désallier, v.a., to disunite (allies).

se désallier, v.r., to break off an alliance.

désaltérant, -e, adj., thirst-quenching.

désaltérer, v.a., to quench the thirst, to refresh.

se désaltérer, v.r., to quench one’s thirst.

désamorcer, v.a., to uncap (fire-arms).

☉désancrer, v.n., to weigh anchor.

*désappareiller. V. dépareiller.

désapparier, v.a., to unpair (birds).

désappointement (-point-mān), n.m., disappointment.

désappointer, v.a., to disappoint; ☉to strike soldiers off the rolls; to unstitch.

désapprendre, v.a., to unlearn, to forget.

désapprobat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., censurer, fault-finder.

désapprobat-eur, -rice, adj., disapproving, censuring, carping. Un geste —; a gesture of disapprobation.

désapprobation, n.f., disapprobation, disapproval.

désappropriation, n.f., renunciation (of property).

se désapproprier, v.r., to renounce (property).

désapprouver, v.a., to disapprove of, to blame.

désarborer, v.a., (nav.) to strike, to haul down.

désarçonner, v.a., to dismount, to unsaddle, to unhorse, to pull off; to baffle, to nonplus, to floor, to silence.

désargenter, v.a., to unsilver, to drain of money. Ces emplettes m’ont désargenté; these purchases have emptied my purse.

se désargenter, v.r., to become unsilvered, to lose its plating, to spend all one’s money.

désarmé, -e, part., disarmed, unarmed.

désarmement, n.m., disarming, disarmament; (nav.) laying up.

désarmer, v.a., to disarm, to unarm, to appease, to calm; to foil; to uncock (a gun); (nav.) to unship (oars); to lay up, to dismantle. Ses pleurs me désarmèrent; her tears disarmed me. — la colère de quelqu’un; to appease any one’s anger. — un vaisseau; to dismantle a ship, to lay her up; to pay off the officers and crew.

désarmer, v.n., to disarm; (nav.) to be dismantled, to be paid off.

désarrimer, v.a., (nav.) to alter or shift the stowage in the hold.

désarroi, n.m., disorder, disarray, confusion, hurly-burly.

désarticulation, n.f., (surg.) amputation (in a joint).

désarticuler, v.a., to disjoint.

désassemblage, n.m., disjoining.

désassembler, v.a., to take to pieces, to separate.

désassocier, v.a., to dissociate.

désassorti, -e, adj., unmatched, ill-sorted; jarring, unsuitable.

désassortiment, n.m., unmatching; bad assortment; unpairing.

désassortir, v.a., to unmatch; to unstock.

désastre, n.m., disaster, break-down; failure.

désastreusement (-treûz-mān), adv., disastrously.

désastreu-x, -se, adj., disastrous, very sad. C’est —; it is sad in the extreme.

désavantage, n.m., disadvantage; detriment, prejudice. L’affaire a tourné à leur —; the business turned out to their detriment, or badly for them. Parler au — de quelqu’un; to speak disparagingly of any one.

désavantager, v.a., to deprive of an advantage, to disadvantage, to prejudice.

désavantageusement (-jeuz-mān), adv., disadvantageously, disparagingly.

désavantageu-x, -se, adj., disadvantageous, detrimental, prejudicial.

désaveu, n.m., disavowal, denial; recantation. Il fait le — de cette action; he disowns that action.

désaveugler, v.a., to undeceive, to open the eyes of.

désavouer, v.a., to disown, to disclaim, to disavow, to deny; to retract, to recant. — sa signature; to repudiate or deny one’s signature. Cette mère a désavoué son enfant; that mother has disowned her child.

descellement, n.m., (mas.) loosening, unsealing.

desceller, v.a., to unseal; (mas.) to loosen.

se desceller, v.r., to become unloosened or unsealed; to get loose.

descendance, n.f., descent, lineage, pedigree, birth, extraction.

descendant, -e, adj., descending, going down; (milit.) coming off duty.

descendant, n.m., -e, n.f., descendant, offspring, progeny.

descendant, n.m., (l.u.) ebb-tide.

descendre, v.n., to descend; to go down; to go down stairs; to come, to step, to get down; to alight; to stay, to put up; to fall; to reach; to come from; (nav.) to land; to ebb, to subside. Descendez vite; make haste and come down. — de cheval; to dismount. — de voiture; to get out of, or to alight from, a carriage. — d’un bateau; to get out of or off a boat. — dans un puits; to go down into a well. La marée descend; the tide is ebbing. — dans sa conscience; to examine one’s conscience. Il descendit à l’hôtel; he put up at the hotel. Nous descendîmes dans une île; we landed on an island. Il vaut mieux monter que —; it is better to rise than to fall.

descendre, v.a., to descend, to take down, to bring, to let down; to go, to come, to get down; to set down; to land. Descendez ce tableau; take that picture down. Où vous descendrai-je? where shall I set you down? — la garde; to come off guard. Faire —; to bring down, to fetch down, to let down, to send down; to lower, to sink.

descente, n.f., descent; going down; taking down; subsiding (of waters); dismounting; disembarkment; (fin.) run; declivity; irruption; rupture, hernia; (milit.) coming off guard. La justice a fait une — chez lui; the police have searched his house. — de lit; bedside carpet, rug.

descriptible, adj., describable.

descripti-f, -ve, adj., descriptive.

description, n.f., description, inventory.

desdits, m.pl., desdites, f.pl., from the said.

déséchouer, v.a., (nav.) to get afloat; to get off.

désemballage, n.m., unpacking. V. déballage.

désemballer, v.a., to unpack. On a désemballé les marchandises; the goods have been unpacked.

désembarquement, n.m., disembarkation, landing. V. débarquement.

désembarquer, v.a., to disembark, to land; to unship, to unlade.

désembellir, v.n., to lose one’s or its beauty.

désemboîter, v.a., to disjoint; to put out of socket; to dislocate.

se désemboîter, v.r., to become disjointed.

désembourber, v.a., to draw out of the mire.

se désembourber, v.r., to get out of the mire.

désemparer, v.n., to quit, to go away. Sans —; on the spot, at once, without intermission.

désemparer, v.a., to quit, to clear out, to dislodge; (nav.) to disable. — un vaisseau; to disable a ship.

désempenné (dé-zan-pèn-né), adj., stripped of its feathers.

désempeser, v.a., to unstarch.

se désempeser, v.r., to become unstarched, limp.

désemplir, v.a., to make less full, to diminish the contents of. — un tonneau; to part empty a cask.

se désemplir, v.r., to become less full. Ma bourse se désemplit; my purse is getting low.

désemplir, v.n., to grow empty, to become less full. Sa maison ne désemplit point; his house is always full of company.

désempoissonner, v.a., to unstock (a pond).

désenchantement (-shānt-mān), n.m., disenchantment.

désenchanter, v.a., to disenchant.

se désenchanter, v.r., to become disenchanted.

désenchant-eur, -eresse, adj., disenchanting.

désenchâsser, v.a., to unset (jewels).

désenclaver, v.a., to disenclose (land).

désenclouer, v.a., to take out a nail, to unnail. — un canon; to unspike a cannon. — un cheval; to take a nail out of a horse’s foot.

désencombrement, n.m., disencumbrance; dispersing.

désencombrer, v.a., to disencumber; to clear.

désenfiler, v.a., to unthread, to unstring.

se désenfiler, v.r., to come unthreaded or unstrung.

désenfler, v.a., to reduce the swelling.

se désenfler, v.r., to become less swollen.

désenfler, v.n., to become less swollen; to cease to be swollen.

désenflure, n.f., diminution, disappearance of a swelling.

désengrener, v.a., to throw out of gear.

désenivrer, v.a., to sober, to make sober again. Il ne désenivre pas; he is always drunk.

se désenivrer, v.r., to get sober again, to recover, to be cured of. Se — en dormant; to sleep oneself sober.

désenlaidir, v.a., to render less ugly.

se désenlaidir, v.r., to become less ugly.

désennui, n.m., amusement, recreation, diversion, distraction.

désennuyer, v.a., to enliven; to cheer, to divert, to amuse.

se désennuyer, v.r., to find amusement; to divert oneself, to kill time.

désenrayer, v.a., to unlock or unskid.

désenrayer, v.n., to unskid.

désenrhumer, v.a., to cure of a cold. v.n. Ne pas —; to be never without a cold.

se désenrhumer, v.r., to cure, get rid of, one’s cold.

désenrôlement, n.m., (milit.) discharge.

désenrôler, v.a., to discharge.

désenrouer, v.a., to cure of hoarseness.

désenrouer, v.n. Ne pas —; to be always hoarse.

se désenrouer, v.r., to cure one’s hoarseness.

désensabler, v.a., to get out of the mud or sand.

désensevelir (-sĕv-lir), v.a., to unwrap; to unshroud; to exhume.

désensevelissement, n.m., unshrouding; exhumation, disinterment.

désensorceler, v.a., to unbewitch.

désensorcellement, n.m., unbewitching.

désentêter, v.a., to cure of obstinacy; to drive out of the head.

se désentêter, v.r., to be cured of obstinacy or infatuation. Il ne peut se — de cette opinion; he cannot get that opinion out of his head.

désentortiller, v.a., to untwist; to clear; to unravel.

désentraver, v.a., to unfetter, to untangle.

désenverguer (-ghé), v.a., to unbend (sails).

désert, -e, adj., desert, solitary, wild, waste, unfrequented; abandoned, deserted.

désert, n.m., desert, solitary place, waste, wilderness. Prêcher au —; to speak to the wind.

déserter, v.a., to desert, to abandon, to forsake, to quit, to leave. — les drapeaux; to desert one’s colors.

déserter, v.n., to desert, to leave. — à l’ennemi; to go over to the enemy.

déserteur, n.m., deserter.

désertion, n.f., desertion.

désespérance, n.f., despair.

désespérant, -e, adj., desperate, hopeless, discouraging, disheartening; distressing; provoking; matchless.

désespéré, -e, part., hopeless, desperate; disconsolate, despondent, disheartened.

désespéré, n.m., -e, n.f., madman, madwoman; person in despair. Se battre en —; to fight desperately. Agir en —; to behave like a madman.

désespérément, adv., desperately, despairingly; hopelessly.

désespérer, v.n., to despair, to despond, to give up all hope. — de quelqu’un, de quelque chose; to despair of any one, of anything; to give up any one, anything, for lost.

désespérer, v.a., to drive to despair; to dishearten; to dispirit; to distress, to torment.

se désespérer, v.r., to be in despair, to give way to despair, to despond.

désespoir, n.m., despair; hopelessness, desperation, despondency; grief, affliction. Être au —; to be in despair, distress; to be vexed, grieved. Mettre au —; to drive to despair; to vex extremely. Tomber dans le —; to sink into despair. De —; through despair. En — de cause; as a last resource, shift.

*déshabillé (dé-za-), n.m., dishabille, undress. — du matin; morning dress or wrapper.

*déshabiller (dé-za-), v.a., to undress, to strip, to disrobe.

se *déshabiller (dé-za-), v.r., to undress one’s self.

déshabité, -e (dé-za-), adj., uninhabited, deserted.

déshabituer (dé-za-), v.a., to unaccustom, to break of.

se déshabituer (dé-za-), v.r., to unaccustom one’s self; to break one’s self of. Se — d’une chose; to leave off doing a thing.

déshérence (dé-zé-), n.f., (jur.) escheat.

déshéritement (dé-zé-), n.m., disinheritance.

déshériter (dé-zé-), v.a., to disinherit.

désheurer (dé-zeu-), v.a., (fam., l.u.) to derange the hours of, to disturb.

se désheurer (dé-zeu-), v.r., (fam., l.u.) to change one’s hours; to disturb one’s self; (of clocks) to strike one time and mark another; to strike wrong.

déshonnête (dé-zo-), adj., immodest, indecent, shameful; dishonest.

déshonnêtement (dé-zo-nêt-mān), adv., indecently, immodestly, shamefully; dishonestly.

déshonnêteté (dé-zo-nêt-té), n.f., (l.u.) indecency, immodesty; dishonesty.

déshonneur (dé-zo-), n.m., dishonor; disgrace, shame, discredit. Il a mis le comble à son —; he has put the finishing stroke to his dishonor. Faire — à quelqu’un; to disgrace any one. ☉C’est me prier de mon —; that is asking me to dishonor myself. Tenir à —; to look upon as dishonorable.

déshonorable (dé-zo-), adj., dishonorable, disgraceful.

déshonorablement (dé-zo-), adv., dishonorably.

déshonorant, -e (dé-zo-), adj., dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful.

déshonorer (dé-zo-), v.a., to dishonor, to bring to shame, to bring shame upon, to disgrace, to tarnish, to disparage.

se déshonorer (dé-zo-), v.r., to dishonor one’s self, to disgrace one’s self.

desideratum, n.m., (desiderata, pl.), desideratum.

*désignati-f, -ve, adj., indicative.

*désignation, n.f., designation, indication; nomination, choice, election.

*désigné, -e, part., appointed, indicated, prescribed. À l’heure —e; at the appointed hour.

*désigner, v.a., to designate, to describe; to dénote, to betoken; to appoint, to fix; to assign, to elect, to nominate, to choose, to point out; to name, to call.

désillusion, n.f., désillusionnement, n.m., disillusion; disappointment.

désillusionner, v.a., to undeceive, to disillusionize, to disappoint.

désincorporer, v.a., to disincorporate, to separate, to disunite, to disembody.

désinence, n.f., (gram.) termination, ending.

désinfatuer, v.a., to disabuse, to undeceive, to dispel the infatuation of.

se désinfatuer, v.r., to cease to be infatuated.

désinfectant, adj., disinfecting.

désinfectant, n.m., disinfectant.

désinfecter, v.a., to disinfect, to purify.

se désinfecter, v.r., to become disinfected.

désinfection, n.f., disinfection, fumigation.

désintéressé, -e, adj., uninterested; disinterested; unselfish, impartial, unbiased; indemnified.

désintéressement (-rès-mān), n.m., impartiality; indifference; disinterestedness, self-denial.

désintéressement, adv., (l.u.) disinterestedly.

désintéresser, v.a., to indemnify; to buy out the interest of; to refund, to repay.

