Chapter D (3)

=déponent=, _adj._, _n.m._, (gram.) deponent.

=dépopulariser=, _v.a._, to render unpopular.

_se_ =dépopulariser=, _v.r._, to become unpopular.

=dépopulation=, _n.m._, depopulation.

=déport=, _n.m._, delay; (jur.) challenging one’s self; (on change) backwardation.

=déportation=, _n.f._, deportation (transportation), exile, banishment.

=déporté=, _n.m._, person sentenced to deportation; transport, convict.

=déportements=, _n.m.pl._, misconduct; evil-doings.

=déporter=, _v.a._, to deport, to transport for life; to banish, to exile.

_se_ =déporter=, _v.r._, to desist from. _Se — de ses prétentions_; to withdraw one’s claims.

=déposant=, =-e=, _adj._, depositing; giving evidence.

=déposant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, deponent; witness; bailer.

=déposer=, _v.a._, to lay down; to lay aside; to strip, to divest, to depose; to deposit; to give evidence; to lodge (a complaint). _On le déposa de sa charge_; he was removed from office. _— son bilan_; to file one’s schedule.

=déposer=, _v.n._, to settle, to leave a sediment (of liquids); to give evidence.

=dépositaire=, _n.m._, depositary, trustee, guardian; consignee.

=déposition=, _n.f._, deposition, deprivation; deposing; évidence. _La — porte que_; the evidence says that.

=déposséder=, _v.a._, to dispossess, to oust.

=dépossesseur=, _n.m._, dispossessor.

=dépossession=, _n.f._, dispossession, deprivation.

=déposter=, _v.a._, to drive from a post, to dislodge.

=dépôt=, _n.m._, depositing, deposit, trust; lodgment (of money); depository, warehouse; depot, agency; sediment, settling. _— de mendicité_; poorhouse, workhouse. _Faire un —_; to make a deposit. _En —_; as a deposit in trust; (com.) on sale.

=dépotage=, _n.m._, decanting.

=dépoter=, _v.a._, to take out of a pot; to decant.

=dépotoir=, _n.m._, general deposit of night-soil.

=dépoudrer=, _v.a._, to unpowder.

_se_ =dépoudrer=, _v.r._, to unpowder one’s hair.

*=dépouille=, _n.f._, spoil; slough, skin, hide; wardrobe (of persons deceased); remains; spoils, booty; crop; exuviæ. _— mortelle_; mortal remains. _La — d’un serpent_; the slough of a serpent. _L’âme quitta sa — mortelle_; the soul forsook its earthly tenement. _Il a laissé sa — à un tel_; he left his wardrobe to such a one. _—s opimes_; spolia opima. _Il s’enrichit des —s d’autrui_; he enriches himself with the spoils of others.

*=dépouillé=, =-e=, _part._, stripped; naked. _Jouer au roi —_; (fig. and fam.) to compass the ruin of any one.

*=dépouillement= (dé-poo-i-mān), _n.m._, spoliation; despoiling; privation; scrutiny (of a ballot-box); abstract (of an account). _Au — du scrutin_; on the counting of the votes.

*=dépouiller=, _v.a._, to unclothe; to strip; to skin, to lay bare; to despoil, to deprive; to throw off; to cast off (of insects); to lay aside; to gather (crops); to inspect (a ballot-box); to present an abstract (of accounts). _— ses vêtements_; to throw off one’s clothes. _— une anguille_; to skin an eel.

_se_ *=dépouiller=, _v.r._, to shed its skin (of insects and animals); to molt; to divest one’s self of; to strip one’s self of; to throw off; to dispense with; to renounce.

=dépouilleur=, _n.m._, teller (of votes by ballot).

=dépourvoir=, _v.a._, to leave unprovided _or_ destitute.

_se_ =dépourvoir=, _v.r._, to leave one’s self unprovided. _Se — d’argent_; to leave one’s self without cash.

=dépourvu=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute, unprovided, devoid. _Au —_; unawares. _Pris au —_; caught napping.

=dépravation=, _n.f._, depravity, depravement; depravation.

=dépravé=, =-e=, _adj._, vitiated, depraved. _Goût —_; depraved taste.

=dépraver=, _v.a._, to vitiate, to deprave.

_se_ =dépraver=, _v.r._, to become vitiated, depraved. _Son goût se déprave_; his taste is becoming vitiated.

=déprécati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (theol.) deprecatory.

=déprécation=, _n.f._, deprecation.

=dépréciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, depreciator.

=dépréciation=, _n.f._, dépréciation.

=déprécier=, _v.a._, to depreciate, to undervalue, to slight; to run down, to disparage; to underrate.

_se_ =déprécier=, _v.r._, to depreciate one’s self; (of things) to fall in value.

=déprédat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, depredator.

=déprédat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, predatory.

=déprédation=, _n.f._, plundering, depredation, malversation.

=dépréder=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to depredate, to plunder.

=déprendre=, _v.a._, to loosen, to part.

_se_ =déprendre=, _v.r._, to get detached _or_ loose; to give up, to renounce.

=dépression=, _n.f._, hollow, depression, falling in; (astron., anat., surg.) depression.

=déprier=, _v.a._, to disinvite.

=déprimer=, _v.a._, to press down, to depress; to underrate.

_se_ =déprimer=, _v.a._, to be flattened, depressed.

=déprisant=, =-e=, _adj._, depreciating.

=dépriser=, _v.a._, to undervalue, to underrate; to disparage.

=de profundis= (-fon-dis), _n.m._, (c.rel.) de profundis.

=dépuceler=, _v.a._, to deflower.

=depuis=, _adv._, since, afterwards, ever after, since that time. _Je ne l’ai point vu —_; I have not seen him since.

=depuis=, _prep._, since, from, after, for the last. _— la création du monde_; since the creation of the world. _— peu_; lately. _— quand?_ how long since? _— deux ans_; two years since. _— longtemps_; for a long time. _— ce temps-là_; ever after; since then. _— quelque temps_; for some time.

=depuis que=, _conj._, since. _— — vous êtes parti_; since you went away.

=dépurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, depurative.

=dépuration=, _n.f._, depuration.

=dépuratoire=, _adj._, depuratory.

=dépurer=, _v.a._, to depurate.

=députation=, _n.f._, deputation; deputyship.

=député=, _n.m._, deputy, delegate; M.P.

=députer=, _v.a._, to depute, to send.

=députer=, _v.n._, to send a deputation.

=déracinement= (-si-n-mān), _n.m._, rooting up, eradication.

=déraciner=, _v.a._, to root up, to pluck up, to pull up by the root, to eradicate, extirpate. _— un cor_; to cut out a corn. _— un mal_; to eradicate an evil.

_se_ =déraciner=, _v.r._, to unroot, to be torn up by the roots.

=dérader=, _v.n._, (nav.) to be driven out to sea.

=déraidir=, _v.a._, to unstiffen, to make pliant, to soften.

_se_ =déraidir=, _v.r._, to grow pliant, soft, supple.

*=déraillement=, _n.m._, running off the rails.

*=dérailler=, _v.n._, to run off the rails, to leave the metals.

*=dérailler=, _v.a._, to throw off the rails.

=déraison=, _n.f._, unreasonableness, folly, irrationality, preposterousness.

=déraisonnable=, _adj._, senseless, unreasonable, void of reason, preposterous.

=déraisonnablement=, _adv._, unreasonably, irrationally, preposterously.

=déraisonnement=, _n.m._, irrational talk.

=déraisonner=, _v.n._, to reason falsely, to talk nonsense, to talk irrationally.

=dérangé=, =-e=, _adj._, out of order, deranged, crazy; unwell, out of sorts. _Estomac —_; disordered stomach.

=dérangement= (dé-rānj-mān), _n.m._, derangement, discomposure, trouble, embarrassment; disorder, disturbance.

=déranger=, _v.a._, to derange, to put out of its place, out of order, to displace; to discompose; to disconcert, to incommode, to put out of sorts, to unsettle, to disturb, to upset. _Cela m’a tout dérangé_; that has quite disconcerted me. _La moindre chose le dérange_; the least thing in the world unsettles _or_ upsets him.

_se_ =déranger=, _v.r._, to be deranged; to get out of order; to be unwell; to trouble _or_ disturb oneself; to misconduct oneself; to lead a disorderly life.

=déraper=, _v.n._, (nav.) to get atrip; to side-slip (of bicycles). _L’ancre a dérapé_; the anchor is atrip. _Faire — une ancre_; to trip an anchor.

=dérâper=, _v.a._, to pick (grapes) from the bunch.

=dératé=, =-e=, _adj._, deprived of spleen, lively; cunning, sharp. _Courir comme un —_; to go like a shot; to run like a greyhound.

