Chapter D (7)

=emmeuler=, _v.a._, to stack hay.

=emmiellé=, =-e=, _adj._, honeyed, sweet, soft. _Paroles —es_; honeyed words.

=emmieller=, _v.a._, to honey; to sweeten with honey; to cajole.

=emmiellure=, _n.f._, (vet.) a resolvent plaster.

=emmitonner=, _v.a._, to wrap up; to wheedle, to coax.

=emmitoufler=, _v.a._, to muffle up.

=emmortaiser=, _v.a._, to mortise, to set in a mortise.

_s’_=emmortaiser=, _v.r._, to mortise.

=emmotté=, =-e=, _adj._, (of roots of trees) covered with soil.

=emmuseler=, _v.a._, to muzzle.

=émoi=, _n.m._, emotion, anxiety, flutter, ferment. _Mettre en —_; to put in a flutter, a ferment. _Être en —_; to be agitated _or_ in a ferment.

=émollient=, =-e=, _adj._, emollient, softening.

=émollient=, _n.m._, emollient.

=émolument=, _n.m._, emolument, fee, perquisite. _pl._, salary.

=émolumentaire=, _adj._, emolumental.

=émolumenter=, _v.n._, to profit; to get fees, perquisites.

=émonctoire=, _n.m._, (med.) emunctory.

=émondage=, _n.m._, pruning, lopping, trimming.

=émonde=, _n.f._, dung (of birds of prey).

=émonder=, _v.a._, to prune, to lop.

=émondes=, _n.f.pl._, branches lopped off; trash, refuse.

=émondeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pruner, trimmer, dresser.

=émorfiler=, _v.a._, to beard off; to blunt.

=émotion=, _n.f._, emotion; stir, commotion.

=émottage=, _n.m._, clod-crushing.

=émotter=, _v.a._, (agri.) to break clods of earth.

=émottoir=, _n.m._, (agri.) roller, clod-breaker.

=émoucher=, _v.a._, to drive flies away; to clear of flies.

=émouchet=, _n.m._, sparrow-hawk. _Donner l’— à une peau_; to soak a hide.

=émouchette=, _n.f._, fly-net (for horses).

=émoucheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pers.) fly-fanner.

=émouchoir=, _n.m._, fly-flap.

=émoudre=, _v.a._, to whet, to grind, to sharpen. _— des couteaux_; to grind knives. _Faire — des ciseaux_; to have scissors ground.

=émouleur=, _n.m._, knife-grinder.

=émoulu=, =-e=, _part._, ground. _Frais — de_; fresh from, just come from. _Il est frais — du collège_; he is fresh from college. _Combattre à fer —_; to fight with sharp weapons.

=émoussage=, _n.m._, (agri.) emuscation.

=émoussé=, =-e=, _part._, blunt; dull. _Un esprit —_; a dull mind. _Des sens —s_; deadened senses. _Etat —_; bluntness.

=émousser=, _v.a._, to make blunt; to take off the edge; to dull; to take the moss off trees; to deaden. _— un rasoir_; to take the edge off a razor.

_s’_=émousser=, _v.r._, to get blunt; to become dull; to be, to become, deadened _or_ blunted. _La pointe de ce couteau s’est émoussée_; the point of this knife is blunted.

=émoussoir=, _n.m._, moss-scraper.

*=émoustillé=, =-e=, _adj._, brisk, sprightly.

*=émoustiller=, _v.a._, to exhilarate, to put into spirits. _S’—_; to bestir one’s self; to look alive.

=émouvant=, _adj._, touching, moving, affecting, stirring.

=émouvoir=, _v.a._, to move, to stir up; to agitate, to provoke; to rouse; to raise; to affect, to touch. _Il sait l’art d’— les passions_; he knows how to stir up the passions. _Il est ému de crainte_; he is moved with fear. _— une sédition_; to raise a sedition.

_s’_=émouvoir=, _v.r._, to rise; to be roused; to be stirred up. _Il s’émut à la vue du péril_; he was troubled at the sight of the danger. _Il s’émeut de rien_; the least thing upsets him.

*=empaillage=, _n.m._, stuffing (animals).

*=empaillement=, _n.m._, bottoming (with straw); stuffing (animals).

*=empaillé=, =-e=, _part._, stuffed.

*=empailler=, _v.a._, to pack in straw; to stuff (birds); to straw bottom. _— des ballots_; to pack up bales in straw. _— une plante_; to wrap straw round a plant.

*=empailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, chair-mender; bird-stuffer.

=empalement= (an-pal-mān), _n.m._, impalement; (tech.) paddle-door, shuttle.

=empaler=, _v.a._, to impale.

=empan=, _n.m._, span.

=empanacher=, _v.a._, to plume, to adorn with a plume. _— un casque_; to adorn a helmet.

=empanner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bring to. _v.n._, to tie to.

=empaquetage=, _n.m._, packing.

=empaqueter= (an-pak-té), _v.a._, to pack up, to make up into a bundle, to do up.

_s’_=empaqueter=, _v.r._, to wrap up. _Il s’empaqueta dans son manteau_; he wrapped himself up in his cloak.

_s’_=emparer=, _v.r._, to possess one’s self of; to make one’s self master of; to take possession of, to seize, to secure; to engross (conversation); to master. _S’— d’un héritage_; to seize upon an inheritance.

=empâtement=, _n.m._, stickiness, clamminess; cramming (of poultry); (surg.) puffiness.

=empâter=, _v.a._, to make clammy, sticky; to cram (fowls); (paint.) to impaste. _Cela m’a empâté les mains_; that has made my fingers sticky. _Face empâtée_; pudding face.

=empattement=, _n.m._, footing, foundation, base, basement; (tech.) platform (of a crane); (nav.) splicing.

=empaumer=, _v.a._, to grasp; to take possession of; to gain over; (at tennis) to strike with the palm of the hand _or_ with a bat. _— la voie_; (hunt.) to catch the scent.

=empaumure=, _n.f._, top-antlers; palm-piece of a glove.

=empeau=, _n.m._, (hort.) flute-grafting.

=empêchable=, _adj._, preventable.

=empêché=, =-e=, _part._, hindered, at a loss. _Être — de sa personne_; to be greatly embarrassed. _Faire l’—_; to affect to be busy.

=empêchement= (an-pêsh-mān), _n.m._, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, opposition, obstruction, difficulty; objection. _Lever tous les —s_; to remove all obstacles. _Apporter de l’— à quelque chose_; to throw impediments in the way of anything. _Je n’y mets point d’—_; I do not oppose it.

=empêcher=, _v.a._, to oppose, to prevent; to hinder, to obstruct, to impede, to put a stop to. _— un mariage_; to oppose a marriage. _Cette muraille empêche la vue_; this wall obstructs the view. _Cela n’empêcha pas qu’il ne le fît_; that did not prevent him from doing it (_i.e._, he did it all the same). _Il m’empêche de travailler_; he hinders me from working. _L’un n’empêche pas l’autre_; the one does not bar the other. _Cela n’empêche pas que_; and yet, for all that.

_s’_=empêcher=, _v.r._, to forbear, to refrain from, to keep from, to abstain. _Il ne saurait s’— de médire_; he cannot keep from slandering. _Je ne saurais m’empêcher de le faire_; I cannot help doing it.

*=empeigne=, _n.f._, upper leather; vamp.

=empellement=, _n.m._, sluice, dam.

=empennelage=, _n.m._, backing an anchor.

=empenneler=, _v.a._, to back an anchor.

=empennelle=, _n.f._, small anchor; kedge.

=empenner=, _v.a._, to feather arrows.

=empenoir=, _n.m._, lock-chisel.

=empereur=, _n.m._, emperor.

=empesage=, _n.m._, starching.

=empesé=, =-e=, _part._, starched; (of style) stiff, formal.

=empeser=, _v.a._, to starch; (nav.) to wet (sails). _— un jabot_; to starch a frill. _S’—_; to be starched.

=empeseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, starcher.

=empester=, _v.a._, to infect, to taint. _v.n._, to stink horribly.

=empêtré=, =-e=, _part._, entangled.

=empêtrer=, _v.a._, to entangle, to embarrass, to hamper, to saddle, to fetter. _— quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire_; to involve any one in a disagreeable business.

_s’_=empêtrer=, _v.r._, to become entangled, hampered, embarrassed.

=emphase=, _n.f._, magniloquence, pomposity; emphasis, stress.

=emphatique=, _adj._, bombastic, affected; emphatic.

=emphatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, bombastically, pompously, emphatically.

=emphractique=, _n.m._, _adj._, (pharm.) emphractic.

