Chapter D (2)

=déferler=, _v.n._, to break into foam, to roll in (of the sea). _La lame déferle_; the wave bursts into foam, rolls in shore.

=déferrer=, _v.a._, to unshoe (a horse); to nonplus, to confound.

_se_ =déferrer=, _v.r._, to come off, to fall off, to lose a shoe; to be nonplused _or_ confounded. _Mon lacet se déferre_; the tag is coming off my lace.

=défet=, _n.m._, waste sheet (in bookselling).

*=défeuillaison=, _n.f._, defoliation.

*=défeuiller=, _v.a._, to take off the leaves. _Le vent a défeuillé les arbres_; the wind has blown off the leaves.

_se_ =défeuiller=, _v.r._, to lose, to shed their leaves (of trees). _Les arbres se défeuillent_; the trees are losing, shedding their leaves.

=défi=, _n.m._, defiance, challenge. _Un cartel de —_; a written challenge. _Envoyer un — à quelqu’un_; to send any one a challenge. _Je lui ai fait un — aux échecs_; I challenged him to a game at chess. _Mettre au —_; to set at defiance.

=défiance=, _n.f._, distrust, mistrust; diffidence, caution. _Concevoir de la —_; to entertain distrust. _Être dans la —_; to have one’s misgivings. _Une sotte — le retient_; he is held back by a foolish diffidence.

=défiant=, =-e=, _adj._, distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious.

=déficient=, =-e=, _adj._, (arith.) deficient.

=déficit= (-sit), _n.m._, deficit, deficiency. _Combler le —_; to make up the deficit.

=défier=, _v.a._, to defy, to challenge; to brave, to face, to dare; to set at defiance. _— quelqu’un au trictrac_; to challenge any one to play at backgammon. _— les dangers_, to face dangers. _Il ne faut jamais — un fou_; never bid defiance to a madman. _Je vous défie de m’en donner la preuve_; I defy you to give me a proof of it.

=défier=, _v.n._, (nav.) to bear off, to fend.

_se_ =défier=, _v.r._, to defy, to challenge, each other; to distrust, to mistrust; to suspect. _Je me défie de cet homme_; I distrust that man. _Se — de ses forces_; to distrust one’s own strength. _Se — de soi-même_; to distrust one’s self.

=défigurement=, _n.m._, disfigurement; defacement.

=défigurer=, _v.a._, to disfigure, to mar, to distort, to spoil. _La petite vérole l’a tout défiguré_; the small-pox has quite disfigured him. _— la vérité_; to distort the truth.

_se_ =défigurer=, _v.r._, to disfigure one’s self, to become disfigured, to become deformed.

=défilade=, _n.f._, filing past; going off _or_ past; marching past.

=défilé=, _n.m._, defile, narrow pass; strait, difficulty; (milit.) defiling, filing off _or_ past, marching past. _Je ne vois aucun moyen de sortir de ce —_; I see no way of getting out of this difficulty.

=défilement=, _n.m._, filing off, marching past _or_ going past; (fort.) defilading.

=défiler=, _v.a._, to unstring, to unthread; to untwist. _— des perles_; to unstring pearls. _— son chapelet_; to say all one has to say (on a subject). _Elle a défilé son chapelet_; she has given up devotion. _Le chapelet se défile_; the association is falling to pieces. _— un ouvrage_; (fort.) to defilade.

=défiler=, _v.n._, to defile, to file off, march past, go past. _Les soldats ne pouvaient — que deux à deux_; the soldiers could only go past two by two.

=défiler=, _n.m._, (milit., l.u.) filing off, marching past.

=défini=, _n.m._, the definite.

=défini=, =-e=, _part._, determined, definite, defined. _Nombre —_; definite number.

=définir=, _v.a._, to define, to determine; to decide; to explain, to describe. _— une personne_; to give an idea of a person. _Se —_; to be defined, to be determined, to be made out.

=définissable=, _adj._, definable.

=définisseur=, _n.m._, definer.

=définiteur=, _n.m._, definitor (in convents).

=définiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, definitive, final; ultimate, eventual, peremptory, positive. _En —ve_; definitively, after all, in short. _En —ve, que voulez-vous?_ in a word, what do you want?

=définition=, _n.f._, definition; decision, determination. _Faire une —_; to give a definition.

=définitivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, definitively, positively, decidedly, ultimately, eventually.

=définitoire=, _n.m._, chapter (of monks).

=déflagration=, _n.f._, (chem.) deflagration.

=défléchi=, =-e=, _adj._, turned aside, deflected.

=défléchir=, _v.n._, to turn from _or_ aside, to deflect.

_se_ =défléchir=, _v.r._, to deflect.

=déflegmation=, _n.f._, (chem.) dephlegmation.

=déflegmer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to dephlegmate.

=défleuraison=, _n.f._, fall of the blossom.

=défleurir=, _v.n._, to shed blossoms.

=défleurir=, _v.a._, to nip or strip off blossoms; to take off the bloom of fruit (by handling it).

=déflexion=, _n.f._, (phys.) deviation, deflection.

=défloration=, _n.f._, defloration.

=déflorer=, _v.a._, to deflour, to deflower. _— un sujet_; to take the freshness off a subject.

☉=défluer=, _v.n._, (astrol.) to flow, to recede.

=défonçage=, _n.m._, (agri.) subsoil plowing; trenching.

=défoncé=, =-e=, _part._, broken, battered in. _Chemin —_; broken road.

=défoncement= (-fons-mān), _n.m._, (tech.) staving in, beating in of the head of casks; (agri.) digging up; deep plowing.

=défoncer=, _v.a._, to stave in (a cask); to bilge; to cut up; to knock in (the head of a cask). _— un terrain_; to dig up, to trench ground. _— une peau_; to dip a hide. _— un chapeau_; to batter in a hat.

_se_ =défoncer=, _v.r._, to give way at the bottom; to break up (of roads); to get cut up.

=déformation=, _n.f._, deformation.

=déformé=, =-e=, _adj._, deformed, out of shape.

=déformer=, _v.a._, to put out of form, to throw out of shape.

_se_ =déformer=, _v.r._, to lose the proper form or shape, to get out of shape. _Sa taille se déforme_; her figure is losing its shape, its litheness.

=défortifier=, _v.a._, to dismantle.

_se_ =défortifier=, _v.r._, to get dismantled.

=défouetter=, _v.a._, (book-bind.) to untie.

=défournement=, _n.m._, drawing out of the oven.

=défourner=, _v.a._, to draw out of an oven. _— le pain_; to draw the batch.

=défourrer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unwrap, to take off the envelope.

=défrai=, _n.m._, (pop.) defraying, settling expenses.

=défraîchi=, _adj._, no longer fresh; faded.

=défraîchir=, _v.a._, to destroy, to take off, the brilliancy, gloss, _or_ freshness of a thing.

_se_ =défraîchir=, _v.r._, to lose its brilliancy, freshness.

=défranciser=, _v.a._, to unfrenchify.

=défrayement=, _n.m._, defraying.

=défrayer=, _v.a._, to defray, to bear, the cost of; to amuse; to be the laughing-stock of. _— la compagnie_; to be the laughing-stock of the company.

=défrayeur=, _n.m._, defrayer.

=défrichage= _or_ =défrichement= (-frish-mān), _n.m._, clearing, grubbing up; land so cleared. _Faire le — d’un terrain_; to clear a piece of ground. _Ce — est en plein rapport cette année_; this piece of cleared land is in full bearing this year.

=défriché=, _adj._, cleared (of land).

=défricher=, _v.a._, to clear, to grub up; to unravel (l.u.). _— un champ_; to clear a field.

=défricheur=, _n.m._, clearer, digger.

=défrisement= (-friz-mān), _n.m._, uncurling.

=défriser=, _v.a._, to uncurl, to put out of curl; (pop.) to disappoint, to ruffle.

_se_ =défriser=, _v.r._, to uncurl, come out of curl.

=défroncement=, _n.m._, unplaiting, unfolding.

=défroncer=, _v.a._, to undo gathers, folds, or plaits; to unknit (the brows). _— le sourcil_; to smooth one’s brow.

=défroque=, _n.f._, old clothes; old things, effects; cast-off clothes.

=défroquer=, _v.a._, to unfrock.

_se_ =défroquer=, _v.r._, to forsake, to renounce one’s order (of monks).

=défruiter=, _v.a._, to strip of its fruit.

=défuner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strip (a mast).

=défunt=, =-e=, _adj._, defunct, deceased, late. _Les enfants du —_; the deceased’s children.

