Chapter IV: Preface: To Revised Edition (4)

=aller= (allant, allé), _v.n._, to go, to be going; to move, to be in motion or movement; to depart, to repair, to resort; to reach, to come, to lead, to end; to do; to be; to go forward, to go on; to succeed; to amount; to act; to proceed; to go about; to tend, to aim; to arrive; to lay; to stake; to play; to go to the water-closet; to work; to chance; to fit, to become, to be matched; to sail. _— au marché_; to go to market. _Allez en paix_; depart in peace. _Allez au diable_; go to the devil. _— croissant_; to go on increasing. _La carte va à dix francs_; the bill amounts to ten francs. _Faire —_; to make go, to set going. _— à pied_; to go on foot. _— à cheval_; to go on horseback, to ride. _— en voiture_; to ride in a carriage, to drive. _— au pas_; at a walking pace. _— au trot_; to trot. _— au galop_; to gallop. _— au petit galop_; to canter. _— son train_; to keep on, to take one’s own course. _— bon train_; to go on at a good round pace, to get on well. _— à tâtons_; to grope along. _— au devant de quelqu’un_, _à la rencontre de quelqu’un_; to go and meet any one. _— çà et là_; to ramble, roam about. _Ne faire qu’— et venir_; to do nothing but run backwards and forwards. _Je ne ferai qu’— et venir_; I will not stay; I shall be back again directly. _Ma montre ne va pas_; my watch does not go. _Va vite_; go quickly. _Allant à_; (nav.) bound for. _Cela vous va_; that suits you. _Allons donc_; come now; nonsense! _Allez_, _va_; be gone; be off. _Ils vont venir_; they will come presently. _— se promener_; to go for a walk. _Allez vous promener_; go about your business. _La rivière va serpentant_; the river winds about. _— aux informations_, _aux renseignements_; to make inquiries. _— aux voix_; to put to the vote. _— aux provisions_; to go marketing. _Ce vase va au feu_; this jug stands the fire. _— de pair_; to be equal. _— de pair à compagnon avec quelqu’un_; to be cheek by jowl with any one. _Ce chemin va à l’église_; this way leads to church. _La montagne va jusqu’aux nues_; the mountain reaches to the clouds. _— de mal en pis_; to go from bad to worse. _Comment va la santé?_ how is your health? _Comment cela va-t-il?_ how are you? _Sa santé va de mieux en mieux_; his health is better and better. _Comment allez-vous?_ how do you do? _Tout va bien_; all is well. _Cet homme ira loin_; that man will distinguish himself. _Le feu ne va pas bien_; the fire does not burn well. _Nos affaires vont mal_; our affairs are in a bad way. _Le commerce ne va plus_; trade is at a standstill. _Cela ne va pas mal_; things are in a fair way. _Votre habit vous va mal_; your coat doesn’t fit you. _Ces deux couleurs-là vont bien ensemble_; those two colors are well matched. _Il y va de bonne foi_; he acts sincerely. _Y — rondement_; to act frankly, openly. _Tous mes désirs vont là_; all my wishes tend that way. _C’est un adroit qui va à ses fins_; he is a cunning fellow, he pushes his point. _— à la gloire_; to aim at glory. _Est-ce ainsi que vous y allez?_ is this your way? _Tudieu! comme vous y allez_; egad! you go on at a fine rate. _De combien allez-vous?_ how much do you stake? _Va pour du vin!_ (fam.) well, let us have some wine. _Allons, mes amis, courage_; come, my friends, cheer up, take courage. _Allez, n’avez-vous point de honte?_ fie, are you not ashamed? _Allez, je veux m’employer pour vous_; take heart, I’ll interest myself on your behalf. _Voyez où j’en serais, si elle allait croire cela_; see what a plight I should be in, if she should chance to believe that. _— toujours_; to keep on, (b.s.) to rattle on, blunder on. _Allez toujours_; go it. _Se laisser aller_; to yield, to give way, to abandon one’s self to a thing. _Se laisser — à la tentation_; to yield to temptation. _Se laisser — à la douleur_; to give one’s self up to grief. _Laisser —_; to release, to let go. _Quand il devrait y — de tout mon bien_; though my whole fortune were at stake. _Songez qu’il y va de votre honneur_; reflect that your honor is at stake. _Il y allait de la vie_; it was a question of life or death. _Quand il y irait de ma vie_; although my life were at stake. _Il en va_, _il en ira_; it is, it will be. _Il en va de cette affaire-là comme de l’autre_; it is with that affair as with the other. _Où va le navire?_ (nav.) where are you bound to? _— son chemin_; to pursue one’s course. _Il ira son chemin_; he will make his way. _Faire en — tout le monde_; to drive everybody away. _Faire en — des taches_; to take out stains. _Tous chemins vont à Rome_; more ways than one lead to Heaven. _Cela va tout seul_; there is no difficulty in the thing, _or_ it is all plain sailing. _Cela ne va pas_; it’s no go, I am not well. _Cela va sans dire_; that goes without saying; of course. _Cela ira_; that will do; we shall succeed. _Cela n’ira pas loin_; that will not last long. _Cela n’ira pas plus loin_; it shall go no further. _N’y pas — de main morte_; to go at it tooth and nail. _N’y pas — par quatre chemins_; not to beat about the bush. _Qui va là?_ who goes there?

_s’en_ =aller=, _v.r._, to go away, to set out, to go out, to march off, to depart, to take oneself off; to run, to scamper away; to retire; to run out, to boil over, to dwindle away; to evaporate; to die, to wear out; to sneak off. _Va-t’en_; _allez-vous-en_; go away; be off with you! _Il faut que tout le monde s’en aille_; everybody must go away. _Allons-nous-en_; let us go. _Ils s’en vont_; they are going away. _Mon habit s’en va_; my coat is wearing out. _Il s’en va_; he is dying. _Je m’en fus_; I went away. _Je m’en vais vous dire_; I’ll tell you what. _Tout s’en est allé en fumée_; all came to nothing.

=alleu=, _n.m._, allodium. _Franc-—_ (_—s-—s_); a freehold.

=alliacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) alliaceous.

=alliage=, _n.m._, alloyage, alloy, mixture, union; (arith.) alligation. _Sans —_; pure, without alloy, type-metal.

=alliaire=, _n.f._, hedge-garlic.

=alliance=, _n.f._, alliance, marriage, match; confederacy; union; blending; wedding-ring; covenant.

=allié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, ally; relation (by marriage).

=allié=, =-e=, _part._, allied, related (by marriage); akin, kindred. _Les rois alliés_; the confederate kings.

=allier=, _v.a._, to mix; to combine, to unite; to match, to marry; to join, to unite, to ally, to reconcile. _— l’or avec l’argent_; to alloy gold with silver.

_s’_=allier=, _v.r._, to be incorporated or mixed; to match, to enter into an alliance; to unite; to suit; to combine (of metals).

=allier=, _n.m._, partridge-net.

☉=alliez=, _n.m._, (bot.) tare. _V._ =ivraie=.

=alligator=, _n.m._, the American crocodile, alligator.

=allitération= (al-li-), _n.f._, alliteration.

=allobroge= (al-lo-), _n.m._, clown, lout, boor.

=allocation= (al-lo-), _n.f._, allocation, allowance; (mil. admin.) entry, item, supply.

=allocution= (al-lo-), _n.f._, allocution, address, speech, harangue.

=allodial=, =-e= (al-lo-), _adj._, allodial. _Terres —es_; freehold lands, freeholds.

=allodialité= (al-lo-), _n.f._, free-tenure.

=allonge=, _n.f._, a piece of stuff to eke out anything; leaf (of a table); rider (of a bill); (nav.) futtock.

=allongé=, =-e=, _part._, lengthened, elongated, outstretched.

=allongement= (-mān), _n.m._, lengthening, stretching out, elongation, delaying.

=allonger=, _v.a._, to lengthen, to elongate, to piece, to eke out; to stretch out; to wire-draw; to delay, to protract; (fenc.) to allonge, to fetch, to deal, to strike (a blow).

_s’_=allonger=, _v.r._, to stretch out, to lengthen, to grow longer, to stretch, to lie at full length.

=allouable=, _adj._, allowable, permissible.

=allouer=, _v.a._, to allow, to grant, to fix.

=alluchon=, _n.m._, cog, catch, tooth (of a wheel).

=allumer=, _v.a._, to light, to kindle, to set in a flame or on fire, to inflame, to incite, excite, stir up. _— le feu_; to kindle the fire. _— une chandelle_; to light a candle. _— la guerre_; to kindle war.

_s’_=allumer=, _v.r._, to be lighted, to light, to kindle, to catch or take fire, to be inflamed, to blaze; to brighten up, to sparkle, to glare; to flare up, to break out. _Ce bois a bien de la peine à s’—_; this wood won’t kindle.

=allumette=, _n.f._, match; fusee; spill. _— chimique_; lucifer-match. _— en copeau_; spill, pipe-light.

=allumeur=, _n.m._, lighter, lamp-lighter; (at auctions) puffer.

=allure=, _n.f._, gait, pace, way of walking; conduct, behavior, demeanor, carriage, way of proceeding; turn; (nav.) trim, appearance (of a vessel); _pl._, intrigues. _Je le connais à son —_; I know him by his gait. _Je connais les —s de cet homme_; I know that man’s way of dealing.

=allusion= (al-lu-), _n.f._, allusion, hint, innuendo. _Faire — à quelque chose_; to allude to something. _Faire une — peu voilée_; to give a broad hint.

