Chapter D (10)

=éviction=, _n.f._, (jur.) eviction, ejectment.

=évidement=, _n.m._, scooping out, hollowing; groove, hollow.

=évidemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, evidently, obviously, plainly, clearly.

=évidence=, _n.f._, evidence, obviousness, plainness, clearness. _Mettre en —_; to make conspicuous, to make prominent. _Être en —_; to be conspicuous. _Se rendre à l’—_; to be convinced; to submit to.

=évident=, =-e=, _adj._, evident, plain, clear, obvious.

=évider=, _v.a._, to hollow, to groove, to scoop out; to stamp, to pink; to unstarch.

=évidoir=, _n.m._, hollowing-bit, borer.

=évidure=, _n.f._, (tech.). _V._ =évidement=.

=évier=, _n.m._, sink, sink-stone.

=évincer=, _v.a._, to evict, to eject; to oust. _Il a été évincé_; he was turned out.

=évitable=, _adj._, avoidable; evitable.

=évitage=, _n.m._, (nav.) swinging; swinging-room.

=évitée=, _n.f._, (nav.) swinging berth, swinging-room. _Le vaisseau fait son —_; the ship is swinging round _or_ to. _Avoir son —_; to have a wide berth.

=évitement= (é-vit-mān), _n.m._, (railways) siding, shunting. _Gare_, _voie_, _d’—_; siding.

=éviter=, _v.a._, to shun, to avoid, to evade, to eschew; to elude, to escape; to save. _— les périls_; to avoid dangers. _— les mauvaises compagnies_; to shun bad company. _— la peine_; to save trouble.

_s’_=éviter=, _v.r._, to avoid each other; to spare one’s self; (of things) to be avoided.

=éviter=, _v.n._, (nav.) to swing. _— au vent_; to stem the wind. _— à la marée_; to stem the tide.

=évocable=, _adj._, (jur.) removable.

=évocation=, _n.f._, evocation, raising up; (jur.) removal.

=évocatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) for removal (from one court to another).

=évoluer=, _v.n._, (nav., milit.) (l.u.) to perform evolutions; to evolve, to revolve.

=évolution=, _n.f._, evolution.

=évolutionnaire=, _adj._, (milit., nav.) evolutionary.

=évoquer=, _v.a._, to evoke, to raise up, to conjure up; to call up. _— à un tribunal supérieur_; (jur.) to remove to a superior court.

=évulsion=, _n.f._, (tech.) evulsion.

=ex= (èks), (prefix) ex.

=ex abrupto=, _adv._, suddenly, unexpectedly.

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

=exact=, =-e= (èg-zakt), _adj._, exact, accurate, correct, precise, punctual; close. _—e analyse_; close analysis. _Les sciences —es_; the exact sciences. _— à_; exact in.

=exactement=, _adv._, exactly, punctually, accurately; correctly, precisely.

=exacteur=, _n.m._, exactor, extortioner.

=exaction=, _n.f._, exaction, extortion.

=exactitude=, _n.f._, exactness, punctuality, exactitude; correctness, accuracy, precision, closeness. _Agir avec —_; to be punctual.

=exaèdre=, _n.m._ and _adj._ _V._ =hexaèdre=.

=exagérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, exaggerator; given to exaggeration.

=exagérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, exaggeratory.

=exagération=, _n.f._, exaggeration, amplification; overrating; aggravation.

=exagérer=, _v.a._, to exaggerate, to magnify.

=exagone=, _n.m._ and _adj._ _V._ =hexagone=.

=exaltation=, _n.f._, exaltation, exalting.

=exalté=, =-e=, _n._ and _part._, enthusiast, fanatic; person over-excited; exalted, elated; over-excited, heated, feverish.

=exalter=, _v.a._, to exalt, to extol, to magnify, to glorify, to cry up; to excite, to elate, to inflame, to over-excite; (chem.) to exalt, to purify.

_s’_=exalter=, _v.r._, to become excited, elated, to rise, to be exalted; to be over-excited; to extol, to magnify; to cry up one another.

=examen= (-min), _n.m._, examination, investigation, survey; inspection, scrutiny. _— préliminaire_; little-go. _Jury d’—_; board of examiners. _Faire l’— d’un livre_; to examine a book. _Après mûr —_; after mature examination. _— de conscience_; self-examination. _Se préparer à un —_; to prepare for an examination. _Libre —_; free thinking.

=examinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, examiner. _— supérieur pour les mathématiques_; (universities) moderator. _— adjoint_; assistant-examiner.

=examiné=, =-e=, _part._, examined.

=examiner=, _v.a._, to examine, to inquire into, to inspect, to survey, to look at; to weigh, to discuss, to consider, to explore. _— à fond_; to sift thoroughly. _— rapidement_; to glance over, to run over.

_s’_=examiner=, _v.r._, to examine, to search one’s self; to examine one’s own conscience; to examine, _or_ to observe, one another attentively.

=exanthémateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) exanthematous.

=exanthémathique=, _adj._, (med.) exanthematic.

=exanthème=, _n.m._, (med.) exanthema.

=exarchat= (-ka), _n.m._, exarchate.

=exarque=, _n.m._, exarch.

=exaspérant=, =-e=, _adj._, exasperating, aggravating.

=exaspération=, _n.f._, exasperation, aggravation; acme.

=exaspéré=, =-e=, _part._, exasperated, enraged, incensed.

=exaspérer=, _v.a._, to exasperate, to enrage, to incense, to inflame.

_s’_=exaspérer=, _v.r._, to become, _or_ get, _or_ grow exasperated, enraged, incensed.

=exaucement= (ég-zôs-mān), _n.m._, granting, hearing (of prayers).

=exaucer=, _v.a._, to hearken to, to hear favorably; to grant. _Dieu exauce les prières des humbles_; God gives an ear to the prayers of the humble.

=excavateur=, _n.m._, excavator.

=excavation=, _n.f._, excavation, excavating.

=excaver=, _v.a._, to excavate, to hollow out.

=excédant=, =-e=, _adj._, exceeding; tiresome, unbearable.

=excédent=, _n.m._, overplus; surplus; overweight; (arith.) excess, difference.

=excéder=, _v.a._, to exceed, to go beyond; to wear out, to tire out. _Il a excédé son pouvoir_; he has exceeded his power. _— quelqu’un de coups_; to beat and bruise any one unmercifully.

_s’_=excéder=, _v.r._, to be worn out; to wear out; to weary, to tire, one’s self out. _S’— de débauches_; to wear one’s self out with debauchery. _S’— de travail_; to overwork one’s self; to work too hard.

=excellemment= (èk-sè-la-mān), _adv._, excellently, surpassingly.

=excellence=, _n.f._, excellence, excellency. _Par —_; preeminently, above all. _Votre —_; your Excellency. _Donner de l’—_; (fam.) to call any one Excellency.

=excellent=, =-e=, _adj._, excellent; delightful; delicious.

=excellentissime=, _adj._, most excellent.

=exceller=, _v.n._, to excel, to be eminent, to transcend, to be transcendent, to surpass.

=excentricité=, _n.f._, eccentricity.

=excentrique=, _adj._, eccentric, odd.

=excentrique=, _n.m._, (mec.) eccentric-wheel.

=excepté=, _prep._, except, excepting, save, but. _— que_; except that.

=excepter=, _v.a._, to except. _S’—_; to be excepted.

=exception=, _n.f._, exception; (jur.) exception; (jur.) plea; (jur.) bar. _— déclinatoire_; (jur.) plea against the jurisdiction. _— péremptoire_; (jur.) demurrer. _— d’incompétence_; (jur.) foreign plea. _— tirée de l’aveu_ or _des actes de la partie_; estoppel. _À l’— de_; with the exception of, except, excepting. _D’—_; exceptional.

=exceptionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, exceptional.

=excès=, _n.m._, excess, abuse, waste; intemperance, riot, debauchery; (jur.) ill-usage, outrage, violence; (geom., arith.) excess, difference. _A l’—_, _avec —_, _jusqu’à l’—_; to excess, excessively, immoderately. _Faire des —_; to commit excesses, to be guilty of excesses.

=excessi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, excessive, extreme, extravagant; exorbitant; intemperate.

=excessivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, excessively, to excess.

=exciper=, _v.n._, (jur.) to plead _or_ to allege an exception.

=excipient=, _n.m._, (pharm.) excipient.

