A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 2)

s’aliter, v.r., to keep one’s bed, to be bedridden, to take to one’s bed.

alizari, n.m., madder-root.

alize, adj., (nav.). Vents —s; trade-winds.

alizé, n.f. V. alise.

alizier, n.m. V. alisier.

alkali, &c. V. alcali, &c.

alkékenge, n.m., winter-cherry.

alkermès (-ess), n.m., alkermes.

allah (al-la), n.m., Alla, Allah.

allaitement (-lèt-mān), n.m., lactation, nursing, suckling.

allaiter, v.a., to suckle, to give suck, to nurse.

allant, n.m., goer. — et venants; goers and comers.

allant, -e, adj., stirring, bustling, fond of going about.

allantoïde, n.f., (anat.) allantois.

allèchement, n.m., allurement, enticement, bait.

allécher, v.a., to allure, to entice, to attract.

allée, n.f., going; passage, entry, alley; lane; walk. Une — couverte; a shady walk. Faire des —s et venues; to go in and out, to and fro.

allégation (al-lé-), n.f., citation, quotation, allégation.

allège, n.f., lighter, tender; (arch.) window basement, sill of the window; (rail.) tender. Frais d’—; (com.) lighterage.

allégeance (al-lé-jan-s), n.f., (l.u.) allegiance. Serment d’—; oath of allegiance.

allégeance, n.f., alleviation, relief.

allégement (al-léj-mān), n.m., alleviation, ease, relief.

alléger (al-lé-jé), v.a., to ease, to disburden, to lighten, to unload (a boat); to alleviate, to soften, to relieve, to assuage pain or grief; (nav.) to buoy up.

allégir, v.a., to lighten, to reduce.

allégorie (al-lé-), n.f., allegory. Par —; allegorically.

allégorique (al-lé-), adj., allegoric, allegorical.

allégoriquement (-mān), adv., allegorically.

allégoriser (al-lé-), v.a., to allegorize.

allégoriseur (al-lé-), n.m., allegorizer.

allégoriste (al-lé-), n.m., allegorist.

allègre (al-lègr), adj., brisk, nimble, sprightly, jolly, cheerful.

allègrement, adv., briskly, joyfully, merrily, joyously.

allégresse, n.f., mirth, cheerfulness, gladness, joy, gaiety, sprightliness, alacrity, glee, joyfulness. Cris d’—; shouts of gladness; huzzas.

allégretto (al-lé-grèt-to), adv. and n.m., (—s) (mus.) allegretto.

allégro (al-lé-), adv. and n.m., (—s) (mus.) allegro.

alléguer (al-lé-ghé), v.a., to allege; to quote, to bring in, to cite, to plead, to produce, to advance, to urge.

alléluia, n.m., hallelujah; (bot.) wood-sorrel.

allemand, -e (-mān, -mānd), adj., German. Une querelle d’—; a groundless quarrel.

allemand, n.m., -e, n.f., German.

allemande, n.f., allemande, a dance.

aller, n.m., going, course of time, run; (nav.) outward voyage. — et retour; voyage out and in. Billet d’— et retour; return ticket. Au long —; in the long run. Avoir l’— pour le venir; to lose one’s time and trouble. Au pis —; at the worst. C’est votre pis —; it’s your last shift.

aller (allant, allé), v.n., to go, to be going; to move, to be in motion or movement; to depart, to repair, to resort; to reach, to come, to lead, to end; to do; to be; to go forward, to go on; to succeed; to amount; to act; to proceed; to go about; to tend, to aim; to arrive; to lay; to stake; to play; to go to the water-closet; to work; to chance; to fit, to become, to be matched; to sail. — au marché; to go to market. Allez en paix; depart in peace. Allez au diable; go to the devil. — croissant; to go on increasing. La carte va à dix francs; the bill amounts to ten francs. Faire —; to make go, to set going. — à pied; to go on foot. — à cheval; to go on horseback, to ride. — en voiture; to ride in a carriage, to drive. — au pas; at a walking pace. — au trot; to trot. — au galop; to gallop. — au petit galop; to canter. — son train; to keep on, to take one’s own course. — bon train; to go on at a good round pace, to get on well. — à tâtons; to grope along. — au devant de quelqu’un, à la rencontre de quelqu’un; to go and meet any one. — çà et là; to ramble, roam about. Ne faire qu’— et venir; to do nothing but run backwards and forwards. Je ne ferai qu’— et venir; I will not stay; I shall be back again directly. Ma montre ne va pas; my watch does not go. Va vite; go quickly. Allant à; (nav.) bound for. Cela vous va; that suits you. Allons donc; come now; nonsense! Allez, va; be gone; be off. Ils vont venir; they will come presently. — se promener; to go for a walk. Allez vous promener; go about your business. La rivière va serpentant; the river winds about. — aux informations, aux renseignements; to make inquiries. — aux voix; to put to the vote. — aux provisions; to go marketing. Ce vase va au feu; this jug stands the fire. — de pair; to be equal. — de pair à compagnon avec quelqu’un; to be cheek by jowl with any one. Ce chemin va à l’église; this way leads to church. La montagne va jusqu’aux nues; the mountain reaches to the clouds. — de mal en pis; to go from bad to worse. Comment va la santé? how is your health? Comment cela va-t-il? how are you? Sa santé va de mieux en mieux; his health is better and better. Comment allez-vous? how do you do? Tout va bien; all is well. Cet homme ira loin; that man will distinguish himself. Le feu ne va pas bien; the fire does not burn well. Nos affaires vont mal; our affairs are in a bad way. Le commerce ne va plus; trade is at a standstill. Cela ne va pas mal; things are in a fair way. Votre habit vous va mal; your coat doesn’t fit you. Ces deux couleurs-là vont bien ensemble; those two colors are well matched. Il y va de bonne foi; he acts sincerely. Y — rondement; to act frankly, openly. Tous mes désirs vont là; all my wishes tend that way. C’est un adroit qui va à ses fins; he is a cunning fellow, he pushes his point. — à la gloire; to aim at glory. Est-ce ainsi que vous y allez? is this your way? Tudieu! comme vous y allez; egad! you go on at a fine rate. De combien allez-vous? how much do you stake? Va pour du vin! (fam.) well, let us have some wine. Allons, mes amis, courage; come, my friends, cheer up, take courage. Allez, n’avez-vous point de honte? fie, are you not ashamed? Allez, je veux m’employer pour vous; take heart, I’ll interest myself on your behalf. Voyez où j’en serais, si elle allait croire cela; see what a plight I should be in, if she should chance to believe that. — toujours; to keep on, (b.s.) to rattle on, blunder on. Allez toujours; go it. Se laisser aller; to yield, to give way, to abandon one’s self to a thing. Se laisser — à la tentation; to yield to temptation. Se laisser — à la douleur; to give one’s self up to grief. Laisser —; to release, to let go. Quand il devrait y — de tout mon bien; though my whole fortune were at stake. Songez qu’il y va de votre honneur; reflect that your honor is at stake. Il y allait de la vie; it was a question of life or death. Quand il y irait de ma vie; although my life were at stake. Il en va, il en ira; it is, it will be. Il en va de cette affaire-là comme de l’autre; it is with that affair as with the other. Où va le navire? (nav.) where are you bound to? — son chemin; to pursue one’s course. Il ira son chemin; he will make his way. Faire en — tout le monde; to drive everybody away. Faire en — des taches; to take out stains. Tous chemins vont à Rome; more ways than one lead to Heaven. Cela va tout seul; there is no difficulty in the thing, or it is all plain sailing. Cela ne va pas; it’s no go, I am not well. Cela va sans dire; that goes without saying; of course. Cela ira; that will do; we shall succeed. Cela n’ira pas loin; that will not last long. Cela n’ira pas plus loin; it shall go no further. N’y pas — de main morte; to go at it tooth and nail. N’y pas — par quatre chemins; not to beat about the bush. Qui va là? who goes there?

s’en aller, v.r., to go away, to set out, to go out, to march off, to depart, to take oneself off; to run, to scamper away; to retire; to run out, to boil over, to dwindle away; to evaporate; to die, to wear out; to sneak off. Va-t’en; allez-vous-en; go away; be off with you! Il faut que tout le monde s’en aille; everybody must go away. Allons-nous-en; let us go. Ils s’en vont; they are going away. Mon habit s’en va; my coat is wearing out. Il s’en va; he is dying. Je m’en fus; I went away. Je m’en vais vous dire; I’ll tell you what. Tout s’en est allé en fumée; all came to nothing.

alleu, n.m., allodium. Franc-— (—s-—s); a freehold.

alliacé, -e, adj., (bot.) alliaceous.

alliage, n.m., alloyage, alloy, mixture, union; (arith.) alligation. Sans —; pure, without alloy, type-metal.

alliaire, n.f., hedge-garlic.

alliance, n.f., alliance, marriage, match; confederacy; union; blending; wedding-ring; covenant.

allié, n.m., -e, n.f., ally; relation (by marriage).

allié, -e, part., allied, related (by marriage); akin, kindred. Les rois alliés; the confederate kings.

allier, v.a., to mix; to combine, to unite; to match, to marry; to join, to unite, to ally, to reconcile. — l’or avec l’argent; to alloy gold with silver.

s’allier, v.r., to be incorporated or mixed; to match, to enter into an alliance; to unite; to suit; to combine (of metals).

allier, n.m., partridge-net.

☉alliez, n.m., (bot.) tare. V. ivraie.

alligator, n.m., the American crocodile, alligator.

allitération (al-li-), n.f., alliteration.

allobroge (al-lo-), n.m., clown, lout, boor.

allocation (al-lo-), n.f., allocation, allowance; (mil. admin.) entry, item, supply.

allocution (al-lo-), n.f., allocution, address, speech, harangue.

allodial, -e (al-lo-), adj., allodial. Terres —es; freehold lands, freeholds.

allodialité (al-lo-), n.f., free-tenure.

allonge, n.f., a piece of stuff to eke out anything; leaf (of a table); rider (of a bill); (nav.) futtock.

allongé, -e, part., lengthened, elongated, outstretched.

allongement (-mān), n.m., lengthening, stretching out, elongation, delaying.

allonger, v.a., to lengthen, to elongate, to piece, to eke out; to stretch out; to wire-draw; to delay, to protract; (fenc.) to allonge, to fetch, to deal, to strike (a blow).

s’allonger, v.r., to stretch out, to lengthen, to grow longer, to stretch, to lie at full length.

allouable, adj., allowable, permissible.

allouer, v.a., to allow, to grant, to fix.

alluchon, n.m., cog, catch, tooth (of a wheel).

allumer, v.a., to light, to kindle, to set in a flame or on fire, to inflame, to incite, excite, stir up. — le feu; to kindle the fire. — une chandelle; to light a candle. — la guerre; to kindle war.

s’allumer, v.r., to be lighted, to light, to kindle, to catch or take fire, to be inflamed, to blaze; to brighten up, to sparkle, to glare; to flare up, to break out. Ce bois a bien de la peine à s’—; this wood won’t kindle.

allumette, n.f., match; fusee; spill. — chimique; lucifer-match. — en copeau; spill, pipe-light.

allumeur, n.m., lighter, lamp-lighter; (at auctions) puffer.

allure, n.f., gait, pace, way of walking; conduct, behavior, demeanor, carriage, way of proceeding; turn; (nav.) trim, appearance (of a vessel); pl., intrigues. Je le connais à son —; I know him by his gait. Je connais les —s de cet homme; I know that man’s way of dealing.

allusion (al-lu-), n.f., allusion, hint, innuendo. Faire — à quelque chose; to allude to something. Faire une — peu voilée; to give a broad hint.

alluvial, -e, adj., alluvious.

alluvien, -ne, (-in, -è-n), adj. V. alluvial.

alluvion (al-lu-), n.f., alluvion. D’—; alluvial.

almageste, n.m., almagest.

almanach (-nā), n.m., almanac, calendar. — du commerce; commercial directory. — d’adresse or des adresses; post office directory.

aloès (-èss), n.m., aloe; aloes.

aloétique, adj., aloetical.

aloi, n.m., alloy, standard; quality (of persons). Argent de bon —; good money. Homme de bas —; man of mean birth. Sans —; without alloy. Noblesse de bon —; true blue-blood.

☉aloïque, adj., aloetic.

alonge, &c. V. allonge, &c.

alopécie, n.f., (med.) alopecy, fox-evil.

alors, adv., then, at that time, in that case, in such a case. D’—; of that time. — même que; even when. — comme —; we shall know what to do, all in good time.

alose, n.f., (ich.) shad, alose.

alosier, n.f., alosière, n.f., shad-net.

alouchier, n.m., (bot.) white beam tree.

alouette, n.f., (orni.) lark. — huppée; tufted lark. — des champs; sky-lark. — lulu; wood-lark. Il attend que les —s lui tombent toutes rôties dans le bec; he expects a fortune to drop into his mouth. Pied d’—; (bot.) lark’s-heel, larkspur.

alourdir, v.a., to make dull, heavy, stupid. Je suis tout alourdi; my head is quite heavy.

s’alourdir, v.r., to grow dull, heavy.

alourdissement, n.m., heaviness, dullness.

aloyage, n.m., alloyage, mixture, pewterer’s alloy.

aloyau, n.m., sirloin or ribs of beef.

aloyer, v.a., to alloy gold and silver.

alpaca, n.m., alpaca, llama.

alpaga, n.m., alpaca (stuff).

alpestre, adj., alpine.

alpha, n.m., beginning, alpha.

alphabet, n.m., alphabet.

alphabétique, adj., alphabetical. Par ordre —; alphabetically. Répertoire —; alphabetical index.

alphabétiquement (-mān), adv., alphabetically.

alpin, -e, adj., alpine.

alpiniste, n.m., Alpine climber.

alpiou, n.m. Faire un —; to stake double.

alpiste, n.m., (bot.) canary-grass, phalaris.

alsacien, n.m., alsacienne, n.f., Alsatian, inhabitant of Alsace. — Lorrain, native of Alsace-Lorraine, now Elsass-Lothringen.

alsine, n.f. V. morgeline.

altaïque, adj., altaic, altaian.

altavelle, n.f., (pisc.) sting-ray, fire-flaire.

alte, n.f. V. halte.

altérable, adj., corruptible, alterable, adulterable.

altérable, n.s., (med.) alterative.

altérant, n.m., (med.) alterative.

altérant, -e, adj., that causes thirst; (med.) alterative.

altérati-f, -ve, adj., (med.) alterative.

altération, n.f., deterioration, corruption; adulteration, debasing; weakening, impairing, alteration, misrepresentation; excessive thirst. L’— de sa voix; the faltering of his voice. Tous les excès causent de l’— dans la santé; all excesses impair health.

altercas, n.m. V. altercation.

altercation, n.f., altercation, contest, wrangle, dispute.

altéré, -e, part., altered, adulterated; thirsty, dry. — de gloire; greedy of glory. — de sang; bloodthirsty, craving for blood.