=alluvial=, =-e=, _adj._, alluvious.

=alluvien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._ _V._ =alluvial=.

=alluvion= (al-lu-), _n.f._, alluvion. _D’—_; alluvial.

=almageste=, _n.m._, almagest.

=almanach= (-nā), _n.m._, almanac, calendar. _— du commerce_; commercial directory. _— d’adresse_ or _des adresses_; post office directory.

=aloès= (-èss), _n.m._, aloe; aloes.

=aloétique=, _adj._, aloetical.

=aloi=, _n.m._, alloy, standard; quality (of persons). _Argent de bon —_; good money. _Homme de bas —_; man of mean birth. _Sans —_; without alloy. _Noblesse de bon —_; true blue-blood.

☉=aloïque=, _adj._, aloetic.

=alonge=, &c. _V._ =allonge=, &c.

=alopécie=, _n.f._, (med.) alopecy, fox-evil.

=alors=, _adv._, then, at that time, in that case, in such a case. _D’—_; of that time. _— même que_; even when. _— comme —_; we shall know what to do, all in good time.

=alose=, _n.f._, (ich.) shad, alose.

=alosier=, _n.f._, =alosière=, _n.f._, shad-net.

=alouchier=, _n.m._, (bot.) white beam tree.

=alouette=, _n.f._, (orni.) lark. _— huppée_; tufted lark. _— des champs_; sky-lark. _— lulu_; wood-lark. _Il attend que les —s lui tombent toutes rôties dans le bec_; he expects a fortune to drop into his mouth. _Pied d’—_; (bot.) lark’s-heel, larkspur.

=alourdir=, _v.a._, to make dull, heavy, stupid. _Je suis tout alourdi_; my head is quite heavy.

_s’_=alourdir=, _v.r._, to grow dull, heavy.

=alourdissement=, _n.m._, heaviness, dullness.

=aloyage=, _n.m._, alloyage, mixture, pewterer’s alloy.

=aloyau=, _n.m._, sirloin or ribs of beef.

=aloyer=, _v.a._, to alloy gold and silver.

=alpaca=, _n.m._, alpaca, llama.

=alpaga=, _n.m._, alpaca (stuff).

=alpestre=, _adj._, alpine.

=alpha=, _n.m._, beginning, alpha.

=alphabet=, _n.m._, alphabet.

=alphabétique=, _adj._, alphabetical. _Par ordre —_; alphabetically. _Répertoire —_; alphabetical index.

=alphabétiquement= (-mān), _adv._, alphabetically.

=alpin=, =-e=, _adj._, alpine.

=alpiniste=, _n.m._, Alpine climber.

=alpiou=, _n.m._ _Faire un —_; to stake double.

=alpiste=, _n.m._, (bot.) canary-grass, phalaris.

=alsacien=, _n.m._, =alsacienne=, _n.f._, Alsatian, inhabitant of Alsace. _— Lorrain_, native of Alsace-Lorraine, now Elsass-Lothringen.

=alsine=, _n.f._ _V._ =morgeline=.

=altaïque=, _adj._, altaic, altaian.

=altavelle=, _n.f._, (pisc.) sting-ray, fire-flaire.

=alte=, _n.f._ _V._ =halte=.

=altérable=, _adj._, corruptible, alterable, adulterable.

=altérable=, _n.s._, (med.) alterative.

=altérant=, _n.m._, (med.) alterative.

=altérant=, =-e=, _adj._, that causes thirst; (med.) alterative.

=altérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) alterative.

=altération=, _n.f._, deterioration, corruption; adulteration, debasing; weakening, impairing, alteration, misrepresentation; excessive thirst. _L’— de sa voix_; the faltering of his voice. _Tous les excès causent de l’— dans la santé_; all excesses impair health.

=altercas=, _n.m._ _V._ =altercation=.

=altercation=, _n.f._, altercation, contest, wrangle, dispute.

=altéré=, =-e=, _part._, altered, adulterated; thirsty, dry. _— de gloire_; greedy of glory. _— de sang_; bloodthirsty, craving for blood.

=alter ego=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) alter ego. _C’est mon —_; he is my other, second, self.

=altérer=, _v.a._, to alter, to change, to impair; to adulterate, to weaken; to mis-state, to distort, to pervert; to debase; to cause thirst; to disturb, to trouble; to discompose. _Le soleil altère les couleurs_; the sun makes colors fade. _— la viande_; to taint meat. _— le caractère_; to spoil the temper. _— l’amitié_; to weaken friendship. _— la monnaie_; to debase coin. _Cette sauce aux anchois m’a fort altéré_; that anchovy sauce has made me very dry, thirsty.

_s’_=altérer=, _v.r._, to be impaired or altered, to degenerate; to taint, to spoil, to falter, to tremble (of the voice). _Le vin s’altère à l’air_; wine spoils when exposed to the air. _Sa santé commence à s’—_; his health is beginning to be impaired.

=altérer=, _v.n._, to excite thirst, make thirsty.

=alternance=, _n.f._, alternation, succession.

=alternat=, _n.m._, alternateness; alternacy, rotation of crops.

=alternati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, alternate, alternative.

=alternative=, _n.f._, alternative, choice, option. _Je vous donne l’—_; I give you your choice.

=alternativement= (-mān), _adv._, alternately, by turns.

=alterne=, _adj._, alternate, reciprocal.

=alterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) alternate (quarters).

=alterner=, _v.n._, to alternate, to succeed each other alternately, to take in turns, to fill by turns, to produce a rotation of crops.

=alterquer=, _v.n._, to altercate, to dispute.

=altesse=, _n.f._, highness. _Son — royale_; his, her, royal highness.

=althæa=, _n.m._, (bot.) marsh-mallow.

=alti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, haughty, proud, arrogant, lordly, lofty, elate, stately. _Mine altière_; haughty look.

=altimètre=, _n.m._, altimeter. _V._ =hypsomètre=.

=altitude=, _n.f._, altitude.

=alto=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) tenor violin, alto.

=altruisme=, _n.m._, altruism, altruist.

=altruist=, =-e=, _adj._, altruistic.

=alude=, _n.f._, colored sheep-skin, basil.

=aludel=, _n.m._, (chem.) aludel, earthen subliming pot.

=alumelle=, _n.f._, long and thin knife or sword-blade; (nav.) handspike-hole; sheathing.

=alumine=, _n.f._, alumina.

=aluminé=, =-e=, _adj._, alumish.

=aluminer=, _v.a._, to mix with alum.

=alumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, aluminous.

=aluminière=. _V._ =alunière=.

=aluminium=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), aluminum, aluminium.

=alun=, _n.m._, alum.

=alunage=, _n.m._, (dye.) steeping in alum.

=alunation=, _n.f._, (chem.) alum-making.

=aluner=, _v.a._, to steep in alum-water.

=alunière=, _n.f._, alum-pit, alum works.

=alvéolaire=, _adj._, alveolar.

=alvéole=, _n.m._, alveolus, cell (in a honey-comb), socket (of a tooth).

=alvin=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) alvine.

=alysson=, _n.m._, =alysse=, _n.f._, madwort, gold-dust.

=amabilité=, _n.f._, loveliness; kindness; amiableness, amiability.

=amadis=, _n.m._, tight sleeve.

=amadou=, _n.m._, German tinder; touch-wood, match-wood; pyrotechnical sponge.

=amadouer=, _v.a._, to coax, to wheedle, to cajole, to flatter, to gain over.

=amadoueur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, tinder-maker; (fig.) coaxer, wheedler.

=amadouvier=, _n.m._, agaric, touch-wood.

=amaigrir=, _v.a._, to make lean, meagre, or thin, to emaciate, to reduce, to lessen; (arch.) to thin. _C’est cela qui l’amaigrit_; it is that which makes him grow thin.

=amaigrir=, _v.n._, to fall away, to grow lean or thin; (arch.) to shrink.

_s’_=amaigrir=, _v.r._, to grow thin, to fall away.

=amaigrissement= (-gris-mān), _n.m._, emaciation; wasting away, falling away, growing thin, leanness.

=amalgamation=, _n.f._, amalgamation.

=amalgame=, _n.m._, amalgam; medley, mixture, amalgamation.

=amalgamer=, _v.a._, to amalgamate, to combine, to blend.

_s’_=amalgamer=, _v.r._, to amalgamate; to blend together.

=amande=, _n.f._, almond, kernel; nucleus. _— amère_, _douce_; bitter, sweet, almond. _—s lissées_; sugar-plums. _—s à la praline_; burnt almonds. _— d’amazone_; Brazil-nut. _Huile d’—s douces_; oil of sweet almonds. _— de terre_; rush-nut.

=amandé=, _n.m._, amygdalate; milk of almonds.

=amandier=, _n.m._, almond-tree.

=amant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lover, wooer, suitor; sweetheart, mistress; votary, spark, gallant, paramour. _— de cœur_; favorite, preferred lover.

=amarante=, _n.f._, amaranth, purple flower-gentle, cock’s-comb, prince’s feather.

=amarante=, _adj._, amaranthine, amaranth-colored.

=amareilleur=, _n.m._, oyster-bed keeper.

=amarinage=, _n.m._, manning (a prize).

=amariner=, _v.a._, to man (a prize); to inure to sea.

=amarrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) anchorage; mooring, lashing, seizure. _Ligne d’—_; lasher.

=amarre=, _n.f._, (nav.) cable, rope, hawser. _— de fond_; ground tackle.

