Chapter M (14)

=raisonnement= (rè-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, reasoning; argument, ratiocination, answer. _Faire des —s à perte de vue_; to reason vaguely, to wander from the point. _Point de —s_; no answers; none of your answers.

=raisonner=, _v.n._, to reason, to argue, to discourse; to answer; to murmur; (nav.) to lie to, (in order to be searched). _— faux_ or _— à faux_; to reason falsely. _Faire — un vaisseau_; (nav.) to compel a ship to speak another. _V._ =arraisonner=.

=raisonner=, _v.a._, to reason, to apply one’s reason to; to examine, to study, to consider; (nav.) to bring to and search.

_se_ =raisonner=, _v.r._, to reason with one’s self; (of things) to be discussed, to be considered.

=raisonneu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, reasoner, arguer; logician; impertinent answerer; impertinent, insolent; answering when reprimanded. _Faire le —_; to argue, to answer, to grumble.

=rajah= _or_ =raja=, _n.m._, raja, rajah.

=rajeunir=, _v.a._, to make young; to make look younger, to give a young look; to restore to youth; to revive, to renew, to modernize, to prune, to lop (trees). _— des meubles_; to renew furniture.

_se_ =rajeunir=, _v.r._, to make one’s self look younger.

=rajeunir=, _v.n._, to grow young again, to be restored to youth; to look young again.

=rajeunissant=, =-e=, _adj._, giving a youthful appearance to.

=rajeunissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, growing young again, making young again; rejuvenescence, restoration to youth; renewal, renovation.

=rajouter=, _v.a._, to add again _or_ more.

=rajustement=, _n.m._, readjustment; putting _or_ setting in order, repairing; (fig.) reconciliation.

=rajuster=, _v.a._, to readjust, to put to rights, to put _or_ set in order again; to settle; to reconcile. _— un habit_; to arrange a coat. _On les a rajustés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =rajuster=, _v.r._, to readjust one’s self, _or_ one’s dress; to become reconciled.

=râlant=, =-e=, _adj._, in death’s throes; dying.

=râle=, _n.m._, (orni.) rail. _— de genêts_; land-rail.

=râle=, _n.m._, rattling in the throat. _— de la mort_; death-rattle.

=râlement= (râl-mān), _n.m._, rattling in the throat, death-rattle.

=ralentir=, _v.a._, to abate, to slacken; to lessen, to diminish, to moderate, to mitigate. _— sa course_; to slacken one’s pace.

_se_ =ralentir=, _v.r._, to slacken; to abate, to relax, to diminish; to grow remiss, to flag, to cool.

=ralentissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, slackening, relenting, abatement, flagging, cooling.

=râler=, _v.n._, to have the death-rattle; to be in the throes of death.

=ralingue= (-lin-g), _n.f._, (nav.) bolt-rope (of a sail). _— de fond_; foot-rope. _— de chute_; leech-rope. _— de têtière_; head-rope. _Mettre une voile en —_; to let fly the sheets of a sail. _Mets en —!_ let the sails shiver in the wind!

=ralinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to sew the bolt-ropes to. _— une voile_; to sew the bolt-ropes to a sail.

=ralinguer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to let fly the sheets of a sail (loose to the wind); to fly loose to the wind (of sails); to shiver.

=ralliement= (-li-mān), _n.m._, rallying, rally. _Mot de —_; rallying-word or cry; countersign. _Signe de —_; rallying sign. _Point de —_; rallying-place.

=rallier=, _v.a._, to rally, to join, to get near. _— le navire au vent_; (nav.) to haul to the wind again; to bring the ship into the wind.

_se_ =rallier=, _v.r._, to rally, to join forces.

=rallonge=, _n.f._, lengthening piece. _— d’une table_; leaf of a table.

=rallongement= (ra-lonj-mān), _n.m._, lengthening.

=rallonger=, _v.a._, to make longer, to lengthen.

=rallumer=, _v.a._, to relight, to light again; to rekindle, to kindle again, to light up anew, to revive.

_se_ =rallumer=, _v.r._, to light again; to burst, to break out again; to rekindle.

=ramadan= _or_ =ramazan=, _n.m._, (Mahometan religion) Ramadan (feast of).

=ramadouer=, _v.a._ _V._ =amadouer=.

=ramage=, _n.m._, flowers (on stuffs); flowering; singing, chirping, warbling (of birds); prattle, prattling; (of peas) sticking.

=ramagé=, =-e=, _adj._, flowered (of stuffs).

=ramager=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to warble (of birds).

=ramaigrir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to make lean, _or_ thin, again; to grow thin again.

=ramaigrissement=, _n.m._, emaciation, leanness.

*=ramaillage=, _n.m._, scraping off the hair (of skins).

*=ramailler=, _v.a._, to scrape off the hair of skins (before they are shamoyed).

=ramaire=, _adj._, (bot.) rameous.

=ramas=, _n.m._, collection, heap; set, troop, lot, omnium-gatherum, scrapings, rakings, sweepings. _Un — de bandits_; (fam.) a set of robbers.

=ramasse=, _n.f._, sledge (used on mountains).

=ramassé=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-set; squat; huddled up, gathered up; compact; (bot.) clustered. _Corps —_; thick-set body. _Taille —e_; squat figure.

=ramasser=, _n.m._, (l.u.) picking up. _Cela ne vaut pas le —_; (prov., fam.) that is not worth picking up, _or_ (fig.) not worth troubling about.

