Chapter III: Preface: To Revised Edition (3)

=adoptant=, _n.m._, adopter.

=adopté=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, adoptive son, daughter, heir, &c.

=adopter=, _v.a._, to adopt; to embrace, to espouse, to sanction, to pass, to carry.

=adopti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, adoptive, by adoption. _Enfant —_; adoptive child. _Père —_; foster-father.

=adoption=, _n.f._, adoption.

=adorable=, _adj._, adorable, charming, delightful.

=adorablement=, _adv._, adorably, delightfully.

=adorat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, adorer, worshiper, great admirer.

=adoration=, _n.f._, adoration, worshiping; worship; admiration, respect, reverence.

=adorer=, _v.a._, to adore, to worship; to have a passionate love for.

=ados=, _n.m._, (gard.) shelving-bed, border (against a wall).

=adossé=, =-e=, _adj._, back to back; resting or standing against; indorsed (of a bill).

=adossement=, _n.m._, position back to back; backing, indorsement.

=adosser=, _v.a._, to set or lean with the back against a thing, to put back to back. _S’— contre un mur_; to lean up against a wall.

=adouber=, _v.n._, (chess) to adjust a piece; (nav.) to mend, to repair.

=adoucir=, _v.a._, to soften, to mitigate, to sweeten; to modify, to compose, to calm, to soothe; to smooth, to appease; to ease, to allay, to relieve, to cool, to pacify; to tame. _Rien ne peut — son chagrin_; nothing can mitigate his sorrow. _— un esprit irrité_; to appease an exasperated mind.

_s’_=adoucir=, _v.r._, to grow cool, soft, mild; to be assuaged, mitigated; to relent; (of weather) to get milder.

=adoucissant=, _n.m._, emollient, mollifier.

=adoucissant=, =-e=, _adj._, softening, soothing, emollient.

=adoucissement= (-mān), _n.m._, sweetening, softening, mollifying; assuaging, appeasing; ease, mitigation, palliation, alleviation, relief, consolation.

=adoucisseur=, _n.m._, glass-polisher.

=adoué=, =-e=, _adj._, (hunt.) coupled, paired.

=ad patres= (-ess), to kingdom come. _Aller —_; to be gathered to one’s fathers.

=adrachne= (-rakn), _n.m._, strawberry-tree. _V._ =arbousier=.

=adragant=, =-e=, _adj._, tragacanth.

=adragant=, _n.m._, tragacanth; gum-dragon.

=ad rem=, _adv._, pertinently. _Répondre —_; to answer pertinently, to the point.

=adresse=, _n.f._, speech, direction, address; skill, dexterity, expertness, cleverness, ingenuity; shrewdness, cunning, direction, destination. _Être à l’— de_; to be directed to. _Faire tenir à son —_; to forward to its destination. _Tour d’—_; legerdemain. _Avoir l’adresse de_; to be artful enough to.

=adresser=, _v.a._, to direct, to address. _— mal_; to misdirect.

_s’_=adresser=, _v.r._, to be directed; to address one’s self, to apply, to make application, to appeal to. _— ici_; apply within. _Vous vous adressez mal_; you mistake your man. _— bien_; you come to the right person.

=adroit=, =-e=, _adj._, dexterous, ingenious, clever, skillful; handy, neat; cunning, shrewd, artful.

=adroitement= (-droat-mān), _adv._, adroitly, skillfully, artfully, cleverly, happily; smartly, handily.

=adulaire=, _n.f._, (min.) adularia, moon-stone, sun-stone.

=adula-teur=, _n.m._, =-trice=, _n.f._, adulator, flatterer, fawner, sycophant; parasite.

=adula-teur=, =-trice=, _adj._, adulatory, parasitical.

=adulation=, _n.f._, adulation, flattery, sycophancy.

=aduler=, _v.a._, to fawn upon, to cringe to, to flatter.

=adulte=, _adj._, adult, grown-up.

=adulte=, _n.m.f._, adult.

=adultération=, _n.f._, (pharm.) adulteration.

=adultère=, _n.f._, adulteress.

=adultère=, _n.m._, adulterer; adultery.

=adultère=, _adj._, adulterous; adulterate. _Femme —_; adulteress.

=adultérer=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to adulterate.

=adultérin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, adulterine child.

=adultérin=, =-e=, _adj._, adulterine.

=aduste=, _adj._, (med.) adust, burnt up.

=adustion=, _n.f._, (med.) adustion, burning.

=advenant=, _part._, occurring, in case, in the event of. _— le décès_; in the event of the death.

=advenir=, _v.n._, to occur, happen, to chance, befall. _Advienne que pourra_; happen what may.

=adventice=, _adj._, adventitious.

=adventi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, adventive, casual.

=adverbe=, _n.m._, (gram.) adverb.

=adverbial=, =-e=, _adj._, adverbial.

=adverbialement= (-mān), _adv._, adverbially.

=adverbialité=, _n.f._, adverbial nature of.

=adversaire=, _n.m._, adversary, opponent, antagonist, opposer.

=adversati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) adversative.

=adverse=, _adj._, adverse, opposite. _Avocat —_; counsel on the opposite side.

=adversité=, _n.f._, adversity, affliction.

=adynamie=, _n.f._, (med.) adynamy, debility.

=adynamique=, _adj._, adynamic.

=aérage=, _n.m._, ventilation, airing. _Puits d’—_; air-shaft.

=aération=, _n.f._, aëration, airing.

=aéré=, =-e=, _adj._, aired, airy.

=aérer=, _v.a._, to air, to renew the air; (chem.) to aërate.

=aérien=, =-ne= (-in-e-n), _adj._, aërial.

=aériennement=, _adv._, aërially, in the air.

=aérifère=, _adj._, aërial.

=aériforme=, _adj._, aëriform.

=aériser=, _v.a._, to aërify.

=aérodynamique=, _n.f._, aëro-dynamics.

=aérographie=, _n.f._, aërography.

=aérolithe=, _n.m._, aërolite, aërolith.

=aérologie=, _n.f._, aërology.

=aéromancie=, _n.f._, aëromancy.

=aéromètre=, _n.m._, aërometer.

=aérométrie=, _n.f._, aërometry.

=aéronaute=, _n.m.f._, aëronaut. _Art_, _science de l’—_; aëronautics.

=aérophobie=, _n.f._, aërophobia.

=aérostat=, _n.m._, aërostat; air-balloon.

=aérostation=, _n.f._, aërostation.

=aérostatique=, _adj._, aërostatic.

=aétite=, _n.f._, aëtites, eagle-stone.

=affabilité=, _n.f._, affability, affableness, kindness, courtesy.

=affable=, _adj._, affable, courteous, of easy manners.

=affablement=, _adv._, affably, courteously.

=affabulation=, _n.f._, the moral of a fable.

=affadir=, _v.a._, to make unsavory or insipid; to flatten; to be nauseous, to cloy, to pall, to satiate.

_s’_=affadir=, _v.r._, to become insipid.

=affadissement= (-mān), _n.m._, cloying, insipidity, nauseousness.

=affaiblir=, _v.a._, to enfeeble, to weaken, to debilitate; to impair, to attenuate; to debase (coins).

=affaiblir=, _v.n._, to grow weak, to weaken, to droop.

_s’_=affaiblir=, _v.r._, to grow weak, to be impaired, to become enfeebled; to abate.

=affaiblissant=, =-e=, _adj._, weakening, enfeebling.

=affaiblissement= (-mān), _n.m._, weakening, enfeebling, impairment, diminution of strength; allaying, abatement; debasement (of coins).

