Chapter C (5)

=conciergerie=, _n.f._, place of porter or door-keeper; porter’s lodge. _Conciergerie_; a prison in Paris.

=concile=, _n.m._, an assembly of prelates and doctors, council; decrees and decisions of a council.

=conciliable=, _adj._, reconcilable.

=conciliabule=, _n.m._, conventicle, cabal, secret meeting. _— en plein air_; field conventicle.

=conciliaire=, _adj._, of or belonging to a council.

=conciliairement=, _adj._, in council.

=conciliant=, =-e=, _adj._, conciliating, reconciling, conciliatory.

=conciliat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, conciliator; reconciler.

=conciliat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, conciliatory, conciliating.

=conciliation=, _n.f._, conciliation; reconciliation.

=conciliatoire=, _adj._, conciliatory.

=concilier=, _v.a._, to reconcile, to conciliate, to accord; to gain, to win, to procure.

_se_ =concilier=, _v.r._, to conciliate, to gain, to win, to ingratiate one’s self. _Se — les esprits_; to gain people’s good will.

=concis=, =-e=, _adj._, concise, brief, short.

=concision=, _n.f._, brevity, conciseness.

=concitoyen=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), fellow-citizen; fellow-townsman or townswoman.

=conclave=, _n.m._, assembly of cardinals; conclave.

=conclaviste=, _n.m._, conclavist.

=concluant=, =-e=, _adj._, conclusive, decisive.

=conclure=, _v.a._, to conclude, to finish; to infer from; to move. _Qu’en voulez-vous —?_ what do you infer from that?

=conclure=, _v.n._, to conclude, to infer; to think, to judge. _Cette raison ne conclut pas_; this reason proves nothing. _— criminellement contre quelqu’un_; to bring any one in guilty.

=conclusi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conclusive.

=conclusion=, _n.f._, final decision, conclusion; end, issue; inference.

=concoct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, concoctive.

=concoction=, _n.f._, concoction.

=concombre=, _n.m._, (bot.) cucumber. _— sauvage_; horse cucumber.

=concomitance=, _n.f._, concomitance.

=concomitant=, =-e=, _adj._, concomitant.

=concordance=, _n.f._, concordance, agreement; concord.

=concordant=, _n.m._, (mus.) baritone.

=concordant=, _adj._, (mus.) concordant.

=concordat=, _n.m._, concordat, compact, agreement; composition; bankrupt’s certificate. _Bénéfice de —_; (jur.) benefit of the insolvent act. _Sans —_; (jur.) uncertificated (of bankrupts).

=concordataire=, _n.m._, certificated bankrupt.

=concorde=, _n.f._, concord, good understanding, agreement, harmony. _Mettre la — entre des ennemis_; to reconcile enemies.

=concorder=, _v.n._, to live in concord, to agree, to concur.

=concourant=, =-e=, _adj._, concurrent.

=concourir=, _v.n._, to concur, to conspire, to contribute to, to cooperate in; to compete for; to unite; to meet. _Tout concourt à ma ruine_; all things conspire to my ruin. _Être admis à —_; to be allowed to compete. _Ces deux hommes ont concouru pour le prix_; these two men competed for the prize.

=concours=, _n.m._, concurrence, cooperation, assistance; concourse; meeting; match, tournament; competition; competitive examination. _Son — m’a été fort utile_; his cooperation has been very useful to me. _Se présenter au —_; to compete for.

=concr-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, (arith., log.) concrete; (math.) applicate.

=concret=, _n.m._, (log.) concrete.

=concrétion=, _n.f._, concretion.

=concubinage=, _n.m._, concubinage.

=concubinaire=, _n.m._, one who keeps a concubine.

=concubine=, _n.f._, concubine.

=concupiscence=, _n.f._, concupiscence, lust.

=concupiscent=, =-e=, _adj._, concupiscent, libidinous.

=concupiscible=, _adj._, concupiscible.

=concurremment= (-kur-ra-măn), _adv._, concurrently, in concurrence; jointly, together.

=concurrence= (kon-kur-rans), _n.f._, competition, rivalry, opposition. _Jusqu’à — de_; to the amount of, to the extent of. _Faire — à_; to compete with, to oppose.

=concurrent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, competitor, rival, opponent.

=concussion=, _n.f._, extortion, embezzlement, peculation. _User de —_; to be guilty of bribery.

=concussionnaire=, _n.m._, extortioner, peculator, embezzler.

=concussionnaire=, _adj._, guilty of peculation, of bribery, extortion.

=condamnable= (-da-na-), _adj._, condemnable, blamable, criminal.

=condamnation= (-da-na-), _n.f._, condemnation, judgment, sentence. _Subir sa —_; to undergo one’s sentence. _Subir —_; to accept a sentence (without appeal). _— par défaut_; judgment by default. _Passer —_; to pass sentence; to confess oneself in the wrong.

=condamné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (kon-da-né), condemned, convict.

=condamner= (kon-da-né), _v.a._, to condemn, to sentence; to blame, to censure; to block up (doors, windows); to give over (patients). _— à une amende_; to fine. _— d’avance_; to prejudge.

=condensabilité=, _n.f._, condensability.

=condensable=, _adj._, condensable.

=condensateur=, _n.m._, (phys.) condenser.

=condensation=, _n.f._, condensation.

=condenser=, _v.a._, (phys.) to condense. _— de nouveau_; to recondense. _Machine à —_; condensing-engine.

_se_ =condenser=, _v.r._, (phys.) to condense, to be condensed.

=condenseur=, _n.m._, (mec.) condenser.

=condescendance=, _n.f._, condescension, compliance. _Acte de —_; act of condescension, condescendence.

=condescendant=, =-e=, _adj._, condescending, complying.

=condescendre=, _v.n._, to condescend, to comply, to yield, to stoop to.

=condiment=, _n.m._, condiment.

=condisciple=, _n.m._, school-fellow.

=condit=, _n.m._, (pharm.) confection.

=condition=, _n.f._, condition, circumstances, nature; quality, figure, rank, fortune; station; situation, place; offer, terms; (silk manu.) drying-room. _Améliorer sa —_; to better one’s circumstances. _Les gens de —_; people of fashion. _Être de —_; to be well born. _Être de basse —_; to be low born. _Chacun doit vivre selon sa —_; every one ought to live according to his station. _Toutes les —s ont leurs désagréments_; every condition has its own drawbacks. _Il est dans une bonne —_; he has a good place. _— provisionnelle_; proviso. _Sans —_; without a proviso. _Ils se sont rendus à des —s honorables_; they surrendered upon honorable terms. _À —_, _sous —_; on condition. _Vendre sous —_; to sell on approval. _À — que_; on condition, provided that. _En —_; in service (of servants).

=conditionné=, =-e=, _adj._, made up, conditioned (with _bien_ or _mal_); sound; downright; egregious; tipsy, tight; in a pretty state.

=conditionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, conditional; (jur.) provisory.

=conditionnel=, _n.m._, (gram.) conditional.

=conditionnellement=, _adv._, conditionally, on condition.

=conditionnement=, _n.m._, drying (of silk).

=conditionner=, _v.a._, (com.) to put into good condition, to make up; to dry (of silk).

=condoléance=, _n.f._, condolence. _Faire ses compliments de — à quelqu’un_; to pay a visit of condolence to anyone.

=condoma=, _n.m._, a species of antelope.

=condor=, _n.m._, (orni.) condor.

=conduct-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, conductor, conductress, leader, guide; driver. _— de train_; guard.

=conduct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, leading; (phys.) conducting.

=conductibilité=, _n.f._, conductibility.

=conductible=, _adj._, conductible.

=conduction=, _n.f._, (phys.) conduction; (civic law) hiring.

=conduire= (conduisant, conduit), _v.a._, to conduct, to lead, to guide, to convey, to carry, to bring, to take; to go along with, to accompany, to attend, to escort; to have the command of; to govern, to rule, to direct, to manage. _Conduisez monsieur à sa chambre_; show the gentleman to his room. _— un troupeau_; to drive a flock. _— une affaire_; to manage a business. _— un jeune homme_; to train or bring up a youth. _— la conscience de quelqu’un_; to direct any one’s conscience. _— un bâtiment_, _un travail_; to be surveyor of a building, to have the direction of a work. _Savoir — sa barque_; to play one’s cards well.

_se_ =conduire=, _v.r._, to conduct, to behave oneself; to guide, to govern, oneself; to find one’s way.

=conduire=, _v.n._, to conduct, to lead to; to drive. _Ce chemin conduit à la ville_; this road leads to the town. _— à grandes guides_; to drive four-in-hand. _L’art de —_; the art of driving.

=conduit=, _n.m._, conduit, duct, passage, pipe; tube, canal. _— auditif_; auditory passage. _— acoustique_; speaking-pipe. _— de vent_; (mach.) blast-pipe.