=ramasser=, _v.a._, to collect, to gather, to get together, to rake together; to assemble; to pick up, to take up; (pop.) to belabor; to draw in (a mountain sledge). _— toutes ses forces_; to muster all one’s troops.

_se_ =ramasser=, _v.r._, to assemble, to gather together; to be assembled; to roll itself up (animal); to pick one’s self up, to get up again, to be huddled up; to gather up one’s limbs.

=ramasseur=, _n.m._, gatherer, collector; mountain sledge-driver.

=ramassis=, _n.m._ _V._ =ramas=.

=ramazan=, _n.m._ _V._ =ramadan=.

=rambour=, _n.m._, a kind of apple.

=rame=, _n.f._, oar; ream (of paper); (hort.) stick, prop; stick (for peas); (manu.) tenter-frame. _Être_, or _tirer_, _à la —_; to tug at the oar; to work hard. _Mettre un livre à la —_; to sell a book for waste-paper. _À la —_; rowing. _Aller à la —_; to row.

=ramé=, =-e=, _adj._, branched (of peas), propped (of plants); bar, double-head (of shot); (hunt.) (of a young stag) horned. _Balles —es_; double shot. _Boulets —s_; bar-shot.

=rameau=, _n.m._, bough, branch (of a tree); branch, subdivision; (anat.) branch. _Le dimanche_, _le jour_, _des —x_; Palm-Sunday.

=ramée=, _n.f._, green boughs, green arbor, branches with their leaves, bower, cover.

=ramenable=, _adj._, reclaimable.

=ramendable=, _adj._, (tech.) mendable.

=ramendage=, _n.m._, (tech.) mending (gilt).

=ramender=, _v.a._, to lower the price of provisions (pop.); (agri.) to manure again; to mend (gilding); to dye again.

=ramender=, _v.n._, (pop.) to fall in price (of provisions).

=ramener=, _v.a._, to bring again; to bring back; to throw again (dice); to retrieve; to restore to health; to reclaim; (man.) to lower its head; to recall; to pacify, to bring over. _— une vieille mode_; to revive an old fashion. _— quelqu’un à son devoir_; to bring any one back to his duty. _— à la maison_; to bring home.

_se_ =ramener=, _v.r._, (man.) to carry its head. _Se — bien_; to carry its head well.

=ramequin= (ram-kīn), _n.m._, (cook.) ramekin, cheese-cake.

=ramer=, _v.n._, to row, to pull; (tech.) to tenter; to tug at the oar; to work hard.

=ramer=, _v.a._, to stick peas; to prop plants.

_se_ =ramer=, _v.r._, to be propped.

=ramereau= (ra-mrô), _n.m._, young ringdove.

=ramette=, _n.f._, (print.) job-case, packet (of note paper).

=rameur=, _n.m._, rower, oarsman.

=rameu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, branching, branchy, ramous. _Tige —se_; branchy stalk.

=ramier=, _n.m._, ringdove, wood-pigeon.

=ramière=, _n.f._, row, _or_ bower, of trees _or_ shrubs.

=ramification=, _n.f._, ramification, branch.

_se_ =ramifier=, _v.r._, to ramify, to separate into branches, to branch out, to extend.

*=ramilles=, _n.f.pl._, twigs; chatwood.

=raminagrobis=, _n.m._, grimalkin.

=ramingue= (ra-mīn-gh), _adj._, (man.) restive; jibbing.

=ramoitir=, _v.a._, to moisten, to make damp.

_se_ =ramoitir=, _v.r._, to become damp.

=ramollir=, _v.a._, to soften, to make soft; (fig.) to enervate. _— les cuirs_, to soak the hides.

_se_ =ramollir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow soft; (fig.) to relent.

=ramollissant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) softening, emollient.

=ramollissant=, _n.m._, (med.) emollient.

=ramollissement= (-lis-mān), _n.m._, softening. _— du cerveau_; softening of the brain.

=ramon=, _n.m._, garden-broom, besom; sweep’s apparatus.

=ramonage=, _n.m._, sweeping (of a chimney).

=ramoner=, _v.a._, to sweep (a chimney).

=ramoneur=, _n.m._, chimney-sweeper, sweep.

=rampant=, =-e=, _adj._, creeping, crawling; (fig.) cringing, crouching, servile; (her.) rampant. _Lierre —_; creeping-ivy.

=rampant=, _n.m._, (arch.) coping.

=rampe=, _n.f._, flight of stairs; stairs; handrail, baluster; slope, incline, gradient; (fig.) stage; (thea.) foot-lamps, foot-lights; (engineering) inclined plane.

=rampement= (rānp-mān), _n.m._, creeping, crawling (reptiles).

=ramper=, _v.n._, to creep, to crawl; (fig.) to crouch, to cringe, to truckle, to grovel. _Son style rampe_; his style is low, flat, prosy.

=rampin=, _adj.m._ _V._ =pinçard=.

=rampiste=, _n.m._, baluster-maker.

=ramure=, _n.f._, branches, boughs, antlers (of a stag).

=rancart=, _n.m._, (fam.) refuse, waste. _Mettre au —_; to throw aside, to cast off, to lay aside, to do away with; (fig.) to put on the shelf.

=rance=, _adj._, rancid, rank, rusty.

=rance=, _n.m._, rancidness. _Sentir le —_; to smell rancid.

=rancette=, _n.f._, sheet-iron (for stove pipes).

