Chapter D (1)

=d=, _n.m._, the fourth letter of the alphabet, d.

=d’=, ab. of =de=.

=dà=, _particle_, truly, indeed. _Oui-dà_; yes, forsooth. _Nenni-dà_, _non-dà_; no, indeed; no, forsooth.

=da-capo=, _adv._, (mus.) da capo.

=dactyle=, _n.m._, (poet.) dactyl; (bot.) orchard-grass.

=dactylographe=, _n.m._, type-writer, typist.

=dactylographie=, _n.f._, dactylography, type-writing.

=dactylique=, _adj._, dactylic.

=dactylologie=, _n.f._, dactylology.

=dactyloptère=, _adj._, (ich.) finger-finned.

=dactyloptère=, _n.m._, dactylopterus, flying-fish.

=dada=, _n.m._, horse, cock-horse; hobby, hobby-horse. _Aller à —_; to ride a cock-horse. _Être sur son —_; to indulge in one’s hobby.

=dadais=, _n.m._, booby, clown, ninny.

☉=dagorne=, _n.f._, one-horned cow; hag.

=dague= (dag), _n.f._, dagger, dirk. _pl._, tusks (of a wild boar); first horns (of a two-year old deer).

=daguer= (da-ghé), _v.a._, to stab; (hunt.) to rut.

=daguerréotype= (da-ghér-), _n.m._, daguerreotype.

=daguet= (da-ghé), _n.m._, (hunt.) brocket, pricket.

=dahlia=, _n.m._, dahlia.

*=daigner=, _v.n._, to deign, to be graciously pleased, to condescend, to vouchsafe.

*=d’ailleurs=. _V._ =ailleurs=.

=daim= (din), _n.m._, deer, fallow-deer; buck.

=daine= (dèn _or_ di-n), _n.f._, doe.

=daintiers= (-tié), _n.m.pl._, (hunt.) dowcets.

=dais=, _n.m._, canopy; dais, platform.

=dalème=, _n.f._, self-consuming stove.

=dallage=, _n.m._, paving with flag-stones, flagging.

=dalle=, _n.f._, slab; flag, flag-stone; sink-stone; slice (of fish).

=daller=, _v.a._, to pave with flag-stones, to flag.

=dalmatique=, _n.f._, dalmatic, tunic.

=dalot=, _n.m._, (nav.) scupper-hole, scupper.

=daltonisme=, _n.m._, (med.) color-blindness.

☉=dam=, _n.m._, hurt, injury. _À son_, _votre_, _leur —_; to his, your, their injury.

=damage=, _n.m._, puddling, ramming.

=damas=, _n.m._, damask; (bot.) damson; Damascus blade.

=damasquiner=, _v.a._, to damaskene, to emboss; to frost (cutlery).

=damasquinerie= (-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, damaskening.

=damasquineur=, _n.m._, damaskener, one who damaskenes.

=damasquinure=, _n.f._, damaskened work; embossing.

=damassé=, _n.m._, damask linen, damask cloth.

=damasser=, _v.a._, to damask.

=damasserie= (da-mas-rî), _n.f._, damask linen manufactory.

=damasseur=, _n.m._, damask weaver.

=damassin=, _n.m._, figured linen cloth, diaper.

=damassure=, _n.f._, damasking (of linen).

=dame=, _n.f._, lady; married lady; nun; dame; man, draught (backgammon); (draughts) draught, man, king, queen; queen (cards, chess); dam, rammer; (nav.) rowlock. _—s de France_; princesses of the royal family of France. _— d’honneur_; maid of honor, bridesmaid. _Elle fait la —_; she sets up for a lady. _Notre-—_; Our Lady. _Ma chère —_; my dear madam. _Jouer aux —s_; to play at draughts. _Aller à —_; (at draughts) to make a king. _Aller à —_; (at chess) to make a queen; _—s seules_; ladies’ compartment.

=dame=, _int._, by our lady! well! forsooth! well, you see! _—! c’est juste_; well, you see! it is right.

=dame-jeanne=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) demijohn, car-boy.

=damer=, _v.a._, to crown (a man at draughts); to queen; (arch.) to allow half a foot for sloping; to ram. _— le pion à quelqu’un_; to outdo, outwit any one; to be more than a match for.

=dameret=, _adj.m._, (l.u.) foppish.

=dameret=, _n.m._, lady’s man, spark, beau.

=damier=, _n.m._, draught-board.

=damnable= (dâ-nabl), _adj._, damnable.

=damnablement= (dâ-na-), _adv._, damnably.

=damnation= (dâ-na-), _n.f._, damnation.

=damné=, =-e= (dâ-né), _part._, damned.

=damné=, =-e= (dâ-né), _n.m._, soul damned. _Les —s_; the damned. _Souffrir comme un —_; to suffer horribly. _C’est l’âme —e du ministre_; he is the tool of the minister (_i.e._, does his dirty work for him).

=damner= (dâ-né), _v.a._, to damn.

_se_ =damner= (dâ-né), _v.r._, to damn one’s self.

☉=damoiseau=, _n.m._, beau, fop, spark; young page.

☉=damoisel=, _n.m._ _V._ =damoiseau=.

☉=damoiselle=, _n.f._, damsel.

=danché=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) indented.

=dandin=, _n.m._, ninny.

=dandinement= (-di-n-mān), _n.m._, jogging, waddling; swinging, slouching.

=dandiner=, _v.a._, to dandle, to rock.

=dandiner=, _v.n._, to swing (of bells); to waddle, to slouch.

_se_ =dandiner=, _v.r._, to waddle; to twist (one’s body) about; to strut, to slouch; to dilly-dally, to dally.

=dandy=, _n.m._, dandy.

=dandysme=, _n.m._, dandyism.

=danger=, _n.m._, danger, peril, risk, hazard, jeopardy. _Braver les —s_; to brave dangers. _Affronter les —s_; to face dangers. _Être en — de_; to be in danger of.

=dangereusement= (danj-reuz-mān), _adv._, dangerously.

=dangereu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dangerous.

=danois=, =-e=, _adj._, Danish.

=danois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Dane.

=danois=, _n.m._, Danish; dane (dog).

=dans=, _prep._, in, within, into; with, according to, formerly. _Il fait cela — le dessein de s’établir_; he does so with the intention of establishing himself. _J’ai beaucoup travaillé — le temps_; I used to study a good deal formerly.

=dansant=, =-e=, _adj._, dancing. _Soirée —e_; dancing party, evening party.

=danse=, _n.f._, dance, dancing; beating, hiding. _Aimer la —_; to like dancing. _— de corde_; rope-dancing. _Il a une — contrainte_; he has a stiff way of dancing. _Donner une — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a drubbing. _Entrer en —_; to join the dance. _— de St. Guy_; St. Vitus’s dance.

=danser=, _v.n._, to dance. _— en mesure_; to keep time in dancing. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to lead any one a dance. _Il ne sait sur quel pied —_; he does not know which way to turn. _Il en dansera en l’air_; he will swing for it. _Se —_; to be danced.

=danser=, _v.a._, to dance. _— un menuet_; to dance a minuet.

=danseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, dancer, ballet-girl. _— de corde_; rope-dancer.

=dansotter=, _v.n._, to dance a little, to skip, to hop, to dance stiffly.

=danubien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Danubian.

=daphné=, _n.m._, (bot.) daphne.

=darce=, _n.f._ _V._ =darse=.

=dard=, _n.m._, dart; sting; (bot.) pistil. _Le — d’une abeille_; the sting of a bee; (pisc.) dace.

=darder=, _v.a._, to dart; to shoot forth, to beam, to hurl; to spear, to harpoon. _Le soleil darde ses rayons_; the sun darts forth his rays.

☉=dardeur=, _n.m._, shooter, dart-flinger.

=dardillon=, _n.m._, barb (of a fish-hook).

=dariole=, _n.f._, cream-cake.

=darne=, _n.f._, slice of fish.

=darse=, _n.f._, (nav.) wet-dock.

=dartre=, _n.f._, skin disease; eruption (of the skin); blotch, tetter; herpes. _— farineuse_; pityriasis, dandriff.

=dartreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, herpetic, scurfy, scabby.

=dartreu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person affected with skin disease; scabby fellow.

=dataire=, _n.m._, datary (chancery officer of Rome).

=date=, _n.f._, date, period. _À courte —_; short-dated. _À longue —_; long-dated. _Prendre —_; to fix a day. _Je suis le premier en —_; I have the priority. _En — de_; under date of, bearing the date. _D’ancienne_, or _de vieille_, _de longue —_; of long standing, long since.

=dater=, _v.a._, to date.

=dater=, _v.n._, to date; to date from; to form a period; to reckon. _— de loin_; to date far back; to happen long ago. _À — de_; reckoning from. _Se —_; to be dated.

=daterie= (da-trî), _n.f._, datary’s office.