*désinterligner, v.a., (print.) to unlead.

désinvestir, v.a., (law) to devest; to deprive, to divest; (mil.) to raise the siege of.

désinviter, v.a., to recall an invitation.

désinvolte, adj., free, easy, unconstrained.

désinvolture, n.f., easy or graceful bearing or gait; ease, gracefulness.

désir, n.m., desire, wish; longing. — déréglé; inordinate desire. Au gré de ses —s; agreeably to his wishes. Brûler du — de; to long to do.

désirable, adj., desirable.

désirer, v.a., to desire, to wish for, to long for, to want. Que désirez-vous de moi? what do you want of or with me? Cet ouvrage ne laisse rien à —; this work is most satisfactory in all respects. À —; desirable. Cela laisse à —; there is room for improvement.

désireu-x, -se, adj., desirous, anxious, eager (to).

désistement, n.m., desistance, (law) nonsuit.

se désister, v.r., to desist from, to give over, to abandon, to renounce, (jur.) to waive.

dès lors, adv. V. dès.

desman, n.m., (zoöl.) musk-rat.

désobéir, v.n., to refuse to obey; to disobey.

désobéissance, n.f., disobedience; undutifulness; (jur.) contumacy.

désobéissant, -e, adj., disobedient; undutiful.

désobligeamment (-ja-mān), adv., disobligingly; unkindly.

désobligeance, n.f., unkindness; lack of complaisance.

désobligeant, -e (-jān, -t), adj., disobliging; unkind; uncivil.

désobligeante (-jant), n.f., carriage for two.

désobliger, v.a., to disoblige; to displease.

désobstruant, -e, adj., (med.) deobstruent.

désobstruant, n.m., (med.) deobstruent.

désobstructi-f, -ve, adj., (med.) deobstruent.

désobstructi-f, n.m., (med.) deobstruent.

désobstruer, v.a., to clear from obstruction, to free, to deobstruct.

désoccupation, n.f., inactivity, want of employment, leisure. V. désœuvrement.

désoccupé, -e, adj., unemployed, unoccupied; at leisure; idle.

désœuvré, -e, adj., unoccupied, idle, unemployed. Être —; to be unemployed. Le temps pèse aux gens —s; time hangs heavily on the hands of idlers.

désœuvrement, n.m., want of occupation, idleness.

désolant, -e, adj., disheartening, grievous, afflicting, distressing, dispiriting; mortifying, provoking, unbearable, tiresome.

désolateur, n.m., spoiler, ravager, destroyer. adj., desolating, ravaging, destructive.

désolation, n.f., desolation, disconsolateness, affliction, grief, vexation.

désolé, -e, part., afflicted, disconsolate, broken-hearted, in great distress; very sorry; grieved. Je suis —, mais il m’est impossible de venir; I am very sorry, but I cannot possibly come.

désoler, v.a., to desolate, to lay waste, to waste, to devastate; to afflict, to grieve, to make disconsolate, to drive mad; to vex; to pester, to harass, to annoy, to torment. La mort de son ami le désole; the death of his friend cuts him to the quick. Ce retard me désole; this delay vexes me.

se désoler, v.r., to grieve, to give one’s self up to affliction, to pine with grief, to be disconsolate.

désopilant, -e, adj., funny, laughable, side-splitting; (med.) deobstruent.

désopilant, n.m., (med.) deobstruent.

désopilati-f, -ve, adj., (med.) deobstruent, opening.

désopilation, n.f., (med.) deobstruction, clearance.

désopiler, v.a., (med.) to deobstruct, to clear. Cela désopile la rate; that dispels the spleen.

se désopiler, v.r., to brighten up, to cheer up.

désordonné, -e, adj., disorderly; dissolute, unruly, inordinate; immoderate, extravagant. Appétit —; immoderate appetite.

désordonnément, adv., disorderly, irregularly; inordinately, immoderately, excessively.

désordonner, v.a., to disorder, to disturb.

se désordonner, v.r., to become disordered.

désordre, n.m., disorder, confusion; licentiousness; disorderly life; riot, debauchery; discomposure, perturbation; variance, dissension, discord; disturbance; devastation. Vivre dans le —; to lead a riotous life. Il a l’esprit en —; his mind is in a state of perturbation. Les passions mettent le — dans l’âme; the passions discompose the soul. Faire cesser le —; to put an end to the disturbance. En —; in disorder.

désorganisat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., disorganizer; disorganizing.

désorganisation, n.f., disorganization.

désorganiser, v.a., to disorganize.

se désorganiser, v.r., to become disorganized.

désorienter, v.a., to put any one out of his reckoning; to lead astray; to mislead; to bewilder; to put out, to disconcert, to put out of countenance. Être désorienté; to lose one’s way or one’s bearings; to be out of one’s element or of one’s reckoning. Notre guide était tout à fait désorienté; our guide was quite out of his reckoning.

désormais, adv., henceforth, hereafter, from this time.

désossement (dé-zos-mān), n.m., boning.

désosser, v.a., to bone. Une dinde désossée; a boned turkey.

se désosser, v.r., to become disjointed.

désourdir (dé-zoor-), v.a., (l.u.) to unweave; to unravel.

désoxydation, n.f., (chem.) disoxidation, deoxidation.

désoxyder, v.a., (chem.) to disoxidate, to deoxidate.

se désoxyder, v.r., to disoxidate, to deoxidize; to become deoxidized.

désoxygénation, n.f., (chem.) disoxygenation.

désoxygéner, v.a., (chem.) to disoxygenate.

se désoxygéner, v.r., to become disoxygenated.

despote, n.m., despot.

despotique, adj., despotic, despotical.

despotiquement (-tik-mān), adv., despotically.

despotisme, n.m., despotism.

despumation, n.f., (chem.) despumation.

despumer, v.a., (chem.) to despumate, to skim.

desquamation (-koua-), n.f., desquamation.

dessabler, v.a., to clear of sand.

dessaboté, -e, adj., unhoofed (of horses).

dessaisir, v.a., to dispossess.

se dessaisir, v.r., to deprive one’s self of, to give up, to part with.

dessaisissement (-zis-mān), n.m., parting with, cession, abandonment.

dessaisonner, v.a., (agri.) to change the rotation of crops; to grow out of season.

dessalé, -e, part., unsalted, soaked; sharp, cunning.

dessalé, n.m., -e, n.f., sharp fellow, sharp woman, knowing person.

dessalement, n.m., clearing of salt, soaking.

dessaler, v.a., to remove salt from meat; to soak.

se dessaler, v.r., to become less salt.

dessangler, v.a., to ungirth, to loosen the girth.

desséchant, -e, adj., drying.

desséché, -e, part., dried up; desiccated. Des ossements —s; dried bones. Des marais —s; drained marshes.

desséchement (-sésh-mān), n.m., drying up, drainage, dryness; emaciation.

dessécher, v.a., to dry, to dry up; to parch; to drain; to wither; to waste, to emaciate.

se dessécher, v.r., to dry up, to become dry; to be drained; to wither; to waste away.

dessein, n.m., design, intention, intent; resolution; plan, scheme, purpose, view. Le — en est formé; the resolution is taken. Cacher son —; to hide one’s purpose. Former le — de faire une chose; to intend to do a thing. Changer de —; to alter one’s mind. Avoir — de; to intend. Avoir de grands —s; to have great views. De — prémédité; of set purpose. À —; designedly, on purpose, intentionally. À bon —; with a good intention. À — de; in order to, with the object of. À — que; that, to the end that. Sans —; undesignedly, unintentionally.

desseller, v.a., to unsaddle.

dessemelé, -e, adj., without soles, soleless.

dessemeler, v.a., to take soles off, to wear out the soles of.

desserre, n.f., (l.u.) loosening. Être dur à la —; to be close-fisted.

desserrer, v.a., to loosen, to slacken; to relax, to open; (print.) to unlock. Je n’ai pas desserré les dents; I never opened my lips, never said a word.

se desserrer, v.r., to get loose, to loosen.

dessert, n.m., dessert.

desserte, n.f., leavings; ecclesiastical functions, officiating; connection; service. Chemin de —; connecting road.

dessertir, v.a., to unset (gems).

desservant, n.m., curate, officiating minister, worker.

desservir, v.a., to take away, to clear the table, to remove the cloth; to do an ill office; to officiate (of clergyman). Il vous a desservi auprès du ministre; he has done you an ill turn with the minister.

dessiccati-f, -ve, adj., desiccative, desiccant.

dessiccatif, n.m., desiccative, desiccant.

dessiccation, n.f., desiccation.

dessiller, v.a., to open (eyes). — les yeux à quelqu’un; to undeceive any one.

se dessiller, v.r., to become opened.

dessin, n.m., drawing; design, sketch; pattern; draught, plan; (mus.) arrangement. — lavé; washed drawing. — colorié; colored drawing. — haché; hatched drawing. — lithographié; lithographic drawing. — à la craie; chalk drawing. Cette étoffe est d’un joli —; this stuff is of a pretty pattern. — à main levée; free-hand drawing.

dessinateur, n.m., draughtsman; designer, pattern-drawer.

dessiné, -e, part., drawn. Une figure bien —e; a well-drawn face. Un jardin bien —; a garden well laid out.

dessiner, v.a., to draw, to design, to sketch, to delineate; to set off, to mark, to indicate; to lay out. — au crayon; to draw with a pencil. — de fantaisie, d’après nature, d’après la bosse; to draw from fancy, from nature, from the bust. Un vêtement qui dessine bien les formes; a dress that sets off the figure to advantage.

se dessiner, v.r., to be delineated, to be visible, to appear; to assume a form, to be formed, to be conspicuous; to display one’s figure to advantage; to stand out, to show prominently. Une terre se dessine dans la brume; land is visible through the mist.

dessolement, n.m., altering the rotation of crops.

dessoler, v.a., (agri.) to unsole (animals); to take off the sole; to change the rotation of crops.

dessouder, v.a., to unsolder.

se dessouder, v.r., to get unsoldered.

dessoudure, n.f., unsoldering.

dessoufrage, n.m., desulphuration.

dessoufrer, v.a., to desulphurate.

dessoûler, v.a., (pop.) to sober, to make sober.

dessoûler, v.n., to get sober again. Il ne dessoûl pas; he is always on the drink.

se dessoûler, v.r., (pop.) to get sober again.

dessous, adv., under, underneath, below. Ci-—; underneath, below. En —; underneath; downward; (fig.) sly, artful.

dessous, prep., under, underneath, beneath. Je l’ai cherché dessus et — la table; I have looked for it upon and under the table.

dessous, n.m., lower part; under side; wrong side; worst; lee (of the wind). Le — du vent; (nav.) leeward. Avoir le —; to be worsted, to have the worst of it. Au-—; below; under; beneath. Je suis logé au-— de lui; I lodge below him. Cet emploi est au-— de lui; that employment is beneath him. Par-—; under, beneath. Là-—; there, under there. Voir le — des cartes; to be in the secret; in the know; to have been behind the scenes. Jusqu’au troisième —; very deep. — de bras; dress-preserver.

dessus, adv., on, upon, over; uppermost. Il n’est ni — ni dessous; it is neither on nor under. Sens — dessous; upside down, topsy-turvy. Au —; above; upwards. Ci-—; above. Voyez ci-—; see above. En —; on the upper or right side; in the upper part, above; at the top; uppermost. Cela est noir en — et blanc en dessous; it is black on the upper side, and white underneath. Là-—; on it, on that, on there; to, on, about, this subject; upon this head; on which, thereupon, saying this, with these words. Passons la —; let us dismiss the subject. Vous pouvez compter là-—; you may rely upon that. Par-—; above; over; more, over and above. Il sauta par-—; he jumped over.

dessus, prep., on, upon. Otez cela de — la table; take that off the table. Cela est au-— de ses forces; that is beyond his strength. Cet homme est au-— de la calomnie; this man is out of the reach of slander. Il sauta par-— la barrière; he leaped over the gate. Par-— tout; above all. Il a des affaires par-— les yeux; he is over head and ears in business. Par-— le marché; into the bargain.

dessus, n.m., top, the upper part; upper side, right side; upper hand, advantage; (mus.) treble. Le — de la tête; the crown of the head. Le — de la main; the back of the hand. Le — d’un livre; the cover of a book. — de fauteuil; antimacassar. — de marbre; marble-top. — de porte; panel-frieze. — de toilette; toilet cover. Avoir or prendre le —; to gain the ascendancy, the upper hand. Le — du vent; (nav.) the weather-gauge. Être au-— du vent; to be to windward, leeward. Bas-— (—); second treble.

destin, n.m., destiny, doom, fate; career. On ne peut fuir son —; no one can escape his destiny.

destinataire, n.m.f., (com.) consignee; (post.) addressee; receiver, recipient.

destination, n.f., destination; intention, object, end. À — de; addressed to; (nav.) bound for.

destiné, -e, part., destined, born. Il est — au barreau; he is destined for the law. Il était — à périr de cette manière; he was doomed to perish in this way.

destinée, n.f., fate, destiny; doom; career. Remplir ses —s; to fulfil one’s destiny. Finir sa —; to terminate one’s career.

destiner, v.a., to destine, to intend, to design, to purpose; to doom. À qui destine-t-on un si riche présent? for whom is so rich a present intended?

se destiner, v.r., to be destined, intended. Il se destine au barreau; he intends to follow the profession of the law.

destituable, adj., removable from office.

destitué, -e, adj., destitute, devoid; cashiered, removed. — de bon sens; devoid of sense.

destituer, v.a., to dismiss, to turn out, to discharge, to remove (from office); to cashier.

destitution, n.f., dismissal, removal.