=ranche=, _n.f._, round of a rack-ladder; rack (of a crane); peg.

=rancher=, _n.m._, rack-ladder; roost-ladder.

=ranci=, =-e=, _adj._, grown rancid; rank.

=rancidité= _or_ =rancissure=, _n.f._, rancidness, rancidity.

_se_ =rancir=, _v.r._, to grow rancid.

=rancissure=, _n.f._ _V._ =rancidité=.

=rançon=, _n.f._, ransom. _Mettre à —_; to demand, or exact, ransom of.

=rançonnement= (-so-n-mān), _n.m._, ransoming, exaction, extortion.

=rançonner=, _v.a._, to ransom; to set a ransom upon; to levy contributions, to tax; (fig.) to impose upon; to fleece.

=rançonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam. l.u.) extortioner.

=rancune=, _n.f._, rancor, spite, grudge, ill-feeling, malice. _Vieille —_; old grudge. _Il lui garde —_; he owes him a grudge. _Sans —_; without ill-feeling.

=rancuni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, rancorous, spiteful.

=randonnée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) round, circuit, doubling (of game); ☉(fig.) long walk.

=rang= (ran), _n.m._, row, line, range; rank (degree, station); order; class; rate (of ships); (print.) frame; (nav.) tier (of cables); tier (of boxes in theaters). _Dernier —_; lowest rank. _Au même —_; in the same row. _À son —_; in one’s turn. _De premier —_; first rate. _Occuper un — élevé_; to rank high. _Tenir un —_; to hold a rank, to make a figure. _Se mettre sur les —s_; to enter the lists, to come forward (as a candidate); to put up (for); to stand (for). _Être sur les —s_; to be a candidate (for). _Il aspire au premier —_; he aspires to the first place. _Mettre au — de ses amis_; to reckon amongst one’s friends. _Tel qui brille au second — s’éclipse au premier_; a good subordinate often makes a bad leader. _En — d’oignon_; (prov.) in a row. _V._ =oignon=.

=rangé=, =-e=, _part._, steady; pitched (of battles). _Bataille —e_; pitched battle. _En bataille —e_; in a pitched battle. _Un homme —_; a steady man.

=rangée=, _n.f._, row, range, file, line, tier, set.

=rangement=, _n.m._, arranging, putting in order, binning (wine).

=ranger=, _v.a._, to range, to put in ranks, to arrange; to put, to set, in order; to set to rights; to subdue, to subject; to rank; to reckon; to keep back; to put out of the way; to bin (wine); (nav.) to sail close to; (milit.) to draw up (soldiers). _— des gens deux à deux_; to place people in double file. _— des livres_; to set books in order. _— une armée en bataille_; to draw up an army in battle array. _Les gardes firent — le peuple_; the guards kept the people back. _Rangez cette table_; put that table back, out of the way. _— la terre_, _la côte_; (nav.) to hug the shore. _— le vent_; (nav.) to haul close to the wind.

_se_ =ranger=, _v.r._, to make room, to make way (for), to draw back, to step aside, to stand aside, to clear the way, to get out of the way; to reform, to take to regular habits; to draw up (of carriages, of troops); to fall in (of soldiers); to veer (of the wind). _Il se rangea dans un coin_; he drew aside into a corner. _Rangez-vous donc!_ make room, will you! _Les troupes se rangèrent en bataille_; the troops drew up in order of battle. _Se — à l’avis de quelqu’un_; to come over (to), or fall in (with), another’s opinion. _Se — du parti de quelqu’un_; to go over to a person’s side. _Il s’est rangé_; he has settled down (after sowing his wild oats). _Le vent se range à l’arrière_; (nav.) the wind is veering aft.

=rangette=, _n.f._, sheet-iron.

=rangeur=, _n.m._, binner (of wine).

=ranimer=, _v.a._, to restore, to revive, to animate; to reanimate; to stir up; to enliven; to cheer up. _— les couleurs d’un tableau_; to revive the colors of a picture. _Le printemps ranime toute la nature_; the spring revives all nature.

_se_ =ranimer=, _v.r._, to revive, to recover, to be restored to health; to brighten up, to be enlivened; to cheer up. _La nature se ranime_; nature revives.

=ranule= _or_ =grenouillette=, _n.f._, (med.) ranula.

=ranz=, _n.m._, ranz, air, tune. _— des vaches_; song of the Swiss neatherds.

=raout=, _n.m._, rout, party.

=rapace=, _adj._, rapacious; (metal.) wasting.

=rapace=, _n.m._, rapacious person; rapacious bird. _pl._, (orni.) birds of prey.

=rapacement=, _adv._, rapaciously.

=rapacité=, _n.f._, rapacity, rapaciousness.

=râpage=, _n.m._, rasping, grating.

=rapaisement=, _n.m._, reappeasement.

=rapaiser=, _v.a._, to pacify, to appease again.

=rapatelle=, _n.f._, horsehair cloth (for sieves).

=rapatriage=, _n.m._, reconciliation, reconcilement.

=rapatriement= (-trî-mān), _n.m._, repatriation, the sending back of shipwrecked sailors, etc., to their country (by consuls); return of troops from distant countries; recalling; (l.u.) reconciliation, reconcilement.

=rapatrier=, _v.a._, to repatriate, to send back, to recall; to reconcile, to set to rights, to make friends again. _On les a rapatriés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =rapatrier=, _v.r._, to return to one’s native country, to return home; to be reconciled; to be friends again, to make it up.