=datif=, _n.m._, (gram.) dative, dative case.

=dati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) dative. _Tutelle —ve_; dative guardianship.

=dation=, _n.f._, (jur.) giving. _— en payement_; giving in payment.

=datisme=, _n.m._, tautology.

=datte=, _n.f._, (bot.) date.

=dattier=, _n.m._, date-tree.

=datura=, _n.m._, (bot.) datura stramonium, thorn-apple.

=daube=, _n.f._, (cook.) stew, daube.

=dauber=, _v.a._, (pop.) to cuff, to drub; (fig.) to banter; to jeer.

=daubeur=, _n.m._, jeerer, banterer, sneerer.

=daubière=, _n.f._, long stew-pan.

=dauphin=, _n.m._, (ich.) dolphin; dauphin (eldest son of the kings of France).

=dauphine=, _n.f._, dauphiness.

=dauphinelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) lark-spur.

=daurade=, _n.f._, (ich.) gilt head.

=d’autant=. _V._ =autant=.

=davantage=, _adv._, more; longer, further. _Pas —_; no more. _Je n’en dirai pas —_; I shall say no more. _Je n’en sais pas —_; I know nothing more about it. _Ne restez pas —_; do not stay any longer.

=davier=, _n.m._, dentist’s forceps; (nav.) davit.

=de=, _prep._, of, from, by, with, in, upon, out of, some, any, for, at, to. _Un plat d’argent_; a silver dish. _De Paris à Londres_; from Paris to London. _De près_, _de loin_; near, afar. _Faire de son mieux_; to do one’s best. _Vivre de fruits et de légumes_; to live on fruit and vegetables. _Sauter de joie_; to leap for joy. _Se moquer de quelqu’un_; to laugh at any one. _Il y eut cent hommes de tués_; there were a hundred men killed. _Il n’y a personne de blessé_; there is no one wounded. _Plus d’effets et moins de paroles_; more deeds and fewer words. _Quelque chose de bon_; something good. _Indigne de vivre_; unworthy to live. _Le désir d’apprendre_; the wish to learn. _Avoir besoin d’argent_; to be in want of money. _Qu’est-ce que de nous!_ what poor creatures we are! _L’un d’entre eux_; one of them. _D’après l’original_; from the original. _De chez vous_; from your house. _De par le roi_; in the king’s name. _De ce que_; because. _Les hommes d’à-présent_ or _d’aujourd’hui_; the men of the day. _Un coup de bâton_; a blow with a stick. _Trait de plume_; dash of the pen. _Un coup de fusil_; a shot. _Signe de tête_; nod. _Leçons de danse_; lessons in dancing. _Un enfant d’un bon naturel_; a good-natured child. _Une lame d’épée_; a sword-blade. _Une prise de tabac_; a pinch of snuff. _Un collier de perles_; a pearl necklace. _Être d’un repas_; to make one at a banquet. _N’avez-vous point d’enfants?_ have you no children? _Être —_; to be one of a party. [_De_ is changed into _d’_ before a vowel or silent _h_.]

=dé=, _n.m._, die (for playing); thimble; (arch.) coin, block, dado; (nav.) cock (of blocks); (coin.) die. _— fermé_; woman’s thimble. _— ouvert_; tailor’s thimble. _Jouer au —s_; to play at dice. _—s pipés_; cogged or loaded dice. _Avoir le —_; to be one’s turn to play. _Flatter le —_; to slide the dice; to soften a thing down. _À vous le —_; now it is your turn, your throw. _Le — en est jeté_; the die is cast. _Tenir le — de la conversation_; to engross the conversation.

=déalbation=, _n.f._, (chem.) dealbation.

=débâchage=, _n.m._, untilting, uncovering.

=débâcher=, _v.a._, to uncover, to untilt.

=débâclage=, _n.m._, clearing, opening (of a port).

=débâcle=, _n.f._, breaking up (of the ice); clearing (of a harbor); (fig.) overthrow, shock, downfall, collapse, disaster.

=débâclement=, _n.m._, breaking up of the ice.

=débâcler=, _v.n._, to break up (of the ice).

=débâcler=, _v.a._, to clear (a harbor); to unbar (doors). _— les bateaux_; to clear the harbor of boats. _— une porte_, _une fenêtre_; to unbar a door, a window.

=débâcleur=, _n.m._, water _or_ port-bailiff.

=débagouler=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to spew, to puke.

=débagouler=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) (fig.) to launch into abuse; to insult, to abuse any one foully.

=débagouleur=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) scurrilous, foul-mouthed blabber.

=déballage=, _n.m._, unpacking (goods exposed for sale, show).

=déballer=, _v.a._, to unpack.

_à la_ =débandade=, _adv._, in confusion, helter-skelter, at sixes and sevens. _Mettre tout à la —_; to put everything in confusion.

_à la_ =débandade=, _n.f._, rout, stampede; breaking the ranks.

=debandement= (dé-band-mān), _n.m._, disbanding; (milit.) leaving the ranks.

=débander=, _v.a._, to unbind; to unbend, to loosen. _— un pistolet_; to uncock a pistol. _— quelqu’un_; to take off the handkerchief tied over any one’s eyes.

_se_ =débander=, _v.r._, to slacken _or_ grow loose, to relax; to disband; to get uncocked (of firearms); to grow milder (of the weather). _— l’esprit_; to relax one’s mind.

=débanquer=, _v.a._, to break the bank (at play).

=débaptiser= (dé-ba-ti-zé), _v.a._, to change the name of. _Il jugea à propos de se —_; he thought proper to change his name.

*=débarbouiller=, _v.a._, to clean, to make clean, to wash the face.

_se_ =débarbouiller=, _v.r._, to wash one’s face; to extricate one’s self.

=débarcadère=, _n.m._, landing, landing-place, wharf, terminus, station (of railways).

=débardage=, _n.m._, unlading (of wood).

=débarder=, _v.a._, to unlade wood; to clear a wood of the trees which have been felled in it.

=débardeur=, _n.m._, lumper; workman who breaks up boats; wharf-porter; lighterman; docker.

=débarqué=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person landing. _Un nouveau —_; one just come to town; a raw countryman.

=débarquement=, _n.m._, landing, disembarkment.

=débarquer=, _v.a._, to disembark, to land, to unship.

=débarquer=, _v.n._, to land. _Nous débarquâmes en tel endroit_; we went ashore at such a place. _Au —_; on landing.

=débarras=, _n.m._, riddance, disencumbrance. _Bon —!_ a good riddance! _Chambre de —_; lumber-room.

=débarrassé=, =-e=, _part._, disembarrassed; rid of, released from.

=débarrassement=, _n.m._, (l.u.) disembarrassment, clearance, riddance; extrication.

=débarrasser=, _v.a._, to clear, to clear away, to disencumber, to rid, to free, to disentangle, to disembarrass; to extricate.

_se_ =débarrasser=, _v.r._, to disentangle, to extricate one’s self from, to rid one’s self of, to shake off; to get clear, to get clear of; to clear, to be cleared (of the road, the way).

=débarrer=, _v.a._, to unbar.

=débat=, _n.m._, debate, dispute, discussion, strife, contest. _pl._, debates; pleading, summing up. _Vider un —_; to settle a dispute. _À eux le —_; let them settle it between them.

=débatelage=, _n.m._, unlading of boats.

=débateler=, _v.a._, to unlade boats.

=débâter=, _v.a._, to unsaddle; to take off a pack-saddle.

=débâtir=, _v.a._, to pull down; to unbaste, to untack (of garments).

=débattre=, _v.a._, to debate, to discuss, to argue.

_se_ =débattre=, _v.r._, to struggle, to strive, to flounder, to writhe; to dispute; to be debated.

=débauche=, _n.f._, debauch; debauchery; lewdness, dissoluteness. _Aimer la —_; to be fond of reveling.

=débauché=, _n.m._, debauchee, rake.

=débaucher=, _v.a._, to debauch; to entice away; to take away.

_se_ =débaucher=, _v.r._, to become debauched; to be led away from one’s occupations.

=débaucheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, debaucher, seducer.

=débet=, _n.m._, debit, balance of an account. _Être_ or _rester en —_; to owe a balance.

=débiffé=, =-e=, _part._, discomposed, disordered, out of order. _Visage —_; haggard countenance.

=débiffer=, _v.a._, to debilitate, to disorder, to enfeeble, to put out of sorts. _Être tout débiffé_; to be quite out of sorts.

=débile=, _adj._, weakly, weak, feeble. _Avoir le cerveau —_; to have weak brains. _Mémoire —_; weak memory.

=débilement= (dé-bil-mān), _adv._, feebly, weakly.

=débilitant=, _n.m._, (med.) debilitant.

=débilitant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) debilitating, weakening.

=débilitation=, _n.f._, debilitation, enfeebling.