=emphysème=, _n.m._, (med.) emphysema.

=emphytéose=, _n.f._, long lease, feudal holding.

=emphytéote=, _n.m._, tenant on a long lease.

=emphytéotique=, _adj._, emphyteutic. _Bail —_; very long lease. _Redevance —_; ground-rent.

=empiècement=, _n.m._, yoke (of blouse).

=empierrement=, _n.m._, stoning, metalling, ballasting; broken stones; metaled road.

=empierrer=, _v.a._, to stone, to metal (roads).

=empiètement=, _n.m._, encroaching, encroachment; infringement; trespass.

=empiéter=, _v.a._, to encroach, to make encroachments, to intrench upon, to invade, to usurp.

=empiéter=, _v.n._, to encroach. _La mer empiète sur la côte_; the sea encroaches upon the coast. _Il empiète sur mes droits_; he encroaches upon my rights.

=empiffrer=, _v.a._, to cram, to stuff.

_s’_=empiffrer=, _v.r._, to cram, to stuff.

=empile=, _n.f._, (pisc.) gut-line.

=empilement=, _n.m._, piling; stacking.

=empiler=, _v.a._, to pile up; to stack; to bin; to fasten (hook).

=empileur=, _n.m._, stacker.

=empirance=, _n.f._, damage (to goods in transit).

=empire=, _n.m._, empire, sovereignty; authority; reign; sway, dominion, command, ascendency; dominions. _Bas-—_; Lower Empire. _L’humide —_; (poet.) the sea. _— d’Occident_, _d’Orient_; the Western, the Eastern, Empire. _Vous avez un — absolu sur moi_; you have absolute command over me. _Avoir de l’— sur quelqu’un_; to sway any one. _Traiter quelqu’un avec —_; to treat one imperiously, with haughtiness. _Avoir de l’— sur soi_; to have control over one’s passions. _Se disputer l’—_; to contend for sovereignty.

=empirée=, _n.m._ _V._ =empyrée=.

=empirement=, _n.m._, aggravation.

=empirer=, _v.a._, to make worse.

=empirer=, _v.n._, to grow worse. _Sa maladie empire chaque jour_; his illness gets worse every day. _La chose empira_, matters grew worse.

=empirique=, _adj._, empiric, empirical.

=empirique=, _n.m._, empiric.

=empiriquement=, _adv._, empirically.

=empirisme=, _n.m._, empiricism.

=emplacement= (an-plas-mān), _n.m._, site, ground, piece of ground, place, spot.

=emplanture=, _n.f._, (nav.) step (of a mast).

=emplastration=, _n.f._, (hort.) budding.

=emplastrer=, _v.a._, to bud.

=emplâtre=, _n.m._, plaster, salve, ointment; helpless creature. _Mettre un — à_; (med.) to put a plaster on. _Mettre un — à une affaire_; to patch up a business. _C’est un véritable —_; he is fit for nothing.

=emplette=, _n.f._, purchase. _Faire — de quelque chose_; to purchase anything. _Faire des —s_; to go shopping.

=emplir=, _v.a._, to fill, to fill up.

_s’_=emplir=, _v.r._, to fill; to be filled.

=emploi=, _n.m._, employ, employment; situation, place, post; entry (of accounts); (theat.) line of business; (fin.) appropriation. _— abusif_; misemployment. _Faux —_; false item. _Faire un bon — de son temps_; to make a good use of one’s time. _Double —_; useless repetition. _Donner de l’—_; to give employment. _Sans —_; out of employment.

=employé=, _n.m._, clerk, person employed, employé, official.

=employer=, _v.a._, to employ, to use, to make use of; to bestow; to devote; to spend; to lay out, to invest. _Bien — son temps_; to employ one’s time well. _— son temps à l’étude_; to spend one’s time in study. _— une phrase_; to use a phrase. _— mal_; to misemploy. _— le vert et le sec_; to leave no stone unturned. _Je l’ai employé à cela_; I set him to work on that. _— une somme en recette_; (com.) to enter a sum as received.

_s’_=employer=, _v.r._, to employ, to exert, one’s self; to use one’s interest. _— pour quelqu’un_; to use one’s interest in any one’s favor.

=emplumer=, _v.a._, (mus.) to feather, to fledge; to quill. _— un clavecin_; to quill a harpsichord.

_s’_=emplumer=, _v.r._, to become fledged; to feather one’s nest; (pop.) to pick up flesh. _Il s’est bien emplumé dans cette maison_; he feathered his nest well in that house.

=empocher=, _v.a._, (fam.) to pocket. _Il empoche tout ce qu’il gagne_; he pockets all his winnings.

=empoignement=, _n.m._, grasping; capture, arrest.

*=empoigner=, _v.a._, to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of; to take up, to take into custody. _Cela est trop gros, on ne saurait l’—_; that is too thick, it is impossible to grasp it. _Je vous ferai —_; I shall have you taken up.

*_s’_=empoigner=, _v.r._, to lay hold of each other. _Ils se sont empoignés_; they laid hold of each other, they had a set-to.

=empointer=, _v.a._, to stitch; to point (pins, needles).

=empointeur=, _n.m._, stitcher; pointer.

=empois=, _n.m._, starch.

=empoisonné=, =-e=, _part._, poisoned; poisonous.

=empoisonnement= (-poâ-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, poisoning.

=empoisonner=, _v.a._, to poison; to infect; to mar, to corrupt; to embitter, to envenom. _Ces maximes sont capables d’— la jeunesse_; these maxims are calculated to corrupt the young.

_s’_=empoisonner=, _v.r._, to poison one’s self.

=empoisonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, poisoner, corrupter; wretched cook.

=empoisser=, _v.a._ _V._ =poisser=.

=empoissonnement= (-poâ-so-n-mān), _n.m._, stocking with fish.

=empoissonner=, _v.a._, to stock with fish.

=emporté=, =-e=, _adj._, fiery, passionate, hasty, hot, hot-headed; runaway; unmanageable.

=emportement=, _n.m._, transport; passion, fit of passion; hastiness; outburst; anger, rage; frenzy, violence.

=emporte-pièce=, _n.m._, punch (instrument); puncher; cutting-out machine; fly-press; sarcastic person; virulent satirist. _C’est une réponse à l’—_; it is a very cutting answer.

=emporter=, _v.a._, to carry away, to take away, to sweep away, to convey away; to remove (stains); to carry off (kill); to entail, to involve; to gain, to obtain; to blow off; to burn. _Le vent a emporté mon chapeau_; the wind has blown my hat off. _Cette maladie l’a emporté_; that illness carried him off. _— de haute lutte_; to carry with a high hand. _L’— sur_; to prevail; to have the advantage, to get the better of, to carry the day; to preponderate, to overcome, to outweigh, to surpass. _L’amour l’emporte souvent sur la raison_; love often gets the better of reason. _Il l’a emporté sur tous ses concurrents_; he triumphed over all his competitors. _Cette considération l’emporte sur toutes les autres_; that consideration outweighs every other. _— ses cliques et ses claques_; to pack up bag and baggage. _— la pièce_; to strike home.

_s’_=emporter=, _v.r._, to fly into a passion; to declaim, to inveigh against; to rail at; to run away (of horses). _— contre le vice_; to declaim against vice. _— comme une soupe au lait_; to take fire like gunpowder.

=empotage=, _n.m._, potting.

=empoter=, _v.a._, (hort.) to inclose in pots, to pot.

=empourpré=, =-e=, _adj._, purple, purpled, empurpled.

=empourprer=, _v.a._, _s’—_, _v.r._, to purple.

=empreindre=, _v.a._, to imprint, to stamp; to mark; to impress; to tincture. _S’—_, to become tinged.

=empreinte=, _n.f._, mark, stamp, print, impression; (paint.) first coat. _L’— d’un cachet_; the stamp of a seal. _Son ouvrage porte l’— de son esprit_; his work bears the stamp of his mind. _Marqué à l’— de_; bearing the stamp of.

=empressé=, =-e=, _adj._, active; assiduous; officious; eager, earnest. _Il paraît fort — auprès d’elle_; he appears markedly attentive to her. _Des soins empressés_; assiduous attentions. _Faire l’—_; to put one’s self forward.

=empressement= (an-prèss-mān), _n.m._, eagerness, earnestness; assiduous attention; alacrity, promptness, haste, hurry. _Avec —_; eagerly, earnestly, cheerfully, industriously. _Il a beaucoup d’— à vous servir_; he is very anxious to serve you. _Trop d’—_; overforwardness.

_s’_=empresser=, _v.r._, to hasten, to be eager (to), to be earnest, forward, to be ardent, to flock, to crowd, to press forward. _S’— de parler_; to hasten to speak.