=dérater=, _v.a._, to take out, to extract, the spleen.

=derby=, _n.m._, derby.

=derechef=, _adv._, over again, afresh, anew, again.

=déréglé=, =-e=, _adj._, irregular, intemperate; exorbitant; unruly; dissolute, profligate, lawless. _Vie —e_; irregular life. _Appétit —_; immoderate appetite. _Imagination —e_; disordered imagination. _Désirs —s_; inordinate desires. _Une conduite —e_; disorderly conduct.

=déréglement=, _n.m._, intemperateness; irregularity; unruliness, riot, disorder; dissoluteness, licentiousness, profligacy. _Vivre dans le —_; to lead a disorderly life.

=déréglément=, _adv._, disorderly, inordinately, intemperately, dissolutely, loosely.

=dérégler=, _v.a._, to put out of order, to disorder.

_se_ =dérégler=, _v.r._, to be out of order, to be deranged; to lead a disorderly life.

=dérêner=, _v.n._, to unrein, to unbridle.

=dérider=, _v.a._, to unwrinkle, to take away the wrinkles, to smooth, to clear, to cheer up. _La joie déride le front_; joy smooths the brow.

_se_ =dérider=, _v.r._, to unbend one’s brow; to cheer up; to relax, to unbend.

=dérimer=, _v.a._, to turn verse into prose.

=dérision=, _n.f._, derision, mockery, ridicule. _Par —_; out of ridicule. _Tourner tout en —_; to turn everything into ridicule.

=dérisoire=, _adj._, derisive, derisory, mocking.

=dérivati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, derivative.

=dérivatif=, _n.m._, derivative, counter-irritant.

=dérivation=, _n.f._, derivation.

=dérive=, _n.f._, drift, lee-way. _En_ or _À la —_; adrift. _Avoir belle —_; (nav.) to have good sea-room.

=dérivé=, =-e=, _adj._, derivative; drifted.

=dérivé=, _n.m._, (gram.) derivative.

=dériver=, _v.n._, to be derived; to get clear of the shore; (nav.) to drift; to derive, to proceed from. _Faire —_; to derive.

=dériver=, _v.a._, to derive; to divert, turn off (of rivers).

=derme=, _n.m._, (anat.) derma.

=derni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, last; highest, greatest, vilest, meanest; youngest (of a family of children); (mus.) closing. _En — lieu_; in the last place. _En — ressort_; as a last appeal. _Rendre le — soupir_; to breathe one’s last. _C’est la —e lettre qu’il ait écrite_; it is the last letter he wrote. _Mettre la —e main à quelque chose_; to put the finishing touch to anything. _Une affaire de la —e importance_; an affair of the greatest importance. _Arriver au — degré_; to arrive at the highest degree. _Cela est du — ridicule_; that is ridiculous to a degree. _Aux —s les bons morceaux_; last come, best served.

=derni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, last; end of the gallery (tennis). _Le — des hommes_; the vilest of men. _Jusqu’au —_; to the last. _Dernier-né_, (_—s-—s_) last born male child.

=dernièrement=, _adv._, lately, of late, latterly, recently.

=dérobé=, =-e=, _part._, stolen, hidden, secret, concealed; spare, leisure (of time); (arch.) private. _Escalier —_; private staircase. _Fèves —es_; beans taken out of their skins. _À la —e_; by stealth, clandestinely. _S’en aller à la —e_; to steal away, to slip out. _Heures —es_; leisure hours.

=dérober=, _v.a._, to rob, to steal, to pilfer, to plunder, to purloin; to conceal, to hide, to protect, to screen, to shelter; to shell (beans). _— quelqu’un à la justice_; to screen anyone from justice.

_se_ =dérober=, _v.r._, to steal away, to escape, to disappear, to avoid, to shun. _Il s’est dérobé_; he has stolen away. _Se — à la justice_; to fly from justice. _Le vaisseau se déroba bientôt à la vue_; the ship was soon lost to view.

=dérochage=, _n.m._, scouring (of metals).

=dérocher=, _v.a._, to scour (of metals).

=dérogation=, _n.f._, derogation.

=dérogatoire=, _adj._, derogatory.

=dérogeance=, _n.f._, forfeiture (of nobility).

=dérogeant=, =-e= (-jānt, -t), _adj._, derogatory.

=déroger=, _v.n._, to derogate; to take away, to detract; to condescend; to stoop. _— à l’usage établi_; to act contrary to established custom. _— à la noblesse_; to forfeit one’s nobility.

☉=déroidir=. _V._ =déraidir=.

=dérougir=, _v.a._, to take off the redness.

_se_ =dérougir=, _v.r._, to lose its redness.

=dérougir=, _v.n._, to lose its redness.

*=dérouillement=, _n.m._, removal of rust.

*=dérouiller=, _v.a._, to remove the rust, to polish, to brighten up.

*_se_ =dérouiller=, _v.r._, to lose its rust; to rub off the rust; to polish up; to read up a subject. _L’esprit se dérouille dans le grand monde_; good company rubs the rust off one’s mind.

=déroulement= (dé-rool-mān), _n.m._, unrolling; production of the evolute (of curves).

=dérouler=, _v.a._, to unroll; to spread out, to display; (geom.) to produce the evolute. _— les merveilles de la création_; to unfold the wonders of creation.

_se_ =dérouler=, _v.r._, to unroll, to unfold; to display itself; to spread out; to open to the view; (of the waves) to roll in.

=déroute=, _n.f._, rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin; failure, disorder, confusion. _Mettre une armée en —_; to rout an army. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to confuse, to nonplus, to silence anyone. _En pleine —_; in full flight. _Ses affaires sont en —_; he is in a bad way (financially).

=dérouter=, _v.a._, to embarrass, to bewilder; to disconcert, to perplex; to baffle, to foil. _Je suis tout dérouté_; I am quite out of my latitude.

=derrière=, _prep._, behind, behind one’s back. _Laisser loin — soi_; to leave far behind one. _Regardez — vous_; look behind you.

=derrière=, _adv._, behind. _Par —_; from behind. _Porte de —_; back-door; (fig.) evasion.

=derrière=, _n.m._, hind, hinder part; posteriors; tail-board (of a cart); breech. _Être logé sur le —_; to lodge at the back of the house. _Montrer le —_; to turn tail, to show the white feather.

=derviche= _or_ =dervis=, _n.m._, dervis.

=des=, _art.pl._, of the; from the. _V._ =de=.

=dès=, _prep._, from, since, as early as. _— le point du jour_; from break of day. _— le berceau_; from the cradle. _— à présent_; from this moment, forthwith, henceforth. _— lors_; from that time.

=dès que=, _conj._, when, as soon as; since. _Dès qu’il parut_; as soon as he appeared. _— —_ (for _du moment que_) _vous le souhaitez_; since you wish it.

=désabonnement=, _n.m._, withdrawal of subscription.

_se_ =désabonner=, _v.r._, to withdraw one’s subscription (from a newspaper or periodical).

=désabuser=, _v.a._, to disabuse, to undeceive.

_se_ =désabuser=, _v.r._, to undeceive one’s self. _Désabusez-vous_; undeceive yourself.

=désaccord=, _n.m._, disagreement; (mus.) discord. _Être en —_; to be at variance. _Être en — avec soi-même_; to be inconsistant with one’s self.

=désaccorder=, _v.a._, to untune, to set at variance.

_se_ =désaccorder=, _v.r._, to get out of tune.

=désaccouplement=, _n.m._, uncoupling.

=désaccoupler=, _v.a._, to uncouple.

_se_ =désaccoupler=, _v.r._, to uncouple, to get uncoupled; to come asunder.

=désaccoutumance=, _n.f._, want of custom.

=désaccoutumer=, _v.a._, to disaccustom.

_se_ =désaccoutumer=, _v.r._, to break one’s self of, to lose the habit of. _Se — de faire une chose_; to leave off doing a thing.

=désachalandage=, _n.m._, loss of custom.

=désachalander=, _v.a._, to take away the customers, to drive away customers.

=désaffection=, _n.f._, disaffection.

=désaffectionner=, _v.a._, to lose affection, to cause any one to lose affection.

_se_ =désaffectionner=, _v.r._, to lose affection.

=désaffourcher=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unmoor _or_ heave up an anchor.

=désaffubler=, _v.a._, to unmuffle.

=désagencement=, _n.m._, throwing out of gear.

=désagencer=, _v.a._, to throw out of gear, to disarrange, to disorder.

=désagréable=, _adj._, disagreeable, unpleasant; unacceptable; uncomfortable; obnoxious; unsightly; distasteful. _Cela est — à voir_; that is displeasing to the sight.