alter ego, n.m., (n.p.) alter ego. C’est mon —; he is my other, second, self.

altérer, v.a., to alter, to change, to impair; to adulterate, to weaken; to mis-state, to distort, to pervert; to debase; to cause thirst; to disturb, to trouble; to discompose. Le soleil altère les couleurs; the sun makes colors fade. — la viande; to taint meat. — le caractère; to spoil the temper. — l’amitié; to weaken friendship. — la monnaie; to debase coin. Cette sauce aux anchois m’a fort altéré; that anchovy sauce has made me very dry, thirsty.

s’altérer, v.r., to be impaired or altered, to degenerate; to taint, to spoil, to falter, to tremble (of the voice). Le vin s’altère à l’air; wine spoils when exposed to the air. Sa santé commence à s’—; his health is beginning to be impaired.

altérer, v.n., to excite thirst, make thirsty.

alternance, n.f., alternation, succession.

alternat, n.m., alternateness; alternacy, rotation of crops.

alternati-f, -ve, adj., alternate, alternative.

alternative, n.f., alternative, choice, option. Je vous donne l’—; I give you your choice.

alternativement (-mān), adv., alternately, by turns.

alterne, adj., alternate, reciprocal.

alterné, -e, adj., (her.) alternate (quarters).

alterner, v.n., to alternate, to succeed each other alternately, to take in turns, to fill by turns, to produce a rotation of crops.

alterquer, v.n., to altercate, to dispute.

altesse, n.f., highness. Son — royale; his, her, royal highness.

althæa, n.m., (bot.) marsh-mallow.

alti-er, -ère, adj., haughty, proud, arrogant, lordly, lofty, elate, stately. Mine altière; haughty look.

altimètre, n.m., altimeter. V. hypsomètre.

altitude, n.f., altitude.

alto, n.m., (—s) (mus.) tenor violin, alto.

altruisme, n.m., altruism, altruist.

altruist, -e, adj., altruistic.

alude, n.f., colored sheep-skin, basil.

aludel, n.m., (chem.) aludel, earthen subliming pot.

alumelle, n.f., long and thin knife or sword-blade; (nav.) handspike-hole; sheathing.

alumine, n.f., alumina.

aluminé, -e, adj., alumish.

aluminer, v.a., to mix with alum.

alumineu-x, -se, adj., aluminous.

aluminière. V. alunière.

aluminium, n.m. (n.p.), aluminum, aluminium.

alun, n.m., alum.

alunage, n.m., (dye.) steeping in alum.

alunation, n.f., (chem.) alum-making.

aluner, v.a., to steep in alum-water.

alunière, n.f., alum-pit, alum works.

alvéolaire, adj., alveolar.

alvéole, n.m., alveolus, cell (in a honey-comb), socket (of a tooth).

alvin, -e, adj., (med.) alvine.

alysson, n.m., alysse, n.f., madwort, gold-dust.

amabilité, n.f., loveliness; kindness; amiableness, amiability.

amadis, n.m., tight sleeve.

amadou, n.m., German tinder; touch-wood, match-wood; pyrotechnical sponge.

amadouer, v.a., to coax, to wheedle, to cajole, to flatter, to gain over.

amadoueur, -se, n.m.f., tinder-maker; (fig.) coaxer, wheedler.

amadouvier, n.m., agaric, touch-wood.

amaigrir, v.a., to make lean, meagre, or thin, to emaciate, to reduce, to lessen; (arch.) to thin. C’est cela qui l’amaigrit; it is that which makes him grow thin.

amaigrir, v.n., to fall away, to grow lean or thin; (arch.) to shrink.

s’amaigrir, v.r., to grow thin, to fall away.

amaigrissement (-gris-mān), n.m., emaciation; wasting away, falling away, growing thin, leanness.

amalgamation, n.f., amalgamation.

amalgame, n.m., amalgam; medley, mixture, amalgamation.

amalgamer, v.a., to amalgamate, to combine, to blend.

s’amalgamer, v.r., to amalgamate; to blend together.

amande, n.f., almond, kernel; nucleus. — amère, douce; bitter, sweet, almond. —s lissées; sugar-plums. —s à la praline; burnt almonds. — d’amazone; Brazil-nut. Huile d’—s douces; oil of sweet almonds. — de terre; rush-nut.

amandé, n.m., amygdalate; milk of almonds.

amandier, n.m., almond-tree.

amant, n.m., -e, n.f., lover, wooer, suitor; sweetheart, mistress; votary, spark, gallant, paramour. — de cœur; favorite, preferred lover.

amarante, n.f., amaranth, purple flower-gentle, cock’s-comb, prince’s feather.

amarante, adj., amaranthine, amaranth-colored.

amareilleur, n.m., oyster-bed keeper.

amarinage, n.m., manning (a prize).

amariner, v.a., to man (a prize); to inure to sea.

amarrage, n.m., (nav.) anchorage; mooring, lashing, seizure. Ligne d’—; lasher.

amarre, n.f., (nav.) cable, rope, hawser. — de fond; ground tackle.

amarrer, v.a., (nav.) to moor, to belay, to make fast, to lash, to tie, to seize.

amaryllis (-ril-lis), n.f., amaryllis, lily-asphodel.

amas, n.m., mass, heap, pile, collection, hoard, store, accumulation, cluster; congeries. Un — de peuple; a great mob. — de sable; heap of sand.

amasser, v.a., to heap up, to hoard up, to lay up, to treasure up, to gather up, to get together, to accumulate, to rake together; to assemble, to congregate, to put together, to cluster. — de l’argent; to hoard up money.

s’amasser, v.r., to gather, to get together, to accumulate, to be collected, to crowd, to assemble.

amassette, n.f., a small palette-knife.

amatelotage (-mat-lo-), n.m., (nav.) messmating.

amateloter (-mat-lo-), v.a., (nav.) to class (the crew).

amateur, n.m., lover, admirer; amateur, virtuoso. — des beaux-arts; lover of the fine arts. — de la nouveauté; fond of novelty.

amati, n.m., an Amati violin.

amatir, v.a., (gold) to deaden; (coin.) to blanch the planchets.

amaurose, n.f., (med.) amaurosis.

amazone, n.f., amazon, lady on horseback. Habit d’—; riding-habit.

ambages, n.f.pl., ambages, idle circumlocution.

ambassade, n.f., embassy, embassade; ambassador’s house.

ambassadeur, n.m., ambassador; messenger, envoy.

ambassadrice, n.f., ambassadress.

ambe, n.m., series of two numbers.

ambesas (anb-zâs), n.m., ambs-ace, two aces.

ambi, n.m., (surg.) ambe, ambi.

ambiant, -e, adj., ambient, surrounding.

ambidextérité, n.f., double dealing; ambidexterity.

ambidextre, adj., ambidextrous, ambidexter.

ambigu, n.m., collation (with everything served up together); (fig.) medley, olio, compound.

ambigu, -ë, adj., ambiguous, equivocal.

ambiguïté, n.f., ambiguity. Parler sans —; to speak plainly.

ambigument, adv., ambiguously.

ambitieusement (-mān), adv., ambitiously.

ambitieu-x, -se, adj., ambitious, aspiring.

ambition, n.f., ambition.

ambitionner, v.a., to desire earnestly, to be ambitions of, to aspire to, to seek after.

amble, n.m., amble, canter. Aller l’—; to amble. Être franc d’—; to amble freely. Ce cheval a l’— doux; that horse has an easy amble.

ambler, v.n., to amble, to canter.

amblyope, n.m.f., weak-sighted person; n.m., (pisc.) blind-fish.

ambon, n.m., ambo, rood-loft.

ambre, n.m., amber. — gris; ambergris. Il est fin comme l’—; he is a shrewd fellow.

ambré, -e, adj., amber-colored.

ambrer, v.a., to perfume with amber.

ambrette, n.f., amber-seed, musk-seed.

ambroisie, n.f., ambrosia. D’—; ambrosial, fragrant, delicious.

ambrosien, -ne (-in, -ène), adj., pertaining to St. Ambrose; Ambrosian.

ambulance, n.f., field-hospital, ambulance. Chirurgien d’—; field-surgeon. En —; (of vendors) itinerant.

ambulant, -e, adj., ambulatory, ambulant; itinerant, strolling. Marchand —; itinerant dealer. Comédiens —s; strolling players. Erésipèle —; flying erysipelas. Mener une vie —e; to stroll about, to be upon the tramp.

ambulatoire, adj., ambulatory, movable, itinerant.

âme, n.f., soul; mind; genius; conscience; essence; ghost, spirit; feeling, sentiment; person, people; motto; bore (of a gun); small wood (in faggots); (of bellows) clapper; (sculp.) a rough figure of clay; the model made use of to form a mold; (mus.) sounding-post. Les facultés de l’—; the faculties of the mind. Grandeur d’—; magnanimity. Du fond de l’—; from the depths of the soul. Dieu veuille avoir son —; God rest his soul. Avoir la mort dans l’—; to be grieved to death. Il n’y a pas — qui vive ici; there is not a living creature here. Je le veux de toute mon —; I wish it with all my soul. Les bonnes —; (iron.) good-natured souls. Sans —; spiritless. La vérité est l’— de l’histoire; truth is the life of history. La bonne foi est l’— du commerce; honesty is the very soul of trade. Il n’y a point d’— dans sa déclamation; his delivery is spiritless. Il est l’— damnée du ministre; he is the minister’s tool. Rendre l’—; to give up the ghost. Il a l’— bourrelée; his conscience wracks him. Cet homme n’a point d’—; that man has no soul. Il n’y a pas d’— dans ce tableau; there is no life in this picture.

amélioration, n.f., amelioration, improvement, mending. Susceptible d’—; improvable.

améliorer, v.a., to ameliorate, to improve, to meliorate, to better, to cultivate, to mend.

s’améliorer, v.r., to mend, to improve.

amen (amè-n), n.m., amen.

aménagement (-naj-mān), n.m., management of a forest, arrangement, fitting up; disposition (of a house).

aménager, v.a., to regulate the felling, replanting, and preserving of a wood or forest, to dispose, arrange, lay out. — un arbre; to cut up a tree.

amendable, adj., improvable, mendable.

amende, n.f., fine, penalty, forfeit, compensation, reparation. Mettre or condamner à l’—; to fine. Faire — honorable; to make amends, to apologize.

amendé, -e, part., amended, mended, reclaimed.

amendement (-mān), n.m., amendment, mending, bettering, improvement. — d’une terre; improvement, manuring of a piece of ground. La loi a passé sans —; the bill passed without amendment.

amender, v.a., to amend, to better, to correct, to improve, to manure.

amender, v.n., to grow better, to improve.

s’amender, v.r., to amend, to grow better, to reform; to mend.

amener, v.a., to bring; to bring in, to bring up, to bring over, to bring about, to bring round, to bring on; to lead; to fetch, to introduce; to prevail upon, to induce; to throw (of dice); (nav.) to haul down, lower, strike. Je l’ai amené où je voulais; I brought him to do what I wanted. Il a amené cette affaire à bien; he has ended the matter satisfactorily. — des maladies; to bring on diseases. — des modes; to bring in fashions. — quelqu’un à faire une chose; to induce any one to do a thing. — son pavillon; to lower, to strike one’s flag. Cette remarque est bien amenée; i.e. cleverly introduced, well to the point. N’amenez jamais la conversation sur la politique; never introduce politics into conversation.

aménité, n.f., amenity, pleasantness, grace.

amentacées, n.f.pl., (bot.) amentaceous plants.

amenuiser, v.a., to make thin, to make smaller; to lessen.

am-er (amè-r), -ère, adj., bitter, sad, painful, grievous; harsh, biting, galling, briny. Principe —; (chem.) bitter principle. Rendre —; to embitter. Cela est d’un goût —; that has a bitter taste. Avoir la bouche amère; to have a bitter taste in the mouth. Des plaintes amères; bitter complaints. Une raillerie amère; cutting raillery.

amer (amè-r), n.m., bitterness, gall (of some animals and fish). —s; (med.) bitters; (nav.) seamarks, landmarks.

amèrement (-mān), adv., bitterly, grievously.

américain, n.m., -e, n.f., American.

américain, -e, adj., American.

américaine, n.f., (print.) script.

amertume, n.f., bitterness, acerbity; grief, sorrow; gall, venom.

améthyste, n.f., amethyst.

améthyste, n.m., humming-bird.

améthystin, -e, adj., amethystine.

ameublement, n.m., furniture, household goods, set of furniture.

ameublir, v.a., (agri.) to make lighter, to mellow; (law) to make movable.

ameublissement (-mān), n.m., (agri.) dressing, mellowing; (law) lien upon land.

ameulonner, v.a., to stack hay, corn, &c.

ameuter, v.a., to train dogs to hunt together; to stir up, gather, rouse, excite.

s’ameuter, v.r., to gather in a mob, to crowd, to riot; to mutiny, to rebel.

ami, n.m., -e, n.f., friend. Bon —, véritable —; good, true friend. — de table; table companion. Bonne —e; sweetheart. C’est un de mes vieux —s; he is an old pal, chum of mine. Traiter quelqu’un en —; to use one like a friend. Être — de; to be the companion of, to be partial to. Les bons comptes font les bons —s; short reckonings make long friends. M’—e (for mon amie); my dear, my love, darling. Mon —! my dear! Chambre d’—; spare room. Ami de cour; false friend. — en voie; a friend at court.

ami, -e, adj., friendly; kind, fond of; (paint.) friendly, favorite, propitious. — lecteur, kind reader.

amiable, adj., amiable, kind, friendly, courteous, amicable.

à l’amiable, adv., amicably, by private contract (of sales). Terminer un différend à l’—; to settle a quarrel amicably. Vente à l’—; sale by private contract.

amiablement, adv., amicably, in a friendly manner.

amiante, n.m., amianthus, mountain-flax, earth-flax.

amical, -e, adj., amicable, friendly, kind.

amicalement (-mān), adv., amicably, kindly, in a friendly manner.

amict (a-mi), n.m., amice.

amidon, n.m., starch; fecula.

amidonner, v.a., to starch.

amidonnerie (-do-n-rî), n.f., starch manufactory, starch-works.

amidonnier, n.m., starch-maker.