☉destrier, n.m., steed, charger, war-horse.

destruct-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., destroyer; ravager, spoiler. Les soldats sont de grands —s; soldiers are great spoilers.

destruct-eur, -rice, adj., destructive, destroying, deadly, ruinous; subversive.

destructibilité, n.f., destructibility.

destructi-f, -ve, adj., destructive, destroying.

destruction, n.f., destruction.

désuétude (-su-), n.f., disuse, desuetude. Tomber dans la —; to fall into disuse; to become obsolete (of words).

désunion, n.f., disunion, disjunction.

désunir, v.a., to disunite, to disjoin, to part, to separate.

se désunir, v.r., to disunite, to come asunder, to divide, to fall out.

désusité, -e, adj., obsolete, out of use; exploded.

détachage, n.m., cleaning, scouring; removal of spots.

détachement (dé-tash-mān), n.m., indifference; (milit.) detachment, draught. — de tout intérêt; disinterestedness.

détacher, v.a., to detach, to disengage, to loosen, to untie, to unbind, to unfasten; to undo; to separate, to cut off; to give (a blow); (milit.) to draught, to tell off; to take out stains, to clean. — une épingle; to take out a pin. — un ruban; to loosen a ribbon. — une agrafe; to undo a clasp. — un soufflet à quelqu’un; to give any one a box on the ear. Morceaux détachés; extracts.

se détacher, v.r., to become loosened, unfastened; to get loose; to come undone; to be detached; to disengage one’s self; to break away or off; to come off or away; to wean one’s self of. Se — d’une femme; to break off acquaintance with a woman. Se — du jeu; to leave off gambling.

détacheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., scourer, cleaner.

*détail, n.m., detail, small matter, trifle, mere nothing; retail; particular, circumstance. Vendre en —; to sell by retail. Je n’ai omis aucun des —s; I omitted none of the circumstances. En —; minutely, piece-meal; bit by bit.

*détaillant, n.m., -e, n.f., retailer, publican.

*détailler, v.a., to cut in pieces; to retail; to sell by retail; to detail, to relate minutely.

*se détailler, v.r., to be cut up, to be related minutely; to be retailed.

*détailleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., retailer.

détalage, n.m., taking in goods; putting or packing up goods.

détaler, v.a., to take in goods; to pack up.

détaler, v.n., to take in goods; to shut up shop; to scamper away; to take one’s self off.

détalinguer (-ghé), v.n., (nav.) to unbend (a cable).

détaper, v.a., to take out the tampion (of a gun).

déteindre, v.a., to take out the dye or color.

déteindre, v.n., to lose color, to fade; to come off (of colors). Cette étoffe déteint beaucoup; this stuff fades very much.

se déteindre, v.r., to lose color; to fade; to come off (of colors).

dételage, n.m., taking out of harness, unharnessing.

dételer (dé-tlé), v.a., to unharness, to take out of harness, to unyoke.

détendoir, n.m., stretcher, unstretcher (weaving).

détendre, v.a., to unbend, to slacken, to relax, to loosen, to take down, to unhang. — un arc; to unbend a bow. — son esprit; to relax one’s mind. — une tapisserie; to take down a set of hangings. — une tente; to strike a tent.

se détendre, v.r., to unbend, to slacken; to take relaxation, repose; to become easier; to become milder (of weather).

détendre, v.n., to take down, to unhang (tapestry); to strike (tents).

détenir (dé-tnir), v.a., to detain, to withhold, to keep back, to confine. — quelqu’un en prison; to keep in prison.

détente, n.f., unbending, relaxing; trigger (of a gun); (horl.) detent, stop. Machine à —; expansion-engine. À la —; in pulling the trigger. Lâcher la —; to pull the trigger. Être dur à la —; (fig. and fam.) to be close-fisted.

détent-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., holder, detainer.

*détentillon, n.m., (horl.) detent, or stop, of the minute-hand.

détention, n.f., detention, imprisonment.

détenu, -e, part., detained, withheld. — en prison; kept in prison. — prisonnier; kept a prisoner. Être — pour dettes; to be in prison for debt.

détenu, n.m., -e, n.f., prisoner, convict.

détergent, -e, adj., (med.) detergent.

déterger, v.a., (med.) to deterge; to absterge, to cleanse. — une plaie; to cleanse a wound.

détérioration, n.f., deterioration, debasement; wear and tear.

détériorer, v.a., to deteriorate, to impair, to make worse.

se détériorer, v.r., to deteriorate; to become defaced, to become debased; to become the worse for wear.

déterminable, adj., determinable.

déterminant, -e, adj., determinative, decisive, conclusive.

déterminati-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) determinative.

déterminatif, n.m., (gram.) determinative word.

détermination, n.f., determination, resolution, decision, settled purpose.

déterminé, -e, part., determined, decided; fixed; resolved on; caused; determinate; ascertained. Un sens —; a determinate signification. Il est — à tout; he is ready for anything.

déterminé, -e, adj., determined, bold, steady, resolute.

déterminé, n.m., desperate fellow, resolute man. Un petit —; a froward, ungovernable child.

déterminément, adv., absolutely, positively, determinately, expressly, precisely; boldly, resolutely.

déterminer, v.a., to determine, to decide, to settle, to fix; to ascertain; to resolve; to take a resolution; to fix the meaning; to lead to, to cause, to bring on or about. C’est moi qui l’ai déterminé à cela; it was I who made him take that resolve.

se déterminer, v.r., to resolve; to determine; to be determined. Je ne puis me — à rien; I cannot resolve upon anything.

déterminisme, n.m., (philos.) determinism.

déterré, n.m., person dug up. Avoir l’air d’un —; to look like one risen from the dead. Il a l’air d’un —; he is as pale as a ghost.

déterrer, v.a., to dig up; to disinter, to take up; to find, to discover, to bring to light, to ferret out, to rout out; to unkennel (foxes); to unearth (hunt.).

déterreur, n.m., hunter out, ferreter. — de saints; discoverer of the names of saints.

détersi-f, -ve, adj., (med.) detersive, abstergent, cleansing.

détersif, n.m., (med.) detergent, detersive.

détestable, adj., detestable, hateful, abominable, odious; wretchedly bad, wretched. J’ai une plume —; I have a wretchedly bad pen.

détestablement, adv., detestably, abominably, hatefully.

détestation, n.f., detestation, abhorrence.

détester, v.a., to detest, to hate, to abhor; to dislike.

détester, v.n., (l.u.) to blaspheme. Ne faire que jurer et —; to do nothing but curse and swear.

détiarer, v.a., to discrown.

détignonner, v.a., to tear the hair of.

détirer, v.a., to draw out, to stretch, to wire-draw. — une étoffe; to pull out a stuff. — des cuirs; to stretch hides.

détiser, v.a., to rake out (the fire); to still, to quell.

détisser, v.a., to unweave.

se détisser, v.r., to get unwoven.

détitrer, v.a., to distitle, to deprive of (a title).

détonant, adj., detonating.

détonation, n.f., detonation, report. À —; detonating.

détoner, v.n., to detonate.

détonneler, v.a., to draw out of a cask.

détonner, v.n., to be out of tune, to play or sing out of tune; to talk nonsense.

détordage, n.m., untwisting, picking.

détordre, v.a., to untwist, to unwring.

se détordre, v.r., to come untwisted.

détorquer, v.a., to distort, to misrepresent. — un passage; to distort the meaning of a passage.

détors, -e, adj., untwisted.

☉détorse, n.f. V. entorse.

détortiller, v.a., to untwist; to unravel.

*se détortiller, v.r., to become untwisted; to be unraveled.

détouper, v.a., to unstop, to take out the bung, to clear of brambles; to take the tow out of.

*détoupillonner, v.a., to prune (orange-trees).

détour, n.m., winding, turning; roundabout way, circuitous road; shift, evasion, trick, subterfuge, dodge. Le — d’une rue; the turning of a street. Les —s d’un bois; the windings and turnings of a wood. Quel — vous avez fait! what a roundabout way you have come! Je connais ses tours et ses —s; I know all his evasions and subterfuges. Être sans —; to be sincere, straightforward. User de —s; to resort to shifts and evasions.

détourné, -e, part., turned away; retired; indirect, oblique. Des chemins —s; by-ways. Voie —e; indirect means.

détournement, n.m., turning away, turning aside; embezzlement. — de mineur; (law) abduction of a minor.

détourner, v.a., to turn away, to turn aside, to lead astray, to turn off, to lead off, out of; to divert, to avert, to drive or keep back, to estrange; to secrete; to convey away, to embezzle, to appropriate; to deter, to dissuade. — la vue; to turn the eyes away. — un coup; to avert a blow. On l’accuse d’avoir détourné ces fonds; he is accused of having converted these funds to his own use. Cela me détourne de mes occupations; that draws me away from my business.

se détourner, v.r., to turn away; to turn aside; to go out of the way, to swerve. Se — de son chemin; to go out of one’s way. Se — de son devoir; to swerve from one’s duty. Se — de son travail; to leave one’s work.

détourner, v.n., to turn, to turn off.

détourneu-r, -se, n.m.f., shoplifter.

détracter, v.a., (l.u.) to detract, to traduce, to slander, to speak ill of, to backbite.

détract-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., detracter, slanderer, traducer.

détracteur, adj.m., detractive, detracting.

détraction, n.f., detraction.

détranger, v.a., (hort.) to drive away (insects).

détraquer, v.a., to spoil a horse’s paces, to throw a horse out of his paces; to disorder, to put out of order; to throw into confusion; to lead astray.

se détraquer, v.r., to lose its paces (of a horse); to be out of order, to be disordered; to go astray. Cette montre se détraque; this watch is out of order. Sa tête se détraque; his brain is disordered. Un cheval qui se détraque; a horse that loses his paces.

détrempe, n.f., distemper, painting in distemper. Une —; a sketch in distemper. Un mariage en —; an irregular union. Ouvrage —; a poor copy of another work.

détremper, v.a., to dilute, to dissolve, to moisten, to weaken; to enervate. — des couleurs; to dilute colors. — de la farine avec des œufs; to beat up flour with eggs. — de l’acier; to soften steel.

détresse, n.f., distress, sorrow, grief, trouble, anguish. J’eus pitié de sa —; I took compassion on his sorrow.

détresser, v.a., to unweave, to unplait.

se détresser, v.r., to become unwoven, etc.

détriment, n.m., detriment; injury, prejudice; (geol.) remains. Au — de; to the prejudice of.

détritage, n.m., crushing.

détriter, v.a., to crush.

détrition, n.f., detrition.

détritoir, n.m., crushing-mill.

détritus (-tûs), n.m., detritus, residue, refuse.

détroit, n.m., (geog.) strait; sound, narrows; firth; (British) channel.

détromper, v.a., to undeceive.

se détromper, v.r., to be undeceived; to undeceive one’s self.

détrônement (dé-trô-n-mān), n.m., dethronement.

détrôner, v.a., to dethrone.

détrôneur, n.m., dethroner.

détrousser, v.a., to untuck, to let down; to rifle, to rob. — les voyageurs; to plunder travelers.

☉détrousseur, n.m., highwayman, robber.

détruire (détruisant, détruit), v.a., to destroy, to ruin, to pull down, to exterminate, to subvert, to do away with, to put to death, to break up. — une ville de fond en comble; to raze a town to the ground. — une armée; to overthrow an army. — la santé; to ruin the health. — radicalement; to eradicate.

se détruire, v.r., to fall to ruin, to decay; to destroy each other, to neutralize one another; to destroy one’s self, to make away with one’s self.

dette, n.f., debt, score; obligation, promise, pledge, duty. — hypothécaire; debt upon mortgage. —s actives; book-debts, assets. —s passives; debts, liabilities. —s criardes; petty debts. Contracter, faire, des —s; to contract debts, to run into debt. Être accablé, perdu, criblé, de —s; to be over head and ears in debt.

*deuil, n.m., mourning, grief, sorrow, gloom, mournful aspect; black; mourners; time of mourning. Habit de —; mourning. Grand —; deep mourning. Petit or demi —; half mourning. Personne qui mène le —; chief mourner. Voiture de —; mourning coach. Suivre le —; to be one of the mourners. Porter le —, être en —; to be in, to put on, mourning. Prendre le —; to go into mourning. Faire prendre le — à; to put into mourning. Faire son — d’une chose; to resign one’s self to the loss of anything.

deutéro-canonique, adj., deuterocanonical.

deutéronome, n.m., Deuteronomy.

deux, adj., two, both, second. — à —; two by two. — fois; twice. — fois autant; twice as much, twice as many. De — jours en — jours; every two days. De — jours l’un; every other day. Regarder quelqu’un entre — yeux; to stare at any one. Piquer des —; to clap spurs to one’s horse. Tous —; both, both together. Tous les —; both. Henri —; Henry the second. N’en faire ni un ni —; to decide at once. Maintenant à nous —; now I am ready for you; now we’ll have it out together.

deux, n.m., two; second; (cards, dice) deuce. Le — du mois; the second of the month. On peut faire cela à —; two can play at that game.

deuxième (deu-zièm), adj., second, other.

deuxièmement (-zièm-mān), adv., secondly.

deux-points, n.m., (—) (gram.) colon.

dévalement, n.m., sloping, slope; letting-down, lowering.

☉dévaler, v.a., to let down; to descend, to go or come down. — les degrés; to go down the stairs. — du vin à la cave; to let wine down into the cellar.