=débilité=, _n.f._, debility, weakness.

=débiliter=, _v.a._, to debilitate, to enfeeble.

*=débillardement=, _n.m._, (carp.) cutting diagonally.

*=débillarder=, _v.a._, (carp.) to cut diagonally.

*=débiller=, _v.a._, to loosen horses.

=débine=, _n.f._, difficulties, poverty, straits, embarrassment, mess, beggary. _Il est tombé dans la —_; he has fallen into poverty.

=débit=, _n.m._, sale, traffic; market; retail shop; license to sell; delivery, utterance; debit side (book-keeping); (mus.) recitative. _Marchandise de bon —_; goods that have a ready sale. _— de tabac_; tobacconist’s shop. _Porter au — de quelqu’un_; to debit any one with. _Il a un beau —_; he has a fine delivery.

=débitage=, _n.m._, cutting up (of stones, timber).

=débitant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, retailer, dealer. _— en détail_, _en gros_; retail, wholesale, dealer.

=débiter=, _v.a._, to sell; to retail; to give out, to spread, to report, to utter; to debit; to cut up (wood, stone). _— en gros_, _en détail_; to sell, wholesale, by retail. _— son rôle_; to recite one’s part. _— des nouvelles_; to spread news.

=débit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, debtor; seller, retailer; (jur.) obligor. _Être — de_; to be in debt to.

=débiteur=, _adj.m._, debtor. _Compte —_; debtor’s account.

=débiteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, prattler, newsmonger. _C’est une grande —se de mensonges_; she is a regular fib-teller.

=débitter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unbitt (a cable).

=déblai=, _n.m._, cutting, clearing; excavating, excavation; rubbish; riddance. _Être en —_; to have been excavated.

=déblaiement=, =déblayement=, _n.m._, clearing, clearing away; clearance; freeing; cutting, digging.

=déblatérer=, _v.n._, to speak against; to rail at.

=déblayer=, _v.a._, to clear away; to clear.

=déblocage=, _n.m._, (print.) turning letters.

=déblocus=, _n.m._, raising the blockade of.

=débloquer=, _v.a._, to raise a blockade; (print.) to turn letters.

=déboire=, _n.m._, after-taste; vexation; mortification; disappointment.

=déboisement=, _n.m._, clearing _or_ denudation of trees, forests.

=déboiser=, _v.a._, to clear or denude.

_se_ =déboiser=, _v.r._, to become denuded.

=déboîtement= (dé-boat-mān), _n.m._, disjointing, dislocation.

=déboîter=, _v.a._, to put out of joint, to dislocate, to disjoint.

_se_ =déboîter=, _v.r._, to be dislocated, to become disjointed.

=débonder=, _v.a._, to take the bung out of; to loosen, to unbind. _— un étang_; to open the sluice of a pond.

_se_ =débonder=, _v.r._, to gush, to sluice out, to break out _or_ open, to burst forth, to escape out of the bung-hole; to be relaxed (of a person).

=débonder=, _v.n._, to escape through the bung-hole; to escape through the sluice of a pond; to gush out.

=débondonnement=, _n.m._, unbunging.

=débondonner=, _v.a._, to take out the bung.

=débonnaire=, _adj._, good-natured; compliant, gentle, easy-tempered.

=débonnairement=, _adv._, compliantly, easily.

☉=débonnaireté=, _n.f._, compliance, meekness.

=débord=, _n.m._, edge (of a coin); ☉overflowing; ☉(med.) defluxion.

=débordé=, =-e=, _adj._, overflowed; lewd, dissolute, debauched.

=débordement=, _n.m._, overflowing, breaking out, inundation, irruption; (fig.) dissoluteness, debauchery, lewdness; torrent, flood; (med.) overflow.

=déborder=, _v.n._, to overflow, to run over; to project, to bag, to jut out; (nav.) to get clear, to sheer off. _La doublure déborde_; the lining bags. _Cette maison déborde_; that house juts out.

=déborder=, _v.a._, to take off the border; to outrun; to go beyond; (milit.) to outflank; to edge (plumber’s business).

_se_ =déborder=, _v.r._, to overflow; to break, to burst, forth.

=débordoir=, _n.m._, edging-tool (of a plumber).

=débosseler= (dé-bos-lé), _v.a._, to take the bruises, the dents, out of.

=débotté=, _n.m._, with boots off.

=débotter=, _v.a._, to pull off boots.

_se_ =débotter=, _v.r._, to pull off one’s boots.

=débouché=, _n.m._, opening, expedient; outlet, issue; (com.) market, sale; water-way.

=débouchement= (de-boosh-mān), _n.m._, uncorking, unstopping, outlet; debouching; market, sale; disemboguement.

=déboucher=, _v.a._, to open; to clear; to uncork.

=déboucher=, _v.n._, to pass out; to fall into (rivers); (milit.) to debouch; to relieve the bowels; to expand the mind. _Au — du défilé_; on coming out of the defile.

=débouchoir=, _n.m._, lapidary’s tool.

=déboucler=, _v.a._, to unbuckle, to uncurl. _— une jument_; to unring a mare.

*=debouilli=, _n.m._, (dy.) boiling.

*=débouillir=, _v.a._, (dy.) to boil.

=déboulonner=, _v.a._, (tech.) to unbolt, to unpin.

=débouquement= (dé-book-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) narrow channel; disemboguement.

=débouquer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to disembogue.

=débourbage=, _n.m._, (metal.) trunking.

=débourber=, _v.a._, to cleanse; to take the mud away; (metal.) to trunk. _— une voiture_; to draw a carriage out of the mire.

=débourgeoiser=, _v.a._, to polish, to make a lady _or_ gentleman of.

_se_ =débourgeoiser=, _v.r._, to become polished.

=débourrement= (dé-boor-mān), _n.m._, taking off the fleece.

=débourrer=, _v.a._, (man.) to break in; to worm (fire-arms); to empty (a pipe); to polish (a person). _— un jeune homme_; to form _or_ polish a young man. _— un cheval_; to break in a horse; to take the fleece off.

☉=débours=, _n.m._, disbursement, sum laid out.

=déboursé=, _n.m._, money laid out, disbursement, outlay.

=déboursement=, _n.m._, disbursement, outlay, expenditure.

=débourser=, _v.a._, to disburse, to expend, to lay out.

=debout=, _adv._, upright, on end; up; standing; in existence (of things); ahead (of the wind). _Il se tient —_; he is standing up. _Être —_; to be up, to be stirring. _Allons, —, il est déjà grand jour_; come, get up, it is broad daylight. _Un conte à dormir —_; rigmarole. _Avoir le vent —_; to have the wind ahead _or_ a head wind.

=débouté=, _n.m._, (jur.) dismission, setting aside, nonsuit.

=débouter=, _v.a._, (jur.) to overrule, to reject, to non-suit. _Il a été débouté de sa demande_; his demand was rejected; he was non-suited.

=déboutonné=, =-e=, _part._, unbuttoned.

=déboutonner=, _v.a._, to unbutton.

_se_ =déboutonner=, _v.r._, to unbutton one’s self; to unbosom one’s self.

*=débraillé=, =-e=, _part._, open-breasted, loosely dressed, untidy; in disorder. _Tout —_; all untidy.

=débraillement= _or_ =débraillé=, _n.m._, untidiness, disorder; license, licentiousness.

*_se_ =débrailler=, _v.r._, to uncover one’s breast, to become untidy, disordered.

=débrayage=, _n.m._, disengaging gear (motor).

=débrayer=, _v.n._, to throw out of gear, to disengage.

*=débredouiller=, _v.a._, _se —_, _v.r._, to save the lurch (backgammon).

=débridement= (dé-brid-mān), _n.m._, unbridling; despatching, hurrying over; (surg.) relieving constriction by incision.

=débrider=, _v.a._, to unbridle; to despatch, to hurry; (surg.) to remove constriction by incision.

=débrider=, _v.n._, to unbridle one’s horse; to halt; to stop. _Sans —_; without stopping; at a stretch.

=débris=, _n.m._, remains, wreck, ruins; waste; rubbish.

=débrochage=, _n.m._, unstitching; unspitting.

=débrocher=, _v.a._, to unstitch, to unspit.

*=débrouillement=, _n.m._, disentangling, unravelling.

*=débrouiller=, _v.a._, to disentangle, to unravel, to clear up, to explain.

_se_ =débrouiller=, _v.r._, to unravel; to be disentangled, to be cleared up.

=débrutir=, _v.a._, to clear off the rough; to polish (gems).

=débrutissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, rough-polishing (of gems).

=débucher=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to start.

=débucher=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to dislodge, to start.

=débucher=, _n.m._, (hunt.) start. _Il se trouva au —_; he was present at the start.

=débusquement=, _n.m._, driving out; dislodging; ousting.