☉amigdale, n.f. V. amygdale.

amincir, v.a., to make thinner, smaller; to lessen, to edge off, to attenuate.

s’amincir, v.r., to become thinner, to make one’s self thin.

amincissement (-mān), n.m., thinning, thinness.

amiral, n.m., admiral. Vaisseau —; flag-ship; (conch.) admiral. Grand —; high-admiral. Vice —; vice-admiral. Contre —; rear-admiral.

amiralat, n.m., admiralship.

amirale, n.f., admiral’s wife.

amirauté, n.f., admiralship; admiralty.

amitié, n.f., friendship, amity; affection, good-will; favor, kindness; pleasure; interest; pl., kind regards, compliments, attentions. Se lier d’— avec; to become intimate with. Être sur un pied d’— avec; to be on friendly terms with. Faites-moi l’— de lui en parler; do me the kindness to mention it to him. Par —; out of friendship. Prendre quelqu’un en —; to take a liking to any one. L’— des couleurs; the perfect blending of colors. Il m’a fait des —s; he showed me much attention. Faites-lui mes —s; remember me kindly to him. Mes —s à tout le monde; love to all.

amman, n.m., amman, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes, in Switzerland.

ammi, n.m., (bot.) bishop’s-wort.

ammon, n.m., ammonite. Corne d’—, n.f., sermon-stone.

ammonia-c, -que, adj., ammoniac. Sel —; sal ammoniac. Gomme —que; gum ammoniac. Gaz —; ammoniacal gas.

ammoniacal, adj., ammoniacal.

ammoniaque, n.m.f., ammonia.

ammonite, n.f., (foss.) serpent-stone.

amnios, n.m., (n.p.) (anat.) amnion, amnios.

amnistie (am-nis-tî), n.f., amnesty, pardon.

amnistié (am-nis-tîé), n.m., -e, n.f., person pardoned by amnesty.

amnistier (am-nis-tié), v.a., to pardon by amnesty.

amodiataire, n.m., lessor (of a farm).

amodiateur, n.m., tenant of land, lessee, farmer.

amodiation, n.f., leasing, letting out to farm.

amodier, v.a., to farm out an estate; to rent an estate.

amoindrir, v.a., to lessen, to decrease, diminish.

amoindrir, v.n., to lessen, to grow less, to decrease.

s’amoindrir, v.r., to lessen, to grow less.

amoindrissement (-mān), n.m., lessening, decrease, abating, diminution.

amollir, v.a., to mollify, to soften, to mellow; to enervate, to effeminate, to unman.

s’amollir, v.r., to soften, to grow tender, to grow soft; to grow effeminate or weak.

amollissant, -e, adj., enervating, effeminating, softening.

amollissement (-mān), n.m., softening, flagging, enervation, abatement.

amome, n.m., amomum. — à grappes; cardamom-tree.

amonceler, v.a., to heap up, to lay in a heap, to fill up, to pile up, to drift.

s’amonceler, v.r., to gather; to be filled up; to accumulate, to drift. Les nuages s’amoncellent; the clouds are gathering.

amoncellement (-sel-mān), n.m., heaping up, accumulation.

amont, adv., up the river, up stream; above the town. Vent d’—; (nav.) easterly wind. Aller en —; to go up. En — du pont; above bridge.

amorce, n.f., bait; priming; (percussion) cap; tinder, train; allurement, attraction, enticement, decoy, charm, electro-plating bath. Douce —, dangereuse —; sweet, dangerous attraction. Trompeuses —s; deceitful allurements. Sans brûler une —; without firing a shot.

amorcer, v.a., to bait; to prime, to cap (small arms); to allure, to entice, to decoy, to draw in. — un hameçon; to bait a hook. — une arme à feu; to prime a gun.

amorçoir, n.m., wimble, auger. V. ébauchoir.

amoroso, adv., (mus.) amoroso.

amorphe, adj., amorphous.

amorphie, n.f., amorphy.

amortir, v.a., to deaden, allay, moderate; to weaken; to break (a fall); (fin.) to sink; to redeem (land, stock); to pay off; to cool (passions); (jur.) to amortize; (paint.) to flatten; to buy up. — un coup, le bruit; to deaden a blow, the sound. — une pension; to redeem a pension. — des dettes; to pay off debts. — la fièvre; to reduce the fever.

amortir, v.n., (nav.) to be neaped, to be dry.

s’amortir, v.r., to be broken, deadened; to slacken; to be paid off; to be bought up; to grow weak.

amortissable, adj., (fin.) redeemable.

amortissement (-mān), n.m., redeeming, buying up; liquidation; sinking; deadening, abatement, redemption; amortization; (arch.) the uppermost part of a building, top, pediment, finishing; (nav.) lying aground. Caisse d’—; sinking-fund office. Fonds d’—; sinking-fund (capital).

amour, n.m., love, lovingness, passion, flame. L’Amour; (myth.) Eros; Cupid. Beau comme l’Amour; a very Adonis. Lacs d’—; love-knot. Avec —; lovingly, carefully. Se marier par —; to marry for love. Mourir d’—; to be lovesick. Avoir de l’— pour; to be in love with. En —; (of animais) in heat. Filer le parfait —; to play the sentimental lover. Faire l’—; to court, to make love to. Pour l’— de Dieu; for God’s sake. Je voudrais pour l’— de vous que cela fût; I wish it were so for your sake. C’est un vrai remède d’—; she is a perfect fright. La terre est en —; the land is ripe for vegetation. Cette montre est un véritable —; that is a love of a watch. Quel — d’enfant! what a love of a child! — propre, self-love, self-respect, conceit, vanity.

amours, n.f.pl., one’s love, flame, amours; delight. Ses premières —; his first love. Les —; (myth.) the Loves. De folles —; foolish love. Les tableaux sont ses —; pictures are his delight. Froides mains, chaudes —; cold hand, warm heart.

amouraché, -e, part., (fam.) smitten, in love with.

amouracher, v.a., to make fall in love.

s’amouracher, v.a., (fam.) to become enamored of, smitten with.

amourette, n.f., intrigue; love, love-affair; amour; (bot.) quaking-grass. —s de veau; calf’s marrow.

amoureusement (-eûz-mān), adv., amorously, lovingly; tenderly, softly.

amoureu-x, -se, adj., in love, enamored, amorous; loving. Il est — de cette femme; he is in love with that woman. Regards —; looks full of love. Devenir —; to fall in love. Être — des onze mille vierges; to be a universal lover, a man-flirt.

amoureu-x, n.m., -se, n.f., lover, wooer, sweetheart, spark; (thea.) actor, actress, who performs lovers’ parts.

amovibilité, n.f., revocableness, removability, liability to removal.

amovible, adj., removable, revocable, at pleasure. Emploi —; revocable appointment, office held during pleasure.

amphibie, n.m., amphibian; time-server, double-dealer; (pers.) jack of all trades; man of two different trades.

amphibie, adj., amphibious.

amphibologie, n.f., amphibology.

amphibologique, adj., amphibological, ambiguous.

amphibologiquement (-jik-mān), adv., amphibologically, ambiguously.

amphibraque, n.m., (poet.) amphibrach.

amphictyonide, adj. Ville —; a town having the right of sending a deputy to the Amphictyonic council.

amphictyonique, adj., Amphictyonic.

amphictyons (-ti-ōn), n.m.pl., Amphictyons.

amphigouri, n.m., ludicrous poem, burlesque, or speech; rigmarole, gibberish.

amphigourique, adj., ludicrous, nonsensical, burlesque.

amphigouriquement (-rik-mān), adv., nonsensically.

amphimacre, n.m., (poet.) amphimacer.

amphisciens (-si-in), n.m., (geog.) amphiscians.

amphithéâtral, -e, adj., amphitheatrical.

amphithéâtre, n.m., amphitheatre; first gallery; dissecting-room, lecture-room. En —; in the form of an amphitheatre.

amphitryon, n.m., (myth.) Amphitryon; host, entertainer.

amphore, n.f., amphora, pitcher, jug.

ample, adj., ample, full; large, vast, spacious, roomy, wide, broad; copious, diffuse.

amplement, adv., amply, fully; largely, plentifully, broadly, extensively, diffusively.

ampleur, n.f., amplitude, largeness, wideness. Il n’a pas assez d’—; it is too scanty, not full enough.

ampliati-f, -ve, adj., (of the Pope’s briefs and bulls) additional, enlarging on.

ampliation, n.f., the duplicate (of a receipt). Pour —; a true copy (jurisp.). Lettres d’—; letters of ampliation.

☉amplier, v.a., (jur.) to prolong, to put off, to defer.

amplificateur, n.m., (b.s.) amplifier.

amplification, n.f., amplification.

amplifier, v.a., to amplify, to enlarge, to enrich, to enlarge upon; to expatiate upon.

amplitude, n.f., (astron., geol.) amplitude.

ampoule, n.f., blister on the hands or feet; (med., bot.) ampulla. La sainte —; the holy phial (for holy oil). Faire venir des —s; to blister.

ampoulé, -e, adj., blistered; tumid, high-flown, swelling, bombastic, turgid. Un style —, des vers —s; high-flown style, bombastic verses.

ampouler, v.a., (metal.) to blister.

ampouler, v.n., to blister.

ampoulette, n.f., (nav.) clock; glass.

amputation, n.f., amputation. Faire une —; to perform an amputation.

amputé, n.m., -e, n.f., one who has had a limb amputated.

amputer, v.a., to amputate, to cut off.

amulette, n.f., amulet, charm.

amure, n.f., (nav.) tack of a sail. Première — de misaine; fore-tack. Grande —; main-tack.

amurer, v.a., (nav.) to haul or bring aboard the tack of a sail. Amure la grande voile! aboard the main tack!

amusable, adj., capable of being amused, amusable.

amusant, -e, adj., amusing, diverting, entertaining.

amusement (-mān), n.m., amusement, pastime, entertainment, sport, diversion; sham, trick, mere put off; fooling, trifling. Pas tant d’—; less trifling.

amuser, v.a., to amuse, to divert, to entertain, to recreate, to solace, to beguile; to put one off with fair words and promises; to trifle with; to stop, to detain; to deceive. Ne m’amusez pas; don’t detain me. — le tapis; to talk the time away, to be long in coming to the point. — l’ennemi; to deceive the enemy.

s’amuser, v.r., to amuse one’s self, to busy one’s self; to disport, to sport, to tarry, to stay, to trifle, to stand trifling. S’— de quelqu’un; to trifle with any one. Ne vous amusez pas en chemin; don’t loiter on the way. S’— à des bagatelles; to care for nothing but trifles. S’— à la moutarde; to stand at trifles.

amusette, n.f., amusement, trifling, child’s play.

amuseur, n.m., entertainer, deceiver.

amusoire, n.f., something amusing, toy, trifle.

amygdale, n.f., (anat.) almond, tonsil.

amygdaloïde, n.f., amygdaloid.

amylacé, -e, adj., amylaceous, resembling starch.

an, n.m., year, twelvemonth. Le jour de l’—; New Year’s day. L’— bissextile; leap year. Bon —, mal —; one year with another. Au bout d’un —; twelve months after that. L’— de notre Seigneur; the, in the, year of our Lord. L’— du monde; the, in the, year of the world. Il y a un —; a year ago. Nouvel —; New Year. L’— passé; last year. Tous les —s; every year, yearly. Tous les deux —s; every other year. Elle a quinze —s; she is fifteen. Une fois, deux fois, l’—; once, twice, a year. Bon jour, bon —; a happy New Year to you. Bout de l’—, service du bout de l’—; service, commemoration. Je m’en moque comme de l’— quarante; I don’t care two straws about it.

ana, n.m., (—) termination, denoting a collection of sayings, ana; (phar.) ana, āā or ā.

anabaptisme (-ba-tism), n.m., anabaptism.

anabaptiste (-ba-tist), n.m., anabaptist.

anacarde, n.m., anacardium, cashew-nut.

anacardier, n.m., anacardium, cashew-tree.

anachorète (-ko-), n.m., anachoret, anchorite, hermit.

anachronisme (-kro-), n.m., anachronism.

anacoluthe, n.f., (gram.) anacoluthon.

anacréontique, adj., anacreontic.

anagallis. V. mouron.

anagnoste, n.m., (antiq.) a slave who, among the Romans, read during the meals.

anagogique, adj., (theol.) anagogical, mystical.

anagrammatique, adj., anagrammatical.

anagrammatiser, v.a., to anagrammatize.

anagrammatiste, n.m., anagrammatist.

anagramme, n.f., anagram.

anagyris (-rîs), n.m., bean-trefoil.

analectes, n.m.pl., (phil.) analects.

analemme, n.m., (astron.) analemma.

analeptique, adj., (med.) analeptic.

analeptique, n.m., (med.) analeptic.

analogie, n.f., analogy.

analogique, adj., analogous, analogical.

analogiquement (-jik-mān), adv., analogically.

analogisme, n.m., analogism.

analogue (-log), adj., analogous.

analyse, n.f., analysis; outline; parsing. Faire l’— de l’eau; to analyze water. Faire l’— d’un passage; (gram.) to parse a passage. En dernière —; to conclude, to sum up; the upshot of it is.

analyser, v.a., to analyze. — une fleur; to dissect a flower.

analyste, n.m., analyzer, analyst.

analytique, adj., analytical.

analytique, n.f., analytics.

analytiquement (-tik-mān), adv., analytically.

anamorphose, n.f., (persp.) anamorphosis.

ananas (-nâ), n.m., pineapple. Champ d’—; pinery. Fraise —; pine-strawberry.

anapeste, n.m., (poet.) anapæst.

anapestique, adj., anapæstic.

anaphore, n.f., (rhet.) anaphora.

anaphrodisiaque, adj., (pharm.) antaphrodisiac, anti-aphrodisiac.

anaphrodite, adj., (med.) impotent, anaphrodite.

anarchie, n.f., anarchy.

anarchique, adj., anarchical.

anarchiser, v.a., to throw into anarchy.

anarchiste, n.m.f., anarchist.

anarrhique, n.m., wolf-fish. — loup; ravenous wolf-fish.

anasarque, n.f., anasarca, dropsy of the skin.

anastomose, n.f., (anat.) anastomosis.

s’anastomoser, v.r., to anastomose.

anastrophe, n.f., (gram.) anastrophe.

anathématiser, v.a., to anathematize.

anathème, n.m., anathema; reprobation, curse. Frapper d’—; to anathematize. — maranatha; anathema, maranatha.

anathème, adj., anathematized.

anatife, n.m., barnacle.

anatocisme, n.m., anatocism (compound interest).

anatomie, n.f., anatomy, dissection; subject (body under dissection); methodical analysis (of a book). — comparée; comparative anatomy.

anatomique, adj., anatomical.

anatomiquement (-mān), adv., anatomically.

anatomiser, v.a., to anatomize. — un livre; to dissect a book.

anatomiste, n.m., anatomist.

ancêtre, n.m.f., ancestor, ancestress.

ancêtres, n.m.pl., ancestors, forefathers. De ses —; ancestral.

anche, n.f., reed (of a hautboy or other wind instrument); meal-spout (of a mill). — d’orgue; reed-stop of an organ.

anché, -e, adj., (her.) curved.

anchilops (-ki-), n.m., (med.) anchilops.

anchois, n.m., anchovy. Beurre or pâte d’—; anchovy paste.

anchoité, -e, adj., pickled like anchovies.

ancien, -ne (-si-in, -si-è-n), adj., ancient, old; senior; of old times, of ancient standing; former, late, ex. Une — ne coutume; an old custom. L’— et le Nouveau Testament; the Old and New Testament.

ancien, n.m., senior; ancient; elder; old codger. Les ouvrages des —s; the works of the ancients. Les —s d’une église; the elders. L’—; Old Nick.

anciennement (-è-n-mān), adv., anciently, formerly; of yore, of old; in former times.

ancienneté (-è-n-té), n.f., ancientness, primitiveness; seniority, age, antiquity. De toute —; from the earliest times.

ancile, n.m., (antiq.) sacred buckler.

ancolie, n.f., (bot.) columbine.

anconé, n.m., (anat.) ancon.

ancrage, n.m., anchor-ground; anchorage. Droits d’—; anchorage dues.

ancre, n.f., anchor; (arch.) brace, an s. L’— de flot; the flood anchor. L’— de jusant; the ebb anchor. L’— de large; the sea anchor. Maîtresse —; the sheet anchor. — de rechange; spare anchor. La seconde —; the best bower anchor. L’— d’affourche; the small bower anchor. L’— de touée; the stream anchor. — de miséricorde, de salut; sheet anchor. — surjalée; foul anchor. Chasser sur ses —s; to drag one’s anchors. Empenneler une —; to back an anchor. Caponner l’—; to cat the anchor. Traverser l’—; to fish the anchor. Gouverner sur son —; to steer the ship to her anchor. Être à l’—; to ride at anchor. Fatiguer à l’—; to ride hard. Ne pas fatiguer à l’—; to ride easy. Jeter l’—; to cast anchor. Brider l’—; to shoe the anchor. Lever l’—; to weigh anchor. Mettre l’— à poste; to stow the anchor. Jeter sa dernière —; (fig.) to make a last effort. C’est notre — de salut; it is our last resource.