☉dévaler, v.n., to descend, to slope, to go down, to come down (stream).

dévalisement, n.m., rifling, robbing, stripping.

dévaliser, v.a., to rifle, to strip, to rob, to plunder.

dévaliseu-r, -se, n.m.f., robber, plunderer.

devancer, v.a., to precede, to go before; to get before, to outrun, to outwalk, to outstrip; to take the place of; to have the precedence; to be beforehand, to forestall, to get the start of; to anticipate; to go beyond, to surpass, to outdo. — à cheval; to outride. Son génie a devancé son siècle; his genius has outrun his century. J’allais vous voir, mais vous m’avez devancé; I was going to see you, but you are beforehand with me. Avoir de l’argent — soi; to have money at or in hand.

devanci-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., predecessor. pl., ancestors, forefathers.

devant, prep., before; in front of, over against, opposite to; (nav.) ahead of. Regarder — soi; to look before one; look ahead. Otez-vous de — mon jour; get out of my light. Otez-vous de — moi; stand out of my sight. Ils passent par — chez nous; they pass our door. Il marchait — moi; he walked before, in front of, me. Quand il fut — ses juges; when he was in the presence of his judges. Par-— notaire; in the presence of a notary (i.e., a legal form). Tout — l’église; just opposite the church.

devant, adv., before; (nav.) ahead. Passez —; go before. Le train de — d’une voiture; the forewheels of a coach. Les jambes de —; the forelegs. Sens — derrière; hind part foremost.

devant, n.m., front, the fore-part. Il est logé sur le —; he lodges in the front. Un — de cheminée; a chimney-board. — d’autel; frontal (panel in front of an altar). Prendre le —; to set out before; to get before. Prendre les —s; to forestall, to be first in the field. Aller, venir, envoyer, au-— de quelqu’un; to go, to come, to send, to meet any one; (fig.) to meet half-way; to provide for or against; to meet, to encounter, to oppose, to obviate. Aller au-— d’une chose; to prevent anything. Aller au-— des désirs de quelqu’un; to anticipate anyone’s wishes. Ci-—; before, formerly, heretofore, late. Les premiers vont —; first come, first served. Un ci-—; an ex-noble.

devantier (-tié), n.m., (fam., l.u.) apron.

devantière (-ti-èr), n.f., riding petticoat.

devanture, n.f., front (of buildings). — de boutique; shop-front.

dévastat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., destroyer, despoiler, desolater, ravager.

dévastat-eur, -rice, adj., devastating, desolating, destructive.

dévastation, n.f., devastation; ravage; havoc.

dévaster, v.a., to devastate, to lay waste, to desolate, to make desolate, to spoil, to ravage.

déveine, n.f., change of luck (from good to bad); reverses, run of ill-luck. Quelle —! what ill-luck!

développable, adj., susceptible of development.

développante (dév-lo-pant), n.f., (geom.) evolvent; involute.

développée, n.f., (geom.) evolute.

développement (dév-lop-mān), n.m., unfolding, opening; development, growth, progress; elucidation; display; clearing up; (geom.) evolution.

développer (dév-lo-pé), v.a., to open, to unwrap; to unfold; to develop, to expand; to display, to expound, to elucidate, to lay open, to explain; to clear up, to unravel; (arch.) to trace upon a plan. — le plan d’un ouvrage; to explain the plan of a work. — un système; to expound a system.

se développer, v.r., to expand; to unfold itself, to display itself, to be unfolded or displayed; to be cleared up, to be unraveled; to extend itself, to spread out, to stretch out or forth, to be stretched out. Les bourgeons commencent à se —; the buds are beginning to expand. Cet enfant se développe; that child is growing. La raison se développe; reason is asserting itself.

devenir (dĕ-vnir), v.n., to become, to grow, to get, to turn; to become of, to come to. — homme de bien; to become a good man. Ces fruits deviennent rouges en mûrissant; those fruits turn red when ripening. Cela commence à — fatigant; that begins to grow tiresome. — à rien; to come to nothing. Que deviendrai-je? what will become of me? Qu’est devenu votre frère? what has become of your brother? Je ne sais ce qu’il est devenu; I don’t know what has become of him. Que voulez-vous —? what profession do you intend to follow, what do you intend to be? Je ne sais plus que —; I don’t know which way to turn. Faire — fou; to drive one mad.

déventer, v.a., (nav.) to take the wind out (of sails).

dévergondage, n.m., open profligacy; shamelessness; barefaced impudence; dissoluteness.

dévergondé, -e, n. and adj., rake; harlot; brazen-faced, lewd, shameless, impudent.

dévergonder, v.a., to render shameless, licentious; to render dissolute.

se dévergonder, v.r., to become shamelessly dissolute and licentious; to lose all feeling of shame; to run riot.

déverguer (-ghé), v.a., to unbend the sails.

déverrouillement, n.m., unbolting.

*déverrouiller, v.a., to unbolt.

devers, prep., ☉towards, about, near. Par —; in one’s possession; (jur.) before. Il vient de — ces pays-là; he comes from somewhere about those parts. Il a les papiers par — lui; he is possessed of the papers. Par — la loi; in the eyes of the law.

dévers, -e, adj., (arts) bending, jutting out, leaning. Ce mur est —; that wall juts out.

dévers, n.m., (tech.) inclination.

déversement, n.m., inclination, bending, warping; pouring, flowing; discharge, overflow.

déverser, v.n., to bend, to lean, to jut out, to warp; (com.) to throw upon the market.

déverser, v.a., to bend, to incline; to throw, to cast; to divert (of water). — une pièce de bois; to bend a piece of wood. — le mépris; to throw contempt (upon any one).

se déverser, v.r., to incline, to lean, to bend, to warp; to fall into, to empty (of rivers, canals, etc.).

déversoir, n.m., weir; dam (of a river).

dévêtement, n.m., stripping.

dévêtir, v.a., to undress, to strip of clothes; (jur.) to divest.

se dévêtir, v.r., to take off one’s clothes, to undress, to strip, to leave off part of one’s clothes; to give up, to divest oneself. Se — d’un héritage; to give up an inheritance.

dévêtissement (-tis-mān), n.m., (jur.) giving up, divestiture.

déviation, n.f., deviation, curvature.

dévidage, n.m., winding, reeling off.

dévider, v.a., to wind (into skeins).

dévideu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., winder, reeler.

dévidoir, n.m., reel, skein-winder.

dévier, v.n., to swerve; to deviate; to glance off.

se dévier, v.r., to deviate, to swerve. — de son chemin; to deviate from one’s road.

devin, n.m., -eresse, n.f., diviner, augur, soothsayer. Serpent —; boa-constrictor.

deviner, v.a., to divine, to foretell, to predict; to guess, to guess at. Devinez ce que j’ai fait; guess what I have done. Cela se devine; it is easily imaginable; you can see it at a glance. — une énigme; to guess an enigma. En devinant; at a guess.

se deviner, v.r., to understand each other.

devinette, n.f., puzzle, poser, riddle.

devineu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., guesser.

dévirer, v.a., (nav.) to heave back.

☉devis, n.m., talk, chat.

devis, n.m., (com.) estimate, specification. Donner un —; to give in an estimate.

dévisager, v.a., to disfigure, to scratch the face of; (pop.) to stare out of countenance, to look up and down.

se dévisager, v.r., to disfigure one another; to scratch each other’s faces; (pop.) to stare each other out of countenance, to look each other up and down.

devise, n.f., device, emblem; motto, posy. La — d’une bague; the posy of a ring.

deviser, v.n., (fam.) to chat, to talk.

dévissage, dévissement, n.m., unscrewing.

dévisser, v.a., to unscrew.

se dévisser, v.r., to become unscrewed.

dévoiement (dé-voa-mān), n.m., looseness, relaxation; (arch.) inclination, slope.

dévoilement (-voal-mān), n.m., unveiling, disclosing, unraveling.

dévoiler, v.a., to unveil; to discover, to uncover; to unravel; to absolve from vows.

se dévoiler, v.r., to betray one’s self, to be unveiled, to be disclosed, to be revealed.

dévoîment, n.m. V. dévoiement.

devoir, n.m., duty; task, exercise. pl., lessons. S’acquitter de son —; to perform one’s duty. Être à son —; to be at one’s post. Rentrer dans son —; to return to one’s duty. — pascal; Easter communion. —s seigneuriaux; manorial fees. Se faire un — de; to make a point of. Se mettre en — de faire une chose; to set about doing a thing, to prepare to do. J’irai vous rendre mes —s; I shall go and pay my respects to you. Les derniers —s; funeral rites.

devoir, v.a., to owe, to be in debt; to be bound to; to have to; must. — une somme d’argent à quelqu’un; to owe a sum of money to any one. Il doit au tiers et au quart; he owes money right and left. Qui a terme ne doit rien; no one need pay before a debt is due. Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra; do your duty, come what may. Dussé-je; were I to, though I should. Il doit partir dans peu de jours; he is to set out in a few days. Je dois parler sur ce sujet; I am to speak on that subject. Je lui dois tous mes maux; I owe all my misfortunes to him. Il ne devrait pas abandonner ses parents; he ought not to forsake his parents. Vous auriez dû vous conduire autrement; you should have behaved otherwise. Nous devons obéir aux lois; we must obey the laws. La campagne doit être belle maintenant; the country must be beautiful now. Il devait partir ce matin; he was to have set out this morning. Tous les hommes doivent mourir; all men must die. Il a dû, or avait dû, quitter Londres ce matin; he must have, or was to have, left London this morning.

se devoir, v.r., to owe one’s self; to owe it to one’s self. Se — à sa patrie, à sa famille; to owe one’s self to one’s country, to one’s family. On se doit d’être honorable; a man owes it to himself to be honorable. Cela ne se doit pas; that is not right; that must, or should, not be done.

dévole, n.f., having no trick (at cards).

dévoler, v.n., to lose all the tricks.

dévolu, -e, adj., devolved upon, vested in, fallen to, escheated. Terre —e à la couronne; an escheat.

dévolu, n.m., (ecc.) devolution, lapse of right; claim, choice. Un bénéfice tombé en —; a benefice fallen into lapse of right. Une dame jeta un — sur lui; a lady cast a spell over him. J’ai jeté mon — sur cela; I have fixed my choice upon that.

dévolution, n.f., (jur.) devolution; escheat.

dévonien, -ne, adj., (geol.) devonian.

dévorant, -e, adj., devouring; ravenous; consuming; wasting. Estomac, appétit, —; ravenous hunger, ravenous appetite. Un mal —; a wasting disease. Soif —e; burning thirst. Climat —; wasting climate.

dévorateur, n.m., devourer, destroyer.

dévorer, v.a., to devour, to eat up; to prey upon, to destroy, to suppress, to squander, to consume; to gaze at eagerly; to pore over; to swallow, to conquer, to master; to pocket. La faim le dévore; he is almost dying of hunger. Il a dévoré tout son bien; he has squandered away all his fortune. Il est dévoré d’ambition; he is consumed with ambition. — sa douleur; to stifle one’s sorrow. — un affront; to brook or pocket an affront. — les livres; to pore over, to read, books greedily. — quelqu’un des yeux; to gaze at eagerly, to stare at, to gloat over.

dévoreu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., devourer, glutton. — de livres; book-worm.

dévot, -e, adj., devout, godly, pious, holy; saintly. Avoir l’air —; to have a sanctified look.

dévot, n.m., -e, n.f., devout person; (b.s.) devotee, saint, bigot. Ne vous y fiez pas, c’est un faux —; put no trust in him, he is a bigot.

dévotement (dé-vot-mān), adv., devoutly, piously.

dévotieu-x, -se (-ci-), adj., devout.

dévotion, n.f., devotion, piety, religion; godliness; disposal, service, command; devoutness; devotedness. Faire ses —s; to perform one’s devotions; to receive the sacrament. Tout ce qu’il a est à ma —; all he has is at my disposal. Il n’est de — que de jeune prêtre; new brooms sweep clean.

dévouement (dé-voo-mān), n.m., devotion, devotedness; self-sacrifice; attachment; zeal.

dévouer, v.a., to devote; to dedicate; to consecrate; to consign. Il lui est entièrement dévoué; he is entirely devoted to him. — quelqu’un au mépris; to consign any one to contempt. Votre bien, votre tout dévoué; yours most truly or sincerely.

se dévouer, v.r., to devote one’s self, to dedicate one’s self. Se — à la patrie; to sacrifice one’s self to one’s country.

dévoyé, n. adj., misled; stray sheep; wanderer from the fold.

dévoyer, v.a., to mislead, to lead astray; (arch.) to place obliquely; to cause a looseness (in the bowels).

se dévoyer, v.r., ☉to lose one’s way; (arch.) to be placed obliquely; (rel.) to go astray.

dextérité, n.f., dexterity, adroitness, cleverness, skill.

dextre, adj., right-handed; (her.) dexter.

☉dextre, n.f., the right hand.