=dégagé=, =-e=, _part._, disengaged; redeemed (of a pledge); flippant; bold; easy; slender, graceful. _Chambre —e_; room that has a back-door. _Escalier —_; back stairs. _Taille —e_; free, easy figure (pers.). _Air —_; free, easy way _or_ manner.

=dégagement= (-gaj-mān), _n.m._, redeeming, disengagement, clearance; (fenc.) disengaging; release, liberation, discharge. _Le — d’effets déposés au mont-de-piété_; the redeeming of articles at the pawnbroker’s. _Le — de sa parole_; the calling in of one’s word. _Le — de la voie publique_; the clearing of the street. _Le — de la poitrine_; the easing of the chest. _Escalier de —_; private staircase. _Tuyau de —_; waste pipe.

=dégager=, _v.a._, to redeem; to take out of pawn; to free, to clear, to disengage, to extricate, to disentangle, to separate; to evolve; to deliver, to rescue. _— sa parole_; to redeem one’s word; to withdraw one’s word. _— quelqu’un de sa parole_; to release any one from his word. _— une porte_; to clear a doorway. _— la tête_, _la poitrine_; to ease, relieve, _or_ lighten the head, the chest. _Il l’a dégagé de ses ennemis_; he rescued him from his enemies. _Je le dégageai de ses liens_; I freed him from his bonds. _— le fer_; (fenc.) to disengage. _Cet habit dégage la taille_; that coat shows off the figure to advantage. _— les cheveux_; to disentangle the hair.

_se_ =dégager=, _v.r._, to be cleared from; to extricate, to disengage, to free, to disentangle, to loose one’s self; to break loose; to get away, to get clear; (chem.) to be evolved.

=dégaine=, _n.f._, (fam.) awkwardness; ridiculous manners, deportment, awkward gait, &c. _Quelle —!_ what a figure for you.

=dégainer=, _n.m._, unsheathing, drawing (of a sword). _Être brave jusqu’au —_; to be brave till it comes to the push.

=dégainer=, _v.a._, to draw, to unsheath one’s sword; to fork out.

=dégaineur=, _n.m._, fighter, bully, quarrelsome fellow, professed duelist.

=dégaler=, _v.a._, to pick clean (of skins).

=dégalonner=, _v.a._, to unlace, unstrip.

=déganter=, _v.a._, to pull off gloves.

_se_ =déganter=, _v.r._, to take off one’s gloves.

=dégarni=, =-e=, _adj._, unfinished; bare, naked; empty.

=dégarnir=, _v.a._, to untrim, to unfurnish, to strip; to thin; to uncover; to dismantle. _— une chambre_, _une maison_; to unfurnish a room, a house. _— le cabestan_; (nav.) to unring the capstan. _— un vaisseau de ses agrès_; to strip a vessel of its rigging. _— un arbre_; to thin a tree. _— une robe_; to untrim a gown.

_se_ =dégarnir=, _v.r._, to strip one’s self; to empty, become empty; to grow thin; to lose; to part with; to wear lighter clothes. _Sa tête se dégarnit_; his hair is growing thin. _La salle se dégarnit_; the house is getting empty. _Il ne faut pas trop se hâter de se —_; people should not be in too great a hurry to put on lighter clothing.

=dégasconner=, _v.a._, to teach a Gascon to speak good French, to acquire French manners, &c.

_se_ =dégasconner=, _v.r._, to lose the Gascon accent.

=dégât=, _n.m._, havoc, damage, depredation, waste, ravage. _La grêle a fait un grand —_; the hail has caused great havoc. _Faire le —_; to ravage.

=dégauchi=, =-e=, _adj._, planed, smoothed, straightened.

=dégauchir=, _v.a._, to smooth, to plane, to level, to straighten; to form, to polish. _— un jeune homme_; to polish a young man.

=dégauchissage= _or_ =dégauchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, planing, straightening, leveling, smoothing.

=dégazer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to free from gas.

=dégazonnement=, _n.m._, unturfing.

=dégazonner=, _v.a._, to unturf.

=dégel=, _n.m._, thaw. _Avoir du —_; to have a thaw. _Être au —_; to be thawing (of the weather). _Le vent est au —_; the wind will bring on a thaw.

=dégeler= (dé-jlé), _v.a.n._, to thaw.

_se_ =dégeler=, _v.r._, to thaw.

☉=dégénérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, degenerating.

=dégénération=, _n.f._, degeneration; degeneracy, deterioration.

=dégénérer=, _v.n._, to decline, to degenerate, to fall away (from). _— de ses ancêtres_; to degenerate from one’s ancestors.

=dégénérescence=, _n.f._, (med.). _V._ =dégénération=.

=dégénérescent=, =-e=, _adj._, degenerating.

=dégingandé=, =-e=, _adj._, tottering; awkward; gawky; swinging in one’s gait; clumsy; ill-formed; unconnected; disjointed.

_se_ =dégingander=, _v.r._, to get out of shape; to swing about.

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

=dégluer=, _v.a._, to take off the bird-lime; to unglue.

_se_ =dégluer=, _v.r._, to get rid of bird-lime; to get unglued _or_ cleared (of the eyes).

=déglutition=, _n.f._, deglutition, swallowing.

*=dégobiller=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to bring up; to puke, to spew, to vomit, to throw up.

*=dégobillis=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) vomit, spew.

=dégoiser=, _v.a.n._, ☉to chirp, to twitter; to rattle; to blab out; to chatter; to prattle. _En dégoise-t-elle!_ how she does rattle on, to be sure! _Il a dégoisé tout ce qu’il sait_; he blabbed out all he knew.

=dégommage=, _n.m._, ungumming.

=dégommer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to wash out the gum; (pop.) to turn out of office; to oust; to kill.

=dégonder=, _v.a._, to unhinge, to take from its hinge.

_se_ =dégonder=, _v.r._, to come unhinged, to come off its hinges.

=dégonflement=, _n.m._, subsiding, falling, collapsing; reduction.

=dégonfler=, _v.a._, to cause a thing to collapse, to reduce a swelling; to discharge the gas from a balloon.

_se_ =dégonfler=, _v.r._, to go down, to be reduced, to subside, to unbosom one’s self.

=dégor=, _n.m._, a discharging tube.

=dégorgement=, _n.m._, breaking out, overflowing; unstopping; outfall, outflow. _— d’un tuyau_; cleansing, unstopping of a pipe.

=dégorgeoir= (-joar), _n.m._, priming-iron, vent-bit (for guns); outlet, issue; spout.

=dégorger=, _v.a._, to clear, to open; to cleanse, to scour.

=dégorger=, _v.n._, to discharge one’s self, to overflow. _Faire —_; to purge (fish); (fig.) to make any one stump up.

_se_ =dégorger=, _v.r._, to discharge, to empty itself; to get unstopped, to get clear.

=dégoter=, _v.a._, (pop.) to knock down; to oust, to displace, to push off.

=dégourdi=, =-e=, _adj._, quick, sharp, acute, shrewd (pers.); tepid (water). _C’est un homme bien —_; he is a shrewd fellow.

=dégourdi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, quick, sharp, acute, shrewd man _or_ boy; pert, forward woman _or_ girl.

=dégourdir=, _v.a._, to quicken, to revive; to sharpen, to render shrewd; to polish. _— ses jambes_; to stretch one’s limbs. _Faire — de l’eau_; to take the chill off water. _— un jeune homme_; to polish a young man.

_se_ =dégourdir=, _v.r._, to remove the numbness from; to lose the numbness of; to stretch one’s self; to become sharp, polished, shrewd; to brighten up.

=dégourdissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, removal of numbness; return of circulation; quickening, reviving.

=dégoût=, _n.m._, disgust, disrelish, loathing; dislike, distaste; mortification. _Il lui a pris du — pour la viande_; he has taken a dislike to meat. _Avoir du — pour la vie_; to be disgusted with life. _On lui a donné bien des —s_; they made him swallow many a bitter pill.

=dégoûtant=, =-e=, _adj._, disgusting, loathsome, distasteful, nauseous, sickening; unpleasant, disheartening. _Plaie —_; disgusting sore.

=dégoûté=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, fastidious person, fastidious. _Faire le —_; to be squeamish, fastidious. _C’est un bon —_; he likes good things. _Vous n’êtes pas —!_ you’re not at all particular! I should rather think so!

=dégoûter=, _v.a._, to disgust; to put out of conceit. _Cela est bien fait pour — quelqu’un du métier_; that is well calculated to disgust any one with the trade. _Il est dégoûté de la vie_; he is disgusted with life.

_se_ =dégoûter=, _v.r._, to take a disgust, a dislike, a distaste to; to nauseate, to dislike, to lose courage, to be disheartened.

=dégouttant=, =-e=, _adj._, dropping, dripping.

