Chapter D (4)

_se_ =développer=, _v.r._, to expand; to unfold itself, to display itself, to be unfolded _or_ displayed; to be cleared up, to be unraveled; to extend itself, to spread out, to stretch out _or_ forth, to be stretched out. _Les bourgeons commencent à se —_; the buds are beginning to expand. _Cet enfant se développe_; that child is growing. _La raison se développe_; reason is asserting itself.

=devenir= (dĕ-vnir), _v.n._, to become, to grow, to get, to turn; to become of, to come to. _— homme de bien_; to become a good man. _Ces fruits deviennent rouges en mûrissant_; those fruits turn red when ripening. _Cela commence à — fatigant_; that begins to grow tiresome. _— à rien_; to come to nothing. _Que deviendrai-je?_ what will become of me? _Qu’est devenu votre frère?_ what has become of your brother? _Je ne sais ce qu’il est devenu_; I don’t know what has become of him. _Que voulez-vous —?_ what profession do you intend to follow, what do you intend to be? _Je ne sais plus que —_; I don’t know which way to turn. _Faire — fou_; to drive one mad.

=déventer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to take the wind out (of sails).

=dévergondage=, _n.m._, open profligacy; shamelessness; barefaced impudence; dissoluteness.

=dévergondé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, rake; harlot; brazen-faced, lewd, shameless, impudent.

=dévergonder=, _v.a._, to render shameless, licentious; to render dissolute.

_se_ =dévergonder=, _v.r._, to become shamelessly dissolute and licentious; to lose all feeling of shame; to run riot.

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

=déverrouillement=, _n.m._, unbolting.

*=déverrouiller=, _v.a._, to unbolt.

=devers=, _prep._, ☉towards, about, near. _Par —_; in one’s possession; (jur.) before. _Il vient de — ces pays-là_; he comes from somewhere about those parts. _Il a les papiers par — lui_; he is possessed of the papers. _Par — la loi_; in the eyes of the law.

=dévers=, =-e=, _adj._, (arts) bending, jutting out, leaning. _Ce mur est —_; that wall juts out.

=dévers=, _n.m._, (tech.) inclination.

=déversement=, _n.m._, inclination, bending, warping; pouring, flowing; discharge, overflow.

=déverser=, _v.n._, to bend, to lean, to jut out, to warp; (com.) to throw upon the market.

=déverser=, _v.a._, to bend, to incline; to throw, to cast; to divert (of water). _— une pièce de bois_; to bend a piece of wood. _— le mépris_; to throw contempt (upon any one).

_se_ =déverser=, _v.r._, to incline, to lean, to bend, to warp; to fall into, to empty (of rivers, canals, etc.).

=déversoir=, _n.m._, weir; dam (of a river).

=dévêtement=, _n.m._, stripping.

=dévêtir=, _v.a._, to undress, to strip of clothes; (jur.) to divest.

_se_ =dévêtir=, _v.r._, to take off one’s clothes, to undress, to strip, to leave off part of one’s clothes; to give up, to divest oneself. _Se — d’un héritage_; to give up an inheritance.

=dévêtissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) giving up, divestiture.

=déviation=, _n.f._, deviation, curvature.

=dévidage=, _n.m._, winding, reeling off.

=dévider=, _v.a._, to wind (into skeins).

=dévideu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, winder, reeler.

=dévidoir=, _n.m._, reel, skein-winder.

=dévier=, _v.n._, to swerve; to deviate; to glance off.

_se_ =dévier=, _v.r._, to deviate, to swerve. _— de son chemin_; to deviate from one’s road.

=devin=, _n.m._, =-eresse=, _n.f._, diviner, augur, soothsayer. _Serpent —_; boa-constrictor.

=deviner=, _v.a._, to divine, to foretell, to predict; to guess, to guess at. _Devinez ce que j’ai fait_; guess what I have done. _Cela se devine_; it is easily imaginable; you can see it at a glance. _— une énigme_; to guess an enigma. _En devinant_; at a guess.

_se_ =deviner=, _v.r._, to understand each other.

=devinette=, _n.f._, puzzle, poser, riddle.

=devineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, guesser.

=dévirer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to heave back.

☉=devis=, _n.m._, talk, chat.

=devis=, _n.m._, (com.) estimate, specification. _Donner un —_; to give in an estimate.

=dévisager=, _v.a._, to disfigure, to scratch the face of; (pop.) to stare out of countenance, to look up and down.

_se_ =dévisager=, _v.r._, to disfigure one another; to scratch each other’s faces; (pop.) to stare each other out of countenance, to look each other up and down.

=devise=, _n.f._, device, emblem; motto, posy. _La — d’une bague_; the posy of a ring.

=deviser=, _v.n._, (fam.) to chat, to talk.

=dévissage=, =dévissement=, _n.m._, unscrewing.

=dévisser=, _v.a._, to unscrew.

_se_ =dévisser=, _v.r._, to become unscrewed.

=dévoiement= (dé-voa-mān), _n.m._, looseness, relaxation; (arch.) inclination, slope.

=dévoilement= (-voal-mān), _n.m._, unveiling, disclosing, unraveling.

=dévoiler=, _v.a._, to unveil; to discover, to uncover; to unravel; to absolve from vows.

_se_ =dévoiler=, _v.r._, to betray one’s self, to be unveiled, to be disclosed, to be revealed.

=dévoîment=, _n.m._ _V._ =dévoiement=.

=devoir=, _n.m._, duty; task, exercise. _pl._, lessons. _S’acquitter de son —_; to perform one’s duty. _Être à son —_; to be at one’s post. _Rentrer dans son —_; to return to one’s duty. _— pascal_; Easter communion. _—s seigneuriaux_; manorial fees. _Se faire un — de_; to make a point of. _Se mettre en — de faire une chose_; to set about doing a thing, to prepare to do. _J’irai vous rendre mes —s_; I shall go and pay my respects to you. _Les derniers —s_; funeral rites.

=devoir=, _v.a._, to owe, to be in debt; to be bound to; to have to; must. _— une somme d’argent à quelqu’un_; to owe a sum of money to any one. _Il doit au tiers et au quart_; he owes money right and left. _Qui a terme ne doit rien_; no one need pay before a debt is due. _Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra_; do your duty, come what may. _Dussé-je_; were I to, though I should. _Il doit partir dans peu de jours_; he is to set out in a few days. _Je dois parler sur ce sujet_; I am to speak on that subject. _Je lui dois tous mes maux_; I owe all my misfortunes to him. _Il ne devrait pas abandonner ses parents_; he ought not to forsake his parents. _Vous auriez dû vous conduire autrement_; you should have behaved otherwise. _Nous devons obéir aux lois_; we must obey the laws. _La campagne doit être belle maintenant_; the country must be beautiful now. _Il devait partir ce matin_; he was to have set out this morning. _Tous les hommes doivent mourir_; all men must die. _Il a dû_, or _avait dû_, _quitter Londres ce matin_; he must have, _or_ was to have, left London this morning.

_se_ =devoir=, _v.r._, to owe one’s self; to owe it to one’s self. _Se — à sa patrie_, _à sa famille_; to owe one’s self to one’s country, to one’s family. _On se doit d’être honorable_; a man owes it to himself to be honorable. _Cela ne se doit pas_; that is not right; that must, _or_ should, not be done.

=dévole=, _n.f._, having no trick (at cards).

=dévoler=, _v.n._, to lose all the tricks.

=dévolu=, =-e=, _adj._, devolved upon, vested in, fallen to, escheated. _Terre —e à la couronne_; an escheat.

=dévolu=, _n.m._, (ecc.) devolution, lapse of right; claim, choice. _Un bénéfice tombé en —_; a benefice fallen into lapse of right. _Une dame jeta un — sur lui_; a lady cast a spell over him. _J’ai jeté mon — sur cela_; I have fixed my choice upon that.

=dévolution=, _n.f._, (jur.) devolution; escheat.

=dévonien=, =-ne=, _adj._, (geol.) devonian.

=dévorant=, =-e=, _adj._, devouring; ravenous; consuming; wasting. _Estomac_, _appétit_, _—_; ravenous hunger, ravenous appetite. _Un mal —_; a wasting disease. _Soif —e_; burning thirst. _Climat —_; wasting climate.

=dévorateur=, _n.m._, devourer, destroyer.

=dévorer=, _v.a._, to devour, to eat up; to prey upon, to destroy, to suppress, to squander, to consume; to gaze at eagerly; to pore over; to swallow, to conquer, to master; to pocket. _La faim le dévore_; he is almost dying of hunger. _Il a dévoré tout son bien_; he has squandered away all his fortune. _Il est dévoré d’ambition_; he is consumed with ambition. _— sa douleur_; to stifle one’s sorrow. _— un affront_; to brook _or_ pocket an affront. _— les livres_; to pore over, to read, books greedily. _— quelqu’un des yeux_; to gaze at eagerly, to stare at, to gloat over.

=dévoreu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, devourer, glutton. _— de livres_; book-worm.

=dévot=, =-e=, _adj._, devout, godly, pious, holy; saintly. _Avoir l’air —_; to have a sanctified look.