=désagréablement=, _adv._, disagreeably, unpleasantly; unacceptably; uncomfortably; obnoxiously.

=désagréer=, _v.a._, to displease. _Cela ne me désagrée pas_; I do not dislike that.

☉=désagréer=, _v.a._, to unrig. _V._ =dégréer=.

=désagrégation=, _n.f._, disaggregation.

=désagréger=, _v.a._, to disaggregate.

_se_ =désagréger=, _v.r._, to become disaggregated, to break away, to be rent asunder.

=désagrément=, _n.m._, disagreeableness; unpleasantness, defect; blemish; annoyance, discomfort, vexation.

=désajustement=, _n.m._, disarrangement; disorder.

=désajuster=, _v.a._, to derange, to disarrange, to disturb, to put out of order, to disorder.

_se_ =désajuster=, _v.r._, to become disarranged _or_ disturbed, to get out of order. _Sa coiffure s’est désajustée_; her hair has become disarranged.

=désalignement=, _n.m._, (milit.) breaking line, out of line.

=désaligner=, _v.a._, (milit.) to break the line.

_se_ =désaligner=, _v.r._, (milit.) to fall out of line.

=désallier=, _v.a._, to disunite (allies).

_se_ =désallier=, _v.r._, to break off an alliance.

=désaltérant=, =-e=, _adj._, thirst-quenching.

=désaltérer=, _v.a._, to quench the thirst, to refresh.

_se_ =désaltérer=, _v.r._, to quench one’s thirst.

=désamorcer=, _v.a._, to uncap (fire-arms).

☉=désancrer=, _v.n._, to weigh anchor.

*=désappareiller=. _V._ =dépareiller=.

=désapparier=, _v.a._, to unpair (birds).

=désappointement= (-point-mān), _n.m._, disappointment.

=désappointer=, _v.a._, to disappoint; ☉to strike soldiers off the rolls; to unstitch.

=désapprendre=, _v.a._, to unlearn, to forget.

=désapprobat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, censurer, fault-finder.

=désapprobat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, disapproving, censuring, carping. _Un geste —_; a gesture of disapprobation.

=désapprobation=, _n.f._, disapprobation, disapproval.

=désappropriation=, _n.f._, renunciation (of property).

_se_ =désapproprier=, _v.r._, to renounce (property).

=désapprouver=, _v.a._, to disapprove of, to blame.

=désarborer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strike, to haul down.

=désarçonner=, _v.a._, to dismount, to unsaddle, to unhorse, to pull off; to baffle, to nonplus, to floor, to silence.

=désargenter=, _v.a._, to unsilver, to drain of money. _Ces emplettes m’ont désargenté_; these purchases have emptied my purse.

_se_ =désargenter=, _v.r._, to become unsilvered, to lose its plating, to spend all one’s money.

=désarmé=, =-e=, _part._, disarmed, unarmed.

=désarmement=, _n.m._, disarming, disarmament; (nav.) laying up.

=désarmer=, _v.a._, to disarm, to unarm, to appease, to calm; to foil; to uncock (a gun); (nav.) to unship (oars); to lay up, to dismantle. _Ses pleurs me désarmèrent_; her tears disarmed me. _— la colère de quelqu’un_; to appease any one’s anger. _— un vaisseau_; to dismantle a ship, to lay her up; to pay off the officers and crew.

=désarmer=, _v.n._, to disarm; (nav.) to be dismantled, to be paid off.

=désarrimer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to alter or shift the stowage in the hold.

=désarroi=, _n.m._, disorder, disarray, confusion, hurly-burly.

=désarticulation=, _n.f._, (surg.) amputation (in a joint).

=désarticuler=, _v.a._, to disjoint.

=désassemblage=, _n.m._, disjoining.

=désassembler=, _v.a._, to take to pieces, to separate.

=désassocier=, _v.a._, to dissociate.

=désassorti=, =-e=, _adj._, unmatched, ill-sorted; jarring, unsuitable.

=désassortiment=, _n.m._, unmatching; bad assortment; unpairing.

=désassortir=, _v.a._, to unmatch; to unstock.

=désastre=, _n.m._, disaster, break-down; failure.

=désastreusement= (-treûz-mān), _adv._, disastrously.

=désastreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disastrous, very sad. _C’est —_; it is sad in the extreme.

=désavantage=, _n.m._, disadvantage; detriment, prejudice. _L’affaire a tourné à leur —_; the business turned out to their detriment, or badly for them. _Parler au — de quelqu’un_; to speak disparagingly of any one.

=désavantager=, _v.a._, to deprive of an advantage, to disadvantage, to prejudice.

=désavantageusement= (-jeuz-mān), _adv._, disadvantageously, disparagingly.

=désavantageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disadvantageous, detrimental, prejudicial.

=désaveu=, _n.m._, disavowal, denial; recantation. _Il fait le — de cette action_; he disowns that action.

=désaveugler=, _v.a._, to undeceive, to open the eyes of.

=désavouer=, _v.a._, to disown, to disclaim, to disavow, to deny; to retract, to recant. _— sa signature_; to repudiate _or_ deny one’s signature. _Cette mère a désavoué son enfant_; that mother has disowned her child.

=descellement=, _n.m._, (mas.) loosening, unsealing.

=desceller=, _v.a._, to unseal; (mas.) to loosen.

_se_ =desceller=, _v.r._, to become unloosened _or_ unsealed; to get loose.

=descendance=, _n.f._, descent, lineage, pedigree, birth, extraction.

=descendant=, =-e=, _adj._, descending, going down; (milit.) coming off duty.

=descendant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, descendant, offspring, progeny.

=descendant=, _n.m._, (l.u.) ebb-tide.

=descendre=, _v.n._, to descend; to go down; to go down stairs; to come, to step, to get down; to alight; to stay, to put up; to fall; to reach; to come from; (nav.) to land; to ebb, to subside. _Descendez vite_; make haste and come down. _— de cheval_; to dismount. _— de voiture_; to get out of, _or_ to alight from, a carriage. _— d’un bateau_; to get out of or off a boat. _— dans un puits_; to go down into a well. _La marée descend_; the tide is ebbing. _— dans sa conscience_; to examine one’s conscience. _Il descendit à l’hôtel_; he put up at the hotel. _Nous descendîmes dans une île_; we landed on an island. _Il vaut mieux monter que —_; it is better to rise than to fall.

=descendre=, _v.a._, to descend, to take down, to bring, to let down; to go, to come, to get down; to set down; to land. _Descendez ce tableau_; take that picture down. _Où vous descendrai-je?_ where shall I set you down? _— la garde_; to come off guard. _Faire —_; to bring down, to fetch down, to let down, to send down; to lower, to sink.

=descente=, _n.f._, descent; going down; taking down; subsiding (of waters); dismounting; disembarkment; (fin.) run; declivity; irruption; rupture, hernia; (milit.) coming off guard. _La justice a fait une — chez lui_; the police have searched his house. _— de lit_; bedside carpet, rug.

=descriptible=, _adj._, describable.

=descripti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, descriptive.

=description=, _n.f._, description, inventory.

=desdits=, _m.pl._, =desdites=, _f.pl._, from the said.

=déséchouer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to get afloat; to get off.

=désemballage=, _n.m._, unpacking. _V._ =déballage=.

=désemballer=, _v.a._, to unpack. _On a désemballé les marchandises_; the goods have been unpacked.

=désembarquement=, _n.m._, disembarkation, landing. _V._ =débarquement=.

=désembarquer=, _v.a._, to disembark, to land; to unship, to unlade.

=désembellir=, _v.n._, to lose one’s or its beauty.

=désemboîter=, _v.a._, to disjoint; to put out of socket; to dislocate.

_se_ =désemboîter=, _v.r._, to become disjointed.

=désembourber=, _v.a._, to draw out of the mire.

_se_ =désembourber=, _v.r._, to get out of the mire.

=désemparer=, _v.n._, to quit, to go away. _Sans —_; on the spot, at once, without intermission.

=désemparer=, _v.a._, to quit, to clear out, to dislodge; (nav.) to disable. _— un vaisseau_; to disable a ship.

=désempenné= (dé-zan-pèn-né), _adj._, stripped of its feathers.

=désempeser=, _v.a._, to unstarch.

_se_ =désempeser=, _v.r._, to become unstarched, limp.

=désemplir=, _v.a._, to make less full, to diminish the contents of. _— un tonneau_; to part empty a cask.

_se_ =désemplir=, _v.r._, to become less full. _Ma bourse se désemplit_; my purse is getting low.