☉dextrement, adv., dexterously.

dextrine, n.f., (chem.) dextrine.

dey, n.m., dey.

dia! int., hoi (to make horses turn to the left). Il n’entend ni à — ni à hurhau; there is no making him hear reason. L’un tire à — et l’autre à hurhau; they pull different ways.

diabase, n.m., (min.) green-stone.

diabète, n.m., (med.) diabetes.

diabétique, adj., diabetic.

diable (diâbl), n.m., devil; hell; wayward child; deuce; truck, drag. Un ragoût à la —; a wretchedly bad dish. Les —s sont déchaînés; hell has broken loose. Va au —; go to the devil. Un bon —; a good-natured fellow. Un méchant —; a mischievous dog. Un pauvre —; a poor wretch. Le — s’en mêle; the devil is in it. Le — t’emporte; the devil take you. Quel — d’homme est-ce là? what devil of a fellow is this? C’est là le —; there’s the rub. C’est une — d’affaire; it is a confounded business. Cela ne vaut pas le —; that is not worth a straw, a rap. Il a le — au corps; the devil is in him. Brûler une chandelle au —; to hold a candle to the devil. Faire le — contre quelqu’un; to play the devil with any one. Faire le — à quatre; to play the devil; to play all sorts of tricks. Tirer le — par la queue; to be hard up. Il n’est pas si — qu’il est noir; the devil is not so black as he is painted. Au —! the devil take it. Allé au —; gone to the devil. Au — vert; a devil of a way. C’est le — à confesser; it is terribly hard to do. Loger le — dans sa bourse; to be penniless. La beauté du —; youth and freshness. Le — bat sa femme et marie sa fille; it rains and shines at the same time. — de mer; sea-cormorant, sea-devil.

diable! int., the devil, the deuce, confound it! hang it! Comment —! how the devil! Que — avez-vous? what the devil is the matter with you? À quoi — s’amuse-t-il? what the deuce is he about? De quoi — se mêle-t-il? why the deuce does he meddle?

diablement, adv., devilishly, devilish.

diablerie, n.f., witchcraft; jugglery; devilry (of children); piece of devilry. Il y a quelque — là-dessous; there is some jugglery in all that.

diablesse, n.f., shrew, vixen; she-devil. Une bonne —; a good-natured creature. Une pauvre —; a poor wretch.

diablotin, n.m., imp, little devil; troublesome imp; chocolate lozenge; (nav.) mizzen-top, stay-sail.

diabolique, adj., diabolical, devilish.

diaboliquement (-lik-mān), adv., diabolically, devilishly.

diachylon, or diachylum, n.m., diachylon, diachylum.

diaco, n.m., deacon or chaplain in the order of Malta.

diacode, n.m., diacodium.

diacommatique, n.f., (mus.) the raising of a note to lead to a transition.

diaconal, -e, adj., diaconal.

diaconat, n.m., diaconate, deaconry, deacon’s orders.

diaconesse, n.f., deaconess.

diaconie, n.f., deaconry, almonry.

diacoustique, n.f., diacoustics.

diacre, n.m., deacon.

diadelphie, n.f., (bot.) diadelphia.

diadelphique, adj., (bot.) diadelphian.

diadème, n.m., diadem, crown.

diaggot, n.m., birch-oil.

diagnostic, n.m., (med.) diagnostic.

diagnostique, adj., (med.) diagnostics.

diagnostiquer, v.a., to diagnose.

diagonal, -e, adj., diagonal.

diagonale, n.f., (geom.) diagonal.

diagonalement (-nal-mān), adv., diagonally.

diagramme, n.m., (geom.) diagram.

diagraphe, n.m., diagraph.

dialecte, n.m., dialect.

dialecticien (-in), n.m., dialectician.

dialectique, n.f., dialectics, logic.

dialectique, adj., dialectic, dialectical.

dialectiquement (-tik-mān), adv., dialectically.

dialogique, adj., dialogistic, dialogistical.

dialogisme, n.m., dialogism.

dialogiste, n.m., writer of dialogues, dialogist.

dialogue (-log), n.m., dialogue.

dialoguer (-ghé), v.a., to make several persons speak in character; (mus.) to make two or more voices, or two or more instruments, reply to each other; to put in the form of a dialogue.

dialoguer (-ghé), v.n., to compose dialogues; to speak, to talk; to converse familiarly with, to chat with, to carry on a dialogue.

dialogueur, n.m., dialogue-writer, dialogist.

diamant, n.m., diamond; (nav.) crown, throat (of anchors); (horl.) jewel. — taillé; cut diamond. — brut; rough diamond. — de nature; diamond unfit for the wheel. —s de la couronne; crown jewels. — de première eau; diamond of the first water. Monter un —; to set a diamond. — de vitrier; glazier’s diamond.

diamantaire, adj., of diamond brilliancy.

diamantaire, n.m., diamond-cutter.

diamanter, v.a., to set with diamonds; to render sparkling; to tinsel, to frost.

diamantifère, adj., diamondiferous.

diamétral, -e, adj., diametrical.

diamétralement (-tral-mān), adv., diametrically. Sentiments — opposés; sentiments diametrically opposed to each other.

diamètre, n.m., diameter. Demi-diamètre; semi-diameter.

diandrie, n.f., (bot.) diandria.

diandrique, adj., (bot.) having two stamens.

diane, n.f., (nav.) morning-gun; (milit.) reveille, the beat of drum at day-break.

diantre, n.m., the deuce. Au — soit l’imbécile! the deuce take the fool!

diantre, int., the deuce! the dickens!

diantrement, adv., deucedly; confoundedly.

diapalme, n.m., (pharm.) a kind of ointment.

diapason, n.m., (mus.) pitch, diapason; tuning-fork.

diapédèse, n.m., (med.) diapedesis.

diaphane, adj., diaphanous, transparent, translucent.

diaphanéité, n.f., diaphaneity, transparency.

diaphorèse, n.f., (med.) diaphoresis.

diaphorétique, adj., (med.) diaphoretic.

diaphragmatique, adj., (anat.) diaphragmatic.

diaphragme, n.m., diaphragm, midriff; partition with an opening through it; body (of a building).

diaphragmite, n.f., (med.) diaphragmatitis.

diaphtore, n.f., (med.) corruption of the aliments in the stomach; corruption of the fœtus in the womb.

diapré, -e, adj., diapered, variegated, diversified. Un nez —; a nose covered with red pimples.

diapré, n.m., diaper-work.

diaprer, v.a., to variegate, to diaper.

se diaprer, v.r., to become diapered, to become variegated.

diaprun, n.m., (pharm.) lenitive electuary, confection of senna.

diaprure, n.f., variegation.

diarrhée, n.f., (med.) diarrhœa.

diarthrose, n.f., (anat.) diarthrosis.

diascordium (-om), n.m., (pharm.) diascordium.

diastase, n.f., (surg.) diastasis.

diastole, n.f., (physiology) diastole.

diastrophie, n.f., (surg.) the displacing of the muscles, with or without luxation.

diastyle, n.m., (arch.) diastyle.

diatessaron, n.m., (mus.) diatessaron.

diathèse, n.f., (med.) diathesis.

diatonique, adj., (mus.) diatonic.

diatoniquement, adv., in a diatonic scale, diatonically.

diatragacanthe, n.m., (pharm.) tragacanth powder.

diatribe, n.f., sharp criticism, dissertation, castigation, diatribe.

dicacité, n.f., waggery, causticity.

dichorée (-ko-), n.m., (Latin, Grec. poet.) dichoreus, dichoree.

dichotome (-ko-), adj., (bot.) dichotomous.

dichotomie (-ko-), n.f., (astron.) dichotomy.

dicotylédone, n.f., (bot.) dicotyledon.

dicotylédone, adj., (bot.) dicotyledonous.

dictame, n.m., (bot.) dittany; (fig.) balm, remedy. — blanc; fraxinella, bastard dittany. — faux; bastard dittany. Origan —, — de Crète; dittany of Crete; Cretan marum.

dictamen (-mèn), n.m., dictate, suggestion, consciousness.

dictateur, n.m., dictator.

dictatorial, -e, adj., dictatorial.

dictature, n.f., dictatorship.

dictée, n.f., act of dictating, dictation. Ecrire sous la —; to write from dictation.

dicter, v.a., to dictate, to indite; to prompt; to suggest; to prescribe.

diction, n.f., diction, elocution, phraseology style; delivery.

dictionnaire, n.m., dictionary. — vivant; walking dictionary. À coups de —; by constant reference to the dictionary; labored. — de prononciation; pronouncing dictionary. — de mots obscurs; glossary. — de géographie; geographical dictionary, gazetteer. — de marine; dictionary of naval terms.

dicton, n.m., saying, common saying, byword, saw, proverb; (l.u.) sarcasm.

dictum (-tom), n.m., (jur.) purview of an act or decree.

didactique, adj., didactic.

didactique, n.m., didactic order; didactic language.

didactique, n.f., didactic art.

didactiquement, adv., didactically.

didactyle, adj., didactylous.

dideau, n.m., crossing-net.

didelphe, n.m., adj., (zoöl.) didelphys; didelphic.

didyme, adj., (bot.) didymous.

didynamie, n.f., (bot.) didynamia.

dièdre, adj., (geom.) dihedral.

diel, n.m., a kind of French fuller’s earth.

diérèse, n.f., (gram.) diæresis.

dièse, n.m., (mus.) diesis, sharp.

diésé, -e, adj., (mus.) marked with a diesis, sharp.

diéser, v.a., (mus.) to mark a note to be played sharp; to play a note sharp.

diète, n.f., diet, regimen; diet (an assembly of the states of Germany). Faire —; to diet one’s self, to live moderately.

diététique, adj., (med.) dietetical.

diététique, n.f., (med.) dietetics.

diététiste, n.m., (med.) dietetist.

diétine, n.f., local diet; cantonal convention, dietine.

dieu, n.m., God. — tout-puissant; Almighty God. Le — des armées; the Lord of Hosts. Le bon —; God Almighty; the host. Croire en —; to believe in God. Porter le bon — à un malade; to carry the host to a sick person. La Fête-Dieu; Corpus Christi-day. Un homme de —; a godly man. Un Hôtel-Dieu; (—s-—) a hospital. — vous bénisse; God bless you. S’il plaît à —, avec l’aide de —, — aidant; God willing, God helping. — le veuille, plût à —; God grant it, would to God. — m’en garde, — m’en préserve, à — ne plaise; God forbid. — merci, grâces à —; thank God. Bon —! mon —! good God! good heavens! dear me! goodness me! Jurer ses grands dieux; to swear by all that is sacred. Au nom de —; in God’s name. Pour l’amour de —; for God’s sake, out of charity, for charity’s sake. Les dieux du paganisme; the heathen gods. —! grand —! good God!

dieudonné, n.m., heaven-sent, heaven-born. À la grâce de —; In God’s name! As the Lord directs.

diffamant, -e, adj., defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

diffamat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., defamer, detractor, slanderer, libeler, calumniator.

diffamation, n.f., defamation, aspersion, calumny, slandering, libeling, traducing. — verbale; (jur.) slander.

diffamatoire, adj., defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

diffamer, v.a., to defame, to slander, to traduce.

différemment (di-fé-ra-mān), adv., differently.

différence, n.f., odds; difference, disagreement; diversity, disproportion, contrast, disparity. — marquée; material difference. — notable; wide difference. — du tirant d’eau; (nav.) difference in the draught of water. — en moins; difference against. — en plus; difference in favor of. Avec cette — que; except that. A la — de; contrary to.

différencier, v.a., to make a difference, to distinguish; (math.) to differentiate.

différend, n.m., difference, quarrel, dispute; difference (of value). Avoir un — avec quelqu’un; to be at variance with any one. Partager le —; to split the difference.

différent, -e, adj., different, dissimilar, unlike, various, divers, distinct, sundry, opposite, contrary. — l’un de l’autre; unlike. À des degrés —s; in different degrees.

différentiel, -le, adj., (math.) differential. Calcul —; differential calculus.

différentielle, n.f., (math.) differential.

différentier, v.a., (math.) to differentiate.

différer, v.a., to defer, to delay, to put off, to postpone, to adjourn. Ce qui est différé n’est pas perdu; what is put off is not lost.

différer, v.n., to defer, to put off, to delay.

se différer, v.r., to be put off, delayed.

différer, v.n., to differ, to be unlike, to be different; to disagree.

difficile, adj., difficult, hard, trying; nice; particular; willful, skittish (of horses). Un homme —; a man hard to please. Temps —s; hard times. De — accès; hard to get at. Il est — sur les aliments; he is fastidious as regards his meals. Faire le —; to be difficult to please, to be squeamish.

difficilement (-sil-mān), adv., with difficulty, with much ado, with great pains, not easily.

difficulté, n.f., difficulty; objection; obstacle, hindrance, impediment; cross, rub; misunderstanding, quarrel. Cela ne souffre point de —; that admits of no difficulty. — de respirer; shortness of breath. Faire des —s; to raise objections. Faire — de quelque chose; to scruple about anything. Trancher la —; to decide peremptorily. Avoir des —s; to have crosses. Il y a entre eux quelque —; there is some tiff between them. Sans —; undoubtedly, without doubt.

difficultueu-x, -se, adj., squeamish, fidgety, never satisfied; hard to please.

diffluence, n.f., diffluence.

diffluent, -e, adj., diffluent.

diffluer, v.n., to spread diffusely.

difforme, adj., deformed, ill-favored, misshapen, ugly.

difformer, v.a., to deform, to deface (coins).

difformité, n.f., deformity, ugliness.

diffraction, n.f., (opt.) diffraction.

diffus, -e, adj., diffuse, prolix, wordy, verbose, long-winded.

diffusément, adv., diffusely, verbosely, wordily.

diffusion, n.f., diffusion; diffusiveness; prolixity, vagueness, wordiness, verbosity. — de style; prolixity of style.

digastrique, adj., (anat.) digastric.

digérer, v.a., to digest; to examine, to discuss, to scan, to set in order; to bear, to brook, to stomach, to put up with, to suffer. — de la viande; to digest meat. Non digéré; undigested. Bien —; to thoroughly master. Il ne peut — cet affront; he cannot brook or swallow that affront.

digérer, v.n., (chem.) to digest.

digeste, n.m., digest.

digesteur, n.m., (chem.) digester.

digesti-f, -ve, adj., digestive.

digestif, n.m., (med.) digestive.

digestion (-tion), n.f., digestion. Cela aide à la —; that aids digestion. Cette entreprise est de dure —; this is a laborious enterprise.

digital, -e, adj., digital.

digitale, n.f., (bot.) foxglove, digitalis.

digitaline, n.f., (chem.) digitaline.

digité, -e, adj., (bot.) digitated, finger-like, fingered.

digitigrade, n.m., (mam.) digitigrade.

diglyphe, n.m., (arch.) diglyph.

*digne, adj., deserving, worthy; dignified. Un — homme; a worthy man. Un — magistrat; an upright magistrate. — de foi; deserving of credit. Cela est — de lui; that’s just like him. Il était — d’un meilleur sort; he deserved a better fate.