=râpe=, _n.f._, grater; rasp; stalk; stem of grapes, _V._ =rafle=. _pl._, (vet.) malanders, _V._ =malandre=.

=râpé=, _n.m._, rape-wine (fresh grapes put into a vessel of spoiled wine to improve it); rappee. _— de copeaux_; chips to clarify wine.

=râpé=, =-e=, _part._, (of clothes) shabby, threadbare, seedy, worn out. _Du tabac —_; rappee. _Un habit —_; a threadbare coat.

=râper=, _v.a._, to grate, to rasp. _Se —_; to be rasped; (fig.) to become threadbare, to be worn out.

=rapetassage=, _n.m._, patching, mending, cobbling.

=rapetasser= (rap-ta-sé), _v.a._, to patch, to patch up, to piece, to botch, to mend, to cobble.

=rapetasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, botcher, piecer, cobbler; (fig.) compiler, adapter.

=rapetissement=, _n.m._, shortening; (fig.) belittling.

=rapetisser= (rap-ti-sé), _v.a._, to belittle, to dwarf, to shorten, to make less, shorter, smaller.

_se_ =rapetisser=, _v.r._, to become little, to lessen, to shrink; to humble, _or_ lower, one’s self.

=rapetisser=, _v.n._, to become little, to lessen, to grow short, to shrink.

=râpette=, _n.f._, (bot.) goose-grass.

=rapide=, _adj._, rapid, swift, quick, fleet, fast; hasty, sudden. _À l’aile —_; swift-winged.

=rapide=, _n.m._, rapid. _Le —_; the fast, _or_ express, train.

=rapidement= (-pid-mān), _adv._, rapidly, swiftly, fleetly, lightly, fast; suddenly.

=rapidité=, _n.f._, rapidity, swiftness, fleetness; speed; suddenness; steepness.

=rapiéçage=, _n.m._, patching, piecing.

=rapiècement= (-piès-mān), _n.m._, piecing, patching, botching.

=rapiécer=, _v.a._, to piece, to botch, to patch, to mend.

=rapiécetage= (-piés-taj), _n.m._, piecing, patching; patchwork.

=rapiéceter= (-piés-té), _v.a._, to patch, to piece, to botch; to piece all over. _— des meubles_; to botch up furniture.

=rapiéceur=, _n.m._, patcher, mender.

=rapière=, _n.f._, (jest.) rapier.

=rapin=, _n.m._, (fam.) painter’s pupil; (b.s.) dauber.

=rapinade=, _n.f._, daub.

=rapine=, _n.f._, rapine, plunder, pillage, robbery, plundering, pillaging, spoil.

=rapiner=, _v.n._ and _a._, to pillage, to rob, to pilfer, to peculate.

=rapineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, plunderer, pilferer, pillager.

*=rappareiller=, _v.a._, to match.

=rapparier=, _v.a._, to match.

=rappel=, _n.m._, recall, recalling, revocation, call (to order); (milit.) drums beating to arms _or_ quarters; unpaid part (of a salary). _— à l’ordre_; call to order. _— de lumière_; (paint.) distribution of light. _Battre le —_; (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.

=rappeler= (ra-plé), _v.a._, to call again, to call back; to recall, to call home, to summon up, to muster; to restore; to recall to mind. _Je m’en allais, et il m’a rappelé_; I was going, and he called me back. _— quelqu’un à la vie_; to restore any one to life. _— un homme à son devoir_; to recall a man to his duty. _— quelqu’un à l’ordre_; to call any one to order. _— ses esprits_; to recover one’s self. _— le temps passé_; to recall the past. _Rappelez-moi à son bon souvenir_; remember me kindly to him. _— la lumière_; (paint.) to distribute the light.

_se_ =rappeler=, _v.r._, to recollect, to remember, to recall to mind. _Se — quelque chose_; to remember anything. _Vous rappelez-vous?_ do you remember? _Je me le rappelle parfaitement_; I recollect it very well. _Je me rappelle que vous me l’avez dit_; I recollect your telling me so. _Je me rappelle d’avoir fait cela_; I recollect having done that.

=rappeler=, _v.n._, (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.

=rapport=, _n.m._, bearing; revenue; produce; report, account, information, relation, testimony, evidence; tale, story; return; statement; affinity, analogy, resemblance, similitude; harmony, correspondence, uniformity; connection, reference; communication, intercourse, concern; tendency; ratio, proportion; reimbursement, refunding; rising (in the stomach). _Être en —_; to be productive, to be in bearing (of land). _Être en plein —_; to be in full bearing; to be very productive. _Belle montre et peu de —_; a fine show and a small crop. _Faire un —_; to draw up a report, to make a return. _Aimer à faire des —s_; to love to tell tales. _Il en a fait son —_; he has sent in his report. _Le style n’est pas en — avec le sujet_; the style is not in harmony, or in keeping, with the subject. _Avoir — à_; to relate to, to refer to; to have relation to. _Il n’y a aucun — entre ces choses_; there is no connection between these things. _Mettre une personne en — avec une autre_; to bring a person into contact with another; to bring any two persons together. _Par — à_; with reference to. _Il a fait cela par — à vous_; he did that on your account. _Sous le — de_; with respect to. _Terres de —_; artificial soil, made soil. _Pièces de —_; patch-work, inlaid work. _Sous tous les —s_; in all respects, in every respect.

=rapportable=, _adj._, (jur.) that must be refunded, restorable.