=emprisonnement= (-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, imprisonment, confinement, custody. _— cellulaire_; solitary confinement.

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

=emprunt=, _n.m._, borrowing, loan. _Il est toujours aux —s_; he is always borrowing. _Argent d’—_; borrowed money. _Une beauté d’—_; an artificial beauty. _Faire un —_; to contract a loan.

=emprunter=, _v.a._, to borrow. _— de l’argent à quelqu’un_; to borrow money of any one. _Nom emprunté_; assumed name. _Air emprunté_; an embarrassed look. _Ne choisit pas qui emprunte_; beggars cannot be choosers.

=emprunteu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, borrower; borrowing, prone to borrow; not original.

=empuantir=, _v.a._, to cause an ill smell, to infect.

_s’_=empuantir=, _v.r._, to stink, to have a bad odor.

=empuantissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, stench.

=empyème=, _n.m._, (med.) empyema.

=empyrée=, _n.m._ and _adj._, the empyrean; empyreal.

=empyreumatique=, _adj._, empyreumatical.

=empyreume=, _n.m._, empyreuma.

=ému=, =-e=, _part._, moved, affected. _Fort —_; much affected.

=émulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (l.u.) emulator, rival, imitator.

☉=émulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, emulative.

=émulation=, _n.f._, emulation; rivalry.

=émule=, _n.m._, rival, competitor, emulator.

=émulgent=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) emulgent.

=émulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, emulsive.

=émulsion=, _n.f._, emulsion.

=émulsionner=, _v.a._, to mix an emulsion with.

=émyde=, _n.f._, marsh-tortoise.

=en=, _prep._, in, into, within, on, to, at, like, in the form of, as a, out of, by, for. _Je l’ai mise — pension_; I have sent her to a boarding-school. _— haut_; above, upstairs. _— bas_; below, downstairs. _— avant_; forward. _— arrière_; backward, behind. _— dedans_; within. _— dehors_; without. _Aller — France_; to go to France. _En tout temps_; at all times. _— hiver_; in winter. _Être — bonne santé_; to be in good health. _— nourrice_; out at nurse. _— prière_; at prayers. _Vivre — roi_; to live like a king. _Agir — furieux_; to act as a madman. _Être — robe de chambre_; to be in one’s dressing-gown. _— dépit de lui_; in spite of him. _De plus — plus_; more and more. _Voir — songe_; to see in a dream. _Il l’aborda — riant_; he came up to her with a smile. _— passant_; by the way. _— colère_; in a passion. _— guerre_; at war. _— paix_; at peace. _Tomber — décadence_; to fall into decay. _— trois jours_; in three days. _Être — ville_; to be out.

=en=, _pron._, _m.f._ _sing._ and _pl._, of him, of her, of it, its, of them, their; from him, from her, from it, from them; by him, by her, by it, by them; about him, about her, about it, about them; thence, from thence; some of it, any. _Avez-vous de l’argent?_ have you any money? _J’— ai_; I have some. _Vous — parlez toujours_; you are always speaking of him, of it. _Il — est mort un_; one of them is dead. _J’— suis bien aise_; I am very glad of it. _J’— suis fâché_; I am sorry for it. _J’— suis surpris_; I wonder at it. _Qu’— dites-vous?_ what do you say to it? _Je n’— ai point_; I have none. _— voulez-vous?_ will you have any? _Donnez m’—_; give me some. _C’est un bœuf, j’— vois les cornes_; it is an ox, I see its horns. _Si vous voulez voir de beaux tableaux, il — a_; if you wish to see fine pictures, he has some. _Il — est des femmes comme des enfants_; it is with women as with children. _Il — est de cela comme de la plupart des choses_; it is with that as with most other things. _Après cela ils — vinrent aux mains_; after that they came to blows. _— vouloir à quelqu’un_; to have a grudge against any one. _S’— aller_; to go away. _S’— retourner_; to return. _C’— est fait_; it is all over. _Il s’— faut de beaucoup_; you are a long way off. _Il ne sait où il — est_; he knows not how far he has got. _Il — tient_; he is caught. _Voulez-vous — être?_ will you make one of us? _Parlez-lui-—_; speak to him of it. _Il veut — découdre_; he wants to fight it out.

=énallage=, _n.f._, (gram.) enallage.

_s’_=énamourer=, _v.r._, to fall in love (with).

=énarrer=, _v.a._, to relate in detail.

=enarrhement=, _n.m._ _V._ =arrhement=.

=enarrher=, _v.a._ _V._ =arrher=.

=énarthrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) enarthrosis.

=en-belle=, _n.f._, (nav.) direct fire. _adj._, direct. _adv._, directly, fairly.

=encablure=, _n.f._, (nav.) cable’s length.

=encadré=, =-e=, _part._, framed.

=encadrement=, _n.m._, framing, frame; (mil.) enlistment.

=encadrer=, _v.a._, to frame, to encircle; to introduce, to insert. _Faire — un tableau_; to have a picture framed. _S’—_, _v.r._, to be introduced, inserted, inclosed; to fit in.

=encadreur=, _n.m._, picture-frame maker.

=encager=, _v.a._, to cage, to put in a cage.

=encaissage=, _n.m._, incasing; (hort.) tubbing.

=encaisse=, _n.f._, (fin., com.) cash in hand, cash-balance, metallic reserve.

=encaissé=, =-e=, _part._, incased; embanked, sunk, hollow. _Cette rivière est —e_; that river flows between high banks.

=encaissement= (ān-kès-mān), _n.m._, packing in cases; packing; putting in boxes; embankment; (fin.) collection. _Sauf —_; when paid, if paid.

=encaisser=, _v.a._, to incase, to pack; to put in a box; to embank; to collect; to encash, to receive; (fin.) to collect; to lay down a bed (to roads).

=encan=, _n.m._, auction, public sale. _Vente à l’—_; sale by public auction. _Mettre a l’—_; to put up for sale. _Vendre à l’—_; to sell by auction.

*=encanailler=, _v.a._, to degrade; to lower by mixing with low company.

*_s’_=encanailler=, _v.r._, to keep low company; to lose caste. _Gardez-vous de vous encanailler_; beware of keeping low company.

=encapuchonné=, =-e=, _part._, cowled, hooded.

=encapuchonner=, _v.a._, to put on a cowl.

_s’_=encapuchonner=, _v.r._, to wear a cowl; to put on a cowl; (man.) to arch the neck (of horses).

=encaquement=, _n.m._, packing; barreling.

=encaquer=, _v.a._, to barrel; to cram full up.

=encaqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, packer.

=encarter=, _v.a._, (print.) to insert as a cancel.

_s’_=encarter=, _v.r._, to be inserted as a cancel.

=en-cas=, _n.m._, (_—_) sunshade (large enough to be used as an umbrella); collation kept ready in case of need.

=encastelé=, =-e=, _adj._, hoof-bound (of a horse).

_s’_=encasteler=, _v.r._, to be hoof-bound.

=encastelure=, _n.f._, contracted heels.

=encastrement=, _n.m._, fitting; fitting in.

=encastrer=, _v.a._, to fit, to fit in.

_s’_=encastrer=, _v.r._, to fit, to fit in.

=encaustique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (paint.) encaustic, furniture-paste.

=encavement= (ān-kav-mān), _n.m._, storing (in cellar).

=encaver=, _v.a._, to put _or_ store in a cellar.

=encaveur=, _n.m._, cellar-man.

=enceindre=, _v.a._, to inclose, to encircle, to encompass, to surround. _— de murailles_; to inclose with walls.

=enceinte=, _adj.f._, pregnant; with child; enceinte.

=enceinte=, _n.f._, circuit, circumference; inclosure, precincts; place; (fort.) enceinte. _Mur d’—_; inclosure wall. _Mur d’— continue_; wall of circumvallation. _Dans cette —_; within these walls.

=encens=, _n.m._, incense, frankincense; fragrance; homage; praise; flattery. _Brûler de l’— sur les autels_; to burn incense on the altars. _Donner de l’— à quelqu’un_; to flatter any one.

=encensement= (an-sāns-mān), _n.m._, incensing; praising, praise; flattery.

=encenser=, _v.a._, to incense, to perfume with frankincense; to flatter, to pay homage to.

=encenseur=, _n.m._, burner of incense; flatterer.

=encensier=, _n.m._, rosemary.

=encensoir=, _n.m._, censer, perfuming-pan; (astron.) Ara; (fig.) ecclesiastical power. _Mettre la main à l’—_; to meddle with ecclesiastical affairs. _Donner de l’— par le nez_, _casser le nez à coups d’—_; to flatter fulsomely.