=excise=, _n.f._, excise; excise-office.

=exciser=, _v.a._, (surg.) to amputate, to cut off.

=excision=, _n.f._, (surg.) excision, cutting off.

=excitabilité=, _n.f._, excitability.

=excitable=, _adj._, excitable.

=excitant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) exciting.

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

=excitat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, exciter.

=excitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, excitative.

=excitation=, _n.f._, exciting, excitation, excitement, inciting.

=excitement= (èk-sit-mān), _n.m._, (med.) excitement.

=exciter=, _v.a._, to excite, to provoke, to stir up, to cause, to inspire, to arouse, to rouse; to urge, to stimulate, to encourage, to inspirit, to animate, to quicken, to instigate, to prompt, to spur; to inflame, to irritate. _— un chien contre quelqu’un_; to set a dog at any one.

_s’_=exciter=, _v.r._, to excite, to animate, to encourage one’s self; to animate, to encourage one another; to be excited.

=exclamati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, exclamative; (gram.) of exclamation.

=exclamation=, _n.f._, exclamation. _Point d’—_; note of exclamation.

_s’_=exclamer=, _v.r._, to exclaim, to cry out, to clamor; to protest.

=exclure=, _v.a._, to exclude, to debar, to shut out, to keep from, to bar, to leave out.

=exclusi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, exclusive.

=exclusion=, _n.f._, exclusion.

=exclusivement= (-ziv-mān), _adv._, exclusively.

=excommunicateur=, _n.m._, excommunicator. _adj._, excommunicating.

=excommunication=, _n.f._, excommunication.

=excommunié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, excommunicated. _Avoir un visage d’—_; to look pale and wretched.

=excommunier=, _v.a._, to excommunicate.

=excoriation=, _n.f._, (surg.) excoriation, barking.

=excorier=, _v.a._, (surg.) to excoriate.

=excrément=, _n.m._, excrement. _— de la terre_; scum of the earth.

=excrémenteu-x=, =-se=, _or_ =excrémentiel=, =-le=, _or_ =excrémentitiel=, =-le=, _adj._, excrementitious, excremental, excrementitial.

=excréteur= _or_ =excrétoire=, _adj.m._, (physiology) excretory, excretive.

=excrétion=, _n.f._, (physiology) excretion.

=excroissance=, _n.f._, excrescence, excrescency; fungus.

=excursion=, _n.f._, excursion, inroad; digression, ramble; trip. _En —_; for an outing. _Faire une —_; to make an excursion, to take a trip.

=excursionniste=, _n.m.f._, excursionist, tourist.

=excusable=, _adj._, excusable, pardonable, venial; (jur.) by misadventure (homicide).

☉=excusation=, _n.f._, (jur.) excusation, plea.

=excuse=, _n.f._, excuse, apology; (jur.) plea, excusation. _Faire des —s_; to apologize. _Faites —!_ excuse me! I beg your pardon! _Je vous fais —_; I beg your pardon.

=excuser=, _v.a._, to excuse, to exculpate, to pardon; to bear with; to apologize for. _Il l’a excusé auprès du roi_; he has apologized for him to the king. _On doit — les fautes de la jeunesse_; one must bear with the errors of youth.

_s’_=excuser=, _v.r._, to excuse, to exculpate one’s self; to throw the blame on; to decline; to apologize, to make an apology. _Le capitaine s’est excusé sur son lieutenant_; the captain cast the blame upon his lieutenant. _S’— de faire une chose_; to decline doing a thing. _Qui s’excuse, s’accuse_; a guilty conscience needs no accuser.

=exeat= (èg-zé-at), _n.m._, exeat; pass, leave (to go out of one diocese into another). _Donner à quelqu’un son —_; to send off, to discard, to dismiss, any one. _Donner un — à_; to give any one leave to go out.

=exécrable=, _adj._, execrable, deplorable.

=exécrablement=, _adv._, execrably, deplorably.

=exécration=, _n.f._, execration. _Il est en — à tout le monde_; he is held in abhorrence by everybody.

=exécratoire=, _adj._, execratory.

=exécrer=, _v.a._, to execrate, to hold in execration _or_ in detestation.

=exécutable=, _adj._, feasible, practicable.

=exécutant=, _n.m._, (mus.) performer, player.

=exécuter=, _v.a._, to execute, to perform; to accomplish, to carry out, to achieve, to fulfill; (jur.) to distrain; (jur.) to serve; to put to death. _J’exécuterai ce que j’ai promis_; I shall perform what I promised. _— un arrêt_; to carry out a sentence.

_s’_=exécuter=, _v.r._, to be performed, to be done, to take place; to sell off (one’s property for the benefit of creditors); to sacrifice one’s self; to yield, to comply, to submit. _Allons, exécutez-vous_; come, do the needful.

=exécut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, executor, executrix; executioner, hangman. _— testamentaire_; executor, executrix. _Livrer à l’—_; to deliver over to the executioner.

=exécuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, executive. _n.m._, the Executive.

=exécution=, _n.f._, execution, accomplishment, performance, achievement, fulfillment. _Mettre des ordres à —_; to execute orders. _Mettre à —_; to carry out. _L’— de ce travail ne répond pas au plan_; the execution of this work does not come up to the plan. _L’— d’un morceau de musique_; the performance of a piece of music. _Homme d’—_; resolute, bold, enterprising, practical man. _Ordre d’—_; (of a criminal) death-warrant, warrant for execution. _Procéder à l’—_; to carry out an execution.

=exécutoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (jur.) writ of execution; executory.

=exèdre=, _n.m._, (arch.) exedra.

=exégèse=, _n.f._, exegesis.

=exégétique=, _adj._, exegetical.

=exemplaire=, _adj._, exemplary.

=exemplaire=, _n.m._, model, pattern; copy (of printed books, engravings); specimen. _J’ai trois —s de ce livre-là_; I have three copies of that book. _J’ai un bel — de cette médaille_; I have a fine copy of that medal.

=exemplairement= (-plèr-mān), _adv._, exemplarily, in an exemplary manner.

=exemple=, _n.m._, example, pattern; precedent, parallel, instance; copy, copy-slip. _Proposer un —_; to offer an example. _Ne vous réglez pas sur son —_; do not follow in his footsteps. _Faire un — de quelqu’un_; to make an example of any one. _Prendre — sur quelqu’un_; to be guided by any one. _Il n’y en a point d’—_; there is no precedent for it, there is no example of such a thing. _Donnez-m’en un —_; give me an instance. _Citer un —_; to quote an instance. _Prêcher d’—_; to practice what one preaches. _Un dictionnaire sans —s est un squelette_; a dictionary without examples is a mere skeleton. _À l’— de_; in imitation of. _Par —_; for instance, for example; indeed! bless me! upon my word! upon my honor! only fancy! the idea! _Par —, voilà qui est fort!_ well now, I like that! _Sans —_; extraordinary, unexampled, unparalleled.

=exempt=, =-e= (èg-zān, -t), _adj._, exempt, exempted, free from.

=exempt=, _n.m._, ecclesiastic exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. _— de police_; police officer; constable.

=exempter= (èg-zān-té), _v.a._, to exempt, to free; to dispense, to excuse, to exonerate.

_s’_=exempter=, _v.r._, to exempt one’s self from, to dispense with.

=exemption= (èg-zānp-sion), _n.f._, exemption, exoneration, immunity; dispensation. _Lettre d’— des droits de douane_; (com.) bill of sufferance.

=exequatur= (-koua-), _n.m._, (_—_) exequatur.

=exercer=, _v.a._, to exercise, to train up; to perform, to practice, to exert; to fill an office; to follow, to carry on (a trade _or_ profession); (milit.) to drill. _— des soldats_; to drill soldiers. _— sa mémoire_; to exercise one’s memory. _— la patience de quelqu’un_; to try any one’s patience. _— l’hospitalité_; to practice hospitality. _— la médecine_; to practice medicine.

_s’_=exercer=, _v.r._, to exercise, to practice; to exercise, to train one’s self; to exert one’s self; to try one’s hand at.

=exercer=, _v.n._, to practice; to visit (manufacturers and others who sell excisable articles). _Avocat qui n’exerce plus_; retired barrister.