=amarrer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to moor, to belay, to make fast, to lash, to tie, to seize.

=amaryllis= (-ril-lis), _n.f._, amaryllis, lily-asphodel.

=amas=, _n.m._, mass, heap, pile, collection, hoard, store, accumulation, cluster; congeries. _Un — de peuple_; a great mob. _— de sable_; heap of sand.

=amasser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to hoard up, to lay up, to treasure up, to gather up, to get together, to accumulate, to rake together; to assemble, to congregate, to put together, to cluster. _— de l’argent_; to hoard up money.

_s’_=amasser=, _v.r._, to gather, to get together, to accumulate, to be collected, to crowd, to assemble.

=amassette=, _n.f._, a small palette-knife.

=amatelotage= (-mat-lo-), _n.m._, (nav.) messmating.

=amateloter= (-mat-lo-), _v.a._, (nav.) to class (the crew).

=amateur=, _n.m._, lover, admirer; amateur, virtuoso. _— des beaux-arts_; lover of the fine arts. _— de la nouveauté_; fond of novelty.

=amati=, _n.m._, an Amati violin.

=amatir=, _v.a._, (gold) to deaden; (coin.) to blanch the planchets.

=amaurose=, _n.f._, (med.) amaurosis.

=amazone=, _n.f._, amazon, lady on horseback. _Habit d’—_; riding-habit.

=ambages=, _n.f.pl._, ambages, idle circumlocution.

=ambassade=, _n.f._, embassy, embassade; ambassador’s house.

=ambassadeur=, _n.m._, ambassador; messenger, envoy.

=ambassadrice=, _n.f._, ambassadress.

=ambe=, _n.m._, series of two numbers.

=ambesas= (anb-zâs), _n.m._, ambs-ace, two aces.

=ambi=, _n.m._, (surg.) ambe, ambi.

=ambiant=, =-e=, _adj._, ambient, surrounding.

=ambidextérité=, _n.f._, double dealing; ambidexterity.

=ambidextre=, _adj._, ambidextrous, ambidexter.

=ambigu=, _n.m._, collation (with everything served up together); (fig.) medley, olio, compound.

=ambigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, ambiguous, equivocal.

=ambiguïté=, _n.f._, ambiguity. _Parler sans —_; to speak plainly.

=ambigument=, _adv._, ambiguously.

=ambitieusement= (-mān), _adv._, ambitiously.

=ambitieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ambitious, aspiring.

=ambition=, _n.f._, ambition.

=ambitionner=, _v.a._, to desire earnestly, to be ambitions of, to aspire to, to seek after.

=amble=, _n.m._, amble, canter. _Aller l’—_; to amble. _Être franc d’—_; to amble freely. _Ce cheval a l’— doux_; that horse has an easy amble.

=ambler=, _v.n._, to amble, to canter.

=amblyope=, _n.m.f._, weak-sighted person; _n.m._, (pisc.) blind-fish.

=ambon=, _n.m._, ambo, rood-loft.

=ambre=, _n.m._, amber. _— gris_; ambergris. _Il est fin comme l’—_; he is a shrewd fellow.

=ambré=, =-e=, _adj._, amber-colored.

=ambrer=, _v.a._, to perfume with amber.

=ambrette=, _n.f._, amber-seed, musk-seed.

=ambroisie=, _n.f._, ambrosia. _D’—_; ambrosial, fragrant, delicious.

=ambrosien=, =-ne= (-in, -ène), _adj._, pertaining to St. Ambrose; Ambrosian.

=ambulance=, _n.f._, field-hospital, ambulance. _Chirurgien d’—_; field-surgeon. _En —_; (of vendors) itinerant.

=ambulant=, =-e=, _adj._, ambulatory, ambulant; itinerant, strolling. _Marchand —_; itinerant dealer. _Comédiens —s_; strolling players. _Erésipèle —_; flying erysipelas. _Mener une vie —e_; to stroll about, to be upon the tramp.

=ambulatoire=, _adj._, ambulatory, movable, itinerant.

=âme=, _n.f._, soul; mind; genius; conscience; essence; ghost, spirit; feeling, sentiment; person, people; motto; bore (of a gun); small wood (in faggots); (of bellows) clapper; (sculp.) a rough figure of clay; the model made use of to form a mold; (mus.) sounding-post. _Les facultés de l’—_; the faculties of the mind. _Grandeur d’—_; magnanimity. _Du fond de l’—_; from the depths of the soul. _Dieu veuille avoir son —_; God rest his soul. _Avoir la mort dans l’—_; to be grieved to death. _Il n’y a pas — qui vive ici_; there is not a living creature here. _Je le veux de toute mon —_; I wish it with all my soul. _Les bonnes —_; (iron.) good-natured souls. _Sans —_; spiritless. _La vérité est l’— de l’histoire_; truth is the life of history. _La bonne foi est l’— du commerce_; honesty is the very soul of trade. _Il n’y a point d’— dans sa déclamation_; his delivery is spiritless. _Il est l’— damnée du ministre_; he is the minister’s tool. _Rendre l’—_; to give up the ghost. _Il a l’— bourrelée_; his conscience wracks him. _Cet homme n’a point d’—_; that man has no soul. _Il n’y a pas d’— dans ce tableau_; there is no life in this picture.

=amélioration=, _n.f._, amelioration, improvement, mending. _Susceptible d’—_; improvable.

=améliorer=, _v.a._, to ameliorate, to improve, to meliorate, to better, to cultivate, to mend.

_s’_=améliorer=, _v.r._, to mend, to improve.

=amen= (amè-n), _n.m._, amen.

=aménagement= (-naj-mān), _n.m._, management of a forest, arrangement, fitting up; disposition (of a house).

=aménager=, _v.a._, to regulate the felling, replanting, and preserving of a wood or forest, to dispose, arrange, lay out. _— un arbre_; to cut up a tree.

=amendable=, _adj._, improvable, mendable.

=amende=, _n.f._, fine, penalty, forfeit, compensation, reparation. _Mettre_ or _condamner à l’—_; to fine. _Faire — honorable_; to make amends, to apologize.

=amendé=, =-e=, _part._, amended, mended, reclaimed.

=amendement= (-mān), _n.m._, amendment, mending, bettering, improvement. _— d’une terre_; improvement, manuring of a piece of ground. _La loi a passé sans —_; the bill passed without amendment.

=amender=, _v.a._, to amend, to better, to correct, to improve, to manure.

=amender=, _v.n._, to grow better, to improve.

_s’_=amender=, _v.r._, to amend, to grow better, to reform; to mend.

=amener=, _v.a._, to bring; to bring in, to bring up, to bring over, to bring about, to bring round, to bring on; to lead; to fetch, to introduce; to prevail upon, to induce; to throw (of dice); (nav.) to haul down, lower, strike. _Je l’ai amené où je voulais_; I brought him to do what I wanted. _Il a amené cette affaire à bien_; he has ended the matter satisfactorily. _— des maladies_; to bring on diseases. _— des modes_; to bring in fashions. _— quelqu’un à faire une chose_; to induce any one to do a thing. _— son pavillon_; to lower, to strike one’s flag. _Cette remarque est bien amenée_; _i.e._ cleverly introduced, well to the point. _N’amenez jamais la conversation sur la politique_; never introduce politics into conversation.

=aménité=, _n.f._, amenity, pleasantness, grace.

=amentacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) amentaceous plants.

=amenuiser=, _v.a._, to make thin, to make smaller; to lessen.

=am-er= (amè-r), =-ère=, _adj._, bitter, sad, painful, grievous; harsh, biting, galling, briny. _Principe —_; (chem.) bitter principle. _Rendre —_; to embitter. _Cela est d’un goût —_; that has a bitter taste. _Avoir la bouche amère_; to have a bitter taste in the mouth. _Des plaintes amères_; bitter complaints. _Une raillerie amère_; cutting raillery.

=amer= (amè-r), _n.m._, bitterness, gall (of some animals and fish). _—s_; (med.) bitters; (nav.) seamarks, landmarks.

=amèrement= (-mān), _adv._, bitterly, grievously.

=américain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, American.

=américain=, =-e=, _adj._, American.

=américaine=, _n.f._, (print.) script.

=amertume=, _n.f._, bitterness, acerbity; grief, sorrow; gall, venom.

=améthyste=, _n.f._, amethyst.

=améthyste=, _n.m._, humming-bird.

=améthystin=, =-e=, _adj._, amethystine.

=ameublement=, _n.m._, furniture, household goods, set of furniture.

=ameublir=, _v.a._, (agri.) to make lighter, to mellow; (law) to make movable.

=ameublissement= (-mān), _n.m._, (agri.) dressing, mellowing; (law) lien upon land.

=ameulonner=, _v.a._, to stack hay, corn, &c.

=ameuter=, _v.a._, to train dogs to hunt together; to stir up, gather, rouse, excite.

_s’_=ameuter=, _v.r._, to gather in a mob, to crowd, to riot; to mutiny, to rebel.

=ami=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, friend. _Bon —_, _véritable —_; good, true friend. _— de table_; table companion. _Bonne —e_; sweetheart. _C’est un de mes vieux —s_; he is an old pal, chum of mine. _Traiter quelqu’un en —_; to use one like a friend. _Être — de_; to be the companion of, to be partial to. _Les bons comptes font les bons —s_; short reckonings make long friends. _M’—e_ (for _mon amie_); my dear, my love, darling. _Mon —!_ my dear! _Chambre d’—_; spare room. _Ami de cour_; false friend. _— en voie_; a friend at court.