=débusquer=, _v.a._, to turn out, to oust, to expel; (hunt.) to start, to dislodge.

=début=, _n.m._, lead, first cast, _or_ throw; outset; debut; first appearance; beginning. _Voilà un beau —_; that is a fine beginning.

=débutant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, actor, actress, appearing for the first time; beginner.

=débuter=, _v.n._, to lead, to play first; to begin; to open; to set out; to make one’s first appearance. _Il a mal débuté dans le monde_; he made a bad beginning in life.

=débuter=, _v.a._, to drive from the jack (at bowls); to drive from the mark (at cards).

=deçà=, _prep._, this side of. _En —_, _de —_, _par —_, _la rivière_; this side of the river. _En — de la rivière_; on this side of the river.

=deçà=, _adv._, here, on this side. _— et delà_; here and there, this and that side, up and down. _Jambe —, jambe delà_; one leg this side, the other that. _De —_, _par —_, _en —_; this side.

=déca= (particle used in French weights and measures) deca (ten times the unit).

=décachetable=, _adj._, to be unsealed, opened.

=décachetage=, _n.m._, unsealing, opening.

=décacheter= (dé-kash-té), _v.a._, to unseal, to open; to break open, to break the seal of.

=décadaire=, _adj._, having ten days, decadal.

=décade=, _n.f._, decade.

=décadenasser=, _v.a._, to unpadlock.

=décadence=, _n.f._, decay, decline, wane, downfall.

=décadi=, _n.m._, decadi (the tenth day of a decade in the calendar of the first French Republic).

=décaèdre=, _adj._, decahedral.

=décaèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) decahedron.

=décagone=, _n.m._, (fort., geom.) decagon.

=décagone=, _adj._, decangular, decagonal.

=décagramme=, _n.m._, decagram (5·64 drams avoirdupois).

=décaissage=, _n.m._, uncasing, unpacking.

=décaisser=, _v.a._, to take out of its box, to unpack.

=décalage=, _n.m._, unwedging.

=décaler=, _v.a._, to unwedge.

=décalitre=, _n.m._, decalitre (2·2009 gallons).

=décalogue=, _n.m._, Decalogue.

=décalquer=, _v.a._, to transfer a tracing.

=décaméron=, _n.m._, decameron.

=décamètre=, _n.m._, decameter (32·808992 feet).

=décampement= (dé-kanp-mān), _n.m._, (milit.) decampment.

=décamper=, _v.n._, (milit.) to decamp; to move off, to walk off; to pack off, to bolt, to levant.

=décanat=, _n.m._, deanery, deanship.

=décandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) decandria.

=décantation=, _n.f._, (chem.) decantation.

=décanter=, _v.a._, (chem.) to decant, to pour off gently.

=décanteur=, _n.m._, (chem., pharm.) decanter.

=décapage=, _n.m._, cleaning, scraping (metal).

=décaper=, _v.n._, (nav.) to double a cape.

=décaper=, _v.a._, to clean, to scrape (metal).

=décapétalé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) having ten petals.

=décaphylle=, _adj._, (bot.) having ten leaves.

=décapitation=, _n.f._, decapitation, beheading.

=décapiter=, _v.a._, to behead, to decapitate.

=décapode=, _adj._, ten-footed, decapodal.

=décapole=, _n.f._, Decapolis.

=décarrelage=, _n.m._, unpaving.

=décarreler= (dé-kar-lé), _v.a._, to take up a floor, to unpave.

=décastère=, _n.m._, decastere (13·1 cubic yards).

=décastyle=, _n.m._, (arch.) decastyle.

=décasyllabe=, _adj._, decasyllabic.

=décatir=, _v.a._, to sponge woolen cloth.

_se_ =décatir=, _v.r._, (of cloth) to lose its gloss.

=décatissage= _n.m._, sponging.

=décatisseur=, _n.m._, sponger.

=décavé=, =-e=, _adj._, having lost one’s stake, ruined, beggared, lost in reputation.

=décaver=, _v.a._, to win the whole of one of the players’ stakes; to ruin, to beggar.

=décédé=, =-e=, _part._, deceased, dead.

=décédé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, deceased; person deceased.

=décéder=, _v.n._, to die, to expire, to decease.

=déceindre=, _v.a._, to ungird, to loose a girdle.

=décèlement= (-sèl-mān), _n.m._, disclosure, betrayal.

=déceler=, _v.a._, to disclose, to reveal, to betray.

_se_ =déceler=, _v.r._, to betray one’s self.

=déceleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, betrayer, revealer.

=décembre=, _n.m._, December.

=décemment= (dé-sa-mān), _adv._, in a decent manner, decently.

=décemvir= (-sèm-), _n.m._, decemvir.

=décemviral=, =-e=, _adj._, decemviral.

=décemvirat=, _n.m._, decemvirate.

=décence=, _n.f._, decency, propriety.

=décennal=, =-e= (-sèn-nal), _adj._, decennial.

=décent=, =-e=, _adj._, decent, becoming.

=décentralisation=, _n.f._, decentralization.

=décentraliser=, _v.a._, decentralize.

=décepti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, deceptive.

=déception=, _n.f._, deception, deceit, fraud.

=décerner=, _v.a._, to decree, to enact; to award, to bestow, to issue (a summons). _— un mandat d’amener_; to issue a writ of arrest. _Se —_; to be awarded, to be decreed, etc.

=décès=, _n.m._, decease, demise, death.

=décevable=, _adj._, deceivable.

=décevant=, =-e=, _adj._, deceptive.

=décevoir=, _v.a._, to deceive, to disappoint.

=déchaînement= (-shèn-mān), _n.m._, unbridling; letting loose (passions); fury, rage, violence, exasperation, inveighing, invective.

=déchaîner=, _v.a._, to unchain; to let loose, to turn loose, to exasperate.

_se_ =déchaîner=, _v.r._, to break loose, to free one’s self from one’s chains, to burst upon; to run riot; to inveigh.

=déchalement=, _n.m._, lying dry; ebbing, far out.

=déchaler=, _v.a.n._, to leave bare or dry; to lie dry; to ebb far out.

=déchanter=, _v.n._, to change one’s tone, to lower one’s pretensions, to sing another tune. _Je le ferai —_; I’ll make him sing small.

=déchaperonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of a wall) dismantled of its coping.

=déchaperonner=, _v.a._, to unhood, to uncope.

=décharge=, _n.f._, unloading, unlading; lumber-room; discharge; release; relief; exoneration; (jur.) defense; shower of blows; (mil.) volley, round. _Pièce de —_; lumber-room. _Table de —_; dinner-wagon. _Témoin à —_; witness for the defense. _Entendre les témoins à charge et à —_; to hear witnesses for and against.

=déchargement=, _n.m._, unloading, unlading.

=décharger=, _v.a._, to unload, to unlade, to empty, to vent, to disburden, to lighten; to discharge; to release, to set free; to exonerate; (hort.) to prime; to dismiss. _— sa conscience_; to clear one’s conscience. _— son cœur à quelqu’un_; to open one’s heart to any one. _— son fusil sur quelqu’un_; to discharge one’s musket at any one. _— sa bile_, _sa colère_, _sur quelqu’un_; to vent one’s bile, to wreak one’s anger, upon any one. _— un accusé_; to exculpate, to discharge an accused person. _Il a été déchargé de toute accusation_; he was entirely exculpated.

_se_ =décharger=, _v.r._, to be unloaded, to discharge itself (liquids); to disembogue (rivers); to free one’s self; to give vent to; to go off of itself (of a gun); to change, to fade (of colors); to lay the blame. _Se — d’une faute sur quelqu’un_; to shift the blame on any one.

=décharger=, _v.n._, to unload; to unlade; to come off (of ink).

=déchargeur=, _n.m._, unloader, wharf-porter, heaver, lumper.

=décharné=, =-e=, _part._, fleshless; lean, thin, spare; emaciated; (of style) bald, meager, poor. _Visage —_; gaunt face. _Style —_; bald style.

=décharnement=, _n.m._, emaciation; leanness; poverty; (of style) baldness.

=décharner=, _v.a._, to strip off the flesh; to impoverish, to make lean, to emaciate; to render meager, naked.

☉=décharpir=, _v.a._, to tear into rags; to part, to separate (fighters).

=déchasser=, _v.a._, (turnery) to drive out pegs; _v.n._, (dancing) to slide to the left.

=déchaumage=, _n.m._, (agri.) digging up the stubble; plowing up the stubble.

=déchaumer=, _v.a._, to plow up the stubble; to break up fallow land.

=déchaussé=, =-e=, _adj._, bare-footed.

=déchaussement= (-shôs-mān), _n.m._, pulling off (shoes or stockings), laying bare; baring (of teeth); shrinking, lancing of the gums.

=déchausser=, _v.a._, to pull off shoes and stockings; to lay bare (trees, teeth, buildings).