=désemplir=, _v.n._, to grow empty, to become less full. _Sa maison ne désemplit point_; his house is always full of company.

=désempoissonner=, _v.a._, to unstock (a pond).

=désenchantement= (-shānt-mān), _n.m._, disenchantment.

=désenchanter=, _v.a._, to disenchant.

_se_ =désenchanter=, _v.r._, to become disenchanted.

=désenchant-eur=, =-eresse=, _adj._, disenchanting.

=désenchâsser=, _v.a._, to unset (jewels).

=désenclaver=, _v.a._, to disenclose (land).

=désenclouer=, _v.a._, to take out a nail, to unnail. _— un canon_; to unspike a cannon. _— un cheval_; to take a nail out of a horse’s foot.

=désencombrement=, _n.m._, disencumbrance; dispersing.

=désencombrer=, _v.a._, to disencumber; to clear.

=désenfiler=, _v.a._, to unthread, to unstring.

_se_ =désenfiler=, _v.r._, to come unthreaded _or_ unstrung.

=désenfler=, _v.a._, to reduce the swelling.

_se_ =désenfler=, _v.r._, to become less swollen.

=désenfler=, _v.n._, to become less swollen; to cease to be swollen.

=désenflure=, _n.f._, diminution, disappearance of a swelling.

=désengrener=, _v.a._, to throw out of gear.

=désenivrer=, _v.a._, to sober, to make sober again. _Il ne désenivre pas_; he is always drunk.

_se_ =désenivrer=, _v.r._, to get sober again, to recover, to be cured of. _Se — en dormant_; to sleep oneself sober.

=désenlaidir=, _v.a._, to render less ugly.

_se_ =désenlaidir=, _v.r._, to become less ugly.

=désennui=, _n.m._, amusement, recreation, diversion, distraction.

=désennuyer=, _v.a._, to enliven; to cheer, to divert, to amuse.

_se_ =désennuyer=, _v.r._, to find amusement; to divert oneself, to kill time.

=désenrayer=, _v.a._, to unlock _or_ unskid.

=désenrayer=, _v.n._, to unskid.

=désenrhumer=, _v.a._, to cure of a cold. _v.n._ _Ne pas —_; to be never without a cold.

_se_ =désenrhumer=, _v.r._, to cure, get rid of, one’s cold.

=désenrôlement=, _n.m._, (milit.) discharge.

=désenrôler=, _v.a._, to discharge.

=désenrouer=, _v.a._, to cure of hoarseness.

=désenrouer=, _v.n._ _Ne pas —_; to be always hoarse.

_se_ =désenrouer=, _v.r._, to cure one’s hoarseness.

=désensabler=, _v.a._, to get out of the mud _or_ sand.

=désensevelir= (-sĕv-lir), _v.a._, to unwrap; to unshroud; to exhume.

=désensevelissement=, _n.m._, unshrouding; exhumation, disinterment.

=désensorceler=, _v.a._, to unbewitch.

=désensorcellement=, _n.m._, unbewitching.

=désentêter=, _v.a._, to cure of obstinacy; to drive out of the head.

_se_ =désentêter=, _v.r._, to be cured of obstinacy _or_ infatuation. _Il ne peut se — de cette opinion_; he cannot get that opinion out of his head.

=désentortiller=, _v.a._, to untwist; to clear; to unravel.

=désentraver=, _v.a._, to unfetter, to untangle.

=désenverguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to unbend (sails).

=désert=, =-e=, _adj._, desert, solitary, wild, waste, unfrequented; abandoned, deserted.

=désert=, _n.m._, desert, solitary place, waste, wilderness. _Prêcher au —_; to speak to the wind.

=déserter=, _v.a._, to desert, to abandon, to forsake, to quit, to leave. _— les drapeaux_; to desert one’s colors.

=déserter=, _v.n._, to desert, to leave. _— à l’ennemi_; to go over to the enemy.

=déserteur=, _n.m._, deserter.

=désertion=, _n.f._, desertion.

=désespérance=, _n.f._, despair.

=désespérant=, =-e=, _adj._, desperate, hopeless, discouraging, disheartening; distressing; provoking; matchless.

=désespéré=, =-e=, _part._, hopeless, desperate; disconsolate, despondent, disheartened.

=désespéré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, madman, madwoman; person in despair. _Se battre en —_; to fight desperately. _Agir en —_; to behave like a madman.

=désespérément=, _adv._, desperately, despairingly; hopelessly.

=désespérer=, _v.n._, to despair, to despond, to give up all hope. _— de quelqu’un_, _de quelque chose_; to despair of any one, of anything; to give up any one, anything, for lost.

=désespérer=, _v.a._, to drive to despair; to dishearten; to dispirit; to distress, to torment.

_se_ =désespérer=, _v.r._, to be in despair, to give way to despair, to despond.

=désespoir=, _n.m._, despair; hopelessness, desperation, despondency; grief, affliction. _Être au —_; to be in despair, distress; to be vexed, grieved. _Mettre au —_; to drive to despair; to vex extremely. _Tomber dans le —_; to sink into despair. _De —_; through despair. _En — de cause_; as a last resource, shift.

*=déshabillé= (dé-za-), _n.m._, dishabille, undress. _— du matin_; morning dress _or_ wrapper.

*=déshabiller= (dé-za-), _v.a._, to undress, to strip, to disrobe.

_se_ *=déshabiller= (dé-za-), _v.r._, to undress one’s self.

=déshabité=, =-e= (dé-za-), _adj._, uninhabited, deserted.

=déshabituer= (dé-za-), _v.a._, to unaccustom, to break of.

_se_ =déshabituer= (dé-za-), _v.r._, to unaccustom one’s self; to break one’s self of. _Se — d’une chose_; to leave off doing a thing.

=déshérence= (dé-zé-), _n.f._, (jur.) escheat.

=déshéritement= (dé-zé-), _n.m._, disinheritance.

=déshériter= (dé-zé-), _v.a._, to disinherit.

=désheurer= (dé-zeu-), _v.a._, (fam., l.u.) to derange the hours of, to disturb.

_se_ =désheurer= (dé-zeu-), _v.r._, (fam., l.u.) to change one’s hours; to disturb one’s self; (of clocks) to strike one time and mark another; to strike wrong.

=déshonnête= (dé-zo-), _adj._, immodest, indecent, shameful; dishonest.

=déshonnêtement= (dé-zo-nêt-mān), _adv._, indecently, immodestly, shamefully; dishonestly.

=déshonnêteté= (dé-zo-nêt-té), _n.f._, (l.u.) indecency, immodesty; dishonesty.

=déshonneur= (dé-zo-), _n.m._, dishonor; disgrace, shame, discredit. _Il a mis le comble à son —_; he has put the finishing stroke to his dishonor. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to disgrace any one. ☉_C’est me prier de mon —_; that is asking me to dishonor myself. _Tenir à —_; to look upon as dishonorable.

=déshonorable= (dé-zo-), _adj._, dishonorable, disgraceful.

=déshonorablement= (dé-zo-), _adv._, dishonorably.

=déshonorant=, =-e= (dé-zo-), _adj._, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful.

=déshonorer= (dé-zo-), _v.a._, to dishonor, to bring to shame, to bring shame upon, to disgrace, to tarnish, to disparage.

_se_ =déshonorer= (dé-zo-), _v.r._, to dishonor one’s self, to disgrace one’s self.

=desideratum=, _n.m._, (_desiderata_, _pl._), desideratum.

*=désignati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, indicative.

*=désignation=, _n.f._, designation, indication; nomination, choice, election.

*=désigné=, =-e=, _part._, appointed, indicated, prescribed. _À l’heure —e_; at the appointed hour.

*=désigner=, _v.a._, to designate, to describe; to dénote, to betoken; to appoint, to fix; to assign, to elect, to nominate, to choose, to point out; to name, to call.

=désillusion=, _n.f._, =désillusionnement=, _n.m._, disillusion; disappointment.

=désillusionner=, _v.a._, to undeceive, to disillusionize, to disappoint.

=désincorporer=, _v.a._, to disincorporate, to separate, to disunite, to disembody.

=désinence=, _n.f._, (gram.) termination, ending.

=désinfatuer=, _v.a._, to disabuse, to undeceive, to dispel the infatuation of.

_se_ =désinfatuer=, _v.r._, to cease to be infatuated.

=désinfectant=, _adj._, disinfecting.

=désinfectant=, _n.m._, disinfectant.

=désinfecter=, _v.a._, to disinfect, to purify.

_se_ =désinfecter=, _v.r._, to become disinfected.

=désinfection=, _n.f._, disinfection, fumigation.