=dévot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, devout person; (b.s.) devotee, saint, bigot. _Ne vous y fiez pas, c’est un faux —_; put no trust in him, he is a bigot.

=dévotement= (dé-vot-mān), _adv._, devoutly, piously.

=dévotieu-x=, =-se= (-ci-), _adj._, devout.

=dévotion=, _n.f._, devotion, piety, religion; godliness; disposal, service, command; devoutness; devotedness. _Faire ses —s_; to perform one’s devotions; to receive the sacrament. _Tout ce qu’il a est à ma —_; all he has is at my disposal. _Il n’est de — que de jeune prêtre_; new brooms sweep clean.

=dévouement= (dé-voo-mān), _n.m._, devotion, devotedness; self-sacrifice; attachment; zeal.

=dévouer=, _v.a._, to devote; to dedicate; to consecrate; to consign. _Il lui est entièrement dévoué_; he is entirely devoted to him. _— quelqu’un au mépris_; to consign any one to contempt. _Votre bien_, _votre tout dévoué_; yours most truly _or_ sincerely.

_se_ =dévouer=, _v.r._, to devote one’s self, to dedicate one’s self. _Se — à la patrie_; to sacrifice one’s self to one’s country.

=dévoyé=, _n._ _adj._, misled; stray sheep; wanderer from the fold.

=dévoyer=, _v.a._, to mislead, to lead astray; (arch.) to place obliquely; to cause a looseness (in the bowels).

_se_ =dévoyer=, _v.r._, ☉to lose one’s way; (arch.) to be placed obliquely; (rel.) to go astray.

=dextérité=, _n.f._, dexterity, adroitness, cleverness, skill.

=dextre=, _adj._, right-handed; (her.) dexter.

☉=dextre=, _n.f._, the right hand.

☉=dextrement=, _adv._, dexterously.

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

=dey=, _n.m._, dey.

=dia!= _int._, hoi (to make horses turn to the left). _Il n’entend ni à — ni à hurhau_; there is no making him hear reason. _L’un tire à — et l’autre à hurhau_; they pull different ways.

=diabase=, _n.m._, (min.) green-stone.

=diabète=, _n.m._, (med.) diabetes.

=diabétique=, _adj._, diabetic.

=diable= (diâbl), _n.m._, devil; hell; wayward child; deuce; truck, drag. _Un ragoût à la —_; a wretchedly bad dish. _Les —s sont déchaînés_; hell has broken loose. _Va au —_; go to the devil. _Un bon —_; a good-natured fellow. _Un méchant —_; a mischievous dog. _Un pauvre —_; a poor wretch. _Le — s’en mêle_; the devil is in it. _Le — t’emporte_; the devil take you. _Quel — d’homme est-ce là?_ what devil of a fellow is this? _C’est là le —_; there’s the rub. _C’est une — d’affaire_; it is a confounded business. _Cela ne vaut pas le —_; that is not worth a straw, a rap. _Il a le — au corps_; the devil is in him. _Brûler une chandelle au —_; to hold a candle to the devil. _Faire le — contre quelqu’un_; to play the devil with any one. _Faire le — à quatre_; to play the devil; to play all sorts of tricks. _Tirer le — par la queue_; to be hard up. _Il n’est pas si — qu’il est noir_; the devil is not so black as he is painted. _Au —!_ the devil take it. _Allé au —_; gone to the devil. _Au — vert_; a devil of a way. _C’est le — à confesser_; it is terribly hard to do. _Loger le — dans sa bourse_; to be penniless. _La beauté du —_; youth and freshness. _Le — bat sa femme et marie sa fille_; it rains and shines at the same time. _— de mer_; sea-cormorant, sea-devil.

=diable!= _int._, the devil, the deuce, confound it! hang it! _Comment —!_ how the devil! _Que — avez-vous?_ what the devil is the matter with you? _À quoi — s’amuse-t-il?_ what the deuce is he about? _De quoi — se mêle-t-il?_ why the deuce does he meddle?

=diablement=, _adv._, devilishly, devilish.

=diablerie=, _n.f._, witchcraft; jugglery; devilry (of children); piece of devilry. _Il y a quelque — là-dessous_; there is some jugglery in all that.

=diablesse=, _n.f._, shrew, vixen; she-devil. _Une bonne —_; a good-natured creature. _Une pauvre —_; a poor wretch.

=diablotin=, _n.m._, imp, little devil; troublesome imp; chocolate lozenge; (nav.) mizzen-top, stay-sail.

=diabolique=, _adj._, diabolical, devilish.

=diaboliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, diabolically, devilishly.

=diachylon=, _or_ =diachylum=, _n.m._, diachylon, diachylum.

=diaco=, _n.m._, deacon _or_ chaplain in the order of Malta.

=diacode=, _n.m._, diacodium.

=diacommatique=, _n.f._, (mus.) the raising of a note to lead to a transition.

=diaconal=, =-e=, _adj._, diaconal.

=diaconat=, _n.m._, diaconate, deaconry, deacon’s orders.

=diaconesse=, _n.f._, deaconess.

=diaconie=, _n.f._, deaconry, almonry.

=diacoustique=, _n.f._, diacoustics.

=diacre=, _n.m._, deacon.

=diadelphie=, _n.f._, (bot.) diadelphia.

=diadelphique=, _adj._, (bot.) diadelphian.

=diadème=, _n.m._, diadem, crown.

=diaggot=, _n.m._, birch-oil.

=diagnostic=, _n.m._, (med.) diagnostic.

=diagnostique=, _adj._, (med.) diagnostics.

=diagnostiquer=, _v.a._, to diagnose.

=diagonal=, =-e=, _adj._, diagonal.

=diagonale=, _n.f._, (geom.) diagonal.

=diagonalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, diagonally.

=diagramme=, _n.m._, (geom.) diagram.

=diagraphe=, _n.m._, diagraph.

=dialecte=, _n.m._, dialect.

=dialecticien= (-in), _n.m._, dialectician.

=dialectique=, _n.f._, dialectics, logic.

=dialectique=, _adj._, dialectic, dialectical.

=dialectiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, dialectically.

=dialogique=, _adj._, dialogistic, dialogistical.

=dialogisme=, _n.m._, dialogism.

=dialogiste=, _n.m._, writer of dialogues, dialogist.

=dialogue= (-log), _n.m._, dialogue.

=dialoguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to make several persons speak in character; (mus.) to make two or more voices, or two or more instruments, reply to each other; to put in the form of a dialogue.

=dialoguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to compose dialogues; to speak, to talk; to converse familiarly with, to chat with, to carry on a dialogue.

=dialogueur=, _n.m._, dialogue-writer, dialogist.

=diamant=, _n.m._, diamond; (nav.) crown, throat (of anchors); (horl.) jewel. _— taillé_; cut diamond. _— brut_; rough diamond. _— de nature_; diamond unfit for the wheel. _—s de la couronne_; crown jewels. _— de première eau_; diamond of the first water. _Monter un —_; to set a diamond. _— de vitrier_; glazier’s diamond.

=diamantaire=, _adj._, of diamond brilliancy.

=diamantaire=, _n.m._, diamond-cutter.

=diamanter=, _v.a._, to set with diamonds; to render sparkling; to tinsel, to frost.

=diamantifère=, _adj._, diamondiferous.

=diamétral=, =-e=, _adj._, diametrical.

=diamétralement= (-tral-mān), _adv._, diametrically. _Sentiments — opposés_; sentiments diametrically opposed to each other.

=diamètre=, _n.m._, diameter. _Demi-diamètre_; semi-diameter.

=diandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) diandria.

=diandrique=, _adj._, (bot.) having two stamens.

=diane=, _n.f._, (nav.) morning-gun; (milit.) reveille, the beat of drum at day-break.

=diantre=, _n.m._, the deuce. _Au — soit l’imbécile!_ the deuce take the fool!

=diantre=, _int._, the deuce! the dickens!

=diantrement=, _adv._, deucedly; confoundedly.

=diapalme=, _n.m._, (pharm.) a kind of ointment.

=diapason=, _n.m._, (mus.) pitch, diapason; tuning-fork.

=diapédèse=, _n.m._, (med.) diapedesis.

=diaphane=, _adj._, diaphanous, transparent, translucent.

=diaphanéité=, _n.f._, diaphaneity, transparency.

=diaphorèse=, _n.f._, (med.) diaphoresis.

=diaphorétique=, _adj._, (med.) diaphoretic.

=diaphragmatique=, _adj._, (anat.) diaphragmatic.

=diaphragme=, _n.m._, diaphragm, midriff; partition with an opening through it; body (of a building).

=diaphragmite=, _n.f._, (med.) diaphragmatitis.

=diaphtore=, _n.f._, (med.) corruption of the aliments in the stomach; corruption of the fœtus in the womb.

=diapré=, =-e=, _adj._, diapered, variegated, diversified. _Un nez —_; a nose covered with red pimples.

=diapré=, _n.m._, diaper-work.

=diaprer=, _v.a._, to variegate, to diaper.

_se_ =diaprer=, _v.r._, to become diapered, to become variegated.

=diaprun=, _n.m._, (pharm.) lenitive electuary, confection of senna.

=diaprure=, _n.f._, variegation.