=rapporté=, =-e=, _part._, brought back; (com.) brought over _or_ forward. _Ouvrage de pièces —es_; inlaid work. _Terres —es_; artificial soil, made soil.

=rapporter=, _v.a._, to bring again, to bring back, to carry back; to bring away, to bring home; to bring home again; to carry home; to account for; to revoke, to recall; to report, to tell, to relate, to give an account of; to cite, to quote; to direct, to refer to; to ascribe, to attribute; to yield, to bear; to bring in; to reimburse; (book-keeping) to carry forward; to trace; to set down; (com.) to post (in ledgers). _Il n’en a rapporté que des coups_; he only got blows by it. _— un fait comme il s’est passé_; to relate a fact as it happened. _Il rapporte tout_; he tells everything. _— tout à soi_; to think of nothing but self. _— l’effet à sa cause_; to refer the effect to its cause. _Une terre qui rapporte beaucoup_; an estate that yields a good income. _Des arbres qui rapportent beaucoup_; trees that bear a great deal of fruit. _Son argent lui rapporte six pour cent_; his money brings him in six per cent. _Cette mauvaise action ne lui rapportera rien_; this bad action will avail him nothing (com.). _— du journal au grand livre_; to post from the journal to the ledger.

_se_ =rapporter=, _v.r._, to agree, to correspond, to tally, to coincide, to blend; to relate, to refer, to have reference to, to allude to, to be allied, related to. _Ces deux couleurs se rapportent bien_; these two colors blend well together. _S’en rapporter à_; to leave it to (any one). _Je m’en rapporte à vous_; I leave it to you; I trust to you. _Je m’en rapporte à votre témoignage_; I abide by what you say. _S’il faut s’en rapporter aux anciennes traditions_; if we are to believe ancient traditions. _Je m’en rapporterai à qui que ce soit_; I will refer the thing to anybody. _Je m’en rapporte à votre serment_; I abide (by) your oath _or_ I refer you (to) your oath.

=rapporter=, _v.n._, to fetch and bring (of the dog); to bring in, to produce; to tell tales; to pay well, to be profitable.

=rapporteur=, _n.m._, reporter, stenographer; (geom.) protractor. _— d’un comité_; committee reporter.

=rapporteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tell-tale, tale-bearer.

=rapprendre=, _v.a._, to learn again, to learn anew.

=rapprivoiser=, _v.a._, to tame again.

=rapprochement= (-prosh-mān), _n.m._, drawing, placing near, bringing together; junction; reconcilement, reconciliation; putting together, comparing; comparison.

=rapprocher=, _v.a._, to draw near again, to approach again; to bring together; to set in opposition, to compare; to bring nearer. _— deux personnes_; to bring two persons together, to reconcile two persons. _Rapprochez ces deux planches_; bring these two planks closer. _— un cerf_; to put hounds on the track of a stag.

_se_ =rapprocher=, _v.r._, to come near again; to come, to draw, nearer; to be brought together; to approach, to approximate, to resemble, to begin to be friends again, to become reconciled.

=rapsode=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) rhapsodist.

=rapsodie=, _n.f._, rhapsody; rambling composition.

=rapsodiste=, _n.m._, rhapsodist.

=rapt=, _n.m._, abduction, rape.

=râpure=, _n.f._, raspings.

=raquetier=, _n.m._, racket-maker; battledore-maker.

=raqueton=, _n.m._, large racket.

=raquette=, _n.f._, racket, battledore; snow-shoe; (bot.) Indian fig, opuntia.

=rare=, _adj._, rare, uncommon, extraordinary; unusual, singular; scarce; thin, scanty, sparse; (med.) slow (of the pulse). _Devenir — comme les beaux jours_; to become quite a stranger. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s self scarce. _Vous devenez bien —_; you are quite a stranger.

=raréfacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, rarefying.

=raréfaction=, _n.f._, (phys.) rarefaction.

=raréfiable=, _adj._, (phys.) that can be rarefied.

=raréfiant=, =-e=, _adj._, rarefying.

_se_ =raréfier=, _v.n._, to rarefy, to become rarefied.

=rarement= (rar-mān), _adv._, rarely, seldom, unfrequently, not often.

=rareté= (rar-té), _n.f._, rarity, rareness, scarcity, singularity.

=rarissime=, _adj._, very rare, most rare.

=ras=, =-e=, _adj._, close-shaved, short-haired; shorn, shaved, close, bare; smooth, open, flat; short-naped; (nav.) low-built, flat-bottomed, undecked. _Un chien à poil —_; a short-haired dog. _Il a la tête —e_; his head is shorn. _Il a le menton —_; he has a bare, smooth, chin. _Il porte la barbe —e_; he shaves close. _Du velours —_; shorn velvet. _Etoffe —e_; smooth stuff. _Serge —e_; napless serge. —_e campagne_; open country. _Vaisseau —_, or _vaisseau — à l’eau_; straight-sheered ship. _Faire table —e_; to clear the board of. _A —e terre_; level with the ground.

=ras=, _n.m._, short-nap cloth. _— de carène_; (nav.) shipwright’s floating stage. _Au — de_, _à —_; nearly level with. _— de marée_; (nav.) tide-way race. _À — de terre_; almost touching the ground; skimming the ground. _V._ =raz=.

=rasade=, _n.f._, bumper, brimmer. _Boire une —_; to drink a bumper.