=dégouttement=, _n.m._, dripping, falling in drops.

=dégoutter=, _v.n._, to drop, to trickle, to drip, to dribble. _La sueur lui dégouttait du front_; the perspiration was rolling off his forehead. _Faire — du beurre sur de la viande_; to drip butter upon meat.

=dégradant=, =-e=, _adj._, degrading, debasing.

=dégradation=, _n.f._, degradation; (mil.) cashiering, drumming out; damage, dilapidation; (jur.) waste; (paint.) diminution of light and shade.

=dégrader=, _v.a._, to debase, to degrade, to deface, to strip; (paint.) to diminish the light and shade; to damage, to dilapidate; (mil.) to cashier, to drum out. _— un bois_, _une maison_; to damage a wood, a house. _Le temps a dégradé ce monument_; time has defaced that monument.

_se_ =dégrader=, _v.r._, to degrade, to debase, to disgrace one’s self; to become damaged, defaced, dilapidated; (jur.) to waste.

=dégrafer=, _v.a._, to unclasp, to unhook.

_se_ =dégrafer=, _v.r._, to become unhooked, unfastened (of garments); to unbutton, unhook, unfasten one’s clothes.

=dégraissage= _or_ =dégraissement=, _n.m._, cleaning, scouring.

=dégraisser=, _v.a._, to scour, to remove greasy stains; to fleece any one; to impoverish land, to carry off the soil; (carp.) to beard, to thin; (cook.) to remove fat. _— un bouillon_; to skim the fat off broth. _— un habit_; to clean a coat. _La poudre dégraisse les cheveux_; powder cleans the hair. _Terre à —_; fuller’s earth. _Les ravines dégraissent les terres_; torrents impoverish land (by carrying off the soil).

=dégraisseur=, _n.m._, scourer, cleaner.

=dégraissis=, _n.m._, scourings.

=dégraissoir=, _n.m._, scraper.

=dégravoiement= _or_ =dégravoîment=, _n.m._, (arch.) baring, laying bare (by water).

=dégravoyer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to wash away, to bare, to lay bare (of water).

=degré=, _n.m._, step, stair, staircase; stage, grade, gradation; degree, point, extent, pitch; (astron., geol., gram., math., phys.) degree; (of universities) degree. _À un très haut —_; to a very great extent. _Par —s_; gradually. _Au suprême —_; in the highest degree.

=dégréement=, _n.m._, (nav.) unrigging.

=dégréer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unrig. _— un mât_; to strip a mast.

=dégrèvement= (-grèv-mān), _n.m._, reduction, relief; disencumbrance; redemption.

=dégrever=, _v.a._, to diminish, to reduce (a tax); to disencumber, to free, to redeem.

=dégringolade=, _n.f._, fall, tumble.

=dégringoler=, _v.n._, to run down, to tumble down; to topple down _or_ over; to go from bad to worse; to go to the dogs.

=dégrisement= (-griz-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) sobering, getting sober; cooling down.

=dégriser=, _v.a._, to sober; to cool, to bring to one’s senses.

_se_ =dégriser=, _v.r._, to sober down; to come to one’s senses; to cool down; to lose one’s illusions.

=dégrossage=, _n.m._, drawing fine; (wire-drawing) reducing, thinning.

=dégrosser=, _v.a._, to reduce; to thin (ingots).

=dégrossi=, _n.m._, (arts) roughing, rough-hewing, roughing down; dressing, drawing.

=dégrossir=, _v.a._, to chip, to chip off the grosser parts; to rough-hew, to hew down; to clear up, to unravel; to make a rough sketch of. _— un bloc de marbre_; to chip a block of marble.

=dégrossissage=, _n.m._, (arts) roughing, rough-hewing; roughening down; (carp.) dressing, trimming.

*=déguenillé=, =-e= (dég-ni-ié), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, tatterdemalion, ragged person; tattered, ragged, in rags. _Un grand —_; a big tatterdemalion. _Quelle est cette petite —e?_ who is that little girl in rags and tatters? _Elle était toute —e_; she was in rags and tatters. _Un habit —_; a ragged coat.

=déguerpir=, _v.a._, (jur.) to quit, to give up.

=déguerpir= (-ghèr-), _v.n._, to pack off, to move off; to be gone. _Je le ferai bien —_; I’ll make him pack off. _— au plus vite_; to be gone as fast as possible.

=déguerpissement= (-ghèr-pis-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) quitting; yielding, giving over, departure, removal.

=dégueuler= (-gheu-), _v.n._, (l.ex.) to spew, to vomit.

*=déguignonner= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to change ill-luck, to bring better luck to.

=déguisement= (-ghiz-mān), _n.m._, concealment, disguise. _Parlez sans —_; speak openly.

=déguisable=, _adj._, disguisable, concealable.

=déguiser= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to disguise, to conceal, to hide. _On le déguisa en femme_; they disguised him as a woman.

_se_ =déguiser=, _v.r._, to disguise one’s self; to conceal from one’s self.

=dégustateur=, _n.m._, taster (of wines).

=dégustation=, _n.f._, tasting (of wines).

=déguster=, _v.a._, to taste (wines); to sip. _Se —_; to be tasted, to be sipped.

=déhaler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to tow out _or_ back out.

=déhâler=, _v.a._, to take off sun-burns.

_se_ =déhâler=, _v.r._, to clear one’s complexion.

=déhanché=, =-e=, _adj._, hipped, hipshot; (fig.) ungainly. _n.m.f._, hipshot person; ungainly man, woman _or_ girl.

=déhanchement=, _n.m._, swinging about; twisting about.

_se_ =déhancher=, _v.r._, to waddle, to swing about, to twist one’s body about.

=déharnachement= (-nash-mān), _n.m._, unharnessing.

=déharnacher=, _v.a._, to unharness.

=déhiscence=, _n.f._, (bot.) dehiscence.

=déhiscent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) dehiscent.

=déhonté=, =-e=, _adj._, shameless, unabashed, _C’est un homme —_; he is a man destitute of shame.

=dehors= (dĕ-or), _adv._, out, without, out of doors, abroad, externally; (nav.) out, at sea. _En —_; without, outside. _Au —_; outwardly. _De —_; from without. _Au dedans et au —_; at home and abroad. _Mettre quelqu’un —_; to turn any one out of doors.

=dehors=, _n.m._, outside, exterior. _pl._, appearances; (fort.) outworks; dependencies, approaches, grounds (of a house). _Sauver les —_; to save appearances.

=déhortatoire=, _adj._, dehortatory.

=déicide=, _n.m._, deicide.

=déification=, _n.f._, deification.

=déifier=, _v.a._, to deify.

=déisme=, _n.m._, deism.

=déiste=, _n.m._, deist.

=déiste=, _adj._, deistical.

=déité=, _n.f._, deity, god, goddess, divinity.

=déjà=, _adv._, already, before, yet. _Pas — si_; not so very, not so great. _Pas — tant_; not so very much.

=déjection=, _n.f._, (med.) dejection; ejection, evacuation.

=déjeté=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, warped, sprung.

_se_ =déjeter=, _v.r._, to warp (of wood); (med.) to deviate.

=déjettement= (dé-jèt-mān), _n.m._, warping; deviation.

=déjeuner= _or_ =déjeuné=, _n.m._, breakfast, breakfast-service. _— à la fourchette_; meat breakfast. _Second —_; luncheon. _Un — de porcelaine_; a porcelain breakfast-service.

=déjeuner=, _v.n._, to breakfast.

=déjoindre=, _v.a._, to disjoin, to disunite, to sever.

_se_ =déjoindre=, _v.r._, to become disjoined, to separate, to part, to come apart.

=déjouer=, _v.a._, to baffle, to frustrate, to foil. _— un projet_; to baffle a project. _— quelqu’un_; to baffle any one, to foil any one.

=déjouer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to play badly; (nav.) to wave, to flutter (of the flag).

=déjucher=, _v.n.a._, to unroost, to come down from the roost. _Je vous ferai bien — de là_; I will make you come down from there.

=déjuger=, _v.a._, to judge differently.

_se_ =déjuger=, _v.r._, to change, to reverse one’s opinion.

=delà=, _prep._, beyond; farther than, on the other side of. _Au —_, _de —_, _par —_, _en —_; beyond, further on, upwards. _Deçà et —_; right and left; all about. _Jambe deçà, jambe —_; one leg this side, the other that side.

=délabré=, =-e=, _part._, tattered, in rags, shabby, seedy; (of things) tumbledown, ramshackle. _Une santé —e_; shattered health. _Un navire —_; a dismantled vessel. _Terre —e_; land gone to waste. _Un estomac —_; a disordered stomach. _Être —_; to be all in tatters.