☉ancrer, v.n., to anchor, to come to an anchor. V. mouiller.

s’ancrer, v.r., to settle one’s self, to get a footing in a place, to take deep root in.

ancrure, n.f., small fold made in cloth while shearing it, crease; (arch.) iron prop.

andabate, n.m., (antiq.) gladiator who fought blindfolded.

andain, n.m., (agr.) swath; wind-row.

andanté, adv., (mus.) andante.

andante, n.m., (—s) (mus.) an air to be played or sung andante.

☉andelle, n.f., beech-wood.

*andouille, n.f., (of pigs) chitterlings; twist (of tobacco). Cela s’en est allé en brouet d’—; it all ended in smoke.

*andouiller, n.m., antler. Les premiers —s; the brow-antlers. Sur —s; sur-antlers.

*andouillette, n.f., forced-meat ball, small sausage.

androgyne, n.m., androgynous, hermaphrodite.

androgyne, adj., androgynal, androgynous.

androïde, n.m., android, automaton.

andromède, n.f., (astron.) Andromeda.

andropogon, n.m., (bot.) camel’s hay.

âne, n.m., ass, jackass, donkey; blockhead, ignorant fool, idiot; vice (instrument). Fait en dos d’—; (arch.) made with a shelving ridge; hog’s-back. Coq-à-l’—; cock-and-bull story. Promenade à —; donkey-ride. Pont aux —s; asses’ bridge. C’est le pont aux —s; every fool knows that. À laver la tête d’un —, on perd sa lessive; there is no washing a blackamoor white. Faute d’un point, Martin perdit son —; a miss is as good as a mile. Il ne sera jamais qu’un —; he will be an ass as long as he lives. Conte de peau d’—; fairy tale. On ne saurait faire boire un — qui n’a pas soif; you may take a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Têtu comme un —; as stubborn as a mule. Sérieux comme un — qu’on étrille; as grave as a judge. Tête d’—; ass’s head. Bonnet d’—; fool’s cap; (ich.) bull-head, miller’s-thumb, cottus.

anéantir, v.a., to annihilate, to put out of existence, to destroy; to reduce to nothing, to prostrate, to thunderstrike, to dumfound.

s’anéantir, v.r., to be annihilated or destroyed, to come to nothing; to cease to be, to humble oneself.

anéantissement (-mān), n.m., annihilation, annihilating; abjection, humiliation; prostration, depression; destruction, destroying, ruin, overthrow.

anecdote, n.f., anecdote.

anecdotier (-tié), n.m., anecdote-teller, monger.

anecdotique, adj., anecdotical. Recueil —; collection of anecdotes.

ânée, n.f., load of an ass.

anémie, n.f., (med.) anæmia.

anémique, adj., suffering from anæmia.

anémographie, n.f., anemography.

anémomètre, n.m., anemometer.

anémone, n.f., anemone, wind-flower.

anémoscope, n.m., anemoscope, weather-cock.

ânerie, n.f., gross ignorance; stupidity; gross blunder.

ânesse, n.f., she-ass. Lait d’—; ass’s milk.

anesthésie, n.f., (med.) anæsthesia.

anesthésique, adj., anæsthetic.

aneth, n.m., (bot.) dill.

anévrismal, -e, adj., aneurismal.

anévrisme, n.m., aneurism.

anfractueu-x, -se, adj., anfractuous, rugged, cragged, craggy.

anfractuosité, n.f., anfractuosity, winding, sinuosity, cavity.

☉angar, n.m. V. hangar.

ange, n.m., a spirit, angel; (artil.) chain-shot, cross-bar shot; angel-shot; (ich.) angel-fish, skate, squatina. — déchu; fallen angel. — tutélaire; guardian angel. Rire aux —s; to have a laughing fit. Être aux —s; to be in a transport of joy, in raptures. — bouffi; a chubby child. Lit d’—; tent bed.

angélique, adj., angelical, angelic.

angélique, n.f., angelica.

angéliquement (-lik-mān), adv., angelically.

angelot (anj-lo), n.m., angelot cheese.

angélus (ān-), n.m., (n.p.) (c.rel.) Angelus. Sonner l’—; to toll the angelus.

angine, n.f., (med.) angina, quinsy, sore throat. — couenneuse; diphtheria.

angineu-x, -se, adj., (med.) attended with angina.

angiographie, n.f., angiography.

angiologie, n.f., angiology.

angiosperme, adj., (bot.) angiospermous.

angiospermie, n.f., (bot.) angiosperm.

angiotomie, n.f., angiotomy.

anglais, -e, adj., English; British. Être poursuivi par des —; to be pestered by creditors.

anglais, n.m., English, Englishman.

anglaise, n.f., English girl, woman; upholsterer’s thread or silk lace. Elle porte des —s; she wears long, drooping curls.

anglaiser, v.a., to nick a horse’s tail.

angle, n.m., angle, corner, turning. — aigu; acute angle. — droit; right angle. — rectiligne; rectilinear angle. — rentrant, saillant; re-entrant, salient angle. À —s saillants; sharp-cornered. À — droit; rectangular. — facial; (anat.) facial angle.

anglet, n.m., (arch.) indenture, channel.

angleu-x, -se, adj., (bot.) imbedded in angular cavities. Une noix —se; a walnut difficult to pick out of its shell.

anglican, -e, adj., Anglican, English. L’Eglise —e; the Church of England.

anglican, n.m., -e, n.f., Anglican; member of the Church of England.

angliciser, v.a., to anglicize.

s’angliciser, v.r., to become anglicized, English.

anglicisme, n.m., anglicism.

anglomane, n. and adj., anglomaniac.

anglomanie, n.f., anglomania.

angoisse, n.f., anguish, pang; great distress, affliction, tribulation. Les —s de la mort; the pangs of death. Poire d’—; choke-pear, gag. Avaler des poires d’—; to go through hardships, to eat humble pie.

☉angola. V. angora.

angon, n.m., (antiq.) javelin; (fishing) shellfish hook.

angora, n.m., Angora-cat.

angora, adj., of Angora.

angousse, n.f., (bot.) hell-weed, dodder.

anguichure (-ghi-shur), n.f., huntsman’s horn-belt.

*anguillade (-ghi-), n.f., lash; (with a whip) lashing, cut; eel-skin, &c.

*anguille (-ghi-), n.f., eel; fly the garter (boy’s game); bilge-ways, launching-ways (square bed of timber placed under a vessel’s bilge to support her while launching). — de mer; conger. — plat-bec; grig. Ecorcher l’— par la queue; to begin a thing at the wrong end. Il y a quelque — sous roche; there is a snake in the grass, there is something in the wind.

angulaire, adj., angular, cornered. Pierre —; corner-stone.

angulé, -e, adj., angular, angulated.

anguleu-x, -se, adj., angulous; (bot.) angular.

angusticlave, n.m., (antiq.) angusticlave.

anhydre, adj., (chem.) anhydrous.

anicroche, n.f., obstacle; impediment, slight difficulty; screw loose.

anielles, n.f.pl., ram-stones.

âni-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., ass-driver.

anil, n.m., (bot.) anil. V. indigo.

aniline, n.f., aniline.

anille, n.f. V. annille.

animadversion, n.f., animadversion, reproof, reprimand, blame.

animal, n.m., animal, beast; brute, ass, booby, sot, dolt. Un ennuyeux —; a bore. Un vilain —; a nasty fellow.

animal, -e, adj., animal; sensual, carnal (in scriptural language). Règne —; the animal kingdom.

animalcule, n.m., animalcule.

animalisation, n.f., animalization.

s’animaliser, v.r., to become animalized.

animalité, n.f., animal life.

animation, n.f., animation, bustle, life, excitement, irritation.

animé, -e, part., animated, incensed; enlivened, spirited, gay, sprightly.

animé, n.f., a resin, anime.

☉animelles, n.f.pl., (cook.) lamb’s-fry.

animer, v.a., to animate, to give life; to quicken; to hearten, to stir up, to excite, to urge on, to embolden, to rouse; to provoke, to exasperate. — la conversation; to enliven the conversation. — le teint; to heighten, to give a glow to, the complexion. — les yeux, les regards; to give fire to the eyes, to give animation to the looks. — d’ardeur; to fill with ardor. — au combat; to excite to combat.

s’animer, v.r., to become animated, to spring into life; to be encouraged, to take courage, to cheer up; to chafe, to take fire, to grow warm, to be angry. La dispute s’anime; the dispute waxes hot.

animosité, n.f., animosity; ill-will, spite, rancor, spleen, animus. Il a de l’—, il est porté d’—, contre moi; he has, he is actuated by, a spite against me.

anis, n.m., anise; aniseed. — de Verdun; candied aniseed. — de la Chine or étoilé; Indian anise. Graine d’—; aniseed.

aniser, v.a., to flavor with aniseed, to mix with aniseed.

anisette, n.f., aniseed cordial.

ankylose, n.f., (med.) anchylosis, stiffness in the joints.

ankyloser, v.a., to produce anchylosis. S’—, v.r., to become anchylosed, stiff, cramped.

annal, -e (a-n-nal), adj., (jur.) that lasts but one year.

annales (a-n-nal), n.f.pl., annals, public records.

annaliste (a-n-na-), n.m., annalist.

annate, n.f., annats, first year’s income of a living; firstfruits.

anneau, n.m., ring; link (of a chain); bow (of a key); ringlet (of hair); (nav.) mooring-ring. L’— de Saturne; (astron.) Saturn’s ring. L’— pécheur; the Pope’s seal.

année, n.f., year, twelvemonth. — bissextile; leap-year. L’— qui vient, l’— prochaine; next year. D’— en —; from year to year. — lunaire, solaire; lunar, solar year. Une bonne —; a plentiful year, a happy new year. Ses belles —s; the prime of life. Cette terre vaut tant, — commune, moyenne; that land yields so much one year with another. Une — dans l’autre; one year with another. Payer à l’—; to pay by the year. Plein d’—s; full of years. Cette —; this year.

annelé, -e, adj., ring-streaked, having rings; in ringlets; annulated.

anneler, v.a., to curl the hair (locks or ringlets). — une cavale; to ring a mare.

annelet, n.m., ringlet, a small ring; (arch.) annulet.

annélides, n.m.pl., (zoöl.) annelides.

annelure, n.f., crisping of the hair.

annexation, n.f., annexation.

annexe (a-n-nèks), n.f., annex; appendant; schedule; rider; chapel of ease. — d’une terre; dependence of an estate.

annexer (a-n-nek-sé), v.a., to annex, to add to. S’—, v.r., to be annexed.

annexion (a-n-nek-sion), n.f., annexment, annexation.

annihilation (a-n-ni-), n.f., annihilation.

annihiler (a-n-ni-), v.a., to annihilate, to destroy.

annille, n.f., (her.) anille, fer de moline, millrind; (tech.) cramping-iron.

anniversaire, adj., anniversary.

anniversaire, n.m., anniversary. — de sa naissance; birthday.

annomination, n.f., annomination.

loi annonaire, adj., (antiq.) a Roman law to prevent the price of provisions from rising.

annonce, n.f., announcement, publication, notification, indication, sign, mark; advertisement; banns of matrimony. Faiseur d’—s; puffer. Faire insérer une —; to advertise. — de spectacle; play-bill.

annoncer, v.a., to announce, to tell, to declare, to inform, to proclaim, to bespeak, to advertise; to usher in; to publish, to give out, to preach, to set forth; to foretell, to forebode; to augur, to show, to promise. Faites vous —; send in your name. Cela ne nous annonce rien de bon; that bodes us no good.

s’annoncer, v.r., to present one’s self; to manifest itself; to make itself known. S’— bien; to be promising. S’— mal; not to be promising, to begin badly.

annonceur, n.m., the actor who gives out the next play, announcer.

annonciade, n.f., annunciade (name of several military and religious orders).

annonciation, n.f., Annunciation; Lady-day (March 25).

annotateur, n.m., annotator, editor (of a book).

annotation, n.f., annotation, editing; inventory of goods attached or distrained.

annoter (a-n-no-), v.a., to make an inventory of goods attached or distrained; to annotate; to edit.

annuaire (a-n-nu-èr), n.m., annual, almanac. — de la marine; nautical almanac.

annuel, n.m., (c.rel.) a mass celebrated every day for a year, for a deceased person.

annuel, -le (a-n-nu-èl), adj., annual, yearly.

annuellement (a-n-nu-èl-mān), adv., annually, yearly.

annuité (a-n-nu-), n.f., annuity.

annulable (a-n-nu-), adj., defeasible; reversible.

annulaire (a-n-nu-), adj., annulary. Le doigt —; the ring finger.

annulation, n.f., annulling, canceling, repeal, abolition; (jur.) abatement.

annuler, v.a., to annul, to make void, to repeal, to rescind, to cancel, to abolish, to set aside, to quash.

anobli, -e, part., newly raised to the peerage.

anobli, n.m., newly-created nobleman.

anoblir, v.a., to raise to the peerage.

anoblissement (-mān), n.m., ennoblement. Patente d’—; patent of nobility.

anodin, -e, adj., (med.) anodyne, paregoric, soothing, assuaging. Remèdes —s; anodynes.

anodonte, adj., toothless.

anomal, -e, adj., anomalous.

anomalie, n.f., anomaly.

anomalistique, adj., (astron.) anomalistical. Année —; anomalistical, periodical, year.

anomie, n.f., (conch.) anomia, bowl-shell, beaked-cockle.