=rasant=, =-e=, _adj._, shaving, grazing; sweeping; (fort.) rasant; (milit.) flank. _Vue —e_; view of a flat, open country.

=rasement= (raz-mān), _n.m._, shaving; (milit.) razing _or_ leveling to the ground.

=raser=, _v.a._, to shave; to shave off to demolish, to pull down, to raze to the ground; to graze, to touch; to skim over; to lay flat; to glance over, to touch lightly, to suppress; to cut down, to disable (a ship). _Se faire —_; to get (one’s self) shaved. _— une maison_; to pull down a house. _— un vaisseau_; to cut down a ship. _Une balle lui rasa le visage_; a ball grazed his face. _— la côte_; (nav.) to hug the coast. _— l’air_; to hover.

_se_ =raser=, _v.r._, to shave, to shave one’s self, to be shaved. _Cette perdrix se rase_; this partridge keeps close to the ground.

=raser=, _v.n._, to shave; to pass very close to; (vet.) to raze, to be aged. _Ce cheval rase_; this horse is aged.

=rase-tapis=, _n.m._, (of horses) daisy-cutter.

=rasibus= (-bus), _prep._, (pop.) quite close. _Couper —_; to cut off quite close.

=rasoir=, _n.m._, razor; (fig. and pop.) a bore. _Pierre à —_; hone. _Cuir à —_; razor-strop. _Repasser un —_; to set a razor.

=rason=, _n.m._, (ich.) razor-fish.

=rassade=, _n.f._, glass-bead, bugle.

=rassasiant=, =-e=, _adj._, satiating, filling, cloying.

=rassasiement= (-zi-mān), _n.m._, satiety; surfeit.

=rassasier=, _v.a._, to sate, to satiate; to satisfy, to fill; to cloy, to glut, to surfeit. _Être rassasié d’une chose_; to be tired of a thing. _Il n’est jamais rassasié d’argent_; he can never have enough money.

_se_ =rassasier=, _v.r._, to be satiated; to sate one’s self with; to be cloyed with; to take one’s fill of.

=rassemblement=, _n.m._, assembling; muster, mustering, collecting; riotous meeting, mob; assemblage. _Disperser un —_; to disperse a mob.

=rassembler=, _v.a._, to collect, to assemble, to reassemble, to gather together, to bring together again; to put together again; to get together, to muster. _— des troupes_; to muster troops. _— des matériaux pour un ouvrage_; to collect materials for a work.

_se_ =rassembler=, _v.r._, to assemble, to gather together, to congregate, to meet, to unite, to muster. _Se — en foule_; to flock, to crowd.

=rasseoir= (ra-soâr), _v.a._, to seat again, to reseat; to replace, to put in its place again; to settle, to calm, to compose, to appease. _— une statue sur sa base_; to replace a statue on its base. _— une pierre_; to replace a stone. _Donnez-lui le temps de — ses esprits_; give him time to compose himself.

_se_ =rasseoir=, _v.r._, to sit down again, to be seated again; to settle (of liquids); to be composed.

=rasseoir=, _v.n._, to settle (of liquids). _Laissez — ce café_; let that coffee settle.

=rasséréner=, _v.a._, to make serene, to clear up; to restore serenity to. _Le soleil parut et rasséréna le temps_; the sun shone out and cleared up the weather.

_se_ =rasséréner=, _v.r._, to clear up, to recover one’s serenity; to brighten up.

=rassiéger=, _v.a._, to besiege again; to beset again.

=rassis=, =-e=, _part._, set down again; settled.

=rassis=, _adj._, cool, staid, sedate, sober-minded. _Du pain —_; stale bread. _De sang —_; in cool blood. _De sens —_; with sound judgment, dispassionate, unmoved. _Esprit —_; sober mind.

=rassis=, _n.m._, old horse-shoe reset; (fig.) soberness (in Montaigne).

=rassortiment=, _n.m._, rematching (of colors, materials); re-sorting; taking in a stock of goods for a season, etc., restocking.

=rassortir=, _v.a._, to sort, _or_ match, again.

=rassurance=, _n.f._, reassurance.

=rassurant=, =-e=, _adj._, tranquillizing; encouraging, comforting, reassuring.

=rassurer=, _v.a._, to strengthen; to remove any one’s fears; to consolidate; to make firm; to tranquillize, to reassure, to comfort, to satisfy, to cheer.

_se_ =rassurer=, _v.r._, to tranquillize one’s self; to recover one’s self, to be reassured; to set one’s mind at rest; (of the weather) to settle, to clear up. _Rassurez-vous_; set your mind at rest.

=rat=, _n.m._, rat; whim, crotchet, fad; niggard; taper. _— d’eau_; water-rat. _— de Pharaon_; ichneumon. _Mort aux —s_; rat’s-bane. _Un nid à —s_; a sorry lodging. _Gueux comme un — d’église_; as poor as a church mouse. _À bon chat bon —_; set a thief to catch a thief. _— de cave_; small wax taper; exciseman. _Avoir des —s_; to be whimsical. _— de l’opéra_; ballet-girl. _Prendre un —_; to miss fire. _— d’église_; church-goer.

=ratafia=, _n.m._, ratafia.

=ratang=, _n.m._, ratan.

=ratanhia=, _n.m._, (bot., med.) rhatany.

=ratata=, _n.m._, drum-beating.

=ratatiné=, =-e=, _adj._, shriveled, shriveled up; shrunk. _Un petit vieillard —_; a little withered old man.