=ami=, =-e=, _adj._, friendly; kind, fond of; (paint.) friendly, favorite, propitious. _— lecteur_, kind reader.

=amiable=, _adj._, amiable, kind, friendly, courteous, amicable.

_à l’_=amiable=, _adv._, amicably, by private contract (of sales). _Terminer un différend à l’—_; to settle a quarrel amicably. _Vente à l’—_; sale by private contract.

=amiablement=, _adv._, amicably, in a friendly manner.

=amiante=, _n.m._, amianthus, mountain-flax, earth-flax.

=amical=, =-e=, _adj._, amicable, friendly, kind.

=amicalement= (-mān), _adv._, amicably, kindly, in a friendly manner.

=amict= (a-mi), _n.m._, amice.

=amidon=, _n.m._, starch; fecula.

=amidonner=, _v.a._, to starch.

=amidonnerie= (-do-n-rî), _n.f._, starch manufactory, starch-works.

=amidonnier=, _n.m._, starch-maker.

☉=amigdale=, _n.f._ _V._ =amygdale=.

=amincir=, _v.a._, to make thinner, smaller; to lessen, to edge off, to attenuate.

_s’_=amincir=, _v.r._, to become thinner, to make one’s self thin.

=amincissement= (-mān), _n.m._, thinning, thinness.

=amiral=, _n.m._, admiral. _Vaisseau —_; flag-ship; (conch.) admiral. _Grand —_; high-admiral. _Vice —_; vice-admiral. _Contre —_; rear-admiral.

=amiralat=, _n.m._, admiralship.

=amirale=, _n.f._, admiral’s wife.

=amirauté=, _n.f._, admiralship; admiralty.

=amitié=, _n.f._, friendship, amity; affection, good-will; favor, kindness; pleasure; interest; _pl._, kind regards, compliments, attentions. _Se lier d’— avec_; to become intimate with. _Être sur un pied d’— avec_; to be on friendly terms with. _Faites-moi l’— de lui en parler_; do me the kindness to mention it to him. _Par —_; out of friendship. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_; to take a liking to any one. _L’— des couleurs_; the perfect blending of colors. _Il m’a fait des —s_; he showed me much attention. _Faites-lui mes —s_; remember me kindly to him. _Mes —s à tout le monde_; love to all.

=amman=, _n.m._, amman, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes, in Switzerland.

=ammi=, _n.m._, (bot.) bishop’s-wort.

=ammon=, _n.m._, ammonite. _Corne d’—_, _n.f._, sermon-stone.

=ammonia-c=, =-que=, _adj._, ammoniac. _Sel —_; sal ammoniac. _Gomme —que_; gum ammoniac. _Gaz —_; ammoniacal gas.

=ammoniacal=, _adj._, ammoniacal.

=ammoniaque=, _n.m.f._, ammonia.

=ammonite=, _n.f._, (foss.) serpent-stone.

=amnios=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (anat.) amnion, amnios.

=amnistie= (am-nis-tî), _n.f._, amnesty, pardon.

=amnistié= (am-nis-tîé), _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person pardoned by amnesty.

=amnistier= (am-nis-tié), _v.a._, to pardon by amnesty.

=amodiataire=, _n.m._, lessor (of a farm).

=amodiateur=, _n.m._, tenant of land, lessee, farmer.

=amodiation=, _n.f._, leasing, letting out to farm.

=amodier=, _v.a._, to farm out an estate; to rent an estate.

=amoindrir=, _v.a._, to lessen, to decrease, diminish.

=amoindrir=, _v.n._, to lessen, to grow less, to decrease.

_s’_=amoindrir=, _v.r._, to lessen, to grow less.

=amoindrissement= (-mān), _n.m._, lessening, decrease, abating, diminution.

=amollir=, _v.a._, to mollify, to soften, to mellow; to enervate, to effeminate, to unman.

_s’_=amollir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow tender, to grow soft; to grow effeminate or weak.

=amollissant=, =-e=, _adj._, enervating, effeminating, softening.

=amollissement= (-mān), _n.m._, softening, flagging, enervation, abatement.

=amome=, _n.m._, amomum. _— à grappes_; cardamom-tree.

=amonceler=, _v.a._, to heap up, to lay in a heap, to fill up, to pile up, to drift.

_s’_=amonceler=, _v.r._, to gather; to be filled up; to accumulate, to drift. _Les nuages s’amoncellent_; the clouds are gathering.

=amoncellement= (-sel-mān), _n.m._, heaping up, accumulation.

=amont=, _adv._, up the river, up stream; above the town. _Vent d’—_; (nav.) easterly wind. _Aller en —_; to go up. _En — du pont_; above bridge.

=amorce=, _n.f._, bait; priming; (percussion) cap; tinder, train; allurement, attraction, enticement, decoy, charm, electro-plating bath. _Douce —_, _dangereuse —_; sweet, dangerous attraction. _Trompeuses —s_; deceitful allurements. _Sans brûler une —_; without firing a shot.

=amorcer=, _v.a._, to bait; to prime, to cap (small arms); to allure, to entice, to decoy, to draw in. _— un hameçon_; to bait a hook. _— une arme à feu_; to prime a gun.

=amorçoir=, _n.m._, wimble, auger. _V._ =ébauchoir=.

=amoroso=, _adv._, (mus.) amoroso.

=amorphe=, _adj._, amorphous.

=amorphie=, _n.f._, amorphy.

=amortir=, _v.a._, to deaden, allay, moderate; to weaken; to break (a fall); (fin.) to sink; to redeem (land, stock); to pay off; to cool (passions); (jur.) to amortize; (paint.) to flatten; to buy up. _— un coup_, _le bruit_; to deaden a blow, the sound. _— une pension_; to redeem a pension. _— des dettes_; to pay off debts. _— la fièvre_; to reduce the fever.

=amortir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to be neaped, to be dry.

_s’_=amortir=, _v.r._, to be broken, deadened; to slacken; to be paid off; to be bought up; to grow weak.

=amortissable=, _adj._, (fin.) redeemable.

=amortissement= (-mān), _n.m._, redeeming, buying up; liquidation; sinking; deadening, abatement, redemption; amortization; (arch.) the uppermost part of a building, top, pediment, finishing; (nav.) lying aground. _Caisse d’—_; sinking-fund office. _Fonds d’—_; sinking-fund (capital).

=amour=, _n.m._, love, lovingness, passion, flame. _L’Amour_; (myth.) Eros; Cupid. _Beau comme l’Amour_; a very Adonis. _Lacs d’—_; love-knot. _Avec —_; lovingly, carefully. _Se marier par —_; to marry for love. _Mourir d’—_; to be lovesick. _Avoir de l’— pour_; to be in love with. _En —_; (of animais) in heat. _Filer le parfait —_; to play the sentimental lover. _Faire l’—_; to court, to make love to. _Pour l’— de Dieu_; for God’s sake. _Je voudrais pour l’— de vous que cela fût_; I wish it were so for your sake. _C’est un vrai remède d’—_; she is a perfect fright. _La terre est en —_; the land is ripe for vegetation. _Cette montre est un véritable —_; that is a love of a watch. _Quel — d’enfant!_ what a love of a child! _— propre_, self-love, self-respect, conceit, vanity.

=amours=, _n.f.pl._, one’s love, flame, amours; delight. _Ses premières —_; his first love. _Les —_; (myth.) the Loves. _De folles —_; foolish love. _Les tableaux sont ses —_; pictures are his delight. _Froides mains, chaudes —_; cold hand, warm heart.

=amouraché=, =-e=, _part._, (fam.) smitten, in love with.

=amouracher=, _v.a._, to make fall in love.

_s’_=amouracher=, _v.a._, (fam.) to become enamored of, smitten with.

=amourette=, _n.f._, intrigue; love, love-affair; amour; (bot.) quaking-grass. _—s de veau_; calf’s marrow.

=amoureusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, amorously, lovingly; tenderly, softly.

=amoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, in love, enamored, amorous; loving. _Il est — de cette femme_; he is in love with that woman. _Regards —_; looks full of love. _Devenir —_; to fall in love. _Être — des onze mille vierges_; to be a universal lover, a man-flirt.

=amoureu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lover, wooer, sweetheart, spark; (thea.) actor, actress, who performs lovers’ parts.

=amovibilité=, _n.f._, revocableness, removability, liability to removal.

=amovible=, _adj._, removable, revocable, at pleasure. _Emploi —_; revocable appointment, office held during pleasure.

=amphibie=, _n.m._, amphibian; time-server, double-dealer; (pers.) jack of all trades; man of two different trades.

=amphibie=, _adj._, amphibious.

=amphibologie=, _n.f._, amphibology.

=amphibologique=, _adj._, amphibological, ambiguous.

=amphibologiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, amphibologically, ambiguously.

=amphibraque=, _n.m._, (poet.) amphibrach.

=amphictyonide=, _adj._ _Ville —_; a town having the right of sending a deputy to the Amphictyonic council.

=amphictyonique=, _adj._, Amphictyonic.

=amphictyons= (-ti-ōn), _n.m.pl._, Amphictyons.

=amphigouri=, _n.m._, ludicrous poem, burlesque, or speech; rigmarole, gibberish.

=amphigourique=, _adj._, ludicrous, nonsensical, burlesque.

=amphigouriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, nonsensically.

=amphimacre=, _n.m._, (poet.) amphimacer.

=amphisciens= (-si-in), _n.m._, (geog.) amphiscians.