ânon, n.m., ass’s foal, young ass.

ânonnement (-mān), n.m., stuttering, stammering; foaling.

ânonner, v.a.n., to falter, to stutter, blunder through a lesson, to stammer, to foal.

anonymat, n.m., the quality of being anonymous; anonymity.

anonyme, adj., anonymous, nameless; joint-stock.

anonyme, n.m.f., anonymous person. Garder l’—; to remain anonymous. Sous l’—; anonymously.

anorexie, n.f., (med.) anorexy.

anormal, adj., abnormal, irregular.

anse, n.f., handle (of a pot, basket, &c.); creek, little bay, cove. Qui a des —s; ansated. Faire danser l’— du panier; (of a servant), to make a market penny. L’— du panier vaut beaucoup à cette cuisinière; that cook makes a good deal by her perquisites. Faire le pot à deux —s; to set one’s arms a-kimbo. Faire le panier à deux —s; to walk with a lady on each arm.

anse. V. hanse.

anséatique, adj. V. hanséatique.

ansérine, n.f., (bot.) goose-foot.

anspect, n.m., (nav.) handspike.

antagonisme, n.m., antagonism.

antagoniste, n.m., antagonist, adversary; opponent; competitor, rival; (anat.) antagonist.

antagoniste, adj., antagonist, opponent.

☉antan, n.m., last year. Les neiges d’—; the snows of yester-year.

antanaclase, n.f., antanaclasis.

antarctique, adj., antarctic.

antarès (-èss), n.m., (astron.) Antares.

ante, n.f., (antiq. arch.) anta, pilaster, ante.

antécédemment (-da-mān), adv., antecedently, previously, before.

antécédent, n.m., antecedent; precedent; pl., previous conduct. Avoir de bons —s; to be known for a person of previous good character.

antécédent, adj., antecedent, preceding, foregoing, previous.

☉antécesseur, n.m., a professer of civil law.

antéchrist (-kri), n.m., antichrist.

antédiluvien, -ne (-in, -è-n-), adj., antediluvian.

antéfixe, n.f., (antiq. arch.) antefix.

antenne (-tè-n), n.f., (nav.) lateen sail-yard, yard-arm; (ent.) pl., horns, feelers.

antépénultième, adj., antepenultimate.

antépénultième, n.f., antepenult.

antérieur, -e, adj., anterior, going before, antecedent, prior, previous; former; frontal. La partie —e de la tête; the forepart of the head.

antérieurement (-mān), adv., previously, before.

antériorité, n.f., anteriority, priority, precedence.

antes, n.f.pl., (arch.) antæ, pilasters.

anthelminthique, adj., (med.) anthelmintic.

anthère, n.f., (bot.) anther, tip.

anthologie, n.f., anthology.

anthracite, n.m., anthracite; coal-stone, glance-coal, blind-coal.

anthrax (-traks), n.m., (med.) anthrax, carbuncle.

anthropographie, n.f., anthropography.

anthropologie, n.f., anthropology.

anthropologique, adj., anthropological.

anthropomorphe, adj., anthropomorphous.

anthropomorphisme, n.m., anthropomorphism.

anthropomorphite, n.m., anthropomorphite.

anthropophage, adj., anthropophagous.

anthropophage, n.m.f., anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater.

anthropophagie, n.f., anthropophagy, cannibalism.

anthyllide, n.f., (bot.) kidney-vetch, Jupiter’s beard.

anti (prefix from Greek ἀντὶ), anti, against, opposite, contrary; (prefix from Latin ante) before.

antiapoplectique, adj., antapoplectic, antiapoplectic.

antibiblique, adj., unscriptural.

antibilieu-x, -se, adj., antibilious.

antichambre, n.f., antechamber, anteroom, lobby, hall. Propos d’—; servant’s gossip. Faire —; to dance attendance.

antichrèse (-krèz), n.f., (jur.) pledge; mortgage.

antichrétien, -ne (-ti-in, -ti-è-n-), adj., antichristian.

antichristianisme, n.m., antichristianity, antichristianism.

anticipation, n.f., anticipation, forestalling; encroachment, invasion. Par —; anticipatory, beforehand.

anticipé, -e, part. adj., anticipated. Joie —e; foretaste of joy. Connaissance —e; foreknowledge. Une vieillesse —e; a premature old age.

anticiper, v.a., to anticipate, to take up beforehand or before the time, to forestall. — sur les droits de quelqu’un; to encroach upon another’s rights. — sur ses revenus; to spend one’s income beforehand, or to draw upon.

anticœur, n.m., anticor (inflammation in a horse’s throat).

antidartreu-x, -se, adj., (med.) antiherpetic.

antidate, n.f., antedate, antedating.

antidater, v.a., to antedate.

antidotaire, n.m., antidotarium (a book containing a collection of antidotes).

antidote, n.m., antidote, counter-poison.

antienne (-ti-è-n), n.f., anthem. Annoncer une mauvaise —; to bring bad news. Chanter toujours la même —; to harp upon the same string. Pousser l’— à quelqu’un; to state one’s wishes, one’s opinion; to give a broad hint.

antiépileptique, adj., antiepileptic.

antiépiscopal, -e, adj., antiepiscopal.

antiévangélique, adj., antievangelical.

antifébrile, n.m., antifebrile.

antigorium (-riom), n.m., coarse enamel, glazing.

antigoutteu-x, -se, adj., (med.) antarthritic.

antilaiteu-x, -se, adj. and n.m., antilactic, lactifuge.

antilogie, n.f., antilogy.

antiloïmique, adj., (med.) antiloimic.

antilope, n.f., antelope, gazelle.

antimoine, n.m., antimony.

antimonarchique, adj., antimonarchical.

antimonial, -e, adj., antimonial.

antimonial, n.m., antimonial.

antimonié, -e, adj., antimonial.

antinational, -e, adj., antinational.

antinomie, n.f., antinomy, contradiction.

antipape, n.m., antipope.

antiparalytique, n.m., antiparalytic.

antipathie, n.f., antipathy, repugnance.

antipathique, adj., antipathetical, repugnant.

antipéristaltique, adj., antiperistaltic.

antipéristase, n.f., antiperistasis.

antipestilentiel, -le, adj., antipestilential.

antiphilosophique, adj., antiphilosophical.

☉antiphilogistique, adj., antiphilogistic.

antiphone, n.m., antiphon.

antiphonier or antiphonaire, n.m., antiphonary.

antiphrase, n.f., antiphrasis, irony.

☉antipodal, -e, adj., antipodal, antipodean.

antipode, n.m., antipode.

antipsorique, adj., antipsoric (against the itch).

antipsorique, n.m., antipsoric.

antiptose, n.f., (gram.) antiptosis.

antiputride, adj., antiseptic.

*antiquaille, n.f., old piece of antiquity; old stuff; old rubbish; an old coquette. Ce n’est qu’une —; she is but an antiquated coquette.

antiquaire, n.m., antiquary.

antique, adj., antique, ancient, old.

antique, n.f., antique, antiquities, ancient works, of art. À l’—, adv., in the old style. Dessiner d’après —; to draw from antique models.

antiquer, v.a., (book-bind.) to adorn the edges of books with little figures, &c.

antiquité, n.f., antiquity, ancientness, old times; piece of antiquity. Les héros de l’—; the heroes of former ages. De toute —, adv., from the remotest times.

antiscien (-si-īn), n.m., (geog.) antiscian.

antiscorbutique, adj. and n.m., antiscorbutic.

antiseptique, n.m., (med.) antiseptic.

antisocial, -e, adj., anti-social.

antispase, n.f., (med.) antispasis.

antispasmodique, n.m., antispasmodic.

antispaste, n.m., antispast.

antispastique, adj., antispastic.

antistrophe, n.f., antistrophe.

antisyphilitique, adj., antisyphilitic.

antithèse, n.f., antithesis.

antithétique, adj., antithetic.

antitrinitaire, n.m., antitrinitarian, unitarian.

☉antitype, n.m., antitype, symbol.

antivénérien, -ne, (-in, -è-n), adj., antivenereal.

antoiser, v.a., to heap up, to manure, to make a dunghill.

antonomase, n.f., antonomasia.

antre, n.m., cave, den, natural grotto, cavern, lair.

anuer, v.a., to aim, to take aim at.

s’anuiter, v.r., to be benighted, to stay till it is night, or too late (on the road).

anus, n.m., (anat., bot.) anus, fundament.

anvole, n.m., slow-worm, blind-worm.

anxiété (ank-si-), n.f., anxiety, sorrow, anguish, uneasiness.

anxieu-x, -se (ank-si-), adj., anxious, uneasy, restless.

anxieusement, adv., anxiously.

aoriste (-o-rist), n.m., (gram.) aorist.

aorte, n.f., (anat.) aorta.

aortique, adj., aortal.

août (oû), n.m., August. La mi-août; the middle of August. Faire l’—; to harvest, to get in the corn.

aoûté, -e, adj., ripened by the heat of August.

s’aoûter (a-ou-té), v.r., to ripen (in August).

aoûteron (ou-tron), n.m., (l.u.) reaper, harvester.

a.p., (com.) abbreviation of the words à protester; to be protested.

apagogie, n.f., apagogy.

apaisement, n.m., appeasement, lull, abatement.

apaiser, v.a., to appease, to soothe, to pacify, to calm, to quiet, to alleviate; to assuage, to allay, to quench, to mitigate, to lull. — un enfant qui crie; to quiet a crying child. — une révolte; to put down a rebellion. — les flots; to calm the waves.

s’apaiser, v.r., to be appeased, stilled, assuaged, &c.; to allay one’s passion, to grow quiet, calm; to abate, subside. Sa colère s’est apaisée; his anger is appeased. L’orage s’est apaisé; the storm has subsided. Le vent s’est apaisé; the wind has abated.

apalachine, n.f., (bot.) emetic holly.

apalanche, n.f., (bot.) winter-berry.

apanage, n.m., appanage; lot. Les infirmités sont l’— de la nature humaine; infirmities are the lot of human nature.

apanager, v.a., to settle an appanage upon any one, to endow.

apanagiste, adj., having an appanage.

apanagiste, n.m., one who has an appanage.

apanthropie, n.f., apanthropy.

à part. V. part.

aparté, n.m., words spoken aside; separate group in an assembly. En —, adv., aside.

apathie, n.f., apathy, indolence, listlessness.

apathique, adj., apathetic, listless.

apepsie, n.f., (med.) bad digestion, apepsy.

apercevable, adj., perceivable, perceptible.

apercevance, n.f., perception.

apercevoir, v.a., to perceive, to discover, to discern, to descry, to notice; to remark, to observe.

s’apercevoir, v.r., to perceive, to remark; to see, to be aware of; to find out, to discover; to take notice, to be visible. Ne pas s’—; to overlook, not to notice.

aperçu, n.m., sketch, rapid view, glance, survey, sketch, vista; idea, hint; estimate at first sight, rough estimate. En —, adv., summarily. Par —, adv., at a rough guess.

apériti-f, -ve, adj., aperient, opening, appetizing. — n.m., appetizer, bitters.

apétale, adj., (bot.) apetalous.

apetissement, &c. V. rapetissement, &c.

apetisser. V. rapetisser.

à peu près, n.m., approximation, approach, approaching.

aphélie, n.m., (astron.) aphelion.

aphérèse, n.f., (gram.) apheresis.

aphone, adj., suffering from aphonia, voiceless.

aphonie, n.f., aphony, loss of speech.

aphorisme, n.m., aphorism.

aphoristique, adj., aphoristic.

aphrodisiaque, adj., aphrodisiacal.

aphrodisiasme, n.m., (med.) aphrodisia.

aphrodite, n.m., aphrodita, sea-mouse.

aphte, n.m., vesicle in the mouth; pl., thrush, aphthæ.

aphylle, adj., (bot.) aphyllous, leafless.

api, n.m., small red apple. Avoir un visage de pomme d’—; (prov.) to have cheeks like rosy apples.

à pic, adv., perpendicularly; (nav.) apeak. L’ancre est —; the anchor is apeak. Virer —; to heave short.

apicole, adj., apicultural.

apiculteur, n.m., bee-master.

apiculture, n.f., bee-culture, bee-keeping.

apiquer, v.a., (nav.) to top, to peak (a yard).

apitoyer, v.a., to move one to pity, to soften.

s’apitoyer, v.r., to be moved to pity. Elle s’est apitoyée sur votre sort; she pitied, bewailed your fate.

aplani, -e, adj., level, flat, smooth, even.

aplanir, v.a., to smooth, to level, to make even, smooth, to unrumple; to plane; to make easy, to remove, to clear up. — le chemin; to level the road. — les difficultés; to clear up difficulties.

s’aplanir, v.r., to grow easy, smooth, flat, &c.

aplanissement (-mān), n.m., smoothing, leveling, making even; smoothness, evenness.

aplatir, v.a., to flatten, to make, strike flat, to flat, to silence, to shut up, to floor, to beat hollow.

s’aplatir, v.r., to become flat, to be flattened, to crouch, to cringe.

aplatissement (-mān), n.m., flattening, making flat, flatness; depression; silencing.

aplatisseur, n.m., (tech.) flatter.

aplatissoire, n.f., flatting rollers (tool).

aplet, n.m., herring-net, drift-net.

aplomb, n.m., equilibrium, perpendicularity, plumb; assurance, self-command, self-possession, steadiness, coolness. Ce mur tient bien son —; this wall keeps plumb very well.

d’aplomb, adv., perpendicularly, plumb. Cette ligne tombe d’—; that line falls plumb. Être d’—; to stand plumb, upright. Être hors d’—; to be out of the perpendicular.

aplysie, n.f., sea-hare.

apocalypse, n.f., Apocalypse, revelation; obscure thing. C’est un vrai style d’—; it is a perfectly obscure style. Cheval d’—; (prov. and pop.) sorry jade.

apocalyptique, adj., apocalyptical.

apoco, n.m., fool, ninny, nobody.

apocope, n.f., (gram.) apocope, elision, suppression of a letter (as in Grand’mère).

apocrisiaire, n.m., nuncio, apocrisiary.

apocryphe, adj., apocryphal, doubtful.

apocyn, n.m., (bot.) apocynum, apocynom. — gobe-mouches; dog-bane.

apode, adj., apodal, having no feet, footless.

apode, n.m., apode.

apodictique, adj., apodictical, evident.

apogée, n.m., apogee, acme, height, zenith.

apogée, adj., at its apogee. La lune est —; the moon is at her apogee.

apographe, n.m., apograph, transcript, copy.

apologétique, adj., by way of apology, apologetical, exculpatory.

apologétique, n.m., Tertullian’s treatise in defense of the early Christians; n.f., apologetics.

apologie, n.f., apology, vindication, excuse, justification. Faire son —; to apologize for.

apologiste, n.m., apologist.

