Chapter M (11)

=possesseur=, _n.m._, possessor, owner, master; occupant, occupier. _— légitime_; lawful possessor.

=possessif=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) possessive case; possessive.

=possession=, _n.f._, possession, occupation, right, privilege. _Mettre en —_; to give possession, to invest. _— antérieure_; preoccupancy. _Prise de —_; taking possession. _— injuste_; wrongful possession. _Être en — de_; to be able to, to have the right _or_ privilege (of).

=possessoire=, _adj._, (jur.) possessory. _Action —_; possessory action.

=possessoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) possession (of real property).

=posset=, _n.m._, posset.

=possibilité=, _n.f._, possibility.

=possible=, _adj._, possible. _Il est — de le faire_; it is possible to do it. _Il est — qu’il le fasse_; he may possibly do it. _Venez le plus tôt —_; come as early as you can.

=possible=, _n.m._, possibility, utmost. _Faire tout son —_; to do one’s utmost. _Je ferai tout mon —_; I’ll do whatever lies in my power, _or_ the best I can, _or_ all I can. _Au —_; amazingly, to a degree. _C’est —_; very likely, that may be. _Pas —!_ you don’t say so!

=postal=, =-e=, _adj._, postal, of the post.

=postalement=, _adv._, by post.

=postcommunion=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) post-communion.

=postdate=, _n.f._, (l.u.) postdate.

=postdater=, _v.a._, to postdate.

=poste=, _n.m._, post; guard-house, station; station-house; place, employment; (nav.) berth; station (of a ship). _— de chirurgiens_; surgeons’ berth. _— des malades_; cockpit. _— de combat_; quarters. _— d’un vaisseau_; station of a ship in a fleet. _Être à — fixe dans un lieu_; to be stationed in a place, to reside on the spot; (fig.) to be a fixture. _Être à son —_; to be at one’s post.

=poste=, _n.f._, post, post-house; post-stage; post-office; mail; buck-shot. _Aller en —_; to travel post. _Courir_, or _aller_, _la —_; to ride _or_ travel post; to go post-haste, very fast. _Chevaux de —_; post-horses. _— aux chevaux_; post-house. _— aux lettres_; letter-post, pillar post. _Bureau de —_; post-office. _— pour —_; by return of post. _Maître de —_; postmaster. _Relais de —_; post-stage. _— restante_; till called for. _Directeur des —s_; postmaster general. _Grande —_; General Post-office. _Petite —_; district post-office; receiving house.

=posté=, =-e=, _part._, placed, stationed.

=postel=, _n.m._, teasel, kind of thistle (used in cloth manufactories).

=poster=, _v.a._, to station, to place, to post.

=postérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, posterior, subsequent, later; future.

=postérieur=, _n.m._, posteriors.

=postérieurement= (-eur-mān), _adv._, subsequently, after, since.

_à_ =posteriori=, _adv._, (log.) a posteriori (from the effect to the cause); _or_ from what follows.

=postériorité=, _n.f._, posteriority.

=postérité=, _n.f._, posterity, issue. _En appeler à la —_; to appeal to posterity. _Transmettre son nom à la — la plus reculée_; to transmit, _or_ hand down, one’s name to the remotest posterity. _Passer à la —_; to be handed down to posterity.

=postface=, _n.f._, address (placed at the end of a work), after-address.

☉=postfixe=, _n.m._, (gram.) postfix, termination.

=posthume=, _n.m._ and _adj._, posthumous child; posthumous. _Œuvres —s_; posthumous works. _Un fils —_; a posthumous son. _C’est un —_; he is a posthumous child.

=postiche=, _adj._, superadded; false, misplaced; false, artificial, sham, mock; (milit.) provisional acting. _Dents —s_; false teeth. _Cheveux —s_; false hair. _Caporal —_; acting-corporal.

*=postillon=, _n.m._, postilion; post-boy; (backgammon) mark above the half.

=postposer=, _v.a._, ☉to put after; (book-bind.) to transpose.

=postpositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) postpositive.

=postposition=, _n.f._, postposition.

=postscénium=, _n.m._, (_—_) postscenium.

=post-scriptum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) postscript.

=postulance=, _n.f._, application, candidature.

=postulant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, postulant, candidate, applicant.

=postulat=, _n.m._, postulate.

=postulation=, _n.f._, conducting a suit, _or_ cause; (canon law) application for a dispensation.

=postulatum=, _n.m._, (postulata) (philos.) postulate. _V._ =postulat=.

=postuler=, _v.a._, to solicit; to apply for, to be a candidate for; (ecc.) to apply for a dispensation. _— une place_; to apply for a place.

=postuler=, _v.n._, to conduct a suit, to plead.

=posture=, _n.f._, posture, attitude, situation, condition.

=pot=, _n.m._, pot, jug; tankard, can, jar; (stationery) foolscap; ☉pot, morion, helmet. _Mettre en —_; to pot. _— de chambre_; chamber-pot. _Bête comme un —_; as stupid as an owl. _Mettre le — sur le feu_; to put the pot on the fire. _Prendre la fortune du —_; to take pot-luck. _— pourri_; hotch-potch; jar filled with all sorts of flowers; medley, jumble, olio. _— à feu_; (artil.) fireball, cresset, fire-pot. _—-au-feu_; (_—_) meat to boil (to make soup); broth; (fig.) bread and butter, bread and cheese. _— à l’eau_; water-jug. _— au lait_; milk-can. _Tourner autour du —_; to beat about the bush. _Gare le — au noir_; beware of the danger. _Découvrir le — aux roses_; to find out the secret, to lay bare the mystery. _Il en payera les —s cassés_; he will pay for the damage, stand the racket. _C’est le — de terre contre le — de fer_; it is the earthen pot against the iron pot (_i.e._, the weak against the strong). _Un — fêlé dure longtemps_; threatened men live long. _Il n’y a si méchant — qui ne trouve son couvercle_; every Jack has his Jill. _Être à — et à rôt avec_; to be great pals with _or_ to be very thick with.

=potable=, _adj._, drinkable.

=potage=, _n.m._, porridge, soup. _— aux herbes_; vegetable soup. _Il ne trouva que cela pour tout —_; that’s all he found. _Pour tout —_; in all, all told.

=potager=, _n.m._, kitchen-stove; kitchen-garden; soup-pan.

=potag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, culinary, cooking. _Herbes_, or _plantes_, _—ères_; pot-herbs. _Jardin —_; kitchen-garden.

=potamot=, _n.m._, (bot.) pond-weed.

=potasse=, _n.f._, potash. _— d’Amérique_; pearl-ash.

=potassium= (-siom), _n.m._, potassium.

=pot-de-vin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) gratuity; premium; good-will; bonus; bribe; tip.

=pote=, _adj._, (fam.) big, swollen, sore (of the hand).

=poteau=, _n.m._, post, stake, pillar. _— cornier_; corner-post. _— indicateur_ or _guide_; finger-post; sign-post. _— d’enseigne_; sign-post. _— d’arrivée_; winning-post. _— de départ_; starting-post.

=potée=, _n.f._, potful; houseful _or_ swarm (of children); putty (of tin); (metal.) molding, luting loam. _— d’étain_; putty-powder. _— d’émeri_; emery dust.

=potelé=, =-e= (po-tlé), _adj._, plump, fat, chubby.

=potelet= (po-tlè), _n.m._, (carp.) strut; prop.

=potence=, _n.f._, gallows, gibbet; bracket; prop; crutch (shaped in the form of a T); sliding rule for measuring the height of men and horses; (nav.) gallowsbit; (horl.) potence. _Gibier de —_; Newgate _or_ jail bird.

=potentat=, _n.m._, potentate.

=potentiel=, =-le=, (-ci-èl), _adj._, (med., gram.) potential.

=potentiellement= (-ci-èl-), _adv._, potentially.

*=potentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) cinque-foil.

=poterie= (-trî), _n.f._, pottery, earthenware. _— de grès_; stoneware.

=poterne=, _n.f._, (fort.) postern.

=potiche=, _n.f._, China _or_ Japan vase.

=potier= (-tié), _n.m._, potter. _Terre à —_; potter’s clay. _— d’étain_; pewterer.

=potin=, _n.m._, pinchbeck; (fam.) gossip, tittle-tattle.

=potion=, _n.f._, (med.) potion, draught.