=exercice=, _n.m._, exercise, practice, use; work, labor; trouble, fatigue; inspection (of an officer of the indirect taxes); (administration) receipts and expenditure during a certain time; (milit.) drill; drilling. _Entrer en —_; to commence one’s duties. _Sortir d’—_; to finish one’s term of service. _L’— d’une profession_; the exercise of a profession. _Faire l’—_; to exercise, to drill. _Faire l’— à des soldats_; to drill, to train, soldiers. _Subir l’—_; to be drilled. _Prendre de l’—_; to take exercise. _Se tenir en —_; to keep one’s self in practice. _— à jeu_; rifle, carbine exercise. _— de piété_; practice of piety.

=exérèse=, _n.f._, (surg.) extraction, amputation, cutting off.

=exergue= (èg-zèrg), _n.m._, exergue.

=exfoliati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (surg., pharm.) exfoliative.

=exfoliation=, _n.f._, (surg.) exfoliation.

_s’_=exfolier=, _v.r._, to exfoliate.

=exfumer=, _v.a._, (paint.) to soften.

=exhalaison=, _n.f._, exhalation, effluvium.

=exhalant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) exhaling vessel; exhaling.

=exhalation=, _n.f._, exhalation.

=exhalatoire=, _adj._, evaporating. _n.m._, evaporating-vessel.

=exhaler=, _v.a._, to send forth, to exhale; to give forth, to breathe; to vent; to give vent to; to emit. _Ces fleurs exhalent une douce odeur_; these flowers emit a sweet smell. _— sa colère_; to give vent to one’s anger.

_s’_=exhaler=, _v.r._, to be emitted, to be exhaled; to give vent to, to indulge in. _S’— en plaintes_, _en menaces_; to give vent to complaints, to indulge in threats.

=exhaussement= (èg-zôs-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) height; raising up, mound.

=exhausser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to raise, to raise up, to run up, to make higher. _S’—_; to be raised; to raise one’s self.

=exhérédation=, _n.f._, (jur.) disinheriting, exheredation, disinheritance.

=exhéréder=, _v.a._, (jur.) to exheredate, to disinherit.

=exhiber=, _v.a._, to exhibit, to produce, to show. _— ses papiers_, _son passeport_; to produce one’s papers, one’s passport.

=exhibition=, _n.f._, (jur.) exhibition, producing, exhibiting.

=exhibitoire=, _adj._, exhibitory, prohibitive.

=exhilarant=, =-e=, _adj._, exhilarating.

=exhortati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, exhortative.

=exhortation=, _n.f._, exhortation.

=exhortatoire=, _adj._, exhortatory.

=exhorter=, _v.a._, to exhort, to admonish.

=exhumation=, _n.f._, exhumation, disinterment.

=exhumer=, _v.a._, to exhume, to dig out; to disinter; to bring to light; to rake up.

=exigeant=, =-e= (-jān-t), _adj._, unreasonable, over-particular, too exacting; troublesome, hard to please.

=exigence=, _n.f._, unreasonableness; unreasonable claim _or_ demand; exigency, exigence. _Selon l’— du cas_; as occasion shall require.

=exiger=, _v.a._, to exact, to require, to demand, to enforce. _— des égards_; to enforce respect. _— le payement d’une dette_; to exact the payment of a debt.

=exigibilité=, _n.f._, exigibility.

=exigible=, _adj._, exigible, demandable.

=exigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, scanty, slender, slight, small.

=exiguïté=, _n.f._, scantiness, slenderness, slightness, smallness.

=exil=, _n.m._, exile, banishment. _Envoyer en —_; to banish.

=exilé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, exile, refugee.

=exiler=, _v.a._, to exile, to banish.

_s’_=exiler=, _v.r._, to exile one’s self; to withdraw, to seclude, one’s self. _Il s’est exilé du monde_; he has withdrawn from the world.

=exinanition=, _n.f._, exhaustion.

=existant=, =-e=, _adj._, existing, in being, existent, extant; in force.

=existence=, _n.f._, existence, being, subsistence; living. _pl._, (com.) stock on hand. _Mettre un terme à son —_; to put an end to one’s existence.

=exister=, _v.n._, to exist; to be in existence, to live; to be extant; to subsist. _Cette dette n’existe plus_; this debt is extinct. _Les ouvrages qui existent_; the works which are extant.

=exocet=, _n.m._, (ich.) exocœtus, flying fish.

=exode=, _n.m._, Exodus; exode.

=exomphale=, _n.f._, (surg.) exomphalos.

=exonération=, _n.f._, exoneration; freedom from blame.

=exonérer=, _v.a._, to exonerate, to discharge, to free from.

=exophtalmie=, _n.f._, exophthalmia.

=exophtalmique=, _adj._, exophthalmic.

=exorable=, _adj._, exorable.

=exorbitamment= (-ta-mān), _adv._, exorbitantly, excessively, extravagantly.

=exorbitant=, =-e=, _adj._, extravagant, exorbitant, excessive.

=exorciser=, _v.a._, to exorcise, to put out (devils); to conjure.

=exorcisme=, _n.m._, exorcism.

=exorciste=, _n.m._, exorcist, exorciser.

=exorde=, _n.m._, exordium, commencement; beginning.

=exosmose=, _n.f._, (phys.) exosmose, exosmosis.

=exostose=, _n.f._, (med., bot.) exostosis.

_s’_=exostoser=, _v.r._, (surg.) to form in exostosis.

=exotérique=, _adj._, exoteric; vulgar.

=exotique=, _adj._, exotic, foreign; outlandish.

=expansibilité=, _n.f._, expansibility.

=expansible=, _adj._, expansible, expansive.

=expansi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, expansive; unreserved, open-hearted, overflowing.

=expansion=, _n.f._, expansion, unreservedness; opening out. _Avoir de l’—_; to be open, unreserved, communicative.

=expatriation=, _n.f._, expatriation; self-banishment.

=expatrier=, _v.a._, to expatriate; to send into banishment.

_s’_=expatrier=, _v.r._, to expatriate one’s self; to leave one’s native country.

=expectance=, _n.f._, expectancy.

=expectant=, =-e=, _adj._, expectant.

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

=expectati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, expectant.

=expectative=, _n.f._, expectation, hopes, prospect; (jur.) expectancy. _Il est dans l’—_; he is in expectation. _Avoir l’— de quelque chose_; to look forward to the possession of anything.

=expectorant=, =-e=, _adj._, expectorant.

=expectorant=, _n.m._, expectorant.

=expectoration=, _n.f._, expectoration; sputa.

=expectorer=, _v.a._, to expectorate, to spit.

=expédient=, _n.m._, expedient; shift; ☉(jur.) compromise. _Homme d’—s_; man full of expedients, _or_ full of resource. _En être aux —s_; to be reduced to expedients _or_ to shifts. _Son dernier —_; one’s last shift.

=expédient=, _adj.m._, expedient, fit, meet, proper, advisable.

=expédier=, _v.a._, to dispatch, to perform, to send off; to forward; to knock off, to clear off; to clear (at the custom-house); to draw up. _— des marchandises_; to forward goods. _— un acte_; to draw up a deed. _— des troupes_; to send off troops.

=expéditeur=, _n.m._, sender, commission-agent; (nav.) shipper.

=expéditi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, expeditious, quick.

=expédition=, _n.f._, expedition, dispatch; sending, shipment; copy (of a deed); clearance (at the custom-house). _pl._, dispatches. _Faire l’— de_; (com.) to forward. _Le courrier attend ses —s_; the courier is waiting for his dispatches. _Homme d’—_; sharp man of business.

=expéditionnaire=, _adj._, expeditionary.

=expéditionnaire=, _n.m._, sender, shipper; commission-agent, copying-clerk, forwarding-clerk.

=expérience=, _n.f._, experience; trial, experiment. _Faire une —_; to make an experiment. _Des —s de chimie_; experiments in chemistry. _Je sais cela par —_; I know that by experience. _Parler par —_; to speak from experience.

=expérimental=, =-e=, _adj._, experimental.

=expérimentateur=, _n.m._, experimentalist.

=expérimenté=, =-e=, _adj._, experienced.

=expérimenter=, _v.a._, to experiment, to try by use, to test; to experience.

=expert=, =-e=, _adj._, expert, skillful, well versed in.

=expert=, _n.m._, appraiser, valuer; surveyor; expert.

=expertement=, _adv._, expertly, skillfully.