=diarrhée=, _n.f._, (med.) diarrhœa.

=diarthrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) diarthrosis.

=diascordium= (-om), _n.m._, (pharm.) diascordium.

=diastase=, _n.f._, (surg.) diastasis.

=diastole=, _n.f._, (physiology) diastole.

=diastrophie=, _n.f._, (surg.) the displacing of the muscles, with or without luxation.

=diastyle=, _n.m._, (arch.) diastyle.

=diatessaron=, _n.m._, (mus.) diatessaron.

=diathèse=, _n.f._, (med.) diathesis.

=diatonique=, _adj._, (mus.) diatonic.

=diatoniquement=, _adv._, in a diatonic scale, diatonically.

=diatragacanthe=, _n.m._, (pharm.) tragacanth powder.

=diatribe=, _n.f._, sharp criticism, dissertation, castigation, diatribe.

=dicacité=, _n.f._, waggery, causticity.

=dichorée= (-ko-), _n.m._, (Latin, Grec. poet.) dichoreus, dichoree.

=dichotome= (-ko-), _adj._, (bot.) dichotomous.

=dichotomie= (-ko-), _n.f._, (astron.) dichotomy.

=dicotylédone=, _n.f._, (bot.) dicotyledon.

=dicotylédone=, _adj._, (bot.) dicotyledonous.

=dictame=, _n.m._, (bot.) dittany; (fig.) balm, remedy. _— blanc_; fraxinella, bastard dittany. _— faux_; bastard dittany. _Origan —_, _— de Crète_; dittany of Crete; Cretan marum.

=dictamen= (-mèn), _n.m._, dictate, suggestion, consciousness.

=dictateur=, _n.m._, dictator.

=dictatorial=, =-e=, _adj._, dictatorial.

=dictature=, _n.f._, dictatorship.

=dictée=, _n.f._, act of dictating, dictation. _Ecrire sous la —_; to write from dictation.

=dicter=, _v.a._, to dictate, to indite; to prompt; to suggest; to prescribe.

=diction=, _n.f._, diction, elocution, phraseology style; delivery.

=dictionnaire=, _n.m._, dictionary. _— vivant_; walking dictionary. _À coups de —_; by constant reference to the dictionary; labored. _— de prononciation_; pronouncing dictionary. _— de mots obscurs_; glossary. _— de géographie_; geographical dictionary, gazetteer. _— de marine_; dictionary of naval terms.

=dicton=, _n.m._, saying, common saying, byword, saw, proverb; (l.u.) sarcasm.

=dictum= (-tom), _n.m._, (jur.) purview of an act _or_ decree.

=didactique=, _adj._, didactic.

=didactique=, _n.m._, didactic order; didactic language.

=didactique=, _n.f._, didactic art.

=didactiquement=, _adv._, didactically.

=didactyle=, _adj._, didactylous.

=dideau=, _n.m._, crossing-net.

=didelphe=, _n.m._, _adj._, (zoöl.) didelphys; didelphic.

=didyme=, _adj._, (bot.) didymous.

=didynamie=, _n.f._, (bot.) didynamia.

=dièdre=, _adj._, (geom.) dihedral.

=diel=, _n.m._, a kind of French fuller’s earth.

=diérèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) diæresis.

=dièse=, _n.m._, (mus.) diesis, sharp.

=diésé=, =-e=, _adj._, (mus.) marked with a diesis, sharp.

=diéser=, _v.a._, (mus.) to mark a note to be played sharp; to play a note sharp.

=diète=, _n.f._, diet, regimen; diet (an assembly of the states of Germany). _Faire —_; to diet one’s self, to live moderately.

=diététique=, _adj._, (med.) dietetical.

=diététique=, _n.f._, (med.) dietetics.

=diététiste=, _n.m._, (med.) dietetist.

=diétine=, _n.f._, local diet; cantonal convention, dietine.

=dieu=, _n.m._, God. _— tout-puissant_; Almighty God. _Le — des armées_; the Lord of Hosts. _Le bon —_; God Almighty; the host. _Croire en —_; to believe in God. _Porter le bon — à un malade_; to carry the host to a sick person. _La Fête-Dieu_; Corpus Christi-day. _Un homme de —_; a godly man. _Un Hôtel-Dieu_; (_—s-—_) a hospital. _— vous bénisse_; God bless you. _S’il plaît à —_, _avec l’aide de —_, _— aidant_; God willing, God helping. _— le veuille_, _plût à —_; God grant it, would to God. _— m’en garde_, _— m’en préserve_, _à — ne plaise_; God forbid. _— merci_, _grâces à —_; thank God. _Bon —!_ _mon —!_ good God! good heavens! dear me! goodness me! _Jurer ses grands dieux_; to swear by all that is sacred. _Au nom de —_; in God’s name. _Pour l’amour de —_; for God’s sake, out of charity, for charity’s sake. _Les dieux du paganisme_; the heathen gods. _—!_ _grand —!_ good God!

=dieudonné=, _n.m._, heaven-sent, heaven-born. _À la grâce de —_; In God’s name! As the Lord directs.

=diffamant=, =-e=, _adj._, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

=diffamat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, defamer, detractor, slanderer, libeler, calumniator.

=diffamation=, _n.f._, defamation, aspersion, calumny, slandering, libeling, traducing. _— verbale_; (jur.) slander.

=diffamatoire=, _adj._, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

=diffamer=, _v.a._, to defame, to slander, to traduce.

=différemment= (di-fé-ra-mān), _adv._, differently.

=différence=, _n.f._, odds; difference, disagreement; diversity, disproportion, contrast, disparity. _— marquée_; material difference. _— notable_; wide difference. _— du tirant d’eau_; (nav.) difference in the draught of water. _— en moins_; difference against. _— en plus_; difference in favor of. _Avec cette — que_; except that. _A la — de_; contrary to.

=différencier=, _v.a._, to make a difference, to distinguish; (math.) to differentiate.

=différend=, _n.m._, difference, quarrel, dispute; difference (of value). _Avoir un — avec quelqu’un_; to be at variance with any one. _Partager le —_; to split the difference.

=différent=, =-e=, _adj._, different, dissimilar, unlike, various, divers, distinct, sundry, opposite, contrary. _— l’un de l’autre_; unlike. _À des degrés —s_; in different degrees.

=différentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, (math.) differential. _Calcul —_; differential calculus.

=différentielle=, _n.f._, (math.) differential.

=différentier=, _v.a._, (math.) to differentiate.

=différer=, _v.a._, to defer, to delay, to put off, to postpone, to adjourn. _Ce qui est différé n’est pas perdu_; what is put off is not lost.

=différer=, _v.n._, to defer, to put off, to delay.

_se_ =différer=, _v.r._, to be put off, delayed.

=différer=, _v.n._, to differ, to be unlike, to be different; to disagree.

=difficile=, _adj._, difficult, hard, trying; nice; particular; willful, skittish (of horses). _Un homme —_; a man hard to please. _Temps —s_; hard times. _De — accès_; hard to get at. _Il est — sur les aliments_; he is fastidious as regards his meals. _Faire le —_; to be difficult to please, to be squeamish.

=difficilement= (-sil-mān), _adv._, with difficulty, with much ado, with great pains, not easily.

=difficulté=, _n.f._, difficulty; objection; obstacle, hindrance, impediment; cross, rub; misunderstanding, quarrel. _Cela ne souffre point de —_; that admits of no difficulty. _— de respirer_; shortness of breath. _Faire des —s_; to raise objections. _Faire — de quelque chose_; to scruple about anything. _Trancher la —_; to decide peremptorily. _Avoir des —s_; to have crosses. _Il y a entre eux quelque —_; there is some tiff between them. _Sans —_; undoubtedly, without doubt.

=difficultueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, squeamish, fidgety, never satisfied; hard to please.

=diffluence=, _n.f._, diffluence.

=diffluent=, =-e=, _adj._, diffluent.

=diffluer=, _v.n._, to spread diffusely.

=difforme=, _adj._, deformed, ill-favored, misshapen, ugly.

=difformer=, _v.a._, to deform, to deface (coins).

=difformité=, _n.f._, deformity, ugliness.

=diffraction=, _n.f._, (opt.) diffraction.

=diffus=, =-e=, _adj._, diffuse, prolix, wordy, verbose, long-winded.

=diffusément=, _adv._, diffusely, verbosely, wordily.

=diffusion=, _n.f._, diffusion; diffusiveness; prolixity, vagueness, wordiness, verbosity. _— de style_; prolixity of style.

=digastrique=, _adj._, (anat.) digastric.

=digérer=, _v.a._, to digest; to examine, to discuss, to scan, to set in order; to bear, to brook, to stomach, to put up with, to suffer. _— de la viande_; to digest meat. _Non digéré_; undigested. _Bien —_; to thoroughly master. _Il ne peut — cet affront_; he cannot brook _or_ swallow that affront.

=digérer=, _v.n._, (chem.) to digest.

=digeste=, _n.m._, digest.

=digesteur=, _n.m._, (chem.) digester.

=digesti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, digestive.

=digestif=, _n.m._, (med.) digestive.