=amphithéâtral=, =-e=, _adj._, amphitheatrical.

=amphithéâtre=, _n.m._, amphitheatre; first gallery; dissecting-room, lecture-room. _En —_; in the form of an amphitheatre.

=amphitryon=, _n.m._, (myth.) Amphitryon; host, entertainer.

=amphore=, _n.f._, amphora, pitcher, jug.

=ample=, _adj._, ample, full; large, vast, spacious, roomy, wide, broad; copious, diffuse.

=amplement=, _adv._, amply, fully; largely, plentifully, broadly, extensively, diffusively.

=ampleur=, _n.f._, amplitude, largeness, wideness. _Il n’a pas assez d’—_; it is too scanty, not full enough.

=ampliati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (of the Pope’s briefs and bulls) additional, enlarging on.

=ampliation=, _n.f._, the duplicate (of a receipt). _Pour —_; a true copy (jurisp.). _Lettres d’—_; letters of ampliation.

☉=amplier=, _v.a._, (jur.) to prolong, to put off, to defer.

=amplificateur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) amplifier.

=amplification=, _n.f._, amplification.

=amplifier=, _v.a._, to amplify, to enlarge, to enrich, to enlarge upon; to expatiate upon.

=amplitude=, _n.f._, (astron., geol.) amplitude.

=ampoule=, _n.f._, blister on the hands or feet; (med., bot.) ampulla. _La sainte —_; the holy phial (for holy oil). _Faire venir des —s_; to blister.

=ampoulé=, =-e=, _adj._, blistered; tumid, high-flown, swelling, bombastic, turgid. _Un style —_, _des vers —s_; high-flown style, bombastic verses.

=ampouler=, _v.a._, (metal.) to blister.

=ampouler=, _v.n._, to blister.

=ampoulette=, _n.f._, (nav.) clock; glass.

=amputation=, _n.f._, amputation. _Faire une —_; to perform an amputation.

=amputé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, one who has had a limb amputated.

=amputer=, _v.a._, to amputate, to cut off.

=amulette=, _n.f._, amulet, charm.

=amure=, _n.f._, (nav.) tack of a sail. _Première — de misaine_; fore-tack. _Grande —_; main-tack.

=amurer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to haul or bring aboard the tack of a sail. _Amure la grande voile!_ aboard the main tack!

=amusable=, _adj._, capable of being amused, amusable.

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

=amusement= (-mān), _n.m._, amusement, pastime, entertainment, sport, diversion; sham, trick, mere put off; fooling, trifling. _Pas tant d’—_; less trifling.

=amuser=, _v.a._, to amuse, to divert, to entertain, to recreate, to solace, to beguile; to put one off with fair words and promises; to trifle with; to stop, to detain; to deceive. _Ne m’amusez pas_; don’t detain me. _— le tapis_; to talk the time away, to be long in coming to the point. _— l’ennemi_; to deceive the enemy.

_s’_=amuser=, _v.r._, to amuse one’s self, to busy one’s self; to disport, to sport, to tarry, to stay, to trifle, to stand trifling. _S’— de quelqu’un_; to trifle with any one. _Ne vous amusez pas en chemin_; don’t loiter on the way. _S’— à des bagatelles_; to care for nothing but trifles. _S’— à la moutarde_; to stand at trifles.

=amusette=, _n.f._, amusement, trifling, child’s play.

=amuseur=, _n.m._, entertainer, deceiver.

=amusoire=, _n.f._, something amusing, toy, trifle.

=amygdale=, _n.f._, (anat.) almond, tonsil.

=amygdaloïde=, _n.f._, amygdaloid.

=amylacé=, =-e=, _adj._, amylaceous, resembling starch.

=an=, _n.m._, year, twelvemonth. _Le jour de l’—_; New Year’s day. _L’— bissextile_; leap year. _Bon —, mal —_; one year with another. _Au bout d’un —_; twelve months after that. _L’— de notre Seigneur_; the, in the, year of our Lord. _L’— du monde_; the, in the, year of the world. _Il y a un —_; a year ago. _Nouvel —_; New Year. _L’— passé_; last year. _Tous les —s_; every year, yearly. _Tous les deux —s_; every other year. _Elle a quinze —s_; she is fifteen. _Une fois_, _deux fois_, _l’—_; once, twice, a year. _Bon jour, bon —_; a happy New Year to you. _Bout de l’—_, _service du bout de l’—_; service, commemoration. _Je m’en moque comme de l’— quarante_; I don’t care two straws about it.

=ana=, _n.m._, (_—_) termination, denoting a collection of sayings, ana; (phar.) ana, āā or ā.

=anabaptisme= (-ba-tism), _n.m._, anabaptism.

=anabaptiste= (-ba-tist), _n.m._, anabaptist.

=anacarde=, _n.m._, anacardium, cashew-nut.

=anacardier=, _n.m._, anacardium, cashew-tree.

=anachorète= (-ko-), _n.m._, anachoret, anchorite, hermit.

=anachronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, anachronism.

=anacoluthe=, _n.f._, (gram.) anacoluthon.

=anacréontique=, _adj._, anacreontic.

=anagallis=. _V._ =mouron=.

=anagnoste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) a slave who, among the Romans, read during the meals.

=anagogique=, _adj._, (theol.) anagogical, mystical.

=anagrammatique=, _adj._, anagrammatical.

=anagrammatiser=, _v.a._, to anagrammatize.

=anagrammatiste=, _n.m._, anagrammatist.

=anagramme=, _n.f._, anagram.

=anagyris= (-rîs), _n.m._, bean-trefoil.

=analectes=, _n.m.pl._, (phil.) analects.

=analemme=, _n.m._, (astron.) analemma.

=analeptique=, _adj._, (med.) analeptic.

=analeptique=, _n.m._, (med.) analeptic.

=analogie=, _n.f._, analogy.

=analogique=, _adj._, analogous, analogical.

=analogiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, analogically.

=analogisme=, _n.m._, analogism.

=analogue= (-log), _adj._, analogous.

=analyse=, _n.f._, analysis; outline; parsing. _Faire l’— de l’eau_; to analyze water. _Faire l’— d’un passage_; (gram.) to parse a passage. _En dernière —_; to conclude, to sum up; the upshot of it is.

=analyser=, _v.a._, to analyze. _— une fleur_; to dissect a flower.

=analyste=, _n.m._, analyzer, analyst.

=analytique=, _adj._, analytical.

=analytique=, _n.f._, analytics.

=analytiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, analytically.

=anamorphose=, _n.f._, (persp.) anamorphosis.

=ananas= (-nâ), _n.m._, pineapple. _Champ d’—_; pinery. _Fraise —_; pine-strawberry.

=anapeste=, _n.m._, (poet.) anapæst.

=anapestique=, _adj._, anapæstic.

=anaphore=, _n.f._, (rhet.) anaphora.

=anaphrodisiaque=, _adj._, (pharm.) antaphrodisiac, anti-aphrodisiac.

=anaphrodite=, _adj._, (med.) impotent, anaphrodite.

=anarchie=, _n.f._, anarchy.

=anarchique=, _adj._, anarchical.

=anarchiser=, _v.a._, to throw into anarchy.

=anarchiste=, _n.m.f._, anarchist.

=anarrhique=, _n.m._, wolf-fish. _— loup_; ravenous wolf-fish.

=anasarque=, _n.f._, anasarca, dropsy of the skin.

=anastomose=, _n.f._, (anat.) anastomosis.

_s’_=anastomoser=, _v.r._, to anastomose.

=anastrophe=, _n.f._, (gram.) anastrophe.

=anathématiser=, _v.a._, to anathematize.

=anathème=, _n.m._, anathema; reprobation, curse. _Frapper d’—_; to anathematize. _— maranatha_; anathema, maranatha.

=anathème=, _adj._, anathematized.

=anatife=, _n.m._, barnacle.

=anatocisme=, _n.m._, anatocism (compound interest).

=anatomie=, _n.f._, anatomy, dissection; subject (body under dissection); methodical analysis (of a book). _— comparée_; comparative anatomy.

=anatomique=, _adj._, anatomical.

=anatomiquement= (-mān), _adv._, anatomically.

=anatomiser=, _v.a._, to anatomize. _— un livre_; to dissect a book.

=anatomiste=, _n.m._, anatomist.

=ancêtre=, _n.m.f._, ancestor, ancestress.

=ancêtres=, _n.m.pl._, ancestors, forefathers. _De ses —_; ancestral.

=anche=, _n.f._, reed (of a hautboy or other wind instrument); meal-spout (of a mill). _— d’orgue_; reed-stop of an organ.

=anché=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) curved.

=anchilops= (-ki-), _n.m._, (med.) anchilops.

=anchois=, _n.m._, anchovy. _Beurre_ or _pâte d’—_; anchovy paste.

=anchoité=, =-e=, _adj._, pickled like anchovies.

=ancien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-è-n), _adj._, ancient, old; senior; of old times, of ancient standing; former, late, ex. _Une — ne coutume_; an old custom. _L’— et le Nouveau Testament_; the Old and New Testament.

=ancien=, _n.m._, senior; ancient; elder; old codger. _Les ouvrages des —s_; the works of the ancients. _Les —s d’une église_; the elders. _L’—_; Old Nick.

=anciennement= (-è-n-mān), _adv._, anciently, formerly; of yore, of old; in former times.

=ancienneté= (-è-n-té), _n.f._, ancientness, primitiveness; seniority, age, antiquity. _De toute —_; from the earliest times.