*dignement, adv., worthily, deservedly, justly, according to one’s deserts; handsomely, properly, suitably, with dignity. Il s’acquitte — de sa charge; he performs the duties of his office in a worthy manner.

dignifier, v.a., to dignify, to elevate, to enhance.

*dignitaire, n.m., dignitary.

*dignité, n.f., dignity; stateliness, power. Il soutient la — de son rang; he maintains the dignity of his station. Être constitué en —; to be raised to power. Parvenir aux —s; to attain to honors. Faire de la —; to assume an air of (offended) dignity.

digon, n.m., pole, flag-yard; gaff.

digresser, v.n., to depart from the main subject, to digress.

digressi-f, -ve, adj., digressive.

digression, n.f., digression. Faire des —s; to wander away from one’s subject.

digressivement, adv., digressively.

digue (dig), n.f., dike, dam, mound, embankment, bank; bound, obstacle; bulwark, security.

diguement (dig-mān), n.m., embankment, causeway (ports).

diguer (-ghé), v.a., to dam, to dike, to embark; to spur.

digyne, adj., (bot.) digynous (having two pistils).

digynie, n.f., (bot.) digynia.

dilacération, n.f., tearing or rending, dilaceration, laceration.

dilacérer, v.a., to dilacerate, to lacerate, to tear off or to pieces.

☉dilaniat-eur, -rice, adj., dilaniating, lacerating, rending.

dilapidat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., dilapidator, squanderer.

dilapidat-eur, -rice, adj., wasteful, extravagant.

dilapidation, n.f., dilapidation, waste, embezzlement.

dilapider, v.a., to dilapidate, to waste, to squander; to embezzle.

dilatabilité, n.f., (phys.) dilatability.

dilatable, adj., (phys.) dilatable, expansible.

dilatant, n.m., (surg.) dilating body, agent, instrument.

dilatateur, n.m., (surg.) dilator. adj., dilating.

dilatation, n.f., dilatation, expansion, distension; (surg.) enlargement, stretching. La — d’une plaie; the dilatation of a sore.

dilatatoire, n.m. V. dilatateur.

dilater, v.a., to dilate, to enlarge, to widen; to distend, to expand. La joie dilate le cœur; joy gladdens the heart.

se dilater, v.r., to dilate, to be dilated; to be distended.

dilatoire, adj., dilatory.

dilection, n.f., love, charity (episcopal).

dilemme (di-lem), n.m., dilemma.

dilettante (di-let-tan-t), n.m.f., (dilettanti) dilettante.

dilettantisme (-lèt-tan-), n.m., dilettantism.

diligemment (-ja-mān), adv., diligently, speedily, promptly, expeditiously.

diligence, n.f., diligence, speed, despatch; stage-coach, summary of a lecture; (jur.) suit, proceedings; vigilance, care. Bureau des —s; coach-office. Aller en —; to go with speed; to go by coach. User de —; to use despatch. À la — d’un tel; (jur.) at the suit of such a one. Voyager par la — d’Adam; to go on shanks’ mare.

diligent, -e, adj., diligent, quick; sedulous, assiduous, mindful, active, watchful.

diligenter, v.a., to hasten, to forward, to urge on, to be quick.

se diligenter, v.r., to make haste, to use diligence, to be quick.

diligenter, v.n., to hasten, to be quick.

dilogie, n.f., duo-drama (i.e., in two parts).

diluer, v.a., to dilute.

dilution, n.f., dilution.

diluvien, -ne (-in, -ène), adj., diluvian.

diluvium (-viome), n.m., (geol.) diluvium.

dîmable, adj., tithable.

dimanche, n.m., Sunday, Sabbath, the Lord’s-day. Le — de Pâques; Easter Sunday. Le — des Rameaux; Palm-Sunday. Le — gras; Shrove Sunday. Tel qui rit vendredi — pleurera; laugh to-day and cry to-morrow, i.e., laughter is akin to tears. (Racine.)

dîme, n.f., tithe.

dîmée, n.f., tithing.

dimension, n.f., dimension.

dîmer, v.a., to tithe, to levy tithes. — dans un champ; to tithe a field. — au pressoir; to tithe wine in the press.

dîmer, v.n., to have a right to tithe.

dîmeur, n.m., tithe-gatherer.

diminuer, v.a., to diminish, to lessen, to shorten, to reduce, to retrench, to curtail, to impair, to abate, to slacken.

diminuer, v.n., to diminish, to lessen, to decrease, to abate, to fall, to go down (in price).

diminuti-f, -ve, adj., diminutive.

diminutif, n.m., diminutive.

diminution, n.f., diminution; abridgment, curtailing, reduction, abatement; diminishing, lessening. — de dépenses; curtailment of expenses; tapering (of columns).

dimissoire, n.m., (ecc.) dimissory letter.

dimissorial, -e, adj., (ecc.) dimissory.

dinanderie (di-nan-drî), n.f., brass wares.

dinandier, n.m., brazier.

dinatoire, adj., relating to dinner. Déjeuner —; lunch-dinner.

dinde, n.f., turkey-hen.

dindon, n.m., turkey-cock; (person) goose. C’est un franc —; he is a thorough goose.

dindonneau, n.m., young turkey; poult.

dindonni-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., turkey-keeper.

dîné, or dîner, n.m., dinner, dinner-party. L’heure du —; dinner-time.

☉dînée, n.f., dinner (at an inn) or on the road.

dîner, v.n., to dine, to be at dinner. Prier quelqu’un de —; to ask anyone to stay to dinner. Prier à —; to invite to dine. — par cœur; to go dinnerless. — de; to dine off. Son assiette dîne pour lui; though he dines out, still he pays.

dînette, n.f., treat, feast, doll’s dinner. Faire la —; to play at dinners.

dîneur, n.m., diner; eater.

dinosaurien, n.m., (foss.) dinosaurian.

dinothérium (-té-ri-ome), n.m., (—s) (foss.) dinotherium.

diocésain, -e, adj., diocesan.

diocésain, n.m., -e, n.f., inhabitant of a diocese.

diocèse, n.m., diocese.

diœcie (di-é-sî), n.f., (bot.) diœcia.

dioïque, adj., (bot.) diœcian.

dionée, n.f., (bot.) dionæa, catch-fly plant.

dionysiaque, adj., (antiq.) concerning Bacchus, of Bacchus.

dionysiaques or dionysies, n.f.pl., (antiq.) Dionysia.

dioptrique, n.f., (opt.) dioptrics.

dioptrique, adj., dioptrical.

diorama, n.m., diorama.

diorite, n.m., (geol.) green-stone.

diphtongue (-tong), n.f., diphthong.

diploé, n.m., (anat.) diploe.

diplomate, n.m., diplomatist.

diplomate, adj., diplomatic.

diplomatie, n.f., diplomacy.

diplomatique, n.f., diplomatics.

diplomatique, adj., diplomatic.

diplomatiquement (-tik-mān), adv., diplomatically.

diplomatiste, n.m., diplomatist.

diplôme, n.m., diploma.

diplopie, n.f., double vision, diplopia.

dipode, adj., having two feet or two fins.

diptère, adj., (arch., ent.) dipteral.

diptère, n.m., dipteral insect. pl., diptera.

diptyque, n.m., (antiq.) diptych.

dire (disant, dit), v.a., to tell, to say, to speak, to state, to write, to relate; to think; to believe; to express; to name, to decree. — d’avance; to say beforehand. — entre les dents; to mutter between one’s teeth. Dites votre avis; give your opinion. Dis-je; said I. On dit; it is said. On le dit parti; he is said to have left. — du bien ou du mal de quelqu’un; to speak well or ill of anyone. — des injures à quelqu’un; to call any one names. — des duretés; to say harsh things. — quelque chose à l’oreille; to whisper anything. Si le cœur vous en dit; if you feel so minded. Le cœur vous en dit-il? are you agreeable or game? Pour tout —; in a word. Pour mieux —; or rather. Soit dit entre nous; between ourselves. Cela va sans —; that is understood, that goes without saying, of course, that is a matter of course. C’est-à-dire; that is to say. Pour ainsi —; so to speak. Ce n’est pas à — que; it does not follow that. Est-ce à — que? does it follow that? Que veut — cela? qu’est-ce que cela veut —? what is the meaning of that? — la messe; to say mass. Je ne sais que — de tout cela; I do not know what to think of all that. Faire — à quelqu’un; to make any one say; to send word to anyone. Tout est dit; all is over; there’s an end of it. Cela ne dit rien; that is nothing to the point. Cela soit dit en passant; but that by the way. C’est tout —; I needn’t say more! Cela vous plaît à —; you are pleased to say so. Quand je vous le disais; or je vous le disais bien; or je vous l’avais bien dit; didn’t I tell you so! or, what did I tell you. Trouver à —; to find amiss, to find fault.

se dire, v.r., to call oneself, to style oneself, to give oneself out as; to be called; to be said.

dire, n.m., what one says, saying, words, statement; (jur.) allegation. Le — du défendeur; the statement of the defendant. Au — de tout le monde; according to what everybody says; by all accounts. Le bien-dire; elegance of speech. Se fier pour quelque chose au — des autres or d’autrui; to take anything upon trust.

direct (di-rèkt), -e, adj., direct, straight, immediate; direct, assessed (of taxes). En ligne —e; in a straight line. —; (rail.) express, through. Par train —; by express, through train.

directe, n.f., (feudal jur.) lordship.

directement, adv., directly, straightforwardly; point-blank, home. Aller — à son but; to go straight to one’s goal. — contraire; quite contrary. — en face; just opposite.

direct-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., director, manager, superintendent, overseer, conductor; directress, conductress; warden, master, principal. — de la monnaie; master of the mint. — général des postes; postmaster general.

direction, n.f., direction, management, directorship; director’s house or office; (math.) bearing; (mining) stretch; bearing. Avoir la —; to preside. — de créanciers; meeting of creditors. Biens en —; goods placed under the control of assignees.

directoire, n.m., directory, rubric; guide; the supreme executive council of France in 1795.

directorat, n.m., directorship, directorate.

directorial, -e, adj., directorial.

dirigeant, -e (-jān, -t), adj., directing, leading, acting.

diriger, v.a., to direct; to guide, to conduct, to manage; to steer, to govern; (of troops) to forward, send off, despatch. — des poursuites contre; to take proceedings against.

se diriger, v.r., to direct one’s steps, to go towards; to make for; to take pattern from; to direct, to govern, one’s self; (nav.) to stand in.

dirimant, -e, adj., (canon law) invalidating. Empêchement —; an impediment that invalidates a marriage.

dirimer, v.a., to invalidate, to annul.

discale, n.f., (com.) tret, tare, shrinkage.

discaler, v.n., (com.) to tare, to diminish.

discernement, n.m., distinction; discernment, judgment, discrimination. Age de —; years of discretion.

discerner, v.a., to discern, to distinguish, to know, to discriminate. — le vrai du faux; to distinguish truth from untruth.

disciple, n.m., disciple, pupil, scholar, follower.

disciplinable, adj., disciplinable, governable, tractable.

discipline, n.f., discipline, education, training; castigation, scourge. Donner la —; to chastise.

discipliner, v.a., to discipline; to chastise, to scourge.

se discipliner, v.r., to be formed to discipline; to scourge one’s self.

discobole, n.m., (antiq.) discobolus.

discoïde, adj., (conch.) discoidal, discoid.

discontinu, -e, adj., discontinuous.

discontinuation, n.f., discontinuance, discontinuation.

discontinuer, v.a., to discontinue, to interrupt, to leave off, to suspend, to give over.

discontinuer, v.n., to discontinue, to cease, to leave off.

discontinuité, n.f., discontinuity, discontinuance, discontinuation.

disconvenable, adj., unsuitable, improper.

disconvenablement, adv., improperly, unsuitably.

disconvenance, n.f., incongruity, discrepancy, disagreement, unsuitableness; dissimilarity, dissimilitude; disproportion, difference, inequality.

disconvenir, v.n., to deny, to disown; not to suit, to disagree with. Il ne disconvient pas du fait; he does not deny the fact.

discord, n.m., discord, dissension.

discord, adj.m., (mus.) out of tune, jarring, discordant.

discordance, n.f., discordancy, disagreement, discrepancy; (mus.) inconsonancy; dissonance.

discordant, -e, adj., discordant, jarring, dissonant, harsh, out of tune; untunable, tuneless, unmusical; disagreeing, inharmonious, incongruous.

discorde, n.f., discord, disagreement, variance, disunion, dissension, strife. Pomme de —; bone of contention.

discorder, v.n., (mus.) to be out of tune, to be discordant, inconsonant; to jar.

discoureu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., talker; babbler, chatterer, twaddler. Quel ennuyeux —! what a chattering bore!

discourir, v.n., to discourse, to descant on, to reason about.

discours, n.m., discourse; speech, oration, address; subject. Les parties du —; the parts of speech. — oratoire; set speech. — en l’air; idle talk. C’est un bon —; it is a good speech. Faire un —; to make a speech, to deliver an address, an oration. Tenir des —; to say things.

discourtois, -e, adj., discourteous, unmannerly; uncivil.

discourtoisement, adv., discourteously.

discourtoisie, n.f., discourtesy, unmannerliness, incivility.

discrédit, n.m., discredit, disrepute, disgrace.

discréditer, v.a., to discredit; to bring into discredit, into disrepute; to bring discredit on.

discr-et, -ète, adj., discreet, considerate, cautious, prudent; wary, circumspect; reserved, secret, close; shy.

discrètement, adv., discreetly, cautiously, circumspectly, warily, prudently, reservedly.

discrétion, n.f., circumspection, prudence; discretion, reserve, wariness; reservedness, discreetness. L’âge de —; years of discretion. Agir, parler avec —; to act or speak warily. Vivre à —; (milit.) to have free quarters. Se rendre à —; to surrender at discretion. Avoir du pain à —; to have bread ad libitum.

discrétionnaire, adj., discretionary.

discrétoire, n.m., council-room; council.

disculpation, n.f., exculpation.

disculper, v.a., to exculpate, to vindicate, to clear, to exonerate.

discursi-f, -ve, adj., discursive.