=délabrement=, _n.m._, ruin, decay, dilapidation; shabbiness, raggedness.

=délabrer=, _v.a._, to shatter, to ruin, to pull to pieces, to destroy, to tear to tatters.

_se_ =délabrer=, _v.r._, to fall to tatters, to pieces, to go to ruin; to decay. _Tous mes meubles se délabrent_; all my furniture is going to wrack and ruin.

=délacer=, _v.a._, to unlace. _— un corset_; to unlace stays.

_se_ =délacer=, _v.r._, to unlace one’s self; to come undone (of stays, strings, etc.).

=délai=, _n.m._, delay, extension of time, reprieve. _User de —s_; to put off, to procrastinate. _Dans un — de_; within (a given time).

=délaiement=, _n.m._, diluting.

=délaissé=, =-e=, _part._, abandoned, forlorn, forsaken, friendless. _Des orphelins —s_; helpless orphans.

=délaissement= (-lès-mān), _n.m._, destitution, forlornness, helplessness, desertion; (jur.) abandonment to a mortgagee.

=délaisser=, _v.a._, to forsake, to abandon; to cast off, to desert, to leave, to relinquish. _Se —_; to give up one’s property (in favor of another).

=délardement=, _n.m._, (arch.) unlarding; splay, slope, beveling, chamfering.

=délarder=, _v.a._, (arch.) to unlard, to splay, to bevel, to chamfer.

=délassement= (-lâs-mān), _n.m._, remission of attention _or_ application, relaxation; repose, recreation, diversion.

=délasser=, _v.a._, to refresh, to relax, to divert. _Le sommeil vous délasse_; sleep refreshes one. _Un changement d’occupation délasse l’esprit_; a change of occupation relaxes the mind.

_se_ =délasser=, _v.r._, to refresh one’s self, to rest.

=délat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, informer, denouncer, accuser.

=délation=, _n.f._, information, denunciation, informing.

=délatter=, _v.a._, to unlath.

=délavage=, _n.m._, diluting of color (in drawing and water-color painting); soaking.

=délavé=, =-e=, _adj._, weak, pale, dim (of gems); diluted (of colors).

=délaver=, _v.a._, to dilute color (in drawing and water-color painting); to soak, imbibe with water.

_se_ =délaver=, _v.r._, to become soaked, imbibed with water; to lose color.

=délayable=, _adj._, dilutable.

=délayage=, _n.m._, diluting, dilution.

=délayant=, _n.m._, (med.) diluent.

=délayant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) diluent.

=délayement= (-lè-i-mān), _n.m._, diluting.

=délayer=, _v.a._, to dilute; to temper (lime); to spin out.

=déléatur=, _n.m._, (_—_) (print.) dele.

=délectable=, _adj._, delicious, delectable, delightful.

=délectablement=, _adv._, deliciously, delightfully.

=délectation=, _n.f._, delectation, delight, gratification.

=délecter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to delight.

_se_ =délecter=, _v.r._, to take delight. _Se — à l’étude_; to delight in study.

=délégant= _or_ =délégat-eur=, _n.m._, =-e=, =-rice=, _n.f._, delegator.

=délégataire=, _n.m.f._, delegatee.

=délégation=, _n.f._, delegation, assignment; proxy.

=délégatoire=, _adj._, delegatory.

=délégué= (-ghé), _n.m._, delegate, deputy; proxy.

=délégué=, =-e=, _adj._, delegated.

=déléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to delegate; to assign. _— son autorité_; to delegate one’s authority.

_se_ =déléguer=, _v.r._, to be delegated, assigned.

=délestage=, _n.m._, (nav.) unballasting.

=délester=, _v.a._, to unballast.

=délesteur=, _n.m._, (nav.) ballast-heaver, ballast-lighter.

=délétère=, _adj._, deleterious.

=délibérant=, =-e=, _adj._, deliberative.

=délibérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, deliberative.

=délibération=, _n.f._, deliberation; resolution. _Mettre en —_; to bring under deliberation.

=délibéré=, =-e=, _adj._, deliberate, bold, decided, resolute. _Marcher d’un pas —_; to walk resolutely. _De propos —_; with set purpose, designedly, purposely.

=délibéré=, _n.m._, (jur.) deliberation.

=délibérément=, _adv._, deliberately, boldly, resolutely.

=délibérer=, _v.n._, to deliberate; to determine, to resolve. _Il n’y a pas lieu à —_; there is no occasion for deliberating. _Il en sera délibéré_; it shall be taken into consideration.

=délicat=, =-e=, _adj._, delicate, weak, dainty, nice, touchy, fastidious, ticklish. _Vous êtes bien —_; you are very fastidious. _Faire le —_; to be fastidious. _Affaire —e_; ticklish affair. _Il est — sur le point d’honneur_; he is very tender on points of honor. _Il est — sur le manger_; he is very dainty.

=délicatement= (-kat-mān), _adv._, delicately, daintily, tenderly. _Peu —_; indelicately.

☉=délicater=, _v.a._, to cocker, to fondle, to pamper. _V._ =dorloter=.

_se_ =délicater=, _v.r._, to nurse one’s self, to indulge one’s self.

=délicatesse=, _n.f._, delicacy; tenderness; daintiness, scrupulousness, refinement; nicety (of language); ticklishness; squeamishness; considerateness. _pl._, dainties. _Les —s d’une langue_; the niceties of a language. _Avoir une grande — de conscience_; to have a very scrupulous conscience. _Ce serait une — de votre part_; it would be very nice of you.

=délice=, _n.m.sing._, =délices=, _n.f.pl._, delight, pleasure; deliciousness. _Goûter les —s de la vie_; to enjoy the delights of life. _Faire ses —s d’une chose_; to delight in a thing. _Je faisais les —s de ma mère_; I was my mother’s darling.

=délicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, deliciously, delightfully.

=délicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, delicious, delightful; capital. _Cette histoire est —se_; that’s a capital story.

_se_ =délicoter=, _v.r._, (man.) to slip the halter.

=délictueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (jur.) unlawful, felonious.

=délié=, =-e=, _adj._, untied, loose; small, thin; light, easy, flowing (of style); slender, slim; cunning. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to be quick, shrewd. _Avoir la langue —e_; to have a voluble, glib tongue.

=délié=, _n.m._, (penmanship) thin stroke, up-stroke.

=délier=, _v.a._, to unbind; to untie; to liberate, to release, to absolve. _— quelqu’un d’un serment_; to free any one from an oath. _On l’a délié de ses vœux_; he was liberated from his vows.

_se_ =délier=, _v.r._, to come untied, to get unfastened; to get loose.

=délimitation=, _n.f._, settling the limits, fixing the boundaries.

=délimiter=, _v.a._, to settle the boundaries, fix the limits.

=délinéation=, _n.f._, delineation.

=délinéer=, _v.a._, to delineate.

=délinquant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, delinquent, offender.

☉=délinquer=, _v.n._, (jur.) to offend, to trespass.

=déliot=, _n.m._, finger-stall, thumb-stall.

=déliquescence= (-kès-sānss), _n.f._, (chem.) deliquescence.

=déliquescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) deliquescent.

=deliquium= (-kui-om), _n.m._, (chem.) deliquium.

=délirant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (med.) one who is delirious; delirious, frenzied, frantic; maddening, rapturous.

=délire=, _n.m._, delirium, frenzy, folly, deliriousness. _Avoir le —_; to rave. _Tomber en —_; to become delirious.

=délirer=, _v.n._, to be delirious, to rave, to wander.

=delirium tremens= (de-li-riom tré-mīnss), _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) delirium tremens.

=délissage=, _n.m._, roughing, ruffling; sorting (of rags).

=délisser=, _v.a._, to rough, ruffle, sort.

=délisseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, sorter (of rags).

=délit=, _n.m._, misdemeanor, delinquency, offense; (mas.) wrong bed (of stone). _En flagrant —_; in the very act.

=déliter=, _v.a._, (mas.) to surbed (stones).

_se_ =déliter=, _v.r._, to break in the grain; to cleave; to scale off.

=délitescence= (-tès-sāns), _n.f._, (med.) delitescence.

=délivrance=, _n.f._, deliverance, delivery; rescue, relief.

=délivre=, _n.m._, (anat.) after-birth; heam (of animals).

=délivrer=, _v.a._, to deliver, to release, to set free; to rid of, to hand over. _— de prison_; to release from prison. _— de la marchandise_; to deliver goods. _Se faire —_; to obtain, to take out.

_se_ =délivrer=, _v.r._, to deliver one’s self, to free one’s self.

=délivreur=, _n.m._, deliverer; rescuer; (man.) ostler; groom; (techn.) one of the two drums of a cotton-machine.