=digestion= (-tion), _n.f._, digestion. _Cela aide à la —_; that aids digestion. _Cette entreprise est de dure —_; this is a laborious enterprise.

=digital=, =-e=, _adj._, digital.

=digitale=, _n.f._, (bot.) foxglove, digitalis.

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

=digité=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) digitated, finger-like, fingered.

=digitigrade=, _n.m._, (mam.) digitigrade.

=diglyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) diglyph.

*=digne=, _adj._, deserving, worthy; dignified. _Un — homme_; a worthy man. _Un — magistrat_; an upright magistrate. _— de foi_; deserving of credit. _Cela est — de lui_; that’s just like him. _Il était — d’un meilleur sort_; he deserved a better fate.

*=dignement=, _adv._, worthily, deservedly, justly, according to one’s deserts; handsomely, properly, suitably, with dignity. _Il s’acquitte — de sa charge_; he performs the duties of his office in a worthy manner.

=dignifier=, _v.a._, to dignify, to elevate, to enhance.

*=dignitaire=, _n.m._, dignitary.

*=dignité=, _n.f._, dignity; stateliness, power. _Il soutient la — de son rang_; he maintains the dignity of his station. _Être constitué en —_; to be raised to power. _Parvenir aux —s_; to attain to honors. _Faire de la —_; to assume an air of (offended) dignity.

=digon=, _n.m._, pole, flag-yard; gaff.

=digresser=, _v.n._, to depart from the main subject, to digress.

=digressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, digressive.

=digression=, _n.f._, digression. _Faire des —s_; to wander away from one’s subject.

=digressivement=, _adv._, digressively.

=digue= (dig), _n.f._, dike, dam, mound, embankment, bank; bound, obstacle; bulwark, security.

=diguement= (dig-mān), _n.m._, embankment, causeway (ports).

=diguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to dam, to dike, to embark; to spur.

=digyne=, _adj._, (bot.) digynous (having two pistils).

=digynie=, _n.f._, (bot.) digynia.

=dilacération=, _n.f._, tearing _or_ rending, dilaceration, laceration.

=dilacérer=, _v.a._, to dilacerate, to lacerate, to tear off _or_ to pieces.

☉=dilaniat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, dilaniating, lacerating, rending.

=dilapidat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dilapidator, squanderer.

=dilapidat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, wasteful, extravagant.

=dilapidation=, _n.f._, dilapidation, waste, embezzlement.

=dilapider=, _v.a._, to dilapidate, to waste, to squander; to embezzle.

=dilatabilité=, _n.f._, (phys.) dilatability.

=dilatable=, _adj._, (phys.) dilatable, expansible.

=dilatant=, _n.m._, (surg.) dilating body, agent, instrument.

=dilatateur=, _n.m._, (surg.) dilator. _adj._, dilating.

=dilatation=, _n.f._, dilatation, expansion, distension; (surg.) enlargement, stretching. _La — d’une plaie_; the dilatation of a sore.

=dilatatoire=, _n.m._ _V._ =dilatateur=.

=dilater=, _v.a._, to dilate, to enlarge, to widen; to distend, to expand. _La joie dilate le cœur_; joy gladdens the heart.

_se_ =dilater=, _v.r._, to dilate, to be dilated; to be distended.

=dilatoire=, _adj._, dilatory.

=dilection=, _n.f._, love, charity (episcopal).

=dilemme= (di-lem), _n.m._, dilemma.

=dilettante= (di-let-tan-t), _n.m.f._, (_dilettanti_) dilettante.

=dilettantisme= (-lèt-tan-), _n.m._, dilettantism.

=diligemment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, diligently, speedily, promptly, expeditiously.

=diligence=, _n.f._, diligence, speed, despatch; stage-coach, summary of a lecture; (jur.) suit, proceedings; vigilance, care. _Bureau des —s_; coach-office. _Aller en —_; to go with speed; to go by coach. _User de —_; to use despatch. _À la — d’un tel_; (jur.) at the suit of such a one. _Voyager par la — d’Adam_; to go on shanks’ mare.

=diligent=, =-e=, _adj._, diligent, quick; sedulous, assiduous, mindful, active, watchful.

=diligenter=, _v.a._, to hasten, to forward, to urge on, to be quick.

_se_ =diligenter=, _v.r._, to make haste, to use diligence, to be quick.

=diligenter=, _v.n._, to hasten, to be quick.

=dilogie=, _n.f._, duo-drama (_i.e._, in two parts).

=diluer=, _v.a._, to dilute.

=dilution=, _n.f._, dilution.

=diluvien=, =-ne= (-in, -ène), _adj._, diluvian.

=diluvium= (-viome), _n.m._, (geol.) diluvium.

=dîmable=, _adj._, tithable.

=dimanche=, _n.m._, Sunday, Sabbath, the Lord’s-day. _Le — de Pâques_; Easter Sunday. _Le — des Rameaux_; Palm-Sunday. _Le — gras_; Shrove Sunday. _Tel qui rit vendredi — pleurera_; laugh to-day and cry to-morrow, _i.e._, laughter is akin to tears. (_Racine._)

=dîme=, _n.f._, tithe.

=dîmée=, _n.f._, tithing.

=dimension=, _n.f._, dimension.

=dîmer=, _v.a._, to tithe, to levy tithes. _— dans un champ_; to tithe a field. _— au pressoir_; to tithe wine in the press.

=dîmer=, _v.n._, to have a right to tithe.

=dîmeur=, _n.m._, tithe-gatherer.

=diminuer=, _v.a._, to diminish, to lessen, to shorten, to reduce, to retrench, to curtail, to impair, to abate, to slacken.

=diminuer=, _v.n._, to diminish, to lessen, to decrease, to abate, to fall, to go down (in price).

=diminuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, diminutive.

=diminutif=, _n.m._, diminutive.

=diminution=, _n.f._, diminution; abridgment, curtailing, reduction, abatement; diminishing, lessening. _— de dépenses_; curtailment of expenses; tapering (of columns).

=dimissoire=, _n.m._, (ecc.) dimissory letter.

=dimissorial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ecc.) dimissory.

=dinanderie= (di-nan-drî), _n.f._, brass wares.

=dinandier=, _n.m._, brazier.

=dinatoire=, _adj._, relating to dinner. _Déjeuner —_; lunch-dinner.

=dinde=, _n.f._, turkey-hen.

=dindon=, _n.m._, turkey-cock; (person) goose. _C’est un franc —_; he is a thorough goose.

=dindonneau=, _n.m._, young turkey; poult.

=dindonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, turkey-keeper.

=dîné=, _or_ =dîner=, _n.m._, dinner, dinner-party. _L’heure du —_; dinner-time.

☉=dînée=, _n.f._, dinner (at an inn) or on the road.

=dîner=, _v.n._, to dine, to be at dinner. _Prier quelqu’un de —_; to ask anyone to stay to dinner. _Prier à —_; to invite to dine. _— par cœur_; to go dinnerless. _— de_; to dine off. _Son assiette dîne pour lui_; though he dines out, still he pays.

=dînette=, _n.f._, treat, feast, doll’s dinner. _Faire la —_; to play at dinners.

=dîneur=, _n.m._, diner; eater.

=dinosaurien=, _n.m._, (foss.) dinosaurian.

=dinothérium= (-té-ri-ome), _n.m._, (_—s_) (foss.) dinotherium.

=diocésain=, =-e=, _adj._, diocesan.

=diocésain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, inhabitant of a diocese.

=diocèse=, _n.m._, diocese.

=diœcie= (di-é-sî), _n.f._, (bot.) diœcia.

=dioïque=, _adj._, (bot.) diœcian.

=dionée=, _n.f._, (bot.) dionæa, catch-fly plant.

=dionysiaque=, _adj._, (antiq.) concerning Bacchus, of Bacchus.

=dionysiaques= _or_ =dionysies=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) Dionysia.

=dioptrique=, _n.f._, (opt.) dioptrics.

=dioptrique=, _adj._, dioptrical.

=diorama=, _n.m._, diorama.

=diorite=, _n.m._, (geol.) green-stone.

=diphtongue= (-tong), _n.f._, diphthong.

=diploé=, _n.m._, (anat.) diploe.

=diplomate=, _n.m._, diplomatist.

=diplomate=, _adj._, diplomatic.

=diplomatie=, _n.f._, diplomacy.

=diplomatique=, _n.f._, diplomatics.

=diplomatique=, _adj._, diplomatic.

=diplomatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, diplomatically.

=diplomatiste=, _n.m._, diplomatist.

=diplôme=, _n.m._, diploma.

=diplopie=, _n.f._, double vision, diplopia.

=dipode=, _adj._, having two feet or two fins.

=diptère=, _adj._, (arch., ent.) dipteral.

=diptère=, _n.m._, dipteral insect. _pl._, diptera.

=diptyque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) diptych.