=conduite=, _n.f._, conduct, leading; management, charge, direction, administration; behavior, demeanor, deportment; guidance, prudence, discretion; water-pipes; (nav.) conduct-money; (mus.) port (of the voice). _Tuyau de —_; delivery pipe. _Se charger de la — d’une affaire_; to undertake the management of a business. _La — d’une pièce de théâtre_; the disposition, arrangement, of a drama. _— régulière_; orderly conduct. _Avoir de la —_; to be well-behaved. _Manquer de —_; to misconduct oneself, to be ill-behaved. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to see anyone off; to attend anyone to the grave.

=condupliqué=, _adj._, (bot.) (of leaves) conduplicated.

=condyle=, _n.m._, (anat.) condyle.

=condyloïde=, _adj._, condyloid.

=cône=, _n.m._, cone; (opt.) pencil; (bot.) strobile. _En —_; conical.

☉=confabulateur=, _n.m._, story-teller, conversationalist.

☉=confabulation=, _n.f._, confabulation.

☉=confabuler=, _v.n._, to confabulate, to chat.

=confection=, _n.f._, confection, making up; ready made clothes; electuary; execution, completion. _La — du chyle_; the formation of the chyle. _La — d’un inventaire_; the completing an inventory. _Maison de —s_; dress-making establishment.

=confectionné=, =-e=, _adj._, made, manufactured, ready-made.

=confectionner=, _v.a._, to manufacture, to make, to finish.

=confectionneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, maker, finisher (of wearing apparel), clothier, outfitter.

=confédérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, confederative.

=confédération=, _n.f._, confederation, confederacy.

=confédéré=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, confederate, associate, federate, accomplice.

_se_ =confédérér=, _v.r._, to confederate, to unite, to combine.

=conférence=, _n.f._, conference; lecture; comparison, collation. _Maître de —_; lecturer, professor.

=conférencier=, _n.m._, lecturer.

=conférer=, _v.n._, to compare, to collate, to confer, to bestow, to grant. _— un auteur avec un autre_; to collate two authors.

=conférer=, _v.n._, to consult together, to confer; to bestow, to grant; (print.) to revise.

=conferve=, _n.f._, (bot.) conferva, hair-weed.

=confesse=, _n._, (c.rel.) confession (to a priest). [This noun has no gender, is _always_ accompanied by _à_ or _de_, and _never_ by any article.] _Aller à —_; to go to confession.

=confesser=, _v.a._, to confess; to acknowledge, to avow, to own, to admit. _C’est le diable à —_; it is terribly hard, or very hard lines.

_se_ =confesser=, _v.r._, to confess one’s sins, to confess (to a priest). _Se — au renard_; to betray oneself.

=confesseur=, _n.m._, confessor; father confessor.

=confession=, _n.f._, confession, acknowledgment, avowal. _Donner à quelqu’un le bon Dieu sans —_; to trust any one with untold gold.

=confessionnal=, _n.m._, confessional.

=confiance=, _n.f._, confidence, reliance, trust, dependence, assurance; self-conceit. _Avoir de la — en quelqu’un_; to repose confidence in any one. _Donner sa — à quelqu’un_; to confide in any one. _Homme de —_; confidential man of business. _Une personne de —_; a trustworthy person. _Cela donne de la —_; that inspires confidence.

=confiant=, =-e=, _adj._, confident, unsuspecting, sanguine; self-conceited.

=confidemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, in confidence, confidentially.

=confidence=, _n.f._, confidence, secrecy, secret, disclosure; trust (of benefices). _Être dans la — de quelqu’un_; to be in any one’s confidence. _Il était dans la —_; he was in the secret. _Un échange de —s_; an exchange of secrets. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to tell a secret to any one; to take any one into one’s confidence. _Faire une — fausse_; to make a pretended disclosure. _Tenir un bénéfice en —_; to hold a living in trust.

=confident=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, confident, confidant, confidante.

=confidentiaire= (-ci-), _n.m._, one who holds a living in trust.

=confidentiel=, =-le= (-ci-), _adj._, confidential.

=confidentiellement= (-ci-), _adv._, confidentially.

=confier=, _v.a._, to confide, to intrust, to commit to; to tell in confidence.

_se_ =confier=, _v.r._, to trust in; to place reliance on; to unbosom one’s self to. _Se — en ses forces_; to trust to one’s own strength. _Je me confie à vous_; I trust you.

=configuration=, _n.f._, configuration, form, shape.

=configurer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to configurate, to form, to shape.

=confinement=, _n.m._, (jur.) confinement, imprisonment.

=confiner=, _v.n._, to border upon; to confine, to limit, to adjoin.

=confiner=, _v.a._, to confine, to imprison.

_se_ =confiner=, _v.r._, to confine, to limit one’s self.

=confinité=, _n.f._, confinity, contiguity.

=confins=, _n.m.pl._, confines, borders, limits. _Aux — de la terre_; at the ends of the earth.

=confire= (confisant, confit), _v.a._, to preserve; to candy, to pickle. _Confit en dévotion_; extremely devout. _— une peau_; to soak a skin. _C’est un homme confit_; he is done for. _Se —_; to be preserved.

=confirmati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, confirmatory.

=confirmation=, _n.f._, confirmation, ratification, sanction. _Cela a besoin de —_; that requires confirmation.

=confirmer=, _v.a._, to confirm, to ratify, to sanction. _— quelqu’un_; (l.ex.) to give any one a slap in the face.

_se_ =confirmer=, _v.r._, to be confirmed.

=confiscable=, _adj._, confiscable, forfeitable, liable to forfeiture.

=confiscant=, _adj._, (jur.) confiscating.

=confiscation=, _n.f._, confiscation, forfeiture.

=confiserie=, _n.f._, confectionery, confectioner’s shop.

=confiseur=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, confectioner.

=confisquer=, _v.a._, to confiscate, to forfeit, to impound.

=confite=, _part._, _adj._, preserved, pickled.

=confiteor=, _n.m._, (_—_) confiteor. _Dire son —_; to acknowledge one’s fault.

=confiture=, _n.f._, preserve, jam.

=confituri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dealer in preserves, confectioner; preserve-maker.

=conflagration=, _n.f._, conflagration.

=conflit=, _n.m._, contention, strife, contest, rivalry, conflict, collision, encounter; jarring, clashing.

=confluent=, _n.m._, (geog.) confluence, junction, conflux.

=confluent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) confluent. _Petite verolé —e_; confluent small-pox.

=confluer=, _v.n._, to be confluent.

=confondre=, _v.a._, to confound, to confuse; to blend, to mix, to mingle; to amaze, to astound, to abash.

_se_ =confondre=, _v.r._, to be confounded, to blend, to mingle, to be lost in.

=conformation=, _n.f._, conformation.

=conforme=, _adj._, conformable, congenial, consonant, consistent. _Pour copie —_; a true copy, conformable to the original.

=conformé=, =-e=, _adj._, formed, shaped.

=conformément=, _adv._, suitably, conformably, agreeably.

=conformer=, _v.a._, to conform.

_se_ =conformer=, _v.r._, to conform one’s self, to follow, to comply with. _Se — aux circonstances_; to conform to circumstances.

=conformiste=, _n.m.f._, conformist.

=conformité=, _n.f._, likeness, agreement, conformity, compliance. _En —_; conformably, in compliance with, agreeably to.

=confort=, _n.m._, comfort, ease; ☉help, succour.

=confortable=, _adj._, consolatory, comfortable.

=confortable=, _n.m._, comfort, ease.

=confortant=, =-e=, _or_ =confortati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, strengthening, comforting.

=confortatif=, _n.m._, (med.) corroborant.

=confortation=, _n.f._, (l.u.) strengthening.

=conforter=, _v.a._, to comfort; (med.) to strengthen; to console.

=confraternité=, _n.f._, fraternity, brotherhood, fellowship.

=confrère=, _n.m._, colleague; fellow-member; contemporary, brother-magistrate, etc.

=confrérie=, _n.f._, brotherhood, confraternity.

=confrication=, _n.f._, (pharm.) confrication.

=confrontation=, _n.f._, confrontation; comparing, collation (of writings).

=confronter=, _v.a._, to confront, to stand face to face; to compare, to collate. _— la copie à l’original_; to compare the copy with the original.

=confus=, =-e=, _adj._, vague, indistinct, ashamed, abashed, crestfallen, confused; obscure, dim, faint. _Bruit —_; confused rumor.

=confusément=, _adv._, confusedly, vaguely, dimly.

=confusion=, _n.f._, confusion; disorder, disturbance, trouble; shame, blush. _Mettre tout en —_; to disturb everything. _En —_; in disorder, disorderly.

=confutation=, _n.f._, confutation; refutation.

=confuter=, _v.a._, to disprove, to confute, to refute.

=congé=, _n.m._, (milit.) leave; liberty, permission; discharge, dismissal; warning, notice (to quit); holiday; congé; permit; (nav.) pass, clearance; (arch.) apophysis; escape; (milit.) furlough. _Prendre —_; to take one’s leave. _Jour de —_; holiday. _En —_; on leave, on furlough.

=congéable=, _adj._, dismissable, dischargeable; (jur.) held under tenancy at will.

=congédier=, _v.a._, to discharge, to dismiss, to pay off; to disband, to break up.

=congélable=, _adj._, congealable.