=potiron=, _n.m._, pumpkin.

☉=potron-jaquet= _or_ =potron-minet=, _n.m._ _V._ =patron-jaquet=.

=pou=, _n.m._, louse. _Des —x_; lice.

=pouacre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pop.) niggardly; nasty fellow; filthy; nasty.

=pouah!= _int._, faugh! ugh!

=pouce=, _n.m._, thumb; inch. _Il s’en mordra les —s_; he will rue it, _or_ regret it. _Serrer les —s à quelqu’un_; to wrest a secret from any one. _Mettre les —s_; to give in; to knuckle under. _Manger sur le —_; to have a snack.

=poucet=, _n.m._, small thumb. _Le petit —_; Tom Thumb.

=poucettes=, _n.f.pl._, manacles (for the thumbs).

=poucier=, _n.m._, thumb-stall.

=pou-de-soie=, _n.m._, (_—x-—_) _or_ =poult-de-soie=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (silk) paduasoy; stout silk.

=pouding=, _n.m._, pudding.

=poudingue= (-dingh), _n.m._, pudding-stone.

=poudre=, _n.f._, dust, sand; powder; gunpowder. _— d’or_; gold dust. _Sucre en —_; castor sugar. _Réduire en —_; to pulverize. _Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un_; to throw dust into the eyes of any one, to impose on any one. _Du tabac en —_; snuff. _— de chasse_; shooting-powder. _Du café en —_; ground coffee. _— à canon_; gunpowder. _La soute aux —s_; (nav.) the powder magazine. _Les —s_; the powder magazine. _Il n’a pas inventé la —_; he is no conjurer; he will never set the Thames on fire. _Mettre le feu aux —s_; (fig.) to fan the flame.

=poudrer=, _v.a._, to powder, to pounce, to sprinkle.

_se_ =poudrer=, _v.r._, to powder one’s hair.

=poudrerie=, _n.f._, gunpowder factory.

=poudrette=, _n.f._, dried night soil. _Faire la —_; (of fowls) to roll in the dust.

=poudreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dusty, powdery. _C’est un pied —_; he is a vagabond, a tramp.

=poudrier=, _n.m._, sand-box, pounce-box; gunpowder-maker.

=poudrière=, _n.f._, powder-mill; powder magazine; sand-box.

=poudroyer=, _v.a._, to fill, _or_ cover, with dust. _v.n._, to rise (of the dust); to be dusty (of roads).

=pouf=, _n.m._, puff; puffery, hoax; ottoman seat; centre ottoman. _Faiseur de —s_; (fig.) puffer; boaster, charlatan. _Faire des —s_; to disappear without paying one’s debts.

=pouf=, _adv._, plump, bang. _À —_; (pop.) on tick, on credit.

=pouf=, _adj. invariable_, crumbling (of stones).

=pouffer=, _v.n._, to puff. Only used in _— de rire_; to burst out laughing.

=poufferie=, _n.f._, puffery.

=pouffiste=, _n.m._, puffer.

*=pouillé=, _n.m._, register of benefices.

*=pouiller=, _v.a._, (pop.) to rail at, to abuse.

*_se_ =pouiller=, _v.r._, (pop.) to abuse each other.

*=pouilles=, _n.f.pl._, abuse, abusive language. _Il m’a chanté —_; he abused me.

*=pouilleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, lousy person; beggarly fellow; lousy, wretched, mean.

*=pouillot=, _n.m._, (orni.) pewet.

*=poulailler=, _n.m._, hen-house, poultry-house; poultry-cart; (of persons) poulterer, poultry salesman.

=poulain=, _n.m._, foal, colt; (med.) bubo.

=poulaine=, _n.f._, (nav.) figure-head.

=poulan=, _n.m._, (at cards) pool.

=poularde=, _n.f._, fat pullet; capon.

=poule=, _n.f._, hen; fowl; pool (play). _Jeune —_; pullet. _— d’Inde_; turkey-hen. _— d’eau_; moor-hen. _Faire venir la chair de —_; to make one’s flesh creep, to make one shudder. _Plumer la — sans la faire crier_; to make any one disgorge without any fuss. _— mouillée_; milk-sop (pers.).

=poulet=, _n.m._, chicken; love-letter; (stationery) fancy note-paper.

=poulette=, _n.f._, young hen, pullet; lass. _À la —_; with white sauce.

☉=poulevrin=. _V._ =pulvérin=.

=pouliche=, _n.f._, filly, foal.

=poulie=, _n.f._, pulley; (nav.) block.

=poulier=, _v.a._, to hoist, to lift up, with a pulley.

=poulierie=, _n.f._, block-shed; block-manufacture; block-manufactory.

=poulieur=, _n.m._, block-maker.

☉=poulin=, =-e=. _V._ =poulain=, =pouliche=.

=pouliner=, _v.n._, to foal (of mares).

=poulinière=, _n.f._ _Jument —_; brood mare.

=pouliot=, _n.m._, (bot.) penny-royal.

=poulpe=, _n.m._, (mol.) octopus, devil-fish.

=pouls= (poo), _n.m._, pulse. _— déréglé_; irregular pulse. _— faible_; low pulse. _— élevé_; high pulse. _— formicant_; small, weak and frequent pulse. _Se tâter le —_; to feel one’s own pulse; (fig.) to gauge one’s strength. _Tâter le — à quelqu’un_; to feel any one’s pulse. _Le — lui bat_; his pulse beats.

=poult-de-soie=, _n.m._ (_—s-—_). _V._ =pou-de-soie=.

=poumon=, _n.m._, lung, lungs.

=poupard=, _n.m._, (triv.) babe, baby, baby-doll.

=poupart=, _n.m._, large edible crab.

=poupe=, _n.f._, poop, stern. _À — carrée_, square-sterned. _À — étroite_; vertical-sterned. _Vent en —_; stern-wind. _Mettre vent en —_; to bear away before the wind. _Mouiller en —_; to moor by the stern. _Avoir le vent en —_; to sail before the wind; (fig.) to be in luck’s way.

=poupée=, _n.f._, doll; puppet; (arch.) poppy-head; (hort.) crown-graft; bunch of hemp _or_ flax tied to the distaff. _Enter en —_; (hort.) to graft in the bark.

=poupin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam.) fop, beau, dandy, belle; smart, spruce, dashy.

=poupon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, plump, chub-cheeked baby, boy, girl. _Ma —ne_; my darling.

=pour=, _prep._, for; on account of; in order; towards; to; though, notwithstanding. _— toujours_, _— jamais_; for ever. _— le moins_; at least. _— cet effet_; therefore, for this purpose. _— ainsi dire_; as it were, so to speak. _Il fera cela — vous_; he will do that for your sake. _On l’a laissé — mort_; he was left for dead. _— qui me prenez-vous?_ whom do you take me for? _Je le tiens — mon ami_; I take him to be, _or_ consider him, my friend. _— moi_; for my part, as for me. _— ce qui est de moi, j’y consens_; for my part I consent to it. _Comme —_; as if, as much as (to). _— ce qui est de_; as regards, as for.

=pour=, _n.m._, for, pro. _Les — et les contre_; the pros and cons.

=pourboire=, _n.m._, drink-money; tip. _Demander un —_; to ask for something (over and above the legal fare).

=pourceau=, _n.m._, hog, pig, swine. _Etable à —x_; hog-sty. _— de mer_; sea-hog, porpoise. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a perfect beast.

=pour-cent=, _n.m._, percentage.

=pourchasser=, _v.a._, to pursue, to seek eagerly; to chase; to dun, to badger.

=pourfendeur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) killer; swaggerer, bully. _— de géants_; giant-killer, braggadocio.

=pourfendre=, _v.a._, (fam.) to cleave asunder, to cleave; to kill outright.

=pourir=, _v.n._ _V._ =pourrir=.

=pourissage= _or_ =pourrissage=, _n.m._, (tech.) retting.

=pourissoir= _or_ =pourrissoir=, _n.m._, (tech.) retting vat.

=pouriture=, _n.f._ _V._ =pourriture=.

=pourlécher=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to lick all over; (fig.) to polish, to labor.

_se_ =pourlécher=, _v.r._, (fam.) to lick one’s chops; (fig.) to gloat over (in anticipation).

=pour lors=, _adv._, then, after that; at that time; henceforward.