=affaire=, _n.f._, thing, affair, matter; business, concern, job, duty; dealing; trouble, scrape, quarrel; action, case, lawsuit; fight, skirmish, battle; need, occasion, want; work, transaction. _Belle —_; fine thing, pretty mess, trifling matter. _—s courantes_; current business. _— de rien_; trifling affair. _— d’intérêt_; money matter. _Bien_, _mal_, _dans ses —_; in good, bad, circumstances. _Homme d’—s_; man of business, agent, steward, middleman. _Relation d’—s_; mercantile connection. _Dans les —s_; in business. _En —_; engaged in business. _Pour —_; on business. _Aller à ses —s_; to go to one’s business. _S’attirer une —_; to get into a scrape. _Avoir — à_; to have to deal with. _Avoir — avec_; to have business with. _Avoir bien des —s_; to be much employed. _Avoir des —s pardessus la tête_; to be over head and ears in business. _Céder ses —s_; to give up business. _Être à ses —s_; to attend to business. _Eviter les —s_; to keep clear of scrapes. _Faire des —s_; to do business. _Faire l’— de quelqu’un_; to answer some one’s purpose, turn. _Faire son — à quelqu’un_; to settle any one’s business, do for him. _Faire de grandes —s_; to carry on an extensive business. _Ne faire rien à l’—_; not to affect the matter. _Mettre quelqu’un dans les —s_; to set any one up in business, to apprentice any one to a business. _Se retirer des —s_; to retire from business. _Sortir d’une — avec honneur_; to come off honorably. _Tirer d’—_; to extricate, to help out. _Se tirer d’—_; to get out of trouble, to get on in the world. _Vaquer aux —s_; to attend to business. _Vider une —_; to settle an affair. _C’est_, _ce n’est pas_, _une —_; it is no, it is an, easy matter. _J’ai votre —_; I have what you want, the very thing for you. _Je ferai son —_; I will do for him. _C’est mon —_; leave that to me. _J’en fais mon —_; I take that upon myself. _Ce ne sont pas là mes —s_; that is none of my business. _Au point où en sont les —s_; as matters stand. _Son — est bonne_; he is in for it, he will catch it. _Son — est faite_; he is done for.

=affairé=, =-e=, _adj._, full of business, busy. _Faire l’—_; to ape the busy man; to fuss about.

=affaissement= (-mān), _n.m._, depression, sinking, subsiding, giving way, weakness, weighing down; (med.) collapse.

=affaisser=, _v.a._, to cause to sink, to weigh down, to press down, to bear down, to weaken.

_s’_=affaisser=, _v.r._, to sink, sink down, subside, settle, to give way.

=affaiter=, _v.a._, (falconry) to reclaim and train, tame (hawks).

=affaler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to overhaul (a rope); to embay, drive upon a lee-shore. _Affale!_ lower away.

_s’_=affaler=, _v.r._, (nav.) to slide down; to be driven upon a lee-shore.

=affamé=, =-e=, _adj._, famished, hungry, starving, craving. _Être — de_; to be greedy of; eager for.

=affamer=, _v.a._, to famish, to starve.

=affectation=, _n.f._, affectation, distinction; (jur.) mortgage, charge.

=affecté=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, destined; (alg.) affected, assumed.

=affecter=, _v.a._, to affect, to pretend, feign; to appropriate, to destine.

_s’_=affecter=, _v.r._, to be affected; to be moved.

=affecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, affective.

=affection=, _n.f._, affection, love, attachment, liking, inclination, partiality; (med.) affection. _Témoignage d’—_; token, mark, of affection. _Par —_; out of affection. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_; to become attached, to take a fancy, to any one. _— nerveuse_; nervous affection.

=affectionné=, =-e=, _adj._, affectionate, loving.

=affectionner=, _v.a._, to love, to have an affection for, to fancy, to be fond of, to like; to take an interest in.

_s’_=affectionner=, _v.r._, to apply one’s self to a thing with delight, to attach one’s self to, to delight in, to take a fancy for.

=affectueusement= (-mān), _adv._, affectionately, fondly, heartily, kindly.

=affectueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, affectionate, warm-hearted.

=afférent=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) appertaining to, belonging to, accruing to, indivisible. _Portion —e_; share of indivisible property.

=affermable=, _adj._, farmable, rentable, demisable.

=affermage=, _n.m._, farming, renting, demising.

=affermer=, _v.a._, to farm or let out by lease; to take a lease of; to rent.

_s’_=affermer=, _v.r._, to be farmed, rented.

=affermir=, _v.a._, to strengthen, to give strength to; to make firm or strong; to fasten; to harden, to make hard or firm; to confirm, to establish, to consolidate, to fix firmly.

_s’_=affermir=, _v.r._, to become strong, firm or fast; to grow hard; to fortify one’s self; to become established, to persist in.

=affermissement= (-mān), _n.m._, strengthening, settling, consolidation, establishment; stay, support, prop.

=affété=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, full of affectation, prim, finical; canting, mincing. _Mine —e_; affected looks. _Manières —es_; affected manners.

=afféterie=, _n.f._, affectation, affectedness; primness, mannerism; affected, formal ways; cant. _Les —s d’une coquette_; the affected ways of a coquette.

=affichage=, _n.m._, the posting up of placards, bills, &c., bill-sticking, placarding.

=affiche=, _n.f._, placard, bill, hand-bill. _Poser une —_; to post up a placard. _Homme —_; sandwich man.

=afficher=, _v.a._, to post up; to publish, to proclaim, to make a show of, to parade, to divulge. _Défense d’—_; stick no bills.

_s’_=afficher=, _v.r._, to set up for; to attract public notice. _Cette femme s’affiche_; that woman seeks notoriety.

=afficheur=, _n.m._, bill-sticker.

=affidé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, confederate, trusty, confidential agent.

=affidé=, =-e=, _adj._, trusty, trustworthy.

=affilage=, _n.m._, whetting, sharpening, grinding, setting.

=affilé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharp; nimble, glib (of the tongue).

=affiler=, _v.a._, to set, to put an edge on, to sharpen.

=affiliation=, _n.f._, affiliation, association.

=affilier=, _v.a._, to receive, to affiliate, to admit.

_s’_=affilier=, _v.r._, to get affiliated, admitted.

=affiloir=, _n.m._, hone, whetstone, steel.

=affinage=, _n.m._, affinage, refining, fining (of metals, sugar).

=affiner=, _v.a._, to fine, to refine; to try.

_s’_=affiner=, _v.r._, to be refined; to be fined, tried, (nav.) (of weather), to clear up.

=affinerie= (-rî), _n.f._, (metal.) finery, painting shop.

=affineur=, _n.m._, finer; (metal.) refiner.

=affinité=, _n.f._, affinity, alliance; congeniality, conformity, relation. _Avoir de l’— avec_; to be congenial to.

=affinoir=, _n.m._, hatchel.

=affiquet=, _n.m._, a knitting-sheath. _—s_, _pl._; gewgaws, knick-knacks, bauble.

=affirmati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, affirmative; positive.

=affirmation=, _n.f._, affirmation, assertion; (log.) predication; affidavit, oath.

=affirmative=, _n.f._, affirmative. _Prendre l’— pour ou contre_; to decide for or against.

=affirmativement= (-mān), _adv._, affirmatively, positively.

=affirmer=, _v.a._, to affirm, to vouch, to assert, to assure, to declare, to state; to confirm by or on oath; (log.) to predicate.

=affixe=, _n.m._, affix.

=affleuré=, =-e=, _adj._, level; (arch.) flush.

=affleurement=, _n.m._, leveling; making flush; (mining) cropping out, outcrop.

=affleurer=, _v.a._, to make even, to level; (arch.) to make flush; (ship-building) to fay; (mining) to crop out.

=affleurer=, _v.n._, to be level, on a level with, to be flush with.

=afflicti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) affecting the person corporal (of punishments).

=affliction=, _n.f._, affliction, grief, trouble, distress, anguish, sorrow, tribulation; trial, vexation.

=affligé=, =-e=, _adj._, afflicted, grieved, dejected, disconsolate. _— d’une maladie_; laboring under a disease.

=affligeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, grievous, woeful.

=affliger=, _v.a._, to afflict, to grieve, to vex, to trouble, to distress, to cast down; to mortify.

_s’_=affliger=, _v.r._, to grieve, to be concerned; to be afflicted, troubled, distressed, cast down, sorrowful; to fret.

=affluence=, _n.f._, a flowing together; affluence, abundance, multitude, concourse, crowd.

=affluent=, =-e=, _adj._, (of rivers) falling into, running into.

=affluent=, _n.m._, confluence; tributary stream.

=affluer=, _v.a._, to fall, to run, to flow into; to abound; to resort, to flock, to come in great numbers; (med.) to flow, to rush.

=afflux=, _n.m._, (med.) afflux, affluxion.