=congélateur=, _n.m._, refrigerator, freezing machine.

=congélation=, _n.f._, congelation, congealing; (mas.) rock-work; icicle (on sculptures).

=congeler=, _v.a._, to congeal, to freeze; to coagulate.

_se_ =congeler=, _v.r._, to congeal, to freeze; to coagulate.

=congénère=, _adj._, congener, congenerous.

=congénital=, =-e=, _adj._, congenital.

=congestion= (-jès-tion), _n.f._, congestion.

=congiaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) subsidy.

=conglobation=, _n.f._, (rhet.) conglobation.

☉=conglobé=, =-e=, _adj._, conglobate; (anat.) lymphatic; globate, globated.

=conglomérat=, _n.m._, (geol.) conglomerate.

=conglomération=, _n.f._, conglomeration.

=conglomérer=, _v.a._, to conglomerate.

=conglutinant=, =-e=, _adj._, conglutinant.

=conglutinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conglutinative.

=conglutination=, _n.f._, conglutination.

=conglutiner=, _v.a._, to glue together; to thicken, to conglutinate.

=congratulation=, _n.f._, congratulation.

=congratulatoire=, _adj._, congratulatory.

=congratuler=, _v.a._, (jest.) to congratulate, to felicitate.

=congre=, _n.m._, conger; conger-eel.

=congréer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to worm (a cable).

=congréganiste=, _n.m.f._, congregationalist.

=congrégation=, _n.f._, fraternity, congregation; brotherhood. _— des fidèles_; whole body of any church.

=congrès=, _n.m._, congress.

=congrier=, _n.m._, stake-net.

=congru=, =-e=, _adj._, suitable, consistent, agreeable to, congruous, proper. _Portion —e_; suitable allowance.

=congruité=, _n.f._, congruity, consistency, propriety.

=congrûment=, _adv._, congruously, properly.

=conicine=, _n.f._, (chem.) conia.

=conifère=, _adj._, coniferous.

=coniforme=, _adj._, coniform.

=conique=, _adj._, conical.

=coniques=, _n.f.pl._, conics, conic sections.

=conite=, _n.m._, (min.) conite.

=conjectural=, =-e=, _adj._, conjectural.

=conjecturalement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, conjecturally.

=conjecture=, _n.f._, guess, conjecture, surmise.

=conjecturer=, _v.a._, to conjecture, to guess, to surmise.

=conjoindre=, _v.a._, to conjoin, to join, to unite, to connect.

=conjoint=, =-e=, _part._, conjoined, joined, united. _Les futurs —s_; the bride and bridegroom that are to be. _Feuilles —es_; (bot.) conjugate leaves. _Règle —e_; (arith.) chain-rule.

=conjointement= (kon-joint-mān), _adv._, conjointly, unitedly.

=conjoncti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conjonctive.

=conjonction=, _n.f._, conjunction; union, connection; coition.

=conjonctive=, _n.f._, (anat.) conjunctiva.

=conjonctivement=, _adv._, conjunctively.

=conjoncture=, _n.f._, conjuncture, juncture.

=conjugaison=, _n.f._, (gram., anat.) conjugation.

=conjugal=, =-e=, _adj._, conjugal.

=conjugalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, conjugally.

=conjugati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) conjugative, relating to conjugation.

=conjuguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (gram.) to conjugate.

_se_ =conjuguer=, _v.r._, to be conjugated.

=conjungo=, _n.m._, (jest.) wedding, marriage; (diplom.) writing without stops or space.

=conjurateur=, _n.m._, plotter, conspirator; conjurer.

=conjuration=, _n.f._, conspiracy, plot; conjuration, exorcism. _pl._, entreaties.

=conjuré=, _n.m._, conspirator, plotter.

=conjuré=, =-e=, _part._, confederate, sworn.

=conjurer=, _v.a._, to implore; to conspire, to plot; to swear; to raise evil spirits, to exorcise, to conjure, to ward off, to avert. _Il trouva moyen de — la tempête_; he found a way of warding off the storm.

=connaissable=, _adj._, (l.u.) recognisable, easily known.

=connaissance=, _n.f._, knowledge; acquaintance; intercourse; senses, consciousness; learning understanding; (hunt.) the print of a stag’s foot on the ground. _pl._, knowledge, attainments, acquirements. _La — du bien et du mal_; the knowledge of good and evil. _Prendre — d’une chose_; to take note of a thing. _Prendre — d’une cause_; to take cognizance of a case. _Parler en — de cause_, _agir avec — de cause_; to speak knowingly, to proceed upon a thorough knowledge of the matter. _Faire — avec quelqu’un_; to form the acquaintance of any one. _Être en pays de —_; to be among friends. _Ses —s sont très-bornées_; his knowledge is very limited.

=connaissants=, _adj.m.pl._, (jur.) skilled; well acquainted with.

=connaissement= (-nès-mān), _n.m._, (com.) bill of lading.

=connaisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, _adj._, connoisseur, one skilled in a thing.

=connaisseu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, judge, good judge, connoisseur.

=connaître= (connaissant, connu), _v.a._, to know to be aware of, to perceive; to understand, to be versed in anything; to be acquainted with; to experience, to discern, to distinguish. _Je le connais de vue_; I know him by sight. _Faire —_; to make it appear, to prove, to reveal, to make known. _Se faire —_; to make one’s self known. _Je le ferai —_; I will show him up. _Dès qu’il est question d’intérêt, il ne connaît plu personne_; in matters of interest, everybody is a stranger to him. _Je ne connais que cela_; that’s all I can say, all I know. _— à fond_; to know thoroughly. _Connaissez-vous cet homme-là?_ are you acquainted with that man? _— quelque chose à quelqu’un_; to know that a person has or possesses.

_se_ =connaître=, _v.r._, to know one’s self; to know each other; (of things) to be known. _Connais-toi_, _toi-même_; know thyself. _Il ne se connaît pas_; he is out of his senses. _Se — en quelque chose_; to understand a thing, to be a judge of a thing. _Ne pas se — de joie_; to be beside one’s self with joy. _Je m’y connais_; I understand all about it, I know what it all means.

=connaître=, _v.n._, to know; to have cognizance, to take cognizance (of).

=conné=, =-e= (ko-n-né), _adj._, (bot.) connate.

=connecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (bot.) connective.

=connétable=, _n.m._, high constable, mayor.

=connétable=, _n.f._, high constable’s wife.

=connétablie=, _n.f._, the court and jurisdiction of the high constable; residence of the high constable.

=connexe= (ko-n-nèks), _adj._, (jur.) connected.

=connexion= (ko-n-nèk-sion), _n.f._, connection, affinity.

=connexité= (ko-n-nèk-si-té), _n.f._, connection, connexity.

=connivence= (ko-n-ni-), _n.f._, connivance.

=connivent=, =-e= (ko-n-ni-), _adj._, (anat., bot.) connivent.

=conniver= (ko-n-ni-), _v.n._, to connive.

=connu=, _n.m._, known; that which is known.

=connu=, =-e=, _part._, known, understood. _Il est — comme le loup blanc_; he is known by everybody. _Il gagne à être —_; he improves on acquaintance. _Connu!_ that’s an old story. _En chiffres —s_; in plain figures.

=conoïdal=, _adj._, (bot.) conoidal.

=conoïde=, _n.m._, (anat., geom.) conoid.

=conoïde=, _adj._, (anat., geom.) conoidical.

=conque=, _n.f._, conch, sea-shell; (anat.) concha, pavilion of the ear.

=conquérant=, _n.m._, conqueror; (fam.) lady-killer.

=conquérant=, =-e=, _adj._, conquering.

=conquérir= (conquérant, conquis), _v.a._, to conquer, to subdue; to gain, to obtain, to win over.

=conquêt=, _n.m._, (jur.) acquisition, acquired property. _—s_; property (acquired by two married people).

=conquête=, _n.f._, conquest, acquisition; success, winning of favors.

=consacrant=, _adj._, consecrating, officiating.

=consacrant=, _n.m._, consecrator, officiant.

=consacrer=, _v.a._, to consecrate; to dedicate, to devote; to hallow, to sanctify; to sanction, to perpetuate; to appropriate, to give. _— son temps à_; to devote one’s time to.

_se_ =consacrer=, _v.r._, to devote one’s self.

=consanguin=, =-e= (-ghin, -ghi-n), _n._ and _adj._, (jur.) on the father’s side. _Frère —_, _sœur —e_; half-brother, half-sister, on the father’s side. _Les —s_; half-brothers and sisters on the father’s side.

=consanguinité= (-gu-i), _n.f._, consanguinity.

=conscience=, _n.f._, conscience, perception, consciousness, sentiment; (print.) work paid by the day; the compositors paid by the day. _Cri de —_; qualm of conscience. _— nette_; clear conscience. _Remords de —_; remorse, sting of conscience. _Se faire un cas de — d’une chose_; to make a matter of conscience of anything. _Avoir la — de_; to be conscious of. _Il a la — large_; he is not over scrupulous. _La main sur la —_; candidly, sincerely. _Il a dit tout ce qu’il avait sur la —_; he has opened his mind without reserve. _Transiger avec sa —_; to compound with one’s conscience. _En —_; conscientiously; in conscience; indeed, candidly.

