A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 13)

embâtonner, v.a., (l.u.) to arm with a cudgel.

embattés, n.m.pl., periodical winds.

embattoir, n.m., shoeing pit (for wheels).

embattre, v.a., to case, to tire (a wheel).

embauchage, n.m., hiring, engaging (workmen); tampering, gaining over, enticing away; enlisting, recruiting.

embaucher, v.a., to hire, to engage (workmen); to entice away, to tamper with; to enlist, to recruit.

embaucheur, n.m., hirer; recruiting-officer; recruiter, crimp.

embauchoir, n.m., boot-tree; boot-last.

embaumement (an-bôm-mān), n.m., embalming.

embaumer, v.a., to embalm; to perfume, to scent. v.n., to smell very sweet.

embaumeur, n.m., embalmer.

embecquer, v.a., to feed (a bird); to bait (a hook).

embéguiner (-ghi-), v.a., to muffle up; to infatuate, to bewitch.

s’embéguiner, v.r., to be infatuated, to be bewitched, to become bigoted.

embelle, n.f., (nav.) waist.

embellie, n.f., (nav.) lull, momentary calm; favorable change; clearing.

embellir, v.a., to embellish, to beautify; to adorn, to decorate, to set off. — un conte; to embellish a tale.

s’embellir, v.r., to grow beautiful, to improve in beauty, to grow handsome.

embellir, v.n., to beautify, to grow handsomer. Elle ne fait que croître et —; she grows taller and handsomer every day.

embellissement (-lis-mān), n.m., embellishment, improvement, adornment.

embérize, n.f., (zoöl.) bunting.

s’emberlucoquer, v.r., (fam.) to be taken with, to be wedded to.

*embesogné, -e, adj., (fam., jest.) busy, busily engaged.

embêtement, n.m., (triv.) annoyance, bother; nuisance, bore.

embêter, v.a., (triv.) to stupefy, to stultify, to besot; to annoy, to plague; to tease, to torment, to rile; to worry; to aggravate, to bore.

s’embêter, v.r. (triv.) to feel dull, bored.

emblaison, n.f., seed-time, sowing-time.

emblavage, n.m., (agri.) wheat-sowing.

emblaver, v.a., to sow with corn.

emblavure, n.f., land sown with corn.

d’emblée, adv., at the first, in a trice; at the first onset; at the first trial; there and then; straight off the reel.

emblématique, adj., emblematical.

emblème, n.m., emblem. Être l’— de; to be emblematical of.

emboire, v.a., to imbibe; (sculp.) to coat (with oil or wax).

s’emboire, v.r., (paint.) to get dull or flat; to dry in.

emboîtement (ān-boat-mān), n.m., fitting in, jointing, clamping.

emboîter, v.a., to joint; to set (bones); to clamp, to fit, to fit in. — le pas; (milit.) to lock up.

s’emboîter, v.r., to fit, to fit in.

emboîture, n.f., socket, clamp; (pottery) collar. L’— des os; the juncture of the bones.

embolie, n.f., (med.) embolism.

embolisme, n.m., embolism.

embolismique, adj., embolismic, embolismal.

embonpoint, n.m., plumpness, corpulence, stoutness, obesity. Prendre de l’—; to get stout, to pick up flesh. Perdre son —; to fall away, to lose flesh.

emboquer, v.a., to feed, to cram food down.

s’emboquer, v.r., to cram food down one another’s throat.

embordurer, v.a., (l.u.) to put in a frame, to frame.

embossage, n.m., (nav.) bringing the broadside to bear.

embosser, v.a., (nav.) to bring the broadside to bear.

s’embosser, v.r., (nav.) to be brought to bear (broadside on).

embouché, -e, part., entered (of boats); prompted, tutored. Être mal —; to be foul-mouthed, impertinent.

emboucher, v.a., to put to one’s mouth (wind instruments); to prompt; to bit (a horse). Il l’a bien embouché; he gave him a good prompting.

s’emboucher, v.r., (of rivers) to fall into; to empty, to discharge itself.

embouchoir, n.m., boot-tree; mouth-piece (of instruments).

embouchure, n.f., mouth-piece (of wind instruments); mouth (of a river, of a harbor); out-fall (engineering).

embouer, v.a., (pop.) to cover with mud; to bemire; to vilify.

embouquement, n.m., (nav.) entrance to a strait.

embouquer, v.n., (nav.) to enter a strait.

embourbé, -e, part., stuck fast (in the mud). Il jure comme un charretier —; he swears like a trooper.

embourber, v.a., to put in the mire; to bemire. — quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire; to get any one into a troublesome business.

s’embourber, v.r., to sink in the mud, to stick in the mire; to be involved (in any trouble).

embourrer. V. rembourrer.

embourser, v.a., to put into one’s purse; to receive; to pocket.

embout, n.m., ferrule.

embouter, v.a., to ferrule, to tip.

emboutir, v.a., (gold.) to scoop out; (coppersmith’s work) to beat out; (arch.) to sheet; to stamp; to plate; to tip.

embranchement, n.m., branch, branching off; branch-road; branch-line, junction (rail.).

embrancher, v.a., (carp.) to put together; to join.

s’embrancher, v.r., to branch off; to branch (of roads); to abut, to join.

embrasé, -e, part., in flames, on fire; glowing, aglow, in a glow.

embrasement (an-brâz-mān), n.m., conflagration, burning; combustion; kindling.

embraser, v.a., to fire, to set on fire, to kindle, to inflame. La guerre a embrasé toute l’Europe; war has set all Europe ablaze.

s’embraser, v.r., to kindle, to take fire, to glow, to be aglow, to be inflamed. Cette matière s’embrase facilement; that stuff easily catches fire.

embrassade, n.f., embrace, hug, kissing, kiss.

embrasse, n.f., curtain-loop, curtain-band.

embrassé, -e, part., embraced. Ils se tenaient —s; they remained locked in each other’s arms.

embrassement (an-bras-mān), n.m., embrace.

embrasser, v.a., to embrace, to clasp; to kiss; to encompass, to encircle, to comprehend, to comprise, to take in, to include; to seize, to avail one’s self of, to undertake. Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint; grasp all, lose all. — la querelle de quelqu’un; to espouse any one’s quarrel. — une occasion; to seize, to avail one’s self of, an opportunity.

s’embrasser, v.r., to embrace, or to kiss, one another.

embrasseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (fam., l.u.) embracer, kisser.

embrassure, n.f., band of iron, binder.

embrasure, n.f., embrasure; recess.

embrayage, n.m., connecting (of wheels); coupling gear (motor).

embrayer, v.a., to engage, to connect (man.).

embrelage, n.m., lashing.

embreler, v.a., to lash (a wagon load).

embrener, v.a., (l.ex.) to dirty, to soil. S’— dans quelque affaire; to entangle one’s self in a dirty piece of business.

embrèvement, n.f., (carp.) mortise, franking.

embrever, v.a., (carp.) to mortise, to frank, to join.

embrigadement, n.m., (milit.) brigading; enlisting, recruiting.

embrigader, v.a., (milit.) to brigade; to form into brigades.

embrocation, n.f., embrocation.

embrochement, n.m., spitting (of meat).

embrocher, v.a., to spit, to put upon the spit. — quelqu’un; to run any one through the body.

embroucher, v.a., to overlap, overlay (tiles, etc.).

*embrouillé, -e, part., perplexed, intricate; entangled, obscure.

*embrouillement (an-brou-i-mān), n.m., embroiling, confusion, intricacy, perplexity.

embrouiller, v.a., to embroil, to confuse, to confound, to jumble up; to perplex, to obscure.

*s’embrouiller, v.r., to become intricate or entangled; to get confused; (fam.) to get fuddled, muddled.

embrouilleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., mar-plot; blunderer.

embroussaillé, -e, adj., covered with brushwood, bushy, matted, intricate.

embruiné, -e, adj., (agri.) spoilt by drizzle.

embrumé, -e, adj., foggy, misty, hazy.

embrumer, v.a., to overcast, to cover with fog or mist. S’—; to be covered with fog, to get misty, hazy.

embrun, n.m., (nav.) spray.

embrunir, v.a., to brown.

embryogénie, n.f., embryogeny.

embryographie, n.f., embryography.

embryologie, n.f., embryology.

embryon, n.f., embryo; (bot.) germ; little bit of a man; dwarf, shrimp.

embryonnaire, adj., embryonic.

embu, -e, part. of emboire, soaked in, dried in.

embu, n.m., (paint.) dulness, flatness (of pictures).

embûche, n.f., snare, ambush. Dresser des —s; to lay snares.

embûcher, v.a., to begin cutting (trees); to drive back, to covert (hunt.). S’—; to return, to covert.

embuscade, n.f., ambuscade; ambush; lurking-place, snare. Être, Se mettre, Se tenir, en —; to lie or be lying in wait, in ambush.

embusquer, v.a., to ambuscade, to post.

s’embusquer, v.r., to lay in ambuscade, to lie in wait.

émender, v.a., to amend, to correct.

émeraude (é-mrôd), n.f., emerald.

émergence, n.f., (phys.) emersion, emergence.

émergent, adj., (phys.) emergent.

émerger, v.n., to emerge, to rise out.

émeri (é-mri), n.m., (min.) emery. Bouché à l’—; with a ground stopper.

*émerillon, n.m., whirl (for weaving); (nav.) swivel-hook.

*émerillon, n.m., (orni.) stone-falcon, merlin.

*émerillonné, -e, adj., brisk, sprightly, wide-awake, lively.

émerisé, -e, adj. Papier —; emery paper. Toile —e; emery cloth.

émérite, adj., emeritus; retired, pensioned, superannuated; practised, adept.

émersion, n.f., emersion.

émérus, n.m., (bot.) bastard-senna, colutea.

*émerveillement, n.m., wonder, astonishment.

*émerveiller, v.a., to astonish, to amaze.

*s’émerveiller, v.r., to marvel, to wonder, to be astonished.

émétique, n.m., adj., emetic, puke, vomit; emetical.

émétiser, v.a., (pharm.) to add emetic to a mixture; to treat with emetics.

émettre, v.a., to put in circulation, to utter; to emit, to issue, to give out, to put forth, to express.

émeu, n.m., (zoöl.) emu.

émeute, n.f., riot, disturbance, commotion, uproar, tumult; rising, mutiny. Chef d’—; ringleader.

émeuter, v.a., to rouse, to stir up, to excite.

émeutier (-tié), n.m., rioter.

émier, v.a. V. émietter.

émiettement, n.m., crumbling.

émietter, v.a., to crumble.

s’émietter, v.r., to crumble.

émigrant, -e, n. and adj., emigrant; emigrating.

émigration, n.f., emigration, migration.

émigré, n.m., -e, n.f., emigrant; refugee.

émigrer, v.n., to emigrate; to migrate.

émincé, n.m., (cook.) mince; thin slices.

émincer, v.a., to mince (meat).

éminemment (-na-mān), adv., eminently, in a high degree.

éminence, n.f., eminence; elevation, rising ground, height.

éminent, -e, adj., eminent, high, lofty, conspicuous.

éminentissime, adj., most eminent.

émir, n.m., Ameer, Emir.

émissaire, n.m., emissary; (tech.) overflow pipe, overflow channel. Bouc —; scape-goat.

émission, n.f., emission, issue, uttering, putting into circulation.

emmagasinage, n.m., warehousing.

emmagasiner, v.a., to warehouse, to store.

emmaigrir, v.a. V. amaigrir.

*emmaillotement, n.m., swaddling, swathing.

*emmailloter, v.a., to swaddle, to swathe, to bind up in swaddling clothes.

emmanchement (an-mansh-mān), n.m., (paint., sculpt.) joining, hafting, helving; putting a handle.

emmancher, v.a., to put a handle to, to haft, to helve; to begin, to set about. Affaire mal emmanchée; ill-managed affair.

s’emmancher, v.r., to fit in, to be begun; to be done. Cela ne s’emmanche pas ainsi; that is not the way to set to work.

emmancher, v.n., (nav.) to enter the channel.

emmancheur, n.m., handle-maker.

emmanchure, n.f., arm-hole.

emmannequiner, v.a., to put in hampers; to basket (plants).

emmantelé, -e, adj., covered with a cloak; (fort.) ☉fortified. Corneille —e; hooded-crow.

☉emmanteler, v.a., (fort.) to wall-round.

emmariné, -e, adj., accustomed to the sea.

emmariner, v.a., to man (a ship); to accustom to the sea.

s’emmariner, v.r., to be manned (of a ship); to get accustomed to the sea.

emmêlé, -e, adj., entangled.

emmêler, v.a., to entangle.

s’emmêler, v.r., to get entangled.

emménagement (an-mé-naj-mān), n.m., removal, installation. pl., (nav.) internal arrangements, accommodation.

emménager, v.n., to move in.

s’emménager, v.r., to move in.

emménagogue, n.m. and adj., (med.) emmenagogue.

emmener (an-mné), v.a., to carry away, to take away, to lead away, to fetch away, to convey away. Il l’a emmené dans sa voiture; he took him away in his carriage. Emmenez-le! off with him!

emmenotter, v.a., to handcuff, to manacle.

emmeuler, v.a., to stack hay.

emmiellé, -e, adj., honeyed, sweet, soft. Paroles —es; honeyed words.

emmieller, v.a., to honey; to sweeten with honey; to cajole.

emmiellure, n.f., (vet.) a resolvent plaster.

emmitonner, v.a., to wrap up; to wheedle, to coax.

emmitoufler, v.a., to muffle up.

emmortaiser, v.a., to mortise, to set in a mortise.

s’emmortaiser, v.r., to mortise.

emmotté, -e, adj., (of roots of trees) covered with soil.

emmuseler, v.a., to muzzle.

