A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 26)

plutôt, adv., rather, sooner, in preference to. — mourir que faire une lâcheté; rather die than do a dishonorable thing. Voyez —; look, or see, for yourself!

pluvial, n.m., (c.rel.) pluvial.

pluvial, adj., of rain, rainy. Eau —e; rainwater.

pluvier, n.m., plover.

pluvieu-x, -se, adj., rainy, showery, wet. Un jour —; a rainy day.

pluviomètre, n.m., pluviometer, rain-gauge, udometer.

pluviôse, n.m., Pluviose, fifth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from January 20th to February 18th or 19th.

pneumatique, n.f. and adj., pneumatics; pneumatic. Machine —; air-pump.

pneumatocèle, n.f., (med.) pneumatocele.

pneumatologie, n.f., pneumatology.

pneumatose, n.f., (med.) pneumatosis.

pneumonie, n.f., pneumonia.

pneumonique, n.m.f. and adj., (med.) pneumonic.

pochade, n.f., (paint.) rough sketch; (pop.) set to, mauling.

poche, n.f., pocket; pouch; sack; bag; rabbit-net; purse-net; small fiddle; crop (of a bird); sack (of an abscess, etc.); (needlework) pucker; wrinkle (in clothes); kit (of a violin). Fouiller dans ses —s; to search one’s pockets. Un mouchoir de —; a pocket handkerchief. Mettre en —; to pocket. Jouer de la —; to come down with the money. Acheter chat en —; to buy a pig in a poke. Argent de —; pocket-money. Connaître comme sa —; to know perfectly.

poché, -e, part., blotted (of writing); poached (of eggs); black (of the eyes). Des œufs —s; poached eggs. Avoir les yeux —s au beurre noir; to have one’s eyes black and blue.

pocher, v.a., to poach; to bruise. — les yeux à quelqu’un; to give any one a pair of black eyes. Se faire — les yeux; to get one’s eyes blacked.

pochet, n.m., nose-bag.

pocheter (posh-té), v.a., to keep in one’s pocket.

pocheter, v.n., to be kept in one’s pocket.

pochette, n.f., ☉pocket; net (for rabbits); small fiddle, kit.

podagraire, n.f., (bot.) goatweed, goutwort.

podagre, n.f., podagra, gout in the feet.

podagre, n.m.f. and adj., gouty person; afflicted with the gout, gouty, podagrical.

podestat, n.m., podesta (magistrate in Italy).

podosperme, n.m., (bot.) funiculus.

poêle, n.f., frying-pan. Tomber de la — dans le feu; to jump out of the frying-pan into the fire.

poêle or poile, n.m., stove.

poêle, n.m., pall (at a funeral); (c.rel.) canopy.

poêlée, n.f., panful.

poêlette, n.f., small pan.

poêlier, n.m., stove-maker.

poêlon, n.m., saucepan (small).

poêlonnée, n.f., saucepanful.

poème, n.m., poem.

poésie, n.f., poetry; poesy.

poète, n.m., poet; poetess. Méchant —; wretched poet, poetaster. — lauréat; poet laureate. Elle est —; she is a poetess.

poétereau (po-é-trô), n.m., poetaster; rhymester.

poétesse, n.f., (l.u.) poetess.

poétique, n.f. and adj., poetics; poetical.

poétiquement (-tik-mān), adv., poetically.

poétiser, v.n., ☉to versify, to poetize; to make poetical.

poids (poâ), n.m., weight; heaviness; gravity; burden, load; moment, importance, consequence, consideration. Le — d’un fardeau; the weight of a burden. Cela est de —; that is full weight. Un — de dix livres; a ten-pound weight. Avoir du —; to weigh; (fig.) to be influential, to have influence. Faire bon —; to give good weight. Vendre une chose au — de l’or; to sell a thing extremely dear. Le — des affaires; the burden of affairs.

*poignant, -e, adj., poignant; acute, keen; stinging; painful, sad.

*poignard, n.m., poniard, dagger. Coup de —; stab. Ce fut un coup de — pour elle; she was cut to the quick by it, it was a crushing blow for her.

*poignarder, v.a., to poniard, to stab, to wound, to grieve to the heart; to kill.

se poignarder, v.r., to stab one’s self.

poigne, n.f., (pop.) grasp, gripe, clutch; (fig.) strength, vigor.

*poignée, n.f., handful; handle; hilt (of swords); bunch (of keys); shake (of the hand). À —s; by handfuls. Jeter de l’argent à —; to throw money about like shells. Prendre à —; to grasp tightly.

*poignet, n.m., wrist; wrist-band (of linen); cuff (of a gown).

poil, n.m., hair (of animals); hair (of persons other than that of the head); wool (of some animals); beard; nap (of cloth, of hats); color (of horses); (bot.) bristle, wool; (fig.) boldness, courage, resolution. — de chèvre; goat’s hair, mohair. — follet; down; soft hair. — de drap; nap of cloth. Monter un cheval à —; to ride a horse bareback. Il y a laissé de son —; he was pretty well fleeced there. Être au — et à la plume; to be fit for anything. Faire le — à un cheval; to trim a horse; (fig.) to outdo, to cut out. De quel — est ce cheval? what is the color of that horse? — bai; bay. Reprendre du — à la bête; to be at it again; to begin again. Chercher du — aux œufs; to split hairs.

poile, n.m. V. poêle.

poilu, -e, adj., hairy, shaggy; (bot.) bristly, pilose.

*poincillade, n.f., (bot.) (Barbadoes) flower-fence.

poinçon, n.m., punch, puncheon; bodkin; stiletto, awl, pointer; stamp, die; puncheon (cask); (carp.) king-post; stamp (of coins).

poinçonnage, n.m., stamping.

poinçonner, v.a., to stamp.

poinçonneu-r, -se, n.m., stamper, puncher. n.f., stamping machine.

poindre, v.n., to peep, to dawn, to break; to appear, to begin. Le jour commençait à —; day was beginning to break. Le poil commence à lui — au menton; his beard is beginning to grow.

poindre, v.a., (l.u.) to sting. Oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra; save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat. Quel taon vous point? why, what’s the matter with you? (lit., what gnat has stung you).

poing, n.m., fist, hand. Coup de —; punch, cuff. Se battre à coups de —; to fight with fisticuffs. Fermer le —; to clinch, clench one’s fist. À — fermé; with clinched, clenched fist. Faire le coup de — avec quelqu’un; to have a set-to with any one. Il sait faire le coup de —; he knows how to box. Pieds et —s liés; bound hand and foot.

point, adv., no, not; not at all; none (more emphatic than pas). Je ne l’ai — vu; I have not seen him. Il n’a — d’argent; he has no money at all. — du tout; not at all. — d’amitié sans vertu; there can be no friendship without virtue.

point, n.m., point; dot, mark; full stop; period; speck; hole (of a strap, etc.); break (of day); (needlework) stitch; moment, difficulty, state, case, terms; place, quarter; (nav.) tack (of the sheets). — de côté; pain in the side, stitch. Un —; full stop. — d’interrogation; note of interrogation. — d’admiration, — d’exclamation; note of exclamation. Lettre de deux —s; (print.) two-line letter. Il ne met jamais de — sur les i; he never dots his i’s. Mettre les —s sur les i; to dot one’s i’s; to be very punctilious, to mind one’s P’s and Q’s. — d’orgue; (mus.) pause. — d’appui; fulcrum. — d’Angleterre; Brussels point (lace). Faire venir quelqu’un à son —; to bring any one over to one’s views. Il fut sur le — d’être tué; he was very near being killed. À —; in the nick of time. À — nommé; at the appointed time. Tout vient à — à qui sait attendre; patience and time bring everything to pass, or all comes to him who knows how to wait. Un — fait à temps en sauve mille; a stitch in time saves nine. L’affaire est réduite à ce —; the matter has come to this point or pitch. Au plus haut —; to the highest pitch. Au dernier —; in the highest degree. C’est un — arrêté; it is a thing agreed upon. Avoir un — de côté; to have a stitch in one’s side. Faire un — à; (needlework) to put a stitch in. — de vue; point of view, prospect; (fig.) light, sight, opinion. — du vent; (nav.) tack. — d’honneur; point of honor. De tout —; in every respect, entirely. De — en —; exactly, in particular, in detail. —s cardinaux; cardinal points. — du compas; point of the compass. Rendre des — à; to be more than a match for, to give odds (at a game). Faute d’un —; for a trifle. La viande est cuite à —; the meat is done to a turn.

pointage, n.m., (artil., nav.) pointing, leveling.

pointal, n.m., (carp.) prop, girder.

pointe, n.f., point (sharp end); (print.) bodkin; pungency, tartness, sharpness; witticism; tack, tin-tack (nail, rivet, French nail); etching-needle; head (of an arrow, of a lance); (fenc.) small sword; (agri., geog.) point. La — d’une épée; the point of a sword. — d’une plume; nib of a pen. La — du jour; the break, the dawn, of day. Marcher sur la — du pied; to walk on tiptoe. Tourner la — du pied en dehors; to turn one’s toes out. Tailler en —; to cut point-wise. Se terminer en —; to end in a point. Faire une —; (milit.) to deviate from the line; (fig.) to turn aside. Pousser sa —; to pursue one’s point, to persist (in); to go on (with). Avoir une — de vin; to be slightly excited, flustered. — d’une épigramme; point of an epigram. Faire la —; (man.) to rear. — de terre; foreland.

pointé, -e, adj., pointed.

pointement (point-mān), n.m., (artil.) pointing, leveling.

pointer, v.a., to pierce, to stick; to stab; to prick, to mark; to point; to dot; to sharpen; (print.) to register. — la carte; (nav.) to point the chart. — un canon; to point a cannon.

pointer, v.n., to point, to dot; to spring up, to soar, to fly high; to keep, to appear, to come out; (man.) to rear.

pointeur, n.m., pointer, marker, checker; (artil.) artillery-man (who points the gun).

*pointillage, n.m., (engr.) dotting, stippling.

*pointillé, n.m., (engr.) dotting, stippling.

*pointille, n.f., trifle, trifling point; bickering, cavil (about a trifling subject).

*pointiller, v.n., to dot, to stipple; to cavil, to carp at.

pointiller, v.a., to nettle, to tease.

*pointillerie, n.f., bickering, caviling, hair-splitting.

*pointilleu-x, -se, adj., caviling, particular, punctilious, captious. Un critique —; a carping critic.

pointu, -e, adj., pointed, sharp, sharp-pointed, peaked. Chapeau —; sugar-loaf hat.

pointure, n.f., (print.) point; (of shoes) size.

poire, n.f., (bot.) pear; weight (of a steel-yard). — d’angoisse; choke-pear. Entre la — et le fromage; at dessert. — à poudre; powder-horn, powder-flask. Garder une — pour la soif; to lay up something for a rainy day. —s secrètes; pear-bit (of a bridle). — de Messire Jean; a kind of very sweet pear.

poiré, n.m., perry.

poireau or porreau, n.m., (bot.) leek; (vet.) wart.

poirée, n.f., (bot.) white beet.

poirier, n.m., pear-tree.

pois, n.m., (bot.) pea, peas, pease. Cosse de —; pea-cod. — ramés; branch peas. — carrés; marrow-fats. — chiches; chick-peas; dwarf pea. — cassés; split peas. — verts or petits —; green peas. Il donne un — pour avoir une fève; he gives a sprat to catch a herring.

poison, n.m., poison, venom.

poissard, -e, adj., vulgar, low. Style —; Billingsgate style.

poissarde, n.f., fishwoman, fish-fag; low or vulgar woman.

poisser, v.a., to pitch, to do over with pitch; to make sticky.

poisseu-x, -se, adj., pitchy, gluey, sticky.

poisson, n.m., fish; half a gill. pl., (astron.) Pisces. — de mer, de rivière; sea-fish, river-fish. Colle de —; isinglass. — d’avril; April fool. — rouge; gold-fish. — juif; hammer-fish. Donner un — d’avril à quelqu’un; to make an April fool of any one. Être comme un — sur la paille; to be like a fish out of water.

*poissonnaille, n.f., small fish or fry.

poissonnerie (-so-n-rî), n.f., fish-market.

poissonneu-x, -se, adj., abounding in fish, full of fish.

poissonnier, n.m., fishmonger, fish-salesman.

poissonnière, n.f., fishmonger (woman); fish-kettle.

poitrail, n.m., breast (of a horse); breast-piece (of harness); (arch.) breast-summer.

poitrinaire, n.m.f. and adj., consumptive.

poitrine, n.f., chest, breast, lungs; brisket. Maladie de —; consumption. Une fluxion de —; inflammation of the lungs. Il a bonne —; he has good lungs.

poivrade, n.f., pepper sauce.

poivre, n.m., pepper. — en grains; whole pepper. — de la Jamaïque; all-spice, Jamaica-pepper. — et sel; (of the beard) grizzly.

poivrer, v.a., to pepper, to put pepper in; (of a bill) to lay it on, to fleece.

poivrier, n.m., pepper-plant; pepper-box.

poivrière, n.f., spice-box; pepper-box; (fort.) sentry-box.

poix, n.f., pitch; shoemakers’ wax. Cela tient comme —; that sticks like pitch.

polacre or polaque, n.f., (nav.) polacca, polacre.