=consciencieusement=, _adv._, conscientiously.

=consciencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, conscientious.

=conscient=, =-e=, _adj._, (philo.) conscious.

=conscription=, _n.f._, (milit.) conscription; enlistment; enrolling.

=conscriptionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, relating to the conscription, enlistment.

=conscrit=, _adj._, conscript. _Père —_; Roman senator.

=conscrit=, _n.m._, conscript, recruit, raw soldier; freshman; novice, greenhorn.

=consécrateur=, _n.m._, consecrator.

=consécration=, _n.f._, consecration, dedication; ordination; sanction.

=consécuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, consecutive; following.

=consécutivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, consecutively.

=conseigle=, _n.m._, meslin (mixture of rye and wheat or oats).

*=conseil=, _n.m._, counsel, advice; council; council-board; board; resolution, course, determination; counselor, adviser. _— de commerce_; board of trade. _— municipal_; town-council. _— des ministres_; cabinet-council. _— de révision_; military board of appeal. _Il ne prend — que de sa tête_; he does everything by himself, without consulting any one. _La nuit porte —_; sleep upon it. _— de guerre_; court-martial, council of war. _— de famille_; family council; commission of lunacy. _À parti pris pas de —_; advice is useless to a man who has made up his mind.

*=conseiller=, _v.a._, to advise, to counsel, to give advice.

*=conseill-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, counselor, adviser; councilor; puisne justice; judge.

*=conseilleur=, _n.m._, adviser; officious person.

=consentant=, =-e=, _adj._, consenting, willing.

=consentement= (kon-sant-mān), _n.m._, consent, assent.

=consentir=, _v.n._, to consent, to agree to, to acquiesce; to assent to; (nav.) to spring, to break (of masts). _Qui ne dit mot consent_; silence gives consent.

*=conséquemment= (-ka-mān), _adv._, consequently, accordingly, conformably.

=conséquence=, _n.f._, consequence, sequel; event, issue; inference; movement, importance; weight, deduction. _Tirer une —_; to draw an inference. _Prévoir les —s d’une démarche_; to foresee the consequences of a measure. _Cela tire à —_; that will be a precedent. _De peu de —_; of no consequence, insignificant. _C’est un homme sans —_; he is a person of no consequence. _Faire l’homme de —_; to set up for a man of consequence. _Une affaire de nulle —_; an affair of no moment. _En —_; accordingly. _En — de vos ordres_; according to your orders. _Cela ne tire pas à —_; that is of no importance.

=conséquent=, =-e=, _adj._, just, rational, consistent, coherent.

=conséquent=, _n.m._, (log., math.) consequent. _Par —_; consequently, in consequence.

=conservat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, _adj._, preserver, guardian, keeper; conservative. _— des chasses_; ranger. _— des eaux et forêts_; commissioner of woods and forests.

=conservati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preservative.

=conservation=, _n.f._, preservation; conservation, registration (of mortgages).

=conservatoire=, _n.m._, academy of music and school of elocution; Magdalen asylum; museum; (of objects of art).

=conservatoire=, _adj._, conservative, conservatory, preservative.

=conserve=, _n.f._, preserve; pickle; (nav.) consort; (phar.) conserve. _pl._, preservers (spectacles). _Deux vaisseaux vont de —_; two ships keep company together. _—s au vin aigre_; pickles.

=conservé=, =-e=, _part._, preserved. _Ce tableau est bien —_; this painting is well preserved. _Être bien —_; to bear one’s age well; to be hale and hearty.

=conserver=, _v.a._, to preserve, to keep; to maintain. _Une vie réglée conserve et fortifie la santé_; a regular life preserves and strengthens health.

_se_ =conserver=, _v.r._, to be preserved; to preserve one’s self; to keep (of meat, etc.); to bear one’s age well. _Son teint s’est bien conservé_; her complexion wears well. _Conservez-vous_; take care of yourself.

=considérable=, _adj._, considerable, notable, eminent, illustrious, important. _Peu —_; of little importance.

=considérablement=, _adv._, considerably.

=considérant=, _n.m._, (jur.) preamble; recital.

=considération=, _n.f._, consideration, attention; account, regard, sake; note, respect, esteem. _Cela mérite —_; that requires consideration. _C’est à votre — qu’il l’a fait_; it is out of regard for you that he did it. _Faire entrer en —_; to take into consideration. _N’avoir aucune — pour les gens_; to have no regard for people. _Il n’a nulle — dans le monde_; he is held in no esteem whatever. _Un homme de —_; a man of note. _En — de_; in consideration of, out of regard for, for the sake of.

=considérément=, _adv._, considerately, prudently, thoughtfully.

=considérer=, _v.a._, to consider, to take into consideration, to look at, to view, to gaze upon, to regard, to behold, to contemplate; to pay regard to; to have a consideration for, to value, to esteem, to respect, to look up to; to mind, to look to; to look upon. _Tout bien considéré_; all things considered. _— une chose en elle-même_; to look at a thing in itself. _Il faut bien — les choses avant de s’engager_; you must look before you leap.

_se_ =considérer=, _v.r._, to esteem one’s self; to look to one’s self; to be considered.

*=consignataire=, _n.m.f._, trustee, depositary; (com.) consignee.

*=consignat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (com.) consignor.

=consignation=, _n.f._, consignment, deposit; lodgment (banking); (jur.) consignation. _Caisse des dépôts et —s_; deposit bank. _Ces marchandises sont à la — d’un tel_; these goods are consigned to so and so.

*=consigne=, _n.f._, (milit.) orders, pass-word; instructions; cloak-room (at stations). _Manquer à la —_; to disregard orders. _Forcer la —_; to force a sentry, to infringe orders. _Lever la —_; to revoke orders; to release from confinement.

*=consigner=, _v.a._, to deposit; to record, to enter, to note down, to register; to refuse admittance; to keep in; (com.) to consign. _Je l’ai consigné à ma porte_; I have left orders not to admit him.

=consistance=, _n.f._, consistency, consistence; firmness; stability; credit, consideration; (jur.) matter. _Le temps n’a point de —_; the weather is unsettled. _C’est un esprit qui n’a point de —_; he is a person of no consistency. _Cette nouvelle prend de la —_; the news is gaining ground.

=consistant=, =-e=, _adj._, consisting of; firm, fixed, solid, compact.

=consister=, _v.n._, to be composed of, to consist. _Le tout consiste à savoir_; the main point is to know. _Son revenu consiste en rentes_; his revenue consists of property in the funds.

=consistoire=, _n.m._, consistory.

=consistorial=, =-e=, _adj._, consistorial.

=consistorialement=, _adv._, in a consistory.

=consolable=, _adj._, consolable.

=consolant=, =-e=, _adj._, consoling, comforting, consolatory.

=consolat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, comforter, consoler.

=consolat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, consoling; consolatory.

=consolation=, _n.f._, consolation, comfort, solace.

=consolatoire=, _adj._, consolatory.

=console=, _n.f._, (arch.) console, bracket-table; pier-table; corbel.

=consoler=, _v.a._, to console, to solace, to comfort.

_se_ =consoler=, _v.r._, to be consoled, to be comforted; to solace, to console oneself.

=consolidant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med., surg.) consolidant.

=consolidation=, _n.f._, consolidation, funding.

=consolidement=, _n.m._, act of consolidating, consolidation.

=consolider=, _v.a._, to consolidate, to strengthen.

_se_ =consolider=, _v.r._, to consolidate, to grow firm.

=consolidés=, _n.m.pl._, consolidated funds, consols.

=consommable=, _adj._, consumable.

=consommateur=, _n.m._, consumer, eater, drinker; (theol.) perfecter.

=consommation=, _n.f._, consummation; consumption; drinks, refreshments. _Voulez-vous jouer les —s?_ shall we play for the drinks?

=consommé=, _n.m._, broth, gravy-soup, beef-tea.

=consommé=, =-e=, _part._, consumed, used; consummated; consummate; profound; accomplished.

=consommer=, _v.a._, to consummate, to complete, to perfect, to finish, to accomplish; to consume, to use.

☉=consompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) consumptive, in a decline.

☉=consomptif=, _n.m._, (med., surg.) caustic.

=consomption=, _n.f._, consumption; destruction; (med.) atrophy, decline. _Être atteint de —_; to be in a decline.

=consonnance=, _n.f._, consonance, consonancy; concord.

=consonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, consonant.

=consonne=, _n.f._, consonant.

=consorts=, _n.m.pl._, consorts; (jur.) associates, people connected together, having the same interest; (b.s.) confederates.

=consoude=, _n.f._, (bot.) comfrey, consound.

=conspirant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mec.) conspiring.

=conspirateur=, _n.m._, conspirator.

=conspiration=, _n.f._, conspiracy, plot. _La — des poudres_; the gunpowder-plot.

=conspirer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to conspire, to agree together, to concur, to combine; to plot. _Tout conspire à me ruiner_; everything conspires to my ruin. _— la ruine de l’Etat_; to plot the ruin of the State.