=encéphale=, _n.m._, encephalon (brain).

=encéphalique=, _adj._, (anat.) encephalic.

=encéphalite=, _n.f._, inflammation of the brain.

=encéphalocèle=, _n.f._, encephalocele, hernia of the brain.

=enchaînement= (ān-shèn-mān), _n.m._, chaining, linking; concatenation, chain, series, connection.

=enchaîner=, _v.a._, to chain up, to chain, to bind in chains, to chain down, to detain, to restrain; to captivate; to link, to connect.

_s’_=enchaîner=, _v.r._, to link, to be connected.

=enchaînure=, _n.f._, (tech.) chain; chain-work; connection.

=enchanteler= (ān-shān-tlé), _v.a._, to arrange timber in a yard; to set (casks) on gawntrees.

=enchantement= (ān-shān-tmān), _n.m._, enchantment, charm, delight; magic, witchcraft. _Par —_; by enchantment. _Il est dans l’—_; he is delighted.

=enchanter=, _v.a._, to enchant, to bewitch, to fascinate, to charm, to gratify. _Je suis enchanté de vous voir_; I am delighted to see you.

=enchante-ur=, =-resse=, _n._ and _adj._, enchanter, enchantress, bewitcher, charmer, enchanting, bewitching. _Voix —resse_; enchanting voice.

=enchaper=, _v.a._, to hook, to fasten; to case, to inclose one cask in another.

=enchaperonner=, _v.a._, to hood (a hawk).

=encharner=, _v.a._, to put hinges to.

=enchâsser=, _v.a._, to enchase, to enshrine; to insert; to introduce; to set. _— dans de l’or_; to set in gold. _— un diamant_; to set a diamond. _— une anecdote dans un discours_; to introduce an anecdote into a speech.

=enchâssure=, _n.f._, setting; insertion; introduction.

=enchausser=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up.

=enchaux=, _n.m._, lime-wash.

=enchère=, _n.f._, bidding (at an auction); auction. _Vente à l’—_, _aux —s_; sale by auction. _Couvrir une —_; to make a higher bid. _Vendre à l’—_, _aux —s_; to sell by auction. _Folle —_; bidding for what one cannot pay. _Mettre aux —s_; to bring to the hammer; to put up to auction. _Payer la folle —_; to pay dear for one’s rashness. _Il est à l’—_; he is to be bought by the highest bidder. _— au rabais_; a Dutch auction.

=enchérir=, _v.a._, to bid for, to outbid, to overbid; to raise (prices).

=enchérir=, _v.n._, to bid, to outbid; (fig.) to surpass, to outdo, to go further; to rise (in price). _La volaille a enchéri_; poultry has risen in price.

=enchérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, rise, increase, advance in price.

=enchérisseur=, _n.m._, bidder (at an auction).

=enchevalement=, _n.m._, propping, underpinning (of a house).

=enchevauchure=, _n.f._, (tech.) lapping over.

=enchevêtré=, =-e=, _part._, entangled; confused; in a tangle, mixed up.

=enchevêtrement=, _n.m._, entanglement; confusion.

=enchevêtrer=, _v.a._, to halter; to entangle, to confuse.

_s’_=enchevêtrer=, _v.r._, to get a foot entangled in the halter; to get entangled; to get confused, embarrassed.

=enchevêtrure=, _n.f._, (carp.) binding; (vet.) halter-cast.

=enchifrené=, =-e=, _part._, stuffed up (of the nose). _Je suis tout —_; my nose is all stuffed up.

=enchifrènement= (-èn-mān), _n.m._, stuffing up (of the nose); snuffles.

_s’_=enchifrener=, _v.r._, to get a cold in the head.

=enchiridion= (-ki-), _n.m._, (antiq.) manual, enchiridion.

=enchymose= (-ki-), _n.f._, (med.) cutaneous hyperæmia.

=enclave=, _n.f._, piece of inclosed land; boundary, limit; recess (of a lock on a river).

=enclavé=, =-e=, _part._, inclosed.

=enclavement= (an-klav-mān), _n.m._, inclosing.

=enclaver=, _v.a._, to inclose; to hem in, to wedge in.

_s’_=enclaver=, _v.r._, to be inclosed (in other land).

=enclin=, =-e=, _adj._, inclined, prone, addicted, apt, given to.

=encliquetage=, _n.m._, (tech.) catch.

=encliqueter=, _v.a._, to cog with a catch.

=enclitique=, _n.f._, (gram.) enclitic.

=encloîtrer=, _v.a._, to cloister.

=enclore=, _v.a._, to inclose, to fence _or_ take in.

=enclos=, _n.m._, inclosure, close; paddock, orchard.

=enclouage=, _n.m._, spiking.

=enclouer=, _v.a._, to prick animals (in shoeing); to spike (a gun).

=enclouure=, _n.f._, prick (in shoeing, etc.); difficulty, obstacle, hitch.

=enclume=, _n.f._, anvil; (anat.) incus. _Billot d’—_; anvil-block. _Être entre le marteau et l’—_; to be between the devil and the deep sea. _Remettre sur l’—_; to remodel. _Il frappe toujours sur la même —_; he is always harping on the same string.

=enclumeau= _or_ =enclumot=, _n.m._, hand-anvil.

=encoche=, _n.f._, notch (on a tally, etc.).

=encocher=, _v.a._, to notch. _— une flèche_; to fit an arrow in the bow.

=encoffrer=, _v.n._, to put in a coffer; to lay up; to bag, to cage, to quod.

*=encoignure= _or_ =encognure= (an-ko-gnur), _n.f._, corner; angle (of a street); corner-piece.

=encollage=, _n.m._, sizing.

=encoller=, _v.a._, to size.

=encolure=, _n.f._, neck and shoulders of a horse; (b.s.) appearance, looks (of a person).

=encombrant=, _adj._, bulky, cumbering, encumbering, cumbersome.

=encombre=, _n.m._, accident, impediment, hindrance, obstacle.

=encombrement=, _n.m._, obstruction, stoppage; crowding, crowd.

=encombrer=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to encumber, to embarrass, to block up; to throng.

_à l’_=encontre=, _prep._, counter, against. _Aller à l’— de quelque chose_; to run counter to a thing.

=encorbellement= (-bèl-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) corbeling, projecting.

=encore=, _adv._, yet, still, more, again; once more; further; moreover; besides, however. _Il n’est pas — venu_; he is not yet come. _À sept heures j’attendais —_; at seven o’clock I was still waiting. _—?_ what, again? _Outre l’argent, on lui donna — un cheval_; besides the money, he had, moreover, a horse given him. _— s’il voulait m’envoyer dire_; if, only, he would send me word. _Vous servez-vous — de ce livre?_ are you still using that book? _Il est — plus riche que son frère_; he is still richer than his brother. _Quoi —?_ what else? _— moins_; still less. _Prenez — un verre de vin_; take another glass of wine. _— une fois je vous dis_; I tell you once more. _Hier —_; only yesterday.

=encore=, _conj._, even, yet. _— que_; though, although.

=encorné=, =-e=, _adj._, horned, tossed.

=encorner=, _v.a._, to horn; to gore; to toss.

=encourageant=, =-e=, _adj._, encouraging, cheering, inspiriting.

=encouragement= (-raj-mān), _n.m._, encouragement, incitement, incentive; countenance, support.

=encourager=, _v.a._, to encourage, to stimulate; to contenance, to support, to be a promoter of.

_s’_=encourager=, _v.r._, to encourage each other.

=encourir=, _v.a._, to incur, to draw down upon one’s self, to fall under. _— le mépris de tout le monde_; to draw down general contempt upon one’s self.

=encouture=, _n.f._, (nav.) clincher-work.

=encrage=, _n.m._, (print.) inking.

=encrassement=, _n.m._, fouling (of fire-arms).

=encrasser=, _v.a._, to make dirty, to dirty; to foul.

_s’_=encrasser=, _v.r._, to get foul _or_ greasy, to become dirty; to lower one’s self; to become foul.

=encre=, _n.f._, ink. _— à écrire_; writing ink. _— d’imprimerie_; printing ink. _— de Chine_; Indian ink. _C’est la bouteille à l’—_; there’s no seeing through that. _Tacher d’—_; to ink. _Ecrire de bonne — à quelqu’un_; to write in strong terms to any one. _Être dans la bouteille à l’—_; to be in the secret.

=encrêper=, _v.a._, to cover with crape.

_s’_=encrêper=, _v.r._, to put on crape.

=encrer=, _v.a._, (print.) to ink. _v.n._, to take the ink.