=pourparler=, _n.m._, parley, conference. _Entrer en —s_; to enter into negotiations; to discuss.

=pour peu que=, _conj._, ever so little, however little; if only.

=pourpier=, _n.m._, (bot.) purslain.

=pourpoint=, _n.m._, doublet. _À brûle-—_; quite close; point-blank. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to ruin any one. _Se mettre en —_; to be ready to fight. _Un argument à brûle —_; a convincing, irresistible argument. _Donner à quelqu’un un — de pierre_; to clap any one into prison.

=pourpre=, _n.m._, purple; (med.) purples; (her.) purpure.

=pourpre=, _adj._, purple.

=pourpre=, _n.f._, purple (stuff); purple-dye; purple-fish; (fig.) sovereign dignity; cardinalate. _Porter la —_; to wear the purple. _Être né dans la —_; to be born in a palace, in the purple.

=pourpré=, =-e=, _adj._, purpled, purple. _Fièvre —e_; purpura, petechial fever.

=pourprier=, _n.m._, (mol.) purpura.

☉=pourpris=, _n.m._, inclosure; abode, home.

=pour que=, _conj._, in order that, so that, to.

=pourquoi=, _adv._, why, wherefore. _— cela?_ why so? _— pas?_ why not?

=pourquoi=, _conj._, why, for what, upon what account; for what reason. _Demandez-moi —_; I don’t know why (_i.e._ I should like to know why). _C’est —_; therefore.

=pourquoi=, _n.m._, the reason why; the why and the wherefore. _Je voudrais bien savoir le —_; I would fain know the why and the wherefore.

=pourri=, _n.m._, rottenness, rotten part.

=pourri=, =-e=, _part._, rotten. _— de cuisson_; done to rags. _Pomme —e_; rotten apple. _Pierre —e_; rotten stone.

=pourrir=, _v.n._, to rot, to grow rotten; to perish.

=pourrir=, _v.a._, to rot, to make rotten; to mature (of a cold), to ripen.

_se_ =pourrir=, _v.r._, to get rotten.

=pourrissage=, _n.m._ _V._ =pourissage=.

=pourrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, rotting.

=pourrissoir=, _n.m._ _V._ =pourissoir=.

=pourriture=, _n.f._, rot, rottenness, putrefaction, decay; (agri.) brown rust; (vet.) rot.

=poursuite=, _n.f._, pursuit, chase; prosecution; persecution; (jur.) suit, action, proceedings. _Intenter des —s_; (jur.) to institute proceedings, to take proceedings.

=poursuivable=, _adj._, actionable.

=poursuivant=, _n.m._, candidate; suitor, wooer; (jur.) prosecutor, plaintiff. _— d’armes_; pursuivant at arms.

=poursuivant=, _adj._, pursuing; (jur.) suing, prosecuting.

=poursuivre=, _v.a._, to pursue, to hunt, to chase; to endeavor to obtain, to seek for; to go on (with), to proceed (with), to follow up; to persecute, to annoy, to beset; to haunt; (jur.) to sue; (jur.) to prosecute, to action. _— quelqu’un en justice_; to prosecute any one at law. _— l’ennemi_; to pursue the enemy. _— un procès_; to carry on a lawsuit. _— une charge_; to endeavor to obtain a post. _— une pension_; to solicit a pension. _— son discours_; to proceed with one’s speech. _— son chemin_; to proceed on one’s way, to pursue one’s road, to go on one’s way.

_se_ =poursuivre=, _v.r._, to pursue one another, to be pursued, to be continued; (jur.) to be sued; to be prosecuted.

=poursuivre=, _v.n._, to pursue, to continue. _Poursuivez!_ go on!

=pourtant=, _adv._, however, howsoever, yet, still, for all that, notwithstanding, though, nevertheless.

=pourtour=, _n.m._, periphery, circumference, circuit; pit-tier (in a theatre).

=pourvoi=, _n.m._, (jur.) appeal (for reversal of judgment), application. _— en grâce_; petition for mercy.

=pourvoir=, _v.n._, to see to, to look to; to attend to; to provide (for), to supply, to make provision for; to nominate, to appoint. _Pourvoyez à cette affaire_; see to that business. _— à sa subsistance_; to provide for one’s living. _— à un bénéfice_; to prefer to a living, to appoint, to nominate to a living.

=pourvoir=, _v.a._, to invest with, to put in possession of; to provide, to supply, to furnish, to stock; to endow. _— une place de vivres_; to victual a garrison. _Ce père a bien pourvu tous ses enfants_; that father has made a handsome provision for all his children.

_se_ =pourvoir=, _v.r._, to provide one’s self; to apply, to sue, to make application for. _Se — en justice_; to sue at law. _Se — par appel_; to enter an appeal. _Se — en cassation_; to appeal for a reversal of judgment. _Se — en grâce_; to petition for mercy.

☉=pourvoirie=, _n.f._, provision-store.

=pourvoyant=, _adj._, providing, provident.

=pourvoyeur=, _n.m._, purveyor, provider, caterer; (fig.) go-between.

=pourvoyeuse=, _n.f._, procuress.

=pourvu que=, _conj._, provided that; provided; it is to be hoped that, let us hope that. _— — vous le fassiez_; provided you do it.

=pousse=, _n.f._, shoot, sprout; (vet.) heaves, shortness of breath, broken wind (in horses); asthma; ☉bum-bailiffs (sheriff’s officers); bitterness (a disease in wines); choke-damp (in mines).

=poussé=, =-e=, _part._, pushed. _Ce cheval est — de nourriture_; this horse has been fed too much. _Du vin —_; turbid, diseased wine.

=pousse-café=, _n.m._, liqueur (after coffee).

☉=pousse-cul=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) bum-bailiff.

=poussée=, _n.f._, pushing, thrusting; push, thrust (of arches); press (of business). _Donner la — à quelqu’un_; to follow up any one closely. _Faire une belle —_; (fam., iron.) to do a mighty fine thing. _Donner une — à_; to give a push to.

=pousse-pieds=, _n.m._ (_—_). _V._ =anatife=.

=pousser=, _v.a._, to push, to give a push to, to thrust, to give a thrust to, to shove, to shove on, to drive, to drive on, to impel; to strike, to throw, to hit; to carry on, to extend, to forward; to send forth, to shoot forth, to put out, to put forth (of plants); to urge, to stir up, to provoke, to impel, to incite, to instigate; to bring forward, to assist forward, to help on; to utter (a groan); to heave, to fetch (a sigh). _— en avant_; to push on. _— dehors_; to thrust out. _— un cheval_; to urge on a horse. _— le temps avec l’épaule_; (prov.) to endeavor to gain time. _— la porte au nez de quelqu’un_; to slam the door in any one’s face. _— le dé_; to throw the dice. _— une botte_; (fenc.) to make a thrust. _— un mur plus loin_; to carry a wall further on. _— un raisonnement trop loin_; to carry an argument too far. _— à bout_; to provoke beyond endurance. _— une affaire à bout_; to carry a thing to a successful issue or to go through with anything. _— une tranchée_; to carry forward a trench. _— des cris_; to utter cries. _— des soupirs_; to heave sighs. _Vous me poussez trop_; you urge me too far. _C’est un tel qui l’a poussé_; it was so and so who egged him on. _— sa pointe_; to pursue one’s point. _On l’a poussé à se battre_; they set him on to fight. _— quelqu’un de questions_; to badger, to ply any one with questions. _Les arbres commencent à — des boutons_; the trees are beginning to put forth buds.

_se_ =pousser=, _v.r._, to push forward, to push one’s self forward, to be pushed forward, to be pushed, to be carried; to push forward one another. _Se — de nourriture_; to eat too much.

=pousser=, _v.n._, to sprout, to sprout forth, to shoot, to shoot forth (of plants); to be broken-winded (of horses); to grow (of the hair, nails); to push forward, to push on, to go on; to bulge, to jut out. _Les blés poussent déjà_; the corn is already coming up. _Ce mur pousse en dehors_; this wall bulges outwards. _Poussons jusqu’à la forêt_; let us push forward, or on, as far as the forest.

=poussette=, _n.f._, pushpin (game).

=pousseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pusher, shover; utterer (of sighs).

=poussier=, _n.m._, coal-dust; gunpowder-dust; turf-dust.