=expertise=, _n.f._, survey, valuation, assessment (of specially appointed surveyors); report (of survey), appraisement, arbitration. _Faire une —_; to make a survey.

=expertiser=, _v.a._, to make a survey; to appraise, to value, to assess.

=expiation=, _n.f._, expiation, atonement, satisfaction. _En — de_; as an atonement for. _Faire — de_; to make an atonement for.

=expiatoire=, _adj._, expiatory. _Sacrifice —_; sin-offering.

=expier=, _v.a._, to expiate, to atone for; to make reparation for.

=expirant=, =-e=, _adj._, expiring, dying; faint, inaudible.

=expirateur=, _adj.m._, (anat.) expiratory.

=expiration=, _n.f._, expiration.

=expirer=, _v.n._, to expire; to breathe one’s last; to die away; to come to an end, to run out. _Mon bail a expiré hier_; my lease was up yesterday.

=expirer=, _v.a._, to breathe out; to exhale, to expire.

=expléti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) expletive.

=explétif=, _n.m._, (gram.) expletive.

=explicable=, _adj._, explicable, explainable.

=explicateur=, _n.m._, explainer, cicerone, guide.

=explicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, explicative, explanatory.

=explication=, _n.f._, explanation, explication, interpretation; construing; meaning. _Avoir une — avec_; to have an explanation with. _Cela demande —_; that requires an explanation.

=explicite=, _adj._, explicit, clear; express.

=explicitement= (-cit-mān), _adv._, explicitly; clearly.

=expliquer=, _v.a._, to explain, to express, to declare, to account for, to teach, to expound; to construe, to illustrate. _Expliquez-moi ce que cela signifie_; explain to me what that means. _— une énigme_; to solve a riddle. _— une doctrine_; to expound a doctrine.

_s’_=expliquer=, _v.r._, to explain one’s self; to have an explanation; to be explained; to be accounted for; to be made manifest.

=expliqueur=, _n.m._, explainer.

=exploit=, _n.m._, exploit, achievement, feat, deed; (jur.) writ, process. _Dresser un —_; to draw up a writ. _Signifier un —_; to serve a writ.

=exploitabilité=, _n.f._, workableness.

=exploitable=, _adj._, workable, that may be turned to account; improvable; (jur.) distrainable. _Cette mine est encore —_; that mine may still be worked.

=exploitant=, _n.m._, worker (of mines); farmer, grower. _adj._, _huissier —_; (jur.) process server.

=exploitation=, _n.f._, working; improving (lands); cultivation (of wood); employing, using; taking advantage of, cheating. _— d’un champ_; (agri.) cultivation of a field. _— par compartiments_; (mining) panel-work. _— par grande taille_; long-work. _— rurale_; farming. _Matériel d’—_; working-stock. _En —_; being worked; in activity. _Mettre en —_; to work. _— de l’homme par l’homme_; profiting by the labor of others; sweating system.

=exploiter=, _v.a._, to work; to improve; to cultivate for sale; to use; to make the most of. _— une mine_; to work a mine; to take advantage of, to impose upon. _— un bois_; to cultivate a wood for sale. _— une place_; to make the most of a situation. _— la curiosité publique_; to speculate upon public curiosity. _Cet homme m’a exploité_; that man has cheated _or_ taken advantage of me.

☉=exploiter=, _v.n._, to serve writs.

_s’_=exploiter=, _v.r._, to be worked, to take advantage one of the other.

=exploiteur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) person who takes advantage (of others), who works, who uses (others); sweater.

=explorable=, _adj._, explorable.

=explorateur=, _n.m._, explorer.

=explorat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, exploratory.

=exploration=, _n.f._, exploration.

=explorer=, _v.a._, to explore. _S’—_; to be explored.

=explosible=, _adj._, explosive.

=explosi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, explosive.

=explosion=, _n.f._, explosion; bursting, blowing up; outbreak, outburst. _Faire —_; to explode; to burst out, to break out.

=exponentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, (alg.) exponential.

=exportateur=, _n.m._, exporter.

=exportation=, _n.f._, exportation, export.

=exporter=, _v.a._, to export. _S’—_; to be exported.

=exposant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, exhibitor; (jur.) petitioner; (math.) exponent, index.

=exposé=, _n.m._, statement; account, outline; (jur.) recital. _Faire un —_; to draw up a statement. _— des motifs_; explanatory statement.

=exposé=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, exposed, on view; situated; having a certain aspect; uncovered; liable; abandoned.

=exposer=, _v.a._, to expose, to expose to view, to show, to exhibit; to endanger, to hazard, to venture, to render liable, to make liable, to lay open; to state, to set forth; to expound, to explain, to abandon. _— en vente_; to expose for sale. _— sa vie_; to venture one’s life. _— ses sentiments_; to state one’s sentiments. _— un système_; to unfold a system. _— un corps mort sur un lit de parade_; to lay out a dead body in state.

_s’_=exposer=, _v.r._, to expose one’s self; to be exposed, to be liable, to lay one’s self open, to lie open. _Il s’expose à la risée de tout le monde_; he makes himself the laughing-stock of everybody.

=exposer=, _v.n._, to explain; to exhibit. _Je ne connais personne qui expose mieux_; I know no one who can explain a thing better. _Ce peintre n’a pas encore exposé_; that painter has not yet exhibited.

=exposition=, _n.f._, exhibition, exposing; exposure; lying-in-state (of dead bodies); situation; aspect, statement, explanation. _La grande —_; the Great Exhibition. _Maison dans une — agréable_; house with a pleasant aspect. _Faire une fidèle — de toutes ses raisons_; to give a faithful account of all one’s reasons.

=exprès=, =-se=, _adj._, express, positive; plain, clear, distinct. _La loi est —se sur ce point_; the law is positive on that point.

=exprès=, _n.m._, express (messenger).

=exprès=, _adv._, expressly, purposely, on purpose. _Il semble fait — pour cela_; he seems to be cut out for it. _C’est un fait —_; it is done on purpose.

=express=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (railways) express, express train. _Le train —_; the express train.

=expressément=, _adv._, expressly, positively; clearly, distinctly.

=expressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, expressive.

=expression=, _n.f._, expression, expressiveness, utterance. _Son regard est plein d’—_; his look is full of expression. _— imaginaire_; (alg.) imaginary, impossible, binomial. _La plus simple —_; (math.) the lowest terms. _Réduire à la plus simple —_; to reduce to the lowest terms.

=exprimable=, _adj._, expressible.

=exprimer=, _v.a._, to express, to press out, to squeeze out; to be expressive of; to declare, to utter, to tell; to word. _— le suc d’une plante_; to squeeze the juice out of a plant.

_s’_=exprimer=, _v.r._, to express one’s self; to be expressed.

=ex professo=, _adv._, ex professo.

=expropriation=, _n.f._, (jur.) expropriation, dispossession. _— forcée_; compulsory dispossession. _Jury d’—_; (jur.) valuation jury.

=exproprier=, _v.a._, (jur.) to dispossess; to expropriate.

=expulser=, _v.a._, to expel, to thrust out, to turn out, to eject, to drive out, to put out.

=expulseur=, _adj._, expelling.

=expulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) expulsive.

=expulsion=, _n.f._, expulsion, extrusion; (jur.) ejection; ejectment.

=expurgatoire=, _adj._, expurgatory. _Index —_; expurgatory index.

=expurger=, _v.a._, to expurgate, to remove, to cancel, to amend.

=exquis=, =-e=, _adj._, exquisite, nice, refined; choice, select. _Vin —_; delicious wine. _Avoir un goût —_; to have an exquisite taste.

=exquis=, _n.m._, exquisiteness.

=exquisement= (-kiz-mān), _adv._, exquisitely.

=exsangue=, =exsanguin=, =-e=, _adj._, bloodless, anæmic; weak, feeble, spiritless.

=exsiccation=, _n.f._, (chem.) exsiccation; dryness.

=exsuccion=, _n.f._, exsuction.

=exsudation=, _n.f._, exsudation, exudation; sweat; oozing out; perspiration.

=exsuder=, _v.n._, to exude, to perspire; to ooze out.

☉=extant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) existing.

=extase=, _n.f._, ecstasy, trance; rapture. _Tomber en —_; to be entranced; to fall into ecstacy _or_ in a trance.

_s’_=extasier=, _v.r._, to be enraptured, to go into raptures; to be struck with admiration.