=désintéressé=, =-e=, _adj._, uninterested; disinterested; unselfish, impartial, unbiased; indemnified.

=désintéressement= (-rès-mān), _n.m._, impartiality; indifference; disinterestedness, self-denial.

=désintéressement=, _adv._, (l.u.) disinterestedly.

=désintéresser=, _v.a._, to indemnify; to buy out the interest of; to refund, to repay.

*=désinterligner=, _v.a._, (print.) to unlead.

=désinvestir=, _v.a._, (law) to devest; to deprive, to divest; (mil.) to raise the siege of.

=désinviter=, _v.a._, to recall an invitation.

=désinvolte=, _adj._, free, easy, unconstrained.

=désinvolture=, _n.f._, easy _or_ graceful bearing _or_ gait; ease, gracefulness.

=désir=, _n.m._, desire, wish; longing. _— déréglé_; inordinate desire. _Au gré de ses —s_; agreeably to his wishes. _Brûler du — de_; to long to do.

=désirable=, _adj._, desirable.

=désirer=, _v.a._, to desire, to wish for, to long for, to want. _Que désirez-vous de moi?_ what do you want of _or_ with me? _Cet ouvrage ne laisse rien à —_; this work is most satisfactory in all respects. _À —_; desirable. _Cela laisse à —_; there is room for improvement.

=désireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, desirous, anxious, eager (to).

=désistement=, _n.m._, desistance, (law) nonsuit.

_se_ =désister=, _v.r._, to desist from, to give over, to abandon, to renounce, (jur.) to waive.

=dès lors=, _adv._ _V._ =dès=.

=desman=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) musk-rat.

=désobéir=, _v.n._, to refuse to obey; to disobey.

=désobéissance=, _n.f._, disobedience; undutifulness; (jur.) contumacy.

=désobéissant=, =-e=, _adj._, disobedient; undutiful.

=désobligeamment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, disobligingly; unkindly.

=désobligeance=, _n.f._, unkindness; lack of complaisance.

=désobligeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, disobliging; unkind; uncivil.

=désobligeante= (-jant), _n.f._, carriage for two.

=désobliger=, _v.a._, to disoblige; to displease.

=désobstruant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstruant=, _n.m._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstructi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstructi-f=, _n.m._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désobstruer=, _v.a._, to clear from obstruction, to free, to deobstruct.

=désoccupation=, _n.f._, inactivity, want of employment, leisure. _V._ =désœuvrement=.

=désoccupé=, =-e=, _adj._, unemployed, unoccupied; at leisure; idle.

=désœuvré=, =-e=, _adj._, unoccupied, idle, unemployed. _Être —_; to be unemployed. _Le temps pèse aux gens —s_; time hangs heavily on the hands of idlers.

=désœuvrement=, _n.m._, want of occupation, idleness.

=désolant=, =-e=, _adj._, disheartening, grievous, afflicting, distressing, dispiriting; mortifying, provoking, unbearable, tiresome.

=désolateur=, _n.m._, spoiler, ravager, destroyer. _adj._, desolating, ravaging, destructive.

=désolation=, _n.f._, desolation, disconsolateness, affliction, grief, vexation.

=désolé=, =-e=, _part._, afflicted, disconsolate, broken-hearted, in great distress; very sorry; grieved. _Je suis —, mais il m’est impossible de venir_; I am very sorry, but I cannot possibly come.

=désoler=, _v.a._, to desolate, to lay waste, to waste, to devastate; to afflict, to grieve, to make disconsolate, to drive mad; to vex; to pester, to harass, to annoy, to torment. _La mort de son ami le désole_; the death of his friend cuts him to the quick. _Ce retard me désole_; this delay vexes me.

_se_ =désoler=, _v.r._, to grieve, to give one’s self up to affliction, to pine with grief, to be disconsolate.

=désopilant=, =-e=, _adj._, funny, laughable, side-splitting; (med.) deobstruent.

=désopilant=, _n.m._, (med.) deobstruent.

=désopilati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) deobstruent, opening.

=désopilation=, _n.f._, (med.) deobstruction, clearance.

=désopiler=, _v.a._, (med.) to deobstruct, to clear. _Cela désopile la rate_; that dispels the spleen.

_se_ =désopiler=, _v.r._, to brighten up, to cheer up.

=désordonné=, =-e=, _adj._, disorderly; dissolute, unruly, inordinate; immoderate, extravagant. _Appétit —_; immoderate appetite.

=désordonnément=, _adv._, disorderly, irregularly; inordinately, immoderately, excessively.

=désordonner=, _v.a._, to disorder, to disturb.

_se_ =désordonner=, _v.r._, to become disordered.

=désordre=, _n.m._, disorder, confusion; licentiousness; disorderly life; riot, debauchery; discomposure, perturbation; variance, dissension, discord; disturbance; devastation. _Vivre dans le —_; to lead a riotous life. _Il a l’esprit en —_; his mind is in a state of perturbation. _Les passions mettent le — dans l’âme_; the passions discompose the soul. _Faire cesser le —_; to put an end to the disturbance. _En —_; in disorder.

=désorganisat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, disorganizer; disorganizing.

=désorganisation=, _n.f._, disorganization.

=désorganiser=, _v.a._, to disorganize.

_se_ =désorganiser=, _v.r._, to become disorganized.

=désorienter=, _v.a._, to put any one out of his reckoning; to lead astray; to mislead; to bewilder; to put out, to disconcert, to put out of countenance. _Être désorienté_; to lose one’s way _or_ one’s bearings; to be out of one’s element _or_ of one’s reckoning. _Notre guide était tout à fait désorienté_; our guide was quite out of his reckoning.

=désormais=, _adv._, henceforth, hereafter, from this time.

=désossement= (dé-zos-mān), _n.m._, boning.

=désosser=, _v.a._, to bone. _Une dinde désossée_; a boned turkey.

_se_ =désosser=, _v.r._, to become disjointed.

=désourdir= (dé-zoor-), _v.a._, (l.u.) to unweave; to unravel.

=désoxydation=, _n.f._, (chem.) disoxidation, deoxidation.

=désoxyder=, _v.a._, (chem.) to disoxidate, to deoxidate.

_se_ =désoxyder=, _v.r._, to disoxidate, to deoxidize; to become deoxidized.

=désoxygénation=, _n.f._, (chem.) disoxygenation.

=désoxygéner=, _v.a._, (chem.) to disoxygenate.

_se_ =désoxygéner=, _v.r._, to become disoxygenated.

=despote=, _n.m._, despot.

=despotique=, _adj._, despotic, despotical.

=despotiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, despotically.

=despotisme=, _n.m._, despotism.

=despumation=, _n.f._, (chem.) despumation.

=despumer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to despumate, to skim.

=desquamation= (-koua-), _n.f._, desquamation.

=dessabler=, _v.a._, to clear of sand.

=dessaboté=, =-e=, _adj._, unhoofed (of horses).

=dessaisir=, _v.a._, to dispossess.

_se_ =dessaisir=, _v.r._, to deprive one’s self of, to give up, to part with.

=dessaisissement= (-zis-mān), _n.m._, parting with, cession, abandonment.

=dessaisonner=, _v.a._, (agri.) to change the rotation of crops; to grow out of season.

=dessalé=, =-e=, _part._, unsalted, soaked; sharp, cunning.

=dessalé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, sharp fellow, sharp woman, knowing person.

=dessalement=, _n.m._, clearing of salt, soaking.

=dessaler=, _v.a._, to remove salt from meat; to soak.

_se_ =dessaler=, _v.r._, to become less salt.

=dessangler=, _v.a._, to ungirth, to loosen the girth.

=desséchant=, =-e=, _adj._, drying.

=desséché=, =-e=, _part._, dried up; desiccated. _Des ossements —s_; dried bones. _Des marais —s_; drained marshes.

=desséchement= (-sésh-mān), _n.m._, drying up, drainage, dryness; emaciation.

=dessécher=, _v.a._, to dry, to dry up; to parch; to drain; to wither; to waste, to emaciate.

_se_ =dessécher=, _v.r._, to dry up, to become dry; to be drained; to wither; to waste away.

=dessein=, _n.m._, design, intention, intent; resolution; plan, scheme, purpose, view. _Le — en est formé_; the resolution is taken. _Cacher son —_; to hide one’s purpose. _Former le — de faire une chose_; to intend to do a thing. _Changer de —_; to alter one’s mind. _Avoir — de_; to intend. _Avoir de grands —s_; to have great views. _De — prémédité_; of set purpose. _À —_; designedly, on purpose, intentionally. _À bon —_; with a good intention. _À — de_; in order to, with the object of. _À — que_; that, to the end that. _Sans —_; undesignedly, unintentionally.