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

aponévrose, n.f., (anat.) aponeurosis.

aponévrotique, adj., (anat.) aponeurotic.

apophlegmatique, adj., n.m., (med.) apophlegmatic.

apophtegme, n.m., apophthegm, apothegm.

apophyge, n.f., (arch.) apophyge, scape, the spring of a column.

apophyse, n.f., (anat.) process (of a bone), apophysis.

apoplectique, adj., apoplectical; apoplectic.

apoplectique, n.m., apoplectic.

apoplexie, n.f., apoplexy. — foudroyante; instantaneously fatal apoplexy. — congestive; serous apoplexy. Attaque d’—; apoplectic stroke. Être attaqué, frappé, d’—; to be struck down with apoplexy. Tomber en —; to fall down in a fit of apoplexy.

apostasie, n.f., apostasy.

apostasier, v.n., to apostatize.

apostat, adj., apostate.

apostat, n.m., apostate.

☉apostème, n.m., aposteme. V. apostume.

aposter, v.a., (b.s.) to secrete, to place in ambush, to station, to set to watch, to place in readiness (witnesses, assassins).

à posteriori, adv., a posteriori.

☉*apostillateur, n.m., (jur.), annotator, commentator.

*apostille, n.f., marginal note, postscript, footnote; recommendatory note (to urge or back a petition).

*apostiller, v.a., to write notes; to add a postscript to; to write a recommendation on a petition. Il a apostillé ma pétition; he has backed my petition with his recommendation.

apostolat, n.m., apostleship.

apostolique, adj., apostolic; papal; apostolical. Nonce —; the pope’s nuncio.

apostoliquement (-mān), adv., apostolically.

apostrophe, n.f., apostrophe; address; reproach, insult, attack.

apostropher, v.a., to apostrophize, to address, to fall foul of, to fly at.

☉apostume, n.m., (med.) aposteme, apostema, abscess.

☉apostumer, v.n., (med.) to apostemate.

apothéose, n.f., apotheosis, deification.

apothicaire, n.m., (l.u.), apothecary. Faire de son corps une boutique d’—; to be always physicking one’s self. Un mémoire d’—; an exorbitant bill.

apothicairerie (-kèr-rî), n.f. (l.u.), pharmacy; apothecary’s shop; dispensary.

apothicairesse, n.f., (in nunneries) dispenser.

apôtre, n.m., apostle; hypocrite. Faire le bon —; to play the saint; to put on a sanctified look.

apozème, n.m., (med.) apozem, decoction.

apparaître, v.n., to come, to be in sight, to appear suddenly. (jurisp.) S’il apparaît à la cour; if the court thinks so. Faire — de son pouvoir; to produce proofs of one’s power.

apparat, n.m., pomp, state, show; ostentation, affectation, parade; index, vocabulary, syllabus. Un discours d’—; a set speech.

apparaux, n.m.pl., (nav.) the sails, the rigging, the tackle, yards, guns, &c., of a ship.

*appareil, n.m., formal preparation, pomp, show, display, solemnity, magnificence; train, equipage, attendance; apparatus; (surg.) dressing (of wounds); (arch.) dressing; (nav.) gear. — de guerre; warlike preparations. Mettre le premier —; to give a wound its first dressing. Lever l’—; to take off the dressing. Une assise de haut —; a layer of large stones; (phot.) camera; — instantané, snapshot camera.

*appareillage, n.m., (nav.) act of getting under sail, under way.

*appareillement, n.m., yoking, pairing, matching. L’— des bœufs; the yoking of oxen.

*appareiller, v.a., to match; (arch.) to dress.

*s’appareiller, v.r., to join one’s self to; to pair.

*appareiller, v.n., (nav.) to weigh anchor, to get under way.

*appareilleur, n.m., (mas.) dresser, trimmer (of stones); draughtsman.

*appareilleuse, n.f., procuress.

apparemment (-ra-mān), adv., apparently.

apparence, n.f., appearance, outside show, seeming; likelihood, probability; sign, semblance. En —; seemingly, apparently, outwardly. Pour les —s; for show. Avoir une belle —; to look well. Selon toute —; in all probability; to all appearances. Sauver les —s; to save appearances.

apparent, -e, adj., apparent, plain, obvious, manifest, evident; remarkable, chief, eminent, considerable.

apparenté, -e, adj., related, descended, connected. Il est bien —; he is well descended. Il est mal —; he is of mean descent.

apparenter, v.a., (l.u.) to ally, to connect by marriage.

s’apparenter, v.r., to ally one’s self (by marriage).

appariement, or apparîment, n.m., pairing, matching; coupling, mating.

apparier, v.a., to pair, to sort, to match; to match horses, gloves.

s’apparier, v.r., to couple, to pair.

appariteur, n.m., apparitor, assistant, bedel (in universities); beadle.

apparition, n.f., apparition, appearance, appearing. — d’anges; a vision of angels.

apparoir, v.n., to appear, to be evident. Comme il appert; as it appears.

appartement, n.m., apartments, suite of rooms, lodgings, flat. Pièce d’un —; room, apartment.

appartenance, n.f., appurtenance.

appartenant, -e, adj., belonging, appertaining.

appartenir, v.n., to belong, to appertain; to relate, to concern; to behove, to be incident, to be related, to be given to.

s’appartenir, v.r., to be master of one’s own actions, to be free.

il appartient (-ti-in), v.imp., it becomes; it is meet, fit; it is the duty, business of. Ainsi qu’il appartiendra; as they shall see fit. À tous ceux qu’il appartiendra; to all whom it may concern.

appas, n.m.pl., charms, attractions; allurements.

appât, n.m., bait; allurement, enticement. C’est trop vieux poisson pour mordre à l’—; he is too old a bird to be caught with chaff.

appâter, v.a., to bait, to allure; to feed (an infant or an invalid).

appaumé, adj., (her.) apaumé.

appauvrir, v.a., to impoverish; to make poor, to beggar.

s’appauvrir, v.r., to grow poor, to become impoverished, to be beggared.

appauvrissement (-mān), n.m., impoverishment.

appeau, n.m., bird-call; decoy-bird; (horol.) quarter-bell, half-bell.

appel, n.m., appeal, appealing; calling over; levy (recruiting); call (on shareholders); roll-call, muster; ruffle (of a drum); (jur.) call. Acte d’—; writ of appeal. — nominal; (parliament) call of the House. Officier d’—; muster-master. Interjeter —; to lodge an appeal. Faire l’—; to call over the names, the muster-roll. Manquer à l’—; to be absent from roll-call. Passer l’—; to pass muster. Répondre à l’—; to answer to one’s name. Battre l’—; to call to arms. Faire un — de fonds; to call in one’s funds.

appelant, -e (-lān, -t), n.m.f., (jur.) appellant; (ornith.) decoy-bird.

appelé, -e, part., called. Beaucoup d’—s et peu d’élus; many are called, but few are chosen.

appeler, v.a., to call, to name, to appeal; to chuck (of cocks); to term; to call over; to give a call, to call to; to invoke; to send for; to invite; to summon; to call for, to call on (cause); to challenge. Comment appelez-vous cela? what do you call that? — et rappeler; to call over and over, again and again. — en duel; to call out. — un médecin; to call in a physician. Faire —; to send for. — les choses par leur nom; to call a spade a spade. Voilà ce que j’appelle pleuvoir; that is rain with a vengeance.

appeler, v.n., to appeal, to chuck (of cocks); to caterwaul (of cats). En —; (jur.) to appeal. J’en appelle à votre honneur; I appeal to your honor.

s’appeler, v.r., to be called, to call, to style one’s self. Comment s’appelle cet homme-là? what is that man’s name? Je m’appelle; my name is.

appellatif (-pèl-la-), adj., (gram.) appellative.

appellation (-pèl-la-), n.f., appealing, calling, naming, appellation.

appendice (-pin-), n.m., appendix, appendage, addition; process (natural sciences).

appendre, v.a., to hang up.

appentis, n.m., shed, penthouse.

il appert, v.imp. V. apparoir.

☉appertement, adv., openly.

appesantir, v.a., to make heavy, to weigh down; to impair, to dull, to make dull.

s’appesantir, v.r., to grow heavy and dull, to be weighed down, to lie heavy; to dwell upon, expatiate on.

appesantissement (-mān), n.m., heaviness, dulness.

appétence (ap-pé-), n.f., appetence, appetency.

appéter, v.a., to desire, to crave for, to covet.

appétibilité, n.f., appetibility, desire.

appétible, adj., appetible, desirable.

appétissant, -e, adj., relishing, appetizing, tempting; delicious, desirable.

appétit, n.m., appetite, relish, desire, longing; inclination, taste; stomach. De bon —; heartily. — de cheval; ravenous appetite. Bon —! I wish you a good appetite. Avoir de l’—; to have an appetite. Être sans —; to have no appetite. L’— vient en mangeant; the more one has, the more one wishes to have. Il n’est chère que d’—; hunger is the best sauce. Rester sur son —; to check one’s appetite, inclination. — de femme grosse; depraved appetite, longing. Pain dérobé réveille —; stolen joys are sweet.

appétiti-f, -ve, adj., appetitive.

appétition, n.f., appetition, desire for.

applaudir, v.n.a., to applaud, to clap, to clap the hands, to cheer; to praise, to commend, to approve. — un acteur; to applaud an actor. Je vous applaudis de vous être conduit si prudemment; I commend you for having acted so prudently. Applaudi de tout le monde; applauded by everybody.

s’applaudir, v.r., to applaud one’s self for, to glory in (a thing); to congratulate one’s self (on), to rejoice (in or at). Il s’applaudit lui-même; he admires himself.

applaudissement (-mān), n.m., applause, public praise, commendation; plaudits, cheering. Salve d’—s; round of applause, of cheering.

applaudisseur, n.m., (b.s.) applauder.

applicable, adj., applicable, apposite, relevant, suitable.

application, n.f., application, employment (of a sum of money); attention, care, diligence, sedulousness; (gold.) charging; appliqué lace. Avec —; sedulously. Sans — déterminée; unappropriated. D’—; practical, feasible. — d’Angleterre; Honiton lace. Bras d’—; bracket.

applique, n.f., (gold.) charging.

appliqué, -e, adj., intent, sedulous, studious, diligent, attentive.

appliquer, v.a., to apply, to stick; to award (judgment); to employ (money); to put, to set, to affix, to bring close; to adapt, to fit; to apply to, to appropriate; to bestow on, to hit, to strike. — des ventouses; to cup. — mal à propos; to misapply.

s’appliquer, v.r., to apply a thing to one’s self, to take it for one’s self; to apply one’s self, to fall to, to set to, to take to, to labor at, to make it one’s study; to stick to.

appoint, n.m., change, odd money, premium; appoint. Net —; appoint. Par net —; per appoint. Faire l’—; to pay the difference. D’—; odd.

appointements (-mān), n.m.pl., salary, stipend.

appointer, v.a., to put, to give a salary to; to punish (in the army); to sew strips of cloth, to stitch (as a mattress, cloth); (juris.) to refer, have a referee. Commis appointé; salaried clerk.

appointer, v.a., to point, sharpen to a point.

☉appointeur, n.m., (juris.) referee.

appontement, n.m., temporary wooden bridge; (nav.) gang-way, ladder.

apport, n.m., material brought, quantity brought, documents deposited; personal property; share; contribution.

apporter, v.a., to bring; to bring forward; to cause, to bring to bear upon, to procure, to occasion; to use, to cite, to quote, to allege; to adduce, to produce. — des difficultés; to raise difficulties. — de la précaution; to use precaution. — de bonnes raisons; to adduce good reasons. — des soins à; to bestow care upon.

apportionner, v.a., to apportion.

apposer, v.a., to set, to put, to insert, to affix.

apposition, n.f., setting, putting, inserting; affixing; accretion; (gram.) apposition. Faire l’— des scellés; to affix the seals.

appréciable, adj., appreciable, perceptible.

appréciat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., valuer, appraiser, rater.

appréciati-f, -ve, adj., denoting the value of. Etat, devis —; estimate.

appréciation, n.f., appreciation, apprizement, rating, valuation, estimation.

apprécier, v.a., to value, to rate, to estimate, to judge; to appreciate, to esteem.

appréhender, v.a., to apprehend, to be apprehensive of, to fear; to arrest, to take up. — au corps; to arrest.

appréhensible, adj., apprehensible.

appréhensi-f, -ve, adj., timid.

appréhension, n.f., apprehension; fear, dread. Avoir des —s; to be under apprehension.

apprendre, v.a., to learn, to be informed of; to hear of; to teach; to train; to tell, to inform of, to advise, to let know. — par cœur; to learn by heart. — des nouvelles; to hear news. Je l’ai appris de bonne part; I have it from good authority. Il m’a appris l’algèbre; he taught me algebra. Faire — un métier à un enfant; to put a child to a trade. Je lui apprendrai qui je suis; I will let him know who I am. Les malheurs s’apprennent vite; ill news flies fast.

apprenti, n.m., -e, n.f., apprentice; novice, tyro. Obliger un —; to bind an apprentice.

apprenti, -e, adj., apprenticed, articled.

apprentissage, n.m., apprenticeship, trial, experiment. Être en —; to be an apprentice. Faire son —; to serve one’s apprenticeship. Mettre en —; to apprentice, to article. Brevet d’—; apprentice’s indentures. Sortir d’—; to finish one’s time.

apprêt, n.m., preparation, preparative; cooking, (manu.) dressing; painting on glass; stiffness, affectation. Faire de grands —s; to make great preparations. Sans —; unstudied (of style).

apprêtage, n.m., (manu.) dressing; finishing.

apprêté, -e, part., prepared, dressed; studied. Des manières apprêtées; affected manners.

apprêter, v.a., to prepare, to get ready; to cook; (manu.) to dress; to afford matter for. — un chapeau; to dress a hat. — à dîner; to prepare dinner. — à rire; to afford matter for laughter.

s’apprêter, v.r., to prepare one’s self, to make one’s self ready, to dress; to be in course of preparation, to be brewing.