=ancile=, _n.m._, (antiq.) sacred buckler.

=ancolie=, _n.f._, (bot.) columbine.

=anconé=, _n.m._, (anat.) ancon.

=ancrage=, _n.m._, anchor-ground; anchorage. _Droits d’—_; anchorage dues.

=ancre=, _n.f._, anchor; (arch.) brace, an _s_. _L’— de flot_; the flood anchor. _L’— de jusant_; the ebb anchor. _L’— de large_; the sea anchor. _Maîtresse —_; the sheet anchor. _— de rechange_; spare anchor. _La seconde —_; the best bower anchor. _L’— d’affourche_; the small bower anchor. _L’— de touée_; the stream anchor. _— de miséricorde_, _de salut_; sheet anchor. _— surjalée_; foul anchor. _Chasser sur ses —s_; to drag one’s anchors. _Empenneler une —_; to back an anchor. _Caponner l’—_; to cat the anchor. _Traverser l’—_; to fish the anchor. _Gouverner sur son —_; to steer the ship to her anchor. _Être à l’—_; to ride at anchor. _Fatiguer à l’—_; to ride hard. _Ne pas fatiguer à l’—_; to ride easy. _Jeter l’—_; to cast anchor. _Brider l’—_; to shoe the anchor. _Lever l’—_; to weigh anchor. _Mettre l’— à poste_; to stow the anchor. _Jeter sa dernière —_; (fig.) to make a last effort. _C’est notre — de salut_; it is our last resource.

☉=ancrer=, _v.n._, to anchor, to come to an anchor. _V._ =mouiller=.

_s’_=ancrer=, _v.r._, to settle one’s self, to get a footing in a place, to take deep root in.

=ancrure=, _n.f._, small fold made in cloth while shearing it, crease; (arch.) iron prop.

=andabate=, _n.m._, (antiq.) gladiator who fought blindfolded.

=andain=, _n.m._, (agr.) swath; wind-row.

=andanté=, _adv._, (mus.) andante.

=andante=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) an air to be played or sung andante.

☉=andelle=, _n.f._, beech-wood.

*=andouille=, _n.f._, (of pigs) chitterlings; twist (of tobacco). _Cela s’en est allé en brouet d’—_; it all ended in smoke.

*=andouiller=, _n.m._, antler. _Les premiers —s_; the brow-antlers. _Sur —s_; sur-antlers.

*=andouillette=, _n.f._, forced-meat ball, small sausage.

=androgyne=, _n.m._, androgynous, hermaphrodite.

=androgyne=, _adj._, androgynal, androgynous.

=androïde=, _n.m._, android, automaton.

=andromède=, _n.f._, (astron.) Andromeda.

=andropogon=, _n.m._, (bot.) camel’s hay.

=âne=, _n.m._, ass, jackass, donkey; blockhead, ignorant fool, idiot; vice (instrument). _Fait en dos d’—_; (arch.) made with a shelving ridge; hog’s-back. _Coq-à-l’—_; cock-and-bull story. _Promenade à —_; donkey-ride. _Pont aux —s_; asses’ bridge. _C’est le pont aux —s_; every fool knows that. _À laver la tête d’un —, on perd sa lessive_; there is no washing a blackamoor white. _Faute d’un point, Martin perdit son —_; a miss is as good as a mile. _Il ne sera jamais qu’un —_; he will be an ass as long as he lives. _Conte de peau d’—_; fairy tale. _On ne saurait faire boire un — qui n’a pas soif_; you may take a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. _Têtu comme un —_; as stubborn as a mule. _Sérieux comme un — qu’on étrille_; as grave as a judge. _Tête d’—_; ass’s head. _Bonnet d’—_; fool’s cap; (ich.) bull-head, miller’s-thumb, cottus.

=anéantir=, _v.a._, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to destroy; to reduce to nothing, to prostrate, to thunderstrike, to dumfound.

_s’_=anéantir=, _v.r._, to be annihilated or destroyed, to come to nothing; to cease to be, to humble oneself.

=anéantissement= (-mān), _n.m._, annihilation, annihilating; abjection, humiliation; prostration, depression; destruction, destroying, ruin, overthrow.

=anecdote=, _n.f._, anecdote.

=anecdotier= (-tié), _n.m._, anecdote-teller, monger.

=anecdotique=, _adj._, anecdotical. _Recueil —_; collection of anecdotes.

=ânée=, _n.f._, load of an ass.

=anémie=, _n.f._, (med.) anæmia.

=anémique=, _adj._, suffering from anæmia.

=anémographie=, _n.f._, anemography.

=anémomètre=, _n.m._, anemometer.

=anémone=, _n.f._, anemone, wind-flower.

=anémoscope=, _n.m._, anemoscope, weather-cock.

=ânerie=, _n.f._, gross ignorance; stupidity; gross blunder.

=ânesse=, _n.f._, she-ass. _Lait d’—_; ass’s milk.

=anesthésie=, _n.f._, (med.) anæsthesia.

=anesthésique=, _adj._, anæsthetic.

=aneth=, _n.m._, (bot.) dill.

=anévrismal=, =-e=, _adj._, aneurismal.

=anévrisme=, _n.m._, aneurism.

=anfractueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, anfractuous, rugged, cragged, craggy.

=anfractuosité=, _n.f._, anfractuosity, winding, sinuosity, cavity.

☉=angar=, _n.m._ _V._ =hangar=.

=ange=, _n.m._, a spirit, angel; (artil.) chain-shot, cross-bar shot; angel-shot; (ich.) angel-fish, skate, squatina. _— déchu_; fallen angel. _— tutélaire_; guardian angel. _Rire aux —s_; to have a laughing fit. _Être aux —s_; to be in a transport of joy, in raptures. _— bouffi_; a chubby child. _Lit d’—_; tent bed.

=angélique=, _adj._, angelical, angelic.

=angélique=, _n.f._, angelica.

=angéliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, angelically.

=angelot= (anj-lo), _n.m._, angelot cheese.

=angélus= (ān-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) (c.rel.) Angelus. _Sonner l’—_; to toll the angelus.

=angine=, _n.f._, (med.) angina, quinsy, sore throat. _— couenneuse_; diphtheria.

=angineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) attended with angina.

=angiographie=, _n.f._, angiography.

=angiologie=, _n.f._, angiology.

=angiosperme=, _adj._, (bot.) angiospermous.

=angiospermie=, _n.f._, (bot.) angiosperm.

=angiotomie=, _n.f._, angiotomy.

=anglais=, =-e=, _adj._, English; British. _Être poursuivi par des —_; to be pestered by creditors.

=anglais=, _n.m._, English, Englishman.

=anglaise=, _n.f._, English girl, woman; upholsterer’s thread or silk lace. _Elle porte des —s_; she wears long, drooping curls.

=anglaiser=, _v.a._, to nick a horse’s tail.

=angle=, _n.m._, angle, corner, turning. _— aigu_; acute angle. _— droit_; right angle. _— rectiligne_; rectilinear angle. _— rentrant_, _saillant_; re-entrant, salient angle. _À —s saillants_; sharp-cornered. _À — droit_; rectangular. _— facial_; (anat.) facial angle.

=anglet=, _n.m._, (arch.) indenture, channel.

=angleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) imbedded in angular cavities. _Une noix —se_; a walnut difficult to pick out of its shell.

=anglican=, =-e=, _adj._, Anglican, English. _L’Eglise —e_; the Church of England.

=anglican=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Anglican; member of the Church of England.

=angliciser=, _v.a._, to anglicize.

_s’_=angliciser=, _v.r._, to become anglicized, English.

=anglicisme=, _n.m._, anglicism.

=anglomane=, _n._ and _adj._, anglomaniac.

=anglomanie=, _n.f._, anglomania.

=angoisse=, _n.f._, anguish, pang; great distress, affliction, tribulation. _Les —s de la mort_; the pangs of death. _Poire d’—_; choke-pear, gag. _Avaler des poires d’—_; to go through hardships, to eat humble pie.

☉=angola=. _V._ =angora=.

=angon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) javelin; (fishing) shellfish hook.

=angora=, _n.m._, Angora-cat.

=angora=, _adj._, of Angora.

=angousse=, _n.f._, (bot.) hell-weed, dodder.

=anguichure= (-ghi-shur), _n.f._, huntsman’s horn-belt.

*=anguillade= (-ghi-), _n.f._, lash; (with a whip) lashing, cut; eel-skin, &c.

*=anguille= (-ghi-), _n.f._, eel; fly the garter (boy’s game); bilge-ways, launching-ways (square bed of timber placed under a vessel’s bilge to support her while launching). _— de mer_; conger. _— plat-bec_; grig. _Ecorcher l’— par la queue_; to begin a thing at the wrong end. _Il y a quelque — sous roche_; there is a snake in the grass, there is something in the wind.

=angulaire=, _adj._, angular, cornered. _Pierre —_; corner-stone.

=angulé=, =-e=, _adj._, angular, angulated.

=anguleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, angulous; (bot.) angular.

=angusticlave=, _n.m._, (antiq.) angusticlave.

=anhydre=, _adj._, (chem.) anhydrous.

=anicroche=, _n.f._, obstacle; impediment, slight difficulty; screw loose.

=anielles=, _n.f.pl._, ram-stones.

=âni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, ass-driver.

=anil=, _n.m._, (bot.) anil. _V._ =indigo=.

=aniline=, _n.f._, aniline.

=anille=, _n.f._ _V._ =annille=.

=animadversion=, _n.f._, animadversion, reproof, reprimand, blame.

