A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 28)

rafraîchir, v.n., to cool, to become cool; to be refreshing.

rafraîchissant, -e, adj., cooling, refreshing, refrigerative.

rafraîchissant, n.m., (med.) cooling medicine.

rafraîchissement (-shis-mān), n.m., cooling; cooling effect. pl., refreshments; provisions, supplies. Faire les —s; (nav.) to take in fresh provisions.

rafraîchisseur, adj., cooling, refrigerative.

rafraîchissoir, n.m., cooler, refrigerator.

*ragaillardir, v.a., to make merry, to render merry, to render cheerful, to enliven, to cheer, to cheer up, to give a fillip to.

rage, n.f., (med.) rage, fury, incensement; mania; rabies, hydrophobia, canine madness, mania, inveterate habit. Ecumer de —; to foam with rage. Avoir la —; to be mad (of animals). — de dents; violent tooth-ache; (pop.) ravenous hunger. Il a la — d’écrire; he has a mania for writing, he will write at any price. Il l’aime à la —; he loves her to distraction. Il a la — du jeu; he has a passion for gambling. Faire —; to be quite or all the rage; to cause great disorder, great havoc; to do one’s utmost. Dire — de quelqu’un; to say all imaginable harm of any one. Quand on veut noyer son chien, on dit qu’il a la —; (prov.) give a dog a bad name and hang him.

rager, v.n., (fam.) to be in a passion; to sulk, to be angry, to fume.

rageu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., ill-tempered person; spitfire.

ragot, n.m., (hunt.) solitary wild boar; (fig.) silly talk, twaddle.

ragot, -e, adj., dumpy, thick and short; thick set; squat (animal).

ragoût, n.m., (cook.) ragout; stew; hash. Faire un —; to make a stew. En —; stewed.

ragoûtant, -e, adj., relishing, savory; inviting, tempting. Morceau —; tit-bit. Ce mets-là n’est guère —; that dish is not very tempting.

ragoûter, v.a., to restore the appetite; to quicken, to stimulate, to stir up.

se ragoûter, v.r., to recover one’s appetite.

ragrafer, v.a., to clasp again, to re-clasp, to hook again.

ragrandir, v.a., to enlarge again; to enlarge.

se ragrandir, v.r., to be enlarged again; to become larger.

ragréage, n.m., (nav.) refitting.

ragréer, v.a., (arch.) to finish, to finish off, to give the finishing touch to; to restore, to renovate, to do up; to repair; to pare again (trees), to prune; (nav.) to rig anew, to refit. — un ouvrage de menuiserie; to finish a piece of joiner’s work. — une branche d’arbre; to prune a branch of a tree.

se ragréer, v.r., (nav.) to be repaired; to obtain fresh rigging.

ragrément, n.m., finishing, finishing off; restoration, renovation, doing up; pruning, reparing (of trees); (nav.) refitting.

ragué (ra-ghé), adj., (nav.) chafed, rubbed, galled.

se raguer, v.r., (nav.) to chafe, to gall.

raguet, n.m., (pisc.) codling.

raïa, n.m., rajah, raja.

raide, adj., stiff, rigid; tight; inflexible, stern; tough; steep; swift, rapid; (nav.) taught. — de froid; stiff with cold. Peau —; tough skin. Montagne —; steep mountain. — comme une barre de fer; as stiff as a poker. Se tenir —; to stand stiff. Vol —; rapid flight. Le cours de la rivière est —; the current of the river is very swift. — comme balle; in no time, in a jiffy.

raide, adv., quickly, swiftly; vigorously; tightly; toughly.

raideur, n.f., stiffness, rigidity; inflexibility; tightness; toughness; steepness; swiftness, velocity.

*raidillon, n.m., ascent; hillock.

raidir, v.a., to stiffen, to render inflexible, to render rigid; to tighten; to toughen; (nav.) to haul taught.

se raidir, v.r., to stiffen; to become, to grow, to get stiff; to become inflexible, to get inflexible; to bear up against (fig.), to resist; to harden one’s self (against); to withstand; to bristle up; to toughen.

raidir, v.n., to stiffen; to become, to grow, to get, stiff; to tighten; to toughen.

raie, n.f., line, stroke; streak, stripe; (of hair) parting; (agri.) furrow; (ich.) ray, skate. À —s; striped. Faire sa —; to part one’s hair. Étoffe à —s; striped material. — bouclée; (ich.) thornback. — mobular; angel-fish.

raifort, n.m., (bot.) radian, horse-radish.

rail, n.m., (railways) rail. — mobile; switch-rail, point. — ondulé; fish-bellied rail. — à ornière; tram-rail. Distance des —s dans œuvre; gauge of way.

*railler, v.a., to banter, to jeer, to rally, to joke, to jest.

se railler, v.r., to jest, to joke, to mock, to make game of.

*railler, v.n., to jeer, to scoff; to joke, to jest, to laugh at. — de tout; to jeer at everything. Ne raillez pas davantage; no more of your jeering, jesting. Je ne raille pas; I am not joking.

*raillerie, n.f., raillery, bantering, jesting, jest, joke, banter, jeer, mockery. Tourner une chose en —; to turn anything into a jest. Entendre la —; to joke well, to be a good hand at a joke. Entendre —; to take a joke, to take a jest. C’est une — de croire que; it is ridiculous to think that. — à part, sans —; seriously, in good earnest, without joking. La — en est-elle? (fam.) is it a matter for jest, or joking?

railleu-r, -se, n. and adj., banterer, jeerer, joker, scoffer, jester; bantering, jeering, joking, jesting, scoffing, fond of raillery. D’un air —; sneeringly.

railway, n.m., railway.

rain, n.m., skirt (of a wood). V. lisière.

rainceau, n.m. V. rinceau.

raine, n.f., (local expr.) frog.

rainette, n.f., (erp.) tree-frog; (bot.) V. reinette.

rainure, n.f., groove; rabbet; furrow, slot-hole, quirk.

raiponce, n.f., (bot.) rampion, rampion bell-flower.

raire or réer, v.n., (hunt.) to bell, to croon.

rais, n.m., spoke (of a wheel); ☉beam, ray (of light); (her.) beam. — de cœur; (arch.) ogee.

raisin, n.m., grape, grapes. Une grappe de —; bunch of grapes. Un grain de —; a grape. Un pépin de —; a grapestone. — de Corinthe; (grocer’s) currants. Des —s secs; raisins. — d’Amérique; (bot.) poke-weed. — d’ours; bear’s whortleberry. — de renard; (bot.) herb-Paris, true-love. Grand —; royal (paper).

raisiné, n.m., pear, quince, and grape preserve.

raisinier, n.m., (bot.) grape-tree.

raison, n.f., reason, sense, judgment, rationality; satisfaction; proof, ground, matter, argument; motive; rate; consideration; justice, right, excuse, answer; (com.) firm; share; ratio; (jur.) claim. — sociale; firm; name of a firm, style. Sans —; groundless, groundlessly. —s d’état; state reasons. —s de famille; family reasons. Il n’a point de —; he lacks sense, he is deficient in sense. Mariage de —; prudent marriage, marriage for money. Parler —; to talk sense, to talk sensibly. Avoir —; to be right. Vous avez —; you are right. Donner — à quelqu’un; to decide in favor of any one, to side with any one. Plus que de —; more than is reasonable, more than one ought to. Entendre —; to listen to reason. Mettre quelqu’un à la —; to bring any one to reason, to settle any one. Comme de —; as it is fit, of course, naturally. Être de —; imaginary being, creation of the brain. Où force domine — n’a point lieu; where force holds sway, there’s no room for reason. Tirer — d’une injure; to obtain satisfaction for an injury. Se faire — soi-même; to do one’s self justice, to take the law into one’s own hands. Faire — à; to pledge. Faire — de; to give satisfaction for. Se faire une —; to be guided by reason. Se rendre à la —; to yield to reason. Rendre — de sa conduite; to give an account of one’s conduct. Ce n’est pas une —; that does not follow. Ne pas entendre —; not to listen to reason. Puissante —; powerful argument. — probable; probable proof. Point tant de —s; don’t argue so much! Grande —; great cause. Bonne —; good grounds. À plus forte —; with greater reason or force; a fortiori. — de plus; all the more reason. Pour — de quoi; for which cause, wherefore. Pour — à moi connue; for reasons best known to myself. À — de, en — de; in proportion to; according to; at the rate of. En — de; by reason of; in consideration of. A telle fin que de —; in case of need; according to circumstances; at all events; in any case. Sous la — de; (com.) under the style of. Sa — est d’un tiers; his interest (in the concern) stands at one third. Livre de —; ledger.

raisonnable, adj., rational, reasonable, thinking, sensible; conscionable, just, wise; proper, right; adequate; moderate; fair; tolerable. Pension —; adequate pension. Prix —; moderate price. Il est d’une taille —; he is moderately tall, or very fairly tall.

raisonnablement, adv., reasonably, sensibly, agreeably to reason, wisely, fairly, justly, rationally; moderately, pretty well; tolerably.

raisonné, -e, adj., rational, intelligent, supported by proof; analytical, studied, methodical, classified.

raisonnement (rè-zo-n-mān), n.m., reasoning; argument, ratiocination, answer. Faire des —s à perte de vue; to reason vaguely, to wander from the point. Point de —s; no answers; none of your answers.

raisonner, v.n., to reason, to argue, to discourse; to answer; to murmur; (nav.) to lie to, (in order to be searched). — faux or — à faux; to reason falsely. Faire — un vaisseau; (nav.) to compel a ship to speak another. V. arraisonner.

raisonner, v.a., to reason, to apply one’s reason to; to examine, to study, to consider; (nav.) to bring to and search.

se raisonner, v.r., to reason with one’s self; (of things) to be discussed, to be considered.

raisonneu-r, -se, n. and adj., reasoner, arguer; logician; impertinent answerer; impertinent, insolent; answering when reprimanded. Faire le —; to argue, to answer, to grumble.

rajah or raja, n.m., raja, rajah.

rajeunir, v.a., to make young; to make look younger, to give a young look; to restore to youth; to revive, to renew, to modernize, to prune, to lop (trees). — des meubles; to renew furniture.

se rajeunir, v.r., to make one’s self look younger.

rajeunir, v.n., to grow young again, to be restored to youth; to look young again.

rajeunissant, -e, adj., giving a youthful appearance to.

rajeunissement (-nis-mān), n.m., growing young again, making young again; rejuvenescence, restoration to youth; renewal, renovation.

rajouter, v.a., to add again or more.

rajustement, n.m., readjustment; putting or setting in order, repairing; (fig.) reconciliation.

rajuster, v.a., to readjust, to put to rights, to put or set in order again; to settle; to reconcile. — un habit; to arrange a coat. On les a rajustés; they have been reconciled.

se rajuster, v.r., to readjust one’s self, or one’s dress; to become reconciled.

râlant, -e, adj., in death’s throes; dying.

râle, n.m., (orni.) rail. — de genêts; land-rail.

râle, n.m., rattling in the throat. — de la mort; death-rattle.

râlement (râl-mān), n.m., rattling in the throat, death-rattle.

ralentir, v.a., to abate, to slacken; to lessen, to diminish, to moderate, to mitigate. — sa course; to slacken one’s pace.

se ralentir, v.r., to slacken; to abate, to relax, to diminish; to grow remiss, to flag, to cool.

ralentissement (-tis-mān), n.m., slackening, relenting, abatement, flagging, cooling.

râler, v.n., to have the death-rattle; to be in the throes of death.

ralingue (-lin-g), n.f., (nav.) bolt-rope (of a sail). — de fond; foot-rope. — de chute; leech-rope. — de têtière; head-rope. Mettre une voile en —; to let fly the sheets of a sail. Mets en —! let the sails shiver in the wind!

ralinguer (-ghé), v.a., (nav.) to sew the bolt-ropes to. — une voile; to sew the bolt-ropes to a sail.

ralinguer, v.n., (nav.) to let fly the sheets of a sail (loose to the wind); to fly loose to the wind (of sails); to shiver.

ralliement (-li-mān), n.m., rallying, rally. Mot de —; rallying-word or cry; countersign. Signe de —; rallying sign. Point de —; rallying-place.

rallier, v.a., to rally, to join, to get near. — le navire au vent; (nav.) to haul to the wind again; to bring the ship into the wind.

se rallier, v.r., to rally, to join forces.

rallonge, n.f., lengthening piece. — d’une table; leaf of a table.

rallongement (ra-lonj-mān), n.m., lengthening.

rallonger, v.a., to make longer, to lengthen.

rallumer, v.a., to relight, to light again; to rekindle, to kindle again, to light up anew, to revive.

se rallumer, v.r., to light again; to burst, to break out again; to rekindle.

ramadan or ramazan, n.m., (Mahometan religion) Ramadan (feast of).

ramadouer, v.a. V. amadouer.

ramage, n.m., flowers (on stuffs); flowering; singing, chirping, warbling (of birds); prattle, prattling; (of peas) sticking.

ramagé, -e, adj., flowered (of stuffs).

ramager, v.n., (l.u.) to warble (of birds).

ramaigrir, v.a. and n., to make lean, or thin, again; to grow thin again.

ramaigrissement, n.m., emaciation, leanness.

*ramaillage, n.m., scraping off the hair (of skins).