☉apprêteur, n.m., painter upon glass.

apprêteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (manu.) dresser.

appris, -e, part., learned, taught. Bien —; well-bred. Mal —; ill-bred. Un mal —; an ill-bred or an unmannerly fellow.

apprivoisement (-voaz-mān), n.m., taming.

apprivoiser, v.a., to tame (animals); to make sociable, tractable, (persons); (hunt.) to reclaim.

s’apprivoiser, v.r., to be tamed, to grow tame (of animals); to become sociable, to lose one’s shyness (of persons).

approbat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., approver, applauder.

approbat-eur, -rice, adj., approving, commending.

approbati-f, -ve, adj., approving. Geste —; nod of approbation.

approbation, n.f., approbation, consent; approval. Incliner la tête en signe d’—; to nod assent, approval.

approbativement (-mān), adv., approvingly, with approbation.

approchant, -e, adj., (fam.) something like; like, bordering upon, approximate; near allied, near akin.

approchant, prep., (l.u., fam.) near, about. Il a reçu dix mille francs —; he received about ten thousand francs.

approche, n.f., approach, access; coming, advance; (print.) space, closing up. Lunette d’—; spy-glass. Greffe en —; graft by approach.

approcher, v.a., to bring, put, or draw near; to bring, put, or draw close; to have access (to any one). Approchez la table du feu; draw the table near the fire.

approcher, v.n., to approach, to draw nigh or near, to come near, to be easy of access; to be something like. Il me fit — de lui; he made me come near him. — du but; to come near the mark. Ceci n’en approche pas; this does not come near it.

s’approcher, v.r., to approach, to draw near, to come near, to advance. Approchez-vous du feu; draw near the fire.

approfondi, -e, adj., deep, profound; thorough, reasoned out.

approfondir, v.a., to deepen, to make deeper; to examine thoroughly; to search, dive into, to fathom. — une question; to sift, to fathom a question.

approfondissement, n.m., deepening, sinking lower; fathoming.

appropriation, n.f., appropriation, assimilation; (jur.) conversion.

approprier, v.a., to appropriate, to accommodate, to adapt, to fit, to suit; to clean, to make neat, to tidy. — une chambre; to make a room tidy. — son langage aux circonstances; to adapt one’s language to circumstances.

s’approprier, v.r., to appropriate a thing to one’s self, to convert to one’s own use.

approuver, v.a., to approve, to approve of, to sanction, to consent to; to ratify, to authorize; to pass (accounts).

approvisionnement (-zio-n-mān), n.m., victualing; supply of provisions, stock. Vaisseau d’—; (nav.) victualing ship.

approvisionner, v.a., to supply with necessaries; to victual, to cater for, to stock.

s’approvisionner, v.r., to supply one’s self; to lay in, take in supplies.

approvisionneur, n.m., victualer, provider, caterer, purveyor.

approximati-f, -ve, adj., approximative.

approximation, n.f., approximation, rough guess. Détermination par —; (math.) approximation.

approximativement (-mān) adv., approximatively.

☉approximer, v.a., to approximate.

appui, n.m., prop, stay, support, rest; help, protection; buttress, rail, hand-rail, sill (of windows); rail (of stairs); (man.) appui; (mec.) fulcrum. À hauteur d’—; breast-high. Point d’—; point of support, prop, fulcrum, base. A l’— de; in support of, in confirmation of. Sans —; unsupported, friendless. Il est l’— des malheureux; he is the support of the unfortunate. Ce cheval a l’— bon; that horse is soft-mouthed. Aller à l’— de; to support (a proposal).

appui-main, n.m., (—s-—) painter’s maul-stick, hand-rest.

appui-queue, n.m., rest (at billiards), jigger.

appuyer, v.a., to prop up, to stay, to support, to second; to hold up, to sustain; to set upon; to lean upon; to ground, to found; to back, to stand by; to favor, to countenance; to protect; to enforce, to strengthen. — une maison contre un coteau; to build a house against a hill. — le coude sur la table; to lean one’s elbow upon the table. Son droit est appuyé sur de bons titres; his claim is founded on just grounds. Il m’a promis d’— mon placet; he has promised to back my petition. — les chiens; to urge on the hounds.

appuyer, v.n., to bear upon, to lean; to rest; to lay a stress on; to dwell upon; to insist upon, to urge. — sur un mot; to lay a stress on a word. — sur un passage; to dwell upon a passage. — sur la droite, la gauche, or à droite, à gauche; to bear to the right, the left. Ce cheval appuie sur le mors; that horse hangs on the bit.

s’appuyer, v.r., to lean, to lean upon; to lie, to rest, to recline upon; to confide in, to rely upon, to depend upon, to trust to; to lay a stress on, to dwell upon. Appuyez-vous sur moi; lean upon me. — sur un roseau; (fig.) to trust to a broken reed.

âpre, adj., rough, harsh; tart, sharp; hard, rugged, uneven; biting, cutting, bitter; severe; crabbed, peevish; violent, greedy, eager. Chemin — et raboteux; rough, rugged way. — au gain; greedy of gain. — au jeu; eager for play (a born gambler). — à se venger; eager for revenge. — à la curée; eager for prey (of animals); greedy of gain (of persons).

aprèle, n.f., (bot.) horse-tail.

âprement, adv., harshly, sharply, roughly, rigorously; severely; peevishly, crabbedly; gruffly; violently, eagerly, greedily.

après, prep., after, next to; about; next. Sa maison vient — la vôtre; his house is next to yours. Il est toujours — moi; he is always after me, always teasing, persecuting, scolding me. Être — quelque chose; to be in pursuit of something. On est —; it is being done. Soupirer — quelque chose; to long for anything. Ne pas attendre — quelqu’un; not to need, to be able to do without any one. — lui, il faut tirer l’échelle; no one can come after him. — coup; too late. Crier — quelqu’un; to scold anybody. Tout le monde crie — lui; everybody cries out against him. Ci —; hereafter, in the sequel. — quoi; after which. D’—; after, from, according to, following. Peindre d’— nature; to paint from nature. — tout; after all. Jeter le manche — la cognée; to throw the helve after the hatchet (or to give up in despair).

après, adv., afterwards, after; go on; what next, what then? Vous arrivâtes malade; —? you say you were ill after you arrived; and what then?

après que, conj., after, when. — — vous aurez fait; after you have done. — — je l’eus vu; when I had seen him.

après-demain, adv., the day after to-morrow.

☉après-dînée, n.f., (—-—s) après-dîné, n.m., (—-—s) after dinner, afternoon.

après-dîner, n.m., (—-—s) after dinner, afternoon.

après-midi, n.m.f., (—) afternoon.

☉après-soupée, n.f., (—-—s) après-soupé, n.m., (—-—s) between supper and bedtime; evening.

après-souper, n.m., (—-—s) between supper and bedtime, evening.

âpreté, n.f., harshness, tartness, sharpness; roughness, ruggedness; acrimony, asperity; violence, fierceness, severity; eagerness; greediness. — à l’argent; lust of gold.

à priori. V. priori.

à propos, adj., adv.; à-propos, n.m. V. propos.

apside, n.f., (apsides, apses) (astron.) apsis.

apte, adj., apt, fit, proper, qualified.

aptère, n.m., apter.

aptère, adj., apteral, apterous.

aptitude, n.f., aptitude, aptness, qualification, disposition; readiness, inclination, taste.

apurement (-mān), n.m., auditing, closing (of accounts).

apurer, v.a., to audit (accounts).

apyre, adj., apyrous, incombustible, fire-proof.

apyrexie, n.f., (med.) apyrexy.

aquarelle (-koua-), n.f., painting in water-colors, aquarelle, water-color drawing.

aquarelliste, n.m., painter in water-colors.

aquarium, n.m., (—s) aquarium.

aqua-tinta (—), or aquatinte (-koua-), (—s) n.f., aquatinta, aquatint.

aquatique (-koua-), adj., aquatic, watery.

aqueduc, n.m., water-pipe, aqueduct, conduit, duct. Petit —; culvert.

aqueu-x, -se, adj., aqueous, watery, waterish.

aquilin, adj., aquiline, curving, hooked, prominent, Roman.

aquilon, n.m., north-wind, northerly wind, cold blast, storm, tempest.

☉aquilonaire, adj., northern, boreal.

aquosité (-kouo-), n.f., aqueousness, wateriness.

ara, n.m., (orni.) macaw.

arabe, n.m., Arabian (person); miser, screw, dun, usurer; Arabic (language).

arabe, adj., Arabic, Arabian.

arabesque, adj., arabesque.

arabesque, n.f., arabesque.

arabique, adj., Arabian, Arabic.

arable, adj., arable, tillable.

arachide, n.f., earth-nut.

arachnide (-rak-), n.m., arachnidan.

arachnoïde (-rak-no-id), n.f., (anat.) arachnoid, arachnoid membrane.

arachnoïde, adj., (anat.) arachnoid; cobwebbed.

arack or rack, n.m., a spirituous liquor; arrack.

araignée, n.f., spider; (mining) araignee, arraign; (nav.) crow-foot. Toile d’—; cobweb, spider-work. — de mer; crab. Pattes d’—; spider’s legs, scrawling handwriting. Oter les —s; to sweep the cobwebs away. J’en ai horreur comme d’une —; (fam.) I hate it as I do sin. Avoir une — dans le plafond; to have a bee in one’s bonnet.

araméen, -ne, adj., aramean.

aramer, v.a., to stretch cloth upon tenters, to tenter.

aranéeu-x, -se, adj., cobwebbed.

arase, n.f. Pierres d’—; leveling course (mas.).

arasement (-mān), n.m., leveling, making even.

araser, v.a., to level (a wall, a building, &c.); to make even.

arases, n.f.pl., leveling course (mas.).

aratoire, adj., aratory, farming. Instruments —s; implements of husbandry.

arbalète, n.f., arbalist, cross-bow, dormouse-trap. — à jalet; a stone-bow. Attelage en —; unicorn team.

☉arbalèter, v.a., (arch.) to stay, to bear or shore up with pieces of timber.

arbalétrier, n.m., cross-bowman, archer. —s; principal rafters (carp.); (orni.) swift (Cypselus apus).

arbitrage, n.m., arbitrage, arbitration, arbitrament, umpirage.

arbitraire, adj., arbitrary, optional, despotic, discretional.

arbitrairement (-mān), adv., arbitrarily, despotically.

arbitral, -e, adj., by arbitration.

arbitralement (-mān), adv., by arbitration.

arbitrateur, n.m., arbitrator, arbiter.

arbitration, n.f., decision, award.

arbitre, n.m., will; arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee; master, sovereign disposer. Libre, franc —; free will. Tiers —; umpire.

arbitrer, v.a., to arbitrate, to decree, to regulate, to award, to judge, to settle.

arbois, n.m., laburnum.

arboré, -e, adj., (bot.) arboreous; (of flags) hoisted.

arborer, v.a., to put up, to hoist; to set up for, to proclaim. — un pavillon; to hoist a flag.

arborescence, n.f., arborescence.

arboriculteur, n.m., arboriculturist.

arboriculture, n.f., arboriculture.

arborisation, n.f., arborization.

arborisé, -e, adj., arborized. Pierres —es; arborized stones.

arbouse, n.f., arbute-berry, wilding.

arbousier, n.m., arbute, strawberry-tree.

arbre, n.m., tree; beam; piece of timber; (tech.) arbor, cylinder, shaft, spindle; (nav.) mast (in the Mediterranean). Jeune —; sapling. — fruitier; fruit-tree. — en espalier; wall-tree. — sur pied; standing tree. — en buisson; bush. — de haute futaie; forest-tree. — de plein vent; standard. — nain; dwarf-tree. Grand —; shaft. — de couche; horizontal shaft. — moteur; main shaft. — vertical; upright shaft. — de diane, or philosophique (chem.); arbor dianæ. — vert; evergreen. — chablis; tree blown down. Arbre généalogique; genealogical tree. — à cire; myrica. — de mestre; main-mast. — de trinquet; foremast. Se tenir au gros de l’—; to adhere to what is ancient. Tel —, tel fruit; a tree is known by its fruits. Faire l’— fourchu; to walk on one’s two hands, with one’s legs in the air. L’— ne tombe pas du premier coup; (prov.) Rome was not built in a day. Entre l’— et l’écorce il ne faut pas mettre le doigt; leave family jars severely alone. — de transmission; connecting shaft.

arbrisseau, n.m., tree; young tree; small tree; underwood; shrub.

arbuste, n.m., shrub; bush.

arc (ark), n.m., bow, long-bow; (arch.) arch; (geom.) arc, arch; (astron.) arc; (nav.) cambering. Tirer de l’—; to draw the bow. Corde de l’—; bow-string. À portée d’—; within bowshot. Avoir plusieurs cordes à son —; to have more than one string to one’s bow. — en plein cintre; semi-circular arch. — de biais; sloping arch. — en décharge; arch of discharge. —-doubleau (—s-—x); massive rib, chief arch of a vault. — de triomphe; triumphal arch. — diurne; (astron.) diurnal arc. Bander, détendre, l’—; to bend, to unbend, the bow. (fig.) Débander l’— ne guérit pas la plaie; to cease to do mischief does not undo the harm done.

arc-boutant (ar-boo-tān), n.m., (—s-—s) arc-boutant, abutment, arched buttress; prop, shore, supporter; stretcher; ringleader, supporter, chief man in any business; (nav.) sparboom. —s d’un train de carrosse; rods that serve to keep the mainbraces of a coach in place. — de misaine; foresail boom. Grand — (nav.); mainsail boom.

arc-bouter, v.a., to prop, to support, to buttress.

arcade, n.f., arcade; (anat.) arch, vault.

arcane, n.m., (chem.) arcanum, secret, mystery.

arcanson, n.m., colophony, black resin, rosin.

arcasse, n.f., (nav.) buttock of a ship, stern-frame.

arc-doubleau, n.m., groin (of vaults).

arceau, n.m., arch, archway, vault; (nav.) drift-sail.

arc-en-ciel (ark-an-si-èl), n.m., (—s-—) rainbow, iris.

archaïque, adj., archaical.

archaïsme (-ka-ism), n.m., archaism. (obsolete word.)

archal, n.m. Fil d’—; iron wire.

archange (-kanj), n.m., archangel.

arche, n.f., arch; ark. L’— sainte, l’— du Seigneur; the ark of the Lord. L’— de Noé; Noah’s ark. L’— d’alliance; the ark of the covenant. C’est l’— du Seigneur; it is forbidden ground. Pont à plusieurs —s; bridge of several arches. Être hors de l’—; to be out of the pale of the church. Cour des arches; Arches-Court.

archée, n.f., principle of life, archeus.

archelet, n.m., drill-bow, hoop (of a net).

archéologie (-ké-), n.f., archæology.

archéologique (-ké-), adj., archæological.

archéologue (ar-ké-o-log), n.m., archæologist.

archer, n.m., archer, bowman; ☉policeman, constable.

archet, n.m., bow, fiddle-stick; upper part of a cradle; turner’s poll or bow; drill-bow; bow-hand (mus.).

archétype (-ké-), n.m., archetype.

archétype (-ké-), adj., archetypal.

archevêché, n.m., archbishopric, cathedral town; the archbishop’s residence.

archevêque, n.m., archbishop.

archi, prefix from Gr. ἂρχειν, arch.

archichancelier, n.m., archchancellor.

archidiaconat, n.m., archdeaconry.

archidiaconé, n.m., archdeaconry.

archidiacre, n.m., archdeacon.

archiduc, n.m., archduke.

archiduché, n.m., archdukedom, archduchy.

archiduchesse, n.f., archduchess.

archiépiscopal, -e (-ki-), adj., archiepiscopal.

archiépiscopal (-ki-), n.m., archiepiscopacy.

archifo-u, -lle, adj., stark-mad.

archiluth, n.m., archlute.

archimandritat, n.m., the living of an archimandrite; abbey.

archimandrite, n.m., archimandrite.

archinoble, adj., (iron.) most noble.

archipel, n.m., archipelago.

archipompe, or arche-de-pompe, n.f., (—s-—) (nav.) well, well-pump.

archipresbytéral, adj., appertaining to an archpresbyter.

archipresbytérat, n.m., archpresbytery.

archiprêtre, n.m., archpriest, archpresbyter.

archiprêtré, n.m., archpresbytery.

architecte, n.m., architect; master-builder. — paysagiste, landscape-gardener.

architectonique, adj., architectonic.

architectonique, n.f., architectonics.

architectonographe, n.m., architectonographer.

architectonographie, n.f., architectonography.

architectural, -e, adj., architectural.

architecture, n.f., architecture.

architrave, n.f., (arch.) architrave.

architriclin, n.m., (antiq.) steward; (fam. and jest.) head-man, host, entertainer.

archives, n.f.pl., archives, records; record-office, muniment house.

archiviste, n.m., archivist, keeper of the records, registrar.

archivolte, n.f., (arch.) archivolt.

archontat (-kon-ta), n.m., archonship.

archonte (-kont), n.m., archon.

archure, n.f., mill-stone hoop.

arçon, n.m., saddle-bow; bow (tool). Perdre or vider les —s; to be thrown from one’s horse; (fig.) to hesitate, lose one’s presence of mind. Être ferme dans les —s; to have a firm seat; to be true to one’s principles. Se remettre dans les —s; to recover one’s stirrups. Pistolets d’—; horse-pistols.

arçonnage, n.m., bowing; (agric.) layering.