_se_ =déchausser=, _v.r._, to take off one’s shoes and stockings; to become bare (of the teeth).

=déchaussoir=, _n.m._, gum-lancet.

=déchaux=, _adj.m._, barefooted (of friars). _C’est un pied —_; he is a low poverty-stricken fellow. _À peine de —_; under pain of forfeiture.

=dèche=, _n.f._, (pop.) destitution, beggary. _En —_; out of pocket.

=déchéance=, _n.f._, (jur.) forfeiture; fall, decay.

=déchet=, _n.m._, (com.) loss, waste.

=décheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, needy, beggarly.

=déchevelé=, =-e=, _part._, disheveled.

=décheveler= (-shĕ-vlé), _v.a._, to dishevel. _V._ =écheveler=.

=déchevêtrer=, _v.a._, to take the halter off, to unhalter; to disentangle, to release.

_se_ =déchevêtrer=, _v.r._, to get its halter off; to break from its halter.

*=décheviller=, _v.a._, to unpeg, to unpin.

=déchiffrable=, _adj._, capable of being deciphered, legible, intelligible.

=déchiffrement=, _n.m._, deciphering; reading or playing at sight.

=déchiffrer=, _v.a._, to decipher; to unravel; to make clear; to read or play at sight.

_se_ =déchiffrer=, _v.r._, to be deciphered, to be unraveled.

=déchiffreur=, _n.m._, decipherer; player at sight.

=déchiqueté=, =-e=, _part._, (bot.) laciniate; jagged. _Feuille —e_; jagged leaf.

=déchiqueter= (dé-shik-té), _v.a._, to cut, to slash, to mangle, to cut in long pieces; to pink.

=déchiqueteur= (-shik-teur), _n.m._, cutter, slasher, _or_ ripper.

☉=déchiqueture= (-shik-tur), _n.f._, slashing, cutting, pinking.

=déchirage=, _n.m._, ripping up, breaking up, of a ship’s planks. _Bois de —_; old ship-timber.

=déchirant=, =-e=, _adj._, heart-rending, harrowing, piercing; excruciating.

=déchiré=, =-e=, _part._, torn, rent, ragged, tattered. _Être tout —_; to be all in rags. _Chien hargneux a toujours l’oreille —e_; snarling dogs have always sore ears.

=déchirement= (-shir-mān), _n.m._, rending, tearing; (surg.) laceration, _pl._, (fig.) intestine broils. _— d’entrailles_; excruciating pain in the bowels. _—s de cœur_; anguish of heart.

=déchirer=, _v.a._, to tear, to rend, to lacerate; to bespatter, to revile, to defame. _— une plaie_; to tear open a wound. _— à coups de fouet_; to lash to pieces. _— quelqu’un à belles dents_; to pull any one to pieces. _— l’oreille_; to grate on the ear. _— de vieux vaisseaux_; to rip up old vessels. _— la cartouche_; to bite the cartridge. _Être déchiré de remords_; to be tortured with remorse. _— son prochain_; to slander one’s neighbor.

_se_ =déchirer=, _v.r._, to tear, to be torn, to be rent; to vilify, to abuse, to defame, each other. _Ce papier se déchire très facilement_; this paper tears very easily. _Je sentis mon cœur —_; I felt my heart breaking.

=déchireu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tearer, render; breaker up, ripper up (of boats, ships).

=déchirure=, _n.f._, rent, tear, break.

=déchoir= (déchu), _v.n._, to decay, to fall off, to decline; to forfeit, to lose; (nav.) not to keep the right course. _— de son rang_; to fall from one’s rank. _Il est fort déchu de sa réputation_; he is greatly fallen in reputation. _— de ses espérances_; to be less sanguine in one’s hopes. _Être déchu d’un droit_; to have forfeited a claim. _Commencer à —_; to begin to fall away.

=déchouement=, _n.m._, the floating of a stranded ship.

=déchouer=, _v.a._, to get off, to set afloat.

=déchristianiser=, _v.a._, to unchristianize.

_se_ =déchristianiser=, _v.r._, to lose the character of Christian, to fall away from Christianity.

=déchu=, =-e=, _part._, decayed, sunk, fallen. _Ange —_; fallen angel.

=déci=, particle used in French weights and measures, deci (one-tenth of the unit).

=décidé=, =-e=, _adj._, decided, determined, resolved, resolute; confident.

=décidément=, _adv._, decidedly, positively; actually, really; on considération.

☉=décidence=, _n.f._, the falling of the womb.

=décider=, _v.a._, to decide, to determine, to settle, to induce, to persuade.

=décider=, _v.n._, to decide, to determine. _Que le sort décide entre nous_; let fortune determine between us. _Cet événement décida de mon sort_; that event decided my fate.

_se_ =décider=, _v.r._, to decide, to determine, to resolve, to make up one’s mind; to be decided, to be settled. _La victoire s’est décidée en faveur de nos armes_; victory favored our arms. _Tout se décidait par intérêt_; everything was decided by interest.

=décidu=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) deciduous.

=décigramme=, _n.m._, decigram (15·4325 grain).

=décilitre=, _n.m._, deciliter (0·176 pint).

=déciller=. _V._ =dessiller=.

=décimable=, _adj._, tithable.

=décimal=, =-e=, _adj._, decimal.

=décimateur=, _n.m._, tithe-owner.

=décimation=, _n.f._, decimation.

=décime=, _n.m._, decime, tenth part of a franc; war-tax.

=décimer=, _v.a._, to decimate (to punish every tenth soldier); to destroy, to thin, to sweep off, to carry off, to annihilate.

=décimètre=, _n.m._, decimeter (3·937 inches).

=décimo=, _adv._, tenthly.

=décintrement=, _n.m._, (arch.) removing the centerings (of walls).

=décintrer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to remove the centers from an arch.

=décintroir=, _n.m._, (tech.) cutting-hammer.

=décirer=, _v.a._, to take the wax off. _Se —_; to become unwaxed; to lose its wax.

=décisi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, decisive, conclusive; positive, peremptory. _C’est un homme —_; he is a positive man. _Prendre un ton —_; to assume a peremptory tone.

=décision=, _n.f._, decision; determination; resolution. _Une — de droit_; a decision in law.

=décisivement= (-ziv-mān), _adv._, decisively, peremptorily, positively.

=décisoire=, _adj._, (jur.) decisory.

=décistère=, _n.m._, decistere (3·53 cubic feet).

=déciviliser=, _v.a._, to uncivilize.

=déclamateur=, _n.m._, declaimer, stump-orator. _Ce n’est qu’un —_; he is a mere ranter.

=déclamateur=, _adj._, declamatory, stilted, bombastic. _Style —_; high-flown style.

=déclamation=, _n.f._, declamation, elocution; manner, art of reciting, declaiming; abuse, invective. _— oratoire_, _théâtrale_; oratorical, theatrical elocution. _Professeur de —_; teacher of elocution. _Il s’est livré à des —s contre sa partie adverse_; he indulged in invectives against his adversary.

=déclamatoire=, _adj._, declamatory.

=déclamer=, _v.a._, to declaim; to recite; to spout, to mouth (out).

=déclamer=, _v.n._, to declaim; to recite; to spout, to rant, to inveigh.

=déclarat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, declarer.

=déclarati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, declaratory.

=déclaration=, _n.f._, declaration, proclamation; disclosure; notification; (jur.) schedule; statute (of bankruptcy); (jur.) affidavit; verdict (of juries). _— d’entrée_, _de sortie_; declaration of goods (at the custom-house) on entering, on leaving the town.

=déclaratoire=, _adj._, declaratory.

=déclaré=, =-e=, _adj._, declared; open; avowed; acknowledged; recognized. _Ennemi —_; declared _or_ avowed enemy.

=déclarer=, _v.a._, to declare, to make known; to proclaim; to certify; to denounce; to find (guilty, not guilty). _— sa volonté_; to make known one’s will.

_se_ =déclarer=, _v.r._, to declare, to be declared, to break out, to speak one’s mind; to declare oneself, itself; to set in (of the weather). _La petite vérole s’est déclarée_; small-pox has broken out.

=déclasser=, _v.a._, to alter the classing of; to undervalue, to depreciate; to strike off the rolls; to dismiss from the service.

=déclaveter=, _v.n._, to get loose (of gearing).

=déclencher=, _v.a._, to unlatch a door, to lift up the latch, to unhook, to loosen.

=déclic=, _n.m._, (mec.) click; trigger, catch; monkey (of a pile-driver).

=déclimater=, _v.a._, to declimatize.

=déclin=, _n.m._, decline, decay; wane (of the moon); ebb; close; main-spring (of fire-arms). _L’hiver est sur son —_; winter is drawing to a close. _Le jour à son —_; twilight.

=déclinable=, _adj._, (gram.) declinable.