=affolé=, =-e=, _adj._, maddened, distracted, frantic; infatuated with; madly in love with; (nav.) erroneous, defective (of the magnetic needle). _Une boussole —e_; a compass that is not true.

=affoler=, _v.a._, to make extremely fond, to make one dote upon; to madden, to distract, bewitch. _S’— de_; to become infatuated with.

=affouage=, _n.m._, the right of cutting wood.

=affouillement=, _n.m._, undermining, washing away.

=affouiller=, _v.a._, (arch.) to undermine; to wash away.

=affourche=, _n.f._, (nav.) small bower. _Ancre d’—_; small bow-anchor.

=affourché=, =-e=, _part._, astraddle, astride, (nav.) moored across.

=affourcher=, _v.n._ and _a._, _s’—_, _v.r._, to seat astride, (nav.) to moor across, to moor by the head or by the head and stern.

=affranchi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, freed man; freed woman.

=affranchi=, =-e=, _part._, freed; post-paid, prepaid.

=affranchir=, _v.a._, to set free, to free, to enfranchise, to give liberty; to make free; to absolve; to exempt, to discharge; to deliver; to pay the carriage of; to prepay.

_s’_=affranchir=, _v.r._, to rid one’s self of, to free one’s self, to get free, to shake off, to break through.

=affranchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, enfranchisement, manumission; exemption, discharge; delivery, deliverance; payment of postage (of a letter); pre-payment of carriage (of a parcel). _Timbre d’—_; postage-stamp.

=affre=, _n.f._, dread, horror, agony. _Les —s de la mort_; the terrors of death.

=affrètement= (-mān), _n.m._, chartering, freighting.

=affréter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to charter, to freight.

=affréteur=, _n.m._, charterer, freighter.

=affreusement= (-mān), _adv._, frightfully, horribly, dreadfully, terribly, shockingly.

=affreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, frightful, hideous, horrible, atrocious, fearful, ghastly, horrid, shocking.

=affriander=, _v.a._, to accustom, use, bring up, to dainties; to allure, to entice, to tempt.

=affriolement= (-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) act of alluring, enticing, tempting; allurement; enticement.

=affrioler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to allure, to entice, to draw by enticement.

=affriter=, _v.a._, to season (a frying pan).

=affront=, _n.m._, affront, outrage, insult; disgrace, shame, reproach. _Recevoir un — sanglant_; to receive an outrageous affront. _Boire_, _avaler_, _un —_; to pocket an affront.

=affronté=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) affrontee.

=affronter=, _v.a._, to affront, to face, to brave; to cheat, to take in.

=affronterie=, _n.f._, braving, daring, affronting.

=affronteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, affronter, deceiver, cheat.

=affublement=, _n.m._, grotesque make up (of dress), rig, muffling up.

=affubler=, _v.a._, to wrap up, (b.s.) to dress out, up, to muffle up. _S’— d’un manteau_; to muffle one’s self up in a cloak, to assume (a name).

_s’_=affubler=, _v.r._, to dress ridiculously. _S’— de quelqu’un_; to be wrapped up in.

=affusion=, _n.f._, (phar.) affusion.

=affût=, _n.m._, gun-carriage, stand, rest; watch, lying in wait. _Être à l’—_; to be upon the watch, to lie in wait. _Homme d’—_, knowing fellow.

=affûtage=, _n.m._, the mounting of a piece of ordnance; a set of tools, implements; sharpening (of tools); the dressing (of a hat).

=affûter=, _v.a._, to mount (a cannon); to stock (with tools); to set or sharpen (tools, pencils).

=affutiau= (-tio), _n.m._, trifle, bauble, knick-knack.

=afin=, _conj._, to, in order to; that, so that.

=afistoler=, _v.a._, to make spruce, to dress up.

=à fortiori=. _V._ =fortiori=.

=africain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, African.

=africain=, =-e=, _adj._, African.

=aga=, _n.m._, a Turkish officer, aga.

=agaçant=, =-e=, _adj._, inciting, alluring, enticing; vexing, irritating, provoking, worrying.

=agace=, _n.f._, magpie.

=agacé=, =-e=, _part._, irritated, worried, set on edge. _Avoir les dents —es_; to have one’s teeth on edge.

=agacement= (-mān), _n.m._, setting on edge; irritation. _— des nerfs_; irritation of the nerves.

=agacer=, _v.a._, to incite, to provoke, to egg on, to spur on, to irritate, to provoke, to entice, to allure, to set on edge.

=agacerie=, _n.f._, allurement, incitement, provocation. _Faire des —s à quelqu’un_; to set one’s cap at any one, to ogle.

=agame=, _adj._, (bot.) agamous.

=agami=, _n.m._, (orni.) agami, gold-breasted trumpeter.

=agape=, _n.f._, agape, love-feast.

=agapètes=, _n.m._ and _f.pl._, agapetæ.

=agaric=, _n.m._, (bot.) agaric. _— champêtre_; field agaric, mushroom. _— femelle_; female agaric. _— de chêne_; touch-wood.

=agasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =agace=.

=agate=, _n.f._, agate.

_s’_=agatiser=, _v.r._, (Th. Gautier) to become mellow (of a picture).

=agavé=, _n.m._, (bot.) agave, American aloe.

=âge=, _n.m._, age; years; generation, century. _Bas —_; infancy. _Jeune —_; childhood. _Moyen —_; middle ages. _— moyen_; middle age, average. _— mûr_; mature age. _— tendre_; early age. _Vieil —_; old age. _— viril_; manhood. _— d’airain_; brazen age. _— d’argent_; silver age. _— de fer_; iron age. _— d’or_; golden age. _— de raison_; age of discretion. _Doyen d’—_; the oldest, senior. _Fleur de l’—_; prime of life. _Avant l’—_; before one’s time. _D’— en —_; from age to age, from generation to generation. _D’un certain —_; elderly. _Entre deux —s_; of middle age. _Être d’— à_; to be old enough to. _Être bien pour son —_; to wear well, to bear one’s years well. _Être sur l’—_; to be growing old. _Honoré par l’—_; time-honored. _Paraître son —_; to look one’s age. _Tirer sur l’—_; to be elderly.

=âgé=, =-e=, _adj._, aged, in years, elderly. _— de vingt ans_; twenty years old. _Un peu —_; somewhat elderly.

=agence=, _n.f._, agency, business. _Bureau d’—_; agency office.

=agencement= (-jāns-mān), _n.m._, arrangement, grouping, ordering; (arch.) order, composition; (paint.) disposition.

=agencer=, _v.a._, to arrange, to dispose, to fit up, to group.

_s’_=agencer=, _v.r._, to dress up, to adorn one’s self.

=agenda= (-jin-da), _n.m._, (_—s_) memorandum-book, agenda, diary.

*=agenouiller=, _v.a._, to make kneel down, to bring to one’s knees.

*_s’_=agenouiller=, _v.r._, to kneel down, (of a horse) to fall on his knees.

*=agenouilloir=, _n.m._, hassock, kneeling-stool.

=agent=, _n.m.f._, agent; middleman; broker. _— comptable_; accountant. _— d’affaires_; agent, man of business. _— monétaire_; circulating medium. _— de change_; stock-broker. _— de police_; policeman.

=agglomération=, _n.f._, agglomeration.

=agglomérer=, _v.a._, to agglomerate.

_s’_=agglomérer=, _v.r._, to agglomerate.

=agglutinant=, =-e=, _adj._, agglutinant, adhesive.

=agglutinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, agglutinative.

=agglutination=, _n.f._, agglutination.

=agglutiner=, _v.a._, to agglutinate, to unite.

_s’_=agglutiner=, _v.r._, to agglutinate, to cohere.

=aggravant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) aggravating.

=aggravation=, _n.f._, aggravation; addition. _— de peine_; increase of punishment.

=aggrave=, _n.m._, (canon law) threat of excommunication; censure, admonition.

=aggraver=, _v.a._, to aggravate, to augment, to make worse.

_s’_=aggraver=, _v.r._, to increase, to be aggravated.

=aggrégat=, =aggrégation=, =aggréger=. _V._ =agrégat=, =agrégation=, =agréger=.

=agile=, _adj._, agile, quick, nimble, active, light-footed.