_se_ =ratatiner=, _v.r._, to shrink, to shrivel, to shrivel up.

*=ratatouille=, _n.f._, (cook.) bad stew (made of scraps of meat).

=rate=, _n.f._, spleen, milt. _Avoir des vapeurs de —_; to be troubled with the spleen. _Epanouir la —_; to drive away the spleen, to make merry. _S’épanouir la —_; to drive away one’s spleen, to be merry.

=râteau=, _n.m._, (agri.) rake, bow (of a scythe); (horl., nav.) rack.

=râtelage= (râ-tlaj), _n.m._, (agri.) raking.

=râtelée= (râ-tlée), _n.f._, raking; rakeful.

=râteler= (râ-tlé), _v.a._, to rake.

=râteleur= (râ-tleur), _n.m._, raker.

=rateleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, splenetic.

=râtelier=, _n.m._, rack (in stables); set of teeth; (milit.) arm-rack; (nav.) rack. _Manger à plus d’un —_; to have more than one string to one’s bow. _Mettre les armes au —_; to quit the service.

=ratelle=, _n.f._, disease (of pigs).

=rater=, _v.n._, to miss fire; to flash in the pan, to miscarry. _Son fusil rata_; his gun missed fire.

=rater=, _v.a._, to miss; not to obtain; to fail in. _— une charge_; to miss a place.

☉=rati-er=, =-ère= (-tié, -tièr), _adj._, whimsical. _n.m._, ratter, rat-catcher.

=ratière= (-tièr), _n.f._, rat-trap.

=ratification=, _n.f._, ratification.

=ratifier=, _v.a._, to ratify.

*=ratillon=, _n.m._, little rat.

=ratine=, _n.f._, ratteen, patersham, frieze cloth.

=ratiné=, =-e=, _adj._, friezed.

=ratiner=, _v.a._, (manu.) to frieze.

=ratiocination=, _n.f._, ratiocination, reasoning.

=ratiociner=, _v.a._, to ratiocinate, to reason.

=ration=, _n.f._, ration, allowance. _Mettre à la —_; to allowance. _— diminuée_; short allowance.

=rational=, _n.m._, breast-plate (Jew. rel.).

=rationalisme=, _n.m._, rationalism.

=rationaliste=, _n.m._, rationalist.

=rationalité=, _n.f._, rationality.

=rationnel=, =-le=, _adj._, rational. _Horizon —_; rational horizon. _Quantité —le_; rational quantity.

=rationnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, rationally.

=rationnement=, _n.m._, short allowance.

=rationner=, _v.a._, to allowance, to put on short allowance.

=ratissage=, _n.m._, scraping, raking.

=ratisser=, _v.a._, to rake; to scrape, to scrape off.

=ratissoire=, _n.f._, scraper.

=ratissure=, _n.f._, scrapings.

=raton=, _n.m._, (mam.) raccoon; (fam.) little rat; (pers.) ducky, darling; (in fables) mouser.

=rattacher=, _v.a._, to tie again, to tie up again; to fasten again, to fasten up again; to connect, to attach. _— par une chaîne_; to chain up again. _— une question à une autre_; to connect one question with another.

_se_ =rattacher=, _v.r._, to be tied; to fasten, to be fastened; to fasten upon; to be attached to, to be connected _or_ allied (with).

=ratteindre=, _v.a._, to retake, to catch again, to take again; to overtake, to come up again (with).

=rattendrir=, _v.a._, to soften again, to make tender again, to move again.

=rattiser=, _v.a._, to stir up the fire again; to stir up again. _V._ =attiser=.

=rattraper=, _v.a._, to retake, to catch again, to overtake, to come up again (with), to recover. _On a rattrapé le prisonnier_; the prisoner has been retaken. _Bien fin qui m’y rattrapera_; once bit, twice shy.

_se_ =rattraper=, _v.r._, to catch hold of; to compensate one’s self; to win back one’s losses; to make up for.

=rature=, _n.f._, erasure, scratch; word crossed out.

=raturer=, _v.a._, to efface; to blot out; to erase, to scratch _or_ cross out; to scrape (skins).

=raucité=, _n.f._, raucity, hoarseness.

=rauque=, _adj._, hoarse.

=ravage=, _n.m._, ravage, havoc, waste. _Faire des —s_; to commit ravages.

=ravager=, _v.a._, to ravage, to lay waste, to spoil.

=ravageur=, _n.m._, ravager, spoiler.

=ravale=, _n.f._, roller (to smooth the ground).

=ravalement= (-val-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) debasement, disparagement; (mas.) rough-casting; (arch.) finishing off. _Piano à —_; piano-forte with a double row of keys.

=ravaler=, _v.a._, to swallow again; to put down, to run down, to lower; to press, to roll (land); to debase, to disparage; (mas.) to rough-cast. _— la gloire de_; to run down the glory of.

_se_ =ravaler=, _v.r._, to debase one’s self; to lower one’s self.

=ravaudage=, _n.m._, mending (of old clothes); botching, bungling; darning stockings.

=ravauder=, _v.a._, to mend (old clothes); to botch, to botch up; to revile; to plague, to tease, to bustle about (in-doors). _— des bas_; to darn stockings.

=ravauderie= (-vô-drî), _n.f._, (fam.) silly stuff, nonsense, trash. _Dire des —s_; to talk nonsense.

=ravaudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mender (of stockings, old clothes); botcher, patcher; twaddler.

=rave=, _n.f._, long radish, radish, colerape, turnip, beet.

=ravelin= (ra-vlin), _n.m._, (fort.) ravelin.

=ravenelle= (ra-vnèl), _n.f._, wall-flower.

=ravi=, =-e=, _part._, carried away, transported; raptured; ravished, overjoyed, glad, delighted. _Être — de joie_; to be overjoyed. _J’en suis —_; I am delighted at it. _— d’admiration_; carried away by admiration. _Je suis — que vous la connaissiez_; I am delighted you know her.

=ravière=, _n.f._, radish-bed.

=ravigote=, _n.f._, (cook.) sharp sauce.

=ravigoter=, _v.a._, (pop.) to revive the appetite of, to enliven, to cheer.

_se_ =ravigoter=, _v.r._, to revive, to recover one’s strength, one’s appetite.

=ravilir=, _v.a._, to debase, to disgrace, to degrade, to lower. _V._ =avilir=.

=ravin=, _n.m._, ravine, hollow road.

=ravine=, _n.f._, mountain torrent; gully, ravine.

=ravinement=, _n.m._, gullying.

=raviner=, _v.a._, to gully (land).

=ravir=, _v.a._, to carry off; to take away; to ravish, to rob of; to charm, to delight, to enrapture. _— le bien d’autrui_; to steal the property of another. _— l’honneur à une fille_; to dishonor a girl. _On lui a ravi son plus doux espoir_; he has been robbed of his dearest hope. _À —_; wonderfully well, to admiration, admirably. _Elle chante à —_; she sings admirably.

=ravisement=, _n.m._, thinking better of; altering one’s mind, second thought, after thought.

_se_ =raviser=, _v.r._, to alter one’s mind, to bethink one’s self; to think better of it.

=ravissant=, =-e=, _adj._, rapacious, ravenous; admirable, ravishing, delightful, lovely, enchanting, charming.

=ravissement= (-vis-mān), _n.m._, rape; transport, rapture, ravishment, delight. _Il était dans le —_; he was in raptures. _— de joie_; transport of joy.

=ravisseur=, _n.m._, ravisher.

*=ravitaillement=, _n.m._, revictualing; (fig.) recruiting.

*=ravitailler=, _v.a._, to revictual. _Se —_; to recruit.

=raviver=, _v.a._, to make a fire burn up; to revive; to reanimate; to brighten up, to cheer, to rouse. _— un tableau_; to revive a picture.

_se_ =raviver=, _v.r._, to revive.

=ravoir=, _v.a._, to get again, to have again; to get back, to recover.

_se_ =ravoir=, _v.r._, to recover one’s strength, to recruit, to pick up, to pick up one’s crumbs.

=rayé=, =-e=, _part._, striped, streaked; (artil.) rifled, grooved; scratched, scratched out, crossed out. _Vaisselle —e_; scratched plate. _Des mots —s_; words crossed out. _Canon —_; rifled cannon.

=rayer=, _v.a._, to scratch (plate, dishes, etc.), to scratch out; to cross or strike out, to erase, to expunge, to streak, to stripe; (artil.) to rifle, to groove. _— une étoffe_; to stripe a stuff. _Rayez cela de vos papiers_; strike that out of your book; (fig.) look upon it as a bad debt. _— d’une liste_; to strike off a list. _— du papier_; to rule paper. _— le canon d’un fusil_; to rifle a gun-barrel.

=rayère=, _n.f._, loop-hole (in towers).

=rayeur=, _n.m._, ruler (instr.).

=ray-grass=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (bot.) rye-grass.

=rayon=, _n.m._, ray, beam, gleam; (geom.) radius; spoke (of a wheel); (ich.) ray; (agri.) furrow; shelf; comb (of honey). _— de lumière_; ray of light. _Faisceau de —s_; (opt.) pencil of rays. _Un — d’espérance_; a ray of hope. _À dix lieues de —_, _dans un — de dix lieues_; within a radius of ten leagues. _Une étoile à cinq —s_; a star with five rays. _— de miel_; honey-comb.

=rayonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, radiant, shining, sparkling, beaming. _— de lumière_; beaming with light.

=rayonné=, =-e=, _adj._, radiated, stellated; (of rooms) shelved.

=rayonné=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) radiary. _pl._, radiata.

=rayonnement= (rè-io-n-mān), _n.m._, radiance; radiancy; (phys.) radiation. _Le — des astres_; the radiation of the stars.

=rayonner=, _v.n._, to radiate, to irradiate; to shine; to beam; to glisten; to trace furrows or lines. _Son visage rayonne de joie_; his face is radiant with joy. _v.a._, to shelve (a room).

=rayure=, _n.f._, stripe (of textile fabrics); streak; scratch, groove; rifling (fire-arms).

=raz=, _n.m._, (nav.) race, bore. _— de marée_; bore, eagre (rush of water up an estuary; wave caused by the meeting of two tides).

=razzia=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (milit.) raid, foray, razzia; inroad; (fig.) clean sweep.

=ré=, _n.m._, (mus.) D; (vocal mus.) re, D.

=re=, =ré=, prefix from Latin _re_, _red_.

=réabonnement=, _n.m._, renewed subscription.

_se_ =réabonner=, _v.r._, to subscribe again; to renew one’s subscription.

=réabsorber=, _v.a._, to reabsorb.

=réabsorption=, _n.f._, reabsorption.

=réact-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, (pol., l