*ramailler, v.a., to scrape off the hair of skins (before they are shamoyed).

ramaire, adj., (bot.) rameous.

ramas, n.m., collection, heap; set, troop, lot, omnium-gatherum, scrapings, rakings, sweepings. Un — de bandits; (fam.) a set of robbers.

ramasse, n.f., sledge (used on mountains).

ramassé, -e, adj., thick-set; squat; huddled up, gathered up; compact; (bot.) clustered. Corps —; thick-set body. Taille —e; squat figure.

ramasser, n.m., (l.u.) picking up. Cela ne vaut pas le —; (prov., fam.) that is not worth picking up, or (fig.) not worth troubling about.

ramasser, v.a., to collect, to gather, to get together, to rake together; to assemble; to pick up, to take up; (pop.) to belabor; to draw in (a mountain sledge). — toutes ses forces; to muster all one’s troops.

se ramasser, v.r., to assemble, to gather together; to be assembled; to roll itself up (animal); to pick one’s self up, to get up again, to be huddled up; to gather up one’s limbs.

ramasseur, n.m., gatherer, collector; mountain sledge-driver.

ramassis, n.m. V. ramas.

ramazan, n.m. V. ramadan.

rambour, n.m., a kind of apple.

rame, n.f., oar; ream (of paper); (hort.) stick, prop; stick (for peas); (manu.) tenter-frame. Être, or tirer, à la —; to tug at the oar; to work hard. Mettre un livre à la —; to sell a book for waste-paper. À la —; rowing. Aller à la —; to row.

ramé, -e, adj., branched (of peas), propped (of plants); bar, double-head (of shot); (hunt.) (of a young stag) horned. Balles —es; double shot. Boulets —s; bar-shot.

rameau, n.m., bough, branch (of a tree); branch, subdivision; (anat.) branch. Le dimanche, le jour, des —x; Palm-Sunday.

ramée, n.f., green boughs, green arbor, branches with their leaves, bower, cover.

ramenable, adj., reclaimable.

ramendable, adj., (tech.) mendable.

ramendage, n.m., (tech.) mending (gilt).

ramender, v.a., to lower the price of provisions (pop.); (agri.) to manure again; to mend (gilding); to dye again.

ramender, v.n., (pop.) to fall in price (of provisions).

ramener, v.a., to bring again; to bring back; to throw again (dice); to retrieve; to restore to health; to reclaim; (man.) to lower its head; to recall; to pacify, to bring over. — une vieille mode; to revive an old fashion. — quelqu’un à son devoir; to bring any one back to his duty. — à la maison; to bring home.

se ramener, v.r., (man.) to carry its head. Se — bien; to carry its head well.

ramequin (ram-kīn), n.m., (cook.) ramekin, cheese-cake.

ramer, v.n., to row, to pull; (tech.) to tenter; to tug at the oar; to work hard.

ramer, v.a., to stick peas; to prop plants.

se ramer, v.r., to be propped.

ramereau (ra-mrô), n.m., young ringdove.

ramette, n.f., (print.) job-case, packet (of note paper).

rameur, n.m., rower, oarsman.

rameu-x, -se, adj., branching, branchy, ramous. Tige —se; branchy stalk.

ramier, n.m., ringdove, wood-pigeon.

ramière, n.f., row, or bower, of trees or shrubs.

ramification, n.f., ramification, branch.

se ramifier, v.r., to ramify, to separate into branches, to branch out, to extend.

*ramilles, n.f.pl., twigs; chatwood.

raminagrobis, n.m., grimalkin.

ramingue (ra-mīn-gh), adj., (man.) restive; jibbing.

ramoitir, v.a., to moisten, to make damp.

se ramoitir, v.r., to become damp.

ramollir, v.a., to soften, to make soft; (fig.) to enervate. — les cuirs, to soak the hides.

se ramollir, v.r., to soften, to grow soft; (fig.) to relent.

ramollissant, -e, adj., (med.) softening, emollient.

ramollissant, n.m., (med.) emollient.

ramollissement (-lis-mān), n.m., softening. — du cerveau; softening of the brain.

ramon, n.m., garden-broom, besom; sweep’s apparatus.

ramonage, n.m., sweeping (of a chimney).

ramoner, v.a., to sweep (a chimney).

ramoneur, n.m., chimney-sweeper, sweep.

rampant, -e, adj., creeping, crawling; (fig.) cringing, crouching, servile; (her.) rampant. Lierre —; creeping-ivy.

rampant, n.m., (arch.) coping.

rampe, n.f., flight of stairs; stairs; handrail, baluster; slope, incline, gradient; (fig.) stage; (thea.) foot-lamps, foot-lights; (engineering) inclined plane.

rampement (rānp-mān), n.m., creeping, crawling (reptiles).

ramper, v.n., to creep, to crawl; (fig.) to crouch, to cringe, to truckle, to grovel. Son style rampe; his style is low, flat, prosy.

rampin, adj.m. V. pinçard.

rampiste, n.m., baluster-maker.

ramure, n.f., branches, boughs, antlers (of a stag).

rancart, n.m., (fam.) refuse, waste. Mettre au —; to throw aside, to cast off, to lay aside, to do away with; (fig.) to put on the shelf.

rance, adj., rancid, rank, rusty.

rance, n.m., rancidness. Sentir le —; to smell rancid.

rancette, n.f., sheet-iron (for stove pipes).

ranche, n.f., round of a rack-ladder; rack (of a crane); peg.

rancher, n.m., rack-ladder; roost-ladder.

ranci, -e, adj., grown rancid; rank.

rancidité or rancissure, n.f., rancidness, rancidity.

se rancir, v.r., to grow rancid.

rancissure, n.f. V. rancidité.

rançon, n.f., ransom. Mettre à —; to demand, or exact, ransom of.

rançonnement (-so-n-mān), n.m., ransoming, exaction, extortion.

rançonner, v.a., to ransom; to set a ransom upon; to levy contributions, to tax; (fig.) to impose upon; to fleece.

rançonneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (fam. l.u.) extortioner.

rancune, n.f., rancor, spite, grudge, ill-feeling, malice. Vieille —; old grudge. Il lui garde —; he owes him a grudge. Sans —; without ill-feeling.

rancuni-er, -ère, adj., rancorous, spiteful.

randonnée, n.f., (hunt.) round, circuit, doubling (of game); ☉(fig.) long walk.

rang (ran), n.m., row, line, range; rank (degree, station); order; class; rate (of ships); (print.) frame; (nav.) tier (of cables); tier (of boxes in theaters). Dernier —; lowest rank. Au même —; in the same row. À son —; in one’s turn. De premier —; first rate. Occuper un — élevé; to rank high. Tenir un —; to hold a rank, to make a figure. Se mettre sur les —s; to enter the lists, to come forward (as a candidate); to put up (for); to stand (for). Être sur les —s; to be a candidate (for). Il aspire au premier —; he aspires to the first place. Mettre au — de ses amis; to reckon amongst one’s friends. Tel qui brille au second — s’éclipse au premier; a good subordinate often makes a bad leader. En — d’oignon; (prov.) in a row. V. oignon.

rangé, -e, part., steady; pitched (of battles). Bataille —e; pitched battle. En bataille —e; in a pitched battle. Un homme —; a steady man.

rangée, n.f., row, range, file, line, tier, set.

rangement, n.m., arranging, putting in order, binning (wine).

ranger, v.a., to range, to put in ranks, to arrange; to put, to set, in order; to set to rights; to subdue, to subject; to rank; to reckon; to keep back; to put out of the way; to bin (wine); (nav.) to sail close to; (milit.) to draw up (soldiers). — des gens deux à deux; to place people in double file. — des livres; to set books in order. — une armée en bataille; to draw up an army in battle array. Les gardes firent — le peuple; the guards kept the people back. Rangez cette table; put that table back, out of the way. — la terre, la côte; (nav.) to hug the shore. — le vent; (nav.) to haul close to the wind.

se ranger, v.r., to make room, to make way (for), to draw back, to step aside, to stand aside, to clear the way, to get out of the way; to reform, to take to regular habits; to draw up (of carriages, of troops); to fall in (of soldiers); to veer (of the wind). Il se rangea dans un coin; he drew aside into a corner. Rangez-vous donc! make room, will you! Les troupes se rangèrent en bataille; the troops drew up in order of battle. Se — à l’avis de quelqu’un; to come over (to), or fall in (with), another’s opinion. Se — du parti de quelqu’un; to go over to a person’s side. Il s’est rangé; he has settled down (after sowing his wild oats). Le vent se range à l’arrière; (nav.) the wind is veering aft.

rangette, n.f., sheet-iron.

rangeur, n.m., binner (of wine).

ranimer, v.a., to restore, to revive, to animate; to reanimate; to stir up; to enliven; to cheer up. — les couleurs d’un tableau; to revive the colors of a picture. Le printemps ranime toute la nature; the spring revives all nature.

se ranimer, v.r., to revive, to recover, to be restored to health; to brighten up, to be enlivened; to cheer up. La nature se ranime; nature revives.

ranule or grenouillette, n.f., (med.) ranula.

ranz, n.m., ranz, air, tune. — des vaches; song of the Swiss neatherds.

raout, n.m., rout, party.

rapace, adj., rapacious; (metal.) wasting.

rapace, n.m., rapacious person; rapacious bird. pl., (orni.) birds of prey.

rapacement, adv., rapaciously.

rapacité, n.f., rapacity, rapaciousness.

râpage, n.m., rasping, grating.

rapaisement, n.m., reappeasement.

rapaiser, v.a., to pacify, to appease again.

rapatelle, n.f., horsehair cloth (for sieves).

rapatriage, n.m., reconciliation, reconcilement.

rapatriement (-trî-mān), n.m., repatriation, the sending back of shipwrecked sailors, etc., to their country (by consuls); return of troops from distant countries; recalling; (l.u.) reconciliation, reconcilement.

rapatrier, v.a., to repatriate, to send back, to recall; to reconcile, to set to rights, to make friends again. On les a rapatriés; they have been reconciled.

se rapatrier, v.r., to return to one’s native country, to return home; to be reconciled; to be friends again, to make it up.

râpe, n.f., grater; rasp; stalk; stem of grapes, V. rafle. pl., (vet.) malanders, V. malandre.

râpé, n.m., rape-wine (fresh grapes put into a vessel of spoiled wine to improve it); rappee. — de copeaux; chips to clarify wine.

râpé, -e, part., (of clothes) shabby, threadbare, seedy, worn out. Du tabac —; rappee. Un habit —; a threadbare coat.

râper, v.a., to grate, to rasp. Se —; to be rasped; (fig.) to become threadbare, to be worn out.

rapetassage, n.m., patching, mending, cobbling.

rapetasser (rap-ta-sé), v.a., to patch, to patch up, to piece, to botch, to mend, to cobble.

rapetasseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., botcher, piecer, cobbler; (fig.) compiler, adapter.

rapetissement, n.m., shortening; (fig.) belittling.

rapetisser (rap-ti-sé), v.a., to belittle, to dwarf, to shorten, to make less, shorter, smaller.

se rapetisser, v.r., to become little, to lessen, to shrink; to humble, or lower, one’s self.

rapetisser, v.n., to become little, to lessen, to grow short, to shrink.

râpette, n.f., (bot.) goose-grass.

rapide, adj., rapid, swift, quick, fleet, fast; hasty, sudden. À l’aile —; swift-winged.

rapide, n.m., rapid. Le —; the fast, or express, train.

rapidement (-pid-mān), adv., rapidly, swiftly, fleetly, lightly, fast; suddenly.

rapidité, n.f., rapidity, swiftness, fleetness; speed; suddenness; steepness.

rapiéçage, n.m., patching, piecing.

rapiècement (-piès-mān), n.m., piecing, patching, botching.

rapiécer, v.a., to piece, to botch, to patch, to mend.

rapiécetage (-piés-taj), n.m., piecing, patching; patchwork.

rapiéceter (-piés-té), v.a., to patch, to piece, to botch; to piece all over. — des meubles; to botch up furniture.

rapiéceur, n.m., patcher, mender.

rapière, n.f., (jest.) rapier.

rapin, n.m., (fam.) painter’s pupil; (b.s.) dauber.

rapinade, n.f., daub.

rapine, n.f., rapine, plunder, pillage, robbery, plundering, pillaging, spoil.

rapiner, v.n. and a., to pillage, to rob, to pilfer, to peculate.

rapineu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., plunderer, pilferer, pillager.