=agilement= (-mān), _adv._, nimbly, with agility, quickly.

=agilité=, _n.f._, agility, nimbleness, activity, quickness, lightness.

=agio=, _n.m._, agio, premium.

=agiotage=, _n.m._, stock-jobbing; jobbing. _Faire l’—_; to deal in stocks.

=agioter=, _v.n._, to be a stock-jobber; to gamble in the funds, to job.

=agioteur=, _n.m._, stock-jobber, jobber.

=agir=, _v.n._, to act, to do; to operate, to have an influence; to negotiate, to manage a business; to sue, to prosecute; to behave; to work. _Faire —_; to set going, to bring to bear upon. _— de concert avec quelqu’un_; to go hand in hand with any one. _Il agit en ami_; he acts like a friend. _— mal envers_; to use ill. _— d’après_; to act upon, after. _C’est mal —_; that is behaving ill.

_s’_=agir=, _v.r._, to be in question; to be the matter. _Il s’agit_; the question is, the point in question is. _De quoi s’agit-il?_ what is the matter? _Il ne s’agit pas de cela_; that is not the question. _Il s’agit de votre vie_; your life is at stake. _Il s’agit bien de cela_; I, they, we, have something else to think of.

=agissant=, =-e=, _adj._, active, stirring, busy; efficacious, effectual.

=agitateur=, _n.m._, agitator.

=agitation=, _n.f._, agitation; tossing, jolting, shaking; trouble, emotion, disturbance; uneasiness, tumult, restlessness.

=agiter=, _v.a._, to agitate, to put in motion, to move, to wave; to shake, to pull, to heave, to jolt; to swing; to disturb, to disquiet, to torment, to debate, to dispute. _— un drapeau_; to wave a flag.

_s’_=agiter=, _v.r._, to be agitated or in movement; to get rough; to be restless, disturbed, uneasy; to stir, writhe, wag, struggle; to be debated. _S’— dans l’eau_; to flounder about in the water.

=aglomération=, &c. _V._ =agglomération=.

=aglutinant=, &c. _V._ =agglutinant=, &c.

=agnat=, _n.m._, agnate.

=agnation=, _n.f._, agnation.

=agnatique=, _adj._, agnatic.

*=agneau=, =agnelle=, _n.m.f._, lamb. _Laine d’—_; lamb’s wool. _Peau d’—_; lamb-skin.

☉*=agnel=, _n.m._, an old French golden coin, agnel.

*=agneler=, _v.n._, to lamb; to bring forth lambs, to yean.

*=agnelet=, _n.m._, lambkin, yeanling.

*=agneline=, _adj.f._, of a lamb. _Laine —_; lamb’s-wool, teg-wool.

*=agnès= (-ess), _n.f._, a young raw girl, simpleton.

=agnus=, _or_ =agnus-Dei=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) Agnus-Dei, Lamb of God.

=agnus-castus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) chaste-tree.

=agon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) agon, agonism.

=agonie=, _n.f._, agony, the pangs of death; grief, trouble, anguish, torture. _Être à l’—_; to be at the point of death.

=agonir=, _v.a._, (pop.) to insult grossly, to pull to pieces, to load with abuse.

=agonisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, a dying person; dying, in a dying condition.

=agoniser=, _v.n._, to be at the point of death.

=agonistique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) agonistics.

☉=agonothète=, _n.m._, agonothete.

=agora=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (from Gr. Ἀγορὰ) market-place, public place.

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

=agrafe=, _n.f._, hook, clasp, hasp; (arch.) cramp-iron; sculptured ornament. _— et porte_; hook and eye.

=agrafer=, _v.a._, to hook, to clasp, to hasp, to fasten with a clasp.

_s’_=agrafer=, _v.r._, to hook, to clasp, to cling, to lay hold on, to be fastened.

=agraire=, _adj._, agrarian.

=agrandir=, _v.a._, to make greater; to enlarge; to augment; to lengthen, to widen; to raise, to promote, to advance; to amplify, to exaggerate; to give dignity to, to exalt, to promote. _— ses prétentions_; to raise one’s pretensions. _Le génie agrandit les héros_; genius exalts heroes.

_s’_=agrandir=, _v.r._, to become greater, larger; to widen, to grow long or longer; to enlarge one’s estate, to become richer, to raise or advance one’s self.

=agrandissement= (-mān), _n.m._, enlargement, aggrandizement, improvement; the making greater, larger, bigger; lengthening, widening, increase; advancement, preferment, exaltation, dignifying.

=agravant=, &c. _V._ =aggravant=, &c.

=agréable=, _adj._, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, comfortable, acceptable, gladsome, grateful. _— au goût_; palatable. _Feu —_; comfortable fire. _Avoir pour —_; to allow, permit. _Faire l’— auprès d’une femme_; to be attentive to a lady.

=agréablement=, _adv._, agreeably, pleasantly, comfortably, gratefully, gracefully.

=agréage=, _n.m._, brokerage.

=agréé=, _n.m._, solicitor, attorney (in the tribunals of commerce).

=agréer=, _v.a._, to accept, to receive kindly; to like, to relish; to approve, to allow; ☉to rig. (_V._ =gréer=.) _— un vaisseau_; to rig, to equip a ship.

=agréer=, _v.n._, to be liked, to like, to please, to be agreeable. _Cela ne m’agrée pas_; I don’t like that, it does not suit me.

☉=agréeur=, _n.m._ _V._ =gréeur=.

=agrégat=, _n.m._, aggregate.

=agrégati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aggregative.

=agrégation=, _n.f._, aggregate; aggregation; admission (into a society); examination for the degree of fellow; fellowship; aggregate body, assemblage. _Concours d’—_; examination for a fellowship.

=agrégé=, _n.m._, fellow (of the university); assistant professor.

=agrégé=, =-e=, _adj._, aggregate; (bot.) clustered.

=agréger=, _v.a._, to aggregate, to unite, to join, to incorporate, to receive, to admit into a society, to associate.

=agrément=, _n.m._, liking, approbation, consent; accomplishment; agreeableness; pleasingness; pleasure, charm; gracefulness; ornament, embellishment; advantage, amusement, comfort; (mus.) grace. _Arts d’—_; accomplishments. _De grands —s_; great comfort.

=agrémenter=, _v.a._, to ornament, to trim, to adorn.

=agrener=, _v.a._, to feed, (game-birds) to bait.

=agrèner=, _v.a._, to pump water out of a boat.

=agrès=, _n.m.pl._, rigging.

=agresseur=, _n.m._, aggressor.

=agressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aggressive.

=agression=, _n.f._, aggression.

=agressivité=, _n.f._, aggressiveness.

=agreste=, _adj._, agrestic, wild, rustic; ill-bred, clownish, unmannerly.

=agricole=, _adj._, agricultural.

=agriculteur=, _n.m._, agriculturist, husbandman, farmer.

=agriculture=, _n.f._, agriculture, husbandry, tillage.

_s’_=agriffer=, _v.r._, to cling to with claws, to lay hold of.

=agriministe=, _n.m._, trimming maker.

=agrion=, _n.m._, dragon-fly.

=agripaume=, _n.f._, (bot.) mother-wort.

=agripper=, _v.a._, (pop.) to gripe, to snatch up.

_s’_=agripper=, _v.r._, (pop.) to lay hold of, to cling to.

=agronome=, _n.m._, agriculturist.

=agronomie=, _n.f._, agronomy.

=agronomique=, _adj._, agricultural.

=agrostemme=, _n.m._, (bot.) agrostemma. _— des jardins_; rose-campion, corn-cockle.

=agrostide=, _n.f._, (bot.) bent-grass.

=agrouper=, _v.a._, to group.

=aguerri=, =-e=, (-ghè-) _part._, inured to war; disciplined. _Soldats mal —s_; raw soldiers.

=aguerrir= (-ghè-), _v.a._, to train up in, to inure to the hardships of war, to discipline, to accustom to war; to accustom, to inure, to use.

_s’_=aguerrir=, _v.r._, to grow warlike or martial; to accustom one’s self to a thing, to be inured.

=aguets= (-ghè-), _n.m.pl._, watch, watching. _Être aux —_, _se tenir aux —_; to lie in wait, to be upon the watch.