=conspuer=, _v.a._, to spit upon; to despise, to flout, to spurn, to hiss.

=constable=, _n.m._, constable.

=constabulaire=, _adj._, constabulary.

=constamment= (-sta-mān), _adv._, with constancy, steadily, perseveringly; constantly.

=constance=, _n.f._, constancy; perseverance; steadiness, steadfastness; firmness, persistence.

=constant=, =-e=, _adj._, constant, unshaken; steadfast, persevering, unvarying, invariable; steady, lasting; certain, unquestionable. _Il est — que_; it is an established fact that.

=constante=, _n.f._, (alg.) constant quantity.

=constatation=, _n.f._, authentication; ascertaining, verification; declaration.

=constater=, _v.a._, to prove, to verify, to establish undeniably, to testify to; to ascertain, to state, to declare.

=constellation= (-stèl-la-), _n.f._, constellation.

=constellé=, =-e=, (-stèl-lé), _adj._, constellated; studded.

=consteller=, _v.a._, to constellate, to dot, to strew, to stud.

=consternation=, _n.f._, consternation, dismay.

=consterner=, _v.a._, to strike with consternation; to astound, to amaze, to dismay, to dishearten.

=constipation=, _n.f._, constipation, costiveness.

=constipé=, =-e=, _adj._, costive, constipated.

=constiper=, _v.a._, to constipate, to bind.

=constituant=, =-e=, _adj._, constituent; giving a power of attorney.

=constituant=, _n.m._, member of the Constituent Assembly (French hist.).

=constituante=, _n.f._, Constituent Assembly (French hist.).

=constituer=, _v.a._, to constitute, to establish, to make; to place, to put, to organize; to raise to an office or dignity; to settle, to assign; to give into custody. _Qui vous a constitué juge?_ who made you judge in the matter? _— quelqu’un prisonnier_; to commit anyone to prison. _— une rente_; to settle an annuity. _— un précédent_; to establish a precedent.

_se_ =constituer=, _v.r._, to constitute oneself, to form oneself into. _Se — prisonnier_; to give oneself up.

=constituti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, constitutive.

=constitution=, _n.f._, constitution, establishment, formation, composition; temper, temperament; settlement of an annuity; declaration of appointment.

=constitutionnalité=, _n.f._, constitutionality.

=constitutionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, constitutionally.

=constitutionnel=, _n.m._, constitutionalist.

=constitutionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, constitutional.

=constricteur=, _n.m._, (anat.) constrictor.

=constriction=, _n.f._, constriction, contraction, compression; (med.) astriction.

=constricti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) constringent.

=constringent=, =-e=, _adj._, constringent.

=constructeur=, _n.m._, constructor, builder; shipbuilder, shipwright.

=construction=, _n.f._, act of building; arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; construction; building, erection; structure; shipbuilding. _Faire de nouvelles —s_; to erect new buildings. _La — d’une carte géographique_; the construction of a map. _Faire la — d’une phrase_; to construct a phrase. _Vaisseau de — française_; French-built ship. _En —_; building, (nav.) on the stocks. _De —_; building, build.

=constructivité=, _n.f._, (phrenology) constructiveness.

=construire= (construisant, construit), _v.a._, to construct, to build, to erect, to rear up, to frame; to arrange; (gram.) to construct. _De —_; building. _En —_; in course of erection; (of ships) on the stocks.

=consubstantialité= (-sia-), _n.f._, consubstantiality.

=consubstantiation= (-sia-), _n.f._, consubstantiation.

=consubstantiel=, =-le=, (-sièl), _adj._, consubstantial.

=consubstantiellement= (-sièl-mān), _adv._, consubstantially.

=consul=, _n.m._, consul.

=consulaire=, _adj._, consular. _Personnage —_; an ex-consul.

=consulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, consularly; by consuls.

=consulat=, _n.m._, consulate; consulship.

=consultant=, _adj.m._, consulting. _Avocat —_; chamber-counselor. _Médecin —_; consulting physician.

=consultant=, _n.m._, consulter; person consulted.

=consultati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, consultative, deliberative. _Avoir voix —ve_; to have the right of discussion without that of voting.

=consultation=, _n.f._, consultation; conference; opinion, advice.

=consulter=, _v.a._, to consult, to advise with, to take advice of, to deliberate, to confer. _— un avocat_; to take counsel’s opinion. _— une affaire_; to examine into an affair. _— son chevet_; to consult one’s pillow. _Ils consultèrent ensemble_; they laid their heads together. _Il en veut — avec ses amis_; he wishes to confer with his friends about it.

_se_ =consulter=, _v.r._, to consider, to reflect, to deliberate; to be consulted. _La voix de la raison ne se consulte jamais_; the voice of reason is never listened to.

=consulteur=, _n.m._, counselor, adviser.

=consumant=, =-e=, _adj._, consuming, devouring, burning.

=consumer=, _v.a._, to consume; to destroy; to wear out or away; to squander, to waste, to spend. _Le temps consume toutes choses_; time wears out everything. _Cette maladie le consume_; that disease is wearing him to nothing.

_se_ =consumer=, _v.r._, to decay, to waste away, to wear out; to ruin one’s self; to undermine one’s health; to waste one’s strength. _Il se consume d’ennui_; he is wasting away with weariness. _Se — de douleur_; to pine away with grief.

=contabescence=, _n.f._, (med.) consumption.

=contabescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) consumptive.

=contact= (-takt), _n.m._, contact, connection, touch; (mining) nip (of the roof or wall).

=contagieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, contagious, catching; infectious.

=contagion=, _n.f._, contagion, infection. _— de mœurs_; corruption of manners. _La — du vice_; the infection of vice.

*=contaille=, _adj.f._, floss. _Soie —_; floretta, refuse, floss-silk.

=contamination=, _n.f._, contamination.

=contaminer=, _v.a._, to contaminate.

=conte=, _n.m._, story, tale, falsehood, fib, nonsense. _—s de fées_; fairy tales. _Réciter un —_; to tell a story. _— en l’air_; improbable story, fiction. _— fait à plaisir_; made-up story. _— gras_; smutty, lascivious story. _— de bonne femme_, _— à dormir debout_, _— bleu_, _— borgne_; idle, silly story; old woman’s tale. _Il brode un peu le —_; he exaggerates the story a little (_i.e._, improves upon it). _Ce sont des —s_; it is only a joke. _C’est un grand faiseur de —s_; he is a great fibber, a great story-teller.

=contemplat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, contemplator.

=contemplati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, contemplative.

=contemplation=, _n.f._, contemplation, meditation, reflection; admiration.

=contempler=, _v.a._, to contemplate, to behold, to survey, to view, to gaze on.

=contempler=, _v.n._, to contemplate, to meditate, to reflect.

=contemporain=, =-e=, _adj._, contemporary, contemporaneous.

=contemporain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contemporary.

=contemporanéité=, _n.f._, contemporaneity, contemporariness.

=contempt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, contemptuous, scornful, insolent, disdainful.

=contempt-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, contemner, despiser, scorner.

☉=contemptible=, _adj._, contemptible, despicable, mean.

=contenance= (cont-nans), _n.f._, capacity, capaciousness; contents; countenance, posture, look, air, bearing, attitude, deportment; (nav.) burden. _— fière_; haughty air. _— assurée_; bold look. _— ridicule_; ridiculous carriage. _— étudiée_; studied deportment. _Il n’a point de —_; he does not know which way to turn. _Perdre —_; to be abashed, out of countenance. _Faire perdre —_; to put out of countenance. _Servir de —_; to keep one in countenance. _Porter quelque chose par —_; to carry a thing to keep one’s self in countenance. _Un éventail sert de —_; a fan keeps one in countenance. _Faire bonne —_; to keep one’s countenance; to show spirit or resolution. _Se donner une —_; to keep one’s self in countenance. _Ne savoir quelle — prendre_; not to know what to do with one’s self.

=contenant=, _n.m._, holder, container.

=contenant=, =-e=, _adj._, holding, containing.

=contendant=, =-e=, _adj._, contending. _Les parties —es_; the contending parties, the candidates.

=contendant=, _n.m._, contender.

=contenir= (con-tnir), _v.a._, to contain; to comprise; to hold; to include, to comprehend; to confine; to keep in, to keep within, to restrain; to repress; to hold or keep in check or awe, to rule, to bridle; to dam. _Les gardes avaient peine à — la foule_; the guards could with difficulty keep back the crowd. _On ne saurait le —_; there is no keeping him within bounds.

_se_ =contenir=, _v.r._, to keep within bounds, to be moderate; to abstain from, to refrain from, to forego; to refrain, to forbear; to contain one’s self; to curb one’s passions; to keep one’s temper.

=content=, =-e=, _adj._, content, contented; satisfied, pleased, glad, gratified. _Il est — de sa condition_; he is contented with his lot. _Avoir le visage —_; to look pleased. _Être —_; to be willing, to be satisfied. _Être — de quelqu’un_; to be pleased with any one. _Il est bien — de lui-même_; he has a great idea of himself.