=desseller=, _v.a._, to unsaddle.

=dessemelé=, =-e=, _adj._, without soles, soleless.

=dessemeler=, _v.a._, to take soles off, to wear out the soles of.

=desserre=, _n.f._, (l.u.) loosening. _Être dur à la —_; to be close-fisted.

=desserrer=, _v.a._, to loosen, to slacken; to relax, to open; (print.) to unlock. _Je n’ai pas desserré les dents_; I never opened my lips, never said a word.

_se_ =desserrer=, _v.r._, to get loose, to loosen.

=dessert=, _n.m._, dessert.

=desserte=, _n.f._, leavings; ecclesiastical functions, officiating; connection; service. _Chemin de —_; connecting road.

=dessertir=, _v.a._, to unset (gems).

=desservant=, _n.m._, curate, officiating minister, worker.

=desservir=, _v.a._, to take away, to clear the table, to remove the cloth; to do an ill office; to officiate (of clergyman). _Il vous a desservi auprès du ministre_; he has done you an ill turn with the minister.

=dessiccati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, desiccative, desiccant.

=dessiccatif=, _n.m._, desiccative, desiccant.

=dessiccation=, _n.f._, desiccation.

=dessiller=, _v.a._, to open (eyes). _— les yeux à quelqu’un_; to undeceive any one.

_se_ =dessiller=, _v.r._, to become opened.

=dessin=, _n.m._, drawing; design, sketch; pattern; draught, plan; (mus.) arrangement. _— lavé_; washed drawing. _— colorié_; colored drawing. _— haché_; hatched drawing. _— lithographié_; lithographic drawing. _— à la craie_; chalk drawing. _Cette étoffe est d’un joli —_; this stuff is of a pretty pattern. _— à main levée_; free-hand drawing.

=dessinateur=, _n.m._, draughtsman; designer, pattern-drawer.

=dessiné=, =-e=, _part._, drawn. _Une figure bien —e_; a well-drawn face. _Un jardin bien —_; a garden well laid out.

=dessiner=, _v.a._, to draw, to design, to sketch, to delineate; to set off, to mark, to indicate; to lay out. _— au crayon_; to draw with a pencil. _— de fantaisie_, _d’après nature_, _d’après la bosse_; to draw from fancy, from nature, from the bust. _Un vêtement qui dessine bien les formes_; a dress that sets off the figure to advantage.

_se_ =dessiner=, _v.r._, to be delineated, to be visible, to appear; to assume a form, to be formed, to be conspicuous; to display one’s figure to advantage; to stand out, to show prominently. _Une terre se dessine dans la brume_; land is visible through the mist.

=dessolement=, _n.m._, altering the rotation of crops.

=dessoler=, _v.a._, (agri.) to unsole (animals); to take off the sole; to change the rotation of crops.

=dessouder=, _v.a._, to unsolder.

_se_ =dessouder=, _v.r._, to get unsoldered.

=dessoudure=, _n.f._, unsoldering.

=dessoufrage=, _n.m._, desulphuration.

=dessoufrer=, _v.a._, to desulphurate.

=dessoûler=, _v.a._, (pop.) to sober, to make sober.

=dessoûler=, _v.n._, to get sober again. _Il ne dessoûl pas_; he is always on the drink.

_se_ =dessoûler=, _v.r._, (pop.) to get sober again.

=dessous=, _adv._, under, underneath, below. _Ci-—_; underneath, below. _En —_; underneath; downward; (fig.) sly, artful.

=dessous=, _prep._, under, underneath, beneath. _Je l’ai cherché dessus et — la table_; I have looked for it upon and under the table.

=dessous=, _n.m._, lower part; under side; wrong side; worst; lee (of the wind). _Le — du vent_; (nav.) leeward. _Avoir le —_; to be worsted, to have the worst of it. _Au-—_; below; under; beneath. _Je suis logé au-— de lui_; I lodge below him. _Cet emploi est au-— de lui_; that employment is beneath him. _Par-—_; under, beneath. _Là-—_; there, under there. _Voir le — des cartes_; to be in the secret; in the know; to have been behind the scenes. _Jusqu’au troisième —_; very deep. _— de bras_; dress-preserver.

=dessus=, _adv._, on, upon, over; uppermost. _Il n’est ni — ni dessous_; it is neither on nor under. _Sens — dessous_; upside down, topsy-turvy. _Au —_; above; upwards. _Ci-—_; above. _Voyez ci-—_; see above. _En —_; on the upper _or_ right side; in the upper part, above; at the top; uppermost. _Cela est noir en — et blanc en dessous_; it is black on the upper side, and white underneath. _Là-—_; on it, on that, on there; to, on, about, this subject; upon this head; on which, thereupon, saying this, with these words. _Passons la —_; let us dismiss the subject. _Vous pouvez compter là-—_; you may rely upon that. _Par-—_; above; over; more, over and above. _Il sauta par-—_; he jumped over.

=dessus=, _prep._, on, upon. _Otez cela de — la table_; take that off the table. _Cela est au-— de ses forces_; that is beyond his strength. _Cet homme est au-— de la calomnie_; this man is out of the reach of slander. _Il sauta par-— la barrière_; he leaped over the gate. _Par-— tout_; above all. _Il a des affaires par-— les yeux_; he is over head and ears in business. _Par-— le marché_; into the bargain.

=dessus=, _n.m._, top, the upper part; upper side, right side; upper hand, advantage; (mus.) treble. _Le — de la tête_; the crown of the head. _Le — de la main_; the back of the hand. _Le — d’un livre_; the cover of a book. _— de fauteuil_; antimacassar. _— de marbre_; marble-top. _— de porte_; panel-frieze. _— de toilette_; toilet cover. _Avoir_ or _prendre le —_; to gain the ascendancy, the upper hand. _Le — du vent_; (nav.) the weather-gauge. _Être au-— du vent_; to be to windward, leeward. _Bas-—_ (_—_); second treble.

=destin=, _n.m._, destiny, doom, fate; career. _On ne peut fuir son —_; no one can escape his destiny.

=destinataire=, _n.m.f._, (com.) consignee; (post.) addressee; receiver, recipient.

=destination=, _n.f._, destination; intention, object, end. _À — de_; addressed to; (nav.) bound for.

=destiné=, =-e=, _part._, destined, born. _Il est — au barreau_; he is destined for the law. _Il était — à périr de cette manière_; he was doomed to perish in this way.

=destinée=, _n.f._, fate, destiny; doom; career. _Remplir ses —s_; to fulfil one’s destiny. _Finir sa —_; to terminate one’s career.

=destiner=, _v.a._, to destine, to intend, to design, to purpose; to doom. _À qui destine-t-on un si riche présent?_ for whom is so rich a present intended?

_se_ =destiner=, _v.r._, to be destined, intended. _Il se destine au barreau_; he intends to follow the profession of the law.

=destituable=, _adj._, removable from office.

=destitué=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute, devoid; cashiered, removed. _— de bon sens_; devoid of sense.

=destituer=, _v.a._, to dismiss, to turn out, to discharge, to remove (from office); to cashier.

=destitution=, _n.f._, dismissal, removal.

☉=destrier=, _n.m._, steed, charger, war-horse.

=destruct-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, destroyer; ravager, spoiler. _Les soldats sont de grands —s_; soldiers are great spoilers.

=destruct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, destructive, destroying, deadly, ruinous; subversive.

=destructibilité=, _n.f._, destructibility.

=destructi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, destructive, destroying.

=destruction=, _n.f._, destruction.

=désuétude= (-su-), _n.f._, disuse, desuetude. _Tomber dans la —_; to fall into disuse; to become obsolete (of words).

=désunion=, _n.f._, disunion, disjunction.

=désunir=, _v.a._, to disunite, to disjoin, to part, to separate.

_se_ =désunir=, _v.r._, to disunite, to come asunder, to divide, to fall out.

=désusité=, =-e=, _adj._, obsolete, out of use; exploded.

=détachage=, _n.m._, cleaning, scouring; removal of spots.

=détachement= (dé-tash-mān), _n.m._, indifference; (milit.) detachment, draught. _— de tout intérêt_; disinterestedness.

=détacher=, _v.a._, to detach, to disengage, to loosen, to untie, to unbind, to unfasten; to undo; to separate, to cut off; to give (a blow); (milit.) to draught, to tell off; to take out stains, to clean. _— une épingle_; to take out a pin. _— un ruban_; to loosen a ribbon. _— une agrafe_; to undo a clasp. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to give any one a box on the ear. _Morceaux détachés_; extracts.