émoi, n.m., emotion, anxiety, flutter, ferment. Mettre en —; to put in a flutter, a ferment. Être en —; to be agitated or in a ferment.

émollient, -e, adj., emollient, softening.

émollient, n.m., emollient.

émolument, n.m., emolument, fee, perquisite. pl., salary.

émolumentaire, adj., emolumental.

émolumenter, v.n., to profit; to get fees, perquisites.

émonctoire, n.m., (med.) emunctory.

émondage, n.m., pruning, lopping, trimming.

émonde, n.f., dung (of birds of prey).

émonder, v.a., to prune, to lop.

émondes, n.f.pl., branches lopped off; trash, refuse.

émondeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., pruner, trimmer, dresser.

émorfiler, v.a., to beard off; to blunt.

émotion, n.f., emotion; stir, commotion.

émottage, n.m., clod-crushing.

émotter, v.a., (agri.) to break clods of earth.

émottoir, n.m., (agri.) roller, clod-breaker.

émoucher, v.a., to drive flies away; to clear of flies.

émouchet, n.m., sparrow-hawk. Donner l’— à une peau; to soak a hide.

émouchette, n.f., fly-net (for horses).

émoucheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (pers.) fly-fanner.

émouchoir, n.m., fly-flap.

émoudre, v.a., to whet, to grind, to sharpen. — des couteaux; to grind knives. Faire — des ciseaux; to have scissors ground.

émouleur, n.m., knife-grinder.

émoulu, -e, part., ground. Frais — de; fresh from, just come from. Il est frais — du collège; he is fresh from college. Combattre à fer —; to fight with sharp weapons.

émoussage, n.m., (agri.) emuscation.

émoussé, -e, part., blunt; dull. Un esprit —; a dull mind. Des sens —s; deadened senses. Etat —; bluntness.

émousser, v.a., to make blunt; to take off the edge; to dull; to take the moss off trees; to deaden. — un rasoir; to take the edge off a razor.

s’émousser, v.r., to get blunt; to become dull; to be, to become, deadened or blunted. La pointe de ce couteau s’est émoussée; the point of this knife is blunted.

émoussoir, n.m., moss-scraper.

*émoustillé, -e, adj., brisk, sprightly.

*émoustiller, v.a., to exhilarate, to put into spirits. S’—; to bestir one’s self; to look alive.

émouvant, adj., touching, moving, affecting, stirring.

émouvoir, v.a., to move, to stir up; to agitate, to provoke; to rouse; to raise; to affect, to touch. Il sait l’art d’— les passions; he knows how to stir up the passions. Il est ému de crainte; he is moved with fear. — une sédition; to raise a sedition.

s’émouvoir, v.r., to rise; to be roused; to be stirred up. Il s’émut à la vue du péril; he was troubled at the sight of the danger. Il s’émeut de rien; the least thing upsets him.

*empaillage, n.m., stuffing (animals).

*empaillement, n.m., bottoming (with straw); stuffing (animals).

*empaillé, -e, part., stuffed.

*empailler, v.a., to pack in straw; to stuff (birds); to straw bottom. — des ballots; to pack up bales in straw. — une plante; to wrap straw round a plant.

*empailleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., chair-mender; bird-stuffer.

empalement (an-pal-mān), n.m., impalement; (tech.) paddle-door, shuttle.

empaler, v.a., to impale.

empan, n.m., span.

empanacher, v.a., to plume, to adorn with a plume. — un casque; to adorn a helmet.

empanner, v.a., (nav.) to bring to. v.n., to tie to.

empaquetage, n.m., packing.

empaqueter (an-pak-té), v.a., to pack up, to make up into a bundle, to do up.

s’empaqueter, v.r., to wrap up. Il s’empaqueta dans son manteau; he wrapped himself up in his cloak.

s’emparer, v.r., to possess one’s self of; to make one’s self master of; to take possession of, to seize, to secure; to engross (conversation); to master. S’— d’un héritage; to seize upon an inheritance.

empâtement, n.m., stickiness, clamminess; cramming (of poultry); (surg.) puffiness.

empâter, v.a., to make clammy, sticky; to cram (fowls); (paint.) to impaste. Cela m’a empâté les mains; that has made my fingers sticky. Face empâtée; pudding face.

empattement, n.m., footing, foundation, base, basement; (tech.) platform (of a crane); (nav.) splicing.

empaumer, v.a., to grasp; to take possession of; to gain over; (at tennis) to strike with the palm of the hand or with a bat. — la voie; (hunt.) to catch the scent.

empaumure, n.f., top-antlers; palm-piece of a glove.

empeau, n.m., (hort.) flute-grafting.

empêchable, adj., preventable.

empêché, -e, part., hindered, at a loss. Être — de sa personne; to be greatly embarrassed. Faire l’—; to affect to be busy.

empêchement (an-pêsh-mān), n.m., hindrance, obstacle, impediment, opposition, obstruction, difficulty; objection. Lever tous les —s; to remove all obstacles. Apporter de l’— à quelque chose; to throw impediments in the way of anything. Je n’y mets point d’—; I do not oppose it.

empêcher, v.a., to oppose, to prevent; to hinder, to obstruct, to impede, to put a stop to. — un mariage; to oppose a marriage. Cette muraille empêche la vue; this wall obstructs the view. Cela n’empêcha pas qu’il ne le fît; that did not prevent him from doing it (i.e., he did it all the same). Il m’empêche de travailler; he hinders me from working. L’un n’empêche pas l’autre; the one does not bar the other. Cela n’empêche pas que; and yet, for all that.

s’empêcher, v.r., to forbear, to refrain from, to keep from, to abstain. Il ne saurait s’— de médire; he cannot keep from slandering. Je ne saurais m’empêcher de le faire; I cannot help doing it.

*empeigne, n.f., upper leather; vamp.

empellement, n.m., sluice, dam.

empennelage, n.m., backing an anchor.

empenneler, v.a., to back an anchor.

empennelle, n.f., small anchor; kedge.

empenner, v.a., to feather arrows.

empenoir, n.m., lock-chisel.

empereur, n.m., emperor.

empesage, n.m., starching.

empesé, -e, part., starched; (of style) stiff, formal.

empeser, v.a., to starch; (nav.) to wet (sails). — un jabot; to starch a frill. S’—; to be starched.

empeseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., starcher.

empester, v.a., to infect, to taint. v.n., to stink horribly.

empêtré, -e, part., entangled.

empêtrer, v.a., to entangle, to embarrass, to hamper, to saddle, to fetter. — quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire; to involve any one in a disagreeable business.

s’empêtrer, v.r., to become entangled, hampered, embarrassed.

emphase, n.f., magniloquence, pomposity; emphasis, stress.

emphatique, adj., bombastic, affected; emphatic.

emphatiquement (-tik-mān), adv., bombastically, pompously, emphatically.

emphractique, n.m., adj., (pharm.) emphractic.

emphysème, n.m., (med.) emphysema.

emphytéose, n.f., long lease, feudal holding.

emphytéote, n.m., tenant on a long lease.

emphytéotique, adj., emphyteutic. Bail —; very long lease. Redevance —; ground-rent.

empiècement, n.m., yoke (of blouse).

empierrement, n.m., stoning, metalling, ballasting; broken stones; metaled road.

empierrer, v.a., to stone, to metal (roads).

empiètement, n.m., encroaching, encroachment; infringement; trespass.

empiéter, v.a., to encroach, to make encroachments, to intrench upon, to invade, to usurp.

empiéter, v.n., to encroach. La mer empiète sur la côte; the sea encroaches upon the coast. Il empiète sur mes droits; he encroaches upon my rights.

empiffrer, v.a., to cram, to stuff.

s’empiffrer, v.r., to cram, to stuff.

empile, n.f., (pisc.) gut-line.

empilement, n.m., piling; stacking.

empiler, v.a., to pile up; to stack; to bin; to fasten (hook).

empileur, n.m., stacker.

empirance, n.f., damage (to goods in transit).

empire, n.m., empire, sovereignty; authority; reign; sway, dominion, command, ascendency; dominions. Bas-—; Lower Empire. L’humide —; (poet.) the sea. — d’Occident, d’Orient; the Western, the Eastern, Empire. Vous avez un — absolu sur moi; you have absolute command over me. Avoir de l’— sur quelqu’un; to sway any one. Traiter quelqu’un avec —; to treat one imperiously, with haughtiness. Avoir de l’— sur soi; to have control over one’s passions. Se disputer l’—; to contend for sovereignty.

empirée, n.m. V. empyrée.

empirement, n.m., aggravation.

empirer, v.a., to make worse.

empirer, v.n., to grow worse. Sa maladie empire chaque jour; his illness gets worse every day. La chose empira, matters grew worse.

empirique, adj., empiric, empirical.

empirique, n.m., empiric.

empiriquement, adv., empirically.

empirisme, n.m., empiricism.

emplacement (an-plas-mān), n.m., site, ground, piece of ground, place, spot.

emplanture, n.f., (nav.) step (of a mast).

emplastration, n.f., (hort.) budding.

emplastrer, v.a., to bud.

emplâtre, n.m., plaster, salve, ointment; helpless creature. Mettre un — à; (med.) to put a plaster on. Mettre un — à une affaire; to patch up a business. C’est un véritable —; he is fit for nothing.

emplette, n.f., purchase. Faire — de quelque chose; to purchase anything. Faire des —s; to go shopping.

emplir, v.a., to fill, to fill up.

s’emplir, v.r., to fill; to be filled.

emploi, n.m., employ, employment; situation, place, post; entry (of accounts); (theat.) line of business; (fin.) appropriation. — abusif; misemployment. Faux —; false item. Faire un bon — de son temps; to make a good use of one’s time. Double —; useless repetition. Donner de l’—; to give employment. Sans —; out of employment.

employé, n.m., clerk, person employed, employé, official.

employer, v.a., to employ, to use, to make use of; to bestow; to devote; to spend; to lay out, to invest. Bien — son temps; to employ one’s time well. — son temps à l’étude; to spend one’s time in study. — une phrase; to use a phrase. — mal; to misemploy. — le vert et le sec; to leave no stone unturned. Je l’ai employé à cela; I set him to work on that. — une somme en recette; (com.) to enter a sum as received.

s’employer, v.r., to employ, to exert, one’s self; to use one’s interest. — pour quelqu’un; to use one’s interest in any one’s favor.

emplumer, v.a., (mus.) to feather, to fledge; to quill. — un clavecin; to quill a harpsichord.

s’emplumer, v.r., to become fledged; to feather one’s nest; (pop.) to pick up flesh. Il s’est bien emplumé dans cette maison; he feathered his nest well in that house.

empocher, v.a., (fam.) to pocket. Il empoche tout ce qu’il gagne; he pockets all his winnings.

empoignement, n.m., grasping; capture, arrest.

*empoigner, v.a., to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of; to take up, to take into custody. Cela est trop gros, on ne saurait l’—; that is too thick, it is impossible to grasp it. Je vous ferai —; I shall have you taken up.

*s’empoigner, v.r., to lay hold of each other. Ils se sont empoignés; they laid hold of each other, they had a set-to.

empointer, v.a., to stitch; to point (pins, needles).

empointeur, n.m., stitcher; pointer.

empois, n.m., starch.

empoisonné, -e, part., poisoned; poisonous.

empoisonnement (-poâ-zo-n-mān), n.m., poisoning.

empoisonner, v.a., to poison; to infect; to mar, to corrupt; to embitter, to envenom. Ces maximes sont capables d’— la jeunesse; these maxims are calculated to corrupt the young.

s’empoisonner, v.r., to poison one’s self.

empoisonneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., poisoner, corrupter; wretched cook.

empoisser, v.a. V. poisser.

empoissonnement (-poâ-so-n-mān), n.m., stocking with fish.

empoissonner, v.a., to stock with fish.

emporté, -e, adj., fiery, passionate, hasty, hot, hot-headed; runaway; unmanageable.

emportement, n.m., transport; passion, fit of passion; hastiness; outburst; anger, rage; frenzy, violence.

emporte-pièce, n.m., punch (instrument); puncher; cutting-out machine; fly-press; sarcastic person; virulent satirist. C’est une réponse à l’—; it is a very cutting answer.

emporter, v.a., to carry away, to take away, to sweep away, to convey away; to remove (stains); to carry off (kill); to entail, to involve; to gain, to obtain; to blow off; to burn. Le vent a emporté mon chapeau; the wind has blown my hat off. Cette maladie l’a emporté; that illness carried him off. — de haute lutte; to carry with a high hand. L’— sur; to prevail; to have the advantage, to get the better of, to carry the day; to preponderate, to overcome, to outweigh, to surpass. L’amour l’emporte souvent sur la raison; love often gets the better of reason. Il l’a emporté sur tous ses concurrents; he triumphed over all his competitors. Cette considération l’emporte sur toutes les autres; that consideration outweighs every other. — ses cliques et ses claques; to pack up bag and baggage. — la pièce; to strike home.

s’emporter, v.r., to fly into a passion; to declaim, to inveigh against; to rail at; to run away (of horses). — contre le vice; to declaim against vice. — comme une soupe au lait; to take fire like gunpowder.

empotage, n.m., potting.

empoter, v.a., (hort.) to inclose in pots, to pot.

empourpré, -e, adj., purple, purpled, empurpled.

empourprer, v.a., s’—, v.r., to purple.

empreindre, v.a., to imprint, to stamp; to mark; to impress; to tincture. S’—, to become tinged.

empreinte, n.f., mark, stamp, print, impression; (paint.) first coat. L’— d’un cachet; the stamp of a seal. Son ouvrage porte l’— de son esprit; his work bears the stamp of his mind. Marqué à l’— de; bearing the stamp of.

empressé, -e, adj., active; assiduous; officious; eager, earnest. Il paraît fort — auprès d’elle; he appears markedly attentive to her. Des soins empressés; assiduous attentions. Faire l’—; to put one’s self forward.

empressement (an-prèss-mān), n.m., eagerness, earnestness; assiduous attention; alacrity, promptness, haste, hurry. Avec —; eagerly, earnestly, cheerfully, industriously. Il a beaucoup d’— à vous servir; he is very anxious to serve you. Trop d’—; overforwardness.

s’empresser, v.r., to hasten, to be eager (to), to be earnest, forward, to be ardent, to flock, to crowd, to press forward. S’— de parler; to hasten to speak.

emprisonnement (-zo-n-mān), n.m., imprisonment, confinement, custody. — cellulaire; solitary confinement.

emprisonner, v.a., to imprison, to confine.

emprunt, n.m., borrowing, loan. Il est toujours aux —s; he is always borrowing. Argent d’—; borrowed money. Une beauté d’—; an artificial beauty. Faire un —; to contract a loan.

emprunter, v.a., to borrow. — de l’argent à quelqu’un; to borrow money of any one. Nom emprunté; assumed name. Air emprunté; an embarrassed look. Ne choisit pas qui emprunte; beggars cannot be choosers.

emprunteu-r, -se, n. and adj., borrower; borrowing, prone to borrow; not original.

empuantir, v.a., to cause an ill smell, to infect.

s’empuantir, v.r., to stink, to have a bad odor.

empuantissement (-tis-mān), n.m., stench.

empyème, n.m., (med.) empyema.

empyrée, n.m. and adj., the empyrean; empyreal.

empyreumatique, adj., empyreumatical.

empyreume, n.m., empyreuma.