=encrier=, _n.m._, inkstand, ink-horn; (print.) ink-trough. _Table d’—_; (print.) ink-table.

=encroué=, _adj._, entangled (of trees).

=encroûté=, =-e=, _part._, covered with a crust; rusty; full of prejudices.

=encroûter=, _v.a._, to crust; to plaster a wall.

_s’_=encroûter=, _v.r._, to crust, to get hard, to become heavy; to become stupid, rusty.

=encuirasser=, _v.a._, to cover with a cuirass.

_s’_=encuirasser=, _v.r._, to put on one’s cuirass; to get covered with dirt; to become hardened.

=enculasser=, _v.a._, to breech (a gun).

=encuvement= (ān-kuv-mān), =encuvage=, _n.m._, tubbing.

=encuver=, _v.a._, to put into a vat, to tub.

=encyclique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, encyclical letter; encyclical.

=encyclopédie=, _n.f._, encyclopædia.

=encyclopédique=, _adj._, encyclopedic.

=encyclopédiste=, _n.m._, encyclopedist.

=endécagone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) hendecagon.

=endémique=, _adj._, endemical, endemic.

=endenté=, =-e=, _adj._, indented; furnished with teeth.

=endenter=, _v.a._, (carp.) to indent; to cog, to tooth, to supply with teeth.

=endetter=, _v.a._, to cause to run into debt; to get a person into debt.

_s’_=endetter=, _v.r._, to run into debt, to contract debts.

=endêvé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam., l.u.) irritable, passionate person; impatient, irritable, passionate.

=endêver=, _v.n._, to fume, to be vexed. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to vex any one; to drive any one mad.

=endiablé=, =-e=, _adj._, possessed; devilish; wicked, horrible.

=endiablé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person possessed. _C’est un —_; he is like one possessed.

=endiabler=, _v.n._, to be furious. _Faire —_; to torment, to plague to death; to render furious.

=endiguement=, =endigage=, _n.m._, damming in; damming up.

=endiguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to dam in; to dam up; to embank.

=endimanché=, =-e=, _adj._, dressed in Sunday best; with all one’s finery on.

_s’_=endimancher=, _v.r._, to put on one’s Sunday clothes.

=endive=, _n.f._, endive.

=endoctriner=, _v.a._, to indoctrinate, to teach; to give his cue (to any one).

=endoctrineur=, _n.m._, teacher; prompter.

=endolori=, =-e=, _adj._, painful, aching, sore.

_s’_=endolorir=, _v.r._, to make sore, tender; to ache, to become sore.

=endolorissement=, _n.m._, pain, aching, soreness.

=endommagement= (-maj-mān), _n.m._, loss, injury.

=endommager=, _v.a._, to damage, to injure.

_s’_=endommager=, _v.r._, to be damaged; to become deteriorated.

=endormeur=, _n.m._, cajoler, wheedler, flatterer, coaxer.

=endormi=, =-e=, _part._, asleep, sleeping; sleepy, drowsy, sluggish; benumbed. _J’ai la jambe —e_; my leg is benumbed.

=endormi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, sleepy person; sleepy head; person asleep. _Faire l’—_; to sham sleep.

=endormir=, _v.a._, to lull asleep, to send to sleep; to rock to sleep; to wheedle, to amuse, to deceive; to benumb, to lull. _Endormez cet enfant_; rock that child to sleep. _Sa conversation vous endort_; his conversation sends you to sleep. _Cela m’a endormi la jambe_; that has benumbed my leg.

_s’_=endormir=, _v.r._, to fall asleep, to go to sleep, to slumber; to be lulled into security. _S’— du sommeil de la tombe_; to sleep the sleep of death. _S’— dans le vice_; to be steeped in vice. _Il s’est endormi sur cette affaire_; he was wanting in vigilance in that business. _S’— sur le rôti_; to let slip the favorable opportunity.

=endos=, _n.m._, (com.) endorsement.

=endosmose=, _n.f._, (phys.) endosmose.

=endosse=, _n.f._, (fam.) trouble; burden.

=endossement= (ān-dôsmān), _n.m._, (com.) endorsement. _V._ =endos=, which is more frequently used.

=endosser=, _v.a._, to put on one’s back; to buckle on; to put on; to don; to saddle; (com.) to indorse. _— une lettre de change_; to indorse a bill of exchange. _— le harnais_; to put on the harness.

=endosseur=, _n.m._, (com.) indorser.

=endroit=, _n.m._, place, spot, part, passage; point; right side (of a stuff). _Son plus bel —_; any one’s, any thing’s, best side. _— faible_; weak point. _— sensible_; sensitive point. _À l’— de_; with regard, _or_ with respect, to. _À deux —s_; reversible (of stuffs).

=enduire= (enduisant, enduit), _v.a._, to do over, to lay over, to coat, to smear. _— une muraille de plâtre_; to do a wall over with plaster.

=enduit=, _n.m._, coat, coating, layer; glaze, glazing; varnish; polish.

=endurant=, =-e=, _adj._, patient, enduring; tolerant. _Peu —_; impatient of injury.

=endurci=, =-e=, _part._, hardened, obdurate, inured, callous. _Un cheval — aux coups_; a horse inured to blows. _Pécheur —_; hardened sinner.

=endurci=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, hardened sinner.

=endurcir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make hard, to toughen, to inure; to render obdurate, to steel; to indurate; to render callous. _Le travail endurcit le corps_; labor hardens the body. _L’avarice avait endurci son cœur_; avarice had steeled his heart.

_s’_=endurcir=, _v.r._, to harden; to grow hard; to be steeled; to become callous; to indurate.

=endurcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, hardness; hardness of heart, obduracy; callousness.

=endurer=, _v.a._, to endure, to bear; to suffer, to undergo; to allow, to put up with, to permit.

=énéide=, _n.f._, Eneid, Æneid.

=énéorème=, _n.m._, (med.) eneorema.

=énergie=, _n.f._, force, energy, strength, force, vigor, power. _Avec —_; with energy. _Sans —_; of no energy.

=énergique=, _adj._, energetic, energetical, strong, vigorous, forcible. _Remède —_; powerful remedy.

=énergiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, energetically, vigorously, strenuously.

=énergumène=, _n.m.f._, demoniac; fanatic; desperado.

=énervation=, _n.f._, _or_ =énervement=, _n.m._, enervation.

=énerver=, _v.a._, to enervate, to unnerve.

_s’_=énerver=, _v.r._, to become enervated _or_ unnerved.

=enfaîteau=, _n.m._, (mas.) ridge-tile, gutter-tile.

=enfaîtement= (ān-fêt-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) ridge-lead.

=enfaîter=, _v.a._, to ridge a house.

=enfance=, _n.f._, infancy, childhood; childishness, puerility, dotage; childish action. _Première —_; earliest infancy. _Dès mon —_; from my infancy. _Sortir de l’—_; to emerge from childhood. _Être en —_; to be in one’s dotage. _Tomber en —_; to become childish.

=enfant=, _n.m.f._, child; infant; native; (jur.) issue. _— adoptif_; adopted child. _L’— prodigue_; the prodigal son. _L’— à naître_; the child unborn. _— trouvé_; foundling. _— naturel_; natural child. _Un — de famille_; a young gentleman. _— de la balle_; child that follows his father’s profession, _or_ chip of the old block. _Un — à la mamelle_; an infant at the breast. _Un — mort-né_; a still-born child. _Discours d’—_; childish language. _— de chœur_; chorister. _Les —s perdus_; (milit.) the forlorn hope. _Faire l’—_; to play the child; to behave like a child. _C’est bien l’— de sa mère_; he is a chip of the old block. _En travail d’—_; in labor. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good child, he is a good fellow. _Les —s de France_; the children of the King of France, the children of the eldest son of the King of France. _Petits enfants_; little children. _Petits-enfants_; grandchildren.

=enfantement= (ān-fān-tmān), _n.m._, childbirth.

=enfanter=, _v.a._, to bear, to bring forth; to produce; to beget; to bring to light; to give birth to.

=enfantillage=, _n.m._, child’s play, childishness.

=enfantin=, =-e=, _adj._, infantine, childish.

=enfariner=, _v.a._, to flour, to sprinkle with flour. _Être enfariné de quelque science_; to have a smattering of some science. _Être enfariné d’une mauvaise doctrine_; to be prepossessed in favor of a bad doctrine. _Il est venu nous dire cela la gueule enfarinée_; (triv.) he came, full of stupid confidence, to tell us that.

=enfer= (an-fèr), _n.m._, hell; infernal, _or_ lower, regions. _Au fond de l’—_; in the depths of hell. _Les peines de l’—_; the torments of hell. _L’— s’est déchaîné contre moi_; hell is let loose against me. _Tison d’—_; hell-hound. _Un feu d’—_; a scathing fire.