=dire= (disant, dit), _v.a._, to tell, to say, to speak, to state, to write, to relate; to think; to believe; to express; to name, to decree. _— d’avance_; to say beforehand. _— entre les dents_; to mutter between one’s teeth. _Dites votre avis_; give your opinion. _Dis-je_; said I. _On dit_; it is said. _On le dit parti_; he is said to have left. _— du bien ou du mal de quelqu’un_; to speak well or ill of anyone. _— des injures à quelqu’un_; to call any one names. _— des duretés_; to say harsh things. _— quelque chose à l’oreille_; to whisper anything. _Si le cœur vous en dit_; if you feel so minded. _Le cœur vous en dit-il?_ are you agreeable _or_ game? _Pour tout —_; in a word. _Pour mieux —_; or rather. _Soit dit entre nous_; between ourselves. _Cela va sans —_; that is understood, that goes without saying, of course, that is a matter of course. _C’est-à-dire_; that is to say. _Pour ainsi —_; so to speak. _Ce n’est pas à — que_; it does not follow that. _Est-ce à — que?_ does it follow that? _Que veut — cela?_ _qu’est-ce que cela veut —?_ what is the meaning of that? _— la messe_; to say mass. _Je ne sais que — de tout cela_; I do not know what to think of all that. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make any one say; to send word to anyone. _Tout est dit_; all is over; there’s an end of it. _Cela ne dit rien_; that is nothing to the point. _Cela soit dit en passant_; but that by the way. _C’est tout —_; I needn’t say more! _Cela vous plaît à —_; you are pleased to say so. _Quand je vous le disais_; or _je vous le disais bien_; or _je vous l’avais bien dit_; didn’t I tell you so! or, what did I tell you. _Trouver à —_; to find amiss, to find fault.

_se_ =dire=, _v.r._, to call oneself, to style oneself, to give oneself out as; to be called; to be said.

=dire=, _n.m._, what one says, saying, words, statement; (jur.) allegation. _Le — du défendeur_; the statement of the defendant. _Au — de tout le monde_; according to what everybody says; by all accounts. _Le bien-dire_; elegance of speech. _Se fier pour quelque chose au — des autres_ or _d’autrui_; to take anything upon trust.

=direct= (di-rèkt), =-e=, _adj._, direct, straight, immediate; direct, assessed (of taxes). _En ligne —e_; in a straight line. _—_; (rail.) express, through. _Par train —_; by express, through train.

=directe=, _n.f._, (feudal jur.) lordship.

=directement=, _adv._, directly, straightforwardly; point-blank, home. _Aller — à son but_; to go straight to one’s goal. _— contraire_; quite contrary. _— en face_; just opposite.

=direct-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, director, manager, superintendent, overseer, conductor; directress, conductress; warden, master, principal. _— de la monnaie_; master of the mint. _— général des postes_; postmaster general.

=direction=, _n.f._, direction, management, directorship; director’s house or office; (math.) bearing; (mining) stretch; bearing. _Avoir la —_; to preside. _— de créanciers_; meeting of creditors. _Biens en —_; goods placed under the control of assignees.

=directoire=, _n.m._, directory, rubric; guide; the supreme executive council of France in 1795.

=directorat=, _n.m._, directorship, directorate.

=directorial=, =-e=, _adj._, directorial.

=dirigeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, directing, leading, acting.

=diriger=, _v.a._, to direct; to guide, to conduct, to manage; to steer, to govern; (of troops) to forward, send off, despatch. _— des poursuites contre_; to take proceedings against.

_se_ =diriger=, _v.r._, to direct one’s steps, to go towards; to make for; to take pattern from; to direct, to govern, one’s self; (nav.) to stand in.

=dirimant=, =-e=, _adj._, (canon law) invalidating. _Empêchement —_; an impediment that invalidates a marriage.

=dirimer=, _v.a._, to invalidate, to annul.

=discale=, _n.f._, (com.) tret, tare, shrinkage.

=discaler=, _v.n._, (com.) to tare, to diminish.

=discernement=, _n.m._, distinction; discernment, judgment, discrimination. _Age de —_; years of discretion.

=discerner=, _v.a._, to discern, to distinguish, to know, to discriminate. _— le vrai du faux_; to distinguish truth from untruth.

=disciple=, _n.m._, disciple, pupil, scholar, follower.

=disciplinable=, _adj._, disciplinable, governable, tractable.

=discipline=, _n.f._, discipline, education, training; castigation, scourge. _Donner la —_; to chastise.

=discipliner=, _v.a._, to discipline; to chastise, to scourge.

_se_ =discipliner=, _v.r._, to be formed to discipline; to scourge one’s self.

=discobole=, _n.m._, (antiq.) discobolus.

=discoïde=, _adj._, (conch.) discoidal, discoid.

=discontinu=, =-e=, _adj._, discontinuous.

=discontinuation=, _n.f._, discontinuance, discontinuation.

=discontinuer=, _v.a._, to discontinue, to interrupt, to leave off, to suspend, to give over.

=discontinuer=, _v.n._, to discontinue, to cease, to leave off.

=discontinuité=, _n.f._, discontinuity, discontinuance, discontinuation.

=disconvenable=, _adj._, unsuitable, improper.

=disconvenablement=, _adv._, improperly, unsuitably.

=disconvenance=, _n.f._, incongruity, discrepancy, disagreement, unsuitableness; dissimilarity, dissimilitude; disproportion, difference, inequality.

=disconvenir=, _v.n._, to deny, to disown; not to suit, to disagree with. _Il ne disconvient pas du fait_; he does not deny the fact.

=discord=, _n.m._, discord, dissension.

=discord=, _adj.m._, (mus.) out of tune, jarring, discordant.

=discordance=, _n.f._, discordancy, disagreement, discrepancy; (mus.) inconsonancy; dissonance.

=discordant=, =-e=, _adj._, discordant, jarring, dissonant, harsh, out of tune; untunable, tuneless, unmusical; disagreeing, inharmonious, incongruous.

=discorde=, _n.f._, discord, disagreement, variance, disunion, dissension, strife. _Pomme de —_; bone of contention.

=discorder=, _v.n._, (mus.) to be out of tune, to be discordant, inconsonant; to jar.

=discoureu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, talker; babbler, chatterer, twaddler. _Quel ennuyeux —!_ what a chattering bore!

=discourir=, _v.n._, to discourse, to descant on, to reason about.

=discours=, _n.m._, discourse; speech, oration, address; subject. _Les parties du —_; the parts of speech. _— oratoire_; set speech. _— en l’air_; idle talk. _C’est un bon —_; it is a good speech. _Faire un —_; to make a speech, to deliver an address, an oration. _Tenir des —_; to say things.

=discourtois=, =-e=, _adj._, discourteous, unmannerly; uncivil.

=discourtoisement=, _adv._, discourteously.

=discourtoisie=, _n.f._, discourtesy, unmannerliness, incivility.

=discrédit=, _n.m._, discredit, disrepute, disgrace.

=discréditer=, _v.a._, to discredit; to bring into discredit, into disrepute; to bring discredit on.

=discr-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, discreet, considerate, cautious, prudent; wary, circumspect; reserved, secret, close; shy.

=discrètement=, _adv._, discreetly, cautiously, circumspectly, warily, prudently, reservedly.

=discrétion=, _n.f._, circumspection, prudence; discretion, reserve, wariness; reservedness, discreetness. _L’âge de —_; years of discretion. _Agir_, _parler avec —_; to act _or_ speak warily. _Vivre à —_; (milit.) to have free quarters. _Se rendre à —_; to surrender at discretion. _Avoir du pain à —_; to have bread ad libitum.

=discrétionnaire=, _adj._, discretionary.

=discrétoire=, _n.m._, council-room; council.

=disculpation=, _n.f._, exculpation.

=disculper=, _v.a._, to exculpate, to vindicate, to clear, to exonerate.

=discursi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, discursive.

☉=discussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) discutient.

=discussion=, _n.f._, discussion, debate; altercation, strife, wrangling, dispute; (jur.) seizure and sale (of the property of a debtor). _— de biens_; (jur.) distraint, execution. _Sans division ni —_; jointly and severally.

=discutable=, _adj._, debatable, disputable, contestable.

=discuter=, _v.a._, to discuss, to debate, to argue; to examine, to canvass, to inquire into; to scan, to sift, to search into. _— un point de droit_; to discuss an article of law. _— les biens d’un débiteur_; to distrain the goods of a debtor.

=disert=, =-e=, _adj._, copious, fluent, eloquent.

=disertement=, _adv._, copiously, profusely, fluently, fully.

=disette=, _n.f._, scarcity, dearth, want; poverty, penury.

☉=disetteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, needy, necessitous.

=diseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, teller, speaker, talker. _— de bonne aventure_; fortune-teller. _— de bons mots_; jester. _— de nouvelles_; newsmonger. _— de riens_; idle talker. _Un beau —_; a fine talker.

=disgrâce=, _n.f._, disgrace, disfavor; misfortune, affliction; reverse, downfall.

=disgracié=, =-e=, _part._, out of favor. _— de la nature_; deformed, disfigured, ill-favored.

=disgracier=, _v.a._, to disgrace, to put out of favor.

=disgracieusement=, _adv._, awkwardly, ungracefully, unhandsomely.

=disgracieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ungraceful, uncomely, uncouth, ungracious; disagreeable; unpleasant, awkward.

=disgrégation=, _n.f._, (opt.) disgregation; separation, _V._ =désagrégation=.