=content=, _n.m._ _Tout son —_; one’s fill; all one wants, as much as one likes.

=contentement= (kon-tant-mān), _n.m._, content, contentment, satisfaction; comfort, pleasure; blessing. _— passe richesse_; enough is as good as a feast.

=contenter=, _v.a._, to content, to give satisfaction, to satisfy; to please, to gratify, to indulge, to humor. _On ne saurait — tout le monde_; one cannot please every body.

_se_ =contenter=, _v.r._, to indulge or gratify one’s self; to be satisfied with; to content one’s self with, to be content with; to take up with; to rest satisfied with. _Je me contente d’une honnête médiocrité_; I am satisfied with a moderate competence. _Contentez-vous de cela_; be content with that.

=contentieusement= (-si-eûz-mān), _adv._, contentiously, litigiously.

=contentieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, litigious, in litigation, in dispute, contestable, contended for; controvertible, disputable; contentious, quarrelsome. _Esprit —_; quarrelsome fellow.

=contentieux=, _n.m._, debatable matters, affairs in litigation; disputed claims. _Bureau du —_; office for the settlement of disputed claims. _Agent du —_; solicitor.

=contentif=, _adj.m._, (surg.) (bandages) retentive, binding.

=contention=, _n.f._, contention, contest, debate, strife; eagerness; vehemence, intenseness, heat; (surg.) keeping reduced (of fractures). _— d’esprit_; intense application of mind.

=contenu=, _n.m._, contents; enclosure; tenor, terms.

=conter=, _v.a._, to tell, to relate. _— des fagots_; to tell idle stories. _En —_; to romance, to tell fibs. _En — de belles_, _— des sornettes_; to tell what is untrue, to hoax, to humbug, to deceive. _En — à une femme_, _lui — des douceurs_, _lui — fleurettes_; to talk soft nonsense to a woman. _S’en faire_ or _s’en laisser —_; to listen to soft nonsense.

=conter=, _v.n._, to relate, to tell a story. _Il conte bien_; he tells a story well.

=conterie=, _n.f._, coarse glass-ware.

=contestable=, _adj._, contestable, debatable, controvertible.

=contestablement=, _adj._, contestably.

=contestant=, =-e=, _adj._, contending.

=contestant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contesting party, litigant.

=contestation=, _n.f._, contestation, contest, dispute, debate; strife, variance, wrangling, bickering; litigation. _En —_; at issue; at variance, at odds. _Hors de toute —_; beyond all contestation, dispute.

☉=conteste=, _n.m._, contestation, contest, dispute. _Sans —_; indisputably. _V._ =sans contredit=.

=contester=, _v.a._, to contest, to dispute; to deny, to contend, to debate. _Il me conteste ma qualité_; he calls my rank in question. _On lui conteste cette terre_; his right to that estate is disputed. _Se —_; to be contested, to be denied.

=conteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, story-teller, tale-teller, one who tells or relates stories or tales, narrator, teller; romancer, fibber.

=conteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, fond of telling tales.

=contexte=, _n.m._, context; text (of a deed).

=contexture=, _n.f._, contexture (of the muscles, &c.); texture (of a stuff).

=contigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, contiguous, adjoining. _Ces deux provinces sont —ës_; these two provinces border on each other. _Mon champ est — à la forêt_; my field is bounded by the forest.

=contiguité=, _n.f._, contiguity.

=continence=, _n.f._, continency, chastity.

=continent=, _n.m._, continent, mainland.

=continent=, =-e=, _adj._, sober, temperate, chaste, continent; (med.) continent, continuous, unremitting. _Fièvre —e_; incessant fever.

=continental=, =-e=, _adj._, continental.

=contingence=, _n.f._, contingency, casualty.

=contingent=, _n.m._, contingent, quota.

=contingent=, =-e=, _adj._, casual, contingent, accidental.

=continu=, _n.m._, (philos.) that which is divisible, matter, body, space.

=continu=, =-e=, _adj._, continuous, uninterrupted; continual, continued; unintermitting, incessant. _Basse —e_; (mus.) thorough-bass.

=continuateur=, _n.m._, continuator, continuer.

=continuation=, _n.f._, continuation; (jur.) continuance.

☉_à la_ =continue=, _adv._, in process of time, in the long run.

=continuel=, =-le=, _adj._, continual, uninterrupted, endless, perpetual.

=continuellement= (-el-mān), _adv._, continually, uninterruptedly, constantly; endlessly, perpetually.

=continuer=, _v.a._, to continue; to proceed with; to go on with; to persevere; to lengthen, to prolong; to extend.

=continuer=, _v.n._, to continue, to keep on, to go on with, to run on to, to extend, to continue the work of. _Continuez, je vous prie_; pray go on. _Continuez à bien faire, et vous vous en trouverez bien_; continue to do well, and you will find the benefit of it.

_se_ =continuer=, _v.r._, to be continued, to last; to be prolonged.

=continuité=, _n.f._, continuity; continuance. _Solution de —_; solution of continuity.

=continument=, _adv._, unremittingly; without cessation; (jur.) continually, continuously.

=contondant=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) bruising, contusing; (instruments) blunt.

=contorniate=, _adj._, (of medals) contourniated.

=contorsion=, _n.f._, contortion, distortion; grimace.

=contour=, _n.m._, circuit, circumference; contour, outline; (carp.) curtail; (mas.) quirk.

=contourné=, =-e=, _adj._, outlined; spiral; twisted; distorted; deformed; ill-shaped.

=contournement=, _n.m._, outlining; twisting; winding, rounding, convolution.

=contourner=, _v.a._, to outline, to give the proper contour to; to distort, to twist, to deform; to twine round, to twist round; to turn around, to wind round; to round.

_se_ =contourner=, _v.r._, to grow crooked, to become bent, twisted, deformed.

=contourneuse=, _n.f._, shaping-machine.

=contractant=, =-e=, _adj._, contracting. _Partie —e_; contracting party; (jur.) covenanter.

=contractant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contractor, stipulator; (jur.) covenanter.

=contracté=, =-e=, _part._, (gram.) contracted, shortened.

=contracter=, _v.a._, to contract; to covenant, to stipulate, to bargain, to make a contract; to shrink, to straiten; to shorten, to abridge; to acquire, to get; to catch. _— de bonnes habitudes_; to acquire good habits.

_se_ =contracter=, _v.r._, to contract, to shrink up, to straiten; to shorten.

=contracter=, _v.n._, to contract, make a contract.

=contracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) contractive.

=contractile=, _adj._, contractile.

=contractilité=, _n.f._, contractility, contractibility.

=contraction=, _n.f._, contraction.

=contractuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) stipulated, agreed upon, done by contract.

=contracture=, _n.f._, (arch.) diminution; (med.) contraction; (physiology) contraction.

=contradicteur=, _n.m._, contradictor, gainsayer; (jur.) adversary, opposer, opponent.

=contradiction=, _n.f._, contradiction, denial; opposition; inconsistency; discrepancy; (jur.) claim of adverse title. _Esprit de —_; spirit of contradiction.

=contradictoire=, _adj._, contradictory; inconsistent, conflicting. _Jugement —_; judgment after the hearing of all parties concerned.

=contradictoirement= (-toar-mān), _adv._, contradictorily; inconsistently.

*=contraignable=, _adj._, (jur.) compellable, constrainable. _— par corps_; attachable, liable to arrest.

*=contraignant=, =-e=, _adj._, compelling, compulsive; troublesome.

=contraindre= (contraignant, contraint), _v.a._, to constrain, to compel, to force, to make, to drive, to necessitate, to impel, to oblige by force; to put a constraint upon; to restrain; to squeeze, to pinch, to cramp, to straiten; (jur.) to attach, to arrest for debt.

_se_ =contraindre=, _v.r._, to constrain oneself, to refrain, to forbear.

=contraint=, =-e=, _adj._, forced, stiff, unnatural, affected; cramped, constrained.

=contrainte=, _n.f._, constraint, compulsion, coercion; restraint. _Parler sans —_; to speak freely. _Avec —_; restrainedly. _— par corps_; arrest for debt. _Jugement de — par corps_; capias.

=contraire=, _adj._, contrary, opposite, adverse; repugnant, inconsistent; opposed, against; hurtful, bad, prejudicial, not good for. _Le vin vous est —_; wine is bad for you.

=contraire=, _n.m._, contrary, opposite, reverse. _Au —_; on the contrary, on the other hand. _Tout au —_; _bien au —_; quite the contrary, quite the reverse. _Aller au — d’une chose_, _d’une personne_; to go or speak against a thing, a person.

=contrairement= (kon-trer-mān), _adv._, contrarily, contrary.

=contralte=, _n.m._ _V._ =contralto=.

=contraltiste=, _n.m.f._, contralto singer.

=contralto=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) contralto, counter-tenor.

=contrapontiste=, _n.m._, (mus.) contrapuntist.

=contrariant=, =-e=, _adj._, provoking, annoying, vexatious; disappointing.

=contrarier=, _v.a._, to contradict, to gainsay; to disappoint; to thwart, to counteract, to baffle, to oppose, to annoy, to vex. _Être contrarié par les vents_; to be wind-bound.