=agueustie= (-gheus-tî), _n.f._, (med.) loss of taste.

=agui=, _n.m._, (nav.) sling, bowline, knot.

=ah=, _int._, ah! hah! oh! _— ça_; now, then!

=ahan=, _n.m._, great bodily exertion, effort. _Suer d’—_; to perform hard work, to toil and moil.

=ahaner=, _v.n._, to groan, sigh, pant; to toil and moil.

=aheurtement=, _n.m._, stubbornness, obstinacy.

_s’_=aheurter=, _v.r._, to maintain a thing obstinately, to be obstinately bent upon a thing, to stick to it, to persist in. _— à une opinion_; to be wedded to an opinion.

=ahi=, _int._ _V._ =aïe=.

=ahurir=, _v.a._, to amaze, to astound, to strike all of a heap, to bewilder.

=ahurissement=, _n.m._, bewilderment, confusion, perplexity.

=aï=, _n.m._, (mam.) three-toed sloth.

=aide=, _n.f._, aid, help, relief, assistance, succor, support; chapel of ease; (man.) aid, coaxing; aid; female assistant. _pl._, subsidies, excise (taxes). _À l’—!_ help! _À l’— de_; with the help of. _Dieu vous soit en —!_ God help you!

=aide=, _n.m._, helper, assistant, mate, help, coadjutor. _— major_ (_—s —s_); assistant surgeon, (_formerly_) adjutant. _— chirurgien_ (_—s —s_); assistant surgeon. _— de cuisine_ (_—s de cuisine_); under cook. _— de camp_ (_—s de camp_); aide-de-camp.

=aider=, _v.a._, to aid, to help, to relieve, to assist, to succour. _— à descendre_, _à surmonter_, _à relever_; to help down, over, up.

=aider=, _v.n._, to aid, to help, to assist, to succor, relieve. _— à la lettre_; to add to the matter, complete the sense. _— au succès_; to contribute to the success.

_s’_=aider=, _v.r._, to help one another, to use, to make use of; to bestir one’s self; to help one’s self, avail one’s self. _On s’aide de ce qu’on a_; people make use of what they have. _— l’un l’autre_; to help one another.

=aides=, _n.f.pl._, (man.) aids.

=aïe=, _int._, ay! oh! ah! oh dear!

=aïeul=, _n.m._, grandfather, grandsire.

=aïeule=, _n.f._, grandmother, grandam.

=aïeux=, _n.m.pl._, forefathers, ancestors.

=aigle=, _n.m._, eagle; star (noted person); reading-desk, lectern (in churches); (astron.) Aquila, Eagle. _À vol d’—_; eagle-winged. _Aux yeux d’—_; eagle-eyed.

=aigle=, _n.f._, she-eagle; (her.) eagle; eagle standard.

=aiglefin=, _n.m._, haddock.

=aiglette=, _n.f._ _V._ =aiglon=.

=aiglon=, _n.m._, eaglet, a young eagle; (her.) eaglet.

=aigre=, _n.m._, sourness; rawness; sharpness; mustiness.

=aigre=, _adj._, sour, tart, sharp, bitter; crabbed; ill-natured; rough, harsh; eager, brittle; shrill; musty. _Voix —_; harsh, shrill voice. _Paroles —s_; sharp words.

=aigre-dou-x=, =-ce=, _adj._, bitterish, sourish.

=aigrefin=, _n.m._, sharper.

=aigrelet=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish, tartish.

=aigrement=, _adv._, acrimoniously, sourly, sharply, bitterly, roughly, harshly.

=aigremoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) agrimony, liverwort.

=aigremore=, _n.m._, aigremore.

=aigret=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish, tartish.

=aigrette= _n.f._, egret, aigret; aigrette, tuft, or plume (of feathers, diamonds); (bot.) egret, (milit.) tuft; horn (of the owl); crest (of the peacock).

=aigretté=, =-e=, _adj._, with an egret, tufted, crested.

=aigreur=, _n.f._, sourness, sharpness, tartness, harshness, bitterness; surliness; ill-nature, grudge, spite; _pl._, (med.) acidity of stomach, heartburn, water-brash; (engrav.) harsh strokes, hatches made too hard.

=aigrir=, _v.a._, to make sour or sharp, to sour, to turn sour; to irritate, to embitter, to make worse; to incense, to provoke; to make ill-humored. _Sa disgrâce lui a aigri l’esprit_; his disgrace has soured his temper.

_s’_=aigrir=, _v.r._, to turn sour, to grow sour or sharp; to grow worse, to be exasperated. _Son mal s’aigrit_; his disease gets worse.

=aigrissement=, _n.m._, souring, irritation, bitterness.

=aigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, pointed, that has a sharp point; sharp, keen, acute, piercing. _Son —_; sharp, shrill sound. _Douleur —ë_; acute pain. _Faire un son —_; to utter a shrill cry.

=aiguade= (-gad), _n.f._, (nav.) fresh water; watering-place. _Faire —_; to take in fresh water.

=aiguail= (-ga-), _n.m._, or =aiguaille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) dewdrop; morning dew.

=aiguayer= (-gay-), _v.a._, to water (a horse); to rinse (clothes).

=aigue-marine=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_), aqua-marina, beryl.

=aiguichant=, =-e=, _adj._, enticing.

=aiguière= (-ghièr), _n.f._, ewer.

=aiguiérée= (-ghié-), _n.f._, ewer-full.

*=aiguillade=, _n.f._, goad.

*=aiguillage=, _n.m._, (railways) the shifting of the points, shunting.

*=aiguillat=, _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish.

*=aiguille=, _n.f._, needle; hand (of a dial, or watch, &c.); cock (balance); spindle (of a compass); spire (of a steeple); (ich.) hornfish, needle-fish; (railways) point. _— d’emballeur_; packing-needle. _— à tricoter_; knitting-needle. _— à reprises_; darning-needle. _—s à contre-poids_; self-acting points (rail.). _Trou d’une —_; eye of a needle. _Ouvrage à l’—_; needlework. _— aimantée_; magnetic needle. _Disputer sur la pointe d’une —_; to quarrel about straws. _Enfiler une —_; to thread a needle.

*=aiguillée=, _n.f._, needleful.

*=aiguiller=, _v.a._, (surg.) to couch (a cataract); (rail.) to shift the points.

*=aiguilletage=, _n.m._, tagging, (nav.) seizing.

*=aiguilleter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to trap, to seize, to mouse. _— les canons_; to lash the guns.

=aiguilletier=, _n.m._, tagger, tag-maker.

*=aiguillette=, _n.f._, aglet, point; shoulder-knot; slice (of flesh, skin); (nav.) knittle, tricing-line, laniard. _Le ferret de l’—_; the tag of a point.

=aiguilleur=, _n.m._, (rail.) pointsman, switcher.

*=aiguillier=, _n.m._, needle-case, book. _V._ =étui=.

*=aiguillier=, _n.m._, needle-maker.

=aiguillière=, _n.f._, garfish-net, net for catching hornfish; needle-maker.

*=aiguillon=, _n.m._, goad, spur, incentive, incitement, encouragement, stimulus, motive; sting (of insects, serpents); (bot.) prickle, stimulus. _Briser l’— de_; to take the sting out of.

*=aiguillonner=, _v.a._, to goad, to prick; to incite, to spur on, to stimulate.

*=aiguillot=, _n.m._, (nav.) pintle.

=aiguisé=, =-e=, _part._, whetted, sharpened. _Une croix aiguisée_; (her.) a pointed cross.

=aiguisement= (-mān), _n.m._, whetting, sharpening.

=aiguiser=, _v.a._, to whet, to sharpen, to make sharp; to set an edge on; to point. _— l’appétit_; to sharpen the appetite. _— une épigramme_; to give point to an epigram. _— ses couteaux_; to prepare for battle. _— ses dents_; to prepare to eat heartily.

=aiguiseur=, _n.m._, knife-grinder, sharpener (_pers._)

*=ail=, _n.m._, (ails), (aulx) (ô), garlic. _— stérile_; eschalot. _Une tête d’—_, _une gousse d’—_; a clove of garlic.

=ailante=, _n.m._, (bot.) ailanthus.