*rappareiller, v.a., to match.

rapparier, v.a., to match.

rappel, n.m., recall, recalling, revocation, call (to order); (milit.) drums beating to arms or quarters; unpaid part (of a salary). — à l’ordre; call to order. — de lumière; (paint.) distribution of light. Battre le —; (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.

rappeler (ra-plé), v.a., to call again, to call back; to recall, to call home, to summon up, to muster; to restore; to recall to mind. Je m’en allais, et il m’a rappelé; I was going, and he called me back. — quelqu’un à la vie; to restore any one to life. — un homme à son devoir; to recall a man to his duty. — quelqu’un à l’ordre; to call any one to order. — ses esprits; to recover one’s self. — le temps passé; to recall the past. Rappelez-moi à son bon souvenir; remember me kindly to him. — la lumière; (paint.) to distribute the light.

se rappeler, v.r., to recollect, to remember, to recall to mind. Se — quelque chose; to remember anything. Vous rappelez-vous? do you remember? Je me le rappelle parfaitement; I recollect it very well. Je me rappelle que vous me l’avez dit; I recollect your telling me so. Je me rappelle d’avoir fait cela; I recollect having done that.

rappeler, v.n., (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.

rapport, n.m., bearing; revenue; produce; report, account, information, relation, testimony, evidence; tale, story; return; statement; affinity, analogy, resemblance, similitude; harmony, correspondence, uniformity; connection, reference; communication, intercourse, concern; tendency; ratio, proportion; reimbursement, refunding; rising (in the stomach). Être en —; to be productive, to be in bearing (of land). Être en plein —; to be in full bearing; to be very productive. Belle montre et peu de —; a fine show and a small crop. Faire un —; to draw up a report, to make a return. Aimer à faire des —s; to love to tell tales. Il en a fait son —; he has sent in his report. Le style n’est pas en — avec le sujet; the style is not in harmony, or in keeping, with the subject. Avoir — à; to relate to, to refer to; to have relation to. Il n’y a aucun — entre ces choses; there is no connection between these things. Mettre une personne en — avec une autre; to bring a person into contact with another; to bring any two persons together. Par — à; with reference to. Il a fait cela par — à vous; he did that on your account. Sous le — de; with respect to. Terres de —; artificial soil, made soil. Pièces de —; patch-work, inlaid work. Sous tous les —s; in all respects, in every respect.

rapportable, adj., (jur.) that must be refunded, restorable.

rapporté, -e, part., brought back; (com.) brought over or forward. Ouvrage de pièces —es; inlaid work. Terres —es; artificial soil, made soil.

rapporter, v.a., to bring again, to bring back, to carry back; to bring away, to bring home; to bring home again; to carry home; to account for; to revoke, to recall; to report, to tell, to relate, to give an account of; to cite, to quote; to direct, to refer to; to ascribe, to attribute; to yield, to bear; to bring in; to reimburse; (book-keeping) to carry forward; to trace; to set down; (com.) to post (in ledgers). Il n’en a rapporté que des coups; he only got blows by it. — un fait comme il s’est passé; to relate a fact as it happened. Il rapporte tout; he tells everything. — tout à soi; to think of nothing but self. — l’effet à sa cause; to refer the effect to its cause. Une terre qui rapporte beaucoup; an estate that yields a good income. Des arbres qui rapportent beaucoup; trees that bear a great deal of fruit. Son argent lui rapporte six pour cent; his money brings him in six per cent. Cette mauvaise action ne lui rapportera rien; this bad action will avail him nothing (com.). — du journal au grand livre; to post from the journal to the ledger.

se rapporter, v.r., to agree, to correspond, to tally, to coincide, to blend; to relate, to refer, to have reference to, to allude to, to be allied, related to. Ces deux couleurs se rapportent bien; these two colors blend well together. S’en rapporter à; to leave it to (any one). Je m’en rapporte à vous; I leave it to you; I trust to you. Je m’en rapporte à votre témoignage; I abide by what you say. S’il faut s’en rapporter aux anciennes traditions; if we are to believe ancient traditions. Je m’en rapporterai à qui que ce soit; I will refer the thing to anybody. Je m’en rapporte à votre serment; I abide (by) your oath or I refer you (to) your oath.

rapporter, v.n., to fetch and bring (of the dog); to bring in, to produce; to tell tales; to pay well, to be profitable.

rapporteur, n.m., reporter, stenographer; (geom.) protractor. — d’un comité; committee reporter.

rapporteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., tell-tale, tale-bearer.

rapprendre, v.a., to learn again, to learn anew.

rapprivoiser, v.a., to tame again.

rapprochement (-prosh-mān), n.m., drawing, placing near, bringing together; junction; reconcilement, reconciliation; putting together, comparing; comparison.

rapprocher, v.a., to draw near again, to approach again; to bring together; to set in opposition, to compare; to bring nearer. — deux personnes; to bring two persons together, to reconcile two persons. Rapprochez ces deux planches; bring these two planks closer. — un cerf; to put hounds on the track of a stag.

se rapprocher, v.r., to come near again; to come, to draw, nearer; to be brought together; to approach, to approximate, to resemble, to begin to be friends again, to become reconciled.

rapsode, n.m., (Grec. antiq.) rhapsodist.

rapsodie, n.f., rhapsody; rambling composition.

rapsodiste, n.m., rhapsodist.

rapt, n.m., abduction, rape.

râpure, n.f., raspings.

raquetier, n.m., racket-maker; battledore-maker.

raqueton, n.m., large racket.

raquette, n.f., racket, battledore; snow-shoe; (bot.) Indian fig, opuntia.

rare, adj., rare, uncommon, extraordinary; unusual, singular; scarce; thin, scanty, sparse; (med.) slow (of the pulse). Devenir — comme les beaux jours; to become quite a stranger. Se rendre —; to make one’s self scarce. Vous devenez bien —; you are quite a stranger.

raréfacti-f, -ve, adj., rarefying.

raréfaction, n.f., (phys.) rarefaction.

raréfiable, adj., (phys.) that can be rarefied.

raréfiant, -e, adj., rarefying.

se raréfier, v.n., to rarefy, to become rarefied.

rarement (rar-mān), adv., rarely, seldom, unfrequently, not often.

rareté (rar-té), n.f., rarity, rareness, scarcity, singularity.

rarissime, adj., very rare, most rare.

ras, -e, adj., close-shaved, short-haired; shorn, shaved, close, bare; smooth, open, flat; short-naped; (nav.) low-built, flat-bottomed, undecked. Un chien à poil —; a short-haired dog. Il a la tête —e; his head is shorn. Il a le menton —; he has a bare, smooth, chin. Il porte la barbe —e; he shaves close. Du velours —; shorn velvet. Etoffe —e; smooth stuff. Serge —e; napless serge. —e campagne; open country. Vaisseau —, or vaisseau — à l’eau; straight-sheered ship. Faire table —e; to clear the board of. A —e terre; level with the ground.

ras, n.m., short-nap cloth. — de carène; (nav.) shipwright’s floating stage. Au — de, à —; nearly level with. — de marée; (nav.) tide-way race. À — de terre; almost touching the ground; skimming the ground. V. raz.

rasade, n.f., bumper, brimmer. Boire une —; to drink a bumper.

rasant, -e, adj., shaving, grazing; sweeping; (fort.) rasant; (milit.) flank. Vue —e; view of a flat, open country.

rasement (raz-mān), n.m., shaving; (milit.) razing or leveling to the ground.

raser, v.a., to shave; to shave off to demolish, to pull down, to raze to the ground; to graze, to touch; to skim over; to lay flat; to glance over, to touch lightly, to suppress; to cut down, to disable (a ship). Se faire —; to get (one’s self) shaved. — une maison; to pull down a house. — un vaisseau; to cut down a ship. Une balle lui rasa le visage; a ball grazed his face. — la côte; (nav.) to hug the coast. — l’air; to hover.

se raser, v.r., to shave, to shave one’s self, to be shaved. Cette perdrix se rase; this partridge keeps close to the ground.

raser, v.n., to shave; to pass very close to; (vet.) to raze, to be aged. Ce cheval rase; this horse is aged.

rase-tapis, n.m., (of horses) daisy-cutter.

rasibus (-bus), prep., (pop.) quite close. Couper —; to cut off quite close.

rasoir, n.m., razor; (fig. and pop.) a bore. Pierre à —; hone. Cuir à —; razor-strop. Repasser un —; to set a razor.

rason, n.m., (ich.) razor-fish.

rassade, n.f., glass-bead, bugle.

rassasiant, -e, adj., satiating, filling, cloying.

rassasiement (-zi-mān), n.m., satiety; surfeit.

rassasier, v.a., to sate, to satiate; to satisfy, to fill; to cloy, to glut, to surfeit. Être rassasié d’une chose; to be tired of a thing. Il n’est jamais rassasié d’argent; he can never have enough money.

se rassasier, v.r., to be satiated; to sate one’s self with; to be cloyed with; to take one’s fill of.

rassemblement, n.m., assembling; muster, mustering, collecting; riotous meeting, mob; assemblage. Disperser un —; to disperse a mob.

rassembler, v.a., to collect, to assemble, to reassemble, to gather together, to bring together again; to put together again; to get together, to muster. — des troupes; to muster troops. — des matériaux pour un ouvrage; to collect materials for a work.

se rassembler, v.r., to assemble, to gather together, to congregate, to meet, to unite, to muster. Se — en foule; to flock, to crowd.

rasseoir (ra-soâr), v.a., to seat again, to reseat; to replace, to put in its place again; to settle, to calm, to compose, to appease. — une statue sur sa base; to replace a statue on its base. — une pierre; to replace a stone. Donnez-lui le temps de — ses esprits; give him time to compose himself.

se rasseoir, v.r., to sit down again, to be seated again; to settle (of liquids); to be composed.

rasseoir, v.n., to settle (of liquids). Laissez — ce café; let that coffee settle.

rasséréner, v.a., to make serene, to clear up; to restore serenity to. Le soleil parut et rasséréna le temps; the sun shone out and cleared up the weather.

se rasséréner, v.r., to clear up, to recover one’s serenity; to brighten up.

rassiéger, v.a., to besiege again; to beset again.

rassis, -e, part., set down again; settled.

rassis, adj., cool, staid, sedate, sober-minded. Du pain —; stale bread. De sang —; in cool blood. De sens —; with sound judgment, dispassionate, unmoved. Esprit —; sober mind.

rassis, n.m., old horse-shoe reset; (fig.) soberness (in Montaigne).

rassortiment, n.m., rematching (of colors, materials); re-sorting; taking in a stock of goods for a season, etc., restocking.

rassortir, v.a., to sort, or match, again.

rassurance, n.f., reassurance.

rassurant, -e, adj., tranquillizing; encouraging, comforting, reassuring.

rassurer, v.a., to strengthen; to remove any one’s fears; to consolidate; to make firm; to tranquillize, to reassure, to comfort, to satisfy, to cheer.

se rassurer, v.r., to tranquillize one’s self; to recover one’s self, to be reassured; to set one’s mind at rest; (of the weather) to settle, to clear up. Rassurez-vous; set your mind at rest.

rat, n.m., rat; whim, crotchet, fad; niggard; taper. — d’eau; water-rat. — de Pharaon; ichneumon. Mort aux —s; rat’s-bane. Un nid à —s; a sorry lodging. Gueux comme un — d’église; as poor as a church mouse. À bon chat bon —; set a thief to catch a thief. — de cave; small wax taper; exciseman. Avoir des —s; to be whimsical. — de l’opéra; ballet-girl. Prendre un —; to miss fire. — d’église; church-goer.

ratafia, n.m., ratafia.

ratang, n.m., ratan.

ratanhia, n.m., (bot., med.) rhatany.

ratata, n.m., drum-beating.

ratatiné, -e, adj., shriveled, shriveled up; shrunk. Un petit vieillard —; a little withered old man.

se ratatiner, v.r., to shrink, to shrivel, to shrivel up.

*ratatouille, n.f., (cook.) bad stew (made of scraps of meat).

rate, n.f., spleen, milt. Avoir des vapeurs de —; to be troubled with the spleen. Epanouir la —; to drive away the spleen, to make merry. S’épanouir la —; to drive away one’s spleen, to be merry.

râteau, n.m., (agri.) rake, bow (of a scythe); (horl., nav.) rack.

râtelage (râ-tlaj), n.m., (agri.) raking.

râtelée (râ-tlée), n.f., raking; rakeful.

râteler (râ-tlé), v.a., to rake.

râteleur (râ-tleur), n.m., raker.

rateleu-x, -se, adj., splenetic.

râtelier, n.m., rack (in stables); set of teeth; (milit.) arm-rack; (nav.) rack. Manger à plus d’un —; to have more than one string to one’s bow. Mettre les armes au —; to quit the service.

ratelle, n.f., disease (of pigs).

rater, v.n., to miss fire; to flash in the pan, to miscarry. Son fusil rata; his gun missed fire.

rater, v.a., to miss; not to obtain; to fail in. — une charge; to miss a place.

☉rati-er, -ère (-tié, -tièr), adj., whimsical. n.m., ratter, rat-catcher.

ratière (-tièr), n.f., rat-trap.

ratification, n.f., ratification.

ratifier, v.a., to ratify.