=contrariété=, _n.f._, contrariety, contradiction; cross, vexation, annoyance, impediment, hindrance, difficulty, obstacle; disappointment. _Quelle —!_ how annoying!

=contrastant=, _adj._, contrasting.

=contraste=, _n.m._, contrast, opposition.

=contraster=, _v.a._, to contrast.

=contraster=, _v.n._, (paint.) to contrast; to put in contrast, to form a contrast, to set off by opposition.

=contrat=, _n.m._, contract, deed, instrument, articles, indenture; agreement, bargain. _Minute d’un —_; draft of a deed. _Un — en bonne forme_; a contract in due form. _Dresser un —_; to draw up a deed. _Passer un —_; to sign and seal a deed. _— à la grosse_; (nav.) bottomry; bottomry-bond.

=contravention=, _n.f._, contravention, infraction.

=contre=, _prep._, against; contrary to; by, near, close, close by. _— le bon sens_; contrary to common sense. _À —-cœur_; repugnantly, reluctantly. _Aller — vent et marée_; to sail against wind and tide. _Se fâcher — quelqu’un_; to be angry with anyone. _Se battre — quelqu’un_; to fight against anyone. _Par —_; as a set-off. _Pour et —_; for and against, pro and con.

=contre=, _adv._, near, close up against, ajar. _Tout —_; close by, close up against; quite close, near. _Ci-—_; opposite; in the margin.

=contre=, _n.m._, con (the opposite of _pro_); against; the opposite side of the question. _Savoir le pour et le —_; to know the long and short of a matter, or the pro and the con.

=contre-allée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) side-walk; side-alley.

=contre-amiral=, _n.m._, (_—-amiraux_) rear-admiral; rear-admiral’s flag-ship.

=contre-appel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fenc.) caveating; second roll call; check-roll.

=contre-approches=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (fort.) counter-approaches.

=contre-attaques=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (milit.) counterworks.

=contre-balancer=, _v.a._, to counterbalance, to counterpoise; to countervail.

_se_ =contre-balancer=, _v.r._, to counterbalance one another, to be counterbalanced, to be equipoised.

=contrebande=, _n.f._, contraband goods, smuggled goods; smuggling. _Un homme de —_; an obnoxious fellow, a black sheep. _Faire la —_; to smuggle, to deal in smuggled goods.

=contre-bandé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) counter-barred.

=contrebandier=, _n.m._, smuggler, contrabandist.

=contre-barré=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counterbended.

_en_ =contre-bas=, _adv._, (arch.) downwards.

=contrebasse=, _n.f._, (mus.) double-bass.

=contrebassiste=, _n.m._, (mus.) double-bass player.

=contre-basson=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) double bassoon; double bassoon-player.

=contre-batterie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) cross-battery, counter-battery; counter-plot.

_à_ =contre-biais=, _adv._, contrariwise, the wrong way; the other way.

_à_ =contre-bord=, _adv._, (nav.) _Les deux vaisseaux courent à —_; the two vessels are running aboard of each other; on a contrary tack.

=contre-boutant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counterfort; butment; buttress.

=contre-bouter=, _v.a._, to buttress; to support with a raking shore or but; to shore up.

=contre-brasser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to brace about the yards; to counterbrace.

=contre-calquer=, _v.a._, to counter-draw.

=contre-capion=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_). _— de poupe_; the false post of a row-galley. _— de proue_; the stemson of a galley.

=contrecarrer=, _v.a._, to thwart, to oppose.

=contre-caution=, _n.f._, (jur.) counter-surety; counter-bond.

=contre-charme=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-charm.

=contre-châssis=, _n.m._, (_—_) outer-sash; double-sash.

=contre-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) foreman.

=contre-civadière=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) bow-sprit topsail.

=contre-clef=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) second stone in the crown of an arch.

=contre-cœur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) chimney-back. _À —_; reluctantly, against the grain.

=contre-coup=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) rebound; counter-blow; consequence, result, effect. _Par —_; as a consequence.

=contre-courant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-current.

=contredanse=, _n.f._, quadrille.

=contre-déclaration=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-declaration.

=contre-dégagement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fenc.) double.

=contre-dégager=, _v.n.a._, (fenc.) to double.

=contre-digue=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) embankment, dike (for the strengthening of another).

=contredire=, _v.a._, to contradict, to gainsay; to be inconsistent with; (jur.) to confute, to disprove, to answer; (hunt.) to reclaim.

_se_ =contredire=, _v.r._, to contradict oneself, to contradict one another; to be inconsistent with, to be contradictory to.

=contredisant=, =-e=, _adj._, contradicting.

=contredisant=, _n.m._, respondent, contradictor.

=contredit=, _n.m._, answer, reply, contradiction; (jur.) objection, rejoinder. _Cela est sans —_; that is beyond all dispute. _Sans —_; incontestably, safely, beyond a doubt. _On peut dire sans crainte d’être —_; it may safely be pronounced (Macaulay).

=contrée=, _n.f._, country, region, district.

*=contre-écaille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) the reverse side of a shell.

=contre-écart=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counter-quarter.

=contre-écarteler=, _v.a._, (her.) to counter-quarter.

=contre-échange=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) mutual exchange.

=contre-enquête=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-inquiry.

=contre-épaulette=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) epaulet without fringe.

=contre-épreuve=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-proof; spiritless copy, feeble imitation; counter-verification.

=contre-épreuver=, _v.a._, (engr.) to take a counter-proof. _Se —_; to be counter-proved.

=contre-espalier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) espalier facing another (with a walk between).

=contre-expertise=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-valuation _or_ survey.

=contre-étais=, _n.m.pl._, (nav.) back-stay.

=contre-étambot=, _n.m._, (nav.) false stern-post.

=contre-étrave=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) apron.

=contrefaçon=, _n.f._, counterfeiting, counterfeit, pirating, forgery, infringement; spurious copy or edition.

=contrefacteur=, _n.m._, counterfeiter (of coin); forger (of bills); infringer (of patents).

=contrefaction=, _n.f._, act of forging, counterfeiting, forgery.

=contrefaire=, _v.a._, to counterfeit, to imitate, to copy; to mimic, to ape; to pirate; to disguise, to disfigure; to deform.

_se_ =contrefaire=, _v.r._, to dissemble, to sham.

=contrefaiseur=, _n.m._, mimicker, imitator.

=contrefait=, =-e=, _part._, counterfeit, deformed. _Un homme tout —_; a deformed man.

=contre-fanon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) vertical lines.

=contre-fenêtre=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) inside-sash, shutter.

=contre-fente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) contra-fissure, counter-cleft.

=contre-feu=, _n.m._, back of a fire-place.

=contre-fiche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) brace, strut.

=contre-fil=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) the opposite direction. _Le — de l’eau_; up river, up stream. _À —_; backwards; against the stream; against the grain; the wrong way.

=contre-finesse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-trick; counter-cunning; trick for trick.

=contre-foc=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-top stay-sail.

=contrefort=, _n.m._, counterfort, buttress, pillar, pier; (geol.) lesser chain; stiffener (of boots).

=contre-fossé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-drain; (fort.) advance-fosse.

=contre-fracture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) contra-fissure.

=contre-fruit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) overspan.

=contre-fugue=, _n.f._, (mus.) counterfugue.

=contre-gage=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) double security, pledge.

=contre-gager=, _v.a._, to take security, to take a pledge.

=contre-garde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counterguard.

☉=contre-garde=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy warden of the mint.

=contre-hacher=, _v.a._, (engr.) to counter- _or_ cross-hatch.

=contre-hachure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter- _or_ cross-hatching.

=contre-hâtier= (-tié), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) kitchen fire-dog, spit-rack.

_en_ =contre-haut=, _adv._, (arch.) upwards.

=contre-indication=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (med.) contra-indication.

=contre-indiquer=, _v.a._, (med.) to contra-indicate.

=contre-issant=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counter-salient.

=contre-jauger=, _v.a._, (carp.) to fit a mortise to a tenon, to countergauge.

=contre-jour=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-light, false-light. _À —_; in a false light.

=contre-jumelles=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) channel stones.

=contre-lames=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (gauze-making) counter-lams.

=contre-latte=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-lath.

=contre-latter=, _v.a._, to counter-lath.

=contre-lattoir=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) lath-holder, clincher.

=contre-lettre=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) defeasance, counter-deed.

*=contre-maille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) double-mesh net.

*=contre-mailler=, _v.a._, to double-mesh.

=contremaître=, _n.m._, first mate, boatswain’s mate; overseer; foreman.

=contremandement=, _n.m._, counter-order, countermand.

=contremander=, _v.a._, to countermand.

=contremarche=, _n.f._, counter-march; (carp.) rise.

=contremarcher=, _v.n._, to counter-march.

=contre-marée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under back-water _or_ counter-tide.

=contremarque=, _n.f._, countermark; check (thea.)

=contremarquer=, _n.f._, to countermark; to bishop.

=contre-mine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) countermine.

=contre-miner=, _v.a._, to countermine.