☉discussi-f, -ve, adj., (med.) discutient.

discussion, n.f., discussion, debate; altercation, strife, wrangling, dispute; (jur.) seizure and sale (of the property of a debtor). — de biens; (jur.) distraint, execution. Sans division ni —; jointly and severally.

discutable, adj., debatable, disputable, contestable.

discuter, v.a., to discuss, to debate, to argue; to examine, to canvass, to inquire into; to scan, to sift, to search into. — un point de droit; to discuss an article of law. — les biens d’un débiteur; to distrain the goods of a debtor.

disert, -e, adj., copious, fluent, eloquent.

disertement, adv., copiously, profusely, fluently, fully.

disette, n.f., scarcity, dearth, want; poverty, penury.

☉disetteu-x, -se, adj., needy, necessitous.

diseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., teller, speaker, talker. — de bonne aventure; fortune-teller. — de bons mots; jester. — de nouvelles; newsmonger. — de riens; idle talker. Un beau —; a fine talker.

disgrâce, n.f., disgrace, disfavor; misfortune, affliction; reverse, downfall.

disgracié, -e, part., out of favor. — de la nature; deformed, disfigured, ill-favored.

disgracier, v.a., to disgrace, to put out of favor.

disgracieusement, adv., awkwardly, ungracefully, unhandsomely.

disgracieu-x, -se, adj., ungraceful, uncomely, uncouth, ungracious; disagreeable; unpleasant, awkward.

disgrégation, n.f., (opt.) disgregation; separation, V. désagrégation.

disjoindre, v.a., to disjoin, to disunite.

se disjoindre, v.r., to come apart or asunder.

disjoncti-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) disjunctive.

disjonction, n.f., disjunction, separation; (jur.) severance.

disjonctive, n.f., (gram.) disjunctive.

dislocation, n.f., dislocation, dismemberment, luxation. Il y a —; the bone is out of joint. La — d’une armée; the breaking up of an army.

disloquer, v.a., to dislocate, to dismember, to disjoint, to put out of joint; to take to pieces (machine); (milit.) to break up (an army).

dispache, n.f., (insur.) assessment.

dispacheur, n.m., nautical assessor.

disparaître, v.n., to vanish; to vanish out of sight; to get out of the way; to elope; to abscond; to disappear.

disparate, n.f., incongruity, dissimilarity.

disparate, adj., incongruous, dissimilar, disparate; unlike, ill-matched.

disparité, n.f., disparity, dissimilarity.

disparition, n.f., disappearance.

dispendieu-x, -se, adj., expensive; costly.

dispensaire, n.m., (med.) pharmacopœia; dispensary.

dispensat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., dispenser.

dispensation, n.f., dispensation, distribution.

dispense, n.f., dispensation, exemption, permission, license.

dispenser, v.a., to exempt; to dispense with; to dispense, to bestow. Dispensez-moi de faire cela; excuse me from doing that. Le soleil dispense à tous sa lumière; the sun bestows or sheds his light upon all.

se dispenser, v.r., to dispense with; to exempt or excuse oneself from; to spare oneself; to be distributed.

disperser, v.a., to disperse; to scatter, to dispel, to break up.

se disperser, v.r., to disperse; to be dispersed, to spread about, to be scattered, to dispel.

dispersion, n.f., dispersion, dispersing, scattering, breaking up.

dispondée, n.m., (poet.) dispondee.

disponibilité, n.f., (jur.) power of disposal (of property); (milit.) state of being unattached. Être en —; (milit.) to be unattached. Fonds en —; disposable funds.

disponible, adj., free, disposable, available, unoccupied, disengaged, vacant. n.m., goods in bond.

dispos, adj.m., active, nimble, cheerful, well, hearty.

disposé, -e, part., disposed, inclined; ready; prepared; apt, liable. Un homme bien — pour quelqu’un; a man well disposed towards any one. Mal —; ill-disposed.

disposer, v.a., to dispose, to order, to lay out; to prepare, to make ready, to fit; to incline, to prevail upon; to have at command.

se disposer, v.r., to dispose oneself, to be disposed; to get ready, to prepare; to array oneself; to be about to.

disposer, v.n., to dispose of; to prescribe, to ordain, to order, to make over; (com.) to draw a bill. Vous pouvez — de moi; you may draw upon me. L’homme propose et Dieu dispose; man proposes and God disposes. Disposez de moi; make what use you like of me.

☉dispositi-f, -ve, adj., preparatory.

dispositif, n.m., (jur.) purview, terms (of an act, decree, etc.). Le — d’un arrét; the purview or terms of a decree.

disposition, n.f., disposition, arrangement; order; provision; disposal; service; tendency; inclination, aptness; humor; mind, resolution; habit. Les —s d’une loi; the provisions of a law. — testamentaire; (jur.) will, bequest, devise. Il a des gens à sa —; he has people at his disposal. Il a de très bonnes —s pour vous; he is very well disposed towards you. Être en bonne —; to enjoy good health; to be very fit. Cela est à votre —; that is at your service.

disproportion, n.f., disproportion.

disproportionné, -e, adj., disproportionate.

disproportionnel, -le, adj., disproportional.

disproportionnellement (-nèl-mān), adv., disproportionally.

disputable, adj., disputable, controvertible, contestable, debatable; doubtful.

*disputailler, v.n., to wrangle about trifles.

*disputaillerie, n.f., wrangling, squabbling, bickering.

*disputailleur, n.m., caviler, wrangler.

disputant, n.m., disputant.

dispute, n.f., discussion, disputation, dispute, contest, wrangle, wrangling.

disputer, v.n., to discuss; to argue, to dispute; to contend, to contest, to wrangle. — contre quelqu’un; to dispute with any one. Le — à; to vie with. — sur un point de droit; to discuss a point of law. De quoi dispute-t-on? what is the matter under discussion? — de; to contend for.

disputer, v.a., to contend for, to dispute, to call in question; to fight for. Il lui dispute le pas; he contends with him for precedence. — le passage à quelqu’un; to oppose any one’s passage.

se disputer, v.r., to dispute; to contend for; to wrangle.

disputeu-r, -se, n. and adj., wrangler, disputant; disputatious, quarrelsome.

disqualifier, v.a., to disqualify.

disque, n.m., disc, quoit; (bot.) discus.

disquisition, n.f., disquisition.

disruption, n.f., disruption.

dissecteur, n.m., dissector.

dissection, n.f., dissection. — des nerfs; neurotomy.

dissemblable, adj., dissimilar, unlike, different.

dissemblablement, adv., dissimilarly.

dissemblance, n.f., dissimilitude, dissimilarity, difference.

dissembler, v.n., to differ, to be unlike.

dissémination, n.f., dissemination; (bot.) semination; scattering (of seeds).

disséminer, v.a., to disseminate, to scatter.

dissension, n.f., dissension, discord, disunion; strife, feud.

dissentiment, n.m., dissent, disagreement.

dissentir, v.n., to dissent.

disséquer, v.a., (surg.) to dissect; to analyze.

disséqueur, n.m., (iron.) dissector. V. dissecteur.

dissertat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., dissertator.

dissertati-f, -ve, adj., dissertative, disquisitive.

dissertation, n.f., dissertation, treatise (in schools); composition, essay.

disserter, v.n., to dissert. — sur un point d’histoire; to expatiate on a point of history.

dissidence, n.f., scission, dissidence, difference of opinion, dissent.

dissident, -e, n. and adj., dissident, dissenter; dissentient, dissident, dissenting.

dissimilaire, adj., dissimilar, different, unlike.

dissimilitude, n.f., dissimilitude, difference, unlikeness.

dissimulat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., dissembler, hypocrite.

dissimulation, n.f., dissimulation, dissembling; double-dealing. User de —; to dissemble. — de naissance; concealment of birth.

dissimulé, -e, n. and adj., dissembler; dissembling, double-faced, artful. Homme profondément —; man extremely double-faced. Caractère —; artful disposition.

dissimuler, v.a., to dissemble, to conceal, to hide; to play the hypocrite; to feign to take no notice of; to pretend not to do. — sa haine; to dissemble one’s hatred. — une injure; to take no notice of an insult.

se dissimuler, v.r., to conceal; to be concealed or suppressed or hid.

dissimuler, v.n., to dissemble. Il dissimula qu’il s’en fût aperçu; he pretended not to have perceived it.

dissipat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., squanderer, spendthrift, prodigal, waster; lavish, wasteful, extravagant.

dissipation, n.f., dissipation, wasting; waste; recreation, relaxation, diversion. Vivre dans la —; to lead a dissipated life.

dissiper, v.a., to dissipate, to scatter, to dispel, to disperse; to consume, to waste, to squander or fritter away, to spend; to recreate, to divert, to relax. — les factions; to quell factions. — son bien; to squander away one’s wealth.

se dissiper, v.r., to divert, recreate, or relax one’s self; to be dispersed, dispelled, or dissipated; to vanish, to pass away; to clear off.

dissolu, -e, adj., dissolute, profligate, lewd, loose, licentious.

dissolubilité, n.f., dissolubility.

dissoluble, adj., dissoluble, dissolvable.

dissolument, adv., dissolutely, loosely, lewdly, licentiously, riotously.

☉dissoluti-f, -ve, adj. V. dissolvant.

dissolution, n.f., dissolution; solution; dissoluteness, looseness of manners, licentiousness, lewdness; riot. — des simples; dissolution of herbs. La — d’un mariage; the annulling of a marriage. — de société; dissolution of partnership.

dissolvant, n.m., dissolvent, resolvent, solvent. L’eau est un grand —; water is a powerful dissolvent.

dissolvant, -e, adj., dissolvent, resolvent, solvent.

dissonance, n.f., (mus.) dissonance, discord.

dissonant, -e, adj., dissonant, discordant, jarring.

dissoner, v.n., (mus.) to make discord, to jar, to be discordant or dissonant.

dissoudre (dissolvant, dissous), v.a., to dissolve; to break, to break up. — un mariage; to annul a marriage.

se dissoudre, v.r., to dissolve, to be dissolved, to melt; to break up.

dissou-s, -te, part., dissolved, broken up.

dissuader, v.a., to dissuade, to advise to the contrary.

dissuasi-f, -ve, adj., dissuasive.

dissuasion, n.f., dissuasion.

dissyllabe, adj., (gram.) dissyllabic.

dissyllabe, n.m., (gram.) dissyllable.

dissyllabique, adj., dissyllabic.

distance, n.f., distance. Tenir à —; to keep at a distance. Garder sa —; to keep one’s distance.

distancé, -e, part., distanced.

distancer, v.a., to distance, to outdo.

distant, -e, adj., distant, remote, far off.

distendre, v.a., (med.) to distend.

se distendre, v.r., (med.) to be distended.

distension, n.f., (med.) distension, tension.

distillable, adj., distillable.

distillateur, n.m., distiller.

distillation, n.f., distillation.

distillatoire, adj., distillatory.

distiller, v.a., to distill; to discharge, to vent. — deux fois; to rectify. — son esprit sur quelque chose; to puzzle one’s brains over a thing. — son venin sur quelqu’un; to vent one’s spite upon any one.

distiller, v.n., to drop, to distill, to drizzle, to trickle; to be discharged, to be vented.

distillerie (-til-rî), n.f., distillery, still-house.

distinct (-tinct), -e, adj., distinct, different; separate; plain; clear.

distinctement, adv., distinctly, clearly, plainly.

distincti-f, -ve, adj., distinctive, distinguishing, characteristic. Caractère —, marque —ve; characteristic.

distinction, n.f., distinction, division; difference; eminence, superiority. Sans —; promiscuously, indiscriminately. Faire — de l’ami et de l’ennemi; to distinguish between a friend and a foe. Un homme de —; a man of refinement. Défaut de —; want of distinction. Par —; for distinction, for distinction’s sake.

distingué, -e, adj., distinguished, eminent, conspicuous; gentlemanly; ladylike; genteel. Naissance —e; high birth.

distinguer (-ghé), v.a., to discern, to distinguish; to make a distinction, to discriminate; to make eminent, to single out, to honor; to take notice of, to treat with marks of distinction.

se distinguer, v.r., to distinguish or signalize one’s self, to make oneself eminent; to be distinguished or conspicuous, to gain distinction. Il se distingue par ses talents; he is conspicuous for his talents.

distique, n.m., distich, couplet.

distique, adj., (bot.) having flowers or leaves in double and opposite rows.

distordre, v.a., (med.) to distort, to sprain. Se —, v.r., to become distorted.

distors, -e, adj., distorted.

distorsion, n.f., distortion, sprain.

distraction, n.f., separation, subtraction; abstraction, absence of mind, wandering, heedlessness, inattention; recreation, diversion, relief. — de dépens; (jur.) awarding of expenses. À t-on fait — des dépens; have costs been allowed? Il est sujet à des —s; he is subject to fits of absence of mind. Par —; inadvertently; by way of amusement.

distraire, v.a., to separate, to subtract; to call off, to take off, to divert from, to distract, to disturb; to divert; to entertain; to turn from; to deprive. La moindre chose le distrait; the least thing diverts his attention. — des études; to disturb from study.

se distraire, v.r., to divert one’s attention; to be disturbed; to divert oneself, to amuse oneself, to take some relaxation.

distrait, -e, adj., absent-minded; heedless, wandering; distracted, vacant. Un homme —; an absent-minded man. Air —, regards —s; absent air, vacant looks.

distrait, n.m., absent-minded man.

distrayant, -e, adj., diverting, pleasing, entertaining.

distribuable, adj., distributable.