*ratillon, n.m., little rat.

ratine, n.f., ratteen, patersham, frieze cloth.

ratiné, -e, adj., friezed.

ratiner, v.a., (manu.) to frieze.

ratiocination, n.f., ratiocination, reasoning.

ratiociner, v.a., to ratiocinate, to reason.

ration, n.f., ration, allowance. Mettre à la —; to allowance. — diminuée; short allowance.

rational, n.m., breast-plate (Jew. rel.).

rationalisme, n.m., rationalism.

rationaliste, n.m., rationalist.

rationalité, n.f., rationality.

rationnel, -le, adj., rational. Horizon —; rational horizon. Quantité —le; rational quantity.

rationnellement (-nèl-mān), adv., rationally.

rationnement, n.m., short allowance.

rationner, v.a., to allowance, to put on short allowance.

ratissage, n.m., scraping, raking.

ratisser, v.a., to rake; to scrape, to scrape off.

ratissoire, n.f., scraper.

ratissure, n.f., scrapings.

raton, n.m., (mam.) raccoon; (fam.) little rat; (pers.) ducky, darling; (in fables) mouser.

rattacher, v.a., to tie again, to tie up again; to fasten again, to fasten up again; to connect, to attach. — par une chaîne; to chain up again. — une question à une autre; to connect one question with another.

se rattacher, v.r., to be tied; to fasten, to be fastened; to fasten upon; to be attached to, to be connected or allied (with).

ratteindre, v.a., to retake, to catch again, to take again; to overtake, to come up again (with).

rattendrir, v.a., to soften again, to make tender again, to move again.

rattiser, v.a., to stir up the fire again; to stir up again. V. attiser.

rattraper, v.a., to retake, to catch again, to overtake, to come up again (with), to recover. On a rattrapé le prisonnier; the prisoner has been retaken. Bien fin qui m’y rattrapera; once bit, twice shy.

se rattraper, v.r., to catch hold of; to compensate one’s self; to win back one’s losses; to make up for.

rature, n.f., erasure, scratch; word crossed out.

raturer, v.a., to efface; to blot out; to erase, to scratch or cross out; to scrape (skins).

raucité, n.f., raucity, hoarseness.

rauque, adj., hoarse.

ravage, n.m., ravage, havoc, waste. Faire des —s; to commit ravages.

ravager, v.a., to ravage, to lay waste, to spoil.

ravageur, n.m., ravager, spoiler.

ravale, n.f., roller (to smooth the ground).

ravalement (-val-mān), n.m., (l.u.) debasement, disparagement; (mas.) rough-casting; (arch.) finishing off. Piano à —; piano-forte with a double row of keys.

ravaler, v.a., to swallow again; to put down, to run down, to lower; to press, to roll (land); to debase, to disparage; (mas.) to rough-cast. — la gloire de; to run down the glory of.

se ravaler, v.r., to debase one’s self; to lower one’s self.

ravaudage, n.m., mending (of old clothes); botching, bungling; darning stockings.

ravauder, v.a., to mend (old clothes); to botch, to botch up; to revile; to plague, to tease, to bustle about (in-doors). — des bas; to darn stockings.

ravauderie (-vô-drî), n.f., (fam.) silly stuff, nonsense, trash. Dire des —s; to talk nonsense.

ravaudeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., mender (of stockings, old clothes); botcher, patcher; twaddler.

rave, n.f., long radish, radish, colerape, turnip, beet.

ravelin (ra-vlin), n.m., (fort.) ravelin.

ravenelle (ra-vnèl), n.f., wall-flower.

ravi, -e, part., carried away, transported; raptured; ravished, overjoyed, glad, delighted. Être — de joie; to be overjoyed. J’en suis —; I am delighted at it. — d’admiration; carried away by admiration. Je suis — que vous la connaissiez; I am delighted you know her.

ravière, n.f., radish-bed.

ravigote, n.f., (cook.) sharp sauce.

ravigoter, v.a., (pop.) to revive the appetite of, to enliven, to cheer.

se ravigoter, v.r., to revive, to recover one’s strength, one’s appetite.

ravilir, v.a., to debase, to disgrace, to degrade, to lower. V. avilir.

ravin, n.m., ravine, hollow road.

ravine, n.f., mountain torrent; gully, ravine.

ravinement, n.m., gullying.

raviner, v.a., to gully (land).

ravir, v.a., to carry off; to take away; to ravish, to rob of; to charm, to delight, to enrapture. — le bien d’autrui; to steal the property of another. — l’honneur à une fille; to dishonor a girl. On lui a ravi son plus doux espoir; he has been robbed of his dearest hope. À —; wonderfully well, to admiration, admirably. Elle chante à —; she sings admirably.

ravisement, n.m., thinking better of; altering one’s mind, second thought, after thought.

se raviser, v.r., to alter one’s mind, to bethink one’s self; to think better of it.

ravissant, -e, adj., rapacious, ravenous; admirable, ravishing, delightful, lovely, enchanting, charming.

ravissement (-vis-mān), n.m., rape; transport, rapture, ravishment, delight. Il était dans le —; he was in raptures. — de joie; transport of joy.

ravisseur, n.m., ravisher.

*ravitaillement, n.m., revictualing; (fig.) recruiting.

*ravitailler, v.a., to revictual. Se —; to recruit.

raviver, v.a., to make a fire burn up; to revive; to reanimate; to brighten up, to cheer, to rouse. — un tableau; to revive a picture.

se raviver, v.r., to revive.

ravoir, v.a., to get again, to have again; to get back, to recover.

se ravoir, v.r., to recover one’s strength, to recruit, to pick up, to pick up one’s crumbs.

rayé, -e, part., striped, streaked; (artil.) rifled, grooved; scratched, scratched out, crossed out. Vaisselle —e; scratched plate. Des mots —s; words crossed out. Canon —; rifled cannon.

rayer, v.a., to scratch (plate, dishes, etc.), to scratch out; to cross or strike out, to erase, to expunge, to streak, to stripe; (artil.) to rifle, to groove. — une étoffe; to stripe a stuff. Rayez cela de vos papiers; strike that out of your book; (fig.) look upon it as a bad debt. — d’une liste; to strike off a list. — du papier; to rule paper. — le canon d’un fusil; to rifle a gun-barrel.

rayère, n.f., loop-hole (in towers).

rayeur, n.m., ruler (instr.).

ray-grass, n.m., (n.p.) (bot.) rye-grass.

rayon, n.m., ray, beam, gleam; (geom.) radius; spoke (of a wheel); (ich.) ray; (agri.) furrow; shelf; comb (of honey). — de lumière; ray of light. Faisceau de —s; (opt.) pencil of rays. Un — d’espérance; a ray of hope. À dix lieues de —, dans un — de dix lieues; within a radius of ten leagues. Une étoile à cinq —s; a star with five rays. — de miel; honey-comb.

rayonnant, -e, adj., radiant, shining, sparkling, beaming. — de lumière; beaming with light.

rayonné, -e, adj., radiated, stellated; (of rooms) shelved.

rayonné, n.m., (zoöl.) radiary. pl., radiata.

rayonnement (rè-io-n-mān), n.m., radiance; radiancy; (phys.) radiation. Le — des astres; the radiation of the stars.

rayonner, v.n., to radiate, to irradiate; to shine; to beam; to glisten; to trace furrows or lines. Son visage rayonne de joie; his face is radiant with joy. v.a., to shelve (a room).

rayure, n.f., stripe (of textile fabrics); streak; scratch, groove; rifling (fire-arms).

raz, n.m., (nav.) race, bore. — de marée; bore, eagre (rush of water up an estuary; wave caused by the meeting of two tides).

razzia, n.f., (—s) (milit.) raid, foray, razzia; inroad; (fig.) clean sweep.

ré, n.m., (mus.) D; (vocal mus.) re, D.

re, ré, prefix from Latin re, red.

réabonnement, n.m., renewed subscription.

se réabonner, v.r., to subscribe again; to renew one’s subscription.

réabsorber, v.a., to reabsorb.

réabsorption, n.f., reabsorption.

réact-eur, -rice, n. and adj., (pol., l.u.) reactionary.

réacti-f, -ve, adj., reactive.

réactif, n.m., (chem.) reagent, test.

réaction, n.f., reaction.

réactionnaire, n.m.f. and adj., reactionist; reactionary.

réactionner, v.a., to sue again.

réactionner, v.n., to react.

réadmettre, v.a., to readmit, to admit again.

réadmission, n.f., readmission, readmittance.

réadopter, v.a., to readopt.

réadoption, n.f., readoption.

réafficher, v.a., to stick or post up again.

réaffirmer, v.a., to reaffirm.

réaggrave, n.f., (canon law) reaggravation.

réaggraver, v.a., (canon law) to censure by a reaggravation.

réagir, v.n., to react.

réajournement, n.m., readjournment; fresh summons.

réajourner, v.a., to readjourn.

réal, n.m. (réaux), or réale, n.f. (réales), real (Spanish coin = 5 cents).

réal, -e, adj., royal, of the royal galley.

réale, n.f., royal galley (old).

réalgar, n.m., (min.) realgar.

réalisable, adj., realizable.

réalisation, n.f., realization; (fin.) conversion into money.

réaliser, v.a., to realize; to convert into money.

se réaliser, v.r., to be realized, to be converted into money; (fig.) to come to pass.

réalisme, n.m., realism.

réaliste, n.m.f., realist.

réalité, n.f., reality; (theol.) real presence. En —; in reality; in fact, indeed.

réapparition, n.f., reappearance.

réappel, n.m., second call, second call over.

réappeler, v.a., to call over a second time.

réapposer, v.a., to reaffix, to put on again, to set on again; to reappend.

réapposition, n.f., reaffixing, reappending; putting on again.

réargenter, v.a., to resilver, to replate.

réargenture, n.f., resilvering, replating.

réarmement, n.m., arming again, re-arming.

réarmer, v.a., to arm again.

réarpentage, n.m., resurvey.

réarpenter, v.a., to resurvey.

réassemblage, n.m., reassemblage.

réassembler, v.a., to reassemble, to gather together again.

réasservir, v.a., to subjugate, enslave again.

*réassignation, n.f., fresh summons, reassignment, new subpœna.

*réassigné, -e, part., summoned again, reassigned.

*réassigner, v.a., to reassign, to resummon, to summon again.

réassurance, n.f., reinsurance, reassurance.

réassurer, v.a., to reinsure, to reassure.

réatteler, v.a., (of horses) to put to again.

rebaigner, v.a., to bathe again. Se —; to bathe again.

*rebâiller, v.n., to yawn again.

rebaiser, v.a., to kiss again.

rebaisser, v.a., to lower again, to let down again. Se —; to stoop down again.

rebander, v.a., to bend again (a bow); to bind up again; to tie up again; to put another bandage (over the eyes).

rebaptisant (-ba-ti-), n.m., rebaptizer.

rebaptisation (-ba-ti-), n.f., baptizing again.

rebaptiser (-ba-ti-), v.a., to rebaptize.

rébarbati-f, -ve, adj., stern, gruff, crabbed, cross. Visage —; crabbed, gruff, stern countenance.

rebâter, v.a., to resaddle, to saddle again.

rebâtir, v.a., to rebuild, to build again.

rebattre, v.a., to beat again; to repeat, to tell over and over; to shuffle again (cards).

rebattu, -e, part., old, hackneyed, trite, oft-told. Un conte —; an old worn-out story. J’en ai les oreilles —es; I am sick of hearing it so often.

rebaudir, v.a., (hunt.) to caress, to encourage (dogs).

☉rebec, n.m., (instr.) rebeck.

rebelle, n.m.f. and adj., rebel; rebellious, disobedient, unyielding; (med.) obstinate; (metal.) refractory, impervious (to); ill-adapted; unfeeling. — à la justice; flying in the face of justice. — à la raison; impervious to reason. Un sujet — à la poésie; a subject ill-adapted to verse. Une fièvre — aux remèdes; an unyielding fever. C’est une beauté —; she is an unfeeling beauty. Substances —s; (metal.) refractory substances, substances hard to melt.

se rebeller, v.r., to rebel, to rise in rebellion, to revolt.

rébellion, n.f., rebellion, resistance, contumacy. Faire — à la justice; to resist justice.

rebénir, v.a., to bless again; to consecrate anew.

se rebéquer, v.r., to be saucy, to be pert, insolent.

rebercer, v.a., to rock again.

se rebercer, v.r., to rock one’s self again.

rebiffer, v.n., to turn up one’s nose.

se rebiffer, v.r., to resist, to refuse obedience; to refuse bluntly.

reblanchir, v.a., to wash again; to blanch again, to bleach again; to whitewash again.

rèble or rièble, n.m., (bot.) goose-grass; cleavers.

reboire, v.a., to drink again.

reboisement, n.m., retimbering, reafforestation.

reboiser, v.a., to retimber, to replant, to reafforest.

rebond, n.m., rebound.

rebondi, -e, adj., plump, round, chubby, full. Des joues —es; chubby cheeks.

rebondir, v.n., to rebound.

rebondissement (-dis-mān), n.m., rebounding.

rebord, n.m., border, hem (of clothes); ledge; brim.

reborder, v.a., to put a new border to; to border again, to rehem. — une robe; to put a new border, or new hem, to a gown. — des souliers; to bind shoes anew.

rebotter, v.a., to make boots again for; to boot somebody again.

se rebotter, v.r., to put on one’s boots again.

rebouchement, n.m., stopping up again.

reboucher, v.a., to stop up again; to block up again; to stuff up; to cork up again. — un trou; to stop up a hole again. — une bouteille; to cork a bottle up again.

se reboucher, v.r., to get, or become, stuffed up, or stopped up, again; to bend. L’épée se reboucha contre sa cuirasse; the sword bent against his cuirass.

rebouil, n.m., pelt-wool.

*rebouillir, v.n., to boil again.

rebouisage, n.m., cleaning and polishing (of hats).

rebouiser, v.a., to clean and polish (hats).

rebourgeonner, v.n., to bud again.

rebours, n.m., wrong side (of a stuff); wrong way (of the grain); contrary, reverse. À —, au —; the wrong way; against the grain, backwards. Marcher à —; to walk backwards. Prendre à —; to misconstrue. Lire à —; to read backwards.

rebours, -e, adj., (fam.) cross, cross-grained, crabbed.

reboutage, n.m., bone-setting.

rebouteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., bone-setter.

reboutonner, v.a., to button again, to rebutton.

se reboutonner, v.r., to button up one’s clothes again.

rebrider, v.a., to bridle again.

rebrocher, v.a., to restitch books.

rebroder, v.a., to re-embroider.