=enfermé=, _n.m._, close, confined air. _Sentir l’—_; to smell close.

=enfermer=, _v.a._, to shut, to shut in; to shut up; to lock up; to inclose; to coop up, to conceal; to comprehend, to comprise. _C’est un homme à —_; that man ought to be confined in a mad-house. _— à clef_; to keep under lock and key. _— un parc de murailles_; to wall in a park.

_s’_=enfermer=, _v.r._, to lock one’s self up, to seclude one’s self; to lock, to lock up (of a thing).

=enferrer=, _v.a._, to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to transfix.

_s’_=enferrer=, _v.r._, to run one’s self through with a sword, etc.; (fig.) to injure one’s self; to fall into a snare; to get into a fix.

=enficeler=, _v.a._, to tie with a string.

=enfièvrement=, _n.m._, feverishness.

=enfilade=, _n.f._, suite (of chambers); string (of phrases); (milit.) enfilade. _D’—_; raking (fire).

=enfiler=, _v.a._, to thread, to string; to pierce, to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to engage in; to slip on; (milit.) to enfilade. _— une aiguille_; to thread a needle. _— des perles_; to string pearls; to lose one’s time. _— un discours_; to begin a long-winded speech. _— un homme_; to run a man through the body.

_s’_=enfiler=, _v.r._, to be run through, to be pierced; to get engaged _or_ involved in.

=enfileur=, _n.m._, header (in pin-making); prattler; (pop.) cheat, wheedler.

=enfin=, _adv._, in fine, finally, at length, in short, after all, at last, lastly.

=enflammé=, =-e=, _part._, on fire, in flames, ignited; kindled.

=enflammer=, _v.a._, to set on fire, to fire, to set in a blaze, to kindle; to inflame, to heat; to incense, to provoke.

_s’_=enflammer=, _v.r._, to take fire, to be kindled, to be inflamed, to blaze; to be ablaze; to be incensed; to ignite. _On vit tout le vaisseau s’—_; they saw the whole ship ablaze _or_ break into flames.

=enflé=, =-e=, _part._, swelled, inflated, puffed up, bloated; (lit.) bombastic, turgid, high-flown.

=enfle-bœuf=, _n.m._, golden-beetle.

=enflécher=, _v.n._, (nav.) to go up into the shrouds.

=enfléchure=, _n.f._, shroud, ratline.

=enfler=, _v.a._, to swell, to swell out, to blow out, to bloat; to puff up, to distend, to elate, to excite; to inflate. _Le vent enflait nos voiles_; the wind swelled our sails.

_s’_=enfler=, _v.r._, to swell, to grow turgid. _La voile s’enfle_; the sail swells out. _S’— d’orgueil_; to be puffed up with pride.

=enflure=, _n.f._, bloatedness, swelling; (fig.) bombast, turgidness. _— du style_; turgidness of style.

=enfoncé=, =-e=, _part._, broken open, sunken. Des yeux enfoncés; sunken eyes. _—!_ (pop.) dished! done for!

=enfoncement= (ān-fons-mān), _n.m._, sinking, sinking down; breaking in; recess; (paint.) background.

=enfoncer=, _v.a._, to sink, to sink to the bottom; to drive in; to break in; to outwit, to surpass; to ruin, to blow up, to dish, to diddle. _— un clou dans la muraille_; to drive a nail into the wall. _— son chapeau_; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes. _— un bataillon_; to break through a battalion.

_s’_=enfoncer=, _v.r._, to sink, to sink down; to break down; to bury one’s self in; to plunge; to fail, to make a mess of. _S’— dans un bois_; to dive into a wood. _Cet homme s’enfonce dans l’étude_; that man buries himself in study. _S’— dans la débauche_; to plunge into debauchery.

=enfoncer=, _v.n._, to sink.

=enfonceur=, _n.m._, one who breaks in _or_ through anything; (fig.) cheat, diddler. _— de portes ouvertes_; braggart.

=enfonçure=, _n.f._, cavity, hole, hollow; boards (of a bedstead); bottom pieces (of casks).

=enforcir=, _v.a._, to strengthen.

_s’_=enforcir=, _v.r._, to gather strength; to grow stronger.

=enforcir=, _v.n._, to gather strength, to get strength.

=enformer=, _v.a._, to put on the block; to block (hats).

=enfouir=, _v.a._, to hide _or_ bury in the ground, to cover with earth.

=enfouissement= (ān-foo-is-mān), _n.m._, burying, hiding in the ground.

=enfouisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, burier.

=enfourcher=, _v.a._, to bestride, to straddle; to pierce with a pitchfork.

=enfourchure=, _n.f._, fork, crotch; (hunt.) forked head (of a stag).

=enfourner=, _v.a._, to put in the oven. _Bien —_, _mal —_; to make a good, a bad, beginning.

=enfournée=, _n.f._, putting in the oven _or_ kiln.

_s’_=enfourner=, _v.r._, to get into a difficult road, into a blind alley, into a scrape.

=enfreindre= (enfreignant, enfreint), _v.a._, to infringe, to break, to violate. _— un traité_; to infringe a treaty. _— les lois_; to transgress the laws.

=enfroquer=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to make (any one) turn monk _or_ friar.

_s’_=enfroquer=, _v.r._, (b.s.) to turn monk.

_s’_=enfuir=, _v.r._, to run away, to flee, to take flight, to escape; to run off; to elope; to run out, to leak. _Ils s’étaient enfuis de prison_; they had made their escape from prison. _La bouteille s’enfuit_; the bottle leaks.

=enfumé=, =-e=, _part._, smoked, smoky.

=enfumer=, _v.a._, to smoke, to fill with smoke, to smoke out. _— un renard_; to smoke out a fox.

=enfutage=, _n.m._, casking.

=enfutailler=, _v.a._, to cask, to barrel, to tun.

=engagé=, _n.m._, enlisted soldier.

=engagé=, =-e=, _part._, engaged, enlisted; (nav.) in action, water-logged. _La clef est —e dans la serrure_; the key sticks in the lock. _Vaisseau —_; water-logged ship.

=engageant=, =-e= (-jān-t), _adj._, engaging, winning, pleasing, taking, winsome. _Il a des manières —es_; he has winning manners.

=engageantes=, _n.f.pl._, short under-sleeves with lace cuffs.

=engagement= (ān-gaj-mān), _n.m._, engagement, pledging, pawning; engagement (promise); enlisting; (milit.) bounty; (milit.) action. _pl._, (com.) liabilities. _Entrer dans un —_; to enter into an engagement. _Manquer à un —_; to fail to keep an engagement.

=engager=, _v.a._, to pawn, to pledge; to engage, to induce, to invite, to persuade, to urge; (milit.) to enlist; to hire; to bind; (b.s.) to involve; to unite; to compel. _— ses meubles_; to pledge one’s furniture. _Cela ne vous engage à rien_; that binds you to nothing. _— quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire_; to entangle any one in a bad business. _— le combat_; to begin the action. _— un soldat_; to enlist a soldier. _— une clef dans une serrure_; to entangle a key in a lock.

_s’_=engager=, _v.r._, to engage one’s self, to be a security, to promise, to take upon one’s self, to undertake, to bind one’s self; to hire one’s self; to enlist; to entangle one’s self, to get involved. _S’— pour un ami_; to stand security for a friend. _S’— dans une mauvaise affaire_; to get involved in a bad business. _Le combat ne tarda pas à s’—_; the battle soon began.

☉=engagiste=, _n.m._, tenant (of crown lands).

=engaîner=, _v.a._, to sheathe; to case; to put up (of swords).

=enganter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to come up with, to overtake, to overreach; to entrap, to cajole, to insnare.

=engazonner=, _v.a._, to turf; to cover with turf.

=engeance= (an-jāns), _n.f._, breed, brood (animal); (b.s.) race (pers.). _Des poules d’une grande —_; hens of a large breed. _Maudite —_; cursed race. _Quelle —!_ what a lot _or_ set!

=engeancer=, _v.a._, to embarrass; to saddle (with).

=engelure= (an-jlur), _n.f._, chilblain.

=engendrer=, _v.a._, to beget, to engender, to generate, to procreate; to breed, to spawn; (fig.) to produce, to give rise, to occasion. _Ne pas — la mélancolie_; to be of a very gay disposition. _Le mauvais air engendre des maladies_; bad air breeds diseases. _La familiarité engendre le mépris_; familiarity begets contempt.