☉polacre or polaque, n.m., Polack (Polish).

polaire, adj., polar. Etoile —; polar star.

polarisation, n.f., polarization.

polariser, v.a., to polarize.

polarité, n.f., (phys.) polarity.

polatouche, n.m., flying-squirrel.

polder (pol-dèr), n.m., polder (tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by means of high embankments, in Holland and Belgium).

pôle, n.m., (astron., geog.) pole. — arctique; arctic pole. — antarctique; antarctic pole. —s de l’aimant; magnetic poles.

polémarque, n.m., (antiq.) polemarch.

polémique, n.f. and adj., polemics, controversy, disputation; polemic, polemical.

polémoscope, n.m., polemoscope.

polenta, n.f., (n.p.) a sort of pap.

poli, -e, adj., polished, bright, glossy, smooth; polite, civil; refined.

poli, n.m., polish, finish, gloss.

police, n.f., police; police-regulations; (fig.) polity, government; (print.) font; policy (of insurance). Commissaire de —; commissary or inspecter of police. Espion de —; police-spy. Être mandé à la police; to be sent for to the police-office. Faire la — d’une salle; to keep order in a hall. Faire la — des rues; to keep the streets clear. Salle de —; (milit.) guard-room. Bonnet de —; foraging-cap. Tribunal de —; police-court.

policement, n.m., civilizing.

policer, v.a., to establish a regular government; to civilize, to polish, to refine.

polichinelle, n.m., punch, buffoon; merry-andrew.

poli-couteaux, n.m., knife-cleaner.

poliment, adv., politely.

polir, v.a., to polish, to polish up, to brighten, to burnish; to make polite, to civilize, to refine. — un discours; to polish a discourse. — une langue; to polish a language.

se polir, v.r., to polish (of a thing); to become refined (of people).

polissage, n.m., polishing, finishing.

polisseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., polisher.

polissoir, n.m., polisher (tool).

polissoire, n.f., shining-brush.

polisson, n.m., blackguard; low fellow, ragamuffin; scamp; mischievous child.

polisson, -ne, adj., mischievous, idle, blackguard; rude.

polissonne, n.f., gadabout (girl who runs about the streets).

polissonner, v.n., to play the blackguard, to crack broad jokes; (of children) to run about the streets.

polissonnerie (-so-n-rî), n.f., blackguardism, blackguard trick, broad, smutty joke.

polissure, n.f., polishing.

politesse, n.f., politeness, civility, good breeding, polite thing, kindness, attention, compliment. Faire une —; to do a polite thing. Ce serait une — de votre part de; it would be kind of you to.

politicien, n.m., politician.

politique, adj., political, politic, prudent, wise.

politique, n.m., politician, statesman. C’est un rusé —; he is a crafty politician.

politique, n.f., policy; politics, statecraft; prudence. Etudier la —; to study politics. Parler —; to talk politics. — extérieure; foreign politics; foreign policy.

politiquement (-tik-mān), adv., politically, (fig.) shrewdly.

politiquer, v.n., (fam.) to talk politics, to meddle with politics.

polka, n.f., polka.

polker, v.n., to dance the polka.

poll, n.m., (n.p.) (pol.) poll.

pollen (pol-lè-n), n.m., (bot.) pollen.

pollicitation (pol-li-), n.f., (jur.) pollicitation.

pollué, -e (pol-lué), adj., polluted, defiled.

polluer (pol-lué), v.a., to pollute, to defile, to profane.

se polluer, v.r., to pollute one’s self.

pollution, (pol-lu-), n.f., pollution, profanation.

polonais, -e, adj., Polish.

polonais, n.m., Pole; Polonese, Polish (language).

polonaise, n.f., polonaise (dress, dance, tune).

poltron, -ne, n. and adj., coward, poltroon, skulker; cowardly, dastardly, chicken-hearted.

poltronnerie (-tro-n-rî), n.f., cowardice, poltroonery, cowardly action.

poly-, a prefix from Gr. πολύς.

polyacoustique, adj., polyacoustic.

polyadelphie, n.f., polyadelphia.

polyandrie, n.f., (bot.) polyandria.

polyarchie, n.f., polyarchy.

polychreste, adj., (pharm.) polycrest.

polychrome, adj., (tech.) of many colors.

polyèdre, n.m., (geom.) polyhedron.

polygala or polygale, n.m., (bot.) polygala, milkwort.

polygame, n.m.f. and adj., polygamist; polygamous.

polygamie, n.f., polygamy; (bot.) polygamia.

polygarchie, n.f. V. polyarchie.

polyglotte, n.m.f. and adj., polyglot.

polygone, n.m. and adj., (fort., geom.) polygon; ordnance-yard, practice-ground; polygonal.

polygraphe, n.m., polygraph (instrument for multiplying copies of a writing); manifold writer.

polygraphie, n.f., polygraphy.

polygynie, n.f., polygynia.

polymathie, n.f., polymathy (knowledge of many arts and sciences).

polymathique, adj., polymathic.

polymorphe, adj., polymorphous.

polymorphisme, n.m., polymorphy.

polynôme, n.m., (alg.) polynome, polynomial.

polype, n.m., polyp, polypus. — du nez; polypus (in the nose).

polypétale, adj., (bot.) polypetalous.

polypeu-x, -se, adj., (med.) polypous.

polyphone, adj., polyphonic.

polyphylle, adj., polyphyllous.

polypier, n.m., polypier, coral.

polypode, n.m., (bot.) polypody.

polyptique, n.m., (feudality) register of rents, taxes.

polyscope, n.m., polyscope.

polyspaste, n.m., polyspast.

polysperme, adj., polyspermous.

polystyle, adj., (arch.) polystyle.

polysyllabe, n.m. and adj., polysyllable; polysyllabic, polysyllabical.

polysyllabique, adj., polysyllabic, polysyllabical.

polytechnicien, n.m., cadet of the Paris Polytechnic School.

polytechnique (-tèk-nik), adj., polytechnic. Ecole —; Polytechnic School (French national military and civil-service academy).

polythéisme, n.m., polytheism.

polythéiste, n.m. and adj., polytheist; polytheistic, polytheistical.

polytric, n.m., (bot.) golden maiden-hair, hair-moss.

pomifère, adj., pomiferous.

pommade, n.f., pomatum (for the hair); lip-salve; (man.) vault, vaulting.

pommader, v.a., to pomade.

pomme, n.f., apple; ball, knob; head (of a cabbage, of a lettuce, of a walking-stick). — sauvage; crab, crab-apple. — d’Adam; Adam’s apple. — de discorde; apple of discord, bone of contention. — d’amour; tomato. — de terre; potato. — de chêne; oak-apple. — de coloquinte; bitter-apple. — de pin; pineapple; fir-apple. — de choux, de laitue; head of a cabbage, of a lettuce. — de canne; head or handle of a cane. — de lit; ball at the top of a bed-post. —s de pavillon; (nav.) trucks of the ensign-staff. —s de girouette; (nav.) acorns of the vanes.

☉pommé, n.m., cider.

pommé, -e, part., grown to a round head, cabbaged; (fig., fam.) complete, downright. Laitue —e; cabbage-lettuce. Un fou —; a downright fool. Une sottise —e; an egregious blunder.

pommeau, n.m., pummel (of saddles, swords).

pommelé, -e, adj., dappled, mottled; cloudy (with dappled clouds). Cheval gris-—; dapple-gray horse.

se pommeler (po-m-lé), v.r., to become dappled. Le ciel s’est pommelé; the sky has become dappled.

pommelle, n.f., roller-bolt (of carriages); grating (of pipes); drain-pipe; strainer.

pommer, v.n., (hort.) to cabbage, to grow to a round head.

pommeraie (po-mrê), n.f., apple-orchard.

pommette, n.f., pommel, knob, ball; cheek-bone.

pommier, n.m., apple-tree; apple-roaster.

pomoyer, v.n., (nav.) to underrun (cables).

pompe, n.f., pomp; splendor; ceremony, state; dignity, majesty. Marcher en grande —; to march in great state. — funèbre; funeral pomp. — du style; loftiness of style. Entrepreneur de —s funèbres; undertaker.

pompe, n.f., pump. Piston d’une —; plug, sucker, of a pump. — à feu; steam-pump. — aspirante; suction-pump. — à incendie; fire-engine. — à vapeur; steam-pump or engine. — d’arrosement; watering-engine, garden engine. —s funèbres; funerals, burials. La — est haute; the pump sucks. La — se décharge; the pump has lost water. — à bière; beer-engine. À la —; on draught. À la —! (nav.) pump ship, ho!

pomper, v.n., to pump.

pomper, v.a., to pump, to suck up. — l’humidité; to suck up the moisture.

pompeusement (-peûz-mān), adv., pompously, with great pomp.

pompeu-x, -se, adj., pompous, stately, lofty. Style, discours —; lofty style, speech.

pompier, n.m., fireman; pump-maker.

pompon, n.m., top-knot (of horses); ear-knot; (milit.) tuft.

pomponné, -e, part., decked out, tricked out.

pomponner, v.a., (fam.) to ornament, to deck out, to dress. — son style; to trick out one’s style.

se pomponner, v.r., (fam.) to dress one’s self up.

☉ponant, n.m., west; western ocean (in contradistinction to the Mediterranean).

ponçage, n.m., pumicing; pouncing.

ponce, n.f., Pontius; pumice; (drawing) pounce. Pierre —; pumice-stone.

ponceau, n.m., (bot.) corn-poppy; culvert; archway; one-arched bridge; red color, poppy-color, flame-color.

ponceau, adj., poppy-colored.

poncer, v.a., to pumice; (drawing) to pounce. — de la vaisselle; to rub plate with pumice-stone.

ponceu-x, -se, adj., pumiceous.

poncif, n.m. V. poncis.

poncire, n.m., poncire lemon.

poncis, n.m., (drawing, engr.) pounced drawing.

ponction, n.f., (surg.) puncture, tapping.

ponctionner, v.a., (med.) to tap, to puncture.

ponctualité, n.f., punctuality.

ponctuation, n.f., punctuation; vowel-pointing.

ponctué, -e, part., punctuated, dotted. Plante —e; dotted plant. Ligne —e; dotted line.

ponctuel, -le, adj., punctual, exact.

ponctuellement (-èl-mān), adv., punctually, exactly.

ponctuer, v.a., to punctuate, to point.

pondage, n.m., poundage (duty per pound).

pondérabilité, n.f., ponderability.

pondérable, adj., ponderable.

pondération, n.f., (phys.) ponderation; poising, balancing.

pondérer, v.a., to poise, to balance.

pondeuse, n.f., layer; laying (of hens).

pondre, v.a., to lay eggs.

poney, n.m., pony.

pongo, n.m., (mam.) pongo, black orang.

pont, n.m., bridge; deck (of a ship); flap (of trousers). —-levis, (—s-—) drawbridge. — tournant; swing-bridge. — dormant; fixed bridge. — suspendu; suspension-bridge. — tube; tubular bridge. — à bascule; weigh-bridge. Faire un — d’or à quelqu’un; to make great pecuniary concessions to any one. — aux ânes; asses’ bridge (the 47th proposition in France, instead of the 5th in America). La foire n’est pas sur le —; (prov.) there is no need to be in such a hurry. Les —s et chaussées; department of roads and bridges. — volant; (nav.) hanging stage. Premier —; lower deck. Second —; upper deck of a two-decker. Troisième —; upper deck of a three-decker. Faux —; spar-deck. — arqué; cambered deck. — coupé; half-deck. Entre —; orlop deck, between decks. Equipage de —; pontoon train. Se porter comme le Pont Neuf; to be in splendid health; to be as fit as a fiddle. C’est vieux comme le Pont Neuf; it is as old as the hills or Queen Anne is dead.

pont-aqueduc, n.m., (—s-—s) aqueduct-bridge.

ponte, n.f., laying of eggs.

ponte, n.m., punter (cards); (ombre) ponto, the ace of hearts or diamonds.

ponté, -e, adj., decked (of a ship).

ponter, v.n., (play) to punt.

pontet, n.m., trigger-guard; saddle-tree.

pontife, n.m., pontiff. Le souverain —; the sovereign pontiff, the pope.

pontifical, n.m., pontifical.

pontifical, -e, adj., pontifical.

pontificalement (-kal-mān), adv., pontifically.

pontificat, n.m., pontificate.

pontin, adj., Pontine. Les marais —s; the Pontine marshes (between Rome and Naples).

pont-levis, n.m., (—s-—) drawbridge; flap (of trousers); (man.) pontlevis.

pont-neuf, n.m., (—s-—s) street-ballad, popular song.

ponton, n.m., pontoon, bridge of boats; hulk; convict-ship.

pontonage, n.m., bridge-toll; hire of a ferry-boat; pontage.

pontonnier, n.m., toll-collector; (milit.) pontonier.

pontuseau, n.m., water-line (in paper).

pope, n.m., pope (priest of the Greek church).

popeline, n.f., poplin.

poplité, -e, adj., (anat.) popliteal.

populace, n.f., populace, mob, rabble.

populaci-er, -ère, adj., low, vulgar.

populaire, adj., popular, vulgar. n.m., populace, rabble.

populairement (-lèr-mān), adv., popularly.

populariser, v.a., to popularize, to make popular.

se populariser, v.r., to make one’s self popular.

popularité, n.f., popularity.

population, n.f., population.

populeu-x, -se, adj., populous.

populo, n.m., (—s) (jest.) plump little boy, chubby-cheeks.

poracé, -e, adj., (med.) porraceous.

porc (pork), n.m., hog, pig, pork; porker; swine. — marin; porpoise. Soie de —; hog’s bristles. Gardeur de —s; swine-herd. — frais; pork. Côtelette de —; pork-chop. [The final c of porc is silent before words beginning with a consonant.]

porcelaine, n.f., porcelain, china, chinaware; china vase or vases. Terre à —; china-clay.

porcelainier, n.m., workman in a porcelain manufactory, china manufacturer.