=extatique=, _adj._, ecstatic, rapturous.

=extenseur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) extensor.

=extensibilité=, _n.f._, extensibility, expansion.

=extensible=, _adj._, extensible, tensible; tensile.

=extensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, extending, expanding.

=extension=, _n.f._, extension; tension, strain; extent; span.

_in_ =extenso=, _adv._ _V._ =in extenso=.

=exténuation=, _n.f._, extenuation, exhaustion, debility.

=exténuer=, _v.n._, to extenuate, to enfeeble, to weaken, to debilitate. _Sa maladie l’a fort exténué_; his illness has weakened him very much.

=extérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, exterior, external, outward, outer, outside; foreign.

=extérieur=, _n.m._, exterior, outside appearance; foreign countries, abroad. _Les nouvelles de l’—_; news from abroad. _À l’intérieur et à l’—_; at home and abroad.

=extérieurement= (-eur-mān), _adv._, externally, outwardly.

=exterminat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, destroyer, exterminator; exterminating, destroying.

=exterminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, exterminating.

=extermination=, _n.f._, extermination.

=exterminer=, _v.a._, to exterminate, to destroy, to annihilate.

=externat=, _n.m._, day-school.

=externe=, _adj._, external, exterior, outward, outdoor.

=externe=, _n.m._, day-scholar; (of hospitals) dresser.

=extinction=, _n.f._, extinction, extinguishment; destruction; abolition; appeasement; redemption (of annuities); liquidation, settlement (of debts); quelling, suppression (of disturbances); extermination; quenching; slaking (of lime). _— des racines_; (alg., arith.) evolution. _— de voix_; loss of voice. _À l’— des feux_, _des bougies_; (at auctions) by inch of candle. _Jusqu’à — de chaleur naturelle_; till one is exhausted.

=extinguible=, _adv._, extinguishable.

=extirpateur=, _n.m._, extirpator, destroyer; (agri.) weeder; weeding-tool, spud.

=extirpation=, _n.f._, excision, extirpation; uprooting, destruction, weeding up.

=extirper=, _v.a._, to extirpate, to root out, to pull up, to exterminate, to cut off. _— un cancer_; to cut out a cancer.

=extorquer=, _v.a._, to extort, to wrest, to worm out of.

=extorqueu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, extortioner.

=extorsion=, _n.f._, extortion.

=extra=, _n.m._, (_—_) extra, something extra. _C’était ma fête et nous avons fait un —_, _un peu d’—_; it was my birthday, so we had something extra, something out of the common. _Plat d’—_; extra dish.

=extractible=, _adj._, extractible.

=extractif=, _n.m._, (chem.) extractive, extract.

=extracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, extractive.

=extraction=, _n.f._, extraction; origin, descent, lineage. _L’— d’une dent_; the drawing of a tooth. _De basse —_; of low birth, of humble parentage.

=extrader=, _v.a._, to extradite; to surrender.

=extradition=, _n.f._, extradition.

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

=extradossé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) extra-dossed.

=extraire= (extrayant, extrait), _v.a._, to extract, to draw, to take out; to make extracts from; to select; to abridge; to take from one prison to another. _— un livre_; to make an abridgment of a book.

=extrait=, _n.m._, extract; selection; epitome; spirit; abstract; docket. _— de naissance_, _de baptême_, _de mariage_; certificate of birth, baptism, marriage. _— mortuaire_; certificate of death. _— authentique_; certified copy of a document.

=extrajudiciaire=, _adj._, extrajudicial.

=extrajudiciairement=, _adv._, extrajudicially.

=extra-muros= (-rôs), _adv._, outside the walls (of a city, assembly).

=extraordinaire=, _adj._, extraordinary, unusual; uncommon, out of the way; singular, odd, queer; enormous. _Il n’y a rien d’— à cela_; there is nothing extraordinary in that. _Question —_; rack (torture). _Visage —_; odd face.

=extraordinaire=, _n.m._, extraordinariness, extraordinary thing, uncommon thing. _L’— c’est que ..._; the extraordinary part of it is ...

=extraordinairement= (-nèr-mān), _adv._, extraordinarily, unusually; oddly, enormously. _Procéder — contre quelqu’un_; (jur.) to prosecute any one criminally.

=extrapassé=, =-e=, _part._, (paint.) beyond natural limits. _V._ =strapassé=.

=extrapasser=, _v.a._, (paint.). _V._ =strapasser=.

=extravagamment= (-ga-mān), _adv._, extravagantly, unreasonably.

=extravagance=, _n.f._, extravagance, folly, wildness; mad action. _J’ai pitié de son —_; I pity his folly. _Il a dit mille —s_; he said a thousand extravagant things.

=extravagant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, extravagant, wild person; extravagant, wild. _C’est un —_; he is a mad fellow.

=extravagante=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) extravagant, papal constitution. _Les —s_; the decretals.

=extravaguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to talk wildly, to rave, to talk like a madman.

=extravasation= _or_ =extravasion=, _n.f._, (med.) extravasation; effusion (of blood).

=extravasé=, =-e=, _adj._, extravasated; let out. _Sang —_; extravasated blood.

_s’_=extravaser=, _v.r._, to be extravasated.

=extrême=, _adj._, extreme, utmost, excessive.

=extrême=, _n.m._, extreme, utmost, point. _Jusqu’à l’—_, _à l’—_; to an extreme. _Il se jette dans les —s_; he runs into extremes. _Les —s se touchent_; extremes meet.

=extrêmement= (èks-trêm-mān), _adv._, extremely; immensely, enormously; exceedingly.

=extrême-onction=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (c.rel.) extreme unction.

_in_ =extremis= (i-nèks-tré-mîs), _adv._, (jur.) at the point of death.

=extrémité=, _n.f._, extremity, extreme; excess; last moment; end, tip; verge, border, brink. _A l’—_; to extremity, at a push; without resource; dying. _Passer d’une — à l’autre_; to pass from one extreme to another. _Pousser à la dernière —_; to drive to extremities. _À toute —_; at the worst.

=extrinsèque=, _adj._, extrinsic. _Valeur — des monnaies_; value assigned to coins independently of their actual weight.

=exubérance=, _n.f._, exuberance, luxuriance.

=exubérant=, =-e=, _adj._, exuberant, luxuriant.

=exubérer=, _v.n._, to exuberate; to abound; to luxuriate.

=exulcérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) producing ulcers; exulcerative.

=exulcération=, _n.f._, (med.) exulceration.

=exulcérer=, _v.a._, (med.) to exulcerate.

=exultation=, _n.f._, exultation, rapture, great joy.

=exutoire=, _n.m._, (med.) exutory, issue.

=ex-voto=, _n.m._, (_—_) votive offering.

F

=f=, _n.m.f._, the sixth letter of the alphabet, f. _Les F et les B_; oaths, swearing.

=fa=, _n.m._, (mus.) fa; F. _Clef de —_; bass, bass-clef.

=fabagelle=, _n.f._, =fabago=, _n.m._, (bot.) fabago, bean-caper.

=fable=, _n.f._, fable, story; untruth; tale; mythology; laughing-stock, by-word. _Être la — de tout le monde_; to be the laughing-stock _or_ byword of everybody.

=fabliau=, _n.m._, ancient tale in verse.

=fablier=, _n.m._, fabulist; book of fables.

=fabricant=, _n.m._, manufacturer, maker.

=fabricateur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) fabricator, maker; coiner, forger. _— de fausse monnaie_; coiner of base money. _— de nouvelles_; forger of news.

=fabrication=, _n.f._, fabrication, manufacture, making, make; forgery; coining. _La — d’un faux acte_; the forging of a deed.

=fabricien= (-si-in) _or_ =fabricier=, _n.m._, vestry-man.

=fabrique=, _n.f._, building (of churches); vestry-board; making, fabrication; (manu.) works; manufactory; factory; forging. _Marchandises de —_; goods of inferior quality. _Prix de —_; cost, _or_ manufacturer’s, price. _Marque de —_; trademark. _C’est de sa —_; (fig.) that is pure invention on his part.

=fabriquer=, _v.a._, to manufacture; to fabricate; to coin (money); to forge. _Se —_; to be manufactured.

=fabuleusement= (-leûz-mān), _adv._, fabulously; incredibly.

=fabuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fabulous, fictitious, extraordinary; incredible.