=animal=, _n.m._, animal, beast; brute, ass, booby, sot, dolt. _Un ennuyeux —_; a bore. _Un vilain —_; a nasty fellow.

=animal=, =-e=, _adj._, animal; sensual, carnal (in scriptural language). _Règne —_; the animal kingdom.

=animalcule=, _n.m._, animalcule.

=animalisation=, _n.f._, animalization.

_s’_=animaliser=, _v.r._, to become animalized.

=animalité=, _n.f._, animal life.

=animation=, _n.f._, animation, bustle, life, excitement, irritation.

=animé=, =-e=, _part._, animated, incensed; enlivened, spirited, gay, sprightly.

=animé=, _n.f._, a resin, anime.

☉=animelles=, _n.f.pl._, (cook.) lamb’s-fry.

=animer=, _v.a._, to animate, to give life; to quicken; to hearten, to stir up, to excite, to urge on, to embolden, to rouse; to provoke, to exasperate. _— la conversation_; to enliven the conversation. _— le teint_; to heighten, to give a glow to, the complexion. _— les yeux_, _les regards_; to give fire to the eyes, to give animation to the looks. _— d’ardeur_; to fill with ardor. _— au combat_; to excite to combat.

_s’_=animer=, _v.r._, to become animated, to spring into life; to be encouraged, to take courage, to cheer up; to chafe, to take fire, to grow warm, to be angry. _La dispute s’anime_; the dispute waxes hot.

=animosité=, _n.f._, animosity; ill-will, spite, rancor, spleen, animus. _Il a de l’—_, _il est porté d’—_, _contre moi_; he has, he is actuated by, a spite against me.

=anis=, _n.m._, anise; aniseed. _— de Verdun_; candied aniseed. _— de la Chine_ or _étoilé_; Indian anise. _Graine d’—_; aniseed.

=aniser=, _v.a._, to flavor with aniseed, to mix with aniseed.

=anisette=, _n.f._, aniseed cordial.

=ankylose=, _n.f._, (med.) anchylosis, stiffness in the joints.

=ankyloser=, _v.a._, to produce anchylosis. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become anchylosed, stiff, cramped.

=annal=, =-e= (a-n-nal), _adj._, (jur.) that lasts but one year.

=annales= (a-n-nal), _n.f.pl._, annals, public records.

=annaliste= (a-n-na-), _n.m._, annalist.

=annate=, _n.f._, annats, first year’s income of a living; firstfruits.

=anneau=, _n.m._, ring; link (of a chain); bow (of a key); ringlet (of hair); (nav.) mooring-ring. _L’— de Saturne_; (astron.) Saturn’s ring. _L’— pécheur_; the Pope’s seal.

=année=, _n.f._, year, twelvemonth. _— bissextile_; leap-year. _L’— qui vient_, _l’— prochaine_; next year. _D’— en —_; from year to year. _— lunaire_, _solaire_; lunar, solar year. _Une bonne —_; a plentiful year, a happy new year. _Ses belles —s_; the prime of life. _Cette terre vaut tant_, _— commune_, _moyenne_; that land yields so much one year with another. _Une — dans l’autre_; one year with another. _Payer à l’—_; to pay by the year. _Plein d’—s_; full of years. _Cette —_; this year.

=annelé=, =-e=, _adj._, ring-streaked, having rings; in ringlets; annulated.

=anneler=, _v.a._, to curl the hair (locks or ringlets). _— une cavale_; to ring a mare.

=annelet=, _n.m._, ringlet, a small ring; (arch.) annulet.

=annélides=, _n.m.pl._, (zoöl.) annelides.

=annelure=, _n.f._, crisping of the hair.

=annexation=, _n.f._, annexation.

=annexe= (a-n-nèks), _n.f._, annex; appendant; schedule; rider; chapel of ease. _— d’une terre_; dependence of an estate.

=annexer= (a-n-nek-sé), _v.a._, to annex, to add to. _S’—_, _v.r._, to be annexed.

=annexion= (a-n-nek-sion), _n.f._, annexment, annexation.

=annihilation= (a-n-ni-), _n.f._, annihilation.

=annihiler= (a-n-ni-), _v.a._, to annihilate, to destroy.

=annille=, _n.f._, (her.) anille, fer de moline, millrind; (tech.) cramping-iron.

=anniversaire=, _adj._, anniversary.

=anniversaire=, _n.m._, anniversary. _— de sa naissance_; birthday.

=annomination=, _n.f._, annomination.

_loi_ =annonaire=, _adj._, (antiq.) a Roman law to prevent the price of provisions from rising.

=annonce=, _n.f._, announcement, publication, notification, indication, sign, mark; advertisement; banns of matrimony. _Faiseur d’—s_; puffer. _Faire insérer une —_; to advertise. _— de spectacle_; play-bill.

=annoncer=, _v.a._, to announce, to tell, to declare, to inform, to proclaim, to bespeak, to advertise; to usher in; to publish, to give out, to preach, to set forth; to foretell, to forebode; to augur, to show, to promise. _Faites vous —_; send in your name. _Cela ne nous annonce rien de bon_; that bodes us no good.

_s’_=annoncer=, _v.r._, to present one’s self; to manifest itself; to make itself known. _S’— bien_; to be promising. _S’— mal_; not to be promising, to begin badly.

=annonceur=, _n.m._, the actor who gives out the next play, announcer.

=annonciade=, _n.f._, annunciade (name of several military and religious orders).

=annonciation=, _n.f._, Annunciation; Lady-day (March 25).

=annotateur=, _n.m._, annotator, editor (of a book).

=annotation=, _n.f._, annotation, editing; inventory of goods attached or distrained.

=annoter= (a-n-no-), _v.a._, to make an inventory of goods attached or distrained; to annotate; to edit.

=annuaire= (a-n-nu-èr), _n.m._, annual, almanac. _— de la marine_; nautical almanac.

=annuel=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) a mass celebrated every day for a year, for a deceased person.

=annuel=, =-le= (a-n-nu-èl), _adj._, annual, yearly.

=annuellement= (a-n-nu-èl-mān), _adv._, annually, yearly.

=annuité= (a-n-nu-), _n.f._, annuity.

=annulable= (a-n-nu-), _adj._, defeasible; reversible.

=annulaire= (a-n-nu-), _adj._, annulary. _Le doigt —_; the ring finger.

=annulation=, _n.f._, annulling, canceling, repeal, abolition; (jur.) abatement.

=annuler=, _v.a._, to annul, to make void, to repeal, to rescind, to cancel, to abolish, to set aside, to quash.

=anobli=, =-e=, _part._, newly raised to the peerage.

=anobli=, _n.m._, newly-created nobleman.

=anoblir=, _v.a._, to raise to the peerage.

=anoblissement= (-mān), _n.m._, ennoblement. _Patente d’—_; patent of nobility.

=anodin=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) anodyne, paregoric, soothing, assuaging. _Remèdes —s_; anodynes.

=anodonte=, _adj._, toothless.

=anomal=, =-e=, _adj._, anomalous.

=anomalie=, _n.f._, anomaly.

=anomalistique=, _adj._, (astron.) anomalistical. _Année —_; anomalistical, periodical, year.

=anomie=, _n.f._, (conch.) anomia, bowl-shell, beaked-cockle.

=ânon=, _n.m._, ass’s foal, young ass.

=ânonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, stuttering, stammering; foaling.

=ânonner=, _v.a.n._, to falter, to stutter, blunder through a lesson, to stammer, to foal.

=anonymat=, _n.m._, the quality of being anonymous; anonymity.

=anonyme=, _adj._, anonymous, nameless; joint-stock.

=anonyme=, _n.m.f._, anonymous person. _Garder l’—_; to remain anonymous. _Sous l’—_; anonymously.

=anorexie=, _n.f._, (med.) anorexy.

=anormal=, _adj._, abnormal, irregular.

=anse=, _n.f._, handle (of a pot, basket, &c.); creek, little bay, cove. _Qui a des —s_; ansated. _Faire danser l’— du panier_; (of a servant), to make a market penny. _L’— du panier vaut beaucoup à cette cuisinière_; that cook makes a good deal by her perquisites. _Faire le pot à deux —s_; to set one’s arms a-kimbo. _Faire le panier à deux —s_; to walk with a lady on each arm.

=anse=. _V._ =hanse=.

=anséatique=, _adj._ _V._ =hanséatique=.

=ansérine=, _n.f._, (bot.) goose-foot.

=anspect=, _n.m._, (nav.) handspike.

=antagonisme=, _n.m._, antagonism.

=antagoniste=, _n.m._, antagonist, adversary; opponent; competitor, rival; (anat.) antagonist.

=antagoniste=, _adj._, antagonist, opponent.

☉=antan=, _n.m._, last year. _Les neiges d’—_; the snows of yester-year.

=antanaclase=, _n.f._, antanaclasis.

=antarctique=, _adj._, antarctic.

=antarès= (-èss), _n.m._, (astron.) Antares.

=ante=, _n.f._, (antiq. arch.) anta, pilaster, ante.

=antécédemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, antecedently, previously, before.

=antécédent=, _n.m._, antecedent; precedent; _pl._, previous conduct. _Avoir de bons —s_; to be known for a person of previous good character.

=antécédent=, _adj._, antecedent, preceding, foregoing, previous.

☉=antécesseur=, _n.m._, a professer of civil law.

=antéchrist= (-kri), _n.m._, antichrist.

=antédiluvien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n-), _adj._, antediluvian.