porcelet, n.m., young pig; porket; (insect) wood-louse.

porc-épic (por-ké-pik), n.m., (—s-—s) porcupine.

porchaison, n.f., wild-boar season.

porche, n.m., porch, portal.

porch-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., swineherd.

porcherie, n.f., pig-sty, piggery.

porcine, adj.f., porcine.

pore, n.m., pore.

poreu-x, -se, adj., having pores, porous.

porisme, n.m., (geom.) porism; (antiq.) corollary.

porosité, n.f., porosity.

porphyre, n.m., (min.) porphyry; (pharm.) slab (for grinding).

porphyrisation, n.f., grinding (with a muller), pulverization.

porphyriser, v.a., to grind; to porphyrize; to pound, to powder, to pulverize.

porque, n.f., sow; (nav.) rider. — de fond; floor-riders. Allonges de —; futtock-riders. Aiguillettes de —; upper futtock-riders.

porracé, -e, adj. V. poracé.

porreau, n.m. V. poireau.

porrection, n.f., (c.rel.) presentation of the instruments.

porrigo, n.m., (med.) porrigo, ring-worm.

port, n.m., port, haven, harbor, sea-port town; wharf, quay; postage, carriage (of parcels); aspect; presence, bearing, gait, portliness; (nav.) burden; (mus.) grace note, portamento. — de mer; sea-port. — de toutes marées; deep-water harbor. — à marée; tidal harbor. — marchand; commercial harbor. — de guerre; naval harbor or station. Franc de —; prepaid, carriage paid. Prendre —, surgir au —; to come into harbor, to land; to attain one’s end, to come to an anchor. Arriver à bon —; to come safe into harbor; to arrive safely; (fig.) to end happily. Faire naufrage au —; to be wrecked in port. — de lettre; postage. — payé; post-paid. Permis de — d’armes; license to carry arms. — d’armes; gun-license. — de voix; (voc. mus.) portamento-voice. Elle a un — de reine; her walk is that of a queen. Le — d’une plante; (bot.) the aspect of a plant. — permis; (nav.) weight of luggage (free on board ship to officers, sailors, and passengers). Conduire, or mener, à bon —; (fig.) to bring to a successful issue.

portable, adj., that can be worn, wearable; portable, payable (at).

portage, n.m., portage (at water-falls in America); conveyance, porterage. V. port permis (nav.), under port. Faire —; to carry a boat overland (at waterfalls).

*portail, n.m., front gate, west-door (of a church); door-way, portal.

portant, -e, adj., bearing, carrying. L’un — l’autre; one with another, one carrying the other. Il est bien —; he is in good health. Tirer sur quelqu’un à bout —; to shoot at any one quite close, or point-blank.

portati-f, -ve, adj., portable.

porte, adj., (anat.) portal. Veine —; portal vein.

porte, n.f., gate, gateway, door-way, door; door-step, threshold; eye (for hooks); defile (of mountains); the Sublime Porte. Les —s d’une ville; the gates of a town. —s d’enfilade; suite of doors. — d’entrée; entrance door, street door, front door. — de sortie; exit door, side door, back door. — à —; next door to each other. — cochère; courtyard-gate. — à deux battants; folding-doors. — battante; baize-door. — vitrée; glass door. —-croisée, (—s-—s) terrace, or garden, glass door. Mettre quelqu’un à la —; to turn any one out of doors. Fermer la — au nez de quelqu’un; to shut the door in any one’s face. — de derrière; back door; (fig.) shift. Prendre la —; to take to the door. Refuser la —; to refuse admittance. À —s ouvrantes; at the opening of the gates. À — close; with closed doors. —s d’un bassin; gates of a dock. La — ottomane; the Ottoman, the Sublime Porte. Faire défendre sa — à; not to be at home to.

porté, -e, part., carried, inclined, prone, disposed; (of shadows) projected. Il est — par la loi que; the law provides that. Il est — à médire; he is prone to backbiting.

porté, n.m., wear; appearance, style, look.

porte-affiches, n.m., advertising board; (man) sandwich-man.

*porte-aiguille, n.m., (—) (surg.) needle-holder; (—, or —-—s) needle-case.

porte-allumettes, n.m., (—) n.m., match-box.

porte-amarre, n.m., life-saving apparatus, line rocket.

☉porte-arquebuse, n.m., (—) king’s gun-bearer.

porte-assiette, n.m., (—, or —-—s) plate-stand.

☉porte-auge, n.m., (—) hodman, mason’s laborer.

porte-baguette, n.m., (—) pipe (of muskets, pistols).

porte-baïonnette, n.m., (—, or —-—s) bayonet-belt.

porte-balle, n.m., peddler, packman.

porte-barres, n.m., (—) pole-ring.

porte-bonheur, n.m., bearer of good tidings; bangle.

porte-bossoir, n.m., (—-—s) (nav.) supporter of the cat-head.

porte-bouquet, n.m., bouquet-holder.

porte-bouteilles, n.m., wine-rack, wine-bin.

porte-carabine, n.m., (—) carbine-swivel.

porte-carafe, n.m., decanter stand.

porte-cartes, n.m., (—) card-rack, card-case.

porte-chape, n.m., cope-bearer.

porte-cierge, n.m., taper-bearer.

porte-choux, n.m., market-gardener’s horse.

porte-cigare, n.m., (—) cigar-holder.

porte-cigares, n.m., (—) cigar-case.

porte-clefs, n.m., (—) turnkey; (mus.) key-board, key-ring.

porte-collet, n.m., pad, stiffener (for collars).

porte-coquetiers, n.m., egg-stand.

porte-crayons, n.m., pencil-case.

porte-croix, n.m., (—) cross-bearer.

porte-crosse, n.m., (—) crosier-bearer; (milit.) carbine-bucket.

porte-cure-dent, n.m., (—-—s) tooth-pick case or holder.

porte-dieu, n.m., (—) (c.rel.) viaticum-bearer.

porte-drapeau, n.m., (—) (milit.) ensign-bearer, ensign, color-sergeant.

portée, n.f., brood, litter; reach (of the hand, arm); reach (of the mind); capacity, compass; comprehension; import (extent of signification); shot (of a missile weapon); (artil.) range; (arch.) pitch; bearing; resting-point; (mus.) staff, stave. Hors de la — du canon; beyond cannon range. A or à la — du fusil; within gun-shot range. Cela n’est pas à ma —; that is not within my reach. Être à la — de la voix de quelqu’un; to be within hearing, within call. À — de trait; within bow-shot. Cet ouvrage n’est pas à ma —; that work is not within my compass, is beyond me. Cela passe ma —; that is beyond my comprehension, I cannot make it out, I fail to understand. Se mettre à la — de quelqu’un; to come down to the level of any one. Esprit d’une haute —; an intellect of great range of thought. La — d’un raisonnement; the scope or bearing of an argument.

☉porte-enseigne, n.m., (—) standard-bearer.

porte-épée, n.m., (—) sword-bearer; sword-belt, sword-hanger.

porte-éperon, n.m., (—, or —-—s) spur-strap.

porte-étendard, n.m., (—) standard-bearer; cornet.

porte-étrier, n.m., (—) stirrup-strap.

porte-étrivière, n.m., stirrup-bar.

*porte-éventail, n.m., (—) fan-carrier.

portefaix, n.m., porter, street-porter.

porte-fer, n.m., (—) horse-shoe case, iron-stand.

*portefeuille, n.m., portfolio; pocket-book; (pol.) office, portfolio, bill-case. Tout son bien est en —; all his property is invested in bills. Cet auteur a plusieurs ouvrages en —; that author has several works in manuscript, or lying by. Courir le —; to go office-hunting. En —; (com.) (of bills) in hand.

porte-flambeau, n.m., (— or —-—x) light-bearer; torch-bearer; linkman.

porte-fleurs, n.m., flower-stand.

porte-fouet, n.m., whip-socket; whip-holder.

porte-fourchette, n.m., (—, or —-—s) knife-rest.

porte-fromage, n.m., (—) cheese-tray or stand.

porte-fût, n.m., cask-stand.

porte-gargousse, n.m., (—) (nav.) cartridge-box.

porte-giberne, n.m., (mil.) pouch-belt.

porte-hache, n.m., (milit.) axe-case; axe-bearer.

porte-haubans, n.m., (—) (nav.) chain-wale.

porte-huilier, n.m., (—) cruet-stand.

porte-lanterne, n.m., lantern-fly; lamp-bracket (bicycles).

porte-lettres, n.m., (—) letter-case.

porte-liqueurs, n.m., (—) liquor-frame.

porte-livre, n.m., book-prop.

porte-lof, n.m., (—, or —-—s) (nav.) bumkin.

porte-malheur, n.m., (—) ill omen, bearer of ill-luck.

porte-malle, n.m., (—). V. porte-balle.

portemanteau, n.m., portmanteau; coat-peg, coat-stand; coat-rail.

porte-masse, n.m., mace-bearer.

porte-mèche, n.m., (—) wick-holder; (surg.) tent-probe.

portement, n.m., (paint.) carrying, bearing. — de croix; carrying the cross.

porte-mitre, n.m., (—) miter-bearer.

porte-monnaie, n.m., (—) purse, flat-purse.

porte-montre, n.m., (—) watch-stand.

porte-montres, n.m., (—) show-case (for watches).

porte-mors, n.m., (—) heading-rein, check-piece.

porte-mouchettes, n.m., (—) snuffer-tray.

porte-mousqueton, n.m., (—) carbine-swivel, hook.

porte-musc, n.m., (—). V. musc (mam.).

porte-musique, n.m., music-stand; canterbury.

porte-objet, n.m., (—, or —-—s) object-holder, slide.

porte-page, n.m., (—) (print.) page-paper.

porte-parapluies, n.m., (—) umbrella-stand.

porte-parole, n.m., mouthpiece, spokesman.

porte-peigne, n.m., comb-bag, comb-case.

porte-pièce, n.m., (—, or —-—s) shoemaker’s punch.

porte-pierre, n.m., (—) (surg.) caustic-case.

porte-pipe, n.m., (—) pipe-case.

porte-plume, n.m., (—, or —-—s) pen-holder.

porte-plumes, n.m., (—) pen-case.

porte-queue, n.m., (—, or —-—s) train-bearer. Grand —; (orni.) swallow-tail butterfly.

porte-queues, n.m., (billiards) cue-rack.

porter (-tèr), n.m., porter (beer).

porter, v.a., to carry, to bear; to bring; to support; to wear, to have on; to convey, to declare, to express, to measure; to bring forth, to yield, to produce; to declare, to manifest, to induce, to prompt, to impel, to urge, to prevail, to excite, to persuade, to contain, to import, to hit, to strike, to take effect, to tell. — un fardeau; to carry a burden. L’un portant l’autre; one with another, upon an average. Vous en porterez le péché; the sin will lie at your door. Il ne porte jamais d’argent sur lui; he never carries money about him. — un habit; to wear a coat. — le deuil; to be in mourning. — perruque; to wear a wig. — ses cheveux; to wear one’s own hair. — une bague au doigt; to wear a ring on one’s finger. Il a porté la livrée; he has worn a livery, he has been a servant. Elle porte la culotte; she wears the breeches or the gray mare is the better horse. — l’épée; to wear a sword. — les armes; to carry arms, to shoulder arms. — la tête haute; to carry one’s head high. — le bras en écharpe; to carry one’s arm in a sling. — aux nues; to laud to the skies. — son pied en dedans; to walk with the feet turned in. — (le nez) au vent; to toss (the head) in the air; (of a horse) its nose in the wind. Le — haut; to carry it with a high hand. — la main à l’épée; to lay one’s hand upon one’s sword. — une botte; (fenc.) to make a thrust. Porter coup; to strike home or to tell. — ses vues bien haut; to have great aspirations. Somme qui porte intérêt; sum that yields or bears interest. Il en portera la peine; he will suffer for it. Vin qui porte bien l’eau; wine that bears being watered. Ils l’ont porté à la vengeance; they have excited him to revenge. Être porté à la vertu; to be inclined to virtue. L’ordre du roi ne porte pas cela; the king’s order does not convey as much. L’arrêt porte condamnation; the sentence carries condemnation with it. La déclaration porte que; the declaration stipulates that. — amitié à quelqu’un; to bear any one friendship. — respect; to respect. — envie; to envy. — bonheur; to bring good luck. — préjudice; to be prejudicial to. — témoignage; to bear witness. — son jugement sur quelque chose; to pass judgment upon anything. — une santé; to propose a toast, to drink to the health of.

se porter, v.r., to be, to do (of health); to tend, to incline; to be inclined, to be disposed; to be worn; to proceed; to repair; to move; to stand forth; to be prone, to resort, to flock (to); to turn, to be directed. Comment vous portez-vous? how do you do? Se — bien; to be well, in good health. Ne pas se — bien; to be unwell. — sur les lieux; to repair to the place. Cette pièce réussit, la foule s’y porte; the piece has caught on, crowds go to see it. Il se porte au bien; he is well disposed. Il s’est porté à cela lui-même; he took to that of his own accord. Se — fort pour quelqu’un; to answer for any one, to stand security for any one. Portez-vous bien! good health! take care of yourself.

porter, v.n., to bear, to rest, to lie; (artil., man.) to carry; (nav.) to stand, to bear off; (her.) to bear; to aim at; to hit, to take effect; to reach; to bear young, to be with young (of animals). Le carrosse porte sur la flèche; the coach bears upon the pole. Un raisonnement qui porte à faux; an inconclusive argument, a remark not to the point. Tous les coups que l’on tire ne portent pas; all shots fired do not carry home, or hit the mark. Ce vin porte à la tête; that wine goes to the head. Sa vue porte loin; his eye reaches far. — au nord-ouest; to stand to the north-west. Les voiles portent; the sails are full. — gueules; (her.) to bear gules.

porte-respect, n.m., (—) weapon carried in self-defence; life-preserver; mark of dignity; person of an imposing exterior.

porte-rideau, n.m., (—-—x) curtain-pole.

porte-rôtie, n.m., (—-—s) toast-stand, toast-rack.

porte-scie, n.m., (—, or —-—s) (ent.) saw-fly. Insectes —; saw-flies.

porte-serviettes, n.m., towel-horse.

porte-tapisserie, n.m., (—) tapestry frame.

porte-trait, n.m., (—, or —-—s) trace-strap, trace-robin.

porteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., porter, carrier, heaver; bearer; (com.) holder. Le — d’une lettre; the bearer of a letter. Payable au —; payable to bearer. Cheval —; near-side horse. — de chaise; chairman.

porte-vent, n.m., (—) (mus.) wind-trunk (of organs).

porte-verge, n.m., (—, or —-—s) verger, beadle.

porte-vergue, n.f., (—) (nav.) iron-horse.

porte-vis, n.m., (—) screw-piece.

porte-voix, n.m., (—) speaking-trumpet.

portier (-tié), n.m., porter, door-keeper.

portière (-ti-èr), n.f., curtain (before a door); carriage-door; portress.

portière, adj.f., of an age to bear (of cows).

portion, n.f., portion, part, share; allowance, pittance. — de nourriture; allowance of food. Diminuer la — de quelqu’un; to curtail any one’s allowance.

portioncule, n.f., (l.u.) a small portion.

portique, n.m., portico, doorway; porch.

portor, n.m., portor (black marble).