=fabuliste=, _n.m._, fabulist.

=façade=, _n.f._, front, face (of an edifice); frontage; façade.

=face=, _n.f._, front; fore-part (of a building); face; state; aspect, appearance; countenance; surface; turn (of affairs). _Une — réjouie_; a jolly face. _Faire — à_; to face; to fulfill; to meet. _A la — de_; in the presence of; before. _En — de_; in the face of; opposite. _De —_; in front; abreast of; full face. _Vu de —_; seen in front; taking a front view; seen from the front. _Donner sur la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a slap in the face. _— de réprouvé_; sinister-looking countenance. _— de carême_; pale face. _Faire volte-—_; to face about. _Faire — à ses affaires_; to meet one’s engagements. _Les affaires ont bien changé de —_; things have taken quite another turn. _— à —_; face to face. _De prime —_; at first. _Jouer à pile ou —_; to play pitch and toss; at heads or tails.

=facé=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) faced. _Un homme bien —_; a full- _or_ good-faced man.

=facétie= (-ci), _n.f._, facetiousness, jest, joke, witty saying. _Recueil de —s_; facetiæ.

=facétieusement= (-sieûz-mān), _adv._, facetiously, jestingly; jocosely.

=facétieu-x=, =-se= (-ci-), _adj._, facetious, jocular, humorous. _n.m._, jester, joker.

=facette=, _n.f._, facet, face. _Diamant taillé à —s_; diamond cut facet-wise.

=facetté=, =-e=, _part._, faceted.

=facetter=, _v.a._, to cut with facets.

=fâché=, =-e=, _adj._, (contre) angry, displeased; (de) sorry, vexed. _Il est — de vous avoir offensé_; he is sorry he has offended you. _Être — contre quelqu’un_; to be angry with any one. _Être — d’un malheur_; to be sorry for a misfortune. _Être — avec_; to be on bad terms with.

=fâcher=, _v.a._, to anger, to make angry, to offend, to vex, to displease. (_imp._ l.u.). _Il me fâche d’être forcé de vous dire_; I am sorry to be obliged to tell you. _Soit dit sans vous —_; with all due deference.

_se_ =fâcher=, _v.r._, to be _or_ get angry, to get into a passion, to be offended. _Ne vous fâchez pas_; do not take offence.

=fâcherie= (fâ-shri), _n.f._, angry feeling, disagreement, quarrel, vexation.

=fâcheusement=, _adv._, unpleasantly, inopportunely, disagreeably; grievously, sadly; awkwardly.

=fâcheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, grievous, sad, troublesome, vexatious; difficult; cross, peevish. _C’est un — personnage_; he is a troublesome personage. _Il est — que vous n’ayez pas été averti à temps_; it is a pity that you were not told in time.

=fâcheux=, _n.m._, troublesome, unkind person, _or_ fellow, pesterer, intruder, bore. _Le — de l’affaire_; the worst of the matter.

=facial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) facial. _Angle —_; facial angle.

=facies= (fa-siès), _n.m._, (med.) facial expression.

=facile=, _adj._, facile, easy; yielding, complying; voluble; weak; flowing, fluent, ready. _Un homme de — accès_; a man easy of access. _Style —_; easy, fluent style. _Un homme —_; a man of an easy temper. _Tout cela est plus — à dire qu’à faire_; all that is easier said than done.

=facilement= (fa-sil-mān), _adv._, easily, readily, yieldingly; fluently.

=facilité=, _n.f._, facility, ease, easiness, readiness; fluency; quickness; (com.) accommodation. _pl._, (com.) easy terms. _Il a une grande — à parler_; he has great fluency of speech.

=faciliter=, _v.a._, to facilitate, to make easy.

=façon=, _n.f._, make; making, workmanship; shape, fashion; (agri.) dressing; way, manner; look, appearance, mien; compliment; affectation; ceremony; attention. _pl._, ceremony. _A la — de_; after the manner of. _De cette —_; in this manner. _La — d’un habit_; the make, the cut, of a coat. _Prendre à —_; to make up ladies’, gentlemen’s, own materials. _Tailleur à —_; tailor who makes up your own materials. _Donner à —_; to put out to make. _C’est sa — de penser_; it is his way of thinking. _De — ou d’autre_; somehow or other, somehow. _En aucune —_; by no means, in no wise. _De quelque — que ce soit_; anyhow. _De toute —_; at any rate. _Un homme de bonne —_; a good-looking man. _Cela n’a ni mine ni —_; that has neither grace nor shape. _En donner de la bonne — à quelqu’un_; to give a good hiding or talking to. _S’en donner de la bonne —_; to go on at a fine rate; to refuse one’s self nothing. _Faire des —s_; to be ceremonious. _Un homme plein de —s_; a ceremonious man. _Point de —s_; no ceremony. _Sans —s_; without ceremony. _Pourquoi faites-vous tant de —s?_ why do you stand so much on ceremony? _De — que_; in such a way as, so that. _Payer la —_; to pay the piper. _De sa —_; of his own invention.

=faconde=, _n.f._, (fam.) talkativeness, loquacity; fluency. _Avoir de la —_; to have the gift of the gab, eloquence.

=façonné=, =-e=, _part._, figured (of stuffs); wrought.

=façonnage= _or_ =façonnement=, _n.m._, fashioning, shaping, making.

=façonner=, _v.a._, to make, to make up, to fashion, to figure, to form, to adorn, to embellish, to work, to polish; to accustom, to use.

_se_ =façonner=, _v.r._, to become used or accustomed to; to become polished.

=façonner=, _v.n._, (fam.) to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony.

=façonnerie= (fa-so-n-rî), _n.f._, figuring (of stuffs).

=façonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, ceremonious, precise, formal, affected.

=fac-similaire=, _adj._, fac-similar, exactly copied.

=fac-similé=, _n.m._, facsimile.

=fac-similé=, _part._, copied exactly.

=fac-similer=, _v.a._, to facsimile; to copy exactly.

=factage=, _n.m._, porterage, carriage; goods _or_ parcels delivery.

=facteur=, _n.m._, maker; agent, assistant; (arith., com.) factor; postman, letter-carrier; railway porter; (fig.) factor, element, agent. _— de pianos_; pianoforte-maker. _— d’orgues_; organ-builder.

=factice=, _adj._, factitious, artificial, unnatural, forced, got up; (of words) unauthorized.

=facticement= (-tis-mān), _adv._, factitiously, in a factitious manner.

=factieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, factious, mutinous, seditious.

=factieux=, _n.m._, factionist, rebel; sedition-monger.

=faction=, _n.f._, faction; sentry, watch, duty of a sentinel. _Être en —_, _faire —_; to be on duty. _Entrer en —_; to go on duty. _Relever de —_; to relieve sentry.

=factionnaire=, _n.m._, sentinel, sentry.

=factorage=, _n.m._, (com.) factorage.

=factorerie= (-tor-rî), _n.f._, (com.) factory.

=factotum=, _n.m._, (_—s_) factotum; do-all.

=factrice=, _n.f._, (com.) female agent, factor.

=factum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—s_) (jur.) statement (of a cause).

=facture=, _n.f._, composition, workmanship (of music, verse); (com.) bill of parcels; invoice, bill; (of organs) building. _Tête de —_; bill-head. _Livre de —s_; invoice-book. _Faire une —_; to make out an invoice.

=facturer=, _v.a._, to invoice.

=facturier=, _n.m._, invoice-book; invoice-clerk.

=facule=, _n.f._, (astron.) facula.

=facultati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, optional, discretionary; (com.) blank (of credit). _Bref —_; pope’s license.

=faculté=, _n.f._, faculty, ability, propriety, power, virtue, quality; talent; option; right. _pl._, faculties, means, property. _—s intellectuelles_; mind, intellectual faculties. _Il a la — de parler en public_; he has a talent for public speaking. _Les —s de l’esprit_; the powers of the mind.

=fadaise=, _n.f._, trifle, stuff, fiddle-faddle, silliness, silly thing; nonsense, twaddle. _—s que tout cela!_ Tom-foolery!

=fadasse=, _adj._, insipid, dull; mawkish, sickening; pale, insignificant.

=fade=, _adj._, insipid, unsavory, tasteless, heavy, dull; pointless, tame; flat, stale.

=fadement=, _adv._, heavily, dully, spiritlessly, insipidly; mawkishly; tastelessly.