=contre-mineur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counterminer.

☉=contre-mont=, _adv._, upwards; up-hill; up-stream.

=contre-mot=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) countersign.

=contre-mouvement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-movement.

=contre-mur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-mure, outer wall.

=contre-murer=, _v.a._, (fort.) to countermure, to double-wall.

=contre-opposition=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-opposition.

=contre-ordre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-order.

=contre-ouverture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-opening.

=contre-partie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counterpart; opposite; contrary; (mus.) counterpart.

=contrepédaler=, _v.n._, to back-pedal (bicycles).

=contre-peser=, _v.a._, to counter-balance.

=contre-pied=, _n.m._, (n.p.) (hunt.) back-scent; the reverse. _Les chiens avaient pris le —_; the dogs had taken the wrong back-scent. _Il prend toujours le — de ce qu’on dit_; he always misconstrues what is said. _À — de_; contrary to, against.

=contre-planche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-plate.

=contre-platine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) screw-piece.

=contre-poids=, _n.m._, (_—_) counterpoise, counter-balance; balancing-pole; equilibrium.

=contre-poil=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) wrong way of the hair _or_ of the nap. _À —_; against the grain. _Prendre une affaire à —_; to take a thing in a wrong sense. _Prendre quelqu’un à —_; to shock, to offend, any one.

=contre-poinçon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) clincher, die (instrument).

=contre-poinçonner=, _v.a._, to stamp with a die.

=contrepoint=, _n.m._ (mus.), counterpoint; (nav.) double-rope attached to the clew of a sail.

=contre-pointer=, _v.a._, to quilt on both sides; to contradict, to run counter to; (artil.) to point cannon against cannon. _— du canon_; to direct a battery against another battery.

=contrepoison=, _n.m._, antidote, counter-poison.

=contre-porte=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) double-door, baize-door.

=contre-poser=, _v.a._, (com.) to set down wrong, to misplace.

=contre-position=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) contra-position.

=contre-projet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-plan.

=contre-promesse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) counter-bond.

=contre-proposition=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-proposal; reply, retort.

=contre-queue d’aronde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-swallowtail.

*=contre-quille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) keelson.

=contre-rail=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) guard- _or_ check-rail.

=contre-retable=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back of the altar-piece.

=contre-révolution=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolution.

=contre-révolutionnaire=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolutionary.

=contre-révolutionnaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolutionist.

=contre-révolutionner=, _v.a._, to effect a counter-revolution.

=contre-ronde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) counter round.

=contre-ruse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-trick, counter-plot.

=contre-sabord=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) port-lid.

_à_ =contre-saison=, _adv._, out of season; unseasonable; ill-timed.

=contre-salut=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) answer to a salute.

=contre-sanglon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) girth-leather, strap.

=contrescarpe=, _n.f._, (fort.) counterscarp.

=contrescarper=, _v.a._, to counterscarp.

=contre-scel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-seal.

=contre-sceller=, _v.a._, to counter-seal.

=contreseing=, _n.m._, counter-signature, counter-sign.

=contresens=, _n.m._, contrary sense, contrary meaning; wrong construction; mistranslation; wrong meaning; false reading; wrong side (of stuffs). _Faire un —_; to mistranslate, to misinterpret, to misconceive. _À —_; in a wrong way, on the wrong side. _Employer une étoffe à —_; to make up a stuff on the wrong side.

*=contre-signal=, _n.m._, (_—-signaux_) counter-signal.

*=contresignataire=, _n.m._, countersigner.

*=contresigner=, _v.a._, to countersign.

*=contre-taille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (com.) counter-tally. _pl._, (engr.) cross-lines, cross-cut.

=contretemps=, _n.m._, untoward accident, disappointment; mischance, mishap; (man.) counter-time; (mus.) syncopation, _À —_; unseasonably, at the wrong time; (mus.) out of time; with syncopation.

=contre-terrasse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (her.) lower terrace.

=contre-tirer=, _v.a._, to counterdraw, to trace; to counterprove.

=contre-torpilleur=, _n.m._, torpedo boat destroyer.

=contre-tranchée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-trench.

=contrevairé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) countervairy.

_à_ =contre-val=, _adv._, downhill, downward, down-stream.

=contrevallation=, _n.f._, (fort.) contravallation.

_à_ =contre-vapeur=, _adv._, backward; back.

=contrevenant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contravener, infringer, offender, transgressor.

=contrevenir=, _v.n._, to infringe, to act contrary to; to disobey; to violate; to transgress.

=contrevent=, _n.m._, window-shutter, outside shutter.

=contre-vérité=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) irony; mock praise, antiphrasis.

=contre-visite=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) second search.

=contre-voile d’étai=, _n.f._, (nav.) middle stay-sail.

=contribuable=, _n.m.f._, tax-payer; rate-payer. _adj._, taxable; rateable.

=contribuer=, _v.n._, to contribute, to conduce, to help on, to tend. _— au succès de_; to contribute to the success of. _Il y a contribué_; he has contributed to it. _On a fait — tout le pays_; the whole country was laid under contribution.

=contributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, contributive.

=contribution=, _n.f._, contribution; tax; share, part, portion; (com.) average. _—s directes_; direct or assessed taxes. _—s indirectes_; indirect taxes. _Mettre à —_; to lay under contribution, to put in requisition.

=contributoire=, _adj._, what has to be paid. _Portion —_; amount to be paid, assessment.

=contributoirement=, _adv._, contributorily.

=contrister=, _v.a._, to grieve, to vex, to sadden, to pain.

=contrit=, =-e=, _adj._, contrite, penitent; afflicted, grieved.

=contrition=, _n.f._, contrition.

=contrôlage=, _n.m._, controlling, control; hall-marking, stamping.

=contrôle=, _n.m._, control, controller’s office; (thea.) check-taker’s office; roll, list; stamp, plate-mark, assay-mark, hall-mark (on gold and silver); stamp-office; (milit.) muster-roll; control, censure; register, registry-duty. _Porter quelqu’un sur le —_; to place any one’s name on the rolls. _Rayer quelqu’un des —s_; to strike any one off the rolls.

=contrôler=, _v.a._, to register, to put upon the rolls; to check, to verify, to examine; to control; to censure, to criticise upon; to stamp, to hall-mark. _— de la vaisselle_; to mark plate.

=contrôleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, controller, superintendent, surveyor (of taxes); censurer, critic, fault-finder; (thea.) check-taker, ticket-collector.

=controuver=, _v.a._, to forge, to fabricate; to invent, to counterfeit, to feign.

=controversable=, _adj._, that may be disputed; controvertible, controversial.

=controverse=, _n.f._, controversy, discussion, disputation, dispute. _Ouvrage de —_; polemics.

=controversé=, =-e=, _adj._, controverted; debated, argued pro and con, disputed.

=controverser=, _v.a._, to controvert, to dispute, to discuss.

=controversiste=, _n.m._, controvertist, disputant, controversialist.

=contumace=, _n.f._, contumacy, non-appearance, default, contempt of court; contumaciousness, obstinacy, perverseness. _Condamner par —_; to sentence by default. _Purger la —_; to plead against a judgment given in default.

=contumace=, _n.m._ and _f._, (jur.) defaulter, one in contumacy.

=contumace=, _adj._, contumacious; (fig.) rebellious.

=contumacer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) (criminal law) to judge or try by default. _Se laisser —_; to let judgment go by default.

=contumax=, _adj._, (l.u.) contumacious.

=contumax=, _n.m._, one guilty of contumacy (canon law).

=contus=, =-e=, _adj._ bruised, contused.

=contusion=, _n.f._, contusion, bruise.

=contusionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) bruised.

=contusionner=, _v.a._, to contuse, to bruise.

=convaincant=, =-e=, _adj._, convincing.

=convaincre=, _v.a._, to convince; to persuade, to satisfy; to convict.

_se_ =convaincre=, _v.r._, to convince one’s self, to be convinced; to satisfy, or to persuade one’s self.

=convaincu=, =-e=, _part._, convinced, convicted; sincere, earnest, of conviction.

=convalescence=, _n.f._, convalescence. _En pleine —_; quite convalescent.

=convalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, convalescent.

=convalescent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convalescent person.

=convallaire=, _n.f._, convallary, lily of the valley. _V._ =muguet=.

=convenable= (conv-nabl), _adj._, suitable, fit, proper, convenient, apposite, consonant; seasonable; adequate, conformable, accordant, agreeable; meet, seemly, becoming, beseeming; befitting, expedient; fitting. _Peu —_; indecorous, unfit. _Juger —_; to deem proper.

=convenablement=, _adv._, suitably, fitly, becomingly, decently, worthily, duly, expediently, advisably.

=convenance=, _n.f._, fitness, proportion, harmony; seasonableness (of time), decency, propriety, expediency; seemliness, convenience. _pl._, propriety, decorum, good manners. _Mariage de —_; marriage for money and position. _Blesser les —s_; to offend against propriety. _Braver les —s_; to set all decorum at defiance. _Manquer de — envers quelqu’un_; to be guilty of a breach of good manners towards any one.

☉=convenant=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =convenable=.