☉portraire, v.a., to portray, to depict, to paint.

portrait, n.m., portrait, likeness, picture, image, description. Peintre de —s; portrait painter. — en grand; full size portrait. — à l’huile; portrait in oils. — en pied; full length portrait. — flatté; flattering portrait. — chargé; caricature.

portraitiste, n.m.f., portrait-painter.

portraiture, n.f., ☉portraiture; portrait-painting. Livre de —; (paint.) drawing-book.

portugais, n.m., Portuguese (language).

portugais, -e, n. and adj., Portuguese.

portulan, n.m., (nav.) a book (of sea-ports).

posage, n.m., laying; laying down; (of bells, etc.) putting up.

pose, n.f., laying, setting, laying down on; posture, attitude; show, sham, make-believe; hanging (of bells); stationing, posting (of sentries). — de la première pierre; laying of the foundation stone.

posé, -e, part., laid, set, poised, bearing, resting, leaning. Cela —, il s’ensuit que; this being granted, it follows that. Un homme bien — dans le monde; a man in a good position, a man of standing.

posé, -e, adj., sedate, staid, sober, grave.

posément, adv., sedately, staidly.

poser, v.a., to place, to set, to lay down; to suppose, to admit, to grant; to post up; to hang, to put up (bells); (mus.) to pitch; (arith.) to put down; to pose (at dominoes). — le pied; to set foot. Posez votre paquet; lay down your bundle. — l’arme à terre; to ground arms. — les armes; to lay down one’s arms. — une figure; to put a figure in the proper position. — la première pierre d’un édifice; to lay the first stone of an edifice. — à sec; to lay down dry. — à cru; to erect timber framework on the bare ground. — à plat; to lay down flat. — une sonnette; to hang a bell. — des gardes; to post guards. — en fait; to lay down as a fact. — une question; to put a question. Posons que cela soit; let us suppose it to be so. Il pose bien sa voix; he gives his voice the proper pitch.

se poser, v.r., to place, perch, pitch, settle one’s self; to assume an attitude, to set up for; to pitch (of birds).

poser, v.n., to bear, to rest, to lean; to take a posture, to stand, to dance attendance, to wait, to sit for one’s portrait, to attitudinize.

poseur, n.m., one who lays down stones, etc.; setter, layer; (rail.) plate-layer. — de sonnettes; bell-hanger.

poseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., one who gives himself airs; a prig, a snob.

positi-f, -ve, adj., positive, certain, practical; certain, sure, matter-of-fact. Ce fait est —; it is a positive fact. Un esprit —; a practical mind. C’est un homme —; he is a matter-of-fact man. Elle ne m’avait rien promis de —; she had made me no positive or definite promise. C’est —! it’s a fact!

positif, n.m., positive reality, certainty, fact; (gram.) positive.

position, n.f., position, situation, status, standing; posture; stand, place; station of life, case, state; circumstances. — embarrassante; involved circumstances. Fausse —; (arith.) false position. Dans une bonne —; well off. Dans une — peu élevée; in a small, or inferior, position. Être en — de; to be able to. Quelle est sa —? how is he circumstanced?

positivement (-tiv-mān), adv., positively, exactly, expressly, explicitly.

positivisme, n.m., (philos.) positivism.

positiviste, n.m., (philos.) positivist, follower of positivism.

pospolite, n.f., pospolite (Polish nobility).

possédé, n.m., -e, n.f., person possessed, madman, maniac. Un homme — du démon; a man possessed of the devil. Il se démène comme un —; he lays about him like a madman.

posséder, v.a., to possess, to be possessed of, to be master of, to be conversant with, to enjoy, to own, to hold, to have, to be worth (of a person); to be acquainted with. — un emploi; to hold a situation. Les vertus qu’il possède; the virtues he is possessed of. L’ambition le possède; he is eaten up with ambition. Le diable le possède; the devil is in him. Bien — une langue; to be thorough master of a language. Bien — son sujet; to have a thorough command of one’s subject.

se posséder, v.r., to command one’s temper, to command one’s self, to master one’s passions, to contain one’s self. Ne point se —; to be beside one’s self. Il ne se possède pas de joie; he is beside himself with joy.

possesseur, n.m., possessor, owner, master; occupant, occupier. — légitime; lawful possessor.

possessif, n.m. and adj., (gram.) possessive case; possessive.

possession, n.f., possession, occupation, right, privilege. Mettre en —; to give possession, to invest. — antérieure; preoccupancy. Prise de —; taking possession. — injuste; wrongful possession. Être en — de; to be able to, to have the right or privilege (of).

possessoire, adj., (jur.) possessory. Action —; possessory action.

possessoire, n.m., (jur.) possession (of real property).

posset, n.m., posset.

possibilité, n.f., possibility.

possible, adj., possible. Il est — de le faire; it is possible to do it. Il est — qu’il le fasse; he may possibly do it. Venez le plus tôt —; come as early as you can.

possible, n.m., possibility, utmost. Faire tout son —; to do one’s utmost. Je ferai tout mon —; I’ll do whatever lies in my power, or the best I can, or all I can. Au —; amazingly, to a degree. C’est —; very likely, that may be. Pas —! you don’t say so!

postal, -e, adj., postal, of the post.

postalement, adv., by post.

postcommunion, n.f., (c.rel.) post-communion.

postdate, n.f., (l.u.) postdate.

postdater, v.a., to postdate.

poste, n.m., post; guard-house, station; station-house; place, employment; (nav.) berth; station (of a ship). — de chirurgiens; surgeons’ berth. — des malades; cockpit. — de combat; quarters. — d’un vaisseau; station of a ship in a fleet. Être à — fixe dans un lieu; to be stationed in a place, to reside on the spot; (fig.) to be a fixture. Être à son —; to be at one’s post.

poste, n.f., post, post-house; post-stage; post-office; mail; buck-shot. Aller en —; to travel post. Courir, or aller, la —; to ride or travel post; to go post-haste, very fast. Chevaux de —; post-horses. — aux chevaux; post-house. — aux lettres; letter-post, pillar post. Bureau de —; post-office. — pour —; by return of post. Maître de —; postmaster. Relais de —; post-stage. — restante; till called for. Directeur des —s; postmaster general. Grande —; General Post-office. Petite —; district post-office; receiving house.

posté, -e, part., placed, stationed.

postel, n.m., teasel, kind of thistle (used in cloth manufactories).

poster, v.a., to station, to place, to post.

postérieur, -e, adj., posterior, subsequent, later; future.

postérieur, n.m., posteriors.

postérieurement (-eur-mān), adv., subsequently, after, since.

à posteriori, adv., (log.) a posteriori (from the effect to the cause); or from what follows.

postériorité, n.f., posteriority.

postérité, n.f., posterity, issue. En appeler à la —; to appeal to posterity. Transmettre son nom à la — la plus reculée; to transmit, or hand down, one’s name to the remotest posterity. Passer à la —; to be handed down to posterity.

postface, n.f., address (placed at the end of a work), after-address.

☉postfixe, n.m., (gram.) postfix, termination.

posthume, n.m. and adj., posthumous child; posthumous. Œuvres —s; posthumous works. Un fils —; a posthumous son. C’est un —; he is a posthumous child.

postiche, adj., superadded; false, misplaced; false, artificial, sham, mock; (milit.) provisional acting. Dents —s; false teeth. Cheveux —s; false hair. Caporal —; acting-corporal.

*postillon, n.m., postilion; post-boy; (backgammon) mark above the half.

postposer, v.a., ☉to put after; (book-bind.) to transpose.

postpositi-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) postpositive.

postposition, n.f., postposition.

postscénium, n.m., (—) postscenium.

post-scriptum (-tom), n.m., (—) postscript.

postulance, n.f., application, candidature.

postulant, n.m., -e, n.f., postulant, candidate, applicant.

postulat, n.m., postulate.

postulation, n.f., conducting a suit, or cause; (canon law) application for a dispensation.

postulatum, n.m., (postulata) (philos.) postulate. V. postulat.

postuler, v.a., to solicit; to apply for, to be a candidate for; (ecc.) to apply for a dispensation. — une place; to apply for a place.

postuler, v.n., to conduct a suit, to plead.

posture, n.f., posture, attitude, situation, condition.

pot, n.m., pot, jug; tankard, can, jar; (stationery) foolscap; ☉pot, morion, helmet. Mettre en —; to pot. — de chambre; chamber-pot. Bête comme un —; as stupid as an owl. Mettre le — sur le feu; to put the pot on the fire. Prendre la fortune du —; to take pot-luck. — pourri; hotch-potch; jar filled with all sorts of flowers; medley, jumble, olio. — à feu; (artil.) fireball, cresset, fire-pot. —-au-feu; (—) meat to boil (to make soup); broth; (fig.) bread and butter, bread and cheese. — à l’eau; water-jug. — au lait; milk-can. Tourner autour du —; to beat about the bush. Gare le — au noir; beware of the danger. Découvrir le — aux roses; to find out the secret, to lay bare the mystery. Il en payera les —s cassés; he will pay for the damage, stand the racket. C’est le — de terre contre le — de fer; it is the earthen pot against the iron pot (i.e., the weak against the strong). Un — fêlé dure longtemps; threatened men live long. Il n’y a si méchant — qui ne trouve son couvercle; every Jack has his Jill. Être à — et à rôt avec; to be great pals with or to be very thick with.

potable, adj., drinkable.

potage, n.m., porridge, soup. — aux herbes; vegetable soup. Il ne trouva que cela pour tout —; that’s all he found. Pour tout —; in all, all told.

potager, n.m., kitchen-stove; kitchen-garden; soup-pan.

potag-er, -ère, adj., culinary, cooking. Herbes, or plantes, —ères; pot-herbs. Jardin —; kitchen-garden.

potamot, n.m., (bot.) pond-weed.

potasse, n.f., potash. — d’Amérique; pearl-ash.

potassium (-siom), n.m., potassium.

pot-de-vin, n.m., (—s-—) gratuity; premium; good-will; bonus; bribe; tip.

pote, adj., (fam.) big, swollen, sore (of the hand).

poteau, n.m., post, stake, pillar. — cornier; corner-post. — indicateur or guide; finger-post; sign-post. — d’enseigne; sign-post. — d’arrivée; winning-post. — de départ; starting-post.

potée, n.f., potful; houseful or swarm (of children); putty (of tin); (metal.) molding, luting loam. — d’étain; putty-powder. — d’émeri; emery dust.

potelé, -e (po-tlé), adj., plump, fat, chubby.

potelet (po-tlè), n.m., (carp.) strut; prop.

potence, n.f., gallows, gibbet; bracket; prop; crutch (shaped in the form of a T); sliding rule for measuring the height of men and horses; (nav.) gallowsbit; (horl.) potence. Gibier de —; Newgate or jail bird.

potentat, n.m., potentate.

potentiel, -le, (-ci-èl), adj., (med., gram.) potential.

potentiellement (-ci-èl-), adv., potentially.

*potentille, n.f., (bot.) cinque-foil.

poterie (-trî), n.f., pottery, earthenware. — de grès; stoneware.

poterne, n.f., (fort.) postern.

potiche, n.f., China or Japan vase.

potier (-tié), n.m., potter. Terre à —; potter’s clay. — d’étain; pewterer.

potin, n.m., pinchbeck; (fam.) gossip, tittle-tattle.

potion, n.f., (med.) potion, draught.

potiron, n.m., pumpkin.