_se_ =détacher=, _v.r._, to become loosened, unfastened; to get loose; to come undone; to be detached; to disengage one’s self; to break away _or_ off; to come off _or_ away; to wean one’s self of. _Se — d’une femme_; to break off acquaintance with a woman. _Se — du jeu_; to leave off gambling.

=détacheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scourer, cleaner.

*=détail=, _n.m._, detail, small matter, trifle, mere nothing; retail; particular, circumstance. _Vendre en —_; to sell by retail. _Je n’ai omis aucun des —s_; I omitted none of the circumstances. _En —_; minutely, piece-meal; bit by bit.

*=détaillant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, retailer, publican.

*=détailler=, _v.a._, to cut in pieces; to retail; to sell by retail; to detail, to relate minutely.

*_se_ =détailler=, _v.r._, to be cut up, to be related minutely; to be retailed.

*=détailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, retailer.

=détalage=, _n.m._, taking in goods; putting _or_ packing up goods.

=détaler=, _v.a._, to take in goods; to pack up.

=détaler=, _v.n._, to take in goods; to shut up shop; to scamper away; to take one’s self off.

=détalinguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to unbend (a cable).

=détaper=, _v.a._, to take out the tampion (of a gun).

=déteindre=, _v.a._, to take out the dye _or_ color.

=déteindre=, _v.n._, to lose color, to fade; to come off (of colors). _Cette étoffe déteint beaucoup_; this stuff fades very much.

_se_ =déteindre=, _v.r._, to lose color; to fade; to come off (of colors).

=dételage=, _n.m._, taking out of harness, unharnessing.

=dételer= (dé-tlé), _v.a._, to unharness, to take out of harness, to unyoke.

=détendoir=, _n.m._, stretcher, unstretcher (weaving).

=détendre=, _v.a._, to unbend, to slacken, to relax, to loosen, to take down, to unhang. _— un arc_; to unbend a bow. _— son esprit_; to relax one’s mind. _— une tapisserie_; to take down a set of hangings. _— une tente_; to strike a tent.

_se_ =détendre=, _v.r._, to unbend, to slacken; to take relaxation, repose; to become easier; to become milder (of weather).

=détendre=, _v.n._, to take down, to unhang (tapestry); to strike (tents).

=détenir= (dé-tnir), _v.a._, to detain, to withhold, to keep back, to confine. _— quelqu’un en prison_; to keep in prison.

=détente=, _n.f._, unbending, relaxing; trigger (of a gun); (horl.) detent, stop. _Machine à —_; expansion-engine. _À la —_; in pulling the trigger. _Lâcher la —_; to pull the trigger. _Être dur à la —_; (fig. and fam.) to be close-fisted.

=détent-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, holder, detainer.

*=détentillon=, _n.m._, (horl.) detent, _or_ stop, of the minute-hand.

=détention=, _n.f._, detention, imprisonment.

=détenu=, =-e=, _part._, detained, withheld. _— en prison_; kept in prison. _— prisonnier_; kept a prisoner. _Être — pour dettes_; to be in prison for debt.

=détenu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, prisoner, convict.

=détergent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) detergent.

=déterger=, _v.a._, (med.) to deterge; to absterge, to cleanse. _— une plaie_; to cleanse a wound.

=détérioration=, _n.f._, deterioration, debasement; wear and tear.

=détériorer=, _v.a._, to deteriorate, to impair, to make worse.

_se_ =détériorer=, _v.r._, to deteriorate; to become defaced, to become debased; to become the worse for wear.

=déterminable=, _adj._, determinable.

=déterminant=, =-e=, _adj._, determinative, decisive, conclusive.

=déterminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) determinative.

=déterminatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) determinative word.

=détermination=, _n.f._, determination, resolution, decision, settled purpose.

=déterminé=, =-e=, _part._, determined, decided; fixed; resolved on; caused; determinate; ascertained. _Un sens —_; a determinate signification. _Il est — à tout_; he is ready for anything.

=déterminé=, =-e=, _adj._, determined, bold, steady, resolute.

=déterminé=, _n.m._, desperate fellow, resolute man. _Un petit —_; a froward, ungovernable child.

=déterminément=, _adv._, absolutely, positively, determinately, expressly, precisely; boldly, resolutely.

=déterminer=, _v.a._, to determine, to decide, to settle, to fix; to ascertain; to resolve; to take a resolution; to fix the meaning; to lead to, to cause, to bring on or about. _C’est moi qui l’ai déterminé à cela_; it was I who made him take that resolve.

_se_ =déterminer=, _v.r._, to resolve; to determine; to be determined. _Je ne puis me — à rien_; I cannot resolve upon anything.

=déterminisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) determinism.

=déterré=, _n.m._, person dug up. _Avoir l’air d’un —_; to look like one risen from the dead. _Il a l’air d’un —_; he is as pale as a ghost.

=déterrer=, _v.a._, to dig up; to disinter, to take up; to find, to discover, to bring to light, to ferret out, to rout out; to unkennel (foxes); to unearth (hunt.).

=déterreur=, _n.m._, hunter out, ferreter. _— de saints_; discoverer of the names of saints.

=détersi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) detersive, abstergent, cleansing.

=détersif=, _n.m._, (med.) detergent, detersive.

=détestable=, _adj._, detestable, hateful, abominable, odious; wretchedly bad, wretched. _J’ai une plume —_; I have a wretchedly bad pen.

=détestablement=, _adv._, detestably, abominably, hatefully.

=détestation=, _n.f._, detestation, abhorrence.

=détester=, _v.a._, to detest, to hate, to abhor; to dislike.

=détester=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to blaspheme. _Ne faire que jurer et —_; to do nothing but curse and swear.

=détiarer=, _v.a._, to discrown.

=détignonner=, _v.a._, to tear the hair of.

=détirer=, _v.a._, to draw out, to stretch, to wire-draw. _— une étoffe_; to pull out a stuff. _— des cuirs_; to stretch hides.

=détiser=, _v.a._, to rake out (the fire); to still, to quell.

=détisser=, _v.a._, to unweave.

_se_ =détisser=, _v.r._, to get unwoven.

=détitrer=, _v.a._, to distitle, to deprive of (a title).

=détonant=, _adj._, detonating.

=détonation=, _n.f._, detonation, report. _À —_; detonating.

=détoner=, _v.n._, to detonate.

=détonneler=, _v.a._, to draw out of a cask.

=détonner=, _v.n._, to be out of tune, to play _or_ sing out of tune; to talk nonsense.

=détordage=, _n.m._, untwisting, picking.

=détordre=, _v.a._, to untwist, to unwring.

_se_ =détordre=, _v.r._, to come untwisted.

=détorquer=, _v.a._, to distort, to misrepresent. _— un passage_; to distort the meaning of a passage.

=détors=, =-e=, _adj._, untwisted.

☉=détorse=, _n.f._ _V._ =entorse=.

=détortiller=, _v.a._, to untwist; to unravel.

*_se_ =détortiller=, _v.r._, to become untwisted; to be unraveled.

=détouper=, _v.a._, to unstop, to take out the bung, to clear of brambles; to take the tow out of.

*=détoupillonner=, _v.a._, to prune (orange-trees).

=détour=, _n.m._, winding, turning; roundabout way, circuitous road; shift, evasion, trick, subterfuge, dodge. _Le — d’une rue_; the turning of a street. _Les —s d’un bois_; the windings and turnings of a wood. _Quel — vous avez fait!_ what a roundabout way you have come! _Je connais ses tours et ses —s_; I know all his evasions and subterfuges. _Être sans —_; to be sincere, straightforward. _User de —s_; to resort to shifts and evasions.

=détourné=, =-e=, _part._, turned away; retired; indirect, oblique. _Des chemins —s_; by-ways. _Voie —e_; indirect means.

=détournement=, _n.m._, turning away, turning aside; embezzlement. _— de mineur_; (law) abduction of a minor.

=détourner=, _v.a._, to turn away, to turn aside, to lead astray, to turn off, to lead off, out of; to divert, to avert, to drive or keep back, to estrange; to secrete; to convey away, to embezzle, to appropriate; to deter, to dissuade. _— la vue_; to turn the eyes away. _— un coup_; to avert a blow. _On l’accuse d’avoir détourné ces fonds_; he is accused of having converted these funds to his own use. _Cela me détourne de mes occupations_; that draws me away from my business.

_se_ =détourner=, _v.r._, to turn away; to turn aside; to go out of the way, to swerve. _Se — de son chemin_; to go out of one’s way. _Se — de son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty. _Se — de son travail_; to leave one’s work.

=détourner=, _v.n._, to turn, to turn off.

=détourneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, shoplifter.

=détracter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to detract, to traduce, to slander, to speak ill of, to backbite.