ému, -e, part., moved, affected. Fort —; much affected.

émulat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., (l.u.) emulator, rival, imitator.

☉émulati-f, -ve, adj., emulative.

émulation, n.f., emulation; rivalry.

émule, n.m., rival, competitor, emulator.

émulgent, -e, adj., (anat.) emulgent.

émulsi-f, -ve, adj., emulsive.

émulsion, n.f., emulsion.

émulsionner, v.a., to mix an emulsion with.

émyde, n.f., marsh-tortoise.

en, prep., in, into, within, on, to, at, like, in the form of, as a, out of, by, for. Je l’ai mise — pension; I have sent her to a boarding-school. — haut; above, upstairs. — bas; below, downstairs. — avant; forward. — arrière; backward, behind. — dedans; within. — dehors; without. Aller — France; to go to France. En tout temps; at all times. — hiver; in winter. Être — bonne santé; to be in good health. — nourrice; out at nurse. — prière; at prayers. Vivre — roi; to live like a king. Agir — furieux; to act as a madman. Être — robe de chambre; to be in one’s dressing-gown. — dépit de lui; in spite of him. De plus — plus; more and more. Voir — songe; to see in a dream. Il l’aborda — riant; he came up to her with a smile. — passant; by the way. — colère; in a passion. — guerre; at war. — paix; at peace. Tomber — décadence; to fall into decay. — trois jours; in three days. Être — ville; to be out.

en, pron., m.f. sing. and pl., of him, of her, of it, its, of them, their; from him, from her, from it, from them; by him, by her, by it, by them; about him, about her, about it, about them; thence, from thence; some of it, any. Avez-vous de l’argent? have you any money? J’— ai; I have some. Vous — parlez toujours; you are always speaking of him, of it. Il — est mort un; one of them is dead. J’— suis bien aise; I am very glad of it. J’— suis fâché; I am sorry for it. J’— suis surpris; I wonder at it. Qu’— dites-vous? what do you say to it? Je n’— ai point; I have none. — voulez-vous? will you have any? Donnez m’—; give me some. C’est un bœuf, j’— vois les cornes; it is an ox, I see its horns. Si vous voulez voir de beaux tableaux, il — a; if you wish to see fine pictures, he has some. Il — est des femmes comme des enfants; it is with women as with children. Il — est de cela comme de la plupart des choses; it is with that as with most other things. Après cela ils — vinrent aux mains; after that they came to blows. — vouloir à quelqu’un; to have a grudge against any one. S’— aller; to go away. S’— retourner; to return. C’— est fait; it is all over. Il s’— faut de beaucoup; you are a long way off. Il ne sait où il — est; he knows not how far he has got. Il — tient; he is caught. Voulez-vous — être? will you make one of us? Parlez-lui-—; speak to him of it. Il veut — découdre; he wants to fight it out.

énallage, n.f., (gram.) enallage.

s’énamourer, v.r., to fall in love (with).

énarrer, v.a., to relate in detail.

enarrhement, n.m. V. arrhement.

enarrher, v.a. V. arrher.

énarthrose, n.f., (anat.) enarthrosis.

en-belle, n.f., (nav.) direct fire. adj., direct. adv., directly, fairly.

encablure, n.f., (nav.) cable’s length.

encadré, -e, part., framed.

encadrement, n.m., framing, frame; (mil.) enlistment.

encadrer, v.a., to frame, to encircle; to introduce, to insert. Faire — un tableau; to have a picture framed. S’—, v.r., to be introduced, inserted, inclosed; to fit in.

encadreur, n.m., picture-frame maker.

encager, v.a., to cage, to put in a cage.

encaissage, n.m., incasing; (hort.) tubbing.

encaisse, n.f., (fin., com.) cash in hand, cash-balance, metallic reserve.

encaissé, -e, part., incased; embanked, sunk, hollow. Cette rivière est —e; that river flows between high banks.

encaissement (ān-kès-mān), n.m., packing in cases; packing; putting in boxes; embankment; (fin.) collection. Sauf —; when paid, if paid.

encaisser, v.a., to incase, to pack; to put in a box; to embank; to collect; to encash, to receive; (fin.) to collect; to lay down a bed (to roads).

encan, n.m., auction, public sale. Vente à l’—; sale by public auction. Mettre a l’—; to put up for sale. Vendre à l’—; to sell by auction.

*encanailler, v.a., to degrade; to lower by mixing with low company.

*s’encanailler, v.r., to keep low company; to lose caste. Gardez-vous de vous encanailler; beware of keeping low company.

encapuchonné, -e, part., cowled, hooded.

encapuchonner, v.a., to put on a cowl.

s’encapuchonner, v.r., to wear a cowl; to put on a cowl; (man.) to arch the neck (of horses).

encaquement, n.m., packing; barreling.

encaquer, v.a., to barrel; to cram full up.

encaqueu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., packer.

encarter, v.a., (print.) to insert as a cancel.

s’encarter, v.r., to be inserted as a cancel.

en-cas, n.m., (—) sunshade (large enough to be used as an umbrella); collation kept ready in case of need.

encastelé, -e, adj., hoof-bound (of a horse).

s’encasteler, v.r., to be hoof-bound.

encastelure, n.f., contracted heels.

encastrement, n.m., fitting; fitting in.

encastrer, v.a., to fit, to fit in.

s’encastrer, v.r., to fit, to fit in.

encaustique, n.f. and adj., (paint.) encaustic, furniture-paste.

encavement (ān-kav-mān), n.m., storing (in cellar).

encaver, v.a., to put or store in a cellar.

encaveur, n.m., cellar-man.

enceindre, v.a., to inclose, to encircle, to encompass, to surround. — de murailles; to inclose with walls.

enceinte, adj.f., pregnant; with child; enceinte.

enceinte, n.f., circuit, circumference; inclosure, precincts; place; (fort.) enceinte. Mur d’—; inclosure wall. Mur d’— continue; wall of circumvallation. Dans cette —; within these walls.

encens, n.m., incense, frankincense; fragrance; homage; praise; flattery. Brûler de l’— sur les autels; to burn incense on the altars. Donner de l’— à quelqu’un; to flatter any one.

encensement (an-sāns-mān), n.m., incensing; praising, praise; flattery.

encenser, v.a., to incense, to perfume with frankincense; to flatter, to pay homage to.

encenseur, n.m., burner of incense; flatterer.

encensier, n.m., rosemary.

encensoir, n.m., censer, perfuming-pan; (astron.) Ara; (fig.) ecclesiastical power. Mettre la main à l’—; to meddle with ecclesiastical affairs. Donner de l’— par le nez, casser le nez à coups d’—; to flatter fulsomely.

encéphale, n.m., encephalon (brain).

encéphalique, adj., (anat.) encephalic.

encéphalite, n.f., inflammation of the brain.

encéphalocèle, n.f., encephalocele, hernia of the brain.

enchaînement (ān-shèn-mān), n.m., chaining, linking; concatenation, chain, series, connection.

enchaîner, v.a., to chain up, to chain, to bind in chains, to chain down, to detain, to restrain; to captivate; to link, to connect.

s’enchaîner, v.r., to link, to be connected.

enchaînure, n.f., (tech.) chain; chain-work; connection.

enchanteler (ān-shān-tlé), v.a., to arrange timber in a yard; to set (casks) on gawntrees.

enchantement (ān-shān-tmān), n.m., enchantment, charm, delight; magic, witchcraft. Par —; by enchantment. Il est dans l’—; he is delighted.

enchanter, v.a., to enchant, to bewitch, to fascinate, to charm, to gratify. Je suis enchanté de vous voir; I am delighted to see you.

enchante-ur, -resse, n. and adj., enchanter, enchantress, bewitcher, charmer, enchanting, bewitching. Voix —resse; enchanting voice.

enchaper, v.a., to hook, to fasten; to case, to inclose one cask in another.

enchaperonner, v.a., to hood (a hawk).

encharner, v.a., to put hinges to.

enchâsser, v.a., to enchase, to enshrine; to insert; to introduce; to set. — dans de l’or; to set in gold. — un diamant; to set a diamond. — une anecdote dans un discours; to introduce an anecdote into a speech.

enchâssure, n.f., setting; insertion; introduction.

enchausser, v.a., (gard.) to earth up.

enchaux, n.m., lime-wash.

enchère, n.f., bidding (at an auction); auction. Vente à l’—, aux —s; sale by auction. Couvrir une —; to make a higher bid. Vendre à l’—, aux —s; to sell by auction. Folle —; bidding for what one cannot pay. Mettre aux —s; to bring to the hammer; to put up to auction. Payer la folle —; to pay dear for one’s rashness. Il est à l’—; he is to be bought by the highest bidder. — au rabais; a Dutch auction.

enchérir, v.a., to bid for, to outbid, to overbid; to raise (prices).

enchérir, v.n., to bid, to outbid; (fig.) to surpass, to outdo, to go further; to rise (in price). La volaille a enchéri; poultry has risen in price.

enchérissement (-ris-mān), n.m., rise, increase, advance in price.

enchérisseur, n.m., bidder (at an auction).

enchevalement, n.m., propping, underpinning (of a house).

enchevauchure, n.f., (tech.) lapping over.

enchevêtré, -e, part., entangled; confused; in a tangle, mixed up.

enchevêtrement, n.m., entanglement; confusion.

enchevêtrer, v.a., to halter; to entangle, to confuse.

s’enchevêtrer, v.r., to get a foot entangled in the halter; to get entangled; to get confused, embarrassed.

enchevêtrure, n.f., (carp.) binding; (vet.) halter-cast.

enchifrené, -e, part., stuffed up (of the nose). Je suis tout —; my nose is all stuffed up.

enchifrènement (-èn-mān), n.m., stuffing up (of the nose); snuffles.

s’enchifrener, v.r., to get a cold in the head.

enchiridion (-ki-), n.m., (antiq.) manual, enchiridion.

enchymose (-ki-), n.f., (med.) cutaneous hyperæmia.

enclave, n.f., piece of inclosed land; boundary, limit; recess (of a lock on a river).

enclavé, -e, part., inclosed.

enclavement (an-klav-mān), n.m., inclosing.

enclaver, v.a., to inclose; to hem in, to wedge in.

s’enclaver, v.r., to be inclosed (in other land).

enclin, -e, adj., inclined, prone, addicted, apt, given to.

encliquetage, n.m., (tech.) catch.

encliqueter, v.a., to cog with a catch.

enclitique, n.f., (gram.) enclitic.

encloîtrer, v.a., to cloister.

enclore, v.a., to inclose, to fence or take in.

enclos, n.m., inclosure, close; paddock, orchard.

enclouage, n.m., spiking.

enclouer, v.a., to prick animals (in shoeing); to spike (a gun).

enclouure, n.f., prick (in shoeing, etc.); difficulty, obstacle, hitch.

enclume, n.f., anvil; (anat.) incus. Billot d’—; anvil-block. Être entre le marteau et l’—; to be between the devil and the deep sea. Remettre sur l’—; to remodel. Il frappe toujours sur la même —; he is always harping on the same string.

enclumeau or enclumot, n.m., hand-anvil.

encoche, n.f., notch (on a tally, etc.).

encocher, v.a., to notch. — une flèche; to fit an arrow in the bow.

encoffrer, v.n., to put in a coffer; to lay up; to bag, to cage, to quod.

*encoignure or encognure (an-ko-gnur), n.f., corner; angle (of a street); corner-piece.

encollage, n.m., sizing.

encoller, v.a., to size.

encolure, n.f., neck and shoulders of a horse; (b.s.) appearance, looks (of a person).

encombrant, adj., bulky, cumbering, encumbering, cumbersome.

encombre, n.m., accident, impediment, hindrance, obstacle.

encombrement, n.m., obstruction, stoppage; crowding, crowd.

encombrer, v.a., to obstruct, to encumber, to embarrass, to block up; to throng.