=délogement= (-loj-mān), _n.m._, removal; change of quarters, departure, decamping.

=déloger=, _v.n._, to remove, to quit, to go from one’s house; to go away, to march off. _— sans tambour ni trompette_; to march off in silence, to steal away; to decamp quietly, to bolt in the night.

=déloger=, _v.a._, to turn out (of house); to oust; to drive away; (milit.) to dislodge.

=délové=, _adj._, (nav.) uncoiled (of rope).

=délover=, _v.a._, (nav.) to uncoil.

=déloyal=, =-e=, _adj._, disloyal, false, treacherous, unfair.

=déloyalement= (dé-loa-yal-mān), _adv._, disloyally, treacherously.

=déloyauté=, _n.f._, dishonesty, perfidiousness, treachery.

=delta=, _n.m._, (geog.) delta.

=deltoïde=, _adj._, (anat., bot.) deltoid.

=déluge=, _n.m._, deluge, flood. _Un — de larmes_; a flood of tears. _Un — de paroles_; a torrent of words.

=déluré=, _adj._, wide-awake, sharp.

=délustrer=, _v.a._, to take off the luster, the gloss of.

=déluter=, _v.a._, to unlute.

=démagogie=, _n.f._, demagogism.

=démagogique=, _adj._, demagogic, demagogical.

=démagogue= (-gog), _n.m.f._, demagogue.

=démaigrir=, _v.n._, (jest.) to recover flesh.

=démaigrir=, _v.a._, (arch.) to thin.

=démailler=, _v.a._, to undo the meshes of.

_se_ =démailler=, _v.r._, to become undone.

*=démailloter=, _v.a._, to unswathe.

=demain=, _adv._, to-morrow. _— matin_; to-morrow morning. _— soir_; to-morrow night. _Après —_; the day after to-morrow. _À — les affaires!_ we will talk of business another day!

=demain=, _n.m._, to-morrow. _Avec lui c’est toujours —_; he is always putting off, procrastinating.

=démanché=, =-e=, _adj._, off the handle; (fig.) ungainly, loose, dislocated, unconnected, disjointed.

=démanché=, _n.m._, an ungainly fellow; (mus.) shift.

=démanchement= (-mansh-mān), _n.m._, taking off (a handle); unhafting; (mus.) shift.

=démancher=, _v.a._, to take off the handle, to unhaft.

_se_ =démancher=, _v.r._, to lose its handle; to go wrong; (mus.) to shift.

=démancher=, _v.n._, (nav.) to get out of the channel; (mus.) to shift.

=demande=, _n.f._, question, query, request, petition; demand, suit, inquiry; (com.) order, proposal; (mus.) subject of a fugue. _Faire sa — par écrit_; to present one’s request in writing. _Appuyer une —_; to second a request. _À sotte — point de réponse_; a silly question needs no answer.

=demander=, _v.a._, to ask, to beg, to request, to solicit, to sue for, to demand; (jur.) to pray; to desire; to wish, to want; to ask for, to call for; to inquire after; to require; (com.) to order. _Faire —_; to ask for. _— l’aumône_; to ask for alms. _— son pain_; to beg one’s bread. _Que demandez-vous?_ what do you want? _N’est-il venu personne me —?_ has nobody called for me? _On vous demande_; you are wanted. _Cela demande une explication_; that requires an explanation. _On demande_; wanted. _Ne pas — mieux_; to ask for nothing better; to be only too glad; to be most happy to.

=demander=, _v.n._, to ask, to beg; to wish, to request; to require, to demand.

_se_ =demander=, _v.r._, to ask one’s self, to wonder.

=demandeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, asker; applicant. _À beau — beau refuseur_; diamond cut diamond.

=demande-ur=, _n.m._, =-resse=, _n.f._, (jur.) demandant, plaintiff.

=démangeaison= (-jè-zon), _n.f._, itching; longing. _Avoir une grande — de parler_; to be dying to talk.

=démanger=, _v.n._, to itch; to long. _La tête me démange_; my head itches. _Les pieds lui démangent_; he longs to go out.

=démanteler= (-man-tlé), _v.a._, (milit.) to dismantle.

=démantellement= (tèl-mān), _n.m._, (fort., milit.) dismantling.

=démantibuler=, _v.a._, to break, to dislocate; to put out of order.

=démarcation=, _n.f._, demarcation. _Ligne de —_; line of demarcation.

=démarche=, _n.f._, gait, walk; proceeding, measure; step, course; application, overture. _— noble_; noble bearing. _Faire une —_; to take a step; to make an application. _On observe toutes ses —s_; all his steps are dogged.

=démarier=, _v.a._, to annul a marriage.

_se_ =démarier=, _v.r._, to get unmarried.

=démarquer=, _v.a._, to unmark.

=démarquer=, _v.n._, to lose the mark of its age (of a horse).

=démarrage=, _n.m._, unmooring.

=démarrer=, _v.a._, to unmoor. _— un cordage_; to unbend a rope.

=démarrer=, _v.n._, to leave, to slip her moorings (of a ship); to move, to stir, to get away.

=démasquer=, _v.a._, to unmask; to show up. _— une batterie_; to unmask a battery.

_se_ =démasquer=, _v.r._, to unmask, to take off one’s mask. _Il s’est démasqué_; he has pulled off his mask.

=démâtage=, _n.m._, (nav.) dismasting.

=démâter=, _v.a._, to dismast.

=démâter=, _v.n._, to lose her masts (of a ship).

=démêlage=, _n.m._, combing (of wool).

=démêlé=, _n.m._, strife, contest, contention, quarrel. _Leur — est fini_; their difference is at an end.

=démêler=, _v.a._, to disentangle, to separate; to contest; to distinguish; to discern, to clear up, to penetrate, to fathom, to unravel, to extricate; to untwist, to unfold; to comb out. _Avoir à — avec_; to have to do with. _Je ne veux rien avoir à — avec lui_; I will have nothing to do with him. _— le vrai d’avec le faux_; to distinguish truth from falsehood.

_se_ =démêler=, _v.r._, to be unraveled; to be disentangled, to extricate one’s self; to get clear of, to comb one’s hair.

=démêloir=, _n.m._, large tooth-comb.

=démembrement=, _n.m._, dismemberment; dismembered part.

=démembrer=, _v.a._, to tear limb from limb; to dismember, to disjoint.

=déménagement= (-naj-mān), _n.m._, household removal, removing, change of residence. _Voiture de —_; furniture van.

=déménager=, _v.a._, to remove one’s furniture.

=déménager=, _v.n._, to remove (to change one’s residence). _Sa raison déménage_; he is getting childish.

=déménageur=, _n.m._, furniture-remover.

=démence=, _n.f._, insanity, madness, lunacy, mental aberration. _Tomber en —_; to become insane.

_se_ =démener=, _v.r._, to stir, to struggle, to make a great fuss, to strive hard, to toil and moil. _Se — avec vigueur_; to struggle vigorously.

=démenti=, _n.m._, lie; flat contradiction, disappointment. _Donner un — à quelqu’un_; to give any one the lie. _Vous en aurez le —_; you will get the worst of it, be worsted.

=démentir=, _v.a._, to give the lie to, to contradict; to deny; to belie, to refute. _Démentirez-vous votre signature?_ will you deny your signature? _— sa gloire_; to belie one’s fame. _Ses actions démentent ses discours_; his actions belie his language.

_se_ =démentir=, _v.r._, to contradict one’s self; to belie one’s self; to fall off, to flag, to give way. _Cet ouvrage se dément un peu vers la fin_; this work falls off, flags, a little towards the end.

=démérite=, _n.m._, demerit.

=démériter=, _v.n._, to demerit. _Je n’ai point démérité de vous_, _auprès de vous_; I have done nothing to forfeit your esteem.

=démesuré=, =-e=, _adj._, huge, immoderate; inordinate, unbounded, excessive. _Il a une envie —e de vous voir_; he is dying to see you.

=démesurément=, _adv._, immoderately, inordinately, excessively, hugely.

=démettre=, _v.a._, to put out of joint, to dislocate; to dismiss; to turn out; (jur.) to overrule, to nonsuit.

_se_ =démettre=, _v.r._, to be put out of joint; to resign, to throw up (an appointment). _Il s’est démis le poignet_; he has dislocated his wrist. _Se — de son emploi_; to resign one’s position.

=démeublement=, _n.m._, unfurnishing; absence of furniture.

=démeubler=, _v.a._, to unfurnish, to strip of furniture.

=demeurant=, _n.m._, remainder, residue.

_au_ =demeurant=, _adv._, in other respects; after all, otherwise.

=demeurant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) dwelling, living, abiding.