*rebrouiller, v.a., to embroil again, to mix again, to confound again, to entangle again.

rebrousse, n.f., napping-tool.

rebroussement (-broos-mān), n.m., turning back, turning up, inflection; (geom.) retrogression (of a curve).

à rebrousse-poil, adv., against the hair; the wrong way; against the grain.

rebrousser, v.a., to turn up (the hair). — chemin; to go back, to turn back, to retrace one’s steps.

rebroussoir, n.m., napping-tool.

rebroyer, v.a., to grind again.

rebrûler, v.a., to burn again.

rebrunir, v.a., to burnish again.

rebuffade, n.f., rebuff, repulse, rebuke.

rébus (-bus), n.m., rebus; pun, conundrum.

rebut, n.m., repulse, rebuff, rejection, refusal; refuse; trash; waste, rubbish, trumpery; riff-raff, scum. Marchandises de —; waste goods. Papier de —; waste paper. Mettre au —; to throw aside. Être au —; to be thrown aside. Mettre une lettre au —; to send a letter to the dead-letter office. De —; waste, left off, cast off. Bureau des —; dead-letter office.

rebutant, -e, adj., repulsive, forbidding, loathsome. Travail —; tedious work. Air —; forbidding look. Homme —; repulsive man.

rebuter, v.a., to repulse, to rebuff, to thrust away, to cast aside; to reject, to refuse; to disgust, to shock. — des excuses; to refuse an apology. Il a rebuté ces marchandises; he rejected those goods.

se rebuter, v.r., to be discouraged or disheartened, to be rebuffed, to lose courage. Il se rebute aisément; he is easily disheartened.

recacher, v.a., to hide again.

recacheter (-kash-té), v.a., to seal up again.

récalcitrant, -e, adj., stubborn, refractory, perverse, reluctant, averse.

récalcitrer, v.n., to be restive, to kick (of horses); (l.u.) to be refractory; to resist, to be reluctant.

recaler, v.a., to wedge up again, to refix, to refasten. (fig.) V. rembarrer. Il a été recalé; (fam.) he has been plowed again.

récapitulati-f, -ve, adj., recapitulatory.

récapitulation, n.f., recapitulation, summing up.

récapituler, v.a., to recapitulate, to sum up.

recarder, v.a., to card again.

recarreler (-kar-lé), v.a., to pave a floor anew.

recasser, v.a., to break again; (agri.) to break up stubble-land, to give a first plowing to.

recassis, n.m., (agri.) stubble-land that has been broken up.

recéder, v.a., to re-cede, to yield again, to restore again, to let have back (again); to give up again.

recel, n.m., (jur.) receiving of stolen goods.

recélé, n.m., (jur.) concealment of goods; embezzlement.

recèlement (-sèl-mān), n.m., concealing, concealment (of malefactors); receiving (of stolen goods).

recéler, v.a., to conceal (malefactors); to receive (stolen goods); to embezzle; to conceal, to hide; to contain. — des effets; to conceal wearing apparel.

recéler, v.n., (hunt.) to be or remain concealed.

receleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (rĕ-cĕ-), receiver of stolen goods.

récemment (-sa-mān), adv., recently, newly, lately.

recensement (-sāns-mān), n.m., census; return, numbering; revisal, verification.

recenser, v.a., to take the census; to verify, to examine.

recension, n.f., (philos.) recension; book revised and edited (by a critic).

récent, -e, adj., recent, new, fresh, late.

recépage, n.m., (agri.) cutting down close (of vines).

recépée, n.f., cut part of a wood.

recéper, v.a., (agri.) to cut down.

récépissé, n.m., receipt (for documents, papers); acknowledgment of receipt.

réceptacle, n.m., receptacle; (bot.) torus.

récepteur, n.m., recipient, receiver, reservoir; (of telegraphs) receiving instrument.

réceptibilité, n.f., (l.u.) receptibility.

réception, n.f., receiving, receipt, reception; admittance, admission, levee, drawing-room; party, entertainment. Accuser — d’une lettre; to acknowledge the receipt of a letter. Bonne —; welcome, good reception.

réceptionnaire, adj., receiving. n.m., receiver, receiving clerk.

réceptivité, n.f., (l.u.) receptivity.

recerclage, n.m., re-hooping.

recercler, v.a., to hoop anew, to put new hoops to.

recette, n.f., receipt, receipts, collection; receiving office; recipe; receiver’s office, receivership, collectorship.

recevabilité, n.f., (jur.) admissibility.

recevable, adj., receivable, admissible, allowed.

receveu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., receiver, surveyor, comptroller, collector (of taxes).

recevoir, v.a., to receive, to accept, to take, to take in, to let in; to welcome, to harbor; to admit; to allow of; to meet with, to submit to; to entertain. — bien; to receive well; to welcome. — un mauvais accueil; to meet with a bad reception. — une opinion; to admit an opinion. Je reçois vos offres; I accept your offers. Son livre a été bien reçu; his book has taken well. — une excuse; to accept an excuse. — une proposition; to accept a proposal. — un coup mortel; to be mortally wounded. — la mort; to meet with (one’s) death.

recevoir, v.n., to receive, to receive company; to be at home to visitors; to hold a levee, a drawing-room. On recevra ce soir là; there will be company that evening. Elle reçoit beaucoup; she sees a great deal of company. Quand recevez-vous? when is your reception, or at home, day? when are you at home to visitors?

recez (rĕ-sê), n.m., recess; minutes (of a Congress).

réchampir or échampir, v.a., to pick out with colors, to set off.

rechange, n.m., change of anything; spare things; (com.) re-exchange; (nav.) spare stores. Des habits de —; spare clothes. J’en ai de —; I have some in reserve. Mâts de hune de —; spare topmasts. De —; spare.

rechanger, v.a., to change again.

rechanter, v.a., to sing again; to tell often.

réchapper, v.n., to escape, to recover. Un réchappé de la potence; (pop.) a villain, a gallows bird. — d’une maladie; to recover from an illness.

recharge, n.f., surcharge; fresh charge. En —; in addition.

rechargement, n.m., reloading, loading again, reballasting.

recharger, v.a., to load again, to reballast; to recharge; (milit.) to make a second charge; to charge again, to enjoin over again. — les ennemis; to charge the enemy again.

rechasser, v.a. and n., to drive away again; to drive back.

rechasser, v.a., to hunt again.

réchaud, n.m., chafing-dish, dish-warmer, hot-water dish, small stove; (hort.) hot-bed, mulch.

réchauffage, n.m., warming up again; giving as new what is old, hash-up; plagiarism; reheating; (metal.) balling.

réchauffé, n.m., food, etc., warmed up; something that is stale, old; stale stuff, imitation; (fig.) after-thought. C’est du —; it is mere imitation.

réchauffé, -e, adj., warmed up again.

réchauffement, n.m., (hort.) lining anew (a hot-bed); mulching.

réchauffer, v.a., to heat again, to make warm again, to make hot again, to warm again, to warm up; to re-animate, to rekindle, to stir up. Faire — la soupe; to warm up the soup. — une couche; (hort.) to manure a bed anew, to mulch.

se réchauffer, v.r., to warm one’s self, to get one’s self warm, to grow warm; to rekindle, to become warmer, to warm.

réchauffoir, n.m., plate-warmer, dish-warmer.

rechausser, v.a., to put on shoes or stockings again; to set new cogs to a wheel; (agri., hort.) to mold, to mold up; (mas.) to line the foot of, to underpin. — un arbre; to mold up a tree. — un mur; to underpin a wall.

rêche, adj., rough (to the taste, touch); crabbed (of persons). Cette étoffe est —; that stuff is very rough.

recherche, n.f., search, seeking, quest, pursuit; research, inquiry, investigation; examination, scrutiny; studied elegance, neatness, finish, labored refinement, studied refinement, care; addresses, courtship, suit; (mas.) research, mending (with tiles or slates). Travailler à la — de la vérité; to labor in search of truth. — exacte; strict search. Faire la — d’une chose; to search for a thing. Style naturel et sans —; natural and unaffected style. Il fait la — d’une veuve; he is courting a widow.

recherché, -e, adj., choice, exquisite; affected, far-fetched, sought after, run after, in great request, in great demand. Parure —e; exquisite dress. Expression —e; far-fetched expression. Ornements —s; choice ornaments.

rechercher, v.a., to seek again, to look again for, to seek, to seek for, to seek after, to look for, to search, to search for, to search after; to investigate, to search into, to inquire into, to make an inquiry into; to institute an inquiry into, to call to account; to endeavor to obtain, to desire, to aspire to; to run after, to court, to seek; to solicit in marriage, to ask in marriage, to woo, to solicit the hand of; (arts) to finish, to finish off, to polish; (man.) to animate. On rechercha sa vie; they made inquiries into his mode of life. — un cheval; to animate a horse.

se rechercher, v.r., to seek each other, or each other’s society; to be sought after.

*rechigné, -e, adj., sour-faced, glum, surly, sulky, cross, crabbed, gruff.

*rechignement, n.m., sulking, frowning, sullenness, crabbedness.

*rechigner, v.n., to look sulky, sullen, grim, gruff, sour, crabbed.

☉rechoir, v.n., to fall again; to relapse, to have a relapse.

rechute, n.f., relapse.

récidive, n.f., recidivism, relapse into crime; second offense, repetition of an offense. Il y a —; it is not the first offense. Être en —; to be an old offender.

récidiver, v.n., to repeat the same offense; to commit the same crime again.

récidiviste, n.m.f., previously convicted felon; habitual criminal; old offender.

récif, n.m., (nav.) reef, ledge (of rocks); ridge.

récipé, n.m., recipe, medical prescription; receipt.

récipiendaire, n.m., new member, member-elect.

récipient, n.m., (chem.) recipient, receiver; cistern, well.

réciprocation, n.f., reciprocation.

réciprocité, n.f., reciprocity, reciprocation.

réciproque, n.m., like. Rendre le —; to return the like; to give like for like.

réciproque, n.f., (math., log.) converse.

réciproque, adj., reciprocal, mutual; (math.) converse, reciprocal.

réciproquement (-prok-mān), adv., reciprocally, mutually; (math.) conversely.

recirer, v.a., to wax, polish, or black, again.

récit, n.m., recital, relation, account, story, tale, narration, narrative, statement; report; (mus.) recitative.

récitant, -e, adj., (mus.) solo.

récitateu-r, n.m., reciter, repeater.

récitatif, n.m., (mus.) recitative.

récitation, n.f., reciting, recitation; repetition.

réciter, v.a., to recite, to rehearse; to repeat, to say; to tell, to relate, to give an account of, to recount; (mus.) to sing in recitative; to play in recitative. Récitez votre leçon; say your lesson.

réciter, v.n., (mus.) to perform a recitative; to recite.

réciteu-r, -se, n.m.f., reciter, story-teller.

réclamable, adj., claimable.

réclamant, n.m., -e, n.f., (jur.) claimant.

réclamation, n.f., claim, demand; complaint, protestation, protest, opposition, objection. Être en —; to have raised an objection, to have formulated a complaint, a demand.

réclame, n.m., (hawking) bird-call.

réclame, n.f., (print.) catch-word; primer; (of newspapers) editorial announcement, advertisement, puff, puffing, paragraph puff; (thea.) cue, catchword (last words of couplets).

réclamer, v.a., to implore, to entreat, to beseech; to reclaim, to claim back, to redemand, to demand back again; to claim; (hunt.) to call off; (hawking) to bring back; (jur.) to lay claim to. — son droit; to claim one’s right. — un oiseau; to bring back a hawk. — les chiens; to call off the dogs.

se réclamer, v.r., to be reclaimed, to be demanded; to say one is known to a person; to make use of any one’s name, to invoke, to refer to. Voyant qu’on allait le maltraiter, il se réclama d’un tel; seeing they were about to ill-treat him, he referred to so-and-so.

réclamer, v.n., to oppose, to object, to protest (against), to complain (of), to make a complaint, to make objection (to). Je réclame contre cela; I protest against that. Personne ne réclame? does nobody raise any objection?

reclouer, v.a., to nail again.

☉reclure, v.a., to shut up, to confine, to cloister up, to sequester.

reclus, -e, n. and part., recluse, monk, nun; cloistered up, shut up, sequestered, secluded.

reclusion or réclusion, n.f., reclusion, retirement, seclusion; (jur.) confinement, imprisonment (with hard labor and loss of civil rights).

*recogner, v.a., to hit again, to strike again; to beat back, to drive back, to beat (an argument).

récognitif (-cog-), adj.m., (jur.) recognitory. Acte —; ratification of a liability (stating the consideration thereof).

récognition (-cog-), n.f., recognition.

recoiffer, v.a., to dress the head or hair again; to re-adjust the hair; to cap again, to re-cap (bottles).

recoin, n.m., corner, nook, by-place, by-way. pl., cricks and corners; innermost recesses.

récolement (-kol-mān), n.m., (jur.) examination; verification.

récoler, v.a., (jur.) to read the previous evidence to a witness; to examine, to verify.