=poussière=, _n.f._, dust, powder; (bot.) pollen, male-seed; (of water) spray. _Nuage de —_; cloud of dust. _— de la mer_; spray. _Réduire en —_; to reduce to dust. _Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un_; to throw dust into any one’s eyes. _Tirer quelqu’un de la —_; to raise any one from the depths of poverty. _Il fait de la —_; it is dusty, the roads are dusty.

=poussiéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dusty.

=poussif=, _n.m._, (pop.) pursy fellow _or_ creature.

=poussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (pop.) pursy; (vet.) short-winded, broken-winded.

=poussin=, _n.m._, chick, young chicken. _— qui ne fait que d’éclore_; chick just out of its shell.

=poussinière=, _n.f._, chick-room, chicken-coop; (pop.) (astron.) Pleiades.

=poussoir=, _n.m._, (horl.) pusher; driver (dentistry).

=poussolane=. _V._ =pouzzolane=.

=poutre=, _n.f._, beam; girder; mote (in the eye).

=poutrelle=, _n.f._, small beam; (carp.) stop-plank.

=pouvoir= (pouvant, pu), _v.n._, to be able, can, may, to have power, to be allowed, to be possible. _— marcher_; to be able to walk. _Je ne puis vous répondre_; I cannot answer you. _N’en — plus_; to be worn out, to be completely exhausted, to be tired out, to be done up. _N’en — mais_, _ne — mais d’une chose_; (fam.) to have had no share (in), nothing to do (with) anything. _Pouvait-il mais de cela?_ could he possibly help that? _Puisse-t-il réussir_; may he succeed. _Il peut arriver que_; it may happen that. _Il pourrait survenir une circonstance qui changeât la face des choses_; some circumstance might arise which would change the whole face of matters. _Je n’y puis rien_; I cannot help it. _Je puis ne pas le faire_; I may not do it. _Je ne puis pas le faire_; I cannot do it. _Il peut se faire_ or _il se peut faire que_; it may happen that; it may be possible for me to. _Vous avez pu voir_; you may have seen. _Vous n’avez pas pu voir_; you cannot have seen. _Vous avez pu ne pas voir_; you may not have seen. _Il peut_, or _pourrait_, _avoir vingt ans_; he may, _or_ might, be twenty. _Cela se pourrait bien_; it might be so; it is not at all unlikely. _Cela pourrait bien être_; it might be so. _Il se pourrait bien que_; it might be, it might happen that. _Il pourrait se faire que_; it is not at all unlikely that. _Pouvez-vous bien!_ how can you! _Autant que faire se peut_; as far as it is possible, On ne peut plus; exceedingly, extremely, etc.

=pouvoir=, _v.a._, can do, to be able to do; to have power. _Je ne puis rien à cela_; I can do nothing in that business. _Vous pouvez tout sur lui_; you have great power over him. _Je ne crois pas le —_; I do not think I can do it.

_se_ =pouvoir=, _v.r.imp._, to be possible, may be, can be. _Cela se peut_; that may be, that is possible. _Il se pourrait que_; it might happen that. _Cela ne se peut pas_; that is impossible.

=pouvoir=, _n.m._, power; sway, authority, might, force, command, government; executive power. _Il est en son — de_; he has it in his power to. _Avoir une chose en son —_; to have a thing in one’s possession. _Être fondé de —s_; to have a power of attorney. _Il a plein — de_; he has full powers to. _Abuser de son —_; to abuse one’s power. _Avoir un —_; (jur.) to have a power of attorney, a letter of attorney.

=pouzzolane= _or_ =pozzolane=, _n.f._, (_—s_) pozzalana, puzzolana, pozzuolana.

=pp.=, ab. of the word _Pères_, fathers (of the church).

=pragmatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, pragmatic sanction; pragmatic.

=prairial=, _n.m._, Prairial, ninth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from May 20th to June 18th.

=prairie=, _n.f._, meadow, grass-land, grass-field, prairie, savannah. _—s artificielles_; grounds sown with grass, clover.

=praline=, _n.f._, burnt almond.

=praliner=, _v.a._, to burn with sugar (like burnt almonds); to crystallize.

=prame=, _n.f._, (nav.) pram, dingy (Norwegian boat).

=praticabilité=, _n.f._, practicability.

=praticable=, _adj._, practicable, feasible, possible; passable (of roads); accessible, real. _Si la chose est —_; if the thing be practicable. _Les chemins ne sont pas —s_; the roads are not passable. _Porte —_, _fenêtre —_; (thea.) real door, real window.

=praticables=, _n.m.pl._, (thea.) real (not painted) objects.

=praticien= (-si-in), _n.m._ and _adj._, practitioner; (sculpt.) figure-carver; practicing. _Médecin —_; practicing physician.

=pratiquant=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, church-goer, communicant.

=pratique=, _n.f._, practice, practical part, observance, usage, habit; dealing, doing, customer, custom; practice (of attorneys, notaries, physicians); Punch’s whistle, squeaker; underhand dealing, secret practice; (nav.) pratique. _Mettre en —_; to put into practice, to practice. _Faire de sourdes —s_; to carry on clandestine, underhand dealings. _C’est une bonne —_; he is a good customer. _Donner — à un vaisseau_; (nav.) to admit a vessel to pratique. _Cet avoué entend bien la —_; that attorney is well versed in the practice of the law. _Terme de —_; law-term. _Obtenir_, or _recevoir_, _—_; (nav.) to take pratique.

=pratique=, _adj._, pertaining to practice, practical, experienced. _Être — d’un lieu_; (nav.) to be a good pilot for a place.

=pratiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, practically.

=pratiquer=, _v.a._, to practice, to exercise; to frequent, to converse with, to keep company with; to tamper with, to suborn, to bribe, to obtain, to procure; (arch.) to contrive, to let in. _— la médecine_; to practice as a doctor. _Se garder de — les méchants_; to avoid associating with the wicked. _— un chemin_; to open a road. _— un trou_; to make, to contrive, to let in, a hole. _— des intelligences_; to get intelligence. _— des témoins_; to suborn witnesses.

_se_ =pratiquer=, _v.r._, to be in use, to be practiced, to be customary, to open _or_ make for one’s self (a way). _Cela ne se pratique point_; that is not usual; such things are not done.

=pratiquer=, _v.n._, to practice, to exercise, to frequent, to associate with; to obtain, to open; to build, to contrive; to arrange; (nav.) to have free intercourse.

=pré=, _n.m._, meadow, small mead; paddock; ground (to fight a duel). _Se trouver sur le —_; to be upon the ground.

=préadamites=, _n.m.pl._, preadamites.

=préalable=, _adj._, preliminary; previous.

=préalable=, _n.m._, necessary preliminary; preliminary. _Au —_; previously, first of all.

=préalablement=, _adv._, previously, first.

=préambule=, _n.m._, preamble, preface. _Point de —_; no preface, please! go straight to the point.

=préau=, _n.m._, yard, paddock, green; close (of a cathedral); courtyard (of a convent _or_ prison).

=prébende=, _n.f._, prebend, prebendaryship.

=prébendé=, =-e=, _adj._, in possession of a prebend; prebendal.

=prébendier=, _n.m._, prebendary.

=précaire=, _adj._, _n.m._, precarious; uncertain; precarious tenure.

=précairement= (-kèr-mān), _adv._, precariously.

=précaution=, _n.f._, precaution; caution, care. _Prendre des —s auprès de quelqu’un_; to proceed warily with any one. _User de —_; to use caution.

=précautionner=, _v.a._, to warn, to caution.

_se_ =précautionner=, _v.r._, to be cautious, to guard against, to take precautions. _Se — contre la chaleur_; to guard against the heat.

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

=précédent=, =-e=, _adj._, precedent, former, preceding, previous.

=précédent=, _n.m._, something done _or_ said previously; precedent.

=précéder=, _v.a._, to precede, to go before, to go first; to have or take precedence (of). _Il était précédé par_, _il était précédé de_; he was preceded by.

=préceinte=, _n.f._, (nav.) wale, bend, rib-band. _— basse_, _première —_, _seconde —_; main wale. _Troisième et quatrième —_; channel-wale.

=précepte=, _n.m._, precept, rule.

=précepteur=, _n.m._, tutor, private tutor, preceptor, teacher, master.

=préceptoral=, =-e=, _adj._, preceptorial.

=préceptorat=, _n.m._, preceptorship, tutorship.