=disjoindre=, _v.a._, to disjoin, to disunite.

_se_ =disjoindre=, _v.r._, to come apart _or_ asunder.

=disjoncti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) disjunctive.

=disjonction=, _n.f._, disjunction, separation; (jur.) severance.

=disjonctive=, _n.f._, (gram.) disjunctive.

=dislocation=, _n.f._, dislocation, dismemberment, luxation. _Il y a —_; the bone is out of joint. _La — d’une armée_; the breaking up of an army.

=disloquer=, _v.a._, to dislocate, to dismember, to disjoint, to put out of joint; to take to pieces (machine); (milit.) to break up (an army).

=dispache=, _n.f._, (insur.) assessment.

=dispacheur=, _n.m._, nautical assessor.

=disparaître=, _v.n._, to vanish; to vanish out of sight; to get out of the way; to elope; to abscond; to disappear.

=disparate=, _n.f._, incongruity, dissimilarity.

=disparate=, _adj._, incongruous, dissimilar, disparate; unlike, ill-matched.

=disparité=, _n.f._, disparity, dissimilarity.

=disparition=, _n.f._, disappearance.

=dispendieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, expensive; costly.

=dispensaire=, _n.m._, (med.) pharmacopœia; dispensary.

=dispensat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dispenser.

=dispensation=, _n.f._, dispensation, distribution.

=dispense=, _n.f._, dispensation, exemption, permission, license.

=dispenser=, _v.a._, to exempt; to dispense with; to dispense, to bestow. _Dispensez-moi de faire cela_; excuse me from doing that. _Le soleil dispense à tous sa lumière_; the sun bestows _or_ sheds his light upon all.

_se_ =dispenser=, _v.r._, to dispense with; to exempt _or_ excuse oneself from; to spare oneself; to be distributed.

=disperser=, _v.a._, to disperse; to scatter, to dispel, to break up.

_se_ =disperser=, _v.r._, to disperse; to be dispersed, to spread about, to be scattered, to dispel.

=dispersion=, _n.f._, dispersion, dispersing, scattering, breaking up.

=dispondée=, _n.m._, (poet.) dispondee.

=disponibilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) power of disposal (of property); (milit.) state of being unattached. _Être en —_; (milit.) to be unattached. _Fonds en —_; disposable funds.

=disponible=, _adj._, free, disposable, available, unoccupied, disengaged, vacant. _n.m._, goods in bond.

=dispos=, _adj.m._, active, nimble, cheerful, well, hearty.

=disposé=, =-e=, _part._, disposed, inclined; ready; prepared; apt, liable. _Un homme bien — pour quelqu’un_; a man well disposed towards any one. _Mal —_; ill-disposed.

=disposer=, _v.a._, to dispose, to order, to lay out; to prepare, to make ready, to fit; to incline, to prevail upon; to have at command.

_se_ =disposer=, _v.r._, to dispose oneself, to be disposed; to get ready, to prepare; to array oneself; to be about to.

=disposer=, _v.n._, to dispose of; to prescribe, to ordain, to order, to make over; (com.) to draw a bill. _Vous pouvez — de moi_; you may draw upon me. _L’homme propose et Dieu dispose_; man proposes and God disposes. _Disposez de moi_; make what use you like of me.

☉=dispositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preparatory.

=dispositif=, _n.m._, (jur.) purview, terms (of an act, decree, etc.). _Le — d’un arrét_; the purview _or_ terms of a decree.

=disposition=, _n.f._, disposition, arrangement; order; provision; disposal; service; tendency; inclination, aptness; humor; mind, resolution; habit. _Les —s d’une loi_; the provisions of a law. _— testamentaire_; (jur.) will, bequest, devise. _Il a des gens à sa —_; he has people at his disposal. _Il a de très bonnes —s pour vous_; he is very well disposed towards you. _Être en bonne —_; to enjoy good health; to be very fit. _Cela est à votre —_; that is at your service.

=disproportion=, _n.f._, disproportion.

=disproportionné=, =-e=, _adj._, disproportionate.

=disproportionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, disproportional.

=disproportionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, disproportionally.

=disputable=, _adj._, disputable, controvertible, contestable, debatable; doubtful.

*=disputailler=, _v.n._, to wrangle about trifles.

*=disputaillerie=, _n.f._, wrangling, squabbling, bickering.

*=disputailleur=, _n.m._, caviler, wrangler.

=disputant=, _n.m._, disputant.

=dispute=, _n.f._, discussion, disputation, dispute, contest, wrangle, wrangling.

=disputer=, _v.n._, to discuss; to argue, to dispute; to contend, to contest, to wrangle. _— contre quelqu’un_; to dispute with any one. _Le — à_; to vie with. _— sur un point de droit_; to discuss a point of law. _De quoi dispute-t-on?_ what is the matter under discussion? _— de_; to contend for.

=disputer=, _v.a._, to contend for, to dispute, to call in question; to fight for. _Il lui dispute le pas_; he contends with him for precedence. _— le passage à quelqu’un_; to oppose any one’s passage.

_se_ =disputer=, _v.r._, to dispute; to contend for; to wrangle.

=disputeu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, wrangler, disputant; disputatious, quarrelsome.

=disqualifier=, _v.a._, to disqualify.

=disque=, _n.m._, disc, quoit; (bot.) discus.

=disquisition=, _n.f._, disquisition.

=disruption=, _n.f._, disruption.

=dissecteur=, _n.m._, dissector.

=dissection=, _n.f._, dissection. _— des nerfs_; neurotomy.

=dissemblable=, _adj._, dissimilar, unlike, different.

=dissemblablement=, _adv._, dissimilarly.

=dissemblance=, _n.f._, dissimilitude, dissimilarity, difference.

=dissembler=, _v.n._, to differ, to be unlike.

=dissémination=, _n.f._, dissemination; (bot.) semination; scattering (of seeds).

=disséminer=, _v.a._, to disseminate, to scatter.

=dissension=, _n.f._, dissension, discord, disunion; strife, feud.

=dissentiment=, _n.m._, dissent, disagreement.

=dissentir=, _v.n._, to dissent.

=disséquer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to dissect; to analyze.

=disséqueur=, _n.m._, (iron.) dissector. _V._ =dissecteur=.

=dissertat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dissertator.

=dissertati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dissertative, disquisitive.

=dissertation=, _n.f._, dissertation, treatise (in schools); composition, essay.

=disserter=, _v.n._, to dissert. _— sur un point d’histoire_; to expatiate on a point of history.

=dissidence=, _n.f._, scission, dissidence, difference of opinion, dissent.

=dissident=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissident, dissenter; dissentient, dissident, dissenting.

=dissimilaire=, _adj._, dissimilar, different, unlike.

=dissimilitude=, _n.f._, dissimilitude, difference, unlikeness.

=dissimulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dissembler, hypocrite.

=dissimulation=, _n.f._, dissimulation, dissembling; double-dealing. _User de —_; to dissemble. _— de naissance_; concealment of birth.

=dissimulé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissembler; dissembling, double-faced, artful. _Homme profondément —_; man extremely double-faced. _Caractère —_; artful disposition.

=dissimuler=, _v.a._, to dissemble, to conceal, to hide; to play the hypocrite; to feign to take no notice of; to pretend not to do. _— sa haine_; to dissemble one’s hatred. _— une injure_; to take no notice of an insult.

_se_ =dissimuler=, _v.r._, to conceal; to be concealed _or_ suppressed _or_ hid.

=dissimuler=, _v.n._, to dissemble. _Il dissimula qu’il s’en fût aperçu_; he pretended not to have perceived it.

=dissipat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, squanderer, spendthrift, prodigal, waster; lavish, wasteful, extravagant.

=dissipation=, _n.f._, dissipation, wasting; waste; recreation, relaxation, diversion. _Vivre dans la —_; to lead a dissipated life.

=dissiper=, _v.a._, to dissipate, to scatter, to dispel, to disperse; to consume, to waste, to squander _or_ fritter away, to spend; to recreate, to divert, to relax. _— les factions_; to quell factions. _— son bien_; to squander away one’s wealth.

_se_ =dissiper=, _v.r._, to divert, recreate, _or_ relax one’s self; to be dispersed, dispelled, _or_ dissipated; to vanish, to pass away; to clear off.

=dissolu=, =-e=, _adj._, dissolute, profligate, lewd, loose, licentious.

=dissolubilité=, _n.f._, dissolubility.

=dissoluble=, _adj._, dissoluble, dissolvable.

=dissolument=, _adv._, dissolutely, loosely, lewdly, licentiously, riotously.

☉=dissoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ _V._ =dissolvant=.

=dissolution=, _n.f._, dissolution; solution; dissoluteness, looseness of manners, licentiousness, lewdness; riot. _— des simples_; dissolution of herbs. _La — d’un mariage_; the annulling of a marriage. _— de société_; dissolution of partnership.

=dissolvant=, _n.m._, dissolvent, resolvent, solvent. _L’eau est un grand —_; water is a powerful dissolvent.

=dissolvant=, =-e=, _adj._, dissolvent, resolvent, solvent.

=dissonance=, _n.f._, (mus.) dissonance, discord.