=demeure=, _n.f._, abode, home, dwelling, lodgings; stay; (jur.) delay. _Changer sa —_, _de —_; to change one’s lodgings. _En —_; behindhand; in arrears. _Mettre en —_; (jur.) to summon, to compel, to lay under the necessity. _Être à —_; to be a fixture, stationary. _Cela n’est pas à —_; that is only temporary. _Péril en la —_; danger in delay.

=demeurer=, _v.n._, to live, to lodge, to reside; to continue, to remain, to rest; to stay; to stand, to stop. _— à la campagne_; to live in the country. _— en arrière_; to stay behind. _— sur son appétit_; not to fully satisfy one’s appetite. _Où en êtes-vous demeuré?_ where did you leave off? _Demeurons-en là_; let us keep to that, let us stop there. _La victoire nous est demeurée_; victory remained with us. _— d’accord_; to agree.

=demi=, _n.m._, (arith.) half. _Deux demies font un entier_; two halves make a whole.

=demi=, =-e=, _adj._, half. _Un demi-pied_; half a foot. _Demi-soupir_; (mus.) quaver rest. _Un pied et —_; a foot and a half. _Une demi-heure_; half an hour. _Une heure et —e_; an hour and a half. _Entendre à demi-mot_, (_—-—s_) to take in any one’s meaning at once. _Demi-cercle_, (_—-—s_) semi-circle. _En demi-cercle_; semi-circular. _Demi-dieu_, (_—-—x_) demi-god. _À fourbe, fourbe et —_; set a thief to catch a thief. _N’en pas faire à —_; not to stop half-way; to go right through with.

=demi=, _adv._, half. _Il est à —-fou_; he is half mad. _Faire les choses à —_; to do things by halves.

=demie=, _n.f._, the half-hour.

=démieller=, _v.a._, to take the honey off.

=demi-bain=, _n.m._, hip-bath.

=demi-fleuron=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_). _V._ =fleuron=.

=demi-fortune=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) four-wheeled one-horse carriage.

=demi-jour=, _n.m._, twilight.

=demi-lune=, _n.f._, (_—-—_) (fort.) crescent, half-moon.

☉=demi-métal=, _n.m._, semi-metal.

=demi-mot=, _n.m._, hint.

=demi-pension=, _n.f._, half-board, partial-board.

=demi-setier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) half a pint English.

=demi-solde=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) half-pay. _Officier en —_; half-pay officer.

=démission=, _n.f._, resignation. _Donner sa —_; to send in one’s resignation, to resign. _Offrir sa —_; to tender one’s resignation.

=démissionnaire=, _n.m.f._, resigner. _Il est —_; he has resigned his position.

=démissionnaire=, _adj._, who has resigned, thrown up (his commission), vacated his seat.

=démissionner=, _v.n._, to resign.

=démitrer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to unmitre.

=démobiliser=, _v.a._, to demobilize.

=démocrate=, _n.m.f._, democrat.

=démocratie=, _n.f._, democracy.

=démocratique=, _adj._, democratic.

=démocratiquement=, _adv._, democratically.

=démocratiser=, _v.a.n._, to democratize.

_se_ =démocratiser=, _v.r._, to become democratized.

=démodé=, =-e=, _adj._, out of fashion, antiquated, old-fashioned.

=demoiselle=, _n.f._, young lady; unmarried lady; young girl; gentlewoman; hot water-bottle; dragon-fly; (orni.) Numidian crane; paving-beetle.

=démolir=, _v.a._, to demolish, to pull down, to subvert, to overthrow, to destroy. _Je l’ai démoli_; I floored him.

=démolisseur=, _n.m._, demolisher, subverter.

=démolition=, _n.f._, demolition. _pl._, old building materials. _Par suite de —s_; because of the pulling down of the building.

=démon=, _n.m._, devil, fiend; demon; genius. _Petit —_; little demon (child). _Faire le —_; to play the devil. _Quel — vous agite?_ what evil spirit torments you?

=démonétisation=, _n.f._, withdrawal from circulation (of money); calling in.

=démonétiser=, _v.a._, to withdraw from circulation; to call in (money).

=démoniaque=, _adj._, demoniacal, demoniac.

=démoniaque=, _n.m.f._, demoniac, demon, devil.

=démonographe=, _n.m._, demonographer.

=démonographie=, _n.f._, demonology.

=démonologie=, _n.f._, demonology.

=démonomanie=, _n.f._, demonomania.

=démonstrateur=, _n.m._, demonstrator, lecturer.

=démonstrati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, demonstrative.

=démonstration=, _n.f._, demonstration, proof.

=démonstrativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, demonstratively.

=démontable=, _adj._, that can be taken to pieces.

=démontage=, _n.m._, taking to pieces.

=démonter=, _v.a._, to dismount, to unhorse; to nonplus, to baffle; to alter (one’s countenance); to take to pieces, to undo; (nav.) to supersede, to unship. _— le gouvernail_; to unship the rudder. _— un capitaine_; to supersede a captain.

_se_ =démonter=, _v.r._, that may be taken to pieces (of machinery); to lose one’s countenance; to be unhinged; to be nonplused _or_ disconcerted; to be getting out of order _or_ of gear (of machinery); to become impaired (of the health).

=démontrable=, _adj._, demonstrable.

=démontrer=, _v.a._, to demonstrate, to prove.

=démoralisat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, corrupting, demoralizing.

=démoralisation=, _n.f._, demoralization.

=démoraliser=, _v.a._, to demoralize.

☉=démoraliseur=, _n.m._, corrupter.

=démordre=, _v.n._, to let go one’s hold; to depart, to desist, to retract, to yield. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to make one change his resolution. _Il n’en démordra pas_; he will not abate an inch, he will stick to.

=démotique=, _adj._, demotic.

=démoucheter=, _v.a._, to take off the button of a foil, to uncap.

_se_ =démoucheter=, _v.r._, to become uncapped.

=démoulage=, _n.m._, taking from the mold.

=démouler=, _v.a._, to take from the mold.

=démunir=, _v.a._, to strip a place of ammunition; to deprive; to leave unprovided.

_se_ =démunir=, _v.r._, to deprive one’s self, to part with; to leave one’s self unprovided for.

=démurer=, _v.a._, to unwall, to open.

=démuseler= (-muz-lé), _v.a._, to unmuzzle.

=dénaire=, _adj._, denary.

=dénanti=, =-e=, _adj._, unsecured, unprovided; stripped, bare.

=dénantir=, _v.a._, to deprive of security.

_se_ =dénantir=, _v.r._, to give up securities, to part with.

=dénationaliser=, _v.a._, to denationalize.

=dénatter=, _v.a._, to unmat.

=dénaturalisation=, _n.f._, denaturalization.

=dénaturaliser=, _v.a._, to denaturalize.

=dénaturation=, _n.f._, (chem.) debasement, misrepresentation; perversion, sophistication.

=dénaturé=, =-e=, _adj._, unnatural, barbarous, cruel.

=dénaturer=, _v.a._, to alter the nature of; to deface, to disfigure; to change, to misrepresent, to pervert, to distort; (chem.) to debase.

=dendrite= (din-), _n.f._, (min.) dendrite.

=déndroïde= (din-), _adj._, (bot.) dendroid.

=dénégation=, _n.f._, denial; (law) traverse.

=dénégatoire=, _adj._, (law) traversing.

=déni=, _n.m._, (jur.) denial, refusal. _— de justice_; refusal of justice.

=déniaisé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharpened, who has had his eyes opened, cunning. _Un homme —_; a cunning, crafty man.

=déniaiser=, _v.a._, to sharpen the wits of; to cheat, to take in, to dupe, to open the eyes of.

_se_ =déniaiser=, _v.r._, to learn wit, to become sharp, to grow cunning.

=déniché=, =-e=, _part._, gone, flown. _Les oiseaux sont —s_; the birds have flown.

=dénicher=, _v.a._, to take out of its nest; to turn out; to hunt out; to find out. _— une statue_; to take a statue out of its niche.

=dénicher=, _v.n._, to forsake its nest (of a bird); to hasten away; to make off, to run away. _Allons, il faut —_; come, be off with you.

=dénicheur=, _n.m._, birds’-nester. _Un — de merles_; sharper. _Un — de fauvettes_; fortune-hunter; lady-killer.

=denier=, _n.m._, (antiq.) denarius; denier; money; farthing; mite; cash, funds; rate of interest; (pharm.) scruple; old French copper coin worth ⅟₁₃th of a farthing; (coin.) weight of a little above 1¼ grammes. _— à Dieu_; earnest money. _A beaux —s comptants_; in cash, in ready money. _Les —s publics_; the public money. ☉_Au — vingt-cinq_; four per cent. _Le — de Saint Pierre_; Peter’s pence. _Le — de la veuve_; the widow’s mite. _Cet homme n’a pas un — vaillant_; that man is not worth a farthing. _Rendre compte à livres sous et —s_; to account to the uttermost farthing.