☉potron-jaquet or potron-minet, n.m. V. patron-jaquet.

pou, n.m., louse. Des —x; lice.

pouacre, n.m. and adj., (pop.) niggardly; nasty fellow; filthy; nasty.

pouah! int., faugh! ugh!

pouce, n.m., thumb; inch. Il s’en mordra les —s; he will rue it, or regret it. Serrer les —s à quelqu’un; to wrest a secret from any one. Mettre les —s; to give in; to knuckle under. Manger sur le —; to have a snack.

poucet, n.m., small thumb. Le petit —; Tom Thumb.

poucettes, n.f.pl., manacles (for the thumbs).

poucier, n.m., thumb-stall.

pou-de-soie, n.m., (—x-—) or poult-de-soie, n.m., (—s-—) (silk) paduasoy; stout silk.

pouding, n.m., pudding.

poudingue (-dingh), n.m., pudding-stone.

poudre, n.f., dust, sand; powder; gunpowder. — d’or; gold dust. Sucre en —; castor sugar. Réduire en —; to pulverize. Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un; to throw dust into the eyes of any one, to impose on any one. Du tabac en —; snuff. — de chasse; shooting-powder. Du café en —; ground coffee. — à canon; gunpowder. La soute aux —s; (nav.) the powder magazine. Les —s; the powder magazine. Il n’a pas inventé la —; he is no conjurer; he will never set the Thames on fire. Mettre le feu aux —s; (fig.) to fan the flame.

poudrer, v.a., to powder, to pounce, to sprinkle.

se poudrer, v.r., to powder one’s hair.

poudrerie, n.f., gunpowder factory.

poudrette, n.f., dried night soil. Faire la —; (of fowls) to roll in the dust.

poudreu-x, -se, adj., dusty, powdery. C’est un pied —; he is a vagabond, a tramp.

poudrier, n.m., sand-box, pounce-box; gunpowder-maker.

poudrière, n.f., powder-mill; powder magazine; sand-box.

poudroyer, v.a., to fill, or cover, with dust. v.n., to rise (of the dust); to be dusty (of roads).

pouf, n.m., puff; puffery, hoax; ottoman seat; centre ottoman. Faiseur de —s; (fig.) puffer; boaster, charlatan. Faire des —s; to disappear without paying one’s debts.

pouf, adv., plump, bang. À —; (pop.) on tick, on credit.

pouf, adj. invariable, crumbling (of stones).

pouffer, v.n., to puff. Only used in — de rire; to burst out laughing.

poufferie, n.f., puffery.

pouffiste, n.m., puffer.

*pouillé, n.m., register of benefices.

*pouiller, v.a., (pop.) to rail at, to abuse.

*se pouiller, v.r., (pop.) to abuse each other.

*pouilles, n.f.pl., abuse, abusive language. Il m’a chanté —; he abused me.

*pouilleu-x, -se, n. and adj., lousy person; beggarly fellow; lousy, wretched, mean.

*pouillot, n.m., (orni.) pewet.

*poulailler, n.m., hen-house, poultry-house; poultry-cart; (of persons) poulterer, poultry salesman.

poulain, n.m., foal, colt; (med.) bubo.

poulaine, n.f., (nav.) figure-head.

poulan, n.m., (at cards) pool.

poularde, n.f., fat pullet; capon.

poule, n.f., hen; fowl; pool (play). Jeune —; pullet. — d’Inde; turkey-hen. — d’eau; moor-hen. Faire venir la chair de —; to make one’s flesh creep, to make one shudder. Plumer la — sans la faire crier; to make any one disgorge without any fuss. — mouillée; milk-sop (pers.).

poulet, n.m., chicken; love-letter; (stationery) fancy note-paper.

poulette, n.f., young hen, pullet; lass. À la —; with white sauce.

☉poulevrin. V. pulvérin.

pouliche, n.f., filly, foal.

poulie, n.f., pulley; (nav.) block.

poulier, v.a., to hoist, to lift up, with a pulley.

poulierie, n.f., block-shed; block-manufacture; block-manufactory.

poulieur, n.m., block-maker.

☉poulin, -e. V. poulain, pouliche.

pouliner, v.n., to foal (of mares).

poulinière, n.f. Jument —; brood mare.

pouliot, n.m., (bot.) penny-royal.

poulpe, n.m., (mol.) octopus, devil-fish.

pouls (poo), n.m., pulse. — déréglé; irregular pulse. — faible; low pulse. — élevé; high pulse. — formicant; small, weak and frequent pulse. Se tâter le —; to feel one’s own pulse; (fig.) to gauge one’s strength. Tâter le — à quelqu’un; to feel any one’s pulse. Le — lui bat; his pulse beats.

poult-de-soie, n.m. (—s-—). V. pou-de-soie.

poumon, n.m., lung, lungs.

poupard, n.m., (triv.) babe, baby, baby-doll.

poupart, n.m., large edible crab.

poupe, n.f., poop, stern. À — carrée, square-sterned. À — étroite; vertical-sterned. Vent en —; stern-wind. Mettre vent en —; to bear away before the wind. Mouiller en —; to moor by the stern. Avoir le vent en —; to sail before the wind; (fig.) to be in luck’s way.

poupée, n.f., doll; puppet; (arch.) poppy-head; (hort.) crown-graft; bunch of hemp or flax tied to the distaff. Enter en —; (hort.) to graft in the bark.

poupin, -e, n. and adj., (fam.) fop, beau, dandy, belle; smart, spruce, dashy.

poupon, n.m., -ne, n.f., plump, chub-cheeked baby, boy, girl. Ma —ne; my darling.

pour, prep., for; on account of; in order; towards; to; though, notwithstanding. — toujours, — jamais; for ever. — le moins; at least. — cet effet; therefore, for this purpose. — ainsi dire; as it were, so to speak. Il fera cela — vous; he will do that for your sake. On l’a laissé — mort; he was left for dead. — qui me prenez-vous? whom do you take me for? Je le tiens — mon ami; I take him to be, or consider him, my friend. — moi; for my part, as for me. — ce qui est de moi, j’y consens; for my part I consent to it. Comme —; as if, as much as (to). — ce qui est de; as regards, as for.

pour, n.m., for, pro. Les — et les contre; the pros and cons.

pourboire, n.m., drink-money; tip. Demander un —; to ask for something (over and above the legal fare).

pourceau, n.m., hog, pig, swine. Etable à —x; hog-sty. — de mer; sea-hog, porpoise. C’est un vrai —; he is a perfect beast.

pour-cent, n.m., percentage.

pourchasser, v.a., to pursue, to seek eagerly; to chase; to dun, to badger.

pourfendeur, n.m., (l.u.) killer; swaggerer, bully. — de géants; giant-killer, braggadocio.

pourfendre, v.a., (fam.) to cleave asunder, to cleave; to kill outright.

pourir, v.n. V. pourrir.

pourissage or pourrissage, n.m., (tech.) retting.

pourissoir or pourrissoir, n.m., (tech.) retting vat.

pouriture, n.f. V. pourriture.

pourlécher, v.a., (l.u.) to lick all over; (fig.) to polish, to labor.

se pourlécher, v.r., (fam.) to lick one’s chops; (fig.) to gloat over (in anticipation).

pour lors, adv., then, after that; at that time; henceforward.

pourparler, n.m., parley, conference. Entrer en —s; to enter into negotiations; to discuss.

pour peu que, conj., ever so little, however little; if only.

pourpier, n.m., (bot.) purslain.

pourpoint, n.m., doublet. À brûle-—; quite close; point-blank. Mettre quelqu’un en —; to ruin any one. Se mettre en —; to be ready to fight. Un argument à brûle —; a convincing, irresistible argument. Donner à quelqu’un un — de pierre; to clap any one into prison.

pourpre, n.m., purple; (med.) purples; (her.) purpure.

pourpre, adj., purple.

pourpre, n.f., purple (stuff); purple-dye; purple-fish; (fig.) sovereign dignity; cardinalate. Porter la —; to wear the purple. Être né dans la —; to be born in a palace, in the purple.

pourpré, -e, adj., purpled, purple. Fièvre —e; purpura, petechial fever.

pourprier, n.m., (mol.) purpura.

☉pourpris, n.m., inclosure; abode, home.

pour que, conj., in order that, so that, to.

pourquoi, adv., why, wherefore. — cela? why so? — pas? why not?

pourquoi, conj., why, for what, upon what account; for what reason. Demandez-moi —; I don’t know why (i.e. I should like to know why). C’est —; therefore.

pourquoi, n.m., the reason why; the why and the wherefore. Je voudrais bien savoir le —; I would fain know the why and the wherefore.

pourri, n.m., rottenness, rotten part.

pourri, -e, part., rotten. — de cuisson; done to rags. Pomme —e; rotten apple. Pierre —e; rotten stone.

pourrir, v.n., to rot, to grow rotten; to perish.

pourrir, v.a., to rot, to make rotten; to mature (of a cold), to ripen.

se pourrir, v.r., to get rotten.

pourrissage, n.m. V. pourissage.

pourrissant, -e, adj., rotting.

pourrissoir, n.m. V. pourissoir.

pourriture, n.f., rot, rottenness, putrefaction, decay; (agri.) brown rust; (vet.) rot.

poursuite, n.f., pursuit, chase; prosecution; persecution; (jur.) suit, action, proceedings. Intenter des —s; (jur.) to institute proceedings, to take proceedings.

poursuivable, adj., actionable.

poursuivant, n.m., candidate; suitor, wooer; (jur.) prosecutor, plaintiff. — d’armes; pursuivant at arms.

poursuivant, adj., pursuing; (jur.) suing, prosecuting.

poursuivre, v.a., to pursue, to hunt, to chase; to endeavor to obtain, to seek for; to go on (with), to proceed (with), to follow up; to persecute, to annoy, to beset; to haunt; (jur.) to sue; (jur.) to prosecute, to action. — quelqu’un en justice; to prosecute any one at law. — l’ennemi; to pursue the enemy. — un procès; to carry on a lawsuit. — une charge; to endeavor to obtain a post. — une pension; to solicit a pension. — son discours; to proceed with one’s speech. — son chemin; to proceed on one’s way, to pursue one’s road, to go on one’s way.

se poursuivre, v.r., to pursue one another, to be pursued, to be continued; (jur.) to be sued; to be prosecuted.

poursuivre, v.n., to pursue, to continue. Poursuivez! go on!

pourtant, adv., however, howsoever, yet, still, for all that, notwithstanding, though, nevertheless.

pourtour, n.m., periphery, circumference, circuit; pit-tier (in a theatre).

pourvoi, n.m., (jur.) appeal (for reversal of judgment), application. — en grâce; petition for mercy.

pourvoir, v.n., to see to, to look to; to attend to; to provide (for), to supply, to make provision for; to nominate, to appoint. Pourvoyez à cette affaire; see to that business. — à sa subsistance; to provide for one’s living. — à un bénéfice; to prefer to a living, to appoint, to nominate to a living.

pourvoir, v.a., to invest with, to put in possession of; to provide, to supply, to furnish, to stock; to endow. — une place de vivres; to victual a garrison. Ce père a bien pourvu tous ses enfants; that father has made a handsome provision for all his children.

se pourvoir, v.r., to provide one’s self; to apply, to sue, to make application for. Se — en justice; to sue at law. Se — par appel; to enter an appeal. Se — en cassation; to appeal for a reversal of judgment. Se — en grâce; to petition for mercy.

☉pourvoirie, n.f., provision-store.

pourvoyant, adj., providing, provident.

pourvoyeur, n.m., purveyor, provider, caterer; (fig.) go-between.

pourvoyeuse, n.f., procuress.

pourvu que, conj., provided that; provided; it is to be hoped that, let us hope that. — — vous le fassiez; provided you do it.

pousse, n.f., shoot, sprout; (vet.) heaves, shortness of breath, broken wind (in horses); asthma; ☉bum-bailiffs (sheriff’s officers); bitterness (a disease in wines); choke-damp (in mines).

poussé, -e, part., pushed. Ce cheval est — de nourriture; this horse has been fed too much. Du vin —; turbid, diseased wine.

pousse-café, n.m., liqueur (after coffee).