distribuer, v.a., to distribute, to divide, to deal out, to portion out, to serve out; to dispose, lay out, arrange; (print.) to distribute; (theat.) to cast, to allot. — des aumônes; to distribute alms. — un appartement; to lay out a suite of rooms.

distributaire, n.m.f., recipient, receiver, sharer.

distribut-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., distributer, bestower, dispenser. — des vivres; (nav.) purser’s steward, purser’s mate.

distributi-f, -ve, adj., distributive.

distribution, n.f., distribution; division; laying out, disposition; delivery (of letters by post); (print.) distribution; (theat.) cast. Ordre de —; roll of creditors (for dividends). La — de cet appartement est commode; this suite of rooms is conveniently laid out.

distributivement (-tiv-mān), adv., distributively.

district (-trik), n.m., district; (fig.) province, jurisdiction.

dit, n.m., maxim; saying; ☉fable, tale. Les —s et faits des anciens; the acts and sayings of the ancients. Avoir son — et son dédit; to be able to say and unsay.

dit, -e, part., said, spoken; surnamed, alias, called. Ce qui fut — fut fait; he made his words good. Aussitôt —, aussitôt fait; no sooner said than done. Susdit; above-mentioned. Autrement —; in other words. Cela —; thereupon. Se le tenir pour —; to take it for granted.

dithyrambe, n.m., dithyramb; dithyrambic, dithyrambus.

dithyrambique, adj., dithyrambic.

dito, adv., (com.) Do (ditto).

diton, n.m., (mus.) ditone.

ditriglyphe, n.m., (arch.) ditriglyph.

diurétique, n.m. and adj., (med.) diuretic.

diurnal, n.m., (c.rel.) diurnal, daily prayer-book.

diurne, adj., (astron., med., ent.) diurnal, daily.

diurne, n.m., (ent.) diurnal insect. —s; diurna.

divagant, adj., wandering, rambling.

divagat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., desultory, rambling speaker; desultory, rambling.

divagation, n.f., divagation; wandering, rambling, disconnected, straying; (jur.) straying (of animals). Se perdre dans les —s; to lose sight of the question.

divaguer (-ghé), v.n., to be incoherent (either in writing or speaking), to ramble, to stray, to wander, to rave; to digress, to wander from the question; to go astray; to stray (of cattle).

divan, n.m., divan, sofa.

divarication, n.f., (med.) divarication.

divariqué, -e, adj., (bot.) straggling.

☉dive, adj., divine. n.f., goddess, diva.

divergence, n.f., divergence, divergency; difference of opinion.

divergent, -e, adj., divergent; different; (bot.) spreading.

diverger, v.n., to diverge; to branch off; to spread.

divers, -e, adj., diverse, various, different, multifarious, miscellaneous; divers, sundry, several.

divers, n.m.pl., (com.) sundries.

diversement, adv., diversely, variously, differently.

diversifier, v.a., to diversify, to variegate, to vary. — l’entretien; to give variety to the conversation.

se diversifier, v.r., to be varied, diversified.

diversion, n.f., diversion.

diversité, n.f., diversity, variety, difference.

divertir, v.a., to divert; to embezzle, to convert to one’s own use, to make away with, to convey away; to amuse, to recreate, to delight, to exhilarate. — des fonds; to misapply funds. Deniers divertis; embezzled money.

se divertir, v.r., to amuse oneself, to make merry, to divert or recreate oneself; to be diverted or amused, to be merry; to make sport with. Divertissez-vous bien; enjoy yourself.

divertissant, -e, adj., diverting, entertaining, amusing.

divertissement (-tis-mān), n.m., diversion, pastime, relaxation; amusement; entertainment; purloining, embezzlement. Une comédie avec des —s; a farcical comedy. — de deniers; embezzling of money.

dividende, n.m., dividend. — arriéré; unclaimed dividend. Faire un —; (com.) to declare a dividend.

divin, -e, adj., divine; godlike; heavenly; admirable, exquisite. L’office —; divine service. Ouvrage —; most admirable work. Beauté —e; heavenly beauty.

divinat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., diviner. adj., prophetic, divining, foreseeing.

divination, n.f., divination. — par le feu; pyromancy.

divinatoire, adj., divinatory; divining.

divinement (di-vi-n-mān), adv., divinely, admirably, exquisitely.

diviniser, v.a., to deify; to laud to the skies.

divinité, n.f., Divinity, Godhead, deity. Adorer la —; to worship the Divinity. C’est une — que cette femme; that woman is an angel.

divis, n.m., (l.u.) division, share. Posséder par —; to possess a portion of.

divise, n.f., (her.) narrow band.

diviser, v.a., to divide; to parcel out; to part, to portion out; to disunite, to set at variance. — le tout en ses parties; to divide the whole into its parts.

se diviser, v.r., to divide; to be divided; to be split into parts; to be disunited; to be at variance.

diviseur, n.m., (arith.) divisor; divider.

diviseur, adj.m., divisive, dividing.

divisibilité, n.f., divisibility.

divisible, adj., divisible.

division, n.f., division; partition; dividing; (math., print., rhet., milit., parliament) division; (nav.) squadron. Être en —; to be at variance.

divisionnaire, adj., divisional; divisionary, of a division.

divorce, n.m., divorce; variance. Faire — avec sa femme; to divorce one’s wife. Faire —; to renounce. Ils sont dans un continuel —; they are always at variance.

divorcer, v.n., to be divorced. Elle a divorcé d’avec lui; she has been divorced from him.

divulgation, n.f., divulgence; revelation; publishing.

divulguer (-ghé), v.a., to divulge, to blaze abroad, to reveal, to publish or make public.

dix, adj., ten, tenth. Innocent —; Innocent the tenth.

dix, n.m., ten; tenth.

dix-huit, adj., eighteen, eighteenth.

dix-huit, n.m., eighteen, eighteenth.

dix-huitième, adj., eighteenth.

dixième (-zièm), adj., tenth. Le — jour; the tenth day. La — fois; the tenth time.

dixième, n.m., tenth.

dixième, n.f., (mus.) tenth.

dixièmement (di-zièm-mān), adv., tenthly.

dixme, n.f. V. dîme.

dix-neuf, adj., nineteen, nineteenth.

dix-neuf, n.m., nineteen, nineteenth.

dix-neuvième, adj., nineteenth.

dix-neuvième, n.m., nineteenth.

dix-sept, adj., seventeen, seventeenth.

dix-sept, n.m., seventeen, seventeenth.

dix-septième, adj., seventeenth.

dix-septième, n.m., seventeenth.

dizain, n.m., decastich; (c.rel.) rosary consisting of ten beads; ten packs (of cards); set of ten.

dizaine, n.f., some ten. Il y avait une — de personnes; there were ten or twelve people.

dizeau, n.m., shock of wheat (consisting of ten sheaves); ten trusses of hay.

☉dizenier or dizainier, n.m., tithing-man.

djinn, n.m., (—s) (Arabian myth.) imp, evil spirit, demon. Les —s; swarm of demons.

d.m. (ab. for Docteur Médecin), M.D.

do, n.m., (mus.) C; do, ut.

docile, adj., docile, tractable, submissive, yielding, manageable.

docilement (do-sil-mān), adv., with docility, submissively.

docilité, n.f., docility, tractableness, manageableness; obedience.

docimasie or docimastique, n.f., (metal.) docimacy.

docimastique, adj., docimastic.

dock, n.m., dock; bonded warehouse.

docte, adj., erudite, learned.

doctement, adv., learnedly, in a learned manner; pedantically.

docteur, n.m., doctor. — en théologie, en droit, en médecine; doctor of divinity, of laws, of medicine.

doctissime, adj., most learned.

doctoral, -e, adj., doctoral.

doctoralement, adv., doctorally.

doctorat, n.m., doctorate, doctor’s degree.

doctorerie (-tor-rî), n.f., examination for the degree of D.D.

doctoresse, n.f., (jest.) doctoress.

doctrinaire, n.m., lay brother; doctrinaire. adj., lay, stiff, formal, pedantic.

doctrinairement, adv., stiffly, formally, systematically.

doctrinal, -e, adj., doctrinal.

doctrine, n.f., doctrine.

document, n.m., document, title, title-deed, charter, certificate.

dodécaèdre, n.m., (geom.) dodecahedron.

dodécagone, n.m., (geom.) dodecagon.

dodécagone, adj., twelve-angled.

dodécastyle, adj., dodecastyle.

dodelinement, n.m., rocking, swinging; dandling, fondling.

dodinage, n.m., shaking up, stirring (of wine).

dodiner or dodeliner, v.a., to rock; to swing, to fondle, to dandle.

dodiner, v.n., (horl., l.u.) to oscillate, to vibrate.

se dodiner, v.r., to nurse oneself, to coddle oneself.

dodo, n.m., (fam.) by-by, lullaby; sleep, bed. Aller à —; to go to bed, to go to sleep.

dodo, n.m., (pop.) (orni.) dodo. V. dronte.

dodu, -e, adj., plump.

dogaresse, n.f., the wife of a doge.

dogat, n.m., dogate.

doge, n.m., doge.

dogmatique, adj., dogmatic.

dogmatique, n.f., dogmatics.

dogmatiquement (-tik-mān), adv., dogmatically.

dogmatiser, v.n., to dogmatize.

dogmatiseur, n.m., dogmatizer.

dogmatiste, n.m., dogmatist.

dogme, n.m., dogma, tenet, doctrine.

dogre, n.m., Dutch dogger, dogger-boat.

dogue (dog), n.m., mastiff, house-dog; bull-dog.

doguin, n.m., -ne, n.f., (-ghin, -ghi-n), pug-dog, pug.

doigt (doa), n.m., finger; toe; hand; digit. Les cinq —s de la main; the five fingers of the hand. Un — du pied; a toe. Donner sur les —s; to give a rap on the knuckles. Être à deux —s de sa ruine; to be upon the brink of ruin. Savoir quelque chose sur le bout du —; to have a thing at one’s fingers’ ends. Mon petit — me l’a dit; a little bird told me so. Se mordre les —s de quelque chose; to repent of a thing. Il est à deux —s de la mort; he is at death’s door. J’en mettrais le — au feu; I would lay my life upon it. Être servi au — et à l’œil; to be served at a nod. On le montre au —; he is pointed at. Vous avez mis le — dessus; you have hit the nail on the head. Un — de vin; a toothful of wine. S’en lécher les —s; to lick one’s lips; to gloat over anything. Il lui obéit au — et à l’œil; he is at his beck and call. Y mettre les quatre —s et le pouce; to eat greedily; to do a thing clumsily. Être comme les deux —s de la main; to be hand and glove together; to be inseparable.

doigter (doa-té), v.a.n., (mus.) to finger.

doigter, n.m., (mus.) fingering.

doigtier (doa-tié), n.m., finger-stall, thumb-stall, thimble.

doit, n.m., (com.) Dr. (debtor). — et avoir; Dr. and Cr.

doitée, n.f., bit of thread.

dol, n.m., (jur.) deceit, fraud.

dolabelle, n.f., small hatchet.

dolabre, n.f., dowel-ax.

dolage, n.m., adzing, planing.

dolce (dol-cé), adv., (mus.) dolce.

doléance, n.f., complaint, lamentation; grievance. Faire, conter, ses —s; to tell one’s griefs, to pour out one’s troubles.

dolemment (do-la-mān), adv., mournfully, wofully, dolefully.

dolent, -e, adj., doleful, woful, piteous, mournful; whining.

doler, v.a., to smooth with the adz; to plane; to pare.

doliman, n.m., dolman.

dollar, n.m., dollar.

dolman, n.m., shell-jacket; hussar’s pelisse.

dolmen, n.m., (—s) dolmen, cromlech.

doloir, n.m., paring-knife, parer.

doloire, n.f., adz; chip-ax.

dolomie or dolomite, n.f., (min.) dolomite.

dom, n.m., dom; don. V. don.

domaine, n.m., domain; estate, demesne, possession, property; department, province, compass, sphere. Le — de la couronne; the crown-lands. Cela n’est point de mon —; that is not in my province. Tomber dans le — du public; to become public property.

domanial, -e, adj., demesnial, domanial.

domanialiser, v.a., to annex to, to include in (a domain).

dôme, n.m., (arch.) dome, cupola; principal church, canopy; round top. — de verdure; verdant arch.

domerie, n.f., an abbey.

domestication, n.f., domestication.

domesticité, n.f., domesticity, the being in service; domestic servants; domesticated state.

domestique, adj., domestic, homely, home-bred; menial; tame; domesticated.

domestique, n.m., servant, domestic; servants, domestics (of a house); household; home. Il a changé tout son —; he has changed all his servants. Il aime son —; he is fond of his home. — de place; guide. — à, or pour tout faire; general servant.

domestique, n.f., woman-servant, maid-servant, servant. — pour tout faire; maid, servant, of all-work.

domestiquement (-tik-mān), adv., servant-like, menially.

domestiquer, v.a., to domesticate, to tame. Se —; to become domesticated.

domicile, n.m., domicile, abode, residence. — politique; political residence. — civil; ordinary residence, dwelling. À —; at one’s own house, or at people’s houses, at home. — légal; settlement, legal settlement. De l’eau à —; water brought to the house. Elire —, or faire élection de —; to choose one’s residence; to settle down.

domiciliaire, adj., domiciliary. Faire une visite — chez quelqu’un; to search anyone’s house.

domicilié, -e, adj., resident, domiciled. Il est —; he is settled, he has taken a house.

se domicilier, v.r., to settle down, to dwell in a place.

dominance, n.f., preponderance, dominance, rule.

dominant, -e, adj., dominant, predominant, reigning, prevalent. Passion —e; ruling passion. Goût —; reigning taste. La religion —e; the established religion.

dominante, n.f., (mus.) dominant. Dans le mode d’ut, sol est la —, et fa la sous-dominante; in the key of C, G is the dominant, F the subdominant.