à l’encontre, prep., counter, against. Aller à l’— de quelque chose; to run counter to a thing.

encorbellement (-bèl-mān), n.m., (arch.) corbeling, projecting.

encore, adv., yet, still, more, again; once more; further; moreover; besides, however. Il n’est pas — venu; he is not yet come. À sept heures j’attendais —; at seven o’clock I was still waiting. —? what, again? Outre l’argent, on lui donna — un cheval; besides the money, he had, moreover, a horse given him. — s’il voulait m’envoyer dire; if, only, he would send me word. Vous servez-vous — de ce livre? are you still using that book? Il est — plus riche que son frère; he is still richer than his brother. Quoi —? what else? — moins; still less. Prenez — un verre de vin; take another glass of wine. — une fois je vous dis; I tell you once more. Hier —; only yesterday.

encore, conj., even, yet. — que; though, although.

encorné, -e, adj., horned, tossed.

encorner, v.a., to horn; to gore; to toss.

encourageant, -e, adj., encouraging, cheering, inspiriting.

encouragement (-raj-mān), n.m., encouragement, incitement, incentive; countenance, support.

encourager, v.a., to encourage, to stimulate; to contenance, to support, to be a promoter of.

s’encourager, v.r., to encourage each other.

encourir, v.a., to incur, to draw down upon one’s self, to fall under. — le mépris de tout le monde; to draw down general contempt upon one’s self.

encouture, n.f., (nav.) clincher-work.

encrage, n.m., (print.) inking.

encrassement, n.m., fouling (of fire-arms).

encrasser, v.a., to make dirty, to dirty; to foul.

s’encrasser, v.r., to get foul or greasy, to become dirty; to lower one’s self; to become foul.

encre, n.f., ink. — à écrire; writing ink. — d’imprimerie; printing ink. — de Chine; Indian ink. C’est la bouteille à l’—; there’s no seeing through that. Tacher d’—; to ink. Ecrire de bonne — à quelqu’un; to write in strong terms to any one. Être dans la bouteille à l’—; to be in the secret.

encrêper, v.a., to cover with crape.

s’encrêper, v.r., to put on crape.

encrer, v.a., (print.) to ink. v.n., to take the ink.

encrier, n.m., inkstand, ink-horn; (print.) ink-trough. Table d’—; (print.) ink-table.

encroué, adj., entangled (of trees).

encroûté, -e, part., covered with a crust; rusty; full of prejudices.

encroûter, v.a., to crust; to plaster a wall.

s’encroûter, v.r., to crust, to get hard, to become heavy; to become stupid, rusty.

encuirasser, v.a., to cover with a cuirass.

s’encuirasser, v.r., to put on one’s cuirass; to get covered with dirt; to become hardened.

enculasser, v.a., to breech (a gun).

encuvement (ān-kuv-mān), encuvage, n.m., tubbing.

encuver, v.a., to put into a vat, to tub.

encyclique, n.f. and adj., encyclical letter; encyclical.

encyclopédie, n.f., encyclopædia.

encyclopédique, adj., encyclopedic.

encyclopédiste, n.m., encyclopedist.

endécagone, n.m. and adj., (geom.) hendecagon.

endémique, adj., endemical, endemic.

endenté, -e, adj., indented; furnished with teeth.

endenter, v.a., (carp.) to indent; to cog, to tooth, to supply with teeth.

endetter, v.a., to cause to run into debt; to get a person into debt.

s’endetter, v.r., to run into debt, to contract debts.

endêvé, -e, n. and adj., (fam., l.u.) irritable, passionate person; impatient, irritable, passionate.

endêver, v.n., to fume, to be vexed. Faire — quelqu’un; to vex any one; to drive any one mad.

endiablé, -e, adj., possessed; devilish; wicked, horrible.

endiablé, n.m., -e, n.f., person possessed. C’est un —; he is like one possessed.

endiabler, v.n., to be furious. Faire —; to torment, to plague to death; to render furious.

endiguement, endigage, n.m., damming in; damming up.

endiguer (-ghé), v.a., to dam in; to dam up; to embank.

endimanché, -e, adj., dressed in Sunday best; with all one’s finery on.

s’endimancher, v.r., to put on one’s Sunday clothes.

endive, n.f., endive.

endoctriner, v.a., to indoctrinate, to teach; to give his cue (to any one).

endoctrineur, n.m., teacher; prompter.

endolori, -e, adj., painful, aching, sore.

s’endolorir, v.r., to make sore, tender; to ache, to become sore.

endolorissement, n.m., pain, aching, soreness.

endommagement (-maj-mān), n.m., loss, injury.

endommager, v.a., to damage, to injure.

s’endommager, v.r., to be damaged; to become deteriorated.

endormeur, n.m., cajoler, wheedler, flatterer, coaxer.

endormi, -e, part., asleep, sleeping; sleepy, drowsy, sluggish; benumbed. J’ai la jambe —e; my leg is benumbed.

endormi, n.m., -e, n.f., sleepy person; sleepy head; person asleep. Faire l’—; to sham sleep.

endormir, v.a., to lull asleep, to send to sleep; to rock to sleep; to wheedle, to amuse, to deceive; to benumb, to lull. Endormez cet enfant; rock that child to sleep. Sa conversation vous endort; his conversation sends you to sleep. Cela m’a endormi la jambe; that has benumbed my leg.

s’endormir, v.r., to fall asleep, to go to sleep, to slumber; to be lulled into security. S’— du sommeil de la tombe; to sleep the sleep of death. S’— dans le vice; to be steeped in vice. Il s’est endormi sur cette affaire; he was wanting in vigilance in that business. S’— sur le rôti; to let slip the favorable opportunity.

endos, n.m., (com.) endorsement.

endosmose, n.f., (phys.) endosmose.

endosse, n.f., (fam.) trouble; burden.

endossement (ān-dôsmān), n.m., (com.) endorsement. V. endos, which is more frequently used.

endosser, v.a., to put on one’s back; to buckle on; to put on; to don; to saddle; (com.) to indorse. — une lettre de change; to indorse a bill of exchange. — le harnais; to put on the harness.

endosseur, n.m., (com.) indorser.

endroit, n.m., place, spot, part, passage; point; right side (of a stuff). Son plus bel —; any one’s, any thing’s, best side. — faible; weak point. — sensible; sensitive point. À l’— de; with regard, or with respect, to. À deux —s; reversible (of stuffs).

enduire (enduisant, enduit), v.a., to do over, to lay over, to coat, to smear. — une muraille de plâtre; to do a wall over with plaster.

enduit, n.m., coat, coating, layer; glaze, glazing; varnish; polish.

endurant, -e, adj., patient, enduring; tolerant. Peu —; impatient of injury.

endurci, -e, part., hardened, obdurate, inured, callous. Un cheval — aux coups; a horse inured to blows. Pécheur —; hardened sinner.

endurci, n.m., -e, n.f., hardened sinner.

endurcir, v.a., to harden, to make hard, to toughen, to inure; to render obdurate, to steel; to indurate; to render callous. Le travail endurcit le corps; labor hardens the body. L’avarice avait endurci son cœur; avarice had steeled his heart.

s’endurcir, v.r., to harden; to grow hard; to be steeled; to become callous; to indurate.

endurcissement (-sis-mān), n.m., hardness; hardness of heart, obduracy; callousness.

endurer, v.a., to endure, to bear; to suffer, to undergo; to allow, to put up with, to permit.

énéide, n.f., Eneid, Æneid.

énéorème, n.m., (med.) eneorema.

énergie, n.f., force, energy, strength, force, vigor, power. Avec —; with energy. Sans —; of no energy.

énergique, adj., energetic, energetical, strong, vigorous, forcible. Remède —; powerful remedy.

énergiquement (-jik-mān), adv., energetically, vigorously, strenuously.

énergumène, n.m.f., demoniac; fanatic; desperado.

énervation, n.f., or énervement, n.m., enervation.

énerver, v.a., to enervate, to unnerve.

s’énerver, v.r., to become enervated or unnerved.

enfaîteau, n.m., (mas.) ridge-tile, gutter-tile.

enfaîtement (ān-fêt-mān), n.m., (arch.) ridge-lead.

enfaîter, v.a., to ridge a house.

enfance, n.f., infancy, childhood; childishness, puerility, dotage; childish action. Première —; earliest infancy. Dès mon —; from my infancy. Sortir de l’—; to emerge from childhood. Être en —; to be in one’s dotage. Tomber en —; to become childish.

enfant, n.m.f., child; infant; native; (jur.) issue. — adoptif; adopted child. L’— prodigue; the prodigal son. L’— à naître; the child unborn. — trouvé; foundling. — naturel; natural child. Un — de famille; a young gentleman. — de la balle; child that follows his father’s profession, or chip of the old block. Un — à la mamelle; an infant at the breast. Un — mort-né; a still-born child. Discours d’—; childish language. — de chœur; chorister. Les —s perdus; (milit.) the forlorn hope. Faire l’—; to play the child; to behave like a child. C’est bien l’— de sa mère; he is a chip of the old block. En travail d’—; in labor. C’est un bon —; he is a good child, he is a good fellow. Les —s de France; the children of the King of France, the children of the eldest son of the King of France. Petits enfants; little children. Petits-enfants; grandchildren.

enfantement (ān-fān-tmān), n.m., childbirth.

enfanter, v.a., to bear, to bring forth; to produce; to beget; to bring to light; to give birth to.

enfantillage, n.m., child’s play, childishness.

enfantin, -e, adj., infantine, childish.

enfariner, v.a., to flour, to sprinkle with flour. Être enfariné de quelque science; to have a smattering of some science. Être enfariné d’une mauvaise doctrine; to be prepossessed in favor of a bad doctrine. Il est venu nous dire cela la gueule enfarinée; (triv.) he came, full of stupid confidence, to tell us that.

enfer (an-fèr), n.m., hell; infernal, or lower, regions. Au fond de l’—; in the depths of hell. Les peines de l’—; the torments of hell. L’— s’est déchaîné contre moi; hell is let loose against me. Tison d’—; hell-hound. Un feu d’—; a scathing fire.

enfermé, n.m., close, confined air. Sentir l’—; to smell close.

enfermer, v.a., to shut, to shut in; to shut up; to lock up; to inclose; to coop up, to conceal; to comprehend, to comprise. C’est un homme à —; that man ought to be confined in a mad-house. — à clef; to keep under lock and key. — un parc de murailles; to wall in a park.

s’enfermer, v.r., to lock one’s self up, to seclude one’s self; to lock, to lock up (of a thing).

enferrer, v.a., to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to transfix.

s’enferrer, v.r., to run one’s self through with a sword, etc.; (fig.) to injure one’s self; to fall into a snare; to get into a fix.

enficeler, v.a., to tie with a string.

enfièvrement, n.m., feverishness.

enfilade, n.f., suite (of chambers); string (of phrases); (milit.) enfilade. D’—; raking (fire).

enfiler, v.a., to thread, to string; to pierce, to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to engage in; to slip on; (milit.) to enfilade. — une aiguille; to thread a needle. — des perles; to string pearls; to lose one’s time. — un discours; to begin a long-winded speech. — un homme; to run a man through the body.

s’enfiler, v.r., to be run through, to be pierced; to get engaged or involved in.

enfileur, n.m., header (in pin-making); prattler; (pop.) cheat, wheedler.

enfin, adv., in fine, finally, at length, in short, after all, at last, lastly.

enflammé, -e, part., on fire, in flames, ignited; kindled.

enflammer, v.a., to set on fire, to fire, to set in a blaze, to kindle; to inflame, to heat; to incense, to provoke.

s’enflammer, v.r., to take fire, to be kindled, to be inflamed, to blaze; to be ablaze; to be incensed; to ignite. On vit tout le vaisseau s’—; they saw the whole ship ablaze or break into flames.

enflé, -e, part., swelled, inflated, puffed up, bloated; (lit.) bombastic, turgid, high-flown.

enfle-bœuf, n.m., golden-beetle.

enflécher, v.n., (nav.) to go up into the shrouds.

enfléchure, n.f., shroud, ratline.

enfler, v.a., to swell, to swell out, to blow out, to bloat; to puff up, to distend, to elate, to excite; to inflate. Le vent enflait nos voiles; the wind swelled our sails.

s’enfler, v.r., to swell, to grow turgid. La voile s’enfle; the sail swells out. S’— d’orgueil; to be puffed up with pride.

enflure, n.f., bloatedness, swelling; (fig.) bombast, turgidness. — du style; turgidness of style.

enfoncé, -e, part., broken open, sunken. Des yeux enfoncés; sunken eyes. —! (pop.) dished! done for!

enfoncement (ān-fons-mān), n.m., sinking, sinking down; breaking in; recess; (paint.) background.

enfoncer, v.a., to sink, to sink to the bottom; to drive in; to break in; to outwit, to surpass; to ruin, to blow up, to dish, to diddle. — un clou dans la muraille; to drive a nail into the wall. — son chapeau; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes. — un bataillon; to break through a battalion.

s’enfoncer, v.r., to sink, to sink down; to break down; to bury one’s self in; to plunge; to fail, to make a mess of. S’— dans un bois; to dive into a wood. Cet homme s’enfonce dans l’étude; that man buries himself in study. S’— dans la débauche; to plunge into debauchery.

enfoncer, v.n., to sink.

enfonceur, n.m., one who breaks in or through anything; (fig.) cheat, diddler. — de portes ouvertes; braggart.

enfonçure, n.f., cavity, hole, hollow; boards (of a bedstead); bottom pieces (of casks).

enforcir, v.a., to strengthen.

s’enforcir, v.r., to gather strength; to grow stronger.