=déclinaison=, _n.f._, (gram.) declension; (astron., phys.) declination. _— de la boussole_; variation of the compass. _— d’un cadran_; declination of a dial.

=déclinant=, =-e=, _adj._, declining. _Cadran —_; declining dial.

=déclinatoire=, _adj._, declinatory. _Exception —_; exception.

=déclinatoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) declinatory plea, exception.

=décliner=, _v.n._, to decline; to be on the wane, to fall off; to refuse to entertain. _Ses forces déclinent beaucoup_; his strength is fast declining. _Ce malade décline tous les jours_; the patient is falling away every day.

=décliner=, _v.a._, (gram.) to decline; to state. _— son nom_; to state one’s name. _— une juridiction_; to decline, to except to, the jurisdiction of a court of law.

=déclive=, _adj._, declivous, sloping; (surg.) dependent.

=déclivité=, _n.f._, declivity, slope.

=décloîtrer=, _v.a._, to withdraw from a convent, to uncloister; to secularize.

_se_ =décloîtrer=, _v.r._, to leave the cloister; to return to the world; to unfrock oneself.

=déclore=, _v.a._, to unclose, to throw open.

=déclos=, =-e=, _part._, unclosed; open.

=déclôture=, _n.f._, unclosing, opening.

=déclouer=, _v.a._, to unnail.

=décochement= (-kosh-mān), _n.m._, discharge, darting (of arrows, shafts); shooting.

=décocher=, _v.a._, to discharge, to let fly (arrows); to let fly; to bring out; to dart.

=décoction=, _n.f._, (pharm.) decoction.

*=décognoir=, _n.m._, (print.) shooting-stick.

=décoiffer=, _v.a._, to take off a head-dress, to undress the hair; to take the sealing-wax off the cork of a bottle. _— St. Pierre pour coiffer St. Paul_; to rob Peter to pay Paul.

_se_ =décoiffer=, _v.r._, to undo one’s head-dress, to take off one’s cap. _Cet enfant se décoiffe tous jours_; that child is constantly pulling off its cap.

=décoinçage=, _n.m._, unwedging; (rail.) unkeying, unlocking.

=décoincer=, _v.a._, to unwedge; (rail.) to unkey.

_se_ =décoincer=, _v.r._, to get unwedged.

=décollation=, _n.m._, decollation, beheading.

=décollement= (-kol-mān), _n.m._, ungluing, unpasting, coming off.

=décoller=, _v.a._, to behead; to unglue, to deglutinate; to come off the cushion (at billiards).

_se_ =décoller=, _v.r._, to unglue, to get unglued, to come off (the cushion).

=décolleté=, =-e=, _part._, in a low dress; (of dresses) low; (fig.) broad, free, licentious.

=décolleter= (-kol-té), _v.a._, to uncover the neck.

_se_ =décolleter=, _v.r._, to bare one’s shoulders; to wear a low dress.

=décolleter=, _v.n._, to leave the neck bare.

=décoloration=, _n.f._, discoloration.

=décoloré=, =-e=, _part._, discolored, faded; (fig.) (of style) tame, colorless.

=décolorer=, _v.a._, to discolor, to take away the color of, to change from the natural hue of.

_se_ =décolorer=, _v.r._, to lose one’s _or_ its color; to become discolored, to fade. _Ces roses se décolorent_; these roses are losing their color.

=décombler=, _v.a._, to empty.

=décombrer=, _v.a._, to clear away rubbish from, to clear.

=décombres=, _n.m.pl._, rubbish, ruins.

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

_se_ =décommander=, _v.r._, to be countermanded.

=décompléter=, _v.a._, to render incomplete.

=décomposable=, _adj._, decomposable; decompoundable.

=décomposé=, =-e=, _part._, decomposed; decomposite. _Un visage —_; a distorted countenance.

=décomposer=, _v.a._, to decompose, to discompose, to distort; to decompound. _La terreur décompose le visage_; terror distorts the face.

_se_ =décomposer=, _v.r._, to decompose, to become decomposed; to be distorted.

=décomposition=, _n.f._, decomposition, analysis; discomposition.

=décompte= (dé-kont), _n.m._, deduction; allowance; deficiency; drawback; disappointment. _Trouver du —_; to be disappointed.

=décompter= (dé-kon-té), _v.a._, to deduct; to reckon off.

=décompter=, _v.n._, to reckon off; to be disappointed; to lose one’s illusions.

=déconcerté=, =-e=, _adj._, disconcerted.

=déconcerter=, _v.a._, to disconcert, to confuse, to foil, to baffle.

_se_ =déconcerter=, _v.r._, to be disconcerted or put out; to be confused.

=déconclure=, _v.a._, to annul, to break off.

=déconfire=, _v.a._, to discomfit; to nonplus; to do for.

=déconfiture=, _n.f._, discomfiture; havoc; overthrow, break-down; (jur.) insolvency.

=déconfort=, _n.m._, discomfort, sorrow, distress.

=déconforter=, _v.a._, to discomfort, to grieve, to distress.

*=déconseiller=, _v.a._, to dissuade.

=déconsidération=, _n.f._, disrepute; disesteem, discredit.

=déconsidéré=, =-e=, _adj._, sunk into disrepute, discredited.

=déconsidérer=, _v.a._, to bring into disrepute, to discredit.

_se_ =déconsidérer=, _v.r._, to fall, to sink, into disrepute.

=déconstruire=, _v.a._, to take to pieces; to unbuild, to demolish, to pull down; to decompose; (gram.) to construct badly. _— des vers_; to turn verse into prose.

=décontenancé=, =-e=, _part._, out of countenance, abashed.

=décontenancer=, _v.a._, to abash, to put out of countenance.

_se_ =décontenancer=, _v.r._, to be put out of countenance, to be abashed.

=déconvenue=, _n.f._, discomfiture, disaster, mishap, failure.

=décor=, _n.m._, decoration, ornamental painting; (paint.) graining. _pl._, (theat.) scenery. _— en bois_; graining in imitation of wood. _Peintre en —s_; grainer.

=décorateur=, _n.m._, ornamental painter, decorator; scene-painter; grainer.

=décorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, decorative, ornamental.

=décoration=, _n.f._, decoration, embellishment; star; star of the order of the Legion of Honor. _pl._, scenery. _Porter une —_; to wear the star of an order.

=décorder=, _v.a._, to untwist, to untwine.

=décoré=, =-e=, _part._, knighted; decorated; wearing the insignia of some order of knighthood.

=décoré=, _n.m._, knight; knight of the Legion of Honor.

=décorer=, _v.a._, to decorate, to ornament, to adorn; to dignify; to trim; to set off; to confer (titles, honors); to confer the knighthood of the Legion of Honor; to paint. _— d’un ordre_; to confer an order. _Se — d’un titre_; to assume a title.

=décorner=, _v.a._, to unhorn. _— un livre_; to undo the dog’s ear of. _— une carte_; to turn the corner of.

=décortication=, _n.f._, stripping off bark, decortication; pulping, husking, barking.

=décortiquer=, _v.a._, to decorticate, to bark, to husk.

=décorum= (-rom), _n.m._, decorum, propriety, decency. _Observer le —_; to observe proprieties. _C’est pour garder le —_; it is for decency’s sake. _Blesser le —_; to offend against the laws of decorum.

=découcher=, _v.n._, to sleep out; to stay out all night.

=découcher=, _v.a._, to turn out of bed.

=découdre=, _v.a._, to unsew, to unstitch, to rip up.

_se_ =découdre=, _v.r._, to come unsewed, unstitched.

=découdre=, _v.n._, to contend. _Ils veulent en —_; they are bent on coming to blows, or fighting it out.

=découlant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing, running.

=découlement= (-kool-mān), _n.m._, flowing, running, dropping, trickling.

=découler=, _v.n._, to trickle, to flow, to run; to spring from, to proceed. _La sueur découlait de son visage_; the perspiration was running down his face. _C’est de Dieu que les grâces découlent_; all blessings flow from God.

=découpage=, _n.m._, (tech.) cutting out, carving out. _— à l’emporte-pièce_; punching.

=découpé=, =-e=, _part._, (paint.) cut out; (bot.) cut; standing out, defined, sharp, clear (of a landscape).

=découpé=, _n.m._, (hort.) mingled bed, parterre.

=découper=, _v.a._, to cut into pieces, into shreds; to cut up, to carve; to pink, to slash; to cut out. _— un poulet_; to carve a fowl. _— une jupe_; to slash a petticoat. _— des figures_; to cut out figures.

_se_ =découper=, _v.r._, to stand out, to show up against.

=découpeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, carver, pinker, cutter.

=découple= _or_ =découpler=, _n.m._, (hunt.) uncoupling, unleashing of dogs.

=découplé=, =-e=, _part._, uncoupled; strapping. _C’est un gaillard bien —_; he is a strapping fellow. _Une fille bien —e_; a well-set girl.