☉récollection (-kol-lèk-), n.f., (devotional style) contemplation.

recollement, n.m., pasting, or gluing, again; (of a wound) healing.

recoller, v.a., to paste again (fig. and fam.). Il a été recollé or recalé; he has been plowed again.

récollet, n.m., -te, n.f., recollet (Franciscan friar or nun).

récolte, n.f., harvest, crop, vintage; collection, gathering. Temps de la —; harvest time. Faire la —; to get in the harvest.

récolter, v.a., to reap, to gather in, to get in.

se récolter, v.r., to be got in (of crops).

recommandable, adj., commendable, recommendable, respectable.

recommandation, n.f., recommendation; esteem, reference, introduction; (jur.) detainer. Lettre de —; letter of introduction.

recommander, v.a., to recommend, to charge, to enjoin, to bid, to intrust, to request; (jur.) to lodge a detainer against. Je vous recommande le secret; I enjoin secrecy.

se recommander, v.r., to recommend one’s self, itself; to look for protection (to); to refer to. Cette chose se recommande d’elle-même; the thing is its own recommendation. Je me recommande à vous; I refer to you.

recommencement, n.m., recommencement, beginning anew, repetition, renewal.

recommencer, v.a.n., to recommence, to begin again. — la guerre; to begin war afresh. — de plus belle, — sur nouveaux frais; to renew the attempt, to begin again worse than ever. C’est toujours à —; there’s no end to it. Ne recommencez pas, par exemple; don’t do it again, though.

recomparaître, v.n., to appear again (before).

récompense, n.f., reward, recompense; requital; compensation, amends; indemnity. En —; in return (for); as a recompense (for).

récompenser, v.a., to reward, to requite, to recompense, to remunerate; to make amends (to), to compensate; to requite; to make up for, to repay. — le temps perdu; to make up for lost time.

se récompenser, v.r., to make up for, to make amends, to be recompensed.

recomposer, v.a., to recompose.

recomposition, n.f., recomposition.

recompter (-kon-té), v.a., to count again.

réconciliable, adj., reconcilable.

réconciliat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., reconciler. adj., reconciling.

réconciliation, n.f., reconciliation, reconcilement.

réconcilier, v.a., to reconcile, to conciliate; to make friends again. On les a réconciliés; they have been reconciled. — une église; to consecrate a church anew.

se réconcilier, v.r., to be reconciled, to become friends again. Il s’est réconcilié avec son père; he has made it up with his father.

réconduction (tacite), n.f., (jur.) renewal of a lease, continued tenancy (upon the same terms).

reconduire, v.a., to reconduct, to lead back, to show out; to accompany, to see home, to accompany to the door.

reconduite, n.f., accompanying out, or to the door; seeing out, seeing home. Faire la —; to accompany out, home.

reconfirmer, v.a., to confirm again.

☉réconfort, n.m., comfort, relief, consolation.

☉réconfortation, n.f., cheering up, comforting, strengthening.

réconforter, v.a., to cheer up, to strengthen, to fortify, to comfort; to cheer.

reconfrontation, n.f., confronting anew.

reconfronter, v.a., to confront again.

reconnaissable, adj., recognizable.

reconnaissance, n.f., gratitude, thankfulness; recognition; examination; acknowledgment, confession; reward, return; recognizance; (milit., nav.) reconnoitering, reconnoitering party. Avoir de la —; to be grateful. Témoigner sa —; to testify one’s gratitude. Faire une —; to reconnoiter. — d’enfant; acknowledgment of a child. — de prêteur sur gages; pawn-broker’s ticket.

reconnaissant, -e, adj., grateful, thankful. — de; thankful for.

reconnaître, v.a., to recognize, to know again; to know; to identify; to find out, to discover; to acknowledge, to confess, to admit, to allow; to be grateful; (milit.) to reconnoiter, to explore, to observe. Je ne le reconnais plus; he has grown out of my recollection. Se faire —; to make one’s self known. On a reconnu sa trahison; his treachery was discovered. — un enfant; to own a child. Je vous reconnais bien là; that is just like you.

se reconnaître, v.r., to know one’s self; to see one’s self; to know where one is; to make out; to come to one’s self; to collect one’s self; to give one’s self breathing time; to acknowledge one’s guilt; to plead guilty. Il se reconnaît dans son fils; he sees himself in his son. Je commence à me reconnaître; I begin to know where I am. Je ne me reconnais plus; I don’t know what I am about. Je me reconnais bien là; that is just like me.

reconquérir, v.a., to reconquer, to recover, to regain.

reconsidération, n.f., reconsideration.

reconsidérer, v.a., to reconsider.

reconstituer, v.a., to reconstitute, to re-establish, to re-organize.

reconstitution, n.f., reconstitution, reorganization, resettling; (jur.) substitution.

reconstruction, n.f., reconstruction, rebuilding.

reconstruire, v.a., to build again, to reconstruct.

reconsulter, v.a., to consult again.

reconter, v.a., to tell again, to relate over again.

recontinuer, v.a., to resume, to go on again.

recontracter, v.a., to contract again.

reconvention, n.f., (jur.) cross suit, cross action, set off.

reconventionnel, -le, adj., (jur.) cross. Demande —; cross action.

reconvoquer, v.a., to convene again, to call together again.

recopier, v.a., to copy again. Se —; to be recopied.

*recoquillement, n.m., curling up, turning up, shriveling; being dog’s-eared (of leaves).

*recoquiller, v.a., to curl up; to turn up, to shrivel up; to dog’s-ear (leaves).

*se recoquiller, v.r., to turn up, to curl one’s self up, to be dog’s-eared, to shrivel.

recorder, v.a., to rehearse (a lesson); to learn or get by heart; to cord again; to twist again; to measure firewood again.

se recorder, v.r., to concert with any one, to call to mind; to be recorded.

recorriger, v.a., to correct again, to revise.

recors, n.m., bailiff’s man.

recoucher, v.a., to put to bed again, to lay flat again.

se recoucher, v.r., to go to bed again.

recoudre, v.a., to sew again, or stitch again.

se recoudre, v.r., to be sewn up again.

recoupe, n.f., rubble, stone-chips; chippings; pollard.

recoupement (-coop-mān), n.m., (arch.) off-set; recess.

recouper, v.a., to cut again.

recoupette, n.f., coarse meal.

recourbé, -e, adj., bent back, curved, crooked.

recourber, v.a., to bend back, to make crooked, to crook.

se recourber, v.r., to grow crooked, to bend.

recourbure, n.f., bending back, curvature.

recourir, v.n., to run again; to have recourse to, to apply to, to resort (to); to appeal. — aux remèdes; to have recourse to remedies.

recours, n.m., recourse; refuge, resort, help, resource, redress, remedy, appeal. — en cassation; petition of appeal. — en grâce; petition for pardon or commutation.

☉recousse, n.f. V. rescousse.

recousu, -e, part., sewed, stitched again.

recouvrable, adj., (fin.) recoverable.

☉recouvrance, n.f., recovery.

recouvrement, n.m., recovery, regaining; (fin.) payment; (horl.) lid; cap (of a watch); (arch.) overlapping. pl., debts due to one. — de la santé; recovery of one’s health. Faire un état de —; to draw up a statement of debts due. Faire un —; to recover an outstanding debt.

recouvrer, v.a., to recover, to regain, to get again, to get back possession (of), to get in, to collect. — ses forces; to recover one’s strength. — son bien; to recover one’s fortune.

recouvrir, v.a., to cover again; to cover, to mask, to hide, to conceal.

se recouvrir, v.r., to cover one’s self again; to be covered again; to be hidden again, to become cloudy again, to be overcast again.

recracher, v.a. and n., to spit out again; to spit again; (fig.) to fork out again; to disgorge.

récréance, n.f., provisional possession. Lettres de —; (diplomacy) letters of recall.

récréati-f, -ve, adj., recreative; refreshing; diverting, amusing.

récréation, n.f., recreation, amusement, diversion; play (of children). Heure de —; play-time. Être en —; to be at play, out of school.

recréer, v.a., to re-create, to create again.

récréer, v.a., to recreate, to divert, to amuse.

se récréer, v.r., to divert, to amuse one’s self, to take recreation.

récrément, n.m., (med.) recrement.

récrémenteu-x, -se, or récrémentitiel, -le, adj., (med.) recremental, recrementitious.

recrépir, v.a., to parget again, to roughcast; to give a fresh coat of plaster to; to paint (one’s face); to patch up. — un vieux mur; to replaster an old wall. — un vieux conte; to dress up an old story.

recrépissage or recrépissement, n.m., replastering; repatching.

recreuser, v.a., to dig up again, to dig deeper.

☉recri, n.m., exclamation; cry, outcry, clamor.

se récrier, v.r., to exclaim; to utter an exclamation; to cry out, to protest. Il n’y a pas de quoi se —; there is nothing to cause astonishment, there is no need to cry out.

récrimination, n.f., recrimination.

récriminatoire, adj., recriminatory.

récriminer, v.n., to recriminate.

récrire, v.a., to write over again; to write again; to rewrite.

recroître, v.n., to grow again; to spring up again.

recrotter, v.a., to dirty again.

recru, -e, adj., quite tired, worn out, knocked up, jaded, spent.

recrudescence, n.f., recrudescence.

recrudescent, -e, adj., recrudescent.

recrue, n.f., recruiting; recruit; recruits. Faire des —s; to raise recruits.

recrutement (re-krut-mān), n.m., recruiting, recruitment.

recruter, v.a., to recruit.

se recruter, v.r., to recruit.

recruteur, n. and adj. m., recruiter; recruiting, recruiting officer.

recta, adv., punctually, exactly.

rectangle, adj., (geom.) rectangular, right-angled.

rectangle, n.m., rectangle.

rectangulaire, adj., rectangular, right-angled.

recteur, n.m., rector (of a parish, of an academy); provost, warden.

rect-eur, -rice, adj., directing. ☉Esprit —; (chem.) aromatic. Pennes rectrices; (zoöl.) tail-feathers.

rectifiable, adj., rectifiable.

rectificateur, n.m., rectifier.

rectificati-f, -ve, adj., rectifying.

rectification, n.f., rectification; (jur.) amendment.

rectifier, v.a., to rectify.

se rectifier, v.r., to be rectified.

*rectiligne, adj., rectilineal, rectilinear.

rectitude, n.f., rectitude, uprightness.

recto, n.m., (—s) first page of a leaf; odd page, right-handed page.

rectoral, -e, adj., rectorial.

rectorat, n.m., rectorship, rectorate, provostship, wardenship.

rectrice, n.f., (orni.) tail-feather. V. recteur, adj.

rectum (-tom), n.m., (—) (anat.) rectum.

reçu, -e, part., received; admitted; recognized, customary, usual.

reçu, n.m., receipt. Au — de; on receipt of. Donnez-moi un — de ce que je vous remets; give me a receipt for what I give you.

*recueil, n.m., collection, selection, miscellany. — choisi; elegant extracts.

*recueillement, n.m., contemplation, meditation, self-communing; gathering, collection; (fig.) peaceful seclusion.

*recueilli, -e, part., gathered, collected; meditative, wrapped in meditation, calm, still, quiet. C’est un homme très —; he is a very contemplative man.

*recueillir, v.a., to gather, to get in; to reap; to get together, to collect; to pick up; to receive, to take in, to shelter. — une succession; to inherit an estate. — ses esprits; to collect one’s self. — ses forces; to collect one’s strength. — les voix; to collect the votes.

se recueillir, v.r., to collect one’s self, to collect one’s thoughts; to wrap one’s self up in pious meditation. — en soi-même; to retire within one’s self, to commune with one’s self; to reflect.

recuire, v.a., to cook, or do, again; to boil over again; to bake over again; (manu.) to anneal. — des métaux; to anneal metals.

recuit, -e, part., boiled, baked, or roasted again. Cela est cuit et —; that is done to rags.

recuit, n.m., or recuite, n.f., annealing (of metals, glass); reheating (liquids).

recul, n.m., recoil; kicking (of fire-arms).

reculade, n.f., falling back; retreat; backing (of carriages). Honteuse —; shameful retreat. Faire une —; to beat a retreat.

reculé, -e, part., put back; distant, remote; backward, behind (in learning). La postérité la plus —e; the remotest posterity.

reculée, n.f., (l.u.) backing-space; moving back. Feu de —; (l.u.) roasting fire.

reculement (-kul-mān), n.m., drawing back; backing (of carriages); breech (of saddles).

reculer, v.a., to pull back; to put back; to put off, to defer; to extend.

se reculer, v.r., to draw back; to go further off, to put back; to be extended, to sit further off.

reculer, v.n., to go back; to fall back, to draw back; to retreat, to recede, to shirk, to shrink (before), to back out (of); to give way; to recoil; to rein back (a horse). — pour mieux sauter; to wait for something better. Il est trop avancé pour —; he is too far involved to retreat. Il ne recule jamais; he never flinches. En reculant; in going backwards.

à reculons, adv., backwards; the wrong way; with one’s back to the engine, etc.