enforcir, v.n., to gather strength, to get strength.

enformer, v.a., to put on the block; to block (hats).

enfouir, v.a., to hide or bury in the ground, to cover with earth.

enfouissement (ān-foo-is-mān), n.m., burying, hiding in the ground.

enfouisseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., burier.

enfourcher, v.a., to bestride, to straddle; to pierce with a pitchfork.

enfourchure, n.f., fork, crotch; (hunt.) forked head (of a stag).

enfourner, v.a., to put in the oven. Bien —, mal —; to make a good, a bad, beginning.

enfournée, n.f., putting in the oven or kiln.

s’enfourner, v.r., to get into a difficult road, into a blind alley, into a scrape.

enfreindre (enfreignant, enfreint), v.a., to infringe, to break, to violate. — un traité; to infringe a treaty. — les lois; to transgress the laws.

enfroquer, v.a., (b.s.) to make (any one) turn monk or friar.

s’enfroquer, v.r., (b.s.) to turn monk.

s’enfuir, v.r., to run away, to flee, to take flight, to escape; to run off; to elope; to run out, to leak. Ils s’étaient enfuis de prison; they had made their escape from prison. La bouteille s’enfuit; the bottle leaks.

enfumé, -e, part., smoked, smoky.

enfumer, v.a., to smoke, to fill with smoke, to smoke out. — un renard; to smoke out a fox.

enfutage, n.m., casking.

enfutailler, v.a., to cask, to barrel, to tun.

engagé, n.m., enlisted soldier.

engagé, -e, part., engaged, enlisted; (nav.) in action, water-logged. La clef est —e dans la serrure; the key sticks in the lock. Vaisseau —; water-logged ship.

engageant, -e (-jān-t), adj., engaging, winning, pleasing, taking, winsome. Il a des manières —es; he has winning manners.

engageantes, n.f.pl., short under-sleeves with lace cuffs.

engagement (ān-gaj-mān), n.m., engagement, pledging, pawning; engagement (promise); enlisting; (milit.) bounty; (milit.) action. pl., (com.) liabilities. Entrer dans un —; to enter into an engagement. Manquer à un —; to fail to keep an engagement.

engager, v.a., to pawn, to pledge; to engage, to induce, to invite, to persuade, to urge; (milit.) to enlist; to hire; to bind; (b.s.) to involve; to unite; to compel. — ses meubles; to pledge one’s furniture. Cela ne vous engage à rien; that binds you to nothing. — quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire; to entangle any one in a bad business. — le combat; to begin the action. — un soldat; to enlist a soldier. — une clef dans une serrure; to entangle a key in a lock.

s’engager, v.r., to engage one’s self, to be a security, to promise, to take upon one’s self, to undertake, to bind one’s self; to hire one’s self; to enlist; to entangle one’s self, to get involved. S’— pour un ami; to stand security for a friend. S’— dans une mauvaise affaire; to get involved in a bad business. Le combat ne tarda pas à s’—; the battle soon began.

☉engagiste, n.m., tenant (of crown lands).

engaîner, v.a., to sheathe; to case; to put up (of swords).

enganter, v.a., (nav.) to come up with, to overtake, to overreach; to entrap, to cajole, to insnare.

engazonner, v.a., to turf; to cover with turf.

engeance (an-jāns), n.f., breed, brood (animal); (b.s.) race (pers.). Des poules d’une grande —; hens of a large breed. Maudite —; cursed race. Quelle —! what a lot or set!

engeancer, v.a., to embarrass; to saddle (with).

engelure (an-jlur), n.f., chilblain.

engendrer, v.a., to beget, to engender, to generate, to procreate; to breed, to spawn; (fig.) to produce, to give rise, to occasion. Ne pas — la mélancolie; to be of a very gay disposition. Le mauvais air engendre des maladies; bad air breeds diseases. La familiarité engendre le mépris; familiarity begets contempt.

s’engendrer, v.r., to be bred, engendered; to breed, to be produced, generated.

engeoler, v.a. V. enjôler.

engeoleur, n.m. V. enjôleur.

engerber, v.a., to sheaf, to bind, to heap up.

engin, n.m., machine, engine; snare, gin, net; hoist (of a mill).

englober, v.a., to unite; to put, to throw, together.

engloutir, v.a., to swallow up, to devour; to ingulf; to absorb; to dissipate, to squander away; to run through.

s’engloutir, v.r., to be swallowed up, to be ingulfed.

engloutissement, n.m., ingulfing, swallowing up, sinking.

engloutisseu-r, -se, n.m.f. and adj., swallower, devourer; devouring.

engluer, v.a., to lime, to daub with bird-lime; (fig.) to take in.

s’engluer, v.r., to be caught, to stick in bird-lime; to be caught, to be taken in (pers.).

engoncé, -e, adj., awkward, ungainly.

engoncement, n.m., awkward appearance.

engoncer, v.a., to cramp, to disfigure, to give an awkward appearance to.

engorgement, n.m., obstruction, stopping up, congestion.

engorger, v.a., to obstruct, to block up, to choke up, to stop up; (med.) to congest.

s’engorger, v.r., to be obstructed, choked up; (med.) to be congested.

engoué, -e, adj., infatuated with; wrapped up in; obstructed, choked.

engouement or engoûment (ān-goo-mān), n.m., infatuation; (med. vet.) obstruction. On ne saurait le faire revenir de son —; it is impossible to cure him of his infatuation.

engouer, v.a., to obstruct the throat; to infatuate.

s’engouer, v.r., to obstruct one’s throat; to be obstructed; to be infatuated. S’— d’une femme; to be wrapped up in a woman.

engouffrer, v.a., to ingulf, to swallow up.

s’engouffrer, v.r., to be ingulfed; to blow hard; to rush (of the wind in a narrow passage); to run into. Le vent s’engouffre dans la cheminée; the wind rushes into the chimney. Que de fortunes se sont engouffrées dans cette entreprise! how many fortunes have been swallowed up in that enterprise!

engoulé, -e, adj., gobbled up; (her.) engoulee.

engouler, v.a., to swallow up, to gobble up.

engoulevent (ān-gool-vān), n.m., (orni.) fern-owl; goat-sucker.

engourdi, -e, adj., torpid, benumbed, dull.

engourdir, v.a., to benumb, to make torpid; to dull, to make languid, to enervate. Le froid engourdit les mains; cold benumbs one’s hands. L’oisiveté engourdit l’esprit; idleness benumbs the mind.

s’engourdir, v.r., to get benumbed; to become torpid, enervated, enfeebled.

engourdissement (ān-goor-dis-mān), n.m., numbness, torpor, enervation. Avoir un — au bras; to have a numbness in the arm. Tirer quelqu’un de son —; to rouse any one from his torpor.

engrainer, v.a., to feed with grain; to fill the mill-hopper.

engrais, n.m., rich pasture; fatting; manure, soil. Mettre des bœufs à l’—; to put oxen to fatten.

engraissement (ān-grès-mān), n.m., fattening; corpulence.

engraisser, v.a., to fatten, to cram (poultry); to manure. — des bestiaux; to fatten cattle.

engraisser, v.n., to become corpulent; to fatten; to thrive.

s’engraisser, v.r., to fatten, to grow fat, stout; to grow rich; to grow thick or ropy. S’— des misères publiques; to fatten on public misery.

engranger, v.a., (agri.) to get in, to house, to store.

engravement (ān-grav-mān), n.m., (nav.) stranding.

engraver, v.a., to run aground, to strand; (nav.) to place, to hide, things in the ballast.

engraver, v.n., s’—, v.r., (nav.) to get embedded in the sand.

engrêlé, -e, adj., (of lace) purled; (her.) engrailed.

engrêler, v.a., (her.) to engrail; to purl.

engrêlure, n.f., purl; (her.) engrailing.

engrenage, n.m., gear, gearing (mec.). À —; serrated. Roue d’—; brake-wheel.

engrener, v.a., to put corn (in the mill-hopper); to feed with corn; to throw into gear, to engage (mec.).

s’engrener, v.r., to work into each other (of toothed wheels); to be put in gear. Ces roues s’engrènent bien; these wheels work well into each other.

engrener, v.n., to put corn (into the mill-hopper); to work into each other (of toothed wheels); to begin. Il a bien engrené; he has begun well.

engrenure, n.f., toothing, cogging.

engrosser, v.a., (l.ex.) to make pregnant, to get with child. v.n., to be with child.

s’engrumeler, v.r., to clot, to coagulate.

*enguenillé, -e (āng-), part., tattered.

*engueniller, v.a., to clothe in tatters.

*s’engueniller, v.r., to be clothed in tatters.

enhardir, v.a., to embolden, to encourage. Ce succès l’avait enhardi; that success had emboldened him.

s’enhardir, v.r., to make bold, to grow bold. Il s’est enhardi à parler en public; he made bold to speak in public.

enharmonique, adj., (mus.) enharmonic.

enharnachement, n.m., harnessing, trappings.

enharnacher, v.a., to harness; to rig out, to deck out, to accoutre. Vous voilà plaisamment enharnaché; you are oddly accoutred.

enherber, v.a., to turn into pasture land.

énieller, v.a., to clear of corn-cockles.

énigmatique, adj., enigmatical.

énigmatiquement (-tik-mān), adv., enigmatically.

énigme, n.f., enigma, riddle. Deviner une —; to guess a riddle. Vous parlez par —s; you speak in riddles. Proposer une —; to put a riddle. Mot d’une —; answer to a riddle.

enivrant, -e, adj., intoxicating.

enivré, -e, part., intoxicated.

enivrement, n.m., intoxication.

enivrer, v.a., to inebriate, to intoxicate; to elate. La bière enivre comme le vin; beer intoxicates as well as wine. La prospérité nous enivre; prosperity elates us.

s’enivrer, v.r., to get intoxicated; to be elated (with). Il s’est enivré à ce repas; he got intoxicated at that diner. S’— d’espérance; to be elated with hope. S’— de son vin; to drink alone and to excess; to have too good an opinion of one’s self.

enjabler, v.a., to bottom or head (a cask).

enjaler, v.a., (nav.) to stock (an anchor).

enjambée, n.f., stride. Faire de grandes —s; to take long strides.

enjambement (ān-jān-bmān), n.m., (poet.) running of the sense into the next line; overlapping; encroaching.

enjamber, v.n., to stride; to project, to encroach upon; (poet.) to overlap, to encroach.

enjamber, v.a., to stride over, to skip or leap over.

enjaveler (ān-ja-vlé), v.a., (agri.) to sheaf.

enjeu, n.m., stake (at play). Retirer son —; to withdraw one’s stake; to declare off.

enjoindre, v.a., to enjoin, to charge, to direct, to command, to prescribe. Dieu nous enjoint d’observer ses lois; God commands us to observe his laws. Il lui est enjoint de; he is directed to.

enjôlement, n.m., wheedling, coaxing, inveigling.

enjôler, v.a., to coax, to wheedle, to inveigle.

enjôleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., wheedler, coaxer.

enjolivement (-liv-mān), n.m., embellishment, decoration, ornament, set-off, flourish.

enjoliver, v.a., to embellish, to adorn, to set off, to ornament, to beautify.

enjoliveur, n.m., (b.s.) embellisher.

enjolivure, n.f., set-off, ornament, embellishment.

enjoué, -e, adj., playful, sprightly; lively, sportive. Il a l’humeur —e; he is of a playful disposition. Il écrit d’un style —; he writes in a sportive style.

enjouement or enjoûment (ān-joo-mān), n.m., playfulness, sportiveness, sprightliness, liveliness, humor. Avec —; playfully.

enkysté, -e, adj., (med.) encysted.

s’enkyster, v.r., to become encysted.

enlacement (ān-las-mān), n.m., lacing, entwining; interweaving, entanglement.

enlacer, v.a., to lace; to entwine; to twist; to interlace; to clasp; to interweave. — quelqu’un dans ses bras; to clasp in one’s arms.

s’enlacer, v.r., to entwine; to twist; to be interlaced.

enlaidir, v.a., to make ugly, to disfigure.

enlaidir, v.n., to grow ugly, to be disfigured.

enlaidissement (-dis-mān), n.m., ugliness; disfigurement.

enlèvement (ān-lèv-mān), n.m., carrying off; removal; carrying off forcibly, kidnaping; abduction; translation (to heaven); buying up, monopoly. L’— des Sabines; the rape of the Sabines.

enlever, v.a., to lift, to raise; to carry, to carry off; to carry away; to rescue; to pick out; to carry away forcibly, to kidnap; to take off, to clear away, to remove; to sweep off; to charm, to delight, to burn (the mouth). On lui a enlevé sa femme; his wife has been carried off. On lui a enlevé ses meubles; his furniture has been removed. Enlevez cela de dessus la table; take that off the table. — une place; (milit.) to carry a town. — la peau; to flay the skin. La mort l’a enlevé à la fleur de son âge; death carried him off in his prime. — des taches; to take out stains. — tous les prix; to carry off all the prizes. Cela enlève la bouche; that burns the mouth. Enlevé! carried! done! Se faire — par; to elope with.

s’enlever, v.r., to rise, to be lifted; to come off, to peel off; to come out; to go off (of goods on sale); to get into a passion.

enleveur, n.m., kidnaper, abductor, ravisher.

enlier, v.a., (mas.) to bond, to bind (stones).

enlisement, n.m., ingulfing, swallowing up (in sand).

s’enliser, v.r., to be ingulfed, swallowed up.

enluminer, v.a., to color, to illuminate, to flush (the complexion); (lit.) to overload with ornaments. Visage enluminé; flushed or red face.

s’enluminer, v.r., to rouge, to paint. S’— la trogne (triv.); to get a red nose (from drinking).

enlumineu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., map or print colorer; illuminator.

enluminure, n.f., coloring; colored print; tinsel.

ennéagone (è-n-né-), n.m., (geom.) enneagon.

ennéagonal, adj., nonagon, enneagonal.

ennéandrie (è-n-né-), n.f., (bot.) enneandria.

ennemi, n.m., -e, n.f., (è-n-mi), enemy, foe; thing prejudicial. — déclaré; open or avowed enemy. C’est autant de pris sur l’—; it is so much gained from the enemy. Il n’y a pas de petit —; every enemy is to be feared.

ennemi, -e, adj., hostile, inimical; injurious; adverse, contrary, hurtful, prejudicial; (paint.) unfriendly. La fortune —e; adverse fortune. L’armée —e; the enemy.

ennoblir, v.a., to ennoble, to dignify, to exalt.

s’ennoblir, v.r., to be ennobled, exalted. S’— de; to be proud of, to rejoice at.

ennui, n.m., tediousness, weariness; tedium, spleen, vexation, boredom; tiresome thing; nuisance. Quel —! what a nuisance!

ennuyant, -e, adj., annoying, tedious, irksome, tiresome. Cela est fort —; that is very tiresome. Temps —; trying weather.

ennuyer, v.a., to tire, to weary, to be tiresome, to be tedious, to tease, to annoy, to bother, to vex, to bore. Cela m’ennuie; that annoys me. Cela m’ennuie à la mort; that bores me to death.

s’ennuyer, v.r., to be wearied, to have a bad time of it, to tire one’s self, to feel dull, to be bored. Il s’ennuie de tout; he wearies of everything.

ennuyeusement (ān-nui-ieûz-mān), adv., tediously, irksomely.

ennuyeu-x, -se, n. and adj., tiresome person, bore; tedious, wearisome, dull, tiresome; annoying, provoking, vexing. Livre —; dull, tedious book.