☉arctier (-tié), n.m., bow-maker. — fléchier; bow and arrow maker.

arctique, adj., arctic, north.

arcturus, n.m., (astron.) Arcturus.

ardélion, n.m., (l.u.) a busybody, meddler.

ardemment (-da-mān), adv., ardently, intensely, eagerly, passionately, vehemently, spiritedly, fervently, hotly.

ardent, -e, adj., hot, burning, fiery, glowing; scorching; ardent, vehement, violent; strenuous, spirited, mettlesome; zealous; hasty, passionate; sanguine, fervent, earnest; greedy; red (of the hair); (nav.) griping. Charbon —; burning-coal. Chapelle —e; mortuary chamber (for lying in state). Chambre —e (French history) ardent-chamber, criminal court. Verre —; burning-glass.

ardent, n.m., ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp.

☉arder or ardre. V. brûler.

ardeur, n.f., ardor, heat, burning heat; ardency, warmth, fervency; vividness, intensity; eagerness, fire, spirit, spiritedness, mettle, fervor; earnestness, forwardness, strenuousness; passion. Cheval plein d’—; high-mettled horse. Avec —; spiritedly.

*ardillon, n.m., tongue (of a buckle); barb (of a hook).

ardoise, n.f., slate; score, account. Carrière d’—; slate-quarry. Crayon d’—; slate-pencil. Couvreur en —; slater. Couvrir d’—; to slate.

ardoisé, -e, adj., slate-colored.

ardoiser, v.a., to slate.

ardoisier, n.m., owner of, workman in (a slate-quarry).

ardoisi-er, -ère, adj., slaty.

ardoisière, n.f., slate-quarry.

☉ardre. V. brûler.

ardu, -e, adj., arduous, hard, difficult, steep.

are, n.m., are, 119·6046 square yards.

arec, n.m., (bot.) areca, nut.

aréfaction, n.f., arefaction.

arénacé, -e, adj., arenaceous.

arénation, n.f., arenation.

arène, n.f., sand; arena, lists, ring; cock-pit; battle-ground, theatre, scene.

aréneu-x, -se, adj., sandy, arenous.

aréole, n.f., (anat., med.) areola.

aréomètre, n.m., areometer.

aréométrie, n.f., areometry.

aréopage, n.m., areopagus.

aréopagite, n.m., areopagite.

aréostyle, n.m., (arch.) areostyle.

aréotectonique, n.f., areotechtonics (military architecture).

☉aréotique, n.m., (med.) areotic.

aréquier, n.m., (bot.) cabbage palm.

arête, n.f., fish-bone; skeleton of a fish; (bot.) awn, beard, prickle; (arch.) arris; (nav.) quoin; (geom.) corner, edge; (geog.) ridge; (metal.) angle or edge, ridge; ridge (of a sword blade). — de poisson; (arch.) herring-bone work. À vive —; (carp.) sharp-edged.

arêtier (-tié), n.m., (arch.) hip.

arêtière, n.f., layer of mortar used in slating.

argala, n.m., (orni.) hurgil.

argali, n.m., (mam.) argali (wild sheep).

arganeau, n.m., (nav.) ring-bolt, anchoring; convict-chain.

argémone, n.f., argemone (thorny Mexican poppy).

argent, n.m., silver; money, coin, cash; (her.) argent; pearl. — vierge; virgin silver. Lingot d’—; silver bullion. — en feuilles, battu; silver-leaf. — vif (l.u.), vif-argent (n.p.); quicksilver. Vaisselle d’—; plate, silver-plate. — blanc; silver money. — comptant; ready money. — monnayé; coined money. — d’Allemagne; German silver. — doré; silver-gilt. — amati; deadened silver. — en caisse; cash in hand, money put by. — dormant; money lying idle. — mort; money paying no interest. — mignon; pin-money. Un — fou; no end of money. Bourreau d’—; spendthrift. Pigne d’—; pena silver. À pomme d’—; silver-headed. À tête d’—; silver-eyed. Au croissant d’—; (her.) argent-horned. D’—; silvery; (her.) argent. En avoir pour son —; to have one’s money’s worth. Avoir le temps et l’—; to have all one can wish for. Être brouillé avec l’— comptant; never to have any ready money. Être cousu d’—, avoir de l’— à gogo; to be rolling in riches. Être court d’—; to be short of money. Jeter son — par la fenêtre; to throw one’s money away. Homme d’—; mercenary man. Lâcher de l’—; to come down with one’s money. Payer — sec, bas, — sur table; to pay money down, on the nail, ready money. Manger son —; to squander one’s fortune away. — comptant porte médecine; money is a cure for all sores. Faire rentrer de l’—; to call in money. Rapporter de l’—; to bring in money. Toucher de l’—; to receive money. Trouver de l’—; to raise money. Y aller bon jeu, bon —; to be in earnest, to act frankly. J’ai toujours l’— à la main; I am always laying money out. Payer — comptant; to pay ready money. Placer de l’—; to invest money. Prendre quelque chose pour — comptant; to take anything for gospel. Faire — de tout; to turn everything into money. C’est de l’— en barre; it is as good as ready money, or as the Bank of England. — fait tout; money makes the mare go. Point d’—, point de Suisse; no pay, no piper; no money, no Swiss; nothing, without paying.

argentage, n.m., silvering, silver plating.

argenté, adj., plated, silvered over; silvery, snowy.

argenter, v.a., to silver over, to plate, to do over with silver.

argenterie (-jan-trî), n.f., plate, silver-plate.

argenteur, n.m., plater, silverer.

argenteu-x, -se, adj., (pop., l.u.) moneyed.

☉argentier, n.m., steward; treasurer; silversmith.

argentifère, adj., argentiferous.

argentin, -e, adj., silvery, argentine; silver-toned, ringing, clear; (paint.) silvery.

argentine, adj., (geog.) Argentine.

argentine, n.f., argentine, silver-weed, wild tansy; (ich.) argentina.

argenture, n.f., silver-plating.

argilacé, -e, adj., clayey, argillaceous.

argile, n.f., clay, potter’s clay, argil. — à porcelaine; China-clay.

argileu-x, -se, adj., clayey, clayish, argillous.

argilière, n.f., clay-pit.

argilifère, adj., argilliferous.

argilolithe, n.m., clay-stone.

argo, n.m., (astr.) Argo.

argonaute, n.m., argonaut; (conch.) argonauta; (moll.) nautilus.

argonautes, n.m.pl., Argonauts.

argot, n.m., cant, professional slang; slang; (gard.) the stub of a branch, above an eye or bud, dead-wood.

argoter, v.a., to cut the stub of a tree above the eye.

argotiser, v.n., to talk slang.

argousin, n.m., convict-warder; bobby, peeler, catch-poll.

argue (arg), n.f., (tech.) draw-bench, draw-room (for wire-drawing).

arguer, v.a., (jur.) to accuse; to wire-draw, argue, infer, conclude.

arguer, v.n., to argue; to conclude, to infer; to urge.

argument, n.m., argument, reasoning; conjecture; evidence, proof, reason; theme, subject. — dans les règles; argument in due form.

argumentant, n.m., arguer.

argumentateur, n.m., arguer, disputer.

argumentation, n.f., argumentation, arguing, reasoning.

argumenter, v.n., to argue, to quibble.

argus, n.m., (myth.) Argus; (ent., orn.) argus.

argutie (-ci), n.f., quibble, hair-splitting, cavil.

argutieu-x, -se, adj., quibbling, caviling.

arianisme, n.m., arianism.

aride, adj., arid, dry, sterile. Une terre —; a barren ground.

aridité, n.f., aridity, dryness; barrenness, unfruitfulness.

arien, -ne (-in, -èn), adj., Arian.

arien, n.m., -ne, n.f., Arian.

ariette, n.f., arietta.

☉arigot, n.m., a kind of fife. V. larigot.

*arille, n.f., (bot.) seed-coat, mace, aril.

aristarque, n.m., Aristarchus; hypercritic.

aristocrate, adj., aristocratic.

aristocrate, n.m.f., aristocrat.

aristocratie, n.f., aristocracy.

aristocratique, adj., aristocratic.

aristocratiquement (-mān), adv., aristocratically.

aristoloche, n.f., aristolochia, birth-wort, hard-wort.

aristotélicien, -ne (-in, -è-n), adj., Aristotelian.

aristotélicien, n.m., Aristotelian.

aristotélisme, n.m., Aristotelianism, Aristotelian philosophy.

arithméticien (-in), n.m., arithmetician.

arithmétique, n.f., arithmetic; accounts.

arithmétique, adj., arithmetical.

arithmétiquement (-mān), adv., arithmetically.

arithmomancie, n.f., arithmomancy.

arizarum (-rom), n.m., (bot.) friar’s cowl.

arlequin, n.m., harlequin, merry-andrew; (orni.) spotted red-shank. Habit d’—; patchwork, medley.

arlequinade, n.f., harlequinade.

arlequine, n.f., harlequin’s dance.

*armadille, n.f., armadillo.

*armadille, n.m., (ent.) wood-louse.

armand, n.m., drench, spiced-mash (for sick horses).

armateur, n.m., owner of a privateer; ship-owner; captain of a privateer.

armature, n.f., (arch., tech.) iron braces, stays, binding, cappings, armature (dynamo).

arme, n.f., arm, weapon, arm (of the service); (bot.) weapon. —s; (her.) arms, coat of arms, hatchment; troops, forces; warfare; fencing. —s blanches; side-arms (the sabre, sword, bayonet). — à feu; fire-arms. —s fausses, à enquerre; (her.) irregular arms. —s parlantes; (her.) allusive heraldry. Jaque d’—s; coat of arms. A —s parlantes; (her.) exemplary. Assaut d’—s; assault at arms. — de trait; missile weapon. Faisceau d’—s; pile of arms. Pas d’—s; passage of arms. Une salle d’—s; a fencing school; armory. Un maître d’—s; a fencing-master. Faire des —s, tirer des —s; to fence. Avoir les —s belles; to fence gracefully. Né pour les —s; born a soldier. Quitter les —s; to leave the army. Faire ses premières —s; to make one’s first campaign. Un fait d’—s; a warlike feat or exploit. Héraut d’—s; herald at arms. Homme d’—s; man at arms. Place d’—s; a fortress. Port d’—s; carrying arms; gun license. En venir aux —s; to begin the war. Porter les —s; to serve as a soldier. Aux —s! to arms! Prendre les —s; to take up arms. Rendre déposer les —s; to lay down one’s arms. Faire passer par les —s; to shoot, put to the sword. Suspension d’—s; cessation of hostilities. — au bras! (milit.) stand at ease! Haut les —s! lodge arms! Portez —s! shoulder arms! Présentez —s! present arms! — à terre! ground arms! — à volonté! slope arms! Par la force des —s; by force of arms. Prendre les —s contre; to take up arms against. Sans —s; unarmed. Les —s sont journalières; (fam.) victory is fickle. Passer l’— à gauche; (fam.) to be killed; to kick the bucket.

armé, -e, part., armed, equipped; (her.) armed, cocked, at full cock. — de toutes pièces; armed from top to toe. À main —e; by force of arms.

armée, n.f., army; forces, troops; fleet; host; bevy. La grande —; Napoleon’s army. — de mer et de terre; sea and land forces. Corps d’—; main body of troops, army corps. — permanente; standing army. Fournisseur de l’—; army-contractor. Entrer dans l’—; to enter the army.

armeline, n.f., ermine (skin).

armement, n.m., armament; arming, raising of forces; warlike preparations; accoutrements.

arménien, -ne, (-in, -en), adj., Armenian.

arménien, n.m., -ne, n.f., Armenian.

arménienne, n.f., Armenian stone.

armer, v.a., to arm, to furnish with arms; (artil.) to load, to mount; to provoke; to rouse; to excite; to cock (a gun, &c.); to fortify; to heel (cocks); (nav.) to equip, to fit out; (nav.) to man (a pump); to strengthen, to bind; (phys.) to arm. — une poutre de bandes de fer; to strengthen a beam with iron bands. — un aimant; to arm a loadstone. — les avirons; (nav.) to ship the oars.

s’armer, v.r., to arm one’s self, to take up arms, to provide one’s self with arms; to fortify, to protect, to secure one’s self against a thing; to summon up. S’— de la prière; to fortify one’s self with prayer. S’— de tout son courage; to summon up all one’s courage.

armet, n.m., (ant.) helmet, head-piece.

armillaire (-mil-lèr), adj., (astron.) armillary. Sphère —; armillary sphere.

armille, n.f., (arch.) annulet; ring, circle.

arminianisme, n.m., Arminianism.

arminien, -ne (-in, -èn), adj., Arminian.

armistice, n.m., armistice, truce.

armoire, n.f., closet; cupboard; press. — à glace; wardrobe.

armoiries, n.f.pl., (her.) coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment. — fausses, à enquerre; irregular arms.

armoise, n.f., artemisia. — commune; mugwort.

armoisin, n.m., sarcenet.

armon, n.m., futchel (of a coach).

armorial, n.m., book of heraldry.

armoricain, n.m., Armorican (of Brittany).

armorier, v.a., to set, put, paint, a coat of arms, to blazon.

armorique, n.f., Armorica.

armoriste, n.m., armorist, heraldic engraver.

armure, n.f., armor, casing; (phys.) armor; (nav.) fish (of a mast, yard). — de tête; headpiece. — à l’épreuve; armor-proof. Revêtir son —; to buckle on one’s armor. — de la clef; (mus.) signature.