☉récupérable, adj., that may be recovered, retrievable, recoverable.

récupération, n.f., recovery.

récupérer, v.a., to recover, to retrieve; to get back.

se récupérer, v.r., to recover; to retrieve one’s losses.

récurer, v.a. V. écurer.

récurrence, n.f., (med.) recurrence.

récurrent, -e (-kur-rān, -t), adj., (med.) recurrent, returning.

récursoire, adj., (jur.) which can give rise to an appeal, remedial.

récusable, adj., (jur.) exceptionable, challengeable, doubtful.

récusation, n.f., (jur.) challenge, exception, denial.

récuser, v.a., to challenge (witnesses, jurors); to deny, to reject.

se récuser, v.r., to excuse one’s self, to decline; (of judges, jurors) to decline judging or voting; to declare one’s self incompetent.

rédacteur, n.m., writer (of a deed); clerk (in a public office); editor, editress; writer (of periodicals). — d’un journal; editor of a newspaper. — en chef; chief editor. — gérant; sub-editor.

rédaction, n.f., drawing up (deeds, etc.); wording; editing (periodicals); editors.

redan, n.m., (fort.) redan; (arch.) skew-back.

redanser, v.n., to dance again.

reddition (rèd-di-), n.f., (jur., milit.) surrender, reduction; restitution, giving back; giving in (of accounts). — de compte; giving in of accounts.

redébattre, v.a., to debate again.

redéclarer, v.a., to declare again.

redédier, v.a., to dedicate anew.

redéfaire, v.a., to undo again.

redéjeuner, v.a., to breakfast again.

redélibérer, v.a., to deliberate again (upon), to consider again.

☉redélivrer, v.a., to set at liberty a second time.

redemander, v.a., to redemand, to ask again; to ask back again.

redemeurer, v.n., to dwell or live again.

redémolir, v.a., to demolish, or pull down, again.

rédempteur, n.m., redeemer, savior.

rédempt-eur, -rice, adj., redeeming, redemptive, redemptory.

rédemption, n.f., redemption; ransom.

rédemptoriste, n.m., Redemptorist.

redépêcher, v.a., to dispatch again.

redescendre, v.n., to go, or come, down again.

redescendre, v.a., to take down again.

redevable, n.m.f. and adj., debtor; indebted; beholden. Je suis votre — or je vous suis —; I am your debtor. Être — à ... de; to be indebted to ... for.

redevance, n.f., rent; royalty; due, service; (feudalism) fine.

redevenir (rĕ-dĕ-vnir), v.n., to become again.

redévider, v.a., to wind again.

redevoir, v.a., to remain in one’s debt, to owe still.

rédhibition, n.f., (jur.) action to set aside a sale.

rédhibitoire, adj., (jur.) setting aside a sale; redhibitory.

rédiger, v.a., to draw out; to draw up; to draught; to write out; to word; to indite.

se rédimer, v.a., to redeem one’s self.

redîner, v.n., to dine again.

redingote, n.f., riding-coat, frock-coat; (ladies’) morning dress.

redire, v.a., to repeat, to say again, to tell again; to censure, to criticize, to find fault (with); to report. Trouver à — à; to find fault with, to find amiss, to complain of. Je n’y trouve rien à —; I see nothing amiss in it. Il n’y a rien à —; no fault can be found with. Se faire —; to have repeated to one; to require to be told again.

rediseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., tautologist, repeater; tell-tale, tale-bearer.

redistribuer, v.a., to distribute again.

redistribution, n.f., redistribution, re-issue.

redite, n.f., (b.s.) repetition, gossiping.

redompter (-don-té), v.a., to subdue again.

redondance or rédondance, n.f., superfluity of words, redundancy.

redondant or rédondant, -e, adj., redundant.

redonder or rédonder, v.n., to be redundant.

redonner, v.a., to give again, to give back again; to restore; to deal again (at cards).

se redonner, v.r., to give one’s self up again; to give away again; to indulge again in.

redonner, v.n., to give one’s self up again; to fail again into; to take to again; (milit.) to charge again; to be engaged again.

redorer, v.a., to gild over again, to regild.

redormir, v.n., to sleep again.

☉redoublant, n.m., pupil that remains a second year in the same class.

redoublé, -e, part., redoubled, increased; repeated. Pas —; (milit.) double-quick time. Rimes —es; double rhymes.

redoublement, n.m., redoubling, increase; reduplication; (med.) paroxysm.

redoubler, v.a., to redouble, to increase, to reiterate; to increase greatly; to put a new lining to. — ses soins; to be doubly careful.

redoubler, v.n., to increase; to redouble; ☉to continue two years in the same class (at school). — de soins; to be doubly attentive.

redoul or roudou, n.m., (bot.) coriaria myrtifolia, tanners’ sumac.

redoutable, adj., formidable, redoubtable, terrible, dreadful.

redoute, n.f., (fort.) redoubt; ridotto; dancing-room.

redouter, v.a., to dread, to fear. Il n’est pas à —; he is not to be feared.

redressage, n.m., straightening.

redressement (-drès-mān), n.m., straightening; erection; redressing; redress; relief (from a grievance).

redresser, v.a., to make straight, to make straight again, to straighten; to erect; to set up again; to put right; to correct, to reform, to put to rights, to set to rights; to redress; to over-reach. — la tête; to hold up one’s head. — des griefs; to redress grievances.

se redresser, v.r., to become straight again; to get straight again; to bridle up; to stand erect again; to set upright; to be set right, to be redressed. Redressez-vous; sit up.

redresseur, n.m., redresser, avenger, righter.

redû, n.m., balance due.

réducteur, n.m., (surg.) apparatus for reducing a dislocation.

réductibilité, n.f., reducibleness.

réductible, adj., reducible.

reducti-f, -ve, adj., reductive.

réduction, n.f., reduction; subjugation; (com.) allowance, abatement; (chem., math., surg.) reduction.

réduire (réduisant, réduit), v.a., to reduce, to abate, to diminish, to curtail; to subdue, to subjugate; to compel; to oblige, to restrain; (chem., math., surg.) to reduce. — une place; to reduce a stronghold, to take a fortress. — au désespoir; to drive to despair.

se réduire, v.r., to be reduced; to diminish; to abate; to vanish; to reduce one’s self; to be subdued; (fig.) to come to, to amount to.

réduit, n.m., retreat, small habitation; lodging; corner, recess; hole, hovel; (fort.) reduct.

réduplicati-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) reduplicative.

réduplicatif, n.m., (gram.) reduplicative.

réduplication, n.f., reduplication.

réédification, n.f., rebuilding.

réédifier, v.a., to rebuild.

rééditer, v.a., to publish anew (of books).

réel, -le, adj., real, true; actual; substantial. n.m., reality, truth.

réélection, n.f., re-election.

rééligibilité, n.f., re-eligibility.

rééligible, adj., re-eligible.

réélire, v.a., to re-elect.

réellement (-èl-mān), adv., really; in reality, truly, indeed.

réemballage, n.m., repacking.

réemballer, v.a., to repack.

réémettre, v.a., to re-issue.

réémigrer, v.n., to re-emigrate.

réémission, n.f., re-issue.

réentement, n.m., regrafting.

réenter, v.a., to regraft. Se —; to be regrafted.

réenterrement, n.m., reburial.

réenterrer, v.a., to re-bury, to re-inter.

réer, v.n. V. raire.

réescompte, n.m., (com.) rediscount.

réescompter, v.a., (com.) to rediscount.

réexaminer, v.a., to examine anew.

réexpédier, v.a., to forward again, to send off again.

réexpédition, n.f., forwarding again, sending off again, return.

réexportation, n.f., re-exportation.

réexporter, v.a., to re-export.

refâcher, v.a., to vex again, to anger again.

se refâcher, v.r., to grow angry, or vexed, again.

refaçon, n.f., remaking, remake.

refaçonner, v.a., to form or make again, to re-fashion.

réfaction, n.f., remaking; repairing, repairs; (com.) rebate.

refaire, v.a., to do again, to do over again, to remake; to make anew; to begin anew; to recommence; to deal again (at cards); to take in, to deceive; to be refreshing (to); to refresh; to mend, to repair. — de la viande; to warm meat up again, to re-pot meat.

se refaire, v.r., to refresh one’s self; to recover one’s strength; to retrieve one’s losses; to assume a new character. Se — un habit; to have a coat done up again, or a coat made again.

refait, n.m., drawn game (at play); (hunt.) new horns.

refait, -e, part., done again; (of timber) squared, prepared for use; (nav.) twice laid (of cordage).

refaucher, v.a., to mow again.

réfection, n.f., repairs; ☉repairs to buildings; refection (meal); food, nourishment; recovery of strength.

réfectoire, n.m., refectory, dining-room or hall.

refend, n.m., splitting, sawing, dividing; (arch.) channel (in wall). Mur de —; (arch.) partition-wall. Bois de —; sawed timber.

refendre, v.a., to cleave, or split, again; to quarter (timber); to saw into slabs (stone); to saw, or cut, lengthwise.

référé, n.m., (jur.) application to a judge (sitting) in chambers. En —; in chambers.

référence, n.f., (com.) reference; relation, information.

référendaire, n.m., referendary.

référendariat, n.m., referendaryship.

référer, v.a., to refer; to ascribe. En — à; to refer to.

se référer, v.r., to refer, to have a reference; to refer, to leave it (to), to confide, to trust (in). S’en référer à l’avis de quelqu’un; to refer to the opinion of any one.

référer, v.n., to report, to make a report.

refermer, v.a., to shut up again, to close up. — une plaie; to close a wound.

se refermer, v.r., to shut again; to close again.

referrer, v.a., to shoe again (animal).

*refeuilleter, v.a., to turn over again, to turn over and over (leaves); to read again cursorily.

reficher, v.a., to thrust, or stick, in again; to drive in again.

refiger, v.n., to congeal again.

se refiger, v.r., to congeal again.

refixer, v.a., to fix again.

réfléchi, -e, adj., reflected; reflecting; deliberate; considerate; reflective, thoughtful, meditative; (bot.) reflex. Action —e; deliberate action. Crime —; premeditated crime. Opinion peu —e; hasty opinion. Personne —e; reflective, meditative, thoughtful, circumspect, person. Homme peu —; inconsiderate man.

réfléchir, v.a., to reflect, to reflect back; to mirror back; to throw back; to reverberate.

se réfléchir, v.r., to reflect, to be reflected.

réfléchir, v.n., to reflect, to reflect on, to think, to consider, to ponder. J’y réfléchirai; I’ll think it over.

réfléchissant, -e, adj., reflecting.

réfléchissement (-shis-mān), n.m., reflection, reverberation.

réflecteur, n. and adj. m., reflector; reflective, reflecting.

reflet, n.m., reflection, reflex, reflected light.

refléter, v.a., to reflect (light, etc.).

se refléter, v.r., to reflect, to be reflected, to be mirrored back.

refleurir, v.n., to blossom again, to blow again, to flower again; to flourish again. Faire —; to revive.

réflexe, adj., reflex.

réflexibilité, n.f., reflexibility.

réflexible, adj., reflexible, reflectible.

réflexi-f, -ve, adj., reflexive.

réflexion, n.f., reflection; thought, consideration. Faire —; to reflect. Avez-vous fait vos —s? have you considered the matter? have you pondered over it? Un homme de —; a thinking man. Toute — faite; all things considered; after due reflection; on second thought.

refluer, v.n., to reflow, to flow back, to ebb.

reflux, n.m., reflux, refluctuation; ebb, ebbing, flowing back. Le flux et le —; the ebb and flow; (fig.) the constant shifting.

☉refonder, v.a., (jur.) to refund, to reimburse, to repay; to refound.

refondre, v.a., to refound, to melt again; to recast, to cast again, to mold anew; to improve; to remodel; (nav.) to repair, to improve, to correct. — la monnaie; to recoin money. — un ouvrage; to remodel, or re-cast, a work. — un vaisseau; to repair a ship thoroughly.

refonte, n.f., refounding, recasting (metal.); recoinage, recoining; remodeling; (nav.) thorough repair.

reforger, v.a., to forge again.

réformable, adj., reformable, that may be reformed; (jur.) reversible; (mil.) exemptible.

réformat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., reformer. adj., reforming, reformatory.

réformation, n.f., reformation, amendment. La — des monnaies; the re-stamping of coin.

réforme, n.f., reform, reformation, amendment; (milit.) reduction, discharge. Traitement de —; (milit.) half-pay. Être mis à la —; (milit.) to be put on half-pay. Être en —; (milit.) to be on half-pay. Congé de —; (milit.) discharge. Cheval de —; cast horse.

réformé, -e, part., reformed. La religion —e; the Protestant religion. Un officier —; a half-pay officer.

réformé, n.m., reformer, reformist.

réformer, v.a., to reform, to mend, to improve. — ses mœurs; to reform one’s morals. — sa vie; to amend one’s life. — les abus; to reform abuses. — son train; to reduce the number of one’s servants. — les monnaies; to re-stamp coin. — des troupes; to discharge troops. — un officier; to put an officer on half-pay. — un soldat; to discharge a soldier.

se réformer, v.r., to reform, to amend; to be reformed.

reformer, v.a., to form again, to form anew.

se réformer, v.r., to form again, to be formed anew.

réformiste, n.m., reformer, reformist.

refortifier, v.a., to fortify again.

refouetter, v.a., to whip again.

refoulement (re-fool-mān), n.m., driving back, suppression, compressing, forcing back; ebbing (of the tide). Le — des eaux; the flowing back of the waters. Le — de la marée; the ebbing of the tide. Le — d’une armée; the driving back of an army.

refouler, v.a., to drive back, to repel; to compress; (artil.) to ram. — la marée; to stem, to go against the tide.

refouler, v.n., to ebb; to flow back. La marée refoule; the tide is ebbing.

refouloir, n.m., cannon-rammer.

refournir, v.a., to furnish again, to stock anew.

réfractaire, adj., refractory, stubborn, obstinate, rebellious; impervious (to); fire-proof.

réfractaire, n.m., (milit.) defaulting conscript, defaulter.

réfracter, v.a., (phys.) to refract.

se réfracter, v.r., to be refracted.

réfracti-f, -ve, adj., refractive.

réfraction, n.f., (phys.) refraction.

refrain, n.m., refrain, burden of a song; constant theme; (nav., l.u.) rolling back of billows (after breaking on rocks), surf. C’est son — continuel; it is his constant theme; he is always harping upon it.

refrangibilité, n.f., refrangibility.

réfrangible, adj., refrangible.

refrapper, v.n., to strike again, to knock again. — la monnaie; to restamp coin.

refréner, v.a., to bridle, to restrain; to curb, to repress.

réfrigérant, -e, adj., refrigerant. Mélange —; freezing mixture.

réfrigérant, n.m., (med.) refrigerant.

réfrigérati-f, -ve, adj., (med.) refrigerative.

réfrigératif, n.m., (med.) refrigerative.

réfrigération, n.f., (chem.) refrigeration.