énoncé, n.m., statement; (geom.) enunciation, assertion, déclaration, terms.

énoncer, v.a., to state, to express, to declare, to utter, to word, to enunciate.

s’énoncer, v.r., to express one’s self; to be expressed. Il s’énonce bien; he expresses himself well. Il n’a pas le don de s’—; he has not the gift of expressing himself clearly.

énonciati-f, -ve, adj., enunciative, enunciatory.

énonciation, n.f., enunciation, delivery, utterance; statement; expression, wording.

*enorgueillir (ān-nor-ghĕ-yir), v.a., to make proud, to elevate, to puff up.

*s’enorgueillir (ān-nor-ghĕ-yir), v.r., to be, to grow proud of, to be puffed up, to become elated, to glory in, to pride one’s self upon.

énorme, adj., enormous, huge, atrocious, heinous. Crime —; heinous crime.

énormément, adv., enormously, hugely, immensely, beyond measure.

énormité, n.f., enormousness, hugeness, vastness; enormity, atrocity, heinousness.

énouage, n.m., burling, picking.

énouer, v.a., to pick cloth; to burl.

☉enquérant, -e, adj., inquisitive, prying.

s’enquérir (s’enquérant, enquis), v.r., to inquire, to ask, to make inquiries. Il faut s’— de la vérité du fait; we must inquire into the truth of the matter.

enquête, n.f., inquiry, inquest; investigation, examination, commission. — en matière criminelle; criminal investigation. Ordonner une —; to direct an inquiry to be made; to appoint a commission of inquiry.

☉s’enquêter, v.r., to inquire, to care for.

enraciné, -e, adj., rooted, inveterate, deep seated.

enraciner, v.a., to root, to implant. Des préjugés enracinés; inveterate prejudices.

s’enraciner, v.r., to take root, to become rooted. Il ne faut pas laisser s’— les maux; evils must not be allowed to take root.

enragé, -e, part., mad, rabid, desperate, raging, enraged; obstinate, determined. Manger de la vache —e; to know hard times; to undergo great hardships. Un chien —; a mad dog.

enragé, n.m., madman.

enrageant, -e (-jān, -t), adj., vexing, maddening.

enrager, v.n., to be mad, to run mad, to go mad, to be enraged, to fume; to stamp with rage. Faire —; to madden. — contre quelqu’un; to be enraged against any one. Il n’enrage pas pour mentir; he makes light of telling lies.

enraiement or enrayement, n.m., putting on the drag, skidding; locking.

enrayer, v.a., to put spokes to; to skid (a wheel), to put on the drag; to apply the brake; (agri.) to plow the first furrow; (fig.) to stop; to keep down, to moderate, to stem.

enrayer, v.n., to put on the drag, to skid (of a wheel); (fig.) to keep down, to moderate, to check.

enrayure, n.f., drag, skid; lock-chain.

enrégimenter, v.a., to embody, to form into regiments; to enroll.

enregistrable, adj., registrable.

enregistré, -e, adj., registered, recorded.

enregistrement, n.m., registering, registry, entry, enrollment. Faire l’—; to register.

enregistrer, v.a., to register, to enter in a register, to enroll, to record.

enregistreur, n.m., registrar.

enrêner, v.a., to rein in, to tie by the reins.

enrênoire, n.f., peg for tying reins.

enrhumer, v.a., to give a cold to any one. Je suis enrhumé; I have a cold. Être enrhumé du cerveau; to have a cold in the head.

s’enrhumer, v.r., to catch cold.

enrichi, n.m., -e, n.f., upstart.

enrichir, v.a., to enrich, to make rich; to adorn, to embellish; to store. — son esprit; to enrich one’s mind.

s’enrichir, v.r., to enrich one’s self with, to grow rich, to thrive; to be stored. S’— des dépouilles d’autrui; to thrive on the spoils of others.

enrichissement (-shis-mān), n.m., enriching, embellishment, adornment.

enrôlement (ān-rôl-măn), n.m., enlisting, enlistment, enrollment.

enrôler, v.a., to enlist, to enroll.

s’enrôler, v.r., to enroll one’s self, to enlist.

enroué, -e, adj., hoarse, husky.

enrouement or enroûment (ān-roo-mān), n.m., hoarseness, huskiness.

enrouer, v.a., to make hoarse.

s’enrouer, v.r., to become, to get, hoarse, husky.

*enrouiller, v.a., to rust, to make rusty. L’humidité enrouille le fer; damp rusts iron.

s’enrouiller, v.r., to grow, to get rusty.

enroulement (ān-rool-mān), n.m., rolling up; (arch.) scroll.

enrouler, v.a., to roll, to roll up, to twist, to coil.

s’enrouler, v.r., to roll one’s self up; to roll up; to twist round.

enrubanner, v.a., to deck out with ribbons.

s’enrubanner, v.r., to deck one’s self out with ribbons; to adorn one’s self too much.

enrue, n.f., large furrow.

ensablement, n.m., sand-bank; ballasting.

ensabler, v.a., to run aground, to strand; to cover with sand; to ballast.

s’ensabler, v.r., to run aground; to sink in sand; to be blocked up with sand.

ensacher, v.a., to bag.

ensaisinement, n.m., (feudal law) acknowledging a purchaser of land as a tenant.

ensaisiner, v.a., to put in possession of property; (feudal law) to acknowledge a purchaser of land as a tenant.

ensanglanter, v.a., to make bloody, to stain with blood.

enseignable, adj., teachable.

*enseignant, -e, adj., teaching. Corps —; university; body of teachers; staff.

*enseigne, n.f., mark, sign, sign-board; ensign (flag); ☉ensigncy; streamer (flag). n.m., ensign (officer), standard-bearer. — de vaisseau; sub-lieutenant. À bonnes —s; deservedly; on sure grounds. Être logé à même —; to be in the same predicament. À telles —s que; so much so that; as proof. À bon vin point d’—; good wine needs no bush.

*enseignement (ān-sègn-mān), n.m., precept, instruction, teaching, teaching profession; tuition; lesson. ☉pl., (jur.) proof. Il est dans l’—; he is a teacher, a master.

*enseigner, v.a., to teach, to teach how to, to instruct; to show, to inform, to direct to. Enseignez-nous le chemin; show us the way. Enseignez-nous la maison; direct us to the house.

ensellé, -e, adj., saddle-backed.

ensemble, adv., together, conjointly, at the same time. Mêler —; to mix together. Ils ne sont pas bien —; they are not friends.

ensemble, n.m., whole, general effect; mass; uniformity; harmony. Tout cela forme un assez bel —; all that forms a respectable whole. Morceau d’—; a concerted piece of music; part music. Le tout —; the whole, the general effect. Mouvement d’—; combined movement.

ensemencement (āns-māns-mān), n.m., (agri.) sowing.

ensemencer, v.a., to sow. S’—; to be sowed.

enserrer, v.a., ☉to contain, to inclose; to lock up; to encompass, to hem in; (gard.) to put into a greenhouse.

ensevelir (ān-sĕ-vlir), v.a., to shroud, to put in a shroud; to bury; to swallow up, to entomb, to ingulf; to engross; to absorb. — les morts; to bury the dead. Être enseveli dans le chagrin; to be absorbed in grief.

s’ensevelir, v.r., to be buried; to bury one’s self.

ensevelissement (ān-sĕ-vlis-mān), n.m., putting in a shroud; burying, burial.

ensevelisseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., layer-out.

ensiforme, adj., ensiform, sword-shaped.

ensoleillé, -e, adj., sunny, bathed in sunshine.

ensorceler, v.a., to bewitch. Cette femme l’a ensorcelé; that woman has bewitched him.

ensorceleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., bewitcher. adj., bewitching.

ensorcellement (-sèl-mān), n.m., bewitchment.

ensoufrer, v.a., to dip in brimstone.

ensuite, adv., after, afterwards, then; in the next place; what then? what next? what of that! well! Vous irez là —; you will go there afterwards. — il me dit; then he told me. Et —? what then?

ensuite, prep., after (old). — de cela; after that. — de quoi; after which.

☉ensuivant, adj., following. V. suivant.

s’ensuivre, v.r., to follow, to result, to ensue, to spring, to proceed. Il s’ensuit que vous avez tort; it follows that you are in the wrong. Il ne s’ensuit pas que j’aie tort; it does not follow that I am wrong. De grands malheurs s’ensuivirent; great misfortunes resulted from it. [This verb is only used in the third person, singular and plural.]

entablement, n.m., (arch.) entablature; entablement; tablet.

s’entabler, v.r., (man.) to entable.

entacher, v.a., to taint, to infect; to sully, to tarnish.

*entaille, n.f., notch, gash; (carp.) mortise; groove.

*entailler, v.a., to notch; to cut away.

*entaillure, n.f., notch.

entame, n.f., first cut, first or outside slice (of a loaf).

entamer, v.a., to make an incision, to cut, to make the first cut; to broach, to begin; to break into; (milit.) to break through; (b.s.) to encroach, upon; (b.s.) to impair; to injure; to prevail upon. — la peau; to cut the skin. — un pain; to begin a loaf. — d’un coup de dent; to bite into. — une matière, un sujet; to begin, to broach a subject. — la réputation de quelqu’un; to injure any one’s reputation.

entamure, n.f., cut; first cut; incision; grazing; opening, beginning.

entassement (ān-tas-mān), n.m., heap, accumulation, pile; crowding.

entasser, v.a., to heap, to heap up, to pile up; to hoard, to hoard up; to accumulate; to cram; to huddle, to pack together. — des écus; to hoard up money. Personne entassée; thick-set person.

entasseur, n.m., hoarder, heaper.

ente, n.f., graft, block, tree bearing a graft; (paint.) handle (of a brush).

entement, n.m., grafting; joining.

entendement (ān-tand-mān), n.m., understanding; judgment, head, sense.

entendeur, n.m., hearer, understander. A bon — demi-mot suffit or a bon — salut; a word to the wise is sufficient.

entendre, v.a., to hear; to understand; to know; to expect, to require, to intend; to mean, to think proper. À vous —; according to you. J’ai entendu dire; I heard some people say. Il n’est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas —; none so deaf as those who won’t hear. — les témoins; to hear the witnesses. Il entend un peu l’anglais; he understands English a little. — mal; to misunderstand. Entendons-nous; let us come to a right understanding. — à demi-mot; to take the hint. Donner à —; to intimate, to hint. Ne pas — malice; to mean no harm. Il a fait allusion à votre disgrâce, mais sans y — malice; he alluded to your mishap, but he did not mean any harm. — raison; to listen to reason. — raillerie; to take a joke. Il n’entend pas raillerie; he cannot take a joke. Il n’entend pas la raillerie; he is no hand at jokes. — la messe, — les vêpres; to attend mass, vespers. Il entend bien son métier; he knows his trade very well. Cet homme n’entend rien aux affaires; that man knows nothing about business. Qu’entendez-vous par là? what do you mean by that? Chacun fait comme il l’entend; everybody does as he thinks proper.

s’entendre, v.r., to hear one another; to understand one another; to be heard; to be understood; to act in concert with, to have a secret understanding with; to come to an arrangement with; to come to terms with; to agree with, to be on good terms with; to be skillful in; to be a judge of. Le bruit est si grand qu’on ne s’entend pas; there is so much noise that we cannot hear one another speak. Le canon de Waterloo s’entendait à dix lieues du champ de bataille; the cannon of Waterloo were heard at a distance of ten leagues from the field of battle. On l’accuse de s’— avec l’ennemi; he is accused of acting in concert with the enemy. S’— à une chose; to be skillful in a thing. Il ne s’entend pas mal à cela; he is pretty well up in that. S’— en une chose; to understand how to do a thing. Il s’entend en musique; he understands music. Je m’entends bien; I know very well what I mean. Ils s’entendent pour me nuire; they have laid their heads together to injure me. Ils s’entendent comme larrons en foire; they are as thick as thieves. Cela s’entend or cela s’entend bien; let it be understood; of course, as a matter of course, to be sure.