=découpler=, _v.a._, to uncouple, to unleash, to let loose.

=découpoir=, _n.m._, (tech.) punch, stamping-machine, stamping press; butler’s tray.

=découpure=, _n.f._, cutting out, pinking, work cut out; cut paper-work.

=décourageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, discouraging, disheartening.

=découragement= (-raj-mān), _n.m._, discouragement; despondency. _Tomber dans le —_; to become discouraged.

=décourager=, _v.a._, to discourage, to dishearten, to daunt, to deter.

_se_ =décourager=, _v.r._, to be discouraged, disheartened. _Il y a de quoi se —_; it is enough to dishearten one.

=décourant=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =décurrent=.

=décourber=, _v.a._, to unyoke barge horses; to unbend, to straighten.

=découronner=, _v.a._, to discrown, to lay bare. _— une hauteur_; to sweep the top of a hill (of troops).

=décours=, _n.m._, decrease; wane (of the moon).

=décousu=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, unsewed, unstitched, ripped; (of style, etc.) desultory, loose, unconnected. _Style —_; desultory style. _Des idées —es_; unconnected ideas.

=décousure=, _n.f._, seam-rent; (hunt.) gash (by a wild boar).

=découvert=, =-e=, _part._, uncovered, detected, plain; discovered, open; unguarded; undecked (of boats). _Une allée —e_; an open walk. _Un pays —_; an open country. _À —_; in the open, exposed to the fire of the enemy; unprotected; barefaced; (com.) overdrawn. _Être à —_; (com.) to have no security, to be unsecured; to be overdrawn.

=découvert=, _n.m._, (com.) uncovered balance, overdraft, deficit.

=découverte=, _n.f._, discovery, detection; (nav.) lookout; (milit.) reconnoitering. _Aller à la —_; to scout. _Envoyer à la — de_; to send to reconnoiter.

=découvreur=, _n.m._, discoverer.

=découvrir=, _v.a._, to uncover, to expose, to lay bare, to bare, to unmuffle, to unroof; to see, to spy out, to discover, to disclose; to unveil; to find out, to descry, to discern; to detect. _— les racines d’un arbre_; to lay bare the roots of a tree. _— son jeu_; to show one’s cards; to betray oneself. _Je lui ai découvert mon cœur_; I opened my heart to him. _— une mine d’or_; to discover a gold mine. _— le pot aux roses_; to find out the intrigue, the mystery.

_se_ =découvrir=, _v.r._, to uncover oneself, to unbosom oneself; to expose oneself; to be detected; to make oneself known, to betray oneself; to clear up (of the sky).

=décramponner=, _v.a._, to uncramp, to loosen.

_se_ =décramponner=, _v.r._, to let go one’s hold.

=décrasse-peigne=, _n.m._, comb-cleaner, comb-brush.

=décrasser=, _v.a._, to take off the dirt, to clean, to scour, to polish. _— la tête_; to clean the head. _Il faut — ce jeune homme_; that young man requires brushing up.

_se_ =décrasser=, _v.r._, to wash, to clean oneself; to polish oneself, to become polished.

=décréditement= (-dit-mān), _n.m._, discrediting, discredit; disrepute.

=décréditer=, _v.a._, to discredit, to disgrace, to bring into discredit _or_ disrepute.

_se_ =décréditer=, _v.r._, to sink into discredit, to lose one’s credit _or_ reputation.

=décrépi=, =-e=, _adj._, unplastered.

=décrépir=, _v.a._, (mas.) to unplaster.

=décrépissage=, _n.m._, (mas.) unplastering.

=décrépit=, =-e=, _adj._, decrepit, broken-down.

=décrépitation=, _n.f._, decrepitation, crackling.

=décrépiter=, _v.n._, to decrepitate, to crackle.

=décrépitude=, _n.f._, decrepitude.

=décret=, _n.m._, decree, fiat, order, enactment; ☉(jur.) writ; order in council.

=décrétale=, _n.f._, decretal.

=décréter=, _v.a._, to decree, to order, to enact; ☉(jur.) to issue a writ against.

=décreusage=, _n.m._, ungumming (of silk).

=décreuser=, _v.a._, to ungum.

=décri=, _n.m._, crying down, prohibition; disrepute, discredit.

=décrier=, _v.a._, to decry, to cry down, to run down; to discredit, to bring into disrepute.

_se_ =décrier=, _v.r._, to bring one’s self into disrepute; to cry one another down.

=décrire=, _v.a._, to describe, to trace, to draw.

_se_ =décrire=, _v.r._, to be described.

=décrocher=, _v.a._, to unhook, to take down.

_se_ =décrocher=, _v.r._, to become unhooked.

=décroire=, _v.a._, to disbelieve, to discredit.

=décroisement=, _n.m._, uncrossing.

=décroiser=, _v.a._, to uncross.

=décroissance=, _n.f._ _V._ =décroissement=.

=décroissant=, =-e=, _adj._, decreasing, diminishing; decrescent; (math.) descending.

=décroissement= (-kroas-mān), _n.m._, decrease, diminution, wane.

=décroître=, _v.n._, to decrease, to diminish, to wane; to draw in (of days); to come down (in life).

=décrottage=, _n.m._, cleaning of boots, trowsers.

=décrotter=, _v.a._, to rub off the dirt, to clean, to brush off.

_se_ =décrotter=, _v.r._, to clean or brush one’s self.

=décrotteur=, _n.m._, shoe-boy, shoe-black.

=décrottoir=, _n.m._, a scraper (for shoes).

=décrottoire=, _n.f._, shoe-brush, hard brush.

=décrue=, _n.f._, decrease; fall (of water). _La crue et la — de l’eau_; the rise and fall of water.

=décruer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to scour (silk).

=décrûment=, _n.m._, (dy.) scouring.

=décrusement= _or_ =décrusage=, _n.m._, (dy.) ungumming.

=décruser=, _v.a._, to ungum.

=déçu=, =-e=, _part._, deceived; frustrated.

=décuire=, _v.a._, to thin (syrup). _Ce sirop est trop épais, il faut le —_; this syrup is too thick, it must be thinned.

=déculassement=, _n.m._, unbreeching.

=déculasser=, _v.a._, to unbreech (a gun).

=décuple=, _adj._, tenfold, decuple.

=décuple=, _n.m._, decuple, tenfold. _Il a gagné le — de ce qu’il avait avancé_; he has gained ten times as much as he laid out.

=décupler=, _v.a._, to increase tenfold.

=décurie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) decury.

=décurion=, _n.m._, (antiq.) decurion.

=décurrent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) decurrent.

=décursi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, decursive.

=décussation=, _n.f._, decussation.

=décuvage=, _n.m._, _or_ =décuvaison=, _n.f._, tunning (of wine).

=décuver=, _v.a._, to tun.

*=dédaigner=, _v.a._, to disdain, to scorn, to despise, to slight, to disregard, to turn up one’s nose at.

*=dédaigneusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, disdainfully, scornfully.

*=dédaigneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disdainful, scornful; regardless, careless of. _Faire le —_; to turn up one’s nose at.

=dédain=, _n.m._, disdain, scorn, disregard. _Prendre en —_; to conceive a dislike for.

=dédale=, _n.m._, labyrinth, maze.

=dédamer=, _v.n._, to displace a man (at draughts). _v.a._, to uncrown a king.

=dedans=, _adv._, within, in; inside. _Il est là-dedans_; he is within. _En —_; on the inside, within. _Sa porte était fermée en —_; his door was fastened inside. _Donner —_; to fall into the trap. _Être —_; to be in for it. _Mettre quelqu’un —_; to take any one in. _Se mettre —_; to get taken in, to get into a scrape. _De —_; from within. _Par —_; within, inside. _Être tout en —_; to be uncommunicative, reticent, close.

=dedans=, _n.m._, inside; interior. _Du — au dehors_; from within outwards. _Au — et au dehors_; at home and abroad.

=dédicace=, _n.f._, dedication, consecration; inscription.

=dédicatoire=, _adj._, dedicatory.

=dédier=, _v.a._, to dedicate, to consecrate; to devote; to inscribe.

=dédire=, _v.a._, to gainsay, to unsay, to contradict, to disown.

_se_ =dédire=, _v.r._, to recant, to retract, to unsay what one has said; to go back from one’s word, to recede. _Se — de sa promesse_; to revoke one’s promise. _Il ne peut s’en —_; he cannot go back on it _or_ back out of it.

=dédit=, _n.m._, unsaying; forfeit, forfeiture; retraction; deed stipulating forfeiture. _Au — de_; on the forfeiture of. _Avoir son dit et son —_; to say yes one day and no the next.

=dédommagement= (-maj-mān), _n.m._, indemnification; compensation, damages, amends, indemnity.

=dédommager=, _v.a._, to indemnify, to make amends, to make good; to compensate, to make up for.