=aile=, _n.f._, wing, pinion; van, fan; wing (of an army, building); aisle (of churches); fly (horol.); rung (of ships). _Avoir les —s rapides_; to be swift-winged. _À tire d’—_; at a single flight. _En avoir dans l’—_; to be smitten, to be in love. _Il en a dans l’—_; there is a screw loose somewhere. _Frapper à l’—_; to wing. _Couper le bout de l’—_; to pinion. _Être sur l’—_; to be on the wing. _Battre des —s_; to clap the wings. _Trémousser des —s_; to flutter. _Rogner les —s à quelqu’un_; to clip a person’s wings. _Voler de ses propres —s_; to be able to do without the help of others; to stand on one’s own legs. _Vouloir voler sans avoir des —s_; to undertake a thing beyond one’s strength. _Ne battre plus que d’une —_; to be on one’s last legs. _Tirer de l’—_; to make wing. _Tirer pied ou — de_; to get something out of (a thing), to make the most of (a thing). _— de moulin_; wind-sail.

=ailé=, =-e=, _adj._, winged.

*=aileron=, _n.m._, small wing; pinion; fin (of some fish); float-board (of a water-wheel); (arch.) scroll.

=ailette=, _n.f._, side-piece, side-lining of a shoe; small wing (of a building); flange (motor).

*=aillade=, _n.f._, garlic sauce.

*=ailleurs=, _adv._, elsewhere, somewhere else, _D’—_; from another reason, cause; on another account; besides, moreover, in other respects; after all, in addition to which.

=aimable=, _adj._, amiable, lovable, lovely, agreeable, worthy to be loved. _Un caractère —_; an amiable temperament.

=aimablement=, _adv._, in an amiable manner, amiably.

=aimant=, =-e=, _adj._, loving, affectionate.

=aimant=, _n.m._, loadstone, magnet. _La déclinaison de l’—_; the variation of the compass.

=aimanté=, =-e=, _adj._, magnetic.

=aimanter=, _v.a._, to rub or touch with a loadstone, to magnetize.

=aimé=, =-e=, _adj._, loved, beloved.

=aimer=, _v.a._, to love, to be fond of, to have a passion for; to be in love with; to like, to fancy, to have a fancy for, to admire, to delight in, to have an inclination for. _Il aime à monter à cheval_; he delights in riding. _Il aime sa personne_; he loves his own dear self. _Aimez qu’on vous conseille, et non pas qu’on vous loue_; love to be advised, not to be praised. _— mieux_; to prefer, to like better. _— passionnément_; to be passionately fond of. _— à l’idolâtrie_; to idolize. _Se faire —_; to endear one’s self to. _Qui aime bien, châtie bien_; he chasteneth that loveth well. _Qui m’aime aime mon chien_; love me, love my dog.

_s’_=aimer=, _v.r._, to love one’s self. _S’— les uns les autres_; to love one another.

=aimez-moi=, _n.f._, marsh scorpion-grass. _V._ =myosotis=.

=ain=, _n.m._, woollen thread; the number of threads contained in a given space.

=aine=, _n.f._, groin; herring-stick.

=aîné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, elder, senior.

=aîné=, =-e=, _adj._, eldest, elder, the eldest son or daughter; senior.

=aînesse=, _n.f._, primogeniture. _Droit d’—_; birthright.

=ainsi=, _adv._, thus, so, in this, that, manner. _Je suis — fait_; that’s my temper. _Le monde est —_; such is the world. _— du reste_; and so forth. _Il en est — des autres passions_; thus it is with the other passions. _— soit-il_; amen, so be it. _— va le monde_; so the world goes. _S’il en est —_; if such is the case.

=ainsi=, _conj._, thus, therefore, so that. _— que_, _tout — que_; as, as well as, even as, in the same way as. _Cela s’est passé — que je vous l’ai dit_; that happened in the way I told you.

=air=, _n.m._, air, wind; look, appearance, countenance, deportment; aspect; (mus.) tune; (chem., man., paint., sculp.) air. _— abattu_; downcast look. _— chagrin_; sorrowful look. _— éveillé_; sharp look. _— farouche_; forbidding look. _Faire des châteaux en l’—_; to build castles in the air. _Un coup d’—_; a cold chill. _Prendre l’—_; to take the air. _Donner de l’— à une chambre_; to let the air into, to ventilate, a room. _Chasser l’— renfermé_; to let out the confined air. _En plein —_; in the open air. _Se tenir entre deux —s_; to be in a draught. _Il ne fait point d’—_; there is not the least breath of wind. _Être en l’—_; to be in a flutter. _Paroles en l’—_; empty, idle, words. _Parler en l’—_; to talk wildly. _Il forme des desseins en l’—_; he forms extravagant designs. _Il a tiré son coup en l’—_; he has miscarried. _Prendre l’— du bureau_; to go and see how matters stand. _Faire prendre l’—_; to give an airing to. _Les gens du bel —_; gentle folks, fashionable people. _Un homme de méchant —_; an ill-looking man. _Un homme du grand —_; a man of rank, of quality. _Avoir l’— de_; to look like. _Avoir l’— bien portant_; to look well. _Lancer en l’—_; to toss (of horned cattle). _Avoir l’— bon_, _l’— mauvais_; to look good-natured, ill-natured. _Prendre un — riant_; to put on a smiling countenance. _Prendre un — de feu_; to warm one’s self. _Rempli d’— vicié_; filled with foul air. _Cela a l’— grand_; that looks grand. _Elle n’a pas l’— spirituel_; she doesn’t look sprightly. _Elle a l’— bien étourdi_; she looks very giddy. _Il n’a pas l’— content_; he doesn’t seem pleased. _Prendre des —s_, _se donner des —s_; to give one’s self airs. _Prendre des —s de bel esprit_; to set up for a wit. _Un — de famille_; a family likeness. _Air de tête_ (paint.); the attitude of the head. _Un — gai_, _triste_; a lively, dull, tune. _Faire un — sur des paroles_; to set words to music. _Jouer un — rapide_; to play a flourish. _Ce cheval va à tout —_; this horse has all his paces.

=airain=, _n.m._, brass. _L’âge d’—_; the brazen age. _Avoir un front d’—_; to have a brazen face, to blush at nothing. _Avoir des entrailles d’—_; to have a heart of stone.

=aire=, _n.f._, area, barn-floor, threshing-floor; aerie (of a bird of prey); (of ships) impetus, headway. _L’— d’un bâtiment_; (arch.) the area of a building. _— de plancher_; superficies of a floor. _L’— d’un triangle_; (geom.) the area or inside of a triangle. _Une — de vent_; (nav.) a point of the compass.

=airée=, _n.f._, the lot of wheat, &c., lying on a barn-floor; batch of dough.

=airelle=, _n.f._, whortleberry, bilberry.

=airer=, _v.n._, to make its aerie or nest.

=ais= (ê), _n.m._, board, shelf, plank; (print.) wetting-board; butcher’s block.

=aisance=, _n.f._, ease, freedom, easiness, affluence; the comforts or conveniences of life. _—s_, _pl._, water-closet. _Il fait tout avec —_; he does everything with ease. _Avoir de l’— dans les manières_; to have an easy deportment. _Être dans l’—_; to be in easy circumstances. _Cabinet d’—s_, _lieux d’—s_; water-closet. _Fosse d’—s_; cess-pool.

=aise=, _n.f._, gladness, joy, content; ease, comfort, conveniency. _À l’—_; easily; comfortable. _Se pâmer d’—_; to be overjoyed. _Tressaillir d’—_; to leap for joy. _Elle ne se sent pas d’—_; she is beside herself for joy. _Être à son —_; to be well off. _Mettre quelqu’un à son —_; to put at ease, to reassure any one. _Vous en parlez bien à votre —_; it is easy for you to say so. _N’en prendre qu’à son —_; to do only what pleases one, to take it easy. _Se sentir mal à l’—_; to feel uncomfortable. _Aimer ses —s_; to love one’s ease. _On n’a pas toutes ses —s en ce monde_; we cannot have all we wish for in this world.

=aise=, _adj._, glad, joyful, well pleased. _Je suis bien — de vous voir_; I am very glad to see you.