entendre, v.n., to hear, to hear of; to approve of, to consent to; to listen to. — dur; — de corne; to be hard of hearing; to misunderstand. — clair; to be quick of hearing. Ne savoir auquel —; not to know whom to listen to, which to attend to first. Il n’entend pas de cette oreille-là; he is deaf on that side, or he does not see it in that light. J’entends que vous restiez avec moi; I expect you to remain with me.

entendu, -e, adj., heard; understood; agreed; arranged; managed; intelligent, skillful. Un homme bien — aux affaires; a man well up in business matters. Faire l’—; to put on a knowing look. —! all right, agreed. C’est —; that’s a bargain, that’s settled.

enténébrer, v.a., to involve in darkness; to wrap in darkness, in night.

entente, n.f., meaning; skill, judgment, understanding, agreement; harmony. Mots à double —; ambiguous words, with a double meaning. L’— est au diseur; everybody understands his own meaning best. L’— du coloris; skill in coloring.

enter, v.a., to graft, to ingraft. — de nouveau; to regraft. — en écusson; to bud, to ineye.

entérinement (-ri-n-mān), n.m., judicial ratification, confirmation.

entériner, v.a., to ratify, to confirm.

entérique, adj., (med.) enteric.

entérite, n.f., (med.) enteritis.

enterrement (ān-tèr-mān), n.m., burial, funeral, interment. Billet d’—; invitation to a funeral. Être prié à un —; to be invited to a funeral.

enterrer, v.a., to bury, to inter, to inhume; to survive, to eclipse, to surpass; to end, to terminate; to sink (of money). — son secret; to bury one’s secret. Molière a enterré tous ses devanciers; Molière threw all his predecessors into the shade. — la synagogue avec honneur; to terminate an affair with honor.

s’enterrer, v.r., to bury one’s self; to see no company; to go with his head to the ground (of a horse).

enterreur, n.m., burier; (zoöl.) sexton-beetle.

en-tête, n.m., (—-—s) heading; head; headline. — de facture; bill-head.

entêté, -e, n.m.f. and adj., stubborn person; obstinate, wayward, self-willed, stubborn; infatuated. — comme un âne; as stubborn as a mule. Il est — de cette femme; he is infatuated with that woman.

entêtement (ān-tê-tmān), n.m., stubbornness, waywardness; obstinacy; infatuation. Son — le perdra; his stubbornness will be his ruin.

entêter, v.a., to affect the head, to make giddy, to intoxicate; to prepossess, to infatuate, to render vain; to head (pins). Vin qui entête; heady wine. Les louanges nous entêtent; praises are apt to make us conceited.

s’entêter, v.r., to become stubborn, wayward, obstinate; to be infatuated with, to take a strong fancy to, to be bent upon; to do a thing at any price.

entêteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., header (of pins).

enthousiasme, n.m., enthusiasm, rapture, ecstasy.

enthousiasmer, v.a., to enrapture, to render enthusiastic. Il est enthousiasmé de cette musique; he is in raptures with that music.

s’enthousiasmer, v.r., to become enthusiastic; to be in raptures.

enthousiaste, n.m.f., enthusiast.

enthousiaste, adj., enthusiastic.

enthymème, n.m., (log.) enthymeme.

entiché, -e, part., (l.u.) infected (fruit); tainted, marred; infatuated with, wedded to; overfond of, overpartial to. Fruit —; spoiled fruit.

enticher, v.a., to taint, to infect; to infatuate. Vous l’avez entiché de ce système; you have infatuated him with that system.

s’enticher, v.r., to become infected; infatuated with; wedded to. Il s’est entiché de cette femme; that woman has bewitched him.

enti-er, -ère (-tié, -tiè-r), adj., entire, whole, complete, total; obstinate, positive, self-willed; (arith.) integral. Une —e soumission; complete submission. Cheval —; stone-horse, stallion, entire horse. Pain —; whole loaf. Nombre —; (arith.) integer. Il est très —; he is very self-willed or obstinate.

entier (-tié), n.m., entireness; (arith.) integral. En son —; at full length; in full, bodily, wholly.

entièrement (ān-tièr-mān), adv., entirely, wholly. — ruiné; utterly ruined.

entité, n.f., (philos.) entity.

entoilage, n.m., lining; pasting or mounting on canvas.

entoiler, v.a., to line; to mount upon canvas.

entoir, n.m., (hort.) grafting-knife.

entomologie, n.f., entomology.

entomologique, adj., entomological.

entomologiste, n.m., entomologist.

entonnement (ān-to-n-mān), n.m., tunning, barreling, casking.

s’entonner, v.r., (of the wind) to rush into, to blow down. Le vent s’entonne dans la cheminée; the wind blows down the chimney.

entonner, v.a., to tun, to barrel, to put into casks; (mus.) to begin to sing; to intonate, to strike up; to celebrate, to quaff. Il entonne bien; (pop.) he drinks hard. — une chanson à boire; to strike up a drinking song.

entonnerie, n.f., place where beer is barreled.

entonnoir, n.m., funnel; (anat.) funnel. Fleurs en —; funnel-shaped flowers; (fig. and pop.) tippler, hard-drinker, toper.

entorse, n.f., sprain; strain, twist, shock. Il s’est donné une — au pied; he has sprained his foot.

*entortillage, n.m., entanglement, intricacy, obscurity; subterfuge; circumlocution, equivocation; involved or obscure discourse.

*entortillé, -e, part., twined, wound about; twisted; (of style) involved, obscure.

*entortillement, n.m., winding, twining, twisting, entanglement; intricacy, obscurity. L’— d’un serpent; the twisting of a serpent.

*entortiller, v.a., to wrap, to roll round, to wind, to coil; to twist, to distort; to get round, to get the better of. Laissez-moi tranquille, vous m’entortillez; (pop.) leave me alone, you bother me.

s’entortiller, v.r., to twist round, to wind round; to twine.

entour, n.m., [always employed in the plural, save in the adverbial expression: À l’—; around]. —s; environs, adjacent parts; persons around one. Prendre les —s; to gain over to one’s interest the persons around any one.

entourage, n.m., frame; setting, mounting, (of jewelry); confidants, advisers, friends, servants, relations, circle, attendants.

entourer, v.a., to inclose, to surround, to encompass; to hem round. — une ville de murailles; to encompass a town with walls. Entouré de terre; land-locked. — quelqu’un de soins; to lavish attentions upon any one.

entournure, n.f., arm-hole; sloping (of sleeves).

en-tout-cas, n.m., (—) sun-shade.

s’entr’accorder, v.r., to agree together.

s’entr’accuser, v.r., to accuse one another.

entr’acte, n.m., (—-—s) (thea.) interval (between the acts); interlude, intermede. Dans l’—; between the acts. Faire de longs —s; to have long intervals, waits.

s’entr’admirer, v.r., to admire one another.

s’entr’aider, v.r., to help, to aid, one another.

*entrailles, n.f.pl., entrails, bowels, intestines, inward parts; feelings, tenderness, heart; pity. Elle a pour moi des — de mère; she has a motherly affection for me. Cet acteur a des —s; this actor has feeling.

s’entr’aimer, v.r., to love one another.

entrain, n.m., warmth; heartiness; spirit, spirits; animation; life; go.

entraînant, -e, adj., that carries away, captivating, inspiriting, seductive. Un style —; a captivating style. Eloquence —e; winning eloquence.

entraînement (ān-trè-n-mān), n.m., impulse, sway, prevalence; rapture, enthusiasm; temptation, allurement; training (of horses for races).

entraîner, v.a., to carry away, to sweep off; to hurry away, to hurry along; to draw, to drag after, to bring, to win, to gain, over; to drag away, along; to entail, to involve; to train (race-horses). — les cœurs; to win all hearts. — quelqu’un dans l’erreur; to lead any one into error. La guerre entraîne après elle bien des maux; war drags after it many evils.

entraîneur, n.m., horse-trainer.

entrait, n.m., (carp.) tie-beam.

entrant, -e, adj., ingoing, incoming, insinuating; entering office. Les conseillers —s; the newly appointed councilors.

entrant, n., person coming in. Les —s et les sortants; the outgoers and incomers.

s’entr’appeler, v.r., to call one another.

entrave, n.f., clog, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, shackle, fetter. pl., horse-lock; trammels, fetters.

entraver, v.a., to shackle, to clog; to fetter, to trammel; to hinder, to impede, to thwart. — un cheval; to shackle a horse.

entravon, n.m., cutting-boot (on a horse’s fetlock).

s’entr’avertir, v.r., to give one another notice, to warn one another.

entre, prep., between, betwixt; among, amongst, with; in, of, into. — le ciel et la terre; between heaven and earth. Regarder quelqu’un — les deux yeux; to stare at any one. Être — deux vins; to be half seas over. — chien et loup; between lights, at dusk. Ils résolurent — eux; they resolved among themselves. — autres; among others. Je le mettrai — vos mains; I will deliver it into your hands. Cela soit dit — nous; that is between ourselves.

entre-bâillé, -e, adj., ajar, half open.

*entre-bâillement, n.m., part-opening.

*entre-bâiller, v.a., to half open.

s’entre-baiser, v.r., to kiss one another.

s’entre-battre, v.r., to beat one another, to fight together.

s’entre-blesser, v.r., to wound one another.

entrechat, n.m., (dancing) caper, entrechat.

s’entre-chercher, v.r., to seek one another, to look for one another.

entrechoquement, n.m., clash; clashing; conflict.

s’entre-choquer, v.r., to knock, to clash, to beat, to dash, against one another; to interfere, to thwart each other.

s’entre-clore, v.r., to half-close.

entre-colonne, n.f., (—-—s) or entre-colonnement, n.m., (—-—s) (arch.) intercolumniation.

s’entre-connaître, v.r., to know each other.

entrecôte, n.m., (cook.) piece off the ribs.

s’entrecouder, v.r., to elbow one another.

entre-coupe, n.f., (—-—s), (arch.) turning-space.

entrecoupement, n.m., intersection; cutting; crossing; faltering.

entrecoupé, -e, part., broken (of words).

entrecouper, v.a., to traverse, to cross, to intersect; to stop, to interrupt, to break off.

s’entrecouper, v.r., to cut or cross one another; to interrupt one another; to intersect; (vet.) to hit or chafe one leg against the other.

entrecroisement, n.m., intersection, crossing.

s’entre-croiser, v.r., to cross one another, to intersect.

s’entre-déchirer, v.r., to tear one another to pieces.

s’entre-défaire, v.r., to defeat one another.

s’entre-détruire, v.r., to destroy one another.

entre-deux, n.m., (—) intermediate space; partition; cut; (cook.) middle pier-piece (of a cod); insertion (lace); (nav.) trough of the sea.

entre-deux, adv., (l.u.) betwixt and between.

s’entre-dévorer, v.r., to devour one another; to ruin one another.

s’entre-dire, v.r., to tell one another. S’— des injures; to call one another names.

s’entre-donner, v.r., to give one another.

entrée, n.f., entry, entrance; mouth; entering, coming in; reception; beginning; introduction, inlet; (cook.) first-course, side-dish; admission-money, entrance-money; custom-duty; entrée (dancing). L’— d’un port; the mouth of a harbor. — et sortie d’un acteur; entrance and exit of an actor. Avoir ses —s; to have free admission or access to, to be on the free-list of a theatre. Droit d’—; custom-duty. Payer l’—; to pay a town-due; (custom-house) to pay duty. Tuyau d’—; (tech.) inlet-pipe. ☉D’—; at first, at the first.

s’entre-fâcher, v.r., to anger one another.

entrefaites, n.f.pl., interval, meantime. Dans ces —, Sur ces —; meanwhile.

entre-filet, n.m., a short paragraph, note.

s’entre-fouetter, v.r., to whip or lash one another.

s’entre-frapper, v.r., to strike one another.

entregent, n.m., (fam.) shrewdness, address, tact. Cet homme fera son chemin, il a de l’—; that man will get on, he possesses tact.

s’entr’égorger, v.r., to cut each other’s throat; to kill one another.

s’entre-haïr, v.r., to hate each other.

s’entre-heurter, v.r., to knock or beat one against the other.

entre-jambes, n.m., fork; knee-hole.

entrelacement (-las-mān), n.m., interweaving, wreathing, blending, intertwining.

entrelacer, v.a., to interlace, to intertwine, to interweave, to wreathe, to weave, to braid; to plash; to wattle. Des branches entrelacées; interwoven branches.

s’entrelacer, v.r., to entwine, to twist, to wreathe.

entrelacs (-lâ), n.m., ciphers; flourishes; interlaced ornaments; (arch., paint.) twine.

entrelardé, -e, part., interlarded, streaky.

entrelarder, v.a., to interlard; to insert between.

entre-large, adj., (com.) of middle width.