_s’_=engendrer=, _v.r._, to be bred, engendered; to breed, to be produced, generated.

=engeoler=, _v.a._ _V._ =enjôler=.

=engeoleur=, _n.m._ _V._ =enjôleur=.

=engerber=, _v.a._, to sheaf, to bind, to heap up.

=engin=, _n.m._, machine, engine; snare, gin, net; hoist (of a mill).

=englober=, _v.a._, to unite; to put, to throw, together.

=engloutir=, _v.a._, to swallow up, to devour; to ingulf; to absorb; to dissipate, to squander away; to run through.

_s’_=engloutir=, _v.r._, to be swallowed up, to be ingulfed.

=engloutissement=, _n.m._, ingulfing, swallowing up, sinking.

=engloutisseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, swallower, devourer; devouring.

=engluer=, _v.a._, to lime, to daub with bird-lime; (fig.) to take in.

_s’_=engluer=, _v.r._, to be caught, to stick in bird-lime; to be caught, to be taken in (pers.).

=engoncé=, =-e=, _adj._, awkward, ungainly.

=engoncement=, _n.m._, awkward appearance.

=engoncer=, _v.a._, to cramp, to disfigure, to give an awkward appearance to.

=engorgement=, _n.m._, obstruction, stopping up, congestion.

=engorger=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to block up, to choke up, to stop up; (med.) to congest.

_s’_=engorger=, _v.r._, to be obstructed, choked up; (med.) to be congested.

=engoué=, =-e=, _adj._, infatuated with; wrapped up in; obstructed, choked.

=engouement= _or_ =engoûment= (ān-goo-mān), _n.m._, infatuation; (med. vet.) obstruction. _On ne saurait le faire revenir de son —_; it is impossible to cure him of his infatuation.

=engouer=, _v.a._, to obstruct the throat; to infatuate.

_s’_=engouer=, _v.r._, to obstruct one’s throat; to be obstructed; to be infatuated. _S’— d’une femme_; to be wrapped up in a woman.

=engouffrer=, _v.a._, to ingulf, to swallow up.

_s’_=engouffrer=, _v.r._, to be ingulfed; to blow hard; to rush (of the wind in a narrow passage); to run into. _Le vent s’engouffre dans la cheminée_; the wind rushes into the chimney. _Que de fortunes se sont engouffrées dans cette entreprise!_ how many fortunes have been swallowed up in that enterprise!

=engoulé=, =-e=, _adj._, gobbled up; (her.) engoulee.

=engouler=, _v.a._, to swallow up, to gobble up.

=engoulevent= (ān-gool-vān), _n.m._, (orni.) fern-owl; goat-sucker.

=engourdi=, =-e=, _adj._, torpid, benumbed, dull.

=engourdir=, _v.a._, to benumb, to make torpid; to dull, to make languid, to enervate. _Le froid engourdit les mains_; cold benumbs one’s hands. _L’oisiveté engourdit l’esprit_; idleness benumbs the mind.

_s’_=engourdir=, _v.r._, to get benumbed; to become torpid, enervated, enfeebled.

=engourdissement= (ān-goor-dis-mān), _n.m._, numbness, torpor, enervation. _Avoir un — au bras_; to have a numbness in the arm. _Tirer quelqu’un de son —_; to rouse any one from his torpor.

=engrainer=, _v.a._, to feed with grain; to fill the mill-hopper.

=engrais=, _n.m._, rich pasture; fatting; manure, soil. _Mettre des bœufs à l’—_; to put oxen to fatten.

=engraissement= (ān-grès-mān), _n.m._, fattening; corpulence.

=engraisser=, _v.a._, to fatten, to cram (poultry); to manure. _— des bestiaux_; to fatten cattle.

=engraisser=, _v.n._, to become corpulent; to fatten; to thrive.

_s’_=engraisser=, _v.r._, to fatten, to grow fat, stout; to grow rich; to grow thick or ropy. _S’— des misères publiques_; to fatten on public misery.

=engranger=, _v.a._, (agri.) to get in, to house, to store.

=engravement= (ān-grav-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) stranding.

=engraver=, _v.a._, to run aground, to strand; (nav.) to place, to hide, things in the ballast.

=engraver=, _v.n._, _s’—_, _v.r._, (nav.) to get embedded in the sand.

=engrêlé=, =-e=, _adj._, (of lace) purled; (her.) engrailed.

=engrêler=, _v.a._, (her.) to engrail; to purl.

=engrêlure=, _n.f._, purl; (her.) engrailing.

=engrenage=, _n.m._, gear, gearing (mec.). _À —_; serrated. _Roue d’—_; brake-wheel.

=engrener=, _v.a._, to put corn (in the mill-hopper); to feed with corn; to throw into gear, to engage (mec.).

_s’_=engrener=, _v.r._, to work into each other (of toothed wheels); to be put in gear. _Ces roues s’engrènent bien_; these wheels work well into each other.

=engrener=, _v.n._, to put corn (into the mill-hopper); to work into each other (of toothed wheels); to begin. _Il a bien engrené_; he has begun well.

=engrenure=, _n.f._, toothing, cogging.

=engrosser=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to make pregnant, to get with child. _v.n._, to be with child.

_s’_=engrumeler=, _v.r._, to clot, to coagulate.

*=enguenillé=, =-e= (āng-), _part._, tattered.

*=engueniller=, _v.a._, to clothe in tatters.

*_s’_=engueniller=, _v.r._, to be clothed in tatters.

=enhardir=, _v.a._, to embolden, to encourage. _Ce succès l’avait enhardi_; that success had emboldened him.

_s’_=enhardir=, _v.r._, to make bold, to grow bold. _Il s’est enhardi à parler en public_; he made bold to speak in public.

=enharmonique=, _adj._, (mus.) enharmonic.

=enharnachement=, _n.m._, harnessing, trappings.

=enharnacher=, _v.a._, to harness; to rig out, to deck out, to accoutre. _Vous voilà plaisamment enharnaché_; you are oddly accoutred.

=enherber=, _v.a._, to turn into pasture land.

=énieller=, _v.a._, to clear of corn-cockles.

=énigmatique=, _adj._, enigmatical.

=énigmatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, enigmatically.

=énigme=, _n.f._, enigma, riddle. _Deviner une —_; to guess a riddle. _Vous parlez par —s_; you speak in riddles. _Proposer une —_; to put a riddle. _Mot d’une —_; answer to a riddle.

=enivrant=, =-e=, _adj._, intoxicating.

=enivré=, =-e=, _part._, intoxicated.

=enivrement=, _n.m._, intoxication.

=enivrer=, _v.a._, to inebriate, to intoxicate; to elate. _La bière enivre comme le vin_; beer intoxicates as well as wine. _La prospérité nous enivre_; prosperity elates us.

_s’_=enivrer=, _v.r._, to get intoxicated; to be elated (with). _Il s’est enivré à ce repas_; he got intoxicated at that diner. _S’— d’espérance_; to be elated with hope. _S’— de son vin_; to drink alone and to excess; to have too good an opinion of one’s self.

=enjabler=, _v.a._, to bottom _or_ head (a cask).

=enjaler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stock (an anchor).

=enjambée=, _n.f._, stride. _Faire de grandes —s_; to take long strides.

=enjambement= (ān-jān-bmān), _n.m._, (poet.) running of the sense into the next line; overlapping; encroaching.

=enjamber=, _v.n._, to stride; to project, to encroach upon; (poet.) to overlap, to encroach.

=enjamber=, _v.a._, to stride over, to skip _or_ leap over.

=enjaveler= (ān-ja-vlé), _v.a._, (agri.) to sheaf.

=enjeu=, _n.m._, stake (at play). _Retirer son —_; to withdraw one’s stake; to declare off.

=enjoindre=, _v.a._, to enjoin, to charge, to direct, to command, to prescribe. _Dieu nous enjoint d’observer ses lois_; God commands us to observe his laws. _Il lui est enjoint de_; he is directed to.

=enjôlement=, _n.m._, wheedling, coaxing, inveigling.

=enjôler=, _v.a._, to coax, to wheedle, to inveigle.

=enjôleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, wheedler, coaxer.

=enjolivement= (-liv-mān), _n.m._, embellishment, decoration, ornament, set-off, flourish.

=enjoliver=, _v.a._, to embellish, to adorn, to set off, to ornament, to beautify.

=enjoliveur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) embellisher.

=enjolivure=, _n.f._, set-off, ornament, embellishment.

=enjoué=, =-e=, _adj._, playful, sprightly; lively, sportive. _Il a l’humeur —e_; he is of a playful disposition. _Il écrit d’un style —_; he writes in a sportive style.