=dissonant=, =-e=, _adj._, dissonant, discordant, jarring.

=dissoner=, _v.n._, (mus.) to make discord, to jar, to be discordant _or_ dissonant.

=dissoudre= (dissolvant, dissous), _v.a._, to dissolve; to break, to break up. _— un mariage_; to annul a marriage.

_se_ =dissoudre=, _v.r._, to dissolve, to be dissolved, to melt; to break up.

=dissou-s=, =-te=, _part._, dissolved, broken up.

=dissuader=, _v.a._, to dissuade, to advise to the contrary.

=dissuasi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dissuasive.

=dissuasion=, _n.f._, dissuasion.

=dissyllabe=, _adj._, (gram.) dissyllabic.

=dissyllabe=, _n.m._, (gram.) dissyllable.

=dissyllabique=, _adj._, dissyllabic.

=distance=, _n.f._, distance. _Tenir à —_; to keep at a distance. _Garder sa —_; to keep one’s distance.

=distancé=, =-e=, _part._, distanced.

=distancer=, _v.a._, to distance, to outdo.

=distant=, =-e=, _adj._, distant, remote, far off.

=distendre=, _v.a._, (med.) to distend.

_se_ =distendre=, _v.r._, (med.) to be distended.

=distension=, _n.f._, (med.) distension, tension.

=distillable=, _adj._, distillable.

=distillateur=, _n.m._, distiller.

=distillation=, _n.f._, distillation.

=distillatoire=, _adj._, distillatory.

=distiller=, _v.a._, to distill; to discharge, to vent. _— deux fois_; to rectify. _— son esprit sur quelque chose_; to puzzle one’s brains over a thing. _— son venin sur quelqu’un_; to vent one’s spite upon any one.

=distiller=, _v.n._, to drop, to distill, to drizzle, to trickle; to be discharged, to be vented.

=distillerie= (-til-rî), _n.f._, distillery, still-house.

=distinct= (-tinct), =-e=, _adj._, distinct, different; separate; plain; clear.

=distinctement=, _adv._, distinctly, clearly, plainly.

=distincti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, distinctive, distinguishing, characteristic. _Caractère —_, _marque —ve_; characteristic.

=distinction=, _n.f._, distinction, division; difference; eminence, superiority. _Sans —_; promiscuously, indiscriminately. _Faire — de l’ami et de l’ennemi_; to distinguish between a friend and a foe. _Un homme de —_; a man of refinement. _Défaut de —_; want of distinction. _Par —_; for distinction, for distinction’s sake.

=distingué=, =-e=, _adj._, distinguished, eminent, conspicuous; gentlemanly; ladylike; genteel. _Naissance —e_; high birth.

=distinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to discern, to distinguish; to make a distinction, to discriminate; to make eminent, to single out, to honor; to take notice of, to treat with marks of distinction.

_se_ =distinguer=, _v.r._, to distinguish _or_ signalize one’s self, to make oneself eminent; to be distinguished _or_ conspicuous, to gain distinction. _Il se distingue par ses talents_; he is conspicuous for his talents.

=distique=, _n.m._, distich, couplet.

=distique=, _adj._, (bot.) having flowers _or_ leaves in double and opposite rows.

=distordre=, _v.a._, (med.) to distort, to sprain. _Se —_, _v.r._, to become distorted.

=distors=, =-e=, _adj._, distorted.

=distorsion=, _n.f._, distortion, sprain.

=distraction=, _n.f._, separation, subtraction; abstraction, absence of mind, wandering, heedlessness, inattention; recreation, diversion, relief. _— de dépens_; (jur.) awarding of expenses. _À t-on fait — des dépens_; have costs been allowed? _Il est sujet à des —s_; he is subject to fits of absence of mind. _Par —_; inadvertently; by way of amusement.

=distraire=, _v.a._, to separate, to subtract; to call off, to take off, to divert from, to distract, to disturb; to divert; to entertain; to turn from; to deprive. _La moindre chose le distrait_; the least thing diverts his attention. _— des études_; to disturb from study.

_se_ =distraire=, _v.r._, to divert one’s attention; to be disturbed; to divert oneself, to amuse oneself, to take some relaxation.

=distrait=, =-e=, _adj._, absent-minded; heedless, wandering; distracted, vacant. _Un homme —_; an absent-minded man. _Air —_, _regards —s_; absent air, vacant looks.

=distrait=, _n.m._, absent-minded man.

=distrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, diverting, pleasing, entertaining.

=distribuable=, _adj._, distributable.

=distribuer=, _v.a._, to distribute, to divide, to deal out, to portion out, to serve out; to dispose, lay out, arrange; (print.) to distribute; (theat.) to cast, to allot. _— des aumônes_; to distribute alms. _— un appartement_; to lay out a suite of rooms.

=distributaire=, _n.m.f._, recipient, receiver, sharer.

=distribut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, distributer, bestower, dispenser. _— des vivres_; (nav.) purser’s steward, purser’s mate.

=distributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, distributive.

=distribution=, _n.f._, distribution; division; laying out, disposition; delivery (of letters by post); (print.) distribution; (theat.) cast. _Ordre de —_; roll of creditors (for dividends). _La — de cet appartement est commode_; this suite of rooms is conveniently laid out.

=distributivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, distributively.

=district= (-trik), _n.m._, district; (fig.) province, jurisdiction.

=dit=, _n.m._, maxim; saying; ☉fable, tale. _Les —s et faits des anciens_; the acts and sayings of the ancients. _Avoir son — et son dédit_; to be able to say and unsay.

=dit=, =-e=, _part._, said, spoken; surnamed, alias, called. _Ce qui fut — fut fait_; he made his words good. _Aussitôt —, aussitôt fait_; no sooner said than done. _Susdit_; above-mentioned. _Autrement —_; in other words. _Cela —_; thereupon. _Se le tenir pour —_; to take it for granted.

=dithyrambe=, _n.m._, dithyramb; dithyrambic, dithyrambus.

=dithyrambique=, _adj._, dithyrambic.

=dito=, _adv._, (com.) Do (ditto).

=diton=, _n.m._, (mus.) ditone.

=ditriglyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) ditriglyph.

=diurétique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) diuretic.

=diurnal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) diurnal, daily prayer-book.

=diurne=, _adj._, (astron., med., ent.) diurnal, daily.

=diurne=, _n.m._, (ent.) diurnal insect. _—s_; diurna.

=divagant=, _adj._, wandering, rambling.

=divagat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, desultory, rambling speaker; desultory, rambling.

=divagation=, _n.f._, divagation; wandering, rambling, disconnected, straying; (jur.) straying (of animals). _Se perdre dans les —s_; to lose sight of the question.

=divaguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to be incoherent (either in writing or speaking), to ramble, to stray, to wander, to rave; to digress, to wander from the question; to go astray; to stray (of cattle).

=divan=, _n.m._, divan, sofa.

=divarication=, _n.f._, (med.) divarication.

=divariqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) straggling.

☉=dive=, _adj._, divine. _n.f._, goddess, diva.

=divergence=, _n.f._, divergence, divergency; difference of opinion.

=divergent=, =-e=, _adj._, divergent; different; (bot.) spreading.

=diverger=, _v.n._, to diverge; to branch off; to spread.

=divers=, =-e=, _adj._, diverse, various, different, multifarious, miscellaneous; divers, sundry, several.

=divers=, _n.m.pl._, (com.) sundries.

=diversement=, _adv._, diversely, variously, differently.

=diversifier=, _v.a._, to diversify, to variegate, to vary. _— l’entretien_; to give variety to the conversation.

_se_ =diversifier=, _v.r._, to be varied, diversified.

=diversion=, _n.f._, diversion.

=diversité=, _n.f._, diversity, variety, difference.

=divertir=, _v.a._, to divert; to embezzle, to convert to one’s own use, to make away with, to convey away; to amuse, to recreate, to delight, to exhilarate. _— des fonds_; to misapply funds. _Deniers divertis_; embezzled money.

_se_ =divertir=, _v.r._, to amuse oneself, to make merry, to divert _or_ recreate oneself; to be diverted _or_ amused, to be merry; to make sport with. _Divertissez-vous bien_; enjoy yourself.

=divertissant=, =-e=, _adj._, diverting, entertaining, amusing.

=divertissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, diversion, pastime, relaxation; amusement; entertainment; purloining, embezzlement. _Une comédie avec des —s_; a farcical comedy. _— de deniers_; embezzling of money.

=dividende=, _n.m._, dividend. _— arriéré_; unclaimed dividend. _Faire un —_; (com.) to declare a dividend.

=divin=, =-e=, _adj._, divine; godlike; heavenly; admirable, exquisite. _L’office —_; divine service. _Ouvrage —_; most admirable work. _Beauté —e_; heavenly beauty.

=divinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, diviner. _adj._, prophetic, divining, foreseeing.

=divination=, _n.f._, divination. _— par le feu_; pyromancy.

=divinatoire=, _adj._, divinatory; divining.

=divinement= (di-vi-n-mān), _adv._, divinely, admirably, exquisitely.

=diviniser=, _v.a._, to deify; to laud to the skies.