☉réfrigératoire, adj., refrigerative.

réfringent, -e, adj., refracting.

refrire, v.a., to fry again.

refriser, v.a., to curl again.

refrogné, -e, or renfrogné, -e, part., frowning, scowling, gruff, surly, sullen. Air —; scowling, sullen look.

*refrognement or renfrognement, n.m., frown, scowl, knitting of the brows.

se refrogner or se renfrogner, v.r., to frown, to knit one’s brows.

refroidi, -e, part., chilled, cooled.

refroidir, v.a., to cool, to chill.

se refroidir, v.r., to cool, to grow cold or cool; to slacken, to relax, to relent, to abate.

refroidir, v.n., to cool, to become cold.

refroidissement (-dis-mān), n.m., cooling, coolness; coldness; chill, cold. J’ai pris un —; I have caught a chill.

refrotter, v.a., to rub again.

refuge, n.m., refuge, shelter, asylum, resting place; resource, protection. — assuré; safe refuge. Lieu de —; place of safety.

réfugié, n.m., -e, n.f., refugee.

se réfugier, v.r., to take refuge, shelter; (fig.) to have recourse (to); to shelter one’s self (behind).

refuir, v.n., (hunt.) to double.

refuite, n.f., (hunt.) shift, doubling; (l.u.) shuffling, evasion.

refus, n.m., refusal, denial; thing refused. Essuyer un —; to meet with a refusal. Un — net; a flat refusal. Cela n’est pas de —; that is not to be refused, or is very acceptable. Ce n’est pas à son —; it has not been offered him or he has not had the refusal of it. Enfoncer un pieu jusqu’à — de mouton; (tech.) to ram a pile in (until driven home). Ce pieu est au —; this pile is set, driven home.

refusable, adj., refusable.

refuser, v.a., to refuse; to deny; to decline, not to accept, to grudge, to demur. — des présents; to refuse presents. — la porte à quelqu’un; to deny any one admittance; to shut one’s door (against).

se refuser, v.r., to deny one’s self, to deprive one’s self of; not to permit; to grudge one’s self; to shun, to avoid; to withstand, to resist. Il se refuse le nécessaire; he denies himself the necessaries of life.

refuser, v.n., to refuse; to decline; (man.) to refuse to advance; (nav.) to scant; not to come to the wind.

refuseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., refuser.

réfutable, adj., refutable.

réfutateur, n.m., refuter, confuter.

réfutation, n.f., refutation, confutation, disproof.

réfuter, v.a., to refute, to confute, to disprove.

se réfuter, v.r., to refute each other; to be refuted.

*regagner, v.a., to regain, to get again, to win back, to recover; to retrieve; to rejoin, to overtake, to reach, to gain over. — le dessus; to get the upper hand again. — le vent sur l’ennemi; (nav.) to get the weather-gauge of the enemy. — quelqu’un; to gain any one over or to overtake any one. — la maison; to return home, to reach home.

*regaillardir, v.a., to make merry, to enliven, to revive, to give a fillip to. V. ragaillardir.

regain, n.m., aftermath, after-grass; (fig.) revival, return; (of life) new lease of. — de jeunesse; a second youth. — de vie; a new lease of life.

régal, n.m., feast, entertainment, treat; pleasure. C’est un vrai — pour moi; it is a real treat for me.

régalade, n.f., (fam.) gulping down; blazing fire; treating; treat. Boire à la —; to gulp down; to pour (wine, etc.) down one’s throat, without putting the glass to one’s lips.

régalant, -e, adj., amusing, pleasant, entertaining.

régale, n.m., (mus.) regal, vox humana (stop).

régale, n.f., right, regalia (F. Hist.).

régale, adj.f., (l.u.) royal. Eau —; aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid).

régalement (-gal-mān), n.m., ☉assessment, equalization (of taxes); leveling (of ground); ☉equalization (of shares in an inheritance).

régaler, v.a., to regale, to treat, to feast, to entertain; ☉to assess taxes; to level (ground)

se régaler, v.r., to feast, to entertain or treat one another; to regale one’s self; to enjoy one’s self.

régaleur, n.m., entertainer, leveler.

☉régalien (-in), adj.m., regal, royal.

regard, n.m., look; gaze, stare; glance; eye, eyes; (astrol.) aspect; two pictures looking at one another. pl., eyes; attention, notice; (tech.) draft-hole, man-hole. — tendre; tender look. Lancer un —; to dart a look. Jeter ses —s de côté et d’autre; to cast one’s eyes about. Jeter un — sur; to cast a glance at. Adoucir ses —s; to soften one’s countenance. Fixer les —s de quelqu’un; to catch any one’s eye; to arrest any one’s attention. Au — sombre; dull-eyed. En —; opposite. Avoir — sur; to look into, to face. Promener ses —s sur; to cast one’s eyes upon, or round. Abaisser les —s; to look down. Au — de, V. à l’égard de.

regardable, adj., to be worth looking at; to be looked at.

regardant, n.m., beholder, looker-on, spectator.

regardant, -e, adj., too strict, particular, nice; economical, near, saving, niggardly.

regarder, v.a., to look at; to look on; to behold; to face, to be opposite, to look into; to consider, to mind, to look up to; to regard, to concern. — quelqu’un; to look at any one. — quelqu’un fixement; to stare at any one. — par un trou; to look (at) through a hole. — quelqu’un de haut en bas; to look down upon any one, to look any one down (with contempt). — comme; to look upon as, to consider as, to repute. Cela vous regarde; that concerns you. Se faire —; to attract notice.

se regarder, v.r., to look at one’s self; to look at each other; to look upon one’s self as; to consider one another as; to be opposite to each other; to be in front of each other.

regarder, v.n., to look, to face, to be opposite, to front; to mind, to pay heed to. Ma chambre regarde sur le jardin; my room overlooks the garden. Regardez-y bien; take heed. Y —; to be particular, to consider. Y — à deux fois; to think twice. Y — de près; to be particular about. Je n’y regarde pas de si près; I am not so particular as all that.

regarnir, v.a., to furnish again; to retrim.

régate, n.f., regatta, boat-race.

regayer, v.a., to comb hemp.

regayoir, n.m., hemp-comb.

regayure, n.f., refuse of hemp.

regazonnement, n.m., returfing.

regazonner, v.a., to returf.

regel, n.m., renewed frost, freezing again.

regeler, v.n., to freeze again.

régence, n.f., regency.

régénérat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., regenerator; regenerating, reproducing.

régénération, n.f., regeneration.

régénérer, v.a., to regenerate.

se régénérer, v.r., to be regenerated.

régent, -e, adj., regent.

régent, n.m., regent; master (of a college); governor, director (of the bank of France); name of a large diamond of the French crown.

régenter, v.a. and n., ☉to teach; (fig.) to domineer, to lord it over, to hector.

regermer, v.n., to regerminate.

régicide, n.m. and adj., regicide; regicidal.

régie, n.f., administration; administration of the taxes; excise, excisemen; excise-office. Officier de la —; exciseman.

regimbement, n.m., kicking (of horses); resistance, revolt, kicking against.

regimber, v.n., to kick (of horses); (fig.) to resist; to revolt, to kick against.

régime, n.m., regimen; diet; form of government; rule; reign; law; order of things; (gram.) object, objective case. Mettre au —; to diet. Être au —; to be on low diet. Vivre de —; to live by rule. Se mettre au —; to diet one’s self.

régiment, n.m., regiment.

régimentaire, adj., regimental.

région, n.f., region, country.

régional, adj., local (district); industrial, agricultural.

régir, v.a., to govern, to rule; to administer, to manage.

régisseur, n.m., manager, steward.

régistrateur, n.m., registrar, recorder (in the Pope’s chancellor’s office).

registre, n.m., register, book, account; register (of an organ); (mus.) draw-stop; (print.) register; damper (of chimneys); vane (of a steam-engine). Rapporter sur un —; to enter in a register. Il est sur mes —s; I have him on my books. Tenir —; to keep account (of).

registrer, v.a., to register, to record.

regître, n.m. V. registre.

regîtrer, v.a. V. registrer.

réglage, n.m., ruling (of paper); regulating, settling; setting, timing (of watches, clocks, etc.).

règle, n.f., rule, ruler; order; pattern, model, example; guide, regulation; (arith.) sum. pl., menses, courses. Cela est de —; that is the rule. Dans les —s; according to rule, in due form. Être en —, se mettre en —; to be in order, to have everything in order. — à coulisse; sliding rule.

réglé, -e, adj., ruled; regulated, regular, steady. — comme un papier de musique; as regular as clock-work. Une vie —e; a regular life. À des heures —es; at regular hours. Il a le pouls —; his pulse is regular.

règlement, n.m., regulation; laws, by-laws; standing order; settlement (of accounts); (mil.) roster. Violer le —; to commit a breach of order. Vous manquez au —; you are breaking the rules. — de compte; settlement of an account.

réglément, adv., regularly, exactly.

réglementaire, adj., according to regulations, allowed, lawful, usual, customary.

réglementation, n.f., regulating.

réglementer, v.a. and n., to regulate.

régler, v.a., to rule, to regulate, to square; to order; to settle; to determine, to decide; to time. — sa dépense; to regulate one’s expenses. — ses affaires; to settle one’s affairs. — une pendule; to set a clock right. — un différend; to settle a difference.

se régler, v.r., to regulate one’s self by; to imitate, to follow the example of, to be guided (by); to be regulated, to time one’s self (upon). Se — sur la vertu; to be guided by virtue. Je ne me règle pas sur cela; I don’t go by that. Je me réglerai sur vous; I shall time myself by you.

réglet, n.m., (print.) rule; (arch.) girth.

réglette, n.f., (print.) reglet.

régleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., ruler, paper-ruler.

réglisse, n.f., licorice. Du jus de —; Spanish liquorice. — en bâton; stick licorice.

réglure, n.f., ruling (of paper).

*régnant, -e, adj., reigning, prevailing, present; prevalent; predominating, predominant, chief.

*règne, n.m., reign; prevalence; vogue, fashion, crown (over the high altar in churches); kingdom; tiara (of the pope). — animal; animal kingdom.

*régner, v.n., to reign, to govern, to rule, to bear sway, to prevail; to be in fashion; (arch.) to reach. La maladie qui règne; the prevailing disease.

régnicole, n.m.f. and adj. (rēg-ni-), (jur.) native, citizen; naturalized subject.

regonflement, n.m., re-inflation, swelling anew.

regonfler, v.n., to swell, to overflow.

regonfler, v.a., to swell again; to inflate, to fill again.

regorgement, n.m., overflowing (of fluids); overflow, superabundance.

regorger, v.n., to overflow, to run over, to abound with, to teem with; to be glutted, to be crowded or crammed (with). La salle regorgeait de monde; the hall was crowded with spectators. Cette province regorge de blé; that province abounds in corn. — de santé; to be in rude health. Faire —; to compel to disgorge.

regouler, v.a., (pop.) to snub; to surfeit.

regoûter, v.a., to taste again.

regracier, v.a., to pardon again, a second time.

regrat, n.m., (l.u.) huckstering; huckster’s shop; ☉retail salt-shop.

regrattage, n.m., (mas.) regrating, rescraping.

regratter, v.a., to scratch again; to scrape again; (mas.) to regrate.

regratter, v.n., to huckster; (l.u.) to haggle; to make illegitimate petty profits.

regratterie (-gra-trî), n.f., huckster’s trade; huckstery, huckster’s wares.

regratti-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., huckster, huckstress; dealer in second-hand goods; (fig.) scribbler, compiler, hack; haggler.

regreffer, v.a., to graft again.

régressi-f, -ve, adj., regressive, retrogressive.

régression, n.f., regression, retrogression.

regret, n.m., regret. Avoir du —; to feel regret, to be sorry. J’ai — que vous n’ayez pas vu cette pièce; I regret that you have not seen that play. À —; with regret, with reluctance, grudgingly.

regrettable, adj., lamentable, regrettable, deplorable.

regrettablement, adv., lamentably.

regretter, v.a., to regret, to lament, to grieve (at); to be sorry (for); to repent, to miss. Tout le monde le regrette; he is regretted by everybody. Je regrette qu’il ne soit pas ici; I regret that he is not here. Je vous regrette; I miss you. Le regretté ...; the late lamented ...