=précession=, _n.f._, (astron.) precession.

=prêche=, _n.m._, sermon (Protestant); Protestant church, meeting-house. _Quitter le —_; to cease to be a Protestant; to turn Catholic.

=prêcher=, _v.a._, to preach, to hold forth, to preach up, to extol, to praise, to keep telling, to repeat. _— la parole de Dieu_; to preach the word of God. _Ne — que malheur et misère_; to be always complaining of the hardness of the times. _— les fidèles_; to exhort the faithful. _— toujours la même chose_; to be always repeating the same thing. _— dans le désert_; to preach to empty benches; (fig.) to convince no one. _Chacun prêche pour son saint_; every one has an eye to his own interest, or looks after number one. _— ses exploits_; to extol, to boast, of one’s exploits.

=prêcher=, _v.n._, to preach. _— d’exemple_; to set the example, to practice what one preaches. _— sur la vendange_; to preach over one’s cups. _On a beau — à qui n’a cœur de bien faire_; to reprove a fool is but labor lost.

=prêcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam.) preacher, sermonizer. _Frère —_; Dominican friar.

=précieuse=, _n.f._, conceited woman; prude; euphuist.

=précieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, preciously, carefully; (paint.) very elaborately.

=précieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, precious, costly, valuable; affected, finical, precise, over-nice. _C’est un document des plus —_; it is a most valuable document. _Tableau d’un fini —_; picture of exquisite, or elaborate, finish.

=précieux=, _n.m._, affectation, affectedness; affected man.

=préciosité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) affectation, affectedness; euphuism.

=précipice=, _n.m._, precipice. _On l’a tiré du —_; he has been rescued from destruction.

☉=précipitable=, _adj._, (chem.) precipitable.

=précipitamment= (-ta-mān), _adv._, precipitately, hurriedly, rashly, precipitously, headlong.

=précipitant=, _n.m._, (chem.) precipitant.

=précipitation=, _n.f._, precipitation, haste, hurry; (chem.) precipitation.

=précipité=, =-e=, _part._, precipitated, hurled; precipitate; rash, hasty, sudden. _— de haut en bas_; hurled headlong from top to bottom. _Course —e_; hasty flight. _Marcher à pas —s_; to walk with hurried steps. _Départ —_; sudden departure.

=précipité=, _n.m._, (chem.) precipitate.

=précipiter=, _v.a._, to precipitate, to throw, to hurl, to dash down; to hurry on, to hasten; to plunge; (chem.) to precipitate. _— sa retraite_; to hasten one’s retreat. _— ses pas_; to quicken one’s steps.

_se_ =précipiter=, _v.r._, to precipitate one’s self; to rush forward, to dash forth; to spring forth, to dart, to hurl one’s self (down), to run. _Se — sur quelqu’un_; to rush upon any one.

=préciput=, _n.m._, preference legacy; jointure.

=précis=, _n.m._, summary, abstract, compendium, epitome.

=précis=, =-e=, _adj._, precise, distinct, exact, strict, formal, terse, concise, fixed, just. _Venir à l’heure —e_; to come exactly at the appointed time. _Prendre des mesures —es_; to take just _or_ strict measures.

=précisément=, _adv._, precisely, exactly, quite, just; just so.

=préciser=, _v.a._, to state precisely, to specify, to fix, to determine.

=précision=, _n.f._, precision, preciseness.

=précité=, _adj._, (jur.) above-mentioned, aforesaid.

=précoce=, _adj._, precocious, early, forward; premature. _Fruit —_; early fruit. _Un esprit —_; a precocious mind.

=précocité=, _n.f._, precociousness, precocity.

=précompte=, _n.m._, previous deduction.

=précompter= (-kon-té), _v.a._, to deduct beforehand _or_ previously.

=préconçu=, =-e=, _adj._, preconceived.

=préconisation=, _n.f._, preconization, commendation; praise.

=préconiser=, _v.a._, to extol, to cry up, to praise, to recommend; to preconize, to sanction the appointment of.

=préconnaissance=, _n.f._, foreknowledge.

=préconnaître=, _v.a._, to foreknow.

=précordial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) præcordial.

=précurseur=, _n.m._, forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald. _adj._, premonitory.

=prédécéder=, _v.n._, to die first, to predecease.

=prédécès=, _n.m._, predecease.

=prédécesseur=, _n.m._, predecessor.

=prédestinateur=, _n.m._, predestinator.

=prédestinatien= (-sî-in), _n.m._ and _adj._, predestinarian.

=prédestination=, _n.f._, predestination. _— à la grâce_; predestination to be saved.

=prédestiné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, one of the elect; elect, predestinated. _Avoir un visage de —_; to have a happy-looking face.

=prédestiner=, _v.a._, to predestinate, to foredoom.

=prédéterminant=, _adj._, (theol.) predetermining.

=prédétermination=, _n.f._, predetermination.

=prédéterminer=, _v.a._, to predetermine.

=prédial=, =-e=, _adj._, predial. _Des rentes —es_; ground-rents.

=prédicable=, _adj._, (log.) predicable.

=prédicament=, _n.m._, (log.) predicament.

=prédicant=, _n.m._, (b.s.) Protestant preacher.

=prédicat=, _n.m._, (log., gram.) predicate.

=prédicateur=, _n.m._, preacher, divine, teacher.

=prédication=, _n.f._, preaching.

=prédiction=, _n.f._, prediction, forecast.

=prédilection=, _n.f._, predilection, partiality, preference. _De —_; favorite.

=prédire=, _v.a._, to predict, to foretell, to forebode; to presage, to forecast.

=prédisposant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) predisposing.

=prédisposer=, _v.a._, (med.) to predispose.

=prédisposition=, _n.f._, (med.) predisposition, tendency.

=prédominance=, _n.f._, predominance, prevalence.

=prédominant=, _-e_, _adj._, predominant, prevalent, prevailing.

=prédominer=, _v.n._, to predominate, to prevail.

=prééminence=, _n.f._, pre-eminence.

=prééminent=, =-e=, _adj._, pre-eminent.

=préempter=, _v.a._, to preempt, to buy beforehand.

=préemption=, _n.f._, preemption.

=préétablir=, _v.a._, to preestablish.

=préexistant=, =-e=, _adj._, pre-existent, pre-existing.

=préexistence=, _n.f._, pre-existence.

=préexister=, _v.n._, to pre-exist.

=préface=, _n.f._, preface, preamble, exordium, introduction.

=préfectoral=, _adj._, pertaining, relating to a French prefect; prefectorial.

=préfecture=, _n.f._, prefectship, prefecture; prefect’s house, prefect’s offices. _— de police_; headquarters (of the police); Scotland yard.

=préférable=, _adj._, preferable.

=préférablement=, _adv._, preferably.

=préférence=, _n.f._, preference. _De —_; in preference.

=préférer=, _v.a._, to prefer, to choose.

=préfet=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) prefect; chief administrator of each department in France. _— des études_; vice-principal (of schools). _— de police_; chief commissioner of police. _— maritime_; naval commander-in-chief (of a district).

=préfète=, _n.f._, “préfet’s” wife.

=préfinir=, _v.a._, (jur.) to fix a term, _or_ a delay, to limit, to prearrange, to appoint.

=préfix= (-fiks), =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) prefixed, appointed.

=préfixe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) prefix; prefixed.

=préfixion=, _n.f._, (jur.) settled time, prefixion.

=préfloraison=, _n.f._, (bot.) prefloration.

=préfoliation=, _n.f._, (bot.) foliation, vernation.

☉=prégnation=, _n.f._, gestation (of animals).

=préhensible=, _adv._, prehensible.

=préhensile=, _adj._, prehensile.

=préhension=, _n.f._, prehension.

=préhistorique=, _adj._, pre-historic, pre-historical.

=préjudice=, _n.m._, prejudice, hurt, wrong, detriment, injury, loss, damage. _Il a obtenu cela à mon —_; he obtained that to my prejudice, _or_ to my detriment. _Cela vous portera —_; that will be detrimental to you. _Au — de_; to the detriment of. _Sans — de mes droits_; without prejudice to my claims.

=préjudiciable=, _adj._, prejudicial, detrimental, injurious, hurtful.

=préjudiciaux=, _adj.m.pl._ _Frais —_; (jur.) previous costs.