=dénier=, _v.a._, to deny, to refuse. _Se —_; to be denied; to deny one’s self.

=dénigrant=, _adj._, disparaging.

=dénigrement=, _n.m._, vilifying, disparagement.

=dénigrer=, _v.a._, to disparage, to traduce, to vilify.

=dénombrement=, _n.m._, enumeration, census, list.

=dénombrer=, _v.a._, to number, to enumerate.

=dénominateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) denominator.

=dénominati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, denominative.

=dénomination=, _n.f._, denomination, name.

=dénominer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to denominate, to mention by name.

=dénoncer=, _v.a._, to denounce, to inform against, to impeach, to announce, to lodge information against; to give notice, to proclaim, to declare.

=dénonciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, denunciator, informer, accuser.

=dénonciation=, _n.f._, denunciation, denouncement, declaration, intimation.

☉=dénotation=, _n.f._, denotation.

=dénoter=, _v.a._, to describe; to denote, to betoken.

=dénouement= _or_ =dénoûment=, _n.m._, event, issue; denouement, catastrophe, unraveling; undoing, ending (of a play).

=dénouer=, _v.a._, to untie, to loose; to give elasticity; to solve (difficulties); to unravel (plots).

_se_ =dénouer=, _v.r._, to untie, to unravel, to unfold, to clear up. _Sa langue s’est dénouée à la fin_; he has spoken out at last.

=denrée=, _n.f._, commodity, wares, provisions. _Il vend bien sa —_; he makes the most of his talents.

=dense=, _adj._, dense, close, thick.

=densité=, _n.f._, density, thickness.

=dent=, _n.f._, tooth; notch; cog; prong. _—s de lait_; first teeth. _—s de sagesse_; wisdom teeth. _—s d’en haut_; upper teeth. _—s d’en bas_; lower teeth. _Faire ses —s_; to cut one’s teeth. _Les —s percent à cet enfant_; that child is cutting his teeth. _Les —s lui claquent_; his teeth chatter. _Serrer les —s_; to set the teeth. _Grincer des —s_; to gnash the teeth. _Une — qui branle_; a loose tooth. _Le mal de —s_; the toothache. _Avoir mal aux —s_; to have a toothache. _Les —s lui tombent_; he is losing his teeth. _L’alvéole d’une —_; the socket of a tooth. _Se curer les —s_; to pick one’s teeth. _Le fruit vert agace les —s_; green fruit sets the teeth on edge. _Une vieille sans —_; a toothless hag. _Armé jusqu’aux —s_; armed to the teeth. _N’avoir pas de quoi mettre sous la —_; not to have a morsel to put in one’s mouth. _Avoir une — contre quelqu’un_; to have an old grudge against one. _Déchirer à belles —s_; to tear to pieces, to rend any one. _Chacun lui donne un coup de —_; every one has a fling at him. _Être sur les —s_; to be tired out, done up. _Montrer les —s à quelqu’un_; to show one’s teeth to any one. _Ne pas desserrer les —s_; not to open one’s lips. _Parler entre ses —s_; to speak betwixt one’s teeth. _Parler des grosses —s_; to talk big. _Prendre le mors aux —s_; to run away (of horses); to be earnest in business. _Rire du bout des —s_; to sham a laugh, to pretend to laugh. _Murmurer entre ses —s_; to mutter to one’s self. _C’est vouloir prendre la lune avec les —s_; it is aiming at impossibilities. _Les —s d’une roue_; the cogs of a wheel. _Ce couteau a des —s_; that knife is notched. _Manger du bout des —s_; to eat with no appetite, to play with one’s food. _Avoir les —s bien longues_; to be very hungry.

=dentaire=, _adj._, dental.

=dentaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) dentaria, toothwort.

=dental=, =-e=, _adj._, (gram.) dental.

=dentale=, _n.m._, (conch.) dentalium, dental, tooth-shell.

=dentale=, _n.f._, (gram.) dental.

=dent-de-lion=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) dandelion.

=denté=, =-e=, _adj._, toothed; (bot.) dentated. _Roue —e_; cogged wheel. _Feuille —e en scie_; serrated leaf.

=dentée=, _n.f._, bite from a hound; rip (of a tusk).

=dentelaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) lead-wort.

=dentelé=, =-e= (dānt-lé), _adj._, notched, jagged, denticulated, toothed, indented.

=dentelé=, _n.m._, (anat.) denticulated muscle.

=denteler=, _v.a._, to indent, to notch, to jag, to tooth, to cog.

=dentelle=, _n.f._, lace, lace-work. _Manchettes à —_; lace ruffles.

=dentelli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, lace-man, lace-woman, lace-maker.

=dentelure= (dān-tlur), _n.f._, jagging, notching, denticulation, indenting.

=denticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) denticulated, indented.

=denticules=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) denticles.

=dentier= (-tié), _n.m._, set of teeth (natural or artificial).

=dentifrice=, _n.m._, dentifrice. _adj._, good for the teeth. _Poudre —_; tooth-powder.

=dentiste=, _n.m._, dentist.

=dentisterie=, _n.f._, dentistry.

=dentition=, _n.f._, dentition, cutting of teeth.

=denture=, _n.f._, set of teeth; (horl.) teeth range.

=dénudation=, _n.f._, denudation.

=dénuder=, _v.a._, to denude; to lay bare; to strip.

=dénué=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute; void; devoid. _— de support_; bereft of support. _— d’esprit_; devoid of wit.

=dénuement= _or_ =dénûment=, _n.m._, destitution, deprivation, penury, want.

=dénuer=, _v.a._, to strip, to leave destitute.

_se_ =dénuer=, _v.r._, to strip one’s self; to leave one’s self destitute.

=dépaillage=, _n.m._, unbottoming (of chairs).

=dépailler=, _v.a._, to unbottom.

_se_ =dépailler=, _v.r._, to lose its straw-seat.

=dépaissance=, _n.f._, pasturage, high pasture ground.

=dépalissage=, _n.m._, (hort.) unpaling.

=dépalisser=, _v.a._, to unpale.

=dépaqueter= (dé-pak-té), _v.a._, to unpack.

=dépareillé=, =-e=, _adj._, unmatched, imperfect, odd.

*=dépareiller=, _v.a._, to unmatch, to spoil the pair of, to render incomplete. _— des gants_; to unmatch gloves. _Livres dépareillés_; odd goods.

=déparer=, _v.a._, to undress (altars); to strip; to disfigure, to take away the beauty; to disparage.

=déparier=, _v.a._, to take away one (of a pair); to separate.

=déparler=, _v.n._, to cease talking, to talk nonsense.

=déparquer=, _v.a._, to unpen (of oysters); to unbed.

=départ=, _n.m._, departure, setting out; (chem.) parting; (metal.), departure. _Être sur son —_; to be on the eve of setting out.

=départager=, _v.a._, to settle by a casting vote. _— les voix_, _les suffrages_; to give a casting-vote.

=département=, _n.m._, distribution; department; line, business (province or business assigned to a particular person). _Les —s de la France_; the departments of France. _— des affaires étrangères_; foreign-office. _— de l’intérieur_; home-office. _Cela n’est pas de son —_; that does not lie in his province.

=départemental=, =-e=, _adj._, departmental.

=départir=, _v.a._, to distribute, to divide, to endow, to bestow, to allot, to grant.

_se_ =départir=, _v.r._, to depart, to desist, to swerve, to deviate. _Il s’est départi de sa demande_; he has desisted from his demand. _Se — de son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty.

=dépassement=, _n.m._, over-extension, excess.

=dépasser=, _v.a._, to go beyond; to exceed, to surpass; to outsail; to overreach, to overstep; to be higher _or_ taller; to draw out (ribbons). _— ses pouvoirs_; to exceed one’s powers. _Il me dépasse de trois pouces_; he is taller than I am by three inches.

=dépâtissage=, _n.m._, sorting (of type).

=dépâtisser=, _v.a._, (print.) to sort and distribute (type).

=dépavage=, _n.m._, unpaving.

=dépaver=, _v.a._, to unpave, to take up the pavement.

=dépaysé=, =-e=, _part._, away from home, out of one’s element. _Se trouver — dans une société_; to feel out of one’s element.

=dépayser= (-pè-i-zé), _v.a._, to take, to send from home; to remove; to put out; to put on a wrong scent.