=aisé=, =-e=, _adj._, easy, convenient, commodious; in easy circumstances. _Cela est — à dire_; it is an easy thing to say. _Un homme — à vivre_; an easy, good-natured man. _Des souliers —s_; comfortable shoes. _Un air —_; an easy deportment. _Un style —_; a free, lucid, easy style. _Il est fort —_; he is in very easy circumstances.

=aisément=, _adv._, easily, readily, commodiously, freely, comfortably.

=aisselle=, _n.f._, arm-pit; (anat., bot.) axil, axilla.

=aitiologie=. _V._ =étiologie=.

=ajointer=, _v.a._, to join end to end, to fit.

=ajonc=, _n.m._, furze, thorn-broom, gorse, whin.

=ajournement=, _n.m._, adjournment, postponement; (jur.) summons.

=ajourner=, _v.a._, to adjourn, to put off; (jur.) to summon.

=ajourner=, _v.n._, _s’_=ajourner=, _v.r._, to adjourn, to be adjourned, to put off, to defer, to summons.

=ajoutage=, _n.m._, piece joined on.

=ajouter=, _v.a._, to add, to join, to put to, to tag, to subjoin, to supply, to interpolate. _Ce passage a été ajouté à ce livre_; this passage is an interpolation. _— foi à quelque chose_; to give credit to a thing.

=ajoutoir=. _V._ =ajoutage=, =ajutage=.

=ajustage=, _n.m._, adjusting, or giving the legal weight to a coin.

=ajusté=, =-e=, _part._, adjusted, fitted, accommodated, dressed. _Un style bien —_; a very elaborate style. _Comme vous voilà —!_ what a figure you cut.

=ajustement=, _n.m._, adjustment, adjusting, fitting, regulation, settlement; laying out; attire, garb, apparel, dress, garment; accommodation, agreement, reconciliation. _L’— d’un poids_; the adjusting of a weight. _L’— d’une machine_; the regulating a machine. _Elle n’est pas belle, elle a besoin d’—_; she is not handsome, she needs dress or adornment.

=ajuster=, _v.a._, to adjust, to regulate, to square, to size, to tally; to aim, to take aim at, to aim at; to fit, to adapt, to set in order, to accommodate; to trim, to bedeck, to dress. _— un lièvre_; to take aim at a hare. _— de nouveau_; to recompose. _— ses cheveux_; to put one’s hair in order. _— deux personnes_; to reconcile two people, to make them agree. _— un différend_; to reconcile a différence. _Ajustez vos flûtes_; understand one another. _On l’a bien ajusté_; they have given it him well. _— des passages d’un livre_; to make passages of a book agree.

_s’_=ajuster=, _v.r._, to prepare one’s self, to get one’s self ready; to dress, to deck, one’s self out; to agree, to take measures, to concert together.

=ajusteur=, _n.m._, weigher at the mint, fitter, sizer.

=ajustoir=, _n.m._, a pair of scales (used in the mint); assay scales.

=ajutage=, =ajutoir=, _n.m._, adjutage, a tube or pipe (for water-works).

=alacrité=, _n.f._, alacrity.

=alambic=, _n.m._, alembic, still. _Faire passer par l’—_; to distill, to draw by distillation. _Passer par l’—_; to undergo a careful examination.

=alambiqué=, =-e=, _part._, far-fetched, too subtle, too refined, fine-spun, wire-drawn. _Cette pensée est trop —e_; that thought is too refined.

=alambiquer=, _v.a._, to puzzle, to refine too much upon. _S’— l’esprit sur quelque chose_; to beat, puzzle one’s brains about a thing, to pore over it.

=alanguir= (-ghir), _v.a._, to enfeeble, to make languid.

_s’_=alanguir=, _v.r._, to languish, to flag, to become languid.

=alarguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to bear off, to put to sea, to sheer off.

=alarmant=, =-e=, _adj._, alarming, dreadful.

=alarme=, _n.f._, alarm, sudden fear, fright. _Sonner l’—_, _donner l’—_; to sound, to give the alarm. _Cloche d’—_; alarm-bell. _Fausse —_; false alarm. _Donner des —s_; to cause uneasiness to. _Porter l’— dans_; to alarm. _L’— est au camp_; they are in a great fright. _Tenir en —_; to keep in constant fear.

=alarmer=, _v.a._, to alarm, to raise an alarm, to startle.

_s’_=alarmer=, _v.r._, to take alarm, to be alarmed. _Ne vous alarmez point_; don’t frighten yourself.

=alarmiste=, _n.m.f._, alarmist.

=alaterne=, _n.m._, species of buck-thorn; alatern.

=albâtre=, _n.m._, alabaster, whiteness. _D’—_; of alabaster, snowy white.

=albatros=, _n.m._, (orni.) albatross.

=alberge=, _n.f._, a small forward peach.

=albergier=, _n.m._, an alberge-tree.

=albigeois=, _n.m.pl._, Albigenses.

=albinos=, _n.m._, albino.

=albion=, _n.f._, Albion (England).

=albran=. _V._ =halbran=.

=albuginé=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) albugineous.

=albugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (anat.) albugineous, whitish.

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

=album= (-bom), _n.m._, album, scrap-book, sketch-book.

=albumine=, _n.f._, albumen, white (of an egg).

=albumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, albuminous.

=alcade=, _n.m._, Spanish alcaid, alcade.

=alcaïque=, _adj._, alcaic. _Vers —s_; alcaic verses.

=alcalescence=, _n.f._, alkalescence.

=alcalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, alkalescent.

=alcali=, _n.m._, alkali.

=alcalimètre=, _n.m._, alkalimeter.

=alcalin=, =-e=, _adj._, alkaline.

=alcalisation=, _n._, alkalization.

=alcaliser=, _v.a._, (chem.) to alkalize.

=alcaloïde=, _n.m._, (chem.) alkaloid.

=alcantara=, _n.m._, a Spanish military order.

=alcarraza=, _n.m._, water-cooler.

=alcazar=, _n.m._, alcazar (Moorish palace).

=alcée=, _n.f._, hollyhock.

=alchimie=, _n.f._, alchemy.

*=alchimille=, _n.f._, (bot.) lady’s mantle.

=alchimique=, _adj._, alchymical.

=alchimiste=, _n.m._, alchymist.

=alcool=, _n.m._, alcohol.

=alcoolique=, _adj._, alcoholic.

=alcoolisation=, _n.f._, alcoholization.

=alcooliser=, _v.a._, to alcoholize.

=alcoolisme=, _n.m._, (med.) alcoholism.

=alcoran=, _n.m._, Koran.

=alcôve=, _n.f._, alcove, recess.

=alcyon=, _n.m._, halcyon, kingfisher.

=alcyonien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._, halcyon.

=aldébaran=, _n.m._, (astron.) Aldebaran.

=alderman=, _n.m._, alderman.

=aléatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) eventual, aleatory, contingent.

=alêne=, _n.f._, awl. _Feuilles en —_; acuminated leaves; (pisc.) sharp-nosed skate.

=alénier=, _n.m._, awl-maker.

=alentir=, _s’_=alentir=. _V._ =ralentir= and _se_ =ralentir=.

=alénois=, _n.m._, common garden cress.

=alentour=, _adv._, about, around, round about. _Les bois d’—_; the neighboring, surrounding woods.

=alentours=, _n.m.pl._, the neighboring grounds; environs, neighborhood; persons about, around one; associates, familiars.

=alépine=, _n.f._, bombazine.

=alérion=, _n.m._, (her.) eaglet without beak or feet.

=alerte=, _n.f._, alarm, warning. _En —_; on the alert.

=alerte=, _adj._, alert, vigilant, watchful; active, stirring, quick, sprightly, brisk, lively, agile.

=alerte=, _int._, take care, be quick; up!

=alésage=, _n.m._, (tech.) boring, drilling.

=aléser=, _v.a._, (tech.) to hammer planchets; to drill, bore. _— un canon_; to bore a cannon.

=alésoir=, _n.m._, borer (instrument).

=alevin= (-vin), _n.m._, fry, young fish.

=alevinage=, _n.m._, small fry.

=aleviner= (-né), _v.a._, to stock with fry.

=alevinier= (-nié), _n.m._, breeding-pond.

=alexandrien=, =-ne=, _adj._, Alexandrian.