_se_ =dédommager=, _v.r._, to indemnify one’s self, to recoup one’s self.

=dédorer=, _v.a._, to ungild. _Jeunesse dédorée_; degenerate youth.

_se_ =dédorer=, _v.r._, to lose its gilt (of metal, etc.).

=dédoublé=, _n.m._, diluted alcohol.

=dédoublement= _or_ =dédoublage=, _n.m._, dividing into two; unlining; diluting.

=dédoubler=, _v.a._, to take out the lining; to divide into two; to dilute; (nav.) to unsheath (a vessel). _— une pierre_; to cut a stone into two parts lengthwise.

_se_ =dédoubler=, _v.r._, to become unlined, to be unfolded; to be divided into two; to be diluted; (nav.) to be unsheathed.

=déduction=, _n.f._, deduction; set off; inference; taking from, defalcation; (obsol.) enumeration, recital.

=déduire= (déduisant, déduit), _v.a._, to take from, to deduct, to subtract; to draw from, to deduce, to infer.

☉=déduit=, _n.m._, amusement, pleasure, pastime.

=déesse=, _n.f._, goddess, female deity.

=défâcher=, _v.a._, to pacify.

_se_ =défâcher=, _v.r._, to be pacified or pleased again, to cool down; to cease to be angry. _S’il est fâché, qu’il se défâche_; if he is angry, let him cool down again.

=défaçonner=, _v.a._, to put out of shape; to spoil any one’s manners.

_se_ =défaçonner=, _v.r._, to get out of shape; to lose one’s good manners.

*=défaillance=, _n.f._, fainting fit, swoon; exhaustion; extinction (of a family); ☉(chem.) deliquescence. _Tomber en —_; to fall into a swoon; (jur.) default.

*=défaillant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) defaulter.

*=défaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, falling off; decaying; without heirs; weak, feeble; faltering, unsteady.

*=défaillir=, _v.n._, to grow faint and weak, to fail, to sink; to decay; to swoon, to faint away. _Ses forces défaillent tous les jours_; his strength fails him every day. _Il se sent —_; he feels himself sinking. _Je me sentis —_; I felt I was going to faint.

=défaire=, _v.a._, to undo, to unmake; to take asunder; to unpin; to unrip; to unknit; to make away with; to defeat, to rout; to eclipse, to obscure; to emaciate, to make lean, to waste; to discompose, to alter; to free, to deliver, to rid. _— une malle_; to unpack a trunk. _— un nœud_; to untie a knot. _Sa maladie l’a bien défait_; his illness has given him a worn appearance. _Défaites-moi de cet importun_; rid me of that troublesome fellow. _— un marché_, _— un mariage_; to annul, break off, a bargain, a marriage.

_se_ =défaire=, _v.r._, to rid one’s self, to get rid of, to get quit of, to ease one’s self of, to make away, to forsake, to leave off; to come undone, to become loose; to lose strength and quality (of wine). _Se — de son ennemi_; to dispatch one’s enemy. _Se — d’un vice_; to throw off a vice. _Se — d’une mauvaise habitude_; to break one’s self of a bad habit. _Défaites-vous de vos préjugés_; shake off your prejudices. _Se — de sa marchandise_; to sell off one’s wares. _Se — d’un bénéfice_; to give up a living. _Se — d’un cheval_; to part with a horse. _Se — d’un domestique_; to discharge a servant. _Ce vin se défait_; this wine is losing its flavor.

=défait=, =-e=, _part._, undone, defeated; meager, lean, wasted; pale; worn out, wan.

=défaite=, _n.f._, defeat, overthrow; (com.) sale; evasion, shift, put-off, sham, pretense. _Ces marchandises-là sont de bonne —_; those goods command a ready sale. _La — est ingénieuse_; that is an ingenious evasion. _C’est une —_; that is a mere put-off.

=défalcation=, _n.f._, defalcation, deduction.

=défalquer=, _v.a._, to take off, to defalcate, to deduct.

=défausser=, _v.a._, to straighten.

_se_ =défausser=, _v.r._, (at cards) to get rid of useless cards, or to play a card of another suit.

=défaut=, _n.m._, defect; fault; flaw, blemish; want; shortcoming; default. _Chacun a ses —s_; every one has his defects. _Il n’y a personne sans —_; there is no man but has his faults. _Cette pièce de porcelaine a un —_; there is a flaw in that piece of china. _Le — de blé_, _de subsistances_; want of corn, of victuals. _C’est là le — de la cuirasse_; that’s his weak point. _Condamner par —_; to cast for non-appearance. _Jugement par —_; judgment by default. _Les chiens sont en —_; the hounds have lost the scent. _Trouver quelqu’un en —_; to find any one at fault. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to baffle, to foil any one, to throw off the scent. _Au —_, _à — de_; in default of, for want of. _Faire —_; to be wanting; to fail; to be missed.

=défaveur=, _n.f._, disfavor, disgrace, discredit.

=défavorable=, _adj._, unfavorable, disparaging.

=défavorablement=, _adv._, unfavorably; disparagingly.

=défécation=, _n.f._, (pharm.) defecation. _Matière à —_; temper (of sugar).

=défecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) defective.

=défection=, _n.f._, defection, falling off, disloyalty.

=défectivité=, _n.f._, (gram.) defectiveness.

=défectueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, defectively.

=défectueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, defective, imperfect.

=défectuosité=, _n.f._, defect, imperfection, flaw.

=défendable=, _adj._, defensible, tenable.

=défendant=, _part._, defending. _Il l’a tué à son corps —_; he killed him in self-defense. _Faire une chose à son corps —_; to do a thing reluctantly, in self-defense.

=défende-ur=, _n.m._, =-resse=, _n.f._, (jur.) defendant; respondent.

=défendre=, _v.a._, to defend, to protect; to shelter, to shield, to support, to uphold, to vindicate; to forbid, to prohibit. _— son ami_; to defend one’s friend. _On a défendu le port des armes_; the carrying of arms is prohibited. _La raison nous défend de faire une injustice_; reason forbids us to do an injustice. _— sa maison à quelqu’un_; to forbid any one the house.

=défendre=, _v.n._, (jur.) to defend. _Il a été condamné faute de —_; he was cast for want of being defended; (nav.) to fend off.

_se_ =défendre=, _v.r._, to defend one’s self; to excuse one’s self from doing a thing; to clear one’s self; to deny a thing; to keep, to shield one’s self from; to help, to forbear. _Cet accusé a voulu se — lui-même_; that prisoner wanted to conduct his own defense. _Il ne peut se — de tant de reproches_; he cannot clear himself from so many imputations. _Ne pas s’en —_; to acknowledge, admit anything. _Je ne m’en défends pas_; I admit it, own it.

=défens=, _n.m._, (forestry) defense (of forests).

=défendures=, _n.f.pl._, hurdles, fences.

=défense=, _n.f._, defense, protection; prohibition, interdiction; apology, vindication, justification; warning, notice; task; (nav.) fender; skid; boom. _pl._, (fort.) outwork, defense; tusk, fang (of boars); tusk (elephants). _Se mettre en —_; to stand upon one’s defense. _Être hors de —_; not to be in a condition to defend one’s self. _Bois en —_; a wood so far grown that cattle may be let into it without danger to the trees. _Cordes de —_; fenders of junk _or_ old cable. _Faire —_; to forbid, to prohibit. _Preuves alléguées pour la — d’une cause_; plea. _Donner ses —s_; to answer. _Arrêt de —_; decree to suspend the execution of a former decree. _Armé_, _muni_, _de —s_; tusked, fanged (of boars, elephants). _— d’entrer_; no admittance except on business. _— de fumer_; no smoking allowed. _— d’uriner_; commit no nuisance.

=défenseur=, _n.m._, defender, supporter, vindicator, advocate; defender, counsel. _Un — nommé d’office_; a defender appointed by the court.

=défensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, defensive.

=défensive=, _n.f._, safeguard, defensive. _Se tenir sur la —_; to stand upon the defensive.

=déféquer=, _v.a._, to defecate.

=déférant=, =-e=, _adj._, complying, condescending, yielding.

=déférence=, _n.f._, deference, regard, respect.

=déférent=, _adj.m._, deferent. _Cercle —_; (anc. astron.) deferent. _Canal —_; (anat.) deferent.

=déférer=, _v.a._, to confer, to bestow; to tender, to inform against. _— le serment à quelqu’un_; to tender an oath to, to bring before any one, to put any one on his oath. _— quelqu’un en justice_; to impeach any one in court. _— quelqu’un à l’inquisition_; to report any one to the inquisition.

=déférer=, _v.n._, to defer, to yield, to comply, to condescend. _— aux sentiments des autres_; to defer to the sentiments of others. _— à quelqu’un_; to pay deference to one.

=déferler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unfurl.