=détract-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, detracter, slanderer, traducer.

=détracteur=, _adj.m._, detractive, detracting.

=détraction=, _n.f._, detraction.

=détranger=, _v.a._, (hort.) to drive away (insects).

=détraquer=, _v.a._, to spoil a horse’s paces, to throw a horse out of his paces; to disorder, to put out of order; to throw into confusion; to lead astray.

_se_ =détraquer=, _v.r._, to lose its paces (of a horse); to be out of order, to be disordered; to go astray. _Cette montre se détraque_; this watch is out of order. _Sa tête se détraque_; his brain is disordered. _Un cheval qui se détraque_; a horse that loses his paces.

=détrempe=, _n.f._, distemper, painting in distemper. _Une —_; a sketch in distemper. _Un mariage en —_; an irregular union. _Ouvrage —_; a poor copy of another work.

=détremper=, _v.a._, to dilute, to dissolve, to moisten, to weaken; to enervate. _— des couleurs_; to dilute colors. _— de la farine avec des œufs_; to beat up flour with eggs. _— de l’acier_; to soften steel.

=détresse=, _n.f._, distress, sorrow, grief, trouble, anguish. _J’eus pitié de sa —_; I took compassion on his sorrow.

=détresser=, _v.a._, to unweave, to unplait.

_se_ =détresser=, _v.r._, to become unwoven, etc.

=détriment=, _n.m._, detriment; injury, prejudice; (geol.) remains. _Au — de_; to the prejudice of.

=détritage=, _n.m._, crushing.

=détriter=, _v.a._, to crush.

=détrition=, _n.f._, detrition.

=détritoir=, _n.m._, crushing-mill.

=détritus= (-tûs), _n.m._, detritus, residue, refuse.

=détroit=, _n.m._, (geog.) strait; sound, narrows; firth; (British) channel.

=détromper=, _v.a._, to undeceive.

_se_ =détromper=, _v.r._, to be undeceived; to undeceive one’s self.

=détrônement= (dé-trô-n-mān), _n.m._, dethronement.

=détrôner=, _v.a._, to dethrone.

=détrôneur=, _n.m._, dethroner.

=détrousser=, _v.a._, to untuck, to let down; to rifle, to rob. _— les voyageurs_; to plunder travelers.

☉=détrousseur=, _n.m._, highwayman, robber.

=détruire= (détruisant, détruit), _v.a._, to destroy, to ruin, to pull down, to exterminate, to subvert, to do away with, to put to death, to break up. _— une ville de fond en comble_; to raze a town to the ground. _— une armée_; to overthrow an army. _— la santé_; to ruin the health. _— radicalement_; to eradicate.

_se_ =détruire=, _v.r._, to fall to ruin, to decay; to destroy each other, to neutralize one another; to destroy one’s self, to make away with one’s self.

=dette=, _n.f._, debt, score; obligation, promise, pledge, duty. _— hypothécaire_; debt upon mortgage. _—s actives_; book-debts, assets. _—s passives_; debts, liabilities. _—s criardes_; petty debts. _Contracter_, _faire_, _des —s_; to contract debts, to run into debt. _Être accablé_, _perdu_, _criblé_, _de —s_; to be over head and ears in debt.

*=deuil=, _n.m._, mourning, grief, sorrow, gloom, mournful aspect; black; mourners; time of mourning. _Habit de —_; mourning. _Grand —_; deep mourning. _Petit_ or _demi —_; half mourning. _Personne qui mène le —_; chief mourner. _Voiture de —_; mourning coach. _Suivre le —_; to be one of the mourners. _Porter le —_, _être en —_; to be in, to put on, mourning. _Prendre le —_; to go into mourning. _Faire prendre le — à_; to put into mourning. _Faire son — d’une chose_; to resign one’s self to the loss of anything.

=deutéro-canonique=, _adj._, deuterocanonical.

=deutéronome=, _n.m._, Deuteronomy.

=deux=, _adj._, two, both, second. _— à —_; two by two. _— fois_; twice. _— fois autant_; twice as much, twice as many. _De — jours en — jours_; every two days. _De — jours l’un_; every other day. _Regarder quelqu’un entre — yeux_; to stare at any one. _Piquer des —_; to clap spurs to one’s horse. _Tous —_; both, both together. _Tous les —_; both. _Henri —_; Henry the second. _N’en faire ni un ni —_; to decide at once. _Maintenant à nous —_; now I am ready for you; now we’ll have it out together.

=deux=, _n.m._, two; second; (cards, dice) deuce. _Le — du mois_; the second of the month. _On peut faire cela à —_; two can play at that game.

=deuxième= (deu-zièm), _adj._, second, other.

=deuxièmement= (-zièm-mān), _adv._, secondly.

=deux-points=, _n.m._, (_—_) (gram.) colon.

=dévalement=, _n.m._, sloping, slope; letting-down, lowering.

☉=dévaler=, _v.a._, to let down; to descend, to go _or_ come down. _— les degrés_; to go down the stairs. _— du vin à la cave_; to let wine down into the cellar.

☉=dévaler=, _v.n._, to descend, to slope, to go down, to come down (stream).

=dévalisement=, _n.m._, rifling, robbing, stripping.

=dévaliser=, _v.a._, to rifle, to strip, to rob, to plunder.

=dévaliseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, robber, plunderer.

=devancer=, _v.a._, to precede, to go before; to get before, to outrun, to outwalk, to outstrip; to take the place of; to have the precedence; to be beforehand, to forestall, to get the start of; to anticipate; to go beyond, to surpass, to outdo. _— à cheval_; to outride. _Son génie a devancé son siècle_; his genius has outrun his century. _J’allais vous voir, mais vous m’avez devancé_; I was going to see you, but you are beforehand with me. _Avoir de l’argent — soi_; to have money at _or_ in hand.

=devanci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, predecessor. _pl._, ancestors, forefathers.

=devant=, _prep._, before; in front of, over against, opposite to; (nav.) ahead of. _Regarder — soi_; to look before one; look ahead. _Otez-vous de — mon jour_; get out of my light. _Otez-vous de — moi_; stand out of my sight. _Ils passent par — chez nous_; they pass our door. _Il marchait — moi_; he walked before, in front of, me. _Quand il fut — ses juges_; when he was in the presence of his judges. _Par-— notaire_; in the presence of a notary (_i.e._, a legal form). _Tout — l’église_; just opposite the church.

=devant=, _adv._, before; (nav.) ahead. _Passez —_; go before. _Le train de — d’une voiture_; the forewheels of a coach. _Les jambes de —_; the forelegs. _Sens — derrière_; hind part foremost.

=devant=, _n.m._, front, the fore-part. _Il est logé sur le —_; he lodges in the front. _Un — de cheminée_; a chimney-board. _— d’autel_; frontal (panel in front of an altar). _Prendre le —_; to set out before; to get before. _Prendre les —s_; to forestall, to be first in the field. _Aller_, _venir_, _envoyer_, _au-— de quelqu’un_; to go, to come, to send, to meet any one; (fig.) to meet half-way; to provide for _or_ against; to meet, to encounter, to oppose, to obviate. _Aller au-— d’une chose_; to prevent anything. _Aller au-— des désirs de quelqu’un_; to anticipate anyone’s wishes. _Ci-—_; before, formerly, heretofore, late. _Les premiers vont —_; first come, first served. _Un ci-—_; an ex-noble.

=devantier= (-tié), _n.m._, (fam., l.u.) apron.

=devantière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, riding petticoat.

=devanture=, _n.f._, front (of buildings). _— de boutique_; shop-front.

=dévastat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, destroyer, despoiler, desolater, ravager.

=dévastat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, devastating, desolating, destructive.

=dévastation=, _n.f._, devastation; ravage; havoc.

=dévaster=, _v.a._, to devastate, to lay waste, to desolate, to make desolate, to spoil, to ravage.

=déveine=, _n.f._, change of luck (from good to bad); reverses, run of ill-luck. _Quelle —!_ what ill-luck!

=développable=, _adj._, susceptible of development.

=développante= (dév-lo-pant), _n.f._, (geom.) evolvent; involute.

=développée=, _n.f._, (geom.) evolute.

=développement= (dév-lop-mān), _n.m._, unfolding, opening; development, growth, progress; elucidation; display; clearing up; (geom.) evolution.

=développer= (dév-lo-pé), _v.a._, to open, to unwrap; to unfold; to develop, to expand; to display, to expound, to elucidate, to lay open, to explain; to clear up, to unravel; (arch.) to trace upon a plan. _— le plan d’un ouvrage_; to explain the plan of a work. _— un système_; to expound a system.