=enjouement= _or_ =enjoûment= (ān-joo-mān), _n.m._, playfulness, sportiveness, sprightliness, liveliness, humor. _Avec —_; playfully.

=enkysté=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) encysted.

_s’_=enkyster=, _v.r._, to become encysted.

=enlacement= (ān-las-mān), _n.m._, lacing, entwining; interweaving, entanglement.

=enlacer=, _v.a._, to lace; to entwine; to twist; to interlace; to clasp; to interweave. _— quelqu’un dans ses bras_; to clasp in one’s arms.

_s’_=enlacer=, _v.r._, to entwine; to twist; to be interlaced.

=enlaidir=, _v.a._, to make ugly, to disfigure.

=enlaidir=, _v.n._, to grow ugly, to be disfigured.

=enlaidissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, ugliness; disfigurement.

=enlèvement= (ān-lèv-mān), _n.m._, carrying off; removal; carrying off forcibly, kidnaping; abduction; translation (to heaven); buying up, monopoly. _L’— des Sabines_; the rape of the Sabines.

=enlever=, _v.a._, to lift, to raise; to carry, to carry off; to carry away; to rescue; to pick out; to carry away forcibly, to kidnap; to take off, to clear away, to remove; to sweep off; to charm, to delight, to burn (the mouth). _On lui a enlevé sa femme_; his wife has been carried off. _On lui a enlevé ses meubles_; his furniture has been removed. _Enlevez cela de dessus la table_; take that off the table. _— une place_; (milit.) to carry a town. _— la peau_; to flay the skin. _La mort l’a enlevé à la fleur de son âge_; death carried him off in his prime. _— des taches_; to take out stains. _— tous les prix_; to carry off all the prizes. _Cela enlève la bouche_; that burns the mouth. _Enlevé!_ carried! done! _Se faire — par_; to elope with.

_s’_=enlever=, _v.r._, to rise, to be lifted; to come off, to peel off; to come out; to go off (of goods on sale); to get into a passion.

=enleveur=, _n.m._, kidnaper, abductor, ravisher.

=enlier=, _v.a._, (mas.) to bond, to bind (stones).

=enlisement=, _n.m._, ingulfing, swallowing up (in sand).

_s’_=enliser=, _v.r._, to be ingulfed, swallowed up.

=enluminer=, _v.a._, to color, to illuminate, to flush (the complexion); (lit.) to overload with ornaments. _Visage enluminé_; flushed _or_ red face.

_s’_=enluminer=, _v.r._, to rouge, to paint. _S’— la trogne_ (triv.); to get a red nose (from drinking).

=enlumineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, map _or_ print colorer; illuminator.

=enluminure=, _n.f._, coloring; colored print; tinsel.

=ennéagone= (è-n-né-), _n.m._, (geom.) enneagon.

=ennéagonal=, _adj._, nonagon, enneagonal.

=ennéandrie= (è-n-né-), _n.f._, (bot.) enneandria.

=ennemi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (è-n-mi), enemy, foe; thing prejudicial. _— déclaré_; open _or_ avowed enemy. _C’est autant de pris sur l’—_; it is so much gained from the enemy. _Il n’y a pas de petit —_; every enemy is to be feared.

=ennemi=, =-e=, _adj._, hostile, inimical; injurious; adverse, contrary, hurtful, prejudicial; (paint.) unfriendly. _La fortune —e_; adverse fortune. _L’armée —e_; the enemy.

=ennoblir=, _v.a._, to ennoble, to dignify, to exalt.

_s’_=ennoblir=, _v.r._, to be ennobled, exalted. _S’— de_; to be proud of, to rejoice at.

=ennui=, _n.m._, tediousness, weariness; tedium, spleen, vexation, boredom; tiresome thing; nuisance. _Quel —!_ what a nuisance!

=ennuyant=, =-e=, _adj._, annoying, tedious, irksome, tiresome. _Cela est fort —_; that is very tiresome. _Temps —_; trying weather.

=ennuyer=, _v.a._, to tire, to weary, to be tiresome, to be tedious, to tease, to annoy, to bother, to vex, to bore. _Cela m’ennuie_; that annoys me. _Cela m’ennuie à la mort_; that bores me to death.

_s’_=ennuyer=, _v.r._, to be wearied, to have a bad time of it, to tire one’s self, to feel dull, to be bored. _Il s’ennuie de tout_; he wearies of everything.

=ennuyeusement= (ān-nui-ieûz-mān), _adv._, tediously, irksomely.

=ennuyeu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, tiresome person, bore; tedious, wearisome, dull, tiresome; annoying, provoking, vexing. _Livre —_; dull, tedious book.

=énoncé=, _n.m._, statement; (geom.) enunciation, assertion, déclaration, terms.

=énoncer=, _v.a._, to state, to express, to declare, to utter, to word, to enunciate.

_s’_=énoncer=, _v.r._, to express one’s self; to be expressed. _Il s’énonce bien_; he expresses himself well. _Il n’a pas le don de s’—_; he has not the gift of expressing himself clearly.

=énonciati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, enunciative, enunciatory.

=énonciation=, _n.f._, enunciation, delivery, utterance; statement; expression, wording.

*=enorgueillir= (ān-nor-ghĕ-yir), _v.a._, to make proud, to elevate, to puff up.

*_s’_=enorgueillir= (ān-nor-ghĕ-yir), _v.r._, to be, to grow proud of, to be puffed up, to become elated, to glory in, to pride one’s self upon.

=énorme=, _adj._, enormous, huge, atrocious, heinous. _Crime —_; heinous crime.

=énormément=, _adv._, enormously, hugely, immensely, beyond measure.

=énormité=, _n.f._, enormousness, hugeness, vastness; enormity, atrocity, heinousness.

=énouage=, _n.m._, burling, picking.

=énouer=, _v.a._, to pick cloth; to burl.

☉=enquérant=, =-e=, _adj._, inquisitive, prying.

_s’_=enquérir= (s’enquérant, enquis), _v.r._, to inquire, to ask, to make inquiries. _Il faut s’— de la vérité du fait_; we must inquire into the truth of the matter.

=enquête=, _n.f._, inquiry, inquest; investigation, examination, commission. _— en matière criminelle_; criminal investigation. _Ordonner une —_; to direct an inquiry to be made; to appoint a commission of inquiry.

☉_s’_=enquêter=, _v.r._, to inquire, to care for.

=enraciné=, =-e=, _adj._, rooted, inveterate, deep seated.

=enraciner=, _v.a._, to root, to implant. _Des préjugés enracinés_; inveterate prejudices.

_s’_=enraciner=, _v.r._, to take root, to become rooted. _Il ne faut pas laisser s’— les maux_; evils must not be allowed to take root.

=enragé=, =-e=, _part._, mad, rabid, desperate, raging, enraged; obstinate, determined. _Manger de la vache —e_; to know hard times; to undergo great hardships. _Un chien —_; a mad dog.

=enragé=, _n.m._, madman.

=enrageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, vexing, maddening.

=enrager=, _v.n._, to be mad, to run mad, to go mad, to be enraged, to fume; to stamp with rage. _Faire —_; to madden. _— contre quelqu’un_; to be enraged against any one. _Il n’enrage pas pour mentir_; he makes light of telling lies.

=enraiement= _or_ =enrayement=, _n.m._, putting on the drag, skidding; locking.

=enrayer=, _v.a._, to put spokes to; to skid (a wheel), to put on the drag; to apply the brake; (agri.) to plow the first furrow; (fig.) to stop; to keep down, to moderate, to stem.

=enrayer=, _v.n._, to put on the drag, to skid (of a wheel); (fig.) to keep down, to moderate, to check.

=enrayure=, _n.f._, drag, skid; lock-chain.

=enrégimenter=, _v.a._, to embody, to form into regiments; to enroll.

=enregistrable=, _adj._, registrable.

=enregistré=, =-e=, _adj._, registered, recorded.

=enregistrement=, _n.m._, registering, registry, entry, enrollment. _Faire l’—_; to register.

=enregistrer=, _v.a._, to register, to enter in a register, to enroll, to record.

=enregistreur=, _n.m._, registrar.

=enrêner=, _v.a._, to rein in, to tie by the reins.

=enrênoire=, _n.f._, peg for tying reins.

=enrhumer=, _v.a._, to give a cold to any one. _Je suis enrhumé_; I have a cold. _Être enrhumé du cerveau_; to have a cold in the head.

_s’_=enrhumer=, _v.r._, to catch cold.

=enrichi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, upstart.

=enrichir=, _v.a._, to enrich, to make rich; to adorn, to embellish; to store. _— son esprit_; to enrich one’s mind.