=fadeur=, _n.f._, insipidity, insipidness, unsavoriness, tastelessness; silliness; pointlessness; tameness.

=fagot=, _n.m._, fagot, bundle; idle story; former convict; ticket of leave. _Ame d’un —_; small sticks of a fagot. _Bois de —_; bavin. _Il y a —s et —s_; there are men and men; _or_ all men _or_ things are not alike. _Sentir le —_; to be suspected of heresy. _Conter des —s_; to tell idle stories. _Prendre un air de —_; to warm one’s self. _Être habillé comme un —_; to be dressed in a slovenly, slatternly, manner.

=fagotage=, _n.m._, fagot-making, fagot-wood, chatwood; brushwood.

=fagoté=, =-e=, _part._, dressed in a slovenly manner. _Comme le voilà —_; how slovenly dressed he is, _or_ what a fright he looks.

=fagoter=, _v.a._, to fagot, to make into fagots; to jumble together; to dress in a slovenly manner, to dress like a fright. _Peut-on — ainsi un enfant?_ how can people make such a fright of a child?

_se_ =fagoter=, _v.r._, to dress one’s self in a slovenly manner, to dress like a fright. _Cette femme semble prendre à tâche de se —_; that woman seems to do her best to make a fright of herself.

=fagoteur=, _n.m._, fagot-maker; bungler; scribbler.

=fagotin=, _n.m._, small fagot; monkey dressed up (in man’s clothes); clown, merry-andrew, sorry-jester (of a quack).

=fagoue=, _n.f._, pancreas; sweetbread (of veal).

☉=faguenas= (fag-nā), _n.m._, rank smell.

=faible=, _adj._, weak, feeble, faint, deficient; helpless; backward; light (coin.); small (of number); (mus.) thin. _Homme —_; weak man. _— de corps et d’esprit_; weak in body and mind. _Le plus — est toujours écrasé_; the weakest goes to the wall. _Le côté — d’une chose_; the weak side of a thing.

=faible=, _n.m._, weak person; weak side, weak part, weakness; backward boy _or_ girl; blind side, foible; failing; partiality. _Avoir du — pour_; to have a partiality for. _Je le tiens par son —_; I have got him by his blind _or_ weak side.

=faiblement=, _adv._, weakly, faintly, feebly; slenderly, poorly; helplessly.

=faiblesse=, _n.f._, weakness, feebleness, faintness, fainting fit, swoon; slenderness, deficiency, backwardness; thinness, poorness; defect; foible, partiality; lightness (coin.); invalidity. _Avoir de la — pour quelqu’un_; to be partial to any one. _Sentir de la —_; to feel faint. _Tomber en —_; to swoon away, to be seized with a fainting fit. _Il lui a pris une —_; she, he, was seized with a fainting fit. _Avoir de fréquentes —s_; to be subject to fainting fits. _Une femme qui a eu une —_; a woman that has made a slip, a mistake.

=faiblir=, _v.n._, to become weak; to abate; to slacken, to flag, to give way, to yield, to relax.

=faïence=, _n.f._, crockery; earthenware; crockery-ware; faïence; delft-ware. _— anglaise_; blue, yellow, crockery-ware; earthenware. _— fine_; china.

=faïencé=, =-e=, _adj._, cracked. _V._ =fêlé —=, _n.m._, imitation ware.

=faïencerie= (fa-ian-srî), _n.f._, crockery-ware factory; earthenware factory; crockery-ware.

=faïenci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dealer in crockery-ware, crockery-ware man _or_ woman.

*=faille=, _n.f._, (geol.) out-throw, excavation; fault, Flemish gros grain silk; female head-dress used in Flanders.

*=failli=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bankrupt; insolvent.

*=faillibilité=, _n.f._, liability to err, fallibility.

*=faillible=, _adj._, liable to err, fallible.

*=faillir=, _v.n._, to err, to miss; to fail; to trespass; to transgress; to mistake, to be mistaken; to be extinct; to be on the point of, to be well nigh; to be near, on the point of; to be a bankrupt. _Il a failli_; he missed his aim. _Les plus doctes sont sujets à —_; the most learned are liable to be mistaken. _Jouer à coup faillant_; to take the place of him who misses. _Le cœur me faut_; I am ready to faint. _J’irai sans —_; I will go without fail. _Il a failli tomber_; he was near falling. _Il s’en faut beaucoup_, _il s’en faut de beaucoup_; very far from it; a long way out. _Peu s’en faut_; very near. _Tant s’en faut_; far from it. _V._ =falloir=.

*=faillite=, _n.f._, bankruptcy, failure, insolvency. _Être en —_; to be a bankrupt. _Faire —_; to fail, to become bankrupt. _Actif d’une —_; assets in a bankruptcy. _— frauduleuse_; fraudulent bankruptcy. _Syndicat de —_; commission in bankruptcy. _Déclaration de —_; declaration of insolvency.

=faim= (fin), _n.f._, hunger, appetite; (fig.) thirst. _Avoir —_; to be hungry. _Mourir de —_; to be starving, to be dying with hunger. _— canine_; rabid hunger. _Apaiser la — de quelqu’un_; to stay any one’s hunger. _Etourdir la —_; to take the edge off one’s appetite. _Un meurt-de-—_; a starveling. _Faire mourir de —_; to starve out. _Réduire par la —_; to starve out. _Se laisser mourir de —_; to starve one’s self to death. _La — chasse le loup hors du bois_; hunger will break through stone walls. _— insatiable des richesses_; insatiable thirst for riches.

=faim-valle=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (vet.) hungry-evil (in horses).

=faîne=, _n.f._, (bot.) beech-mast, beechnut.

=fainéant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, sluggard, loiterer, skulker; idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish.

=fainéanter=, _v.n._, to be idle, to be indolent, to loaf.

=fainéantise=, _n.f._, idleness, laziness, slothfulness, sloth; loafing.