*entre-ligne, n.m., (—-—s) space between lines, interlineation; (print.) space-line, lead.

s’entre-louer, v.r., to praise one another, to laud one another.

entre-luire, v.n., to glimmer.

s’entremanger, v.r., to eat one another.

entremêlement, n.m., intermixing; intermixture.

entremêler, v.a., to intermingle, to intermix.

s’entremêler, v.r., to intermingle, to intermix; to meddle. Des nuances qui s’entremêlent; shades (of color) which are blended together.

s’entre-mesurer, v.r., to measure each other.

entremets (-mè), n.m., (cook.) side-dish, entremets.

entremetteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., go-between, manager, mediator; procurer; procuress.

s’entremettre, v.r., to interpose, to interfere, to intermeddle, to meddle.

entremise, n.f., interposition, mediation, intervention, interference; medium, agency; (nav.) carling. Par l’— de la presse; through the medium of the press. Par son —; thanks to him.

s’entre-mordre, v.r., to bite one another.

s’entr’empêcher, v.r., to hinder, to thwart, one another.

entre-nœud, n.m., (—-—s) (bot.) internode.

entrenouer, v.a., to interknot.

s’entre-nuire, v.r., to hurt one another, to injure each other.

s’entre-pardonner, v.r., to pardon one another.

s’entre-parler, v.r., to speak to one another, to talk together.

entrepas, n.m., (man.) amble, ambling pace.

s’entre-percer, v.r., to run each other through, to pierce each other.

*s’entre-piller, v.r., to plunder one another.

*entre-pointillé, -e, adj., (engr.) composed of line and dotted engraving.

entrepont, n.m., (nav.) between decks, orlop deck. Dans les —; between decks.

entreposage, n.m., bonding, warehousing.

entreposer, v.a., to bond, to put in bond; to store, to warehouse.

entreposeur, n.m., bonded-warehouse-keeper; warehouse-keeper.

entrepositaire, n.m., bonder.

entrepôt, n.m., mart, free port, emporium; bond; bonded warehouse; store. — fictif; town warehouse. — réel; king’s warehouse, queen’s warehouse, bonded warehouse. Mutation d’—; removal to another warehouse; removal of bonded goods. Port à l’—; bonded port; warehousing port. En —; in bond. Faire une mutation d’—; to remove goods to another warehouse. Mettre en —; to bond. Réintégrer dans l’—; to rewarehouse.

s’entre-pousser, v.r., to push each other.

entreprenable, adj., undertakable.

entreprenant, -e, adj., enterprising, adventurous, venturesome; daring, bold, pushing, encroaching.

entreprendre, v.a., to undertake, to attempt, to take in hand, to take upon one’s self; to contract for, to contract to; to adventure, to offer, to venture; to trouble. — quelqu’un; to set on any one, to fall foul of any one, to banter or jeer any one.

entreprendre, v.n., to encroach on, to infringe upon; to undertake.

entrepreneur, n.m., master-builder; contractor. — de diligences; coach proprietor. — de maçonnerie; master-mason. — de pompes funèbres; undertaker.

entrepreneuse, n.f., maker.

entrepris, -e, adj., crippled, impotent; disconcerted. Il est — d’un bras; he has lost the use of an arm.

entreprise, n.f., enterprise, undertaking, attempt, venture; usurpation, violence; contract; (com.) concern, establishment, company. À —; by contract. Par —; by contract. Ouvrage à l’—; work by contract. — par masse de travaux; contract by the lump. Il échoue dans ses —s; he fails in his undertakings. — générale des messageries; general coach and conveyance office. Tenter l’—; to make the attempt.

s’entre-produire, v.r., to produce each other.

s’entre-quereller, v.r., to quarrel with each other.

entrer, v.n., to enter, to come in, to go in, to get in, to walk in, to march in, to drop in, to step in; to pierce, to run into; (astron.) to house; (nav.) to let in; to enter (book-keeping). — bien avant; to penetrate far. — une seconde fois; to re-enter. Faire —; to show in, to usher in, to send in. Faire — un vaisseau dans un bassin; to dock a ship. — dans le monde; to go out into the world or into society. — en possession; to take possession. — au service de quelqu’un; to enter any one’s service. — en maison; to go into service. — en religion; to become a monk or a nun. — dans sa vingtième année; to enter on one’s twentieth year. — en jeu; to come into play. Vous n’entrez pas dans ma pensée; you mistake my meaning. — dans les intérêts de quelqu’un; to side with any one. — dans les goûts; to be of any one’s taste. — en danse; to begin to dance. Faire — quelque chose dans un discours; to introduce something into a speech. Il y entre pour un cinquième; he has a fifth share in the enterprise. Cet article n’entre pour rien dans mes demandes; this article has nothing to do with my demands. On ne saurait lui rien faire — dans la tête; there is no driving anything into his head. On n’entre pas ici; no admittance here.

entre-rails, n.m., (rail.) gauge, four-foot way.

s’entre-regarder, v.r., to look at, to stare at one another.

s’entre-regretter, v.r., to regret each other.

s’entre-répondre, v.r., to answer one another.

entre-sabords, n.m., (nav.) between ports.

s’entre-saluer, v.r., to salute one another.

s’entre-secourir, v.a., to help, to succor, one another.

entresol, n.m., mezzanine, entresol (suite of low rooms between the ground floor and the first floor).

entre-sourcils, n.m., (—) space between the eyebrows.

s’entre-soutenir, v.r., to support one another.

s’entre-souvenir, v.r., to half remember.

s’entre-suivre, v.r., to follow each other, to succeed each other.

*entretaille, n.f., (engr.) interline; (dancing) change of foot.

*s’entre-tailler. V. s’entrecouper (vet.).

*entretaillure, n.f., (vet.) cutting, crepance.

s’entre-talonner, v.r., to tread on each other’s heels; to follow each other closely.

entre-temps, n.m., (—) interval. Dans l’—; meanwhile.

entretenir (ān-trè-tnir), v.a., to hold, to hold together, to keep up; to keep in repair, to keep in good order; to keep, to preserve, to maintain, to support, to feed; to cherish; to converse, to talk with; to entertain. — les chemins; to keep the roads in repair. — la paix; to maintain peace.

s’entretenir, v.r., to hold together, to keep up; to be sustained, to be maintained, to be supported, to be kept up; to maintain, to keep, to support one’s self; to subsist; to converse with, to discourse with, to commune with, to talk to. S’— avec quelqu’un; to talk with any one. S’— par lettres; to converse by letters. S’— de quelqu’un; to speak of any one. Il s’entretient du jeu; he lives by gambling. S’— avec soi-même; to meditate, to reflect.

entretenu, -e, part. of entretenir. Femme —e; kept woman, mistress.

entretien (-ti-in), n.m., maintenance, keeping, living, livelihood; keeping in repair; conversation, discourse, talk; communication, conference. Faire l’— du public; to be the talk of the parish. Un homme d’un agréable —; a man of agreeable conversation.

entre-tisser, v.a., to interweave.

entre-tissu, -e, adj., interwoven.

entretoile, n.f., insertion; open-work.

entretoise, n.f., (carp.) tie-beam, cross-bar; cross-piece; transom.

s’entre-toucher, v.r., to touch one another.

s’entre-tuer, v.r., to kill each other.

s’entre-vendre, v.r., to sell to each other; to sell each other, to betray each other.

entre-voie, n.f., (—-—s) (rail.) the six-foot way.

entrevoir, v.a., to have or catch a glimpse of, to only just see, to discover a little of; to have an imperfect notion of, to foresee. — quelqu’un; to have a glimpse of any one. J’entrevois de grands obstacles; I foresee great difficulties. Laisser —; to show, to discover, to disclose.

s’entrevoir, v.r., to have a meeting, interview, conference; to see, to visit, each other.

entrevous, n.m., (carp.) interjoist.

entrevoûter, v.a., to plaster between joists.

entrevue, n.f., interview, meeting.

*entr’paillé, -e, adj., (l.ex.) big-bellied.

s’entr’obliger, v.r., to oblige each other.

entr’ouïr, v.a., (l.u.) to hear imperfectly.

entr’ouvert, -e, part., partly open, ajar; gaping, yawning; (man.) strained shoulder.

entr’ouverture, n.f., (vet.) shoulder strain.

entr’ouvrir, v.a., to open a little, to half-open. — une porte; to half-open; to set a door ajar.

s’entr’ouvrir, v.r., to open, to gape, to yawn; to be ajar.

s’entr’user, v.r., to wear each other out.

enture, n.f., (gard.) incision, cut (for grafting).

énumérateur, n.m., enumerator.

énumérati-f, -ve, adj., enumerative.

énumération, n.f., enumeration.

énumérer, v.a., to enumerate, to count, to reckon.

envahir, v.a., to invade, to overrun, to spread over, to overgrow; to encroach upon, to usurp.

envahissant, -e, adj., invading, encroaching.

envahissement (-is-mān), n.m., overrunning, invasion, encroachment, usurpation.

envahisseur, n.m., invader. adj., invading, encroaching; silting (of sand).

envaser, v.a., to fill up, to choke with mud.

s’envaser, v.r., (nav.) to stick fast in the mud; to become filled up and choked with mud; to silt up (of sand, etc.).

enveloppe (ān-vlop), n.f., wrapper, cover, covering; envelope; exterior; disguise; (anat.) coat; casing (of cylinders); tunic (of the eye); (fort.) envelope; (mec.) case, casing; (tech.) cage; (metal.) mold. — de voyage, hold-all. Ecrire sous l’— de quelqu’un; to write under another person’s cover.

enveloppé, -e, part., enveloped, surrounded; ambiguous, equivocal; confused; muddled. Être — dans un désastre; to be involved in a misfortune.

enveloppement (ānv-lop-mān), n.m., enveloping, surrounding; wrapping up, envelopment.

envelopper, v.a., to envelop, to wrap up, to cover, to fold up, to do up, to put up; to muffle; to beset, to inclose, to environ, to hem in, to surround; to involve, to implicate; to disguise. — quelque chose de papier; to wrap anything up in paper. — l’ennemi; to hem in the enemy.

s’envelopper, v.r., to cover or wrap one’s self up, to envelop one’s self, to muffle one’s self up; to involve one’s self.

envenimer, v.a., to poison, to envenom, to irritate, to inflame, to exasperate. — une plaie; to irritate a wound. Il l’a envenimé contre moi; he has exasperated him against me.

s’envenimer, v.r., to be envenomed; to fester, to rankle.

enverger, v.a., to garnish with little willow branches.

enverguer (-ghé), v.a., (nav.) to bend a sail to the yards.

envergure, n.f., unfolding; (nav.) extent of sail upon the yards; length of a yard; spread of a bird’s wings when extended. D’—; from tip to tip.

envers (ān-vèr), prep., towards, to. Je vous défendrai — et contre tous; I will defend you against all men or against the whole world.

envers, n.m., wrong side, reverse side, back. À l’—; on the wrong side; inside out. Il a l’esprit à l’—; he is wrong-headed, crack-brained, beside himself.

à l’envi, adv., in emulation of one another, emulously vying with one another. À l’— l’un de l’autre; in emulation of one another. Ils travaillent à l’— l’un de l’autre; they vie with each other as to who shall work most.

enviable, adj., enviable, to be envied.

envie, n.f., envy, enviousness; wish, desire, longing, hankering, inclination; birth-mark; hangnail. L’— le dévore; he is eaten up with envy. Sécher d’—; to pine away with envy. Faire —; to be tempting. Porter — à quelqu’un; to envy any one. Avoir — de; to have a mind to. J’ai grande — d’aller la voir; I have a great mind to go and see her. — de dormir; sleepiness, drowsiness. On lui en a donné —; they have set him all agog upon it. L’— lui en est passée; his longing is over. Il m’en a ôté l’—; he has put me out of conceit with it. Passer son — de quelque chose; to satisfy one’s longing for anything. Il a une — au visage; he has a birth-mark on his face. Il ne fait — à personne; no one envies him.

envié, -e, part., envied. Il est — de tout le monde; he is envied by everybody.

☉*envieilli, -e, adj., inveterate, long-established, old, of long standing; hardened. V. endurci, invétéré.

☉*envieillir, v.a., to make one look old. V. vieillir.

envier, v.a., to envy, to be envious of, to grudge; to desire, to long for, to wish for. Je ne lui envie point sa bonne fortune; I do not envy him his good fortune.

envieu-x, -se, adj., envious, jealous. Se faire des —; to excite envy.

enviné, -e, adj., smelling of wine. Ce baril est —; that cask smells of wine.

environ, adv., about, nearly, thereabouts.

environnant, -e, adj., surrounding.

environner, v.a., to surround; to stand round; to encompass, to beset; to environ; to encircle, to inclose. — d’une balustrade; to inclose with a rail. Les gardes qui environnaient le prince; the guards who stood round the prince. L’éclat qui l’environne; the splendor which surrounds him.

environs, n.m.pl., environs; vicinity, neighborhood; country round.

envisager, v.a., to look, to stare, in the face, to eye, to face; to consider, to view, to look upon, to look at. — de sang froid le péril; to look danger in the face.

envoi, n.m., sending; thing sent, present, packet, parcel, package, goods forwarded; goods to be forwarded; (lit.) envoy; (nav.) order to put the helm alee. Compléter un —; to make up a parcel. Faire un —; to send off a parcel or package. Lettre d’—; letter of advice.

s’envoiler, v.r., (metal.) to warp, to bend.

envoisiné, -e, adj., surrounded by neighbors.

envoisiner, v.a., to surround with neighbors.

s’envoler, v.r., to fly away, to take wing; to be carried off (by the wind); to disappear, to vanish. L’oiseau s’est envolé; the bird has flown.

envoûtement, n.m., magical charm.

envoûter, v.a., to cast a spell on any one.

envoyé, n.m., envoy; deputy, delegate; messenger. L’— de Dieu; the messenger of God.

envoyer, v.a., to send, to forward, to dispatch; to transmit. Je vous envoie mon domestique; I send you my servant. — chercher; to send for. — au diable, — à tous les diables; to send to the devil. — paître, — promener; to send off, to send about one’s business; to send any one off with a flea in his ear. — dire; to send word. — en prison; to commit to prison. Envoie! (nav.) bout-ship! S’—; to send to each other; to be sent.