=préjudiciel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) interlocutory. _Question —le_; interlocutory question (to be decided previous to the principal action).

=préjudicier=, _v.n._, to prejudice, to do prejudice (to), to be prejudicial, to be detrimental (to), to hurt, to injure.

=préjugé=, _n.m._, presumption, appearance, prejudice; (jur.) precedent. _Exempt de —s_; free from prejudices. _Homme sans —_; unprejudiced man. _Se défaire de ses —s d’enfance_; to rid one’s self of one’s early prejudices. _Dissiper les —s_; to remove prejudices.

=préjuger=, _v.a._, to prejudge; to conjecture; to foresee, to guess (at); (jur.) to give an interlocutory judgment.

=prélart= _or_ =prélat=, _n.m._, (nav.) tarpaulin.

_se_ =prélasser=, _v.r._, to strut, to stalk (past), to parade, to make a great show; to loll, to lounge; to take one’s ease.

=prélat=, _n.m._, prelate; (nav.) _V._ =prélart=.

☉=prélation=, _n.f._, preference, prelation.

=prélature=, _n.f._, prelacy, episcopacy.

=prèle= _or_ =presle=, _n.f._, (bot.) horsetail, shave-grass.

=prélegs= (-lè), _n.m._, preference, legacy.

=préléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to give as a preference-legacy.

=prèler=, _v.a._, to rub with horsetail.

=prélèvement= (-lèv-mān), _n.m._, previous deduction, levying.

=prélever= (prél-vé), _v.a._, to deduct, to take off first, to levy. _Se —_; to be deducted previously, to be levied.

=préliminaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, preliminary.

=préliminairement=, _adv._, preliminarily.

=prélire=, _v.a._, (print.) to read a first time.

=prélude=, _n.m._, prelude.

=préluder=, _v.n._, to prelude, to flourish, to play a prelude. _— à une chose par une autre_; to make one thing a prelude to another.

=prématuré=, =-e=, _adj._, premature, untimely.

=prématurément=, _adv._, prematurely.

=prématurité=, _n.f._, prematureness, prematurity.

=préméditation=, _n.f._, premeditation, malice aforethought; (jur.) malice prepense. _Avec —_; designedly, willfully; with malice aforethought.

=prémédité=, =-e=, _part._, premeditated.

=préméditer=, _v.a._, to premeditate. _Se —_; to be premeditated.

=prémices=, _n.f.pl._, first-fruits; (fig) beginning.

=premi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, first; foremost; opening; premier; chief, principal; former, ancient, old, primitive, primeval; early prime; (of materials) raw. _Nos —s parents_; our first parents. _Les —s temps du monde_; the early ages of the world. _Au — abord_; at first view, _or_ sight. _— en date_; senior. _En — lieu_; in the first place. ☉_—-pris_; wretched-looking man. _Il a l’air d’un —-pris_; he looks wretched. _— venu_; first comer; no matter who. _—-né_ (_—s-—s_) first-born. _En —e_; in a first-class carriage. _Les —es_; first tier boxes _or_ dress-circle; first-class cabin _or_ saloon cabin. _Matière —e_; raw material. _Les —s vont devant_; first come, first served.

=premier=, _n.m._, former; first; first floor; chief, head, leader. _Jeune —_, _m._, _jeune —ère_, _f._, _V._ =jeune=. _Il demeure au —_; he lives on the first floor.

=premièrement= (-mièr-mān), _adv._, first, firstly, in the first place.

=prémisses=, _n.f.pl._, (log.) premises.

=prémonitoire=, _adj._, (med.) premonitory.

=prémontrés=, _n.m.pl._, Premonstrants, a regular order of canons of Prémontré in Picardy (France).

=prémotion=, _n.f._, (theol.) premotion.

=prémunir=, _v.a._, to forewarn, to caution, to provide; to fortify, _or_ secure, beforehand.

_se_ =prémunir=, _v.r._, to provide, to be provided; to strengthen, to fortify one’s self (against). _Se — contre le froid_; to fortify one’s self against the cold.

=prenable=, _adj._, to be taken, pregnable; seizable; expugnable; corruptible.

=prenant=, =-e=, _adj._, receiving (of a person); having to receive money; prehensile. _Queue —e_; prehensile tail. _Partie —e_; payee.

=prendre= (prenant, pris), _v.a._, to take; to take up; to lay hold of; to seize; to accept; to apprehend; to fetch; to assume; to contract; to pick out; to snatch; to catch (a cold); to take root; to freeze (of rivers, etc.); to turn, to curdle (of milk); to ignite, to begin to burn; to act, to succeed; to imbibe; to call for (any one); to attack (of diseases); to collect (votes); to contract (diseases, engagements); to help one’s self to. _— garde_; to take heed. _— parti pour quelqu’un_; to take any one’s part, to side with any one. _— feu_; to take _or_ catch fire. _— son parti_; to make up one’s mind. _— les armes_; to take up arms. _— une ville d’assaut_; to take a town by storm. _— médecine_; to take physic. _— du tabac_; to take snuff. _— congé de quelqu’un_; to take leave of any one. _— la rue à droite_; to take the street on the right. _— le plus court_; to go the shortest way. _— les devants_; to go on before. _— bien son temps_; to hit the time well, to choose the right moment. _— naissance_; to take its rise (of things). _— fait et cause pour quelqu’un_; to take any one’s part, to undertake any one’s defense, to side with any one. _— quelqu’un sur le fait_; to catch any one in the act. _— exemple sur quelqu’un_; to model one’s self on any one. _— avis de quelqu’un_; to take any one’s advice. _— les avis_; to collect the votes. _— intérêt_, _— part à_; to take part in, to be a party to, to be concerned in, to be a partaker of, to be interested in. _— l’air_; to take an airing. _— bien le sens d’un auteur_; to catch an author’s meaning. _Vous prenez mal mes paroles_; you misconstrue my words. _— une chose en bonne part_; to take a thing well, in good part. _— les choses de travers_; to take things amiss, the wrong way. _— bien_, or _mal_, _une affaire_; to go the right, _or_ the wrong, way to work in anything. _— sur son sommeil_; to encroach upon one’s sleep. _— les choses comme elles viennent_; to take things as they come. _— l’occasion aux cheveux_; to take time by the forelock. _— pour dit_; to take for granted. _À tout —_; upon the whole, in the main. _— le chemin de l’hôpital_; to be on the high road to ruin. _Ne savoir pas — quelqu’un_; not to know how to deal with any one. _Il en a pris sa bonne part_; he has had his fair share of it. _Il m’a pris en amitié_; he has taken a liking to me. _Je vous y prends_; now I have caught you (at it). _Ça ne prend pas_; (fam.) that’s no go; it doesn’t catch on. _Si la curiosité me prend d’y aller_; if curiosity prompts, _or_ impels, me to go there. _L’envie lui prit d’y aller_; he took a sudden fancy to go (there). _Il prend beaucoup sur lui_; he assumes much, he takes much upon himself. _Cela prend forme_; that is beginning to take shape. _Je sors d’en —_; (fam.) I’d rather be excused; I have just had one (_i.e._, a drink), _or_ just bought some (of things). _Qu’est-ce qui vous prend?_ what’s up now? _C’est autant de pris sur l’ennemi_; it is so much snatched from the fire. _Ce qui est bon à — est bon à rendre_; what is worth taking is worth keeping. _Bien lui en prit_; it was lucky for him he did. _— terre_; (nav.) to land. _— le vent_; (nav.) to sail near the wind. _— le large_; (nav.) to stand out to sea, to cross the bar.

_se_ =prendre=, _v.r._, to be taken, to be caught; to catch, to cling; to freeze, to congeal (of liquids); to begin; to go to work. _Le sirop se prendra bientôt_; the syrup will soon coagulate, _or_ set. _Se — à pleurer_; to begin to cry. _Se bien — à une chose_; to go the right way to work. _De la manière dont il s’y prend_; by the way he goes to work. _Se — d’amitié pour quelqu’un_; to take a liking to any one. _Se — de paroles avec quelqu’un_; to have high words with any one. _S’en — à_; to blame, to lay the blame on. _S’en — à quelqu’un_; to lay the blame at any one’s door. _Se — de vin_; to get tipsy. _Prenez-vous en à vous-même_; you have only yourself to thank for it.