=faire= (faisant, fait), _v.a._, to make, to do; to create, to bear, to exert; to construct, to frame; to coin; to counterfeit; to work, to effect, to perform; to celebrate; to hold (festivals); to play (a game); to play off (tricks); to prosecute (studies); to raise (troops); to have (children); (nav.) to make for, to set (sail); to receive, to take in (a supply); to build (nests); to offer up (prayers); to carry on (a trade); to compose (books); to take (a ride, a walk); to follow (profession); to inflict (injuries); to pay (attention); to oblige; to practice, to transact, to commit, to perpetrate; to exercise, to discharge; to fashion, to form, to improve; to use, to accustom, to inure, to train up; to act, to personate, to affect, to set up for, to sham, to counterfeit; to wage; to lay (eggs); to charge for, to sell; to be; to render; to give out, to tell; to cause; to get; to bring; to bid to order. _À —_; to be done. _Avoir beaucoup à —_, _avoir fort à —_; to have a great deal to do. _Donner fort à — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a great deal of trouble. _Cela fera tout aussi bien_; that will do just as well. _Se laisser —_; to offer no resistance, to submit to anything. _N’avoir rien à —_; to have nothing to do. _Faites ce que vous voudrez, c’est le moindre de mes soucis_; do your worst, I care not. _Qu’y —?_ what is to be done? _— des enfants_; to have children. _— et dire sont deux_; saying and doing are different things. _Cet écolier a-t-il fait son thème?_ has that boy done his exercise? _— sa besogne_; to do one’s work. _— tous ses efforts_, _tout son possible_; to do one’s utmost. _À tout —_; fit for everything; of all work. _Bonne à tout —_; maid of all work. _Être à tout —_; to be fit for anything. _— du bien_, _du mal_; to do good, harm. _— une bonne œuvre_; to do a good work. _— la charité_; to give alms, to do good. _— l’aumône_; to give alms. _— un mauvais coup_; to do a bad action. _— une sottise_; to do a foolish thing. _— des bassesses_; to behave meanly. _— son devoir_; to do one’s duty. _— son apprentissage_; to serve one’s apprenticeship. _— un tour de jardin_; to take a turn in the garden. _— le tour du jardin_; to walk round the garden. _— une promenade_; to take a walk. _— une lieue à pied_; to walk a league. _Il fait bien ses affaires_; he is getting on well. _— une chambre_; to clean a room. _— la couverture_; to turn down the bed. _— les foins_; to make hay. _— la moisson_; to get in the harvest. _Que ferez vous de votre fils?_ what will you do with your son? _Il est fait au chaud et au froid_; he is used to heat and cold. _Les affaires font les hommes_; business makes men. _Que faites-vous aujourd’hui?_ what are you going to do to-day? _Je n’ai rien à faire_; I have nothing to do. _Je n’ai que — de lui_; I do not want him. _Je n’ai que — de lui ni de ses visites_; I want neither him nor his visits. _— la revue d’une armée_; to review an army. _— des recrues_; to recruit. _— la médecine_; to practice medicine. _— des armes_; to fence. _— de grandes affaires_; to carry on a large trade. _— la cuisine_; to dress meat, to cook. _— un métier_; to carry on a trade. _Il ne sait pas — son métier_; he does not know his trade. _— le roi_; to personate the king. _— l’amant_; to act the lover. _— le savant_; to set up for a learned man. _Elle ne fait œuvre de ses dix doigts_; she never does a thing. _— le malade_; to sham illness. _— la sourde oreille_; to pretend to be deaf, to turn a deaf ear. _— mine de_, _— semblant de_; to feign, to pretend. _Il faisait semblant de n’en rien savoir_; he pretended to know nothing about it. _Que voulez-vous que j’y fasse?_ what can I do, how can I help it? _Ce petit garçon fait le mutin_; that little boy is refractory. _Cela fait toutes mes délices_; that is my greatest delight. _On le faisait mort_; they made him out to be dead. _Faites-le entrer_; bid him come in, show him in. _Il le fit mettre à mort_; he had him put to death. _Je le lui ai fait avoir_; I have procured it for him. _— bâtir_; to have built. _— aller une machine_; to set a machine going. _— venir_; to send for. _— dire une leçon à quelqu’un_; to hear any one say his lesson. _Cela fait beaucoup_; that makes a great difference. _Cela ne fait rien_; that makes no différence. _— entendre à quelqu’un_; to give any one to understand, to hint to any one. _— voir_; to show. _— connaître_; to make known. _— savoir_; to inform. _Faites-moi savoir de vos nouvelles_; let me hear from you. _— accueil_; to welcome. _— affront_; to insult. _— attention_; to pay attention, to mind, to heed. _— banqueroute_; to go bankrupt. _— bonne chère_; to live well. _— bonne mine à quelque chose_; to put a good face on anything. _— carême_; to keep Lent. _— cas de_; to value, to have a good opinion of. _— peu de cas de_; to make light of. _Ne — cas que de l’argent_; to value nothing but money. _— compassion_; to raise compassion. _— une confidence à quelqu’un_; to intrust a secret to any one. _— conscience_; to scruple. _— don_; to make a donation, a present of. _— envie_; to raise envy, to make envious. _— feu_; to fire. _— front_; to face. _— montre de_; to make a show of. _— de l’eau_; (nav.) to take in fresh water. _— du bois_, _du biscuit_; (nav.) to furnish with wood, with biscuit. _— eau_; (nav.) to make water, to leak. _— force de voiles_; to crowd all sail. _— voile_; (nav.) to make for, to set sail. _Je ne ferai rien de la sorte_; I shall do nothing of the kind. _Je ne puis qu’y —_; I cannot help it. _On ne saurait qu’y —_; it cannot be helped. _Si — se peut_; if possible. _— son chemin_; to get on (in life). _Ne — qu’un_; to be hand and glove together. _— la saint lundi_; to do no work on Mondays. _— des siennes_; to be at one’s old tricks. _N’en — rien_; to do nothing of the sort. _— à sa guise_; to do as one likes. _Pour bien —_; by rights, properly.

_se_ =faire=, _v.r._, to be done, to be made; to happen; to take place; to be; to grow; to become; to be used to, to accustom one’s self to; to give one’s self out as; to set up for; to pretend. _Quelle idée vous faites-vous de cet homme-là?_ what is your idea of that man? _Si cela peut se —_; if that can be done. _Je me suis fait au bruit de la rue_; I have got accustomed to the noise of the street. _Se — à la fatigue_; to inure one’s self to fatigue. _Se — à tout_; to accustom one’s self to everything. _Se — médecin_; to become a doctor. _Il se fait plus riche qu’il ne l’est_; he gives himself out for being richer than he is. _Se — des amis_; to make one’s self friends. _Se — aimer_; to make one’s self beloved. _Se — voir_; to show one’s self. _Se — saigner_; to get one’s self bled. _Se — mal_; to hurt one’s self. _Comment cela se fait-il?_ how is that? _Il peut se — que_; it is possible that. _Il pourrait se — que_; it might happen that. _Se — un devoir de_; to make it a duty _or_ a point to. _Il se fait tard_; it is getting late. _Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour_; Rome was not built in a day. _Se — la main_; to get one’s hand in. _Se — vieux_, _vieille_; to be getting old, to age. _Se — jour_; to force one’s way through. _Se — une tête_; to alter one’s features. _Cela se fait maintenant_; that is the fashion now. _Cela ne se fait pas_; that is not done; that is not the custom.

=faire=, _v.n._, to do, to make; to act; to mean, to signify; to look; to deal (at cards); to be; to fit; to arrange, to manage. _— pour quelqu’un_; to supply any one’s place, to act for any one. _— bien_; to do right. _— mal_; to do wrong. _Il n’en veut — qu’à sa tête_; he will only do as he pleases. _C’est à — à vous_; you are well able to do it. _C’est bien à — à vous de_; does it become you to? _C’est à — à moi de lui parler_; it is my business to speak to him. _Il ne fait que sortir et rentrer_; he does nothing but go out and in. _Il ne fait que de sortir_; he has only just gone out. _Qu’est-ce que cela fait là?_ what does that do there? _Qu’est-ce que cela fait?_ what does that matter? _Qu’est-ce que cela vous fait?_ what is that to you? _Cela ne me fait rien_; that is nothing to me. _Ces deux choses font fort bien ensemble_; these two things go very well together. _L’or fait bien avec le vert_; gold looks very well upon green. _Faites qu’il soit content_; see that he is satisfied. _Faites en sorte que je vous voie_; manage so that I may see you; contrive to let me see you. _Rien n’y faisait_; nothing would do. _Il fait chaud_; it is hot. _Il fait froid_; it is cold. _Il fait beau_; it is fine. _Quel temps fait-il?_ what sort of weather is it? _Quel temps il fait!_ what weather, to be sure! _Il fait cher vivre à Londres_; living is dear in London. _Il fait bon ici_; it is comfortable, nice, pleasant here. _À qui à —?_ whose deal is it? _Je viens de —_; I have just dealt.

=faire=, _n.m._, doing, making, execution; (fine arts) manner, style; (com.) goods, articles.

=faisable=, _adj._, practicable, allowable, feasible.

=faisan=, _n.m._, =faisane=, _n.f._, pheasant. _Une poule —e_; a hen-pheasant. _Coq —_; cock-pheasant. _— noir_, _de montagne_; black-cock.

=faisances=, _n.f.pl._, dues over and above the rent. _— valoir_; farm cultivation, land under cultivation.

=faisandeau=, _n.m._, young pheasant.

=faisandé=, =-e=, _part._, gamy, high.

=faisander=, _v.a._, to keep game till it is high.

_se_ =faisander=, _v.r._, to get gamy, or high.

=faisanderie= (-drî), _n.f._, pheasantry.

=faisandier=, _n.m._, pheasant-breeder.

=faisant=, =-e=, _adj._, acting, doing. _n.m._, doer.

=faisceau=, _n.m._, bundle; sheaf (of arrows); (anat.) fasciculus; pile (of arms); (arch.) cluster; (opt.) pencil; (fig.) union, alliance, number. _pl._, (antiq.) fasces. _— d’armes_; pile of arms. _Mettre les armes en —x_; to pile arms. _En —_; in a bundle or bundles; (arch.) clustered. _— de rayons_; (opt.) pencil of rays.

=faiseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, maker; (b.s.) swindler; monger, doer. _— de vers_; versifier, poetaster. _— de systèmes_; system-monger. _Mangez de ce pâté, c’est d’un bon —_; try a piece of this pie, it is made by a first-rate hand. _Les grands diseurs ne sont pas les —s_; great talkers are little doers. _— d’affaires_; promoter, jobber. _— de tours_; mountebank. _— d’embarras_; fussy person.