☉pousse-cul, n.m., (—, or —-—s) bum-bailiff.

poussée, n.f., pushing, thrusting; push, thrust (of arches); press (of business). Donner la — à quelqu’un; to follow up any one closely. Faire une belle —; (fam., iron.) to do a mighty fine thing. Donner une — à; to give a push to.

pousse-pieds, n.m. (—). V. anatife.

pousser, v.a., to push, to give a push to, to thrust, to give a thrust to, to shove, to shove on, to drive, to drive on, to impel; to strike, to throw, to hit; to carry on, to extend, to forward; to send forth, to shoot forth, to put out, to put forth (of plants); to urge, to stir up, to provoke, to impel, to incite, to instigate; to bring forward, to assist forward, to help on; to utter (a groan); to heave, to fetch (a sigh). — en avant; to push on. — dehors; to thrust out. — un cheval; to urge on a horse. — le temps avec l’épaule; (prov.) to endeavor to gain time. — la porte au nez de quelqu’un; to slam the door in any one’s face. — le dé; to throw the dice. — une botte; (fenc.) to make a thrust. — un mur plus loin; to carry a wall further on. — un raisonnement trop loin; to carry an argument too far. — à bout; to provoke beyond endurance. — une affaire à bout; to carry a thing to a successful issue or to go through with anything. — une tranchée; to carry forward a trench. — des cris; to utter cries. — des soupirs; to heave sighs. Vous me poussez trop; you urge me too far. C’est un tel qui l’a poussé; it was so and so who egged him on. — sa pointe; to pursue one’s point. On l’a poussé à se battre; they set him on to fight. — quelqu’un de questions; to badger, to ply any one with questions. Les arbres commencent à — des boutons; the trees are beginning to put forth buds.

se pousser, v.r., to push forward, to push one’s self forward, to be pushed forward, to be pushed, to be carried; to push forward one another. Se — de nourriture; to eat too much.

pousser, v.n., to sprout, to sprout forth, to shoot, to shoot forth (of plants); to be broken-winded (of horses); to grow (of the hair, nails); to push forward, to push on, to go on; to bulge, to jut out. Les blés poussent déjà; the corn is already coming up. Ce mur pousse en dehors; this wall bulges outwards. Poussons jusqu’à la forêt; let us push forward, or on, as far as the forest.

poussette, n.f., pushpin (game).

pousseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., pusher, shover; utterer (of sighs).

poussier, n.m., coal-dust; gunpowder-dust; turf-dust.

poussière, n.f., dust, powder; (bot.) pollen, male-seed; (of water) spray. Nuage de —; cloud of dust. — de la mer; spray. Réduire en —; to reduce to dust. Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un; to throw dust into any one’s eyes. Tirer quelqu’un de la —; to raise any one from the depths of poverty. Il fait de la —; it is dusty, the roads are dusty.

poussiéreu-x, -se, adj., dusty.

poussif, n.m., (pop.) pursy fellow or creature.

poussi-f, -ve, adj., (pop.) pursy; (vet.) short-winded, broken-winded.

poussin, n.m., chick, young chicken. — qui ne fait que d’éclore; chick just out of its shell.

poussinière, n.f., chick-room, chicken-coop; (pop.) (astron.) Pleiades.

poussoir, n.m., (horl.) pusher; driver (dentistry).

poussolane. V. pouzzolane.

poutre, n.f., beam; girder; mote (in the eye).

poutrelle, n.f., small beam; (carp.) stop-plank.

pouvoir (pouvant, pu), v.n., to be able, can, may, to have power, to be allowed, to be possible. — marcher; to be able to walk. Je ne puis vous répondre; I cannot answer you. N’en — plus; to be worn out, to be completely exhausted, to be tired out, to be done up. N’en — mais, ne — mais d’une chose; (fam.) to have had no share (in), nothing to do (with) anything. Pouvait-il mais de cela? could he possibly help that? Puisse-t-il réussir; may he succeed. Il peut arriver que; it may happen that. Il pourrait survenir une circonstance qui changeât la face des choses; some circumstance might arise which would change the whole face of matters. Je n’y puis rien; I cannot help it. Je puis ne pas le faire; I may not do it. Je ne puis pas le faire; I cannot do it. Il peut se faire or il se peut faire que; it may happen that; it may be possible for me to. Vous avez pu voir; you may have seen. Vous n’avez pas pu voir; you cannot have seen. Vous avez pu ne pas voir; you may not have seen. Il peut, or pourrait, avoir vingt ans; he may, or might, be twenty. Cela se pourrait bien; it might be so; it is not at all unlikely. Cela pourrait bien être; it might be so. Il se pourrait bien que; it might be, it might happen that. Il pourrait se faire que; it is not at all unlikely that. Pouvez-vous bien! how can you! Autant que faire se peut; as far as it is possible, On ne peut plus; exceedingly, extremely, etc.

pouvoir, v.a., can do, to be able to do; to have power. Je ne puis rien à cela; I can do nothing in that business. Vous pouvez tout sur lui; you have great power over him. Je ne crois pas le —; I do not think I can do it.

se pouvoir, v.r.imp., to be possible, may be, can be. Cela se peut; that may be, that is possible. Il se pourrait que; it might happen that. Cela ne se peut pas; that is impossible.

pouvoir, n.m., power; sway, authority, might, force, command, government; executive power. Il est en son — de; he has it in his power to. Avoir une chose en son —; to have a thing in one’s possession. Être fondé de —s; to have a power of attorney. Il a plein — de; he has full powers to. Abuser de son —; to abuse one’s power. Avoir un —; (jur.) to have a power of attorney, a letter of attorney.

pouzzolane or pozzolane, n.f., (—s) pozzalana, puzzolana, pozzuolana.

pp., ab. of the word Pères, fathers (of the church).

pragmatique, n.f. and adj., pragmatic sanction; pragmatic.

prairial, n.m., Prairial, ninth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from May 20th to June 18th.

prairie, n.f., meadow, grass-land, grass-field, prairie, savannah. —s artificielles; grounds sown with grass, clover.

praline, n.f., burnt almond.

praliner, v.a., to burn with sugar (like burnt almonds); to crystallize.

prame, n.f., (nav.) pram, dingy (Norwegian boat).

praticabilité, n.f., practicability.

praticable, adj., practicable, feasible, possible; passable (of roads); accessible, real. Si la chose est —; if the thing be practicable. Les chemins ne sont pas —s; the roads are not passable. Porte —, fenêtre —; (thea.) real door, real window.

praticables, n.m.pl., (thea.) real (not painted) objects.

praticien (-si-in), n.m. and adj., practitioner; (sculpt.) figure-carver; practicing. Médecin —; practicing physician.

pratiquant, -e, adj. and n., church-goer, communicant.

pratique, n.f., practice, practical part, observance, usage, habit; dealing, doing, customer, custom; practice (of attorneys, notaries, physicians); Punch’s whistle, squeaker; underhand dealing, secret practice; (nav.) pratique. Mettre en —; to put into practice, to practice. Faire de sourdes —s; to carry on clandestine, underhand dealings. C’est une bonne —; he is a good customer. Donner — à un vaisseau; (nav.) to admit a vessel to pratique. Cet avoué entend bien la —; that attorney is well versed in the practice of the law. Terme de —; law-term. Obtenir, or recevoir, —; (nav.) to take pratique.

pratique, adj., pertaining to practice, practical, experienced. Être — d’un lieu; (nav.) to be a good pilot for a place.

pratiquement (-tik-mān), adv., practically.

pratiquer, v.a., to practice, to exercise; to frequent, to converse with, to keep company with; to tamper with, to suborn, to bribe, to obtain, to procure; (arch.) to contrive, to let in. — la médecine; to practice as a doctor. Se garder de — les méchants; to avoid associating with the wicked. — un chemin; to open a road. — un trou; to make, to contrive, to let in, a hole. — des intelligences; to get intelligence. — des témoins; to suborn witnesses.

se pratiquer, v.r., to be in use, to be practiced, to be customary, to open or make for one’s self (a way). Cela ne se pratique point; that is not usual; such things are not done.

pratiquer, v.n., to practice, to exercise, to frequent, to associate with; to obtain, to open; to build, to contrive; to arrange; (nav.) to have free intercourse.

pré, n.m., meadow, small mead; paddock; ground (to fight a duel). Se trouver sur le —; to be upon the ground.

préadamites, n.m.pl., preadamites.

préalable, adj., preliminary; previous.

préalable, n.m., necessary preliminary; preliminary. Au —; previously, first of all.

préalablement, adv., previously, first.

préambule, n.m., preamble, preface. Point de —; no preface, please! go straight to the point.

préau, n.m., yard, paddock, green; close (of a cathedral); courtyard (of a convent or prison).

prébende, n.f., prebend, prebendaryship.

prébendé, -e, adj., in possession of a prebend; prebendal.

prébendier, n.m., prebendary.

précaire, adj., n.m., precarious; uncertain; precarious tenure.

précairement (-kèr-mān), adv., precariously.

précaution, n.f., precaution; caution, care. Prendre des —s auprès de quelqu’un; to proceed warily with any one. User de —; to use caution.

précautionner, v.a., to warn, to caution.

se précautionner, v.r., to be cautious, to guard against, to take precautions. Se — contre la chaleur; to guard against the heat.

précédemment (-da-mān), adv., before, previously.

précédent, -e, adj., precedent, former, preceding, previous.

précédent, n.m., something done or said previously; precedent.

précéder, v.a., to precede, to go before, to go first; to have or take precedence (of). Il était précédé par, il était précédé de; he was preceded by.

préceinte, n.f., (nav.) wale, bend, rib-band. — basse, première —, seconde —; main wale. Troisième et quatrième —; channel-wale.

précepte, n.m., precept, rule.

précepteur, n.m., tutor, private tutor, preceptor, teacher, master.

préceptoral, -e, adj., preceptorial.

préceptorat, n.m., preceptorship, tutorship.

précession, n.f., (astron.) precession.

prêche, n.m., sermon (Protestant); Protestant church, meeting-house. Quitter le —; to cease to be a Protestant; to turn Catholic.

prêcher, v.a., to preach, to hold forth, to preach up, to extol, to praise, to keep telling, to repeat. — la parole de Dieu; to preach the word of God. Ne — que malheur et misère; to be always complaining of the hardness of the times. — les fidèles; to exhort the faithful. — toujours la même chose; to be always repeating the same thing. — dans le désert; to preach to empty benches; (fig.) to convince no one. Chacun prêche pour son saint; every one has an eye to his own interest, or looks after number one. — ses exploits; to extol, to boast, of one’s exploits.

prêcher, v.n., to preach. — d’exemple; to set the example, to practice what one preaches. — sur la vendange; to preach over one’s cups. On a beau — à qui n’a cœur de bien faire; to reprove a fool is but labor lost.

prêcheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (fam.) preacher, sermonizer. Frère —; Dominican friar.

précieuse, n.f., conceited woman; prude; euphuist.

précieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., preciously, carefully; (paint.) very elaborately.

précieu-x, -se, adj., precious, costly, valuable; affected, finical, precise, over-nice. C’est un document des plus —; it is a most valuable document. Tableau d’un fini —; picture of exquisite, or elaborate, finish.

précieux, n.m., affectation, affectedness; affected man.

préciosité, n.f., (l.u.) affectation, affectedness; euphuism.

précipice, n.m., precipice. On l’a tiré du —; he has been rescued from destruction.

☉précipitable, adj., (chem.) precipitable.

précipitamment (-ta-mān), adv., precipitately, hurriedly, rashly, precipitously, headlong.

précipitant, n.m., (chem.) precipitant.

précipitation, n.f., precipitation, haste, hurry; (chem.) precipitation.

précipité, -e, part., precipitated, hurled; precipitate; rash, hasty, sudden. — de haut en bas; hurled headlong from top to bottom. Course —e; hasty flight. Marcher à pas —s; to walk with hurried steps. Départ —; sudden departure.

précipité, n.m., (chem.) precipitate.

précipiter, v.a., to precipitate, to throw, to hurl, to dash down; to hurry on, to hasten; to plunge; (chem.) to precipitate. — sa retraite; to hasten one’s retreat. — ses pas; to quicken one’s steps.

se précipiter, v.r., to precipitate one’s self; to rush forward, to dash forth; to spring forth, to dart, to hurl one’s self (down), to run. Se — sur quelqu’un; to rush upon any one.

préciput, n.m., preference legacy; jointure.

précis, n.m., summary, abstract, compendium, epitome.

précis, -e, adj., precise, distinct, exact, strict, formal, terse, concise, fixed, just. Venir à l’heure —e; to come exactly at the appointed time. Prendre des mesures —es; to take just or strict measures.

précisément, adv., precisely, exactly, quite, just; just so.

préciser, v.a., to state precisely, to specify, to fix, to determine.

précision, n.f., precision, preciseness.

précité, adj., (jur.) above-mentioned, aforesaid.

précoce, adj., precocious, early, forward; premature. Fruit —; early fruit. Un esprit —; a precocious mind.

précocité, n.f., precociousness, precocity.

précompte, n.m., previous deduction.

précompter (-kon-té), v.a., to deduct beforehand or previously.

préconçu, -e, adj., preconceived.

préconisation, n.f., preconization, commendation; praise.

préconiser, v.a., to extol, to cry up, to praise, to recommend; to preconize, to sanction the appointment of.

préconnaissance, n.f., foreknowledge.

préconnaître, v.a., to foreknow.

précordial, -e, adj., (anat.) præcordial.

précurseur, n.m., forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald. adj., premonitory.

prédécéder, v.n., to die first, to predecease.

prédécès, n.m., predecease.

prédécesseur, n.m., predecessor.

prédestinateur, n.m., predestinator.

prédestinatien (-sî-in), n.m. and adj., predestinarian.

prédestination, n.f., predestination. — à la grâce; predestination to be saved.

prédestiné, -e, n. and adj., one of the elect; elect, predestinated. Avoir un visage de —; to have a happy-looking face.

prédestiner, v.a., to predestinate, to foredoom.

prédéterminant, adj., (theol.) predetermining.

prédétermination, n.f., predetermination.

prédéterminer, v.a., to predetermine.

prédial, -e, adj., predial. Des rentes —es; ground-rents.

prédicable, adj., (log.) predicable.

prédicament, n.m., (log.) predicament.

prédicant, n.m., (b.s.) Protestant preacher.

prédicat, n.m., (log., gram.) predicate.

prédicateur, n.m., preacher, divine, teacher.

prédication, n.f., preaching.

prédiction, n.f., prediction, forecast.

prédilection, n.f., predilection, partiality, preference. De —; favorite.

prédire, v.a., to predict, to foretell, to forebode; to presage, to forecast.

prédisposant, -e, adj., (med.) predisposing.

prédisposer, v.a., (med.) to predispose.

prédisposition, n.f., (med.) predisposition, tendency.

prédominance, n.f., predominance, prevalence.

prédominant, -e, adj., predominant, prevalent, prevailing.

prédominer, v.n., to predominate, to prevail.

prééminence, n.f., pre-eminence.

prééminent, -e, adj., pre-eminent.

préempter, v.a., to preempt, to buy beforehand.

préemption, n.f., preemption.

préétablir, v.a., to preestablish.

préexistant, -e, adj., pre-existent, pre-existing.

préexistence, n.f., pre-existence.

préexister, v.n., to pre-exist.

préface, n.f., preface, preamble, exordium, introduction.

préfectoral, adj., pertaining, relating to a French prefect; prefectorial.

préfecture, n.f., prefectship, prefecture; prefect’s house, prefect’s offices. — de police; headquarters (of the police); Scotland yard.

préférable, adj., preferable.

préférablement, adv., preferably.

préférence, n.f., preference. De —; in preference.

préférer, v.a., to prefer, to choose.

préfet, n.m., (Rom. antiq.) prefect; chief administrator of each department in France. — des études; vice-principal (of schools). — de police; chief commissioner of police. — maritime; naval commander-in-chief (of a district).

préfète, n.f., “préfet’s” wife.

préfinir, v.a., (jur.) to fix a term, or a delay, to limit, to prearrange, to appoint.

préfix (-fiks), -e, adj., (jur.) prefixed, appointed.

préfixe, n.m. and adj., (gram.) prefix; prefixed.

préfixion, n.f., (jur.) settled time, prefixion.

préfloraison, n.f., (bot.) prefloration.

préfoliation, n.f., (bot.) foliation, vernation.