=prendre=, _v.n._, to take, to turn; to take root; to congeal, to freeze; to succeed; to burn up, to begin to burn; to curdle (of milk). _Il lui en prendra mal_; it will be the worse for him. _Il lui prit une fièvre_; he was attacked by fever. _La Seine a pris cet hiver là_; the Seine was frozen over that winter.

=prendre=, _n.m._, act of taking. _Au fait et au —_; at the scratch, when it comes to the scratch.

=preneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, taker; lessee; (of animals) catcher; (com.) purchaser, buyer.

=preneur=, _adj.m._, catching, capturing; (nav.) that takes a prize.

=prénom= (-non), _n.m._, Christian name; prenomen.

=prénommé=, =-e=, _adj.part._, above-named, aforesaid.

=prénommer=, _v.a._, to prenominate, to forename.

=prénotion=, _n.f._, prenotion, surmise, conjecture.

=préoccupation=, _n.f._, preoccupation, prepossession of the mind; thought; anxiety; prejudice.

=préoccupé=, =-e=, _part._, preoccupied, absorbed; prejudiced, biased; thoughtful, anxious.

=préoccuper=, _v.a._, to engross, to engage, to preoccupy the mind, to prepossess, to prejudice, to bias; to absorb, to trouble.

=préopinant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, previous speaker; last speaker.

=préopiner=, _v.n._, to vote before another, to express one’s opinion first.

=préordination=, _n.f._, preordination.

=préordonner=, _v.a._, to preordain, to predetermine.

=préparant=, _adj._, (anat.) spermatic. _Vaisseaux —s_; spermatic duct.

=préparateur=, _n.m._, preparer, dresser; assistant; private tutor, crammer.

=préparatif=, _n.m._, preparation. _—s de guerre_, _de voyage_; war preparations, preparations for a journey.

=préparation=, _n.f._, preparation. _— chimique_; chemical preparation. _Sans —_; extempore.

=préparatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, preparative, preliminary, preparatory.

=préparer=, _v.a._, to prepare, to dispose, to fit; to provide; to make ready; to dress; (agri.) to till; (fig.) to break (news) to. _— les voies à quelqu’un_; to pave the way for any one.

_se_ =préparer=, _v.r._, to prepare for one’s self, to prépare one’s self, to get ready. _Se — pour un voyage_; to get ready for a journey. _Se — au combat_; to prepare for battle. _Préparez-vous à le recevoir_; prepare to meet him. _Voilà un orage qui se prépare_; there is a storm brewing.

=prépondérance=, _n.f._, preponderance, sway.

=prépondérant=, =-e=, _adj._, preponderant, prevailing; convincing. _Voix —e_; casting-vote.

=préposé=, _n.m._, custom, _or_ excise, officer; overseer, superintendent.

=préposer=, _v.a._, to set (over), to charge (with), to intrust (to); to appoint, to commit; to put forward, to set up; to depute.

=prépositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) prepositive.

=préposition=, _n.f._, (gram.) preposition.

=prépuce=, _n.m._, prepuce, foreskin.

=prérogative=, _n.f._, prerogative, privilege; attribute.

=près=, _prep._, by, near, nigh, close to, hard by, nearly; almost, about; on the point; in comparison. _S’asseoir — de quelqu’un_; to sit by any one. _Il demeure ici —_; he lives close by. _De —_; close, near; closely, intimately. _Combattre de —_; to fight hand to hand. _Suivre de —_; to follow on the heels of. _À cela —_; save that, with that exception; nevertheless, for all that. _A beaucoup —_; by a great deal, nothing near. _Tout —_; very near. _À peu —_; pretty near, nearly so, thereabouts. _À peu de chose —_; within a trifle. _Au plus —_; to the nearest place; (nav.) close to the wind. _De — et de loin_; far and nigh.

=présage=, _n.m._, presage, omen, foreboding. _Un oiseau de sinistre —_; a bird of evil omen.

=présager=, _v.a._, to presage, to forebode, to portend, to conjecture.

_se_ =présager=, _v.r._, to be foreboded, to be presaged.

=pré-salé=, _n.m._,(_—s-—s_) salt-marsh-fed (mutton).

=presbyopie=, _n.f._, (opt.) presbyopy, presbyopia, far-sightedness, long sight.

=presbyte=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, presbyte; far-sighted person; presbyopic; long-sighted. _Vue —_; long sight.

=presbytéral=, =-e=, _adj._, priestly. _Maison —e_; parsonage, vicarage.

=presbytéranisme=, _n.m._ _V._ =presbytérianisme=.

=presbytère=, _n.m._, parsonage, parsonage-house, vicarage; ☉presbytery.

=presbytérianisme=, _n.m._, presbyterianism.

=presbytérien=, =-ne= (-ri-in, -ri-èn), _n._ and _adj._, presbyterian.

=presbytie= (-ci), _n.f._, (opt.) presbyopy, far- _or_ long-sightedness, presbyopia.

=prescience=, _n.f._, prescience, foreknowledge, foresight.

=prescriptible=, _adj._, prescriptible.

=prescription=, _n.f._, (jur.) limitation; prescription, precept. _Interruption de la —_; (jur.) bar to a limitation. _Etabli par —_; prescriptive. _Se perdre par —_; (jur.) to be lost by limitation. _—s médicales_; medical prescriptions.

=prescrire=, _v.a._, to prescribe, to direct, to order, to enjoin, to set; (jur.) to bar. _— des lois_; to prescribe laws. _— un régime_; to prescribe a diet.

_se_ =prescrire=, _v.r._, to prescribe to one’s self, to be prescribed; (jur.) to be lost by limitation.

=prescrire=, _v.n._, to bar by limitation.

=préséance= (pré-séans), _n.f._, precedence. _Avoir la — sur_; to take precedence of.

=présence=, _n.f._, presence, attendance, sight, view. _Faire acte de —_; to put in an appearance. _Mettre en —_; to bring face to face. _En — de_; in presence of, in view of. _En ma —_; before me. _Deux armées en —_; two armies facing each other. _— d’esprit_; presence of mind.

=présent=, _n.m._, present, present time; present, gift; (gram.) present, present tense. _Donner en —_; to give as a present. _Faire — de_; to make a present of. _Dès à —_; from this time. _À —_; at present. _Pour le —_; for the present, for the nonce. _Jusqu’à —_; till now.

=présent=, =-e=, _adj._, present! here! _Être —_; to be present, to stand by.

=présentable=, _adj._, presentable, fit to be seen.

=présentat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, presenter (to benefices); introducer.

=présentation=, _n.f._, presentation, presentment, introduction. _À —_; (com.) on presentation, on demand. _En retard de —_; (com.) overdue.

=présente=, _n.f._, present letter. _pl._, (jur.) presents.

=présentement= (-zant-mān), _adv._, now, at present.

=présenter=, _v.a._, to present, to offer, to hold out, to show, to turn, to expose, to bring forward, to introduce. _— ses lettres de créance_; to present one’s credentials. _— les armes_; to present arms. _— une personne à une autre_; to introduce one person to another. _— à quelqu’un ses respects_; to pay one’s respects to any one.

_se_ =présenter=, _v.r._, to present one’s self, to appear, to come forward, to offer one’s self, to offer itself; to occur. _Il s’est présenté à moi_; he presented himself before me. _Cet homme se présente bien_; that man has a good address. _La chose se présente bien_; the thing looks well, _or_ promises well. _Il se présenta une difficulté_; a difficulty occurred, or arose.

=présenter=, _v.n._, (nav.) to stem. _— au vent_; to head to the wind.

=présenteur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) presenter.

=préservat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, preservative. _n.m._ and _f._, preserver.

=préservati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preservative.

=préservatif=, _n.m._, preservative.

=préservation=, _n.f._, preservation.

=préserver=, _v.a._, to preserve, to defend, to keep. _Le ciel m’en préserve!_ heaven forbid!

_se_ =préserver=, _v.r._, to preserve one’s self, to guard against, to keep off. _Se — d’une maladie_; to stall off a disease.

=présidence=, _n.f._, presidency, chairmanship.

=président=, _n.m._, president, chairman; presiding judge; speaker (of the House of Commons). _— d’âge_; president by seniority.

=présidente=, _n.f._, lady president; president’s wife.

=présider=, _v.a._, to preside, to preside (over), to be president (of), to be chairman (of). _— une réunion_; to preside over a meeting.