=alexandrin=, _n.m._, (poet.) alexandrine.

=alexandrin=, =-e=, _adj._, alexandrine.

=alezan= (-zān), _n.m._, chestnut horse.

=alezan=, =-e=, (-zān, -za-n), _adj._, chestnut.

=alèze=, _n.f._, sheet (placed under sick persons); draw-sheet; withe.

=alfa=, _n.m._, (bot.) an African plant; alfa-grass.

=alfange=, _n.f._, scimiter, phalanx, battalion (Chinese, Tartar). _V._ =cimeterre=.

=algalie=, _n.f._, (surg.) catheter.

=alganon=, _n.m._, a chain for galley-slaves.

=algarade=, _n.f._, (fam.) insult, affront; rating; blowing up; attack. _Faire une —_; to insult, to rate any one; to blow any one up.

=algèbre=, _n.f._, algebra.

=algébrique=, _adj._, algebraical.

=algébriquement=, _adv._, algebraically.

=algébriste=, _n.m._, algebraist.

=algide=, _adj._, (med.) cold as ice, algid.

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

=algorithme=, _n.m._, algorithm.

=alguazil= (-goua-zil), (_—s_) _n.m._, alguazil.

=algue=, _n.f._, alga, sea-weed, sea-wrack grass.

=alibi=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (jur.) alibi.

=alibiforain=, _n.m._, (fam. l.u.) irrelevant, rambling answer; evasion, shuffling, prevarication.

=alibile=, _adj._, (med.) alible.

=aliboron=, _n.m._, jackass, a self-conceited fellow. _Maître —_; ass.

=aliboutier=, _n.m._, a fragrant resin, storax.

=alidade=, _n.f._, alidade, the index of any surveying instrument, such as a quadrant, sextant, &c.

=aliénable=, _adj._, alienable, transferable.

=aliénataire=, _n.m._, alienee.

=aliénat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, alienator.

=aliénation=, _n.f._, a legal conveyance of property to another, alienation, transfer; alienation (of the mind). _— mentale_; mental derangement, madness.

=aliéné=, =-e=, _n._, lunatic, maniac. _Hospice pour les —s_; lunatic asylum. _Maison d’—s_; mad-house.

=aliéné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of property) alienated, transferred to another; (affections) estranged, withdrawn; (of the mind) deranged, mad.

=aliéner=, _v.a._, to alienate, to give away, to part with, to make over, to deliver up the possession or right of. _— les affections_, _les cœurs_, _les esprits_; to alienate, to estrange, to disaffect, to lose the affection. _Il a aliéné les esprits_; he has disaffected all minds. _— l’esprit à quelqu’un_; to drive one mad. _S’—_, _v.r._, to lose, to estrange; to be lost; to be alienated; to become deranged.

*=aligné=, =-e=, _part._, in line; laid out in a line; that stands in a right line; formed in line.

*=alignement=, _n.m._, laying out by a line; line; (milit.) dressing; (print.) ranging. _Cette maison sort de l’—_; that house stands out of the row. _Rentrer dans l’—_; to fall into line. _Prendre l’—_; to trace the line of. _—!_ (milit.) dress!

*=aligner=, _v.a._, to lay out by a line; to square; to put in a straight line; (milit.) to dress; (print.) to range. _— des troupes_; to form troops in a line. _— ses phrases_; to square one’s sentences. _— un compte_ (com.); to balance an account.

_s’_=aligner=, _v.r._, (milit.) to dress; (pop.) to have a set to, to fight.

=aliment=, _n.m._, food, aliment, nourishment, meat, nutriment, nutrition; fuel; (jur.) allowance.

=aliments=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) alimony, maintenance.

=alimentaire=, _adj._, alimentary; alimental. _Pension —_; alimony, maintenance. _Régime —_; diet. _Pompe —_; feed-pump, donkey engine.

=alimentation=, _n.f._, alimentation; feeding.

=alimenter=, _v.a._, to feed, to nourish; to maintain; to supply with what is necessary, to furnish; to fuel, to keep up. _Le marché ne fournit pas de quoi — la ville_; the market does not furnish enough to supply the town.

=alimenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) nutritive, alimentary, alimental.

=alinéa=, _n.m._, (_—s_), new paragraph, break.

=aliquante=, _adj._, (math.) aliquant.

=aliquote=, _adj._, (math.) aliquot.

=alise=, _n.f._, beam-berry, wild-sorb, chess-apple.

=alisier=, _n.m._, service-tree, beam-tree.

=alité=, =-e=, _part._, bedridden, laid up.

=aliter=, _v.a._, to confine to one’s bed.

_s’_=aliter=, _v.r._, to keep one’s bed, to be bedridden, to take to one’s bed.

=alizari=, _n.m._, madder-root.

=alize=, _adj._, (nav.). _Vents —s_; trade-winds.

=alizé=, _n.f._ _V._ =alise=.

=alizier=, _n.m._ _V._ =alisier=.

=alkali=, &c. _V._ =alcali=, &c.

=alkékenge=, _n.m._, winter-cherry.

=alkermès= (-ess), _n.m._, alkermes.

=allah= (al-la), _n.m._, Alla, Allah.

=allaitement= (-lèt-mān), _n.m._, lactation, nursing, suckling.

=allaiter=, _v.a._, to suckle, to give suck, to nurse.

=allant=, _n.m._, goer. _— et venants_; goers and comers.

=allant=, =-e=, _adj._, stirring, bustling, fond of going about.

=allantoïde=, _n.f._, (anat.) allantois.

=allèchement=, _n.m._, allurement, enticement, bait.

=allécher=, _v.a._, to allure, to entice, to attract.

=allée=, _n.f._, going; passage, entry, alley; lane; walk. _Une — couverte_; a shady walk. _Faire des —s et venues_; to go in and out, to and fro.

=allégation= (al-lé-), _n.f._, citation, quotation, allégation.

=allège=, _n.f._, lighter, tender; (arch.) window basement, sill of the window; (rail.) tender. _Frais d’—_; (com.) lighterage.

=allégeance= (al-lé-jan-s), _n.f._, (l.u.) allegiance. _Serment d’—_; oath of allegiance.

=allégeance=, _n.f._, alleviation, relief.

=allégement= (al-léj-mān), _n.m._, alleviation, ease, relief.

=alléger= (al-lé-jé), _v.a._, to ease, to disburden, to lighten, to unload (a boat); to alleviate, to soften, to relieve, to assuage pain or grief; (nav.) to buoy up.

=allégir=, _v.a._, to lighten, to reduce.

=allégorie= (al-lé-), _n.f._, allegory. _Par —_; allegorically.

=allégorique= (al-lé-), _adj._, allegoric, allegorical.

=allégoriquement= (-mān), _adv._, allegorically.

=allégoriser= (al-lé-), _v.a._, to allegorize.

=allégoriseur= (al-lé-), _n.m._, allegorizer.

=allégoriste= (al-lé-), _n.m._, allegorist.

=allègre= (al-lègr), _adj._, brisk, nimble, sprightly, jolly, cheerful.

=allègrement=, _adv._, briskly, joyfully, merrily, joyously.

=allégresse=, _n.f._, mirth, cheerfulness, gladness, joy, gaiety, sprightliness, alacrity, glee, joyfulness. _Cris d’—_; shouts of gladness; huzzas.

=allégretto= (al-lé-grèt-to), _adv._ and _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) allegretto.

=allégro= (al-lé-), _adv._ and _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) allegro.

=alléguer= (al-lé-ghé), _v.a._, to allege; to quote, to bring in, to cite, to plead, to produce, to advance, to urge.

=alléluia=, _n.m._, hallelujah; (bot.) wood-sorrel.

=allemand=, =-e= (-mān, -mānd), _adj._, German. _Une querelle d’—_; a groundless quarrel.

=allemand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, German.

=allemande=, _n.f._, allemande, a dance.

=aller=, _n.m._, going, course of time, run; (nav.) outward voyage. _— et retour_; voyage out and in. _Billet d’— et retour_; return ticket. _Au long —_; in the long run. _Avoir l’— pour le venir_; to lose one’s time and trouble. _Au pis —_; at the worst. _C’est votre pis —_; it’s your last shift.