☉prégnation, n.f., gestation (of animals).

préhensible, adv., prehensible.

préhensile, adj., prehensile.

préhension, n.f., prehension.

préhistorique, adj., pre-historic, pre-historical.

préjudice, n.m., prejudice, hurt, wrong, detriment, injury, loss, damage. Il a obtenu cela à mon —; he obtained that to my prejudice, or to my detriment. Cela vous portera —; that will be detrimental to you. Au — de; to the detriment of. Sans — de mes droits; without prejudice to my claims.

préjudiciable, adj., prejudicial, detrimental, injurious, hurtful.

préjudiciaux, adj.m.pl. Frais —; (jur.) previous costs.

préjudiciel, -le, adj., (jur.) interlocutory. Question —le; interlocutory question (to be decided previous to the principal action).

préjudicier, v.n., to prejudice, to do prejudice (to), to be prejudicial, to be detrimental (to), to hurt, to injure.

préjugé, n.m., presumption, appearance, prejudice; (jur.) precedent. Exempt de —s; free from prejudices. Homme sans —; unprejudiced man. Se défaire de ses —s d’enfance; to rid one’s self of one’s early prejudices. Dissiper les —s; to remove prejudices.

préjuger, v.a., to prejudge; to conjecture; to foresee, to guess (at); (jur.) to give an interlocutory judgment.

prélart or prélat, n.m., (nav.) tarpaulin.

se prélasser, v.r., to strut, to stalk (past), to parade, to make a great show; to loll, to lounge; to take one’s ease.

prélat, n.m., prelate; (nav.) V. prélart.

☉prélation, n.f., preference, prelation.

prélature, n.f., prelacy, episcopacy.

prèle or presle, n.f., (bot.) horsetail, shave-grass.

prélegs (-lè), n.m., preference, legacy.

préléguer (-ghé), v.a., to give as a preference-legacy.

prèler, v.a., to rub with horsetail.

prélèvement (-lèv-mān), n.m., previous deduction, levying.

prélever (prél-vé), v.a., to deduct, to take off first, to levy. Se —; to be deducted previously, to be levied.

préliminaire, n.m. and adj., preliminary.

préliminairement, adv., preliminarily.

prélire, v.a., (print.) to read a first time.

prélude, n.m., prelude.

préluder, v.n., to prelude, to flourish, to play a prelude. — à une chose par une autre; to make one thing a prelude to another.

prématuré, -e, adj., premature, untimely.

prématurément, adv., prematurely.

prématurité, n.f., prematureness, prematurity.

préméditation, n.f., premeditation, malice aforethought; (jur.) malice prepense. Avec —; designedly, willfully; with malice aforethought.

prémédité, -e, part., premeditated.

préméditer, v.a., to premeditate. Se —; to be premeditated.

prémices, n.f.pl., first-fruits; (fig) beginning.

premi-er, -ère, adj., first; foremost; opening; premier; chief, principal; former, ancient, old, primitive, primeval; early prime; (of materials) raw. Nos —s parents; our first parents. Les —s temps du monde; the early ages of the world. Au — abord; at first view, or sight. — en date; senior. En — lieu; in the first place. ☉—-pris; wretched-looking man. Il a l’air d’un —-pris; he looks wretched. — venu; first comer; no matter who. —-né (—s-—s) first-born. En —e; in a first-class carriage. Les —es; first tier boxes or dress-circle; first-class cabin or saloon cabin. Matière —e; raw material. Les —s vont devant; first come, first served.

premier, n.m., former; first; first floor; chief, head, leader. Jeune —, m., jeune —ère, f., V. jeune. Il demeure au —; he lives on the first floor.

premièrement (-mièr-mān), adv., first, firstly, in the first place.

prémisses, n.f.pl., (log.) premises.

prémonitoire, adj., (med.) premonitory.

prémontrés, n.m.pl., Premonstrants, a regular order of canons of Prémontré in Picardy (France).

prémotion, n.f., (theol.) premotion.

prémunir, v.a., to forewarn, to caution, to provide; to fortify, or secure, beforehand.

se prémunir, v.r., to provide, to be provided; to strengthen, to fortify one’s self (against). Se — contre le froid; to fortify one’s self against the cold.

prenable, adj., to be taken, pregnable; seizable; expugnable; corruptible.

prenant, -e, adj., receiving (of a person); having to receive money; prehensile. Queue —e; prehensile tail. Partie —e; payee.

prendre (prenant, pris), v.a., to take; to take up; to lay hold of; to seize; to accept; to apprehend; to fetch; to assume; to contract; to pick out; to snatch; to catch (a cold); to take root; to freeze (of rivers, etc.); to turn, to curdle (of milk); to ignite, to begin to burn; to act, to succeed; to imbibe; to call for (any one); to attack (of diseases); to collect (votes); to contract (diseases, engagements); to help one’s self to. — garde; to take heed. — parti pour quelqu’un; to take any one’s part, to side with any one. — feu; to take or catch fire. — son parti; to make up one’s mind. — les armes; to take up arms. — une ville d’assaut; to take a town by storm. — médecine; to take physic. — du tabac; to take snuff. — congé de quelqu’un; to take leave of any one. — la rue à droite; to take the street on the right. — le plus court; to go the shortest way. — les devants; to go on before. — bien son temps; to hit the time well, to choose the right moment. — naissance; to take its rise (of things). — fait et cause pour quelqu’un; to take any one’s part, to undertake any one’s defense, to side with any one. — quelqu’un sur le fait; to catch any one in the act. — exemple sur quelqu’un; to model one’s self on any one. — avis de quelqu’un; to take any one’s advice. — les avis; to collect the votes. — intérêt, — part à; to take part in, to be a party to, to be concerned in, to be a partaker of, to be interested in. — l’air; to take an airing. — bien le sens d’un auteur; to catch an author’s meaning. Vous prenez mal mes paroles; you misconstrue my words. — une chose en bonne part; to take a thing well, in good part. — les choses de travers; to take things amiss, the wrong way. — bien, or mal, une affaire; to go the right, or the wrong, way to work in anything. — sur son sommeil; to encroach upon one’s sleep. — les choses comme elles viennent; to take things as they come. — l’occasion aux cheveux; to take time by the forelock. — pour dit; to take for granted. À tout —; upon the whole, in the main. — le chemin de l’hôpital; to be on the high road to ruin. Ne savoir pas — quelqu’un; not to know how to deal with any one. Il en a pris sa bonne part; he has had his fair share of it. Il m’a pris en amitié; he has taken a liking to me. Je vous y prends; now I have caught you (at it). Ça ne prend pas; (fam.) that’s no go; it doesn’t catch on. Si la curiosité me prend d’y aller; if curiosity prompts, or impels, me to go there. L’envie lui prit d’y aller; he took a sudden fancy to go (there). Il prend beaucoup sur lui; he assumes much, he takes much upon himself. Cela prend forme; that is beginning to take shape. Je sors d’en —; (fam.) I’d rather be excused; I have just had one (i.e., a drink), or just bought some (of things). Qu’est-ce qui vous prend? what’s up now? C’est autant de pris sur l’ennemi; it is so much snatched from the fire. Ce qui est bon à — est bon à rendre; what is worth taking is worth keeping. Bien lui en prit; it was lucky for him he did. — terre; (nav.) to land. — le vent; (nav.) to sail near the wind. — le large; (nav.) to stand out to sea, to cross the bar.

se prendre, v.r., to be taken, to be caught; to catch, to cling; to freeze, to congeal (of liquids); to begin; to go to work. Le sirop se prendra bientôt; the syrup will soon coagulate, or set. Se — à pleurer; to begin to cry. Se bien — à une chose; to go the right way to work. De la manière dont il s’y prend; by the way he goes to work. Se — d’amitié pour quelqu’un; to take a liking to any one. Se — de paroles avec quelqu’un; to have high words with any one. S’en — à; to blame, to lay the blame on. S’en — à quelqu’un; to lay the blame at any one’s door. Se — de vin; to get tipsy. Prenez-vous en à vous-même; you have only yourself to thank for it.

prendre, v.n., to take, to turn; to take root; to congeal, to freeze; to succeed; to burn up, to begin to burn; to curdle (of milk). Il lui en prendra mal; it will be the worse for him. Il lui prit une fièvre; he was attacked by fever. La Seine a pris cet hiver là; the Seine was frozen over that winter.

prendre, n.m., act of taking. Au fait et au —; at the scratch, when it comes to the scratch.

preneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., taker; lessee; (of animals) catcher; (com.) purchaser, buyer.

preneur, adj.m., catching, capturing; (nav.) that takes a prize.

prénom (-non), n.m., Christian name; prenomen.

prénommé, -e, adj.part., above-named, aforesaid.

prénommer, v.a., to prenominate, to forename.

prénotion, n.f., prenotion, surmise, conjecture.

préoccupation, n.f., preoccupation, prepossession of the mind; thought; anxiety; prejudice.

préoccupé, -e, part., preoccupied, absorbed; prejudiced, biased; thoughtful, anxious.

préoccuper, v.a., to engross, to engage, to preoccupy the mind, to prepossess, to prejudice, to bias; to absorb, to trouble.

préopinant, n.m., -e, n.f., previous speaker; last speaker.

préopiner, v.n., to vote before another, to express one’s opinion first.

préordination, n.f., preordination.

préordonner, v.a., to preordain, to predetermine.

préparant, adj., (anat.) spermatic. Vaisseaux —s; spermatic duct.

préparateur, n.m., preparer, dresser; assistant; private tutor, crammer.

préparatif, n.m., preparation. —s de guerre, de voyage; war preparations, preparations for a journey.

préparation, n.f., preparation. — chimique; chemical preparation. Sans —; extempore.

préparatoire, n.m. and adj., preparative, preliminary, preparatory.

préparer, v.a., to prepare, to dispose, to fit; to provide; to make ready; to dress; (agri.) to till; (fig.) to break (news) to. — les voies à quelqu’un; to pave the way for any one.

se préparer, v.r., to prepare for one’s self, to prépare one’s self, to get ready. Se — pour un voyage; to get ready for a journey. Se — au combat; to prepare for battle. Préparez-vous à le recevoir; prepare to meet him. Voilà un orage qui se prépare; there is a storm brewing.

prépondérance, n.f., preponderance, sway.

prépondérant, -e, adj., preponderant, prevailing; convincing. Voix —e; casting-vote.

préposé, n.m., custom, or excise, officer; overseer, superintendent.

préposer, v.a., to set (over), to charge (with), to intrust (to); to appoint, to commit; to put forward, to set up; to depute.

prépositi-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) prepositive.

préposition, n.f., (gram.) preposition.

prépuce, n.m., prepuce, foreskin.

prérogative, n.f., prerogative, privilege; attribute.

près, prep., by, near, nigh, close to, hard by, nearly; almost, about; on the point; in comparison. S’asseoir — de quelqu’un; to sit by any one. Il demeure ici —; he lives close by. De —; close, near; closely, intimately. Combattre de —; to fight hand to hand. Suivre de —; to follow on the heels of. À cela —; save that, with that exception; nevertheless, for all that. A beaucoup —; by a great deal, nothing near. Tout —; very near. À peu —; pretty near, nearly so, thereabouts. À peu de chose —; within a trifle. Au plus —; to the nearest place; (nav.) close to the wind. De — et de loin; far and nigh.

présage, n.m., presage, omen, foreboding. Un oiseau de sinistre —; a bird of evil omen.

présager, v.a., to presage, to forebode, to portend, to conjecture.

se présager, v.r., to be foreboded, to be presaged.

pré-salé, n.m.,(—s-—s) salt-marsh-fed (mutton).

presbyopie, n.f., (opt.) presbyopy, presbyopia, far-sightedness, long sight.

presbyte, n.m.f. and adj., presbyte; far-sighted person; presbyopic; long-sighted. Vue —; long sight.

presbytéral, -e, adj., priestly. Maison —e; parsonage, vicarage.

presbytéranisme, n.m. V. presbytérianisme.

presbytère, n.m., parsonage, parsonage-house, vicarage; ☉presbytery.

presbytérianisme, n.m., presbyterianism.

presbytérien, -ne (-ri-in, -ri-èn), n. and adj., presbyterian.

presbytie (-ci), n.f., (opt.) presbyopy, far- or long-sightedness, presbyopia.

prescience, n.f., prescience, foreknowledge, foresight.

prescriptible, adj., prescriptible.

prescription, n.f., (jur.) limitation; prescription, precept. Interruption de la —; (jur.) bar to a limitation. Etabli par —; prescriptive. Se perdre par —; (jur.) to be lost by limitation. —s médicales; medical prescriptions.