=antéfixe=, _n.f._, (antiq. arch.) antefix.

=antenne= (-tè-n), _n.f._, (nav.) lateen sail-yard, yard-arm; (ent.) _pl._, horns, feelers.

=antépénultième=, _adj._, antepenultimate.

=antépénultième=, _n.f._, antepenult.

=antérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, anterior, going before, antecedent, prior, previous; former; frontal. _La partie —e de la tête_; the forepart of the head.

=antérieurement= (-mān), _adv._, previously, before.

=antériorité=, _n.f._, anteriority, priority, precedence.

=antes=, _n.f.pl._, (arch.) antæ, pilasters.

=anthelminthique=, _adj._, (med.) anthelmintic.

=anthère=, _n.f._, (bot.) anther, tip.

=anthologie=, _n.f._, anthology.

=anthracite=, _n.m._, anthracite; coal-stone, glance-coal, blind-coal.

=anthrax= (-traks), _n.m._, (med.) anthrax, carbuncle.

=anthropographie=, _n.f._, anthropography.

=anthropologie=, _n.f._, anthropology.

=anthropologique=, _adj._, anthropological.

=anthropomorphe=, _adj._, anthropomorphous.

=anthropomorphisme=, _n.m._, anthropomorphism.

=anthropomorphite=, _n.m._, anthropomorphite.

=anthropophage=, _adj._, anthropophagous.

=anthropophage=, _n.m.f._, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater.

=anthropophagie=, _n.f._, anthropophagy, cannibalism.

=anthyllide=, _n.f._, (bot.) kidney-vetch, Jupiter’s beard.

=anti= (prefix from Greek ἀντὶ), anti, against, opposite, contrary; (prefix from Latin _ante_) before.

=antiapoplectique=, _adj._, antapoplectic, antiapoplectic.

=antibiblique=, _adj._, unscriptural.

=antibilieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, antibilious.

=antichambre=, _n.f._, antechamber, anteroom, lobby, hall. _Propos d’—_; servant’s gossip. _Faire —_; to dance attendance.

=antichrèse= (-krèz), _n.f._, (jur.) pledge; mortgage.

=antichrétien=, =-ne= (-ti-in, -ti-è-n-), _adj._, antichristian.

=antichristianisme=, _n.m._, antichristianity, antichristianism.

=anticipation=, _n.f._, anticipation, forestalling; encroachment, invasion. _Par —_; anticipatory, beforehand.

=anticipé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, anticipated. _Joie —e_; foretaste of joy. _Connaissance —e_; foreknowledge. _Une vieillesse —e_; a premature old age.

=anticiper=, _v.a._, to anticipate, to take up beforehand or before the time, to forestall. _— sur les droits de quelqu’un_; to encroach upon another’s rights. _— sur ses revenus_; to spend one’s income beforehand, _or_ to draw upon.

=anticœur=, _n.m._, anticor (inflammation in a horse’s throat).

=antidartreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) antiherpetic.

=antidate=, _n.f._, antedate, antedating.

=antidater=, _v.a._, to antedate.

=antidotaire=, _n.m._, antidotarium (a book containing a collection of antidotes).

=antidote=, _n.m._, antidote, counter-poison.

=antienne= (-ti-è-n), _n.f._, anthem. _Annoncer une mauvaise —_; to bring bad news. _Chanter toujours la même —_; to harp upon the same string. _Pousser l’— à quelqu’un_; to state one’s wishes, one’s opinion; to give a broad hint.

=antiépileptique=, _adj._, antiepileptic.

=antiépiscopal=, =-e=, _adj._, antiepiscopal.

=antiévangélique=, _adj._, antievangelical.

=antifébrile=, _n.m._, antifebrile.

=antigorium= (-riom), _n.m._, coarse enamel, glazing.

=antigoutteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) antarthritic.

=antilaiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n.m._, antilactic, lactifuge.

=antilogie=, _n.f._, antilogy.

=antiloïmique=, _adj._, (med.) antiloimic.

=antilope=, _n.f._, antelope, gazelle.

=antimoine=, _n.m._, antimony.

=antimonarchique=, _adj._, antimonarchical.

=antimonial=, =-e=, _adj._, antimonial.

=antimonial=, _n.m._, antimonial.

=antimonié=, =-e=, _adj._, antimonial.

=antinational=, =-e=, _adj._, antinational.

=antinomie=, _n.f._, antinomy, contradiction.

=antipape=, _n.m._, antipope.

=antiparalytique=, _n.m._, antiparalytic.

=antipathie=, _n.f._, antipathy, repugnance.

=antipathique=, _adj._, antipathetical, repugnant.

=antipéristaltique=, _adj._, antiperistaltic.

=antipéristase=, _n.f._, antiperistasis.

=antipestilentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, antipestilential.

=antiphilosophique=, _adj._, antiphilosophical.

☉=antiphilogistique=, _adj._, antiphilogistic.

=antiphone=, _n.m._, antiphon.

=antiphonier= _or_ =antiphonaire=, _n.m._, antiphonary.

=antiphrase=, _n.f._, antiphrasis, irony.

☉=antipodal=, =-e=, _adj._, antipodal, antipodean.

=antipode=, _n.m._, antipode.

=antipsorique=, _adj._, antipsoric (against the itch).

=antipsorique=, _n.m._, antipsoric.

=antiptose=, _n.f._, (gram.) antiptosis.

=antiputride=, _adj._, antiseptic.

*=antiquaille=, _n.f._, old piece of antiquity; old stuff; old rubbish; an old coquette. _Ce n’est qu’une —_; she is but an antiquated coquette.

=antiquaire=, _n.m._, antiquary.

=antique=, _adj._, antique, ancient, old.

=antique=, _n.f._, antique, antiquities, ancient works, of art. _À l’—_, _adv._, in the old style. _Dessiner d’après —_; to draw from antique models.

=antiquer=, _v.a._, (book-bind.) to adorn the edges of books with little figures, &c.

=antiquité=, _n.f._, antiquity, ancientness, old times; piece of antiquity. _Les héros de l’—_; the heroes of former ages. _De toute —_, _adv._, from the remotest times.

=antiscien= (-si-īn), _n.m._, (geog.) antiscian.

=antiscorbutique=, _adj._ and _n.m._, antiscorbutic.

=antiseptique=, _n.m._, (med.) antiseptic.

=antisocial=, =-e=, _adj._, anti-social.

=antispase=, _n.f._, (med.) antispasis.

=antispasmodique=, _n.m._, antispasmodic.

=antispaste=, _n.m._, antispast.

=antispastique=, _adj._, antispastic.

=antistrophe=, _n.f._, antistrophe.

=antisyphilitique=, _adj._, antisyphilitic.

=antithèse=, _n.f._, antithesis.

=antithétique=, _adj._, antithetic.

=antitrinitaire=, _n.m._, antitrinitarian, unitarian.

☉=antitype=, _n.m._, antitype, symbol.

=antivénérien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._, antivenereal.

=antoiser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to manure, to make a dunghill.

=antonomase=, _n.f._, antonomasia.

=antre=, _n.m._, cave, den, natural grotto, cavern, lair.

=anuer=, _v.a._, to aim, to take aim at.

_s’_=anuiter=, _v.r._, to be benighted, to stay till it is night, or too late (on the road).

=anus=, _n.m._, (anat., bot.) anus, fundament.

=anvole=, _n.m._, slow-worm, blind-worm.

=anxiété= (ank-si-), _n.f._, anxiety, sorrow, anguish, uneasiness.

=anxieu-x=, =-se= (ank-si-), _adj._, anxious, uneasy, restless.

=anxieusement=, _adv._, anxiously.

=aoriste= (-o-rist), _n.m._, (gram.) aorist.

=aorte=, _n.f._, (anat.) aorta.

=aortique=, _adj._, aortal.

=août= (oû), _n.m._, August. _La mi-août_; the middle of August. _Faire l’—_; to harvest, to get in the corn.

=aoûté=, =-e=, _adj._, ripened by the heat of August.

_s’_=aoûter= (a-ou-té), _v.r._, to ripen (in August).

=aoûteron= (ou-tron), _n.m._, (l.u.) reaper, harvester.

=a.p.=, (com.) abbreviation of the words _à protester_; to be protested.

=apagogie=, _n.f._, apagogy.

=apaisement=, _n.m._, appeasement, lull, abatement.

=apaiser=, _v.a._, to appease, to soothe, to pacify, to calm, to quiet, to alleviate; to assuage, to allay, to quench, to mitigate, to lull. _— un enfant qui crie_; to quiet a crying child. _— une révolte_; to put down a rebellion. _— les flots_; to calm the waves.

_s’_=apaiser=, _v.r._, to be appeased, stilled, assuaged, &c.; to allay one’s passion, to grow quiet, calm; to abate, subside. _Sa colère s’est apaisée_; his anger is appeased. _L’orage s’est apaisé_; the storm has subsided. _Le vent s’est apaisé_; the wind has abated.

=apalachine=, _n.f._, (bot.) emetic holly.

=apalanche=, _n.f._, (bot.) winter-berry.

=apanage=, _n.m._, appanage; lot. _Les infirmités sont l’— de la nature humaine_; infirmities are the lot of human nature.

=apanager=, _v.a._, to settle an appanage upon any one, to endow.

=apanagiste=, _adj._, having an appanage.

=apanagiste=, _n.m._, one who has an appanage.

=apanthropie=, _n.f._, apanthropy.

=à part=. _V._ =part=.