=présider=, _v.n._, to preside, to be president _or_ chairman; to be in the chair; to direct. _— à une assemblée_; to preside over an assembly. _— à la direction d’un ouvrage_; to have the management of a work.

=présides=, _n.m.pl._, Spanish penal colonies.

=présompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, presumptive, apparent, presumed (of heirs). _Héritier —_; heir-apparent.

=présomption=, _n.f._, presumption, presumptuousness, self-conceit.

=présomptueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, presumptuously.

=présomptueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, _n._, presumptuous, presuming, self-conceited. _Jeune —!_ presumptuous youth!

=presque=, _adv._, almost, nearly, all but. _Un ouvrage — achevé_; a work nearly finished. _Je ne l’ai — pas vu_; I scarcely saw him at all. _— jamais_; hardly ever. _— plus de_; scarcely any left. _— rien_; hardly anything.

=presqu’île=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) peninsula.

☉=presqu’ombre=, _n.f._ _V._ =pénombre=.

=pressage=, _n.m._, pressing.

=pressamment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, pressingly, earnestly, urgently.

=pressant=, =-e=, _adj._, pressing, urgent, earnest, importunate, vigorous; acute (of pain).

=presse=, _n.f._, press (newspapers, machine); printing-press, haste, hurry; pressure, crowd, throng; impress (forcing men into the service); press-gang; urgency; (bot.) a clingstone peach. _— à copier_; copying-machine. _— d’imprimerie_; printing-press. _— à satiner_; hot-press, cold-press. _Fendre la —_; to force one’s way through the crowd. _Cet ouvrage est sous —_; this work is in the press. _Mettre sous —_; to send to press, to go to press. _Il n’y a pas de —_; there’s no hurry. _Il n’y a pas —_; there’s no crowd.

=pressé=, =-e=, _adj._, in haste, in a hurry; urgent, immediate; eager, anxious, very busy; close, serried, thick; condensed, brief, concise. _Vous êtes bien —_; you are in a great hurry. _Cela n’est pas —_; there’s no hurry for that. _Je suis très —_; I am very busy.

=pressée=, _n.f._, pressful; pressing, pressure.

=pressement=, _n.m._, pressing, compression.

=pressément=, _adv._, (l.u.) hurriedly, hastily.

=pressentiment=, _n.m._, presentiment, misgiving, foreboding.

=pressentir=, _v.a._, to have a presentiment of; to foresee, to anticipate; to ascertain the intentions of; to sound. _— quelqu’un_; to sound any one. _Il faut le —_; we must sound him. _Se —_; to be foreseen.

=presse-papiers=, _n.m._, (_—_) paper-weight.

=presser=, _v.a._, to press, to squeeze, to clasp; to pull (trigger); to crowd, to throng; to hasten, to hurry; to urge, to be pressing with, to importune; to be hard upon; to exaggerate; to impress (sailors). _— une éponge_; to squeeze a sponge. _On pressa si fort les ennemis_; they pressed so hard upon the enemy. _— vivement un siège_; to carry on a siege vigorously. _— une entreprise_; to push an enterprise with vigor. _Il pressa son départ_; he hastened his departure. _— la détente_; to pull the trigger.

_se_ =presser=, _v.r._, to press, to press close, to squeeze; to crowd; to be in a hurry, to make haste, to hurry. _Se — de faire une chose_; to make haste to do a thing. _Pressons-nous_; let us make haste.

=presser=, _v.n._, to be urgent; to be acute (of pain). _Rien ne presse_, or _il n’y a rien qui presse_; there is no hurry.

=presseur=, _n.m._, presser.

=pressier=, _n.m._, (print.) pressman.

=pression=, _n.f._, pressure, pressing. _Machine à vapeur à haute —_, _à moyenne —_, _à basse —_; steam-engine of high pressure, of mean pressure, of low pressure.

=pressis=, _n.m._, (l.u.) gravy, juice.

=pressoir=, _n.m._, press; press-room; wine-press, cider-press; press-house.

=pressurage=, _n.m._, (of fruit) pressing.

=pressurer=, _v.a._, to press (grapes or apples); to squeeze; to grind down, to oppress. _— une orange_; to squeeze an orange. _— la bourse de quelqu’un_; to drain any one’s purse. _Il ne songe qu’à vous —_; his only thought is to drain you of money.

=pressureur=, _n.m._, presser (of fruit).

=prestance=, _n.f._, commanding appearance, bearing, carriage, deportment; good presence.

=prestant=, _n.m._, diapason (of an organ).

=prestation=, _n.f._, taking (of an oath); prestation (payment in kind).

=preste=, _adj._, agile, nimble, quick, smart, sharp. _C’est un homme — et habile_; he is a clever, smart fellow.

=preste=, _adv._, presto, quick, sharp.

=prestement=, _adv._, nimbly, quickly.

=prestesse=, _adv._, agility, quickness, nimbleness.

=prestidigitateur=, _n.m._, conjurer, juggler.

=prestidigitation=, _n.f._, jugglery, legerdemain.

=prestige=, _n.m._, enchantment, fascination; deception, illusion; magic spell; prestige.

=prestigieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, enchanting, bewitching, illusive.

=prestimonie=, _n.f._, (canon law) prestimony.

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

=prestolet=, _n.m._, priestling.

=présumable=, _adj._, presumable, supposable.

=présumé=, _part._ _adj._, presumed, supposed, conjectured, reputed.

=présumer=, _v.a._, to presume, to conjecture, to suppose. _— trop de quelqu’un_; to presume too much upon any one. _— trop de soi_; to be too assuming. _Il est à —_; it is to be supposed.

=présupposer= (-su-pô-zé), _v.a._, to presuppose.

=présupposition=, _n.m._, presupposition.

=présure=, _n.f._, rennet (for curdling milk).

=prêt=, _n.m._, loan; (milit.) advance-pay.

=prêt=, =-e=, _adj._, ready, in readiness, prepared, willing. _Tenir —_; to keep ready. _Tenez-vous — à partir_; be ready to start.

=prêtable=, _adj._, lendable.

=pretantaine=, _n.f._ _Courir la —_; to gad about.

=prêté=, =-e=, _part._, lent.

=prêté=, _n.m._, (l.u.) thing lent. _C’est un — rendu_; it is but tit for tat.

=prétendant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, claimant, candidate; suitor, wooer; pretender (to the throne).

=prétendre=, _v.a._, to claim, to lay claim to, to pretend to. _Que prétendent ces misérables?_ what do these wretches lay claim to, _or_ mean?

=prétendre=, _v.n._, to lay claim to; to pretend, to mean; to maintain. _Je prétends que mon droit est incontestable_; I maintain that my claim is incontestable. _Je prétends vous traiter comme mon propre fils_ (Racine); I mean (intend) to treat you as my own son.

=prétendu=, =-e=, _adj._, pretended, feigned, sham, so-called; said to be, would be. _C’est un — bel esprit_; he is a would-be wit.

=prétendu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, intended, future husband, future wife. _Voilà mon —_; that is my intended.

=prête-nom=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) one that lends his name to another; dummy.

=pretentaine=, _n.f._ _V._ =pretantaine=.

=prétentieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, assuming, pretentious, affected, stilted (of style).

=prétention=, _n.f._, pretension, claim, intention, wish, expectation. _Venir à bout de ses —s_; to make good one’s claims. _Sa — est mal fondée_; his demand is groundless. _Il a des —s à l’esprit_; he thinks he is, _or_ claims to be, witty. _C’est un homme sans —s_; he is a man of no pretensions. _Se désister d’une —_; to relinquish a claim.

=prêter=, _v.a._, to lend, to impart, to give rise to, to attribute, to ascribe, to father; to take (oath). _— de l’argent à intérêt_; to lend money on interest. _— secours_; to lend a helping hand. _— main-forte à quelqu’un_; to assist any one, to come to any one’s assistance. _— l’oreille_; to give ear (to), to listen. _— serment_; to take the oath. _— foi et hommage_; to take an oath of allegiance. _— le collet à quelqu’un_; to try one’s strength with any one. _— le flanc_; to expose one’s self. _— à la petite semaine_; to make short loans at a high rate of interest.

_se_ =prêter=, _v.r._, to give way (to); to lend one’s self, _or_ itself (to); to indulge; to humor; to countenance, to favor.