prescrire, v.a., to prescribe, to direct, to order, to enjoin, to set; (jur.) to bar. — des lois; to prescribe laws. — un régime; to prescribe a diet.

se prescrire, v.r., to prescribe to one’s self, to be prescribed; (jur.) to be lost by limitation.

prescrire, v.n., to bar by limitation.

préséance (pré-séans), n.f., precedence. Avoir la — sur; to take precedence of.

présence, n.f., presence, attendance, sight, view. Faire acte de —; to put in an appearance. Mettre en —; to bring face to face. En — de; in presence of, in view of. En ma —; before me. Deux armées en —; two armies facing each other. — d’esprit; presence of mind.

présent, n.m., present, present time; present, gift; (gram.) present, present tense. Donner en —; to give as a present. Faire — de; to make a present of. Dès à —; from this time. À —; at present. Pour le —; for the present, for the nonce. Jusqu’à —; till now.

présent, -e, adj., present! here! Être —; to be present, to stand by.

présentable, adj., presentable, fit to be seen.

présentat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., presenter (to benefices); introducer.

présentation, n.f., presentation, presentment, introduction. À —; (com.) on presentation, on demand. En retard de —; (com.) overdue.

présente, n.f., present letter. pl., (jur.) presents.

présentement (-zant-mān), adv., now, at present.

présenter, v.a., to present, to offer, to hold out, to show, to turn, to expose, to bring forward, to introduce. — ses lettres de créance; to present one’s credentials. — les armes; to present arms. — une personne à une autre; to introduce one person to another. — à quelqu’un ses respects; to pay one’s respects to any one.

se présenter, v.r., to present one’s self, to appear, to come forward, to offer one’s self, to offer itself; to occur. Il s’est présenté à moi; he presented himself before me. Cet homme se présente bien; that man has a good address. La chose se présente bien; the thing looks well, or promises well. Il se présenta une difficulté; a difficulty occurred, or arose.

présenter, v.n., (nav.) to stem. — au vent; to head to the wind.

présenteur, n.m., (l.u.) presenter.

préservat-eur, -rice, adj., preservative. n.m. and f., preserver.

préservati-f, -ve, adj., preservative.

préservatif, n.m., preservative.

préservation, n.f., preservation.

préserver, v.a., to preserve, to defend, to keep. Le ciel m’en préserve! heaven forbid!

se préserver, v.r., to preserve one’s self, to guard against, to keep off. Se — d’une maladie; to stall off a disease.

présidence, n.f., presidency, chairmanship.

président, n.m., president, chairman; presiding judge; speaker (of the House of Commons). — d’âge; president by seniority.

présidente, n.f., lady president; president’s wife.

présider, v.a., to preside, to preside (over), to be president (of), to be chairman (of). — une réunion; to preside over a meeting.

présider, v.n., to preside, to be president or chairman; to be in the chair; to direct. — à une assemblée; to preside over an assembly. — à la direction d’un ouvrage; to have the management of a work.

présides, n.m.pl., Spanish penal colonies.

présompti-f, -ve, adj., presumptive, apparent, presumed (of heirs). Héritier —; heir-apparent.

présomption, n.f., presumption, presumptuousness, self-conceit.

présomptueusement (-eûz-mān), adv., presumptuously.

présomptueu-x, -se, adj., n., presumptuous, presuming, self-conceited. Jeune —! presumptuous youth!

presque, adv., almost, nearly, all but. Un ouvrage — achevé; a work nearly finished. Je ne l’ai — pas vu; I scarcely saw him at all. — jamais; hardly ever. — plus de; scarcely any left. — rien; hardly anything.

presqu’île, n.f., (—-—s) peninsula.

☉presqu’ombre, n.f. V. pénombre.

pressage, n.m., pressing.

pressamment (-sa-mān), adv., pressingly, earnestly, urgently.

pressant, -e, adj., pressing, urgent, earnest, importunate, vigorous; acute (of pain).

presse, n.f., press (newspapers, machine); printing-press, haste, hurry; pressure, crowd, throng; impress (forcing men into the service); press-gang; urgency; (bot.) a clingstone peach. — à copier; copying-machine. — d’imprimerie; printing-press. — à satiner; hot-press, cold-press. Fendre la —; to force one’s way through the crowd. Cet ouvrage est sous —; this work is in the press. Mettre sous —; to send to press, to go to press. Il n’y a pas de —; there’s no hurry. Il n’y a pas —; there’s no crowd.

pressé, -e, adj., in haste, in a hurry; urgent, immediate; eager, anxious, very busy; close, serried, thick; condensed, brief, concise. Vous êtes bien —; you are in a great hurry. Cela n’est pas —; there’s no hurry for that. Je suis très —; I am very busy.

pressée, n.f., pressful; pressing, pressure.

pressement, n.m., pressing, compression.

pressément, adv., (l.u.) hurriedly, hastily.

pressentiment, n.m., presentiment, misgiving, foreboding.

pressentir, v.a., to have a presentiment of; to foresee, to anticipate; to ascertain the intentions of; to sound. — quelqu’un; to sound any one. Il faut le —; we must sound him. Se —; to be foreseen.

presse-papiers, n.m., (—) paper-weight.

presser, v.a., to press, to squeeze, to clasp; to pull (trigger); to crowd, to throng; to hasten, to hurry; to urge, to be pressing with, to importune; to be hard upon; to exaggerate; to impress (sailors). — une éponge; to squeeze a sponge. On pressa si fort les ennemis; they pressed so hard upon the enemy. — vivement un siège; to carry on a siege vigorously. — une entreprise; to push an enterprise with vigor. Il pressa son départ; he hastened his departure. — la détente; to pull the trigger.

se presser, v.r., to press, to press close, to squeeze; to crowd; to be in a hurry, to make haste, to hurry. Se — de faire une chose; to make haste to do a thing. Pressons-nous; let us make haste.

presser, v.n., to be urgent; to be acute (of pain). Rien ne presse, or il n’y a rien qui presse; there is no hurry.

presseur, n.m., presser.

pressier, n.m., (print.) pressman.

pression, n.f., pressure, pressing. Machine à vapeur à haute —, à moyenne —, à basse —; steam-engine of high pressure, of mean pressure, of low pressure.

pressis, n.m., (l.u.) gravy, juice.

pressoir, n.m., press; press-room; wine-press, cider-press; press-house.

pressurage, n.m., (of fruit) pressing.

pressurer, v.a., to press (grapes or apples); to squeeze; to grind down, to oppress. — une orange; to squeeze an orange. — la bourse de quelqu’un; to drain any one’s purse. Il ne songe qu’à vous —; his only thought is to drain you of money.

pressureur, n.m., presser (of fruit).

prestance, n.f., commanding appearance, bearing, carriage, deportment; good presence.

prestant, n.m., diapason (of an organ).

prestation, n.f., taking (of an oath); prestation (payment in kind).

preste, adj., agile, nimble, quick, smart, sharp. C’est un homme — et habile; he is a clever, smart fellow.

preste, adv., presto, quick, sharp.

prestement, adv., nimbly, quickly.

prestesse, adv., agility, quickness, nimbleness.

prestidigitateur, n.m., conjurer, juggler.

prestidigitation, n.f., jugglery, legerdemain.

prestige, n.m., enchantment, fascination; deception, illusion; magic spell; prestige.

prestigieu-x, -se, adj., enchanting, bewitching, illusive.

prestimonie, n.f., (canon law) prestimony.

presto, adv., (mus.) presto.

prestolet, n.m., priestling.

présumable, adj., presumable, supposable.

présumé, part. adj., presumed, supposed, conjectured, reputed.

présumer, v.a., to presume, to conjecture, to suppose. — trop de quelqu’un; to presume too much upon any one. — trop de soi; to be too assuming. Il est à —; it is to be supposed.

présupposer (-su-pô-zé), v.a., to presuppose.

présupposition, n.m., presupposition.

présure, n.f., rennet (for curdling milk).

prêt, n.m., loan; (milit.) advance-pay.

prêt, -e, adj., ready, in readiness, prepared, willing. Tenir —; to keep ready. Tenez-vous — à partir; be ready to start.

prêtable, adj., lendable.

pretantaine, n.f. Courir la —; to gad about.

prêté, -e, part., lent.

prêté, n.m., (l.u.) thing lent. C’est un — rendu; it is but tit for tat.

prétendant, n.m., -e, n.f., claimant, candidate; suitor, wooer; pretender (to the throne).

prétendre, v.a., to claim, to lay claim to, to pretend to. Que prétendent ces misérables? what do these wretches lay claim to, or mean?

prétendre, v.n., to lay claim to; to pretend, to mean; to maintain. Je prétends que mon droit est incontestable; I maintain that my claim is incontestable. Je prétends vous traiter comme mon propre fils (Racine); I mean (intend) to treat you as my own son.

prétendu, -e, adj., pretended, feigned, sham, so-called; said to be, would be. C’est un — bel esprit; he is a would-be wit.

prétendu, n.m., -e, n.f., intended, future husband, future wife. Voilà mon —; that is my intended.

prête-nom, n.m., (—-—s) one that lends his name to another; dummy.

pretentaine, n.f. V. pretantaine.

prétentieu-x, -se, adj., assuming, pretentious, affected, stilted (of style).

prétention, n.f., pretension, claim, intention, wish, expectation. Venir à bout de ses —s; to make good one’s claims. Sa — est mal fondée; his demand is groundless. Il a des —s à l’esprit; he thinks he is, or claims to be, witty. C’est un homme sans —s; he is a man of no pretensions. Se désister d’une —; to relinquish a claim.

prêter, v.a., to lend, to impart, to give rise to, to attribute, to ascribe, to father; to take (oath). — de l’argent à intérêt; to lend money on interest. — secours; to lend a helping hand. — main-forte à quelqu’un; to assist any one, to come to any one’s assistance. — l’oreille; to give ear (to), to listen. — serment; to take the oath. — foi et hommage; to take an oath of allegiance. — le collet à quelqu’un; to try one’s strength with any one. — le flanc; to expose one’s self. — à la petite semaine; to make short loans at a high rate of interest.

se prêter, v.r., to give way (to); to lend one’s self, or itself (to); to indulge; to humor; to countenance, to favor.

prêter, v.n., to lend; to give a hold to; to afford matter for; to stretch (of a thing). Ce cuir-là prête comme un gant; that leather stretches like a glove. Donner un prêté pour un rendu; to give a Roland for an Oliver.

prêter, n.m., loan. C’est un — à ne jamais rendre; it is a loan never to be repaid.

prétérit (-rit), n.m., (gram.) preterit.

prétérition, n.f., (rhet.) preterition; pretermission.

prétermission, n.f. V. prétérition.

prêteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., lender. — sur gages; pawnbroker. adj., given to lending, of a lending disposition.

préteur, n.m., (antiq.) pretor, prætor.

prétexte, n.m., pretext, pretense; plea. — spécieux; plausible pretense. Faux —; false pretense. Sous — de le secourir; under pretense of assisting him.

prétexte, n. and adj. f., (Rom. antiq.) prætexta, tunic.

prétexter, v.a., to pretend, to feign, to affect, to sham; to allege, to plead.

pretintaille, n.f., furbelow; (fig.) accessory, appendage, incidental profit.

pretintailler, v.a., to tinsel, to trim (a dress).

prétoire, n.m., (antiq.) pretorium.

prétorien, -ne (-in, -è-n), adj., (antiq.) pretorian.

prétorien, n.m., (antiq.) pretorian guard.

*prêtraille, n.f., (b.s.) priesthood; parsons.

prêtre, n.m., priest, clergyman; parson. Il s’est fait —; he has taken orders. — habitué; an unpaid supernumerary priest. Grand —; high priest.

prêtresse, n.f., priestess.

prêtrise, n.f., priesthood.

préture, n.f., pretorship.

preuve, n.f., proof, evidence, testimony, token, mark; (com.) proof-sample; proof (of spirits). En venir à la —; to come to the proof. Faire — de noblesse; to give proof of nobility; to uphold the honor of one’s house. Il a fait ses —s; he has given proofs of his capacity. Faire — de courage; to show, or approve, one’s self a man of courage. Servir de —; to serve as a proof. —s induites des circonstances; (jur.) circumstantial evidence.

preux, n. and adj. m., valiant knight, gallant knight; worthy; gallant, doughty, valiant, stout, worthy.

prévaloir, v.n., to prevail, to stand. La faveur prévaut souvent sur le mérite; favor frequently prevails over merit.

se prévaloir, v.r., to take advantage, to avail one’s self; to boast of, to pride one’s self upon; to glory in. Se — de sa naissance; to take advantage of, or to glory in, one’s birth.

prévaricateur, n.m., prevaricator; betrayer of any one’s trust.

prévaricat-eur, -rice, adj., prevaricating.

prévarication, n.f., prevarication; breach of trust.

prévariquer, v.n., to prevaricate, to betray one’s trust.

prévenance (pré-vnans), n.f., kindness, kind attention.

prévenant, -e, adj., prepossessing; engaging; ready to oblige, attentive, obliging, kind. Il a un air —; he has a prepossessing look.

prévenir (pré-vnir), v.a., to go before, to precede, to come before, to be beforehand with, to get the start of, to anticipate; to forestall; to prevent, to hinder; to prepossess, to prejudice; to predispose, to bias, to inform, to warn; to caution, to give notice; to let know. — le mal; to prevent evil. — les objections; to forestall objections. — les besoins de quelqu’un; to anticipate any one’s wants. Il m’a fait — de son arrivée; he sent to tell me of his arrival. On vous en avait prévenu; you had had information of it or you had been informed of it.