_se_ =dépayser=, _v.r._, to leave one’s home; to go abroad; to get out of one’s element.

=dépècement= (-pès-mān), _n.m._, cutting up, cutting in pieces, carving, breaking up, tearing up; dismemberment; eating away (of the sea).

=dépecer= (dép-sé), _v.a._, to cut up, to carve, to cut in pieces; to dismember; to eat away. _— une volaille_; to cut up a fowl. _— de la viande_; to carve meat.

=dépeceur=, _n.m._, carver, cutter, meat-dresser.

=dépêche=, _n.f._, dispatch (letter on affairs of state); (com.) correspondence, mail, telegram. _Les —s_; the post-bag. _Faire les —s_; to make up the dispatches, the mails.

_à_ =dépêche-compagnon=, _adv._, hurriedly, carelessly. _Travailler à —_; to hurry over one’s work. _Se battre à —_; to give no quarter in fighting.

_se_ =dépêcher=, _v.r._, to make haste, to look sharp. _Dépêchez-vous_; make haste.

=dépêcher=, _v.a._, to send off dispatches, a courier, a messenger; to dispatch; to be quick, to do things quickly, to hasten; to make way with any one, to kill.

=dépêcher=, _v.n._, to dispatch, to hurry off, to send off a courier, _or_ messenger, in haste. _On a dépêché à Vienne_; a courier has been sent to Vienna.

=dépeçoir=, _n.m._, chopping-knife.

=dépeindre=, _v.a._, to depict; to describe; to portray; to paint; to represent.

=dépelotonner=, _v.a._, to unwind.

_se_ =dépelotonner=, _v.r._, to become unwound.

*=dépenaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) tattered, ragged, in rags; ill-clad; slatternly; emaciated.

*=dépenaillement=, _n.m._, raggedness; faded appearance (of the face).

=dépendamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) dependently.

=dépendance=, _n.f._, dependence; appendage; out-house; offices; out-building. _Être dans la — de quelqu’un_; to be dependent on any one. _Tenir quelqu’un dans la —_; to keep any one in a state of dependancy.

=dépendant=, =-e=, _adj._, dependent. _En —_; (nav.) edging off.

=dépendre=, _v.a._, to take down; to unhang.

=dépendre=, _v.n._, to depend; to be dependent; to rest. _Cela dépend de moi_; that depends on, rests with, me.

=dépens=, _n.m.pl._, expense, cost. _Vivre aux — d’autrui_; to live at other people’s expense. _Faire la guerre à ses —_; to play a losing game. _Il a gagné son procès avec —_; (jur.) he gained his lawsuit with costs.

=dépense=, _n.f._, expense; expenditure; outlay, waste, flow; steward’s office; pantry. _pl._, supplies. _Comité des —s_; committee of supplies. _De folles —s_; extravagant expense. _—s de bouche_; living expenses. _La — du ménage_; household expense. _Sa — excède ses revenus_; his expenditure exceeds his income. _Ne pas plaindre la —_; not to spare expense. _Faire de la —_; to spend money. _Faire la —_; to do the housekeeping. _Aimer la —_; to like spending money.

=dépenser=, _v.a._, to spend, to expend; to consume; (b.s.) to waste. _Il aime à —_; he is fond of spending. _Se —_; to be spent.

=dépensi-er=, =-ère=, _n._, _adj._, extravagant person, spendthrift; extravagant.

=dépensier=, _n.m._, burser; (nav.) purser’s steward.

=déperdition=, _n.f._, deperdition, loss, waste; (med.) discharge.

=dépérir=, _v.n._, to perish, to decline, to pine away, to waste, to wither, to dwindle, to waste away, to decay, to go to ruin.

=dépérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, wasting away, decay, withering, falling away.

=dépersuader=, _v.a._, to dissuade.

=dépêtrer=, _v.a._, to disentangle, to extricate, to disengage, to clear, to free.

_se_ =dépêtrer=, _v.r._, to get out of; to rid one’s self of, to get clear of.

=dépeuplement=, _n.m._, depopulation; thinning (of forests).

=dépeupler=, _v.a._, to unpeople, to depopulate, to unstock, to thin. _— un colombier_; to unstock a pigeon-house. _— une forêt_; to thin a forest.

_se_ =dépeupler=, _v.r._, to be depopulated, to be unstocked.

=dépiécer=, _v.a._ _V._ =dépecer=.

=dépilage=, _n.m._, taking off the hair _or_ the fleece (of hides).

=dépilati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, depilatory.

=dépilation=, _n.f._, depilation.

=dépilatoire=, _n.m._, depilatory.

_se_ =dépiler=, _v.r._, to lose the hair (of animals).

=dépiquage=, _n.m._, (agri.) treading out (corn, etc.).

=dépiquer=, _v.a._, to unquilt, to unstitch; to cheer up. _— quelqu’un_; to cheer any one; to put any one in a better humor; (gard.) to transplant.

_se_ =dépiquer=, _v.r._, to recover one’s good humor; to recoup one’s self.

=dépister=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to track; to ferret out, to hunt out; to throw off the scent.

=dépit=, _n.m._, spite, vexation. _Avoir du —_; to be vexed. _Il pleurait de —_; he wept for vexation. _Faire quelque chose par —_; to do a thing out of spite. _En — de_; in spite of. _Ecrire en — du bon sens_; to write nonsense.

=dépiter=, _v.a._, to vex, to spite.

_se_ =dépiter=, _v.r._, to be vexed, to be in a pet, to get out of temper.

=déplacé=, =-e=, _part._, displaced, misplaced, ill-timed, unbecoming. _Discours —_; uncalled for speech.

=déplacement= (dé-plas-mān), _n.m._, displacement, change of place; removal.

=déplacer=, _v.a._, to displace, to misplace, to remove, to change.

_se_ =déplacer=, _v.r._, to change one’s place, to leave one’s place, one’s residence; (of things) to be displaced.

=déplaire=, _v.n._, to displease, to offend; to incur the displeasure of any one; to be unpleasant, disagreeable, to give offense. _Ne vous en déplaise_; with your leave, if you don’t mind. _N’en déplaise à_; with all due deference to.

_se_ =déplaire=, _v.r._, to dislike, to be displeased with, to displease each other; not to thrive (of animals, plants). _Je ne me déplairais pas ici_; I should not dislike living here. _Les troupeaux se déplaisent dans ce lieu-là_; the flocks do not thrive in that place.

=déplaisance=, _n.f._, dislike, aversion.

=déplaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, obnoxious.

=déplaisir=, _n.m._, displeasure, dislike, annoyance, grief, sorrow, trouble, affliction.

=déplantage=, _n.m._, _or_ =déplantation=, _n.f._, displanting.

=déplanter=, _v.a._, to displant.

=déplantoir=, _n.m._, (gard.) trowel.

=déplâtrage=, _n.m._, unplastering.

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

=dépleurer=, _v.n._, to cease weeping.

=déplier=, _v.a._, to unfold, to open; to lay out, display (goods).

=déplissage=, _n.m._, unplaiting.

=déplisser=, _v.a._, to unplait.

_se_ =déplisser=, _v.r._, to come out of plait.

=déploiement= _or_ =déploîment= (dé-ploa-mān), _n.m._, display, unfolding; (milit.) deployment.

=déplombage=, _n.m._, unstopping; unsealing.

=déplomber=, _v.a._, to unlead, to unload (a stick); to unstop (a tooth).

=déplorable=, _adj._, deplorable, lamentable, wretched.

=déplorablement=, _adv._, deplorably, lamentably, wretchedly.

=déplorer=, _v.a._, to deplore, to bewail, to lament, to mourn; to regret.

=déployé=, =-e=, _adj._, unfolded, displayed, open. _Voguer à voiles —es_; (nav.) to be under full sail. _À gorge —e_; at the top of one’s voice, lustily, with all one’s might.

=déployer=, _v.a._, to unfold, to unroll, to unfurl, to set out, to display, to open, to show, to stretch, to spread; (milit.) to deploy. _— les voiles_; to spread the sails. _— toute son éloquence_; to put forth all one’s eloquence.

_se_ =déployer=, _v.r._, to unroll, to display one’s self; (milit.) to deploy.

=déplumé=, =-e=, _adj._, unplumed, unfeathered.

=déplumer=, _v.a._, to unplume, to deprive of feathers; to pluck, to pick.

_se_ =déplumer=, _v.r._, to molt, to shed feathers.

=dépocher=, _v.a.n._, to take out of one’s pocket; to fork out, stump up.

=dépolir=, _v.a._, to take off the polish. _— du verre_; to rough glass. _Le feu dépolit le marbre_; fire takes the polish off marble.

=dépolissage=, _n.m._, (of glass) roughing.