=divinité=, _n.f._, Divinity, Godhead, deity. _Adorer la —_; to worship the Divinity. _C’est une — que cette femme_; that woman is an angel.

=divis=, _n.m._, (l.u.) division, share. _Posséder par —_; to possess a portion of.

=divise=, _n.f._, (her.) narrow band.

=diviser=, _v.a._, to divide; to parcel out; to part, to portion out; to disunite, to set at variance. _— le tout en ses parties_; to divide the whole into its parts.

_se_ =diviser=, _v.r._, to divide; to be divided; to be split into parts; to be disunited; to be at variance.

=diviseur=, _n.m._, (arith.) divisor; divider.

=diviseur=, _adj.m._, divisive, dividing.

=divisibilité=, _n.f._, divisibility.

=divisible=, _adj._, divisible.

=division=, _n.f._, division; partition; dividing; (math., print., rhet., milit., parliament) division; (nav.) squadron. _Être en —_; to be at variance.

=divisionnaire=, _adj._, divisional; divisionary, of a division.

=divorce=, _n.m._, divorce; variance. _Faire — avec sa femme_; to divorce one’s wife. _Faire —_; to renounce. _Ils sont dans un continuel —_; they are always at variance.

=divorcer=, _v.n._, to be divorced. _Elle a divorcé d’avec lui_; she has been divorced from him.

=divulgation=, _n.f._, divulgence; revelation; publishing.

=divulguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to divulge, to blaze abroad, to reveal, to publish _or_ make public.

=dix=, _adj._, ten, tenth. _Innocent —_; Innocent the tenth.

=dix=, _n.m._, ten; tenth.

=dix-huit=, _adj._, eighteen, eighteenth.

=dix-huit=, _n.m._, eighteen, eighteenth.

=dix-huitième=, _adj._, eighteenth.

=dixième= (-zièm), _adj._, tenth. _Le — jour_; the tenth day. _La — fois_; the tenth time.

=dixième=, _n.m._, tenth.

=dixième=, _n.f._, (mus.) tenth.

=dixièmement= (di-zièm-mān), _adv._, tenthly.

=dixme=, _n.f._ _V._ =dîme=.

=dix-neuf=, _adj._, nineteen, nineteenth.

=dix-neuf=, _n.m._, nineteen, nineteenth.

=dix-neuvième=, _adj._, nineteenth.

=dix-neuvième=, _n.m._, nineteenth.

=dix-sept=, _adj._, seventeen, seventeenth.

=dix-sept=, _n.m._, seventeen, seventeenth.

=dix-septième=, _adj._, seventeenth.

=dix-septième=, _n.m._, seventeenth.

=dizain=, _n.m._, decastich; (c.rel.) rosary consisting of ten beads; ten packs (of cards); set of ten.

=dizaine=, _n.f._, some ten. _Il y avait une — de personnes_; there were ten or twelve people.

=dizeau=, _n.m._, shock of wheat (consisting of ten sheaves); ten trusses of hay.

☉=dizenier= _or_ =dizainier=, _n.m._, tithing-man.

=djinn=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (Arabian myth.) imp, evil spirit, demon. _Les —s_; swarm of demons.

=d.m.= (ab. for Docteur Médecin), M.D.

=do=, _n.m._, (mus.) C; do, ut.

=docile=, _adj._, docile, tractable, submissive, yielding, manageable.

=docilement= (do-sil-mān), _adv._, with docility, submissively.

=docilité=, _n.f._, docility, tractableness, manageableness; obedience.

=docimasie= _or_ =docimastique=, _n.f._, (metal.) docimacy.

=docimastique=, _adj._, docimastic.

=dock=, _n.m._, dock; bonded warehouse.

=docte=, _adj._, erudite, learned.

=doctement=, _adv._, learnedly, in a learned manner; pedantically.

=docteur=, _n.m._, doctor. _— en théologie_, _en droit_, _en médecine_; doctor of divinity, of laws, of medicine.

=doctissime=, _adj._, most learned.

=doctoral=, =-e=, _adj._, doctoral.

=doctoralement=, _adv._, doctorally.

=doctorat=, _n.m._, doctorate, doctor’s degree.

=doctorerie= (-tor-rî), _n.f._, examination for the degree of D.D.

=doctoresse=, _n.f._, (jest.) doctoress.

=doctrinaire=, _n.m._, lay brother; doctrinaire. _adj._, lay, stiff, formal, pedantic.

=doctrinairement=, _adv._, stiffly, formally, systematically.

=doctrinal=, =-e=, _adj._, doctrinal.

=doctrine=, _n.f._, doctrine.

=document=, _n.m._, document, title, title-deed, charter, certificate.

=dodécaèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) dodecahedron.

=dodécagone=, _n.m._, (geom.) dodecagon.

=dodécagone=, _adj._, twelve-angled.

=dodécastyle=, _adj._, dodecastyle.

=dodelinement=, _n.m._, rocking, swinging; dandling, fondling.

=dodinage=, _n.m._, shaking up, stirring (of wine).

=dodiner= _or_ =dodeliner=, _v.a._, to rock; to swing, to fondle, to dandle.

=dodiner=, _v.n._, (horl., l.u.) to oscillate, to vibrate.

_se_ =dodiner=, _v.r._, to nurse oneself, to coddle oneself.

=dodo=, _n.m._, (fam.) by-by, lullaby; sleep, bed. _Aller à —_; to go to bed, to go to sleep.

=dodo=, _n.m._, (pop.) (orni.) dodo. _V._ =dronte=.

=dodu=, =-e=, _adj._, plump.

=dogaresse=, _n.f._, the wife of a doge.

=dogat=, _n.m._, dogate.

=doge=, _n.m._, doge.

=dogmatique=, _adj._, dogmatic.

=dogmatique=, _n.f._, dogmatics.

=dogmatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, dogmatically.

=dogmatiser=, _v.n._, to dogmatize.

=dogmatiseur=, _n.m._, dogmatizer.

=dogmatiste=, _n.m._, dogmatist.

=dogme=, _n.m._, dogma, tenet, doctrine.

=dogre=, _n.m._, Dutch dogger, dogger-boat.

=dogue= (dog), _n.m._, mastiff, house-dog; bull-dog.

=doguin=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, (-ghin, -ghi-n), pug-dog, pug.

=doigt= (doa), _n.m._, finger; toe; hand; digit. _Les cinq —s de la main_; the five fingers of the hand. _Un — du pied_; a toe. _Donner sur les —s_; to give a rap on the knuckles. _Être à deux —s de sa ruine_; to be upon the brink of ruin. _Savoir quelque chose sur le bout du —_; to have a thing at one’s fingers’ ends. _Mon petit — me l’a dit_; a little bird told me so. _Se mordre les —s de quelque chose_; to repent of a thing. _Il est à deux —s de la mort_; he is at death’s door. _J’en mettrais le — au feu_; I would lay my life upon it. _Être servi au — et à l’œil_; to be served at a nod. _On le montre au —_; he is pointed at. _Vous avez mis le — dessus_; you have hit the nail on the head. _Un — de vin_; a toothful of wine. _S’en lécher les —s_; to lick one’s lips; to gloat over anything. _Il lui obéit au — et à l’œil_; he is at his beck and call. _Y mettre les quatre —s et le pouce_; to eat greedily; to do a thing clumsily. _Être comme les deux —s de la main_; to be hand and glove together; to be inseparable.

=doigter= (doa-té), _v.a.n._, (mus.) to finger.

=doigter=, _n.m._, (mus.) fingering.

=doigtier= (doa-tié), _n.m._, finger-stall, thumb-stall, thimble.

=doit=, _n.m._, (com.) Dr. (debtor). _— et avoir_; Dr. and Cr.

=doitée=, _n.f._, bit of thread.

=dol=, _n.m._, (jur.) deceit, fraud.

=dolabelle=, _n.f._, small hatchet.

=dolabre=, _n.f._, dowel-ax.

=dolage=, _n.m._, adzing, planing.

=dolce= (dol-cé), _adv._, (mus.) dolce.

=doléance=, _n.f._, complaint, lamentation; grievance. _Faire_, _conter_, _ses —s_; to tell one’s griefs, to pour out one’s troubles.

=dolemment= (do-la-mān), _adv._, mournfully, wofully, dolefully.

=dolent=, =-e=, _adj._, doleful, woful, piteous, mournful; whining.

=doler=, _v.a._, to smooth with the adz; to plane; to pare.

=doliman=, _n.m._, dolman.

=dollar=, _n.m._, dollar.

=dolman=, _n.m._, shell-jacket; hussar’s pelisse.

=dolmen=, _n.m._, (_—s_) dolmen, cromlech.

=doloir=, _n.m._, paring-knife, parer.

=doloire=, _n.f._, adz; chip-ax.

=dolomie= _or_ =dolomite=, _n.f._, (min.) dolomite.

=dom=, _n.m._, dom; don. _V._ =don=.

=domaine=, _n.m._, domain; estate, demesne, possession, property; department, province, compass, sphere. _Le — de la couronne_; the crown-lands. _Cela n’est point de mon —_; that is not in my province. _Tomber dans le — du public_; to become public property.

=domanial=, =-e=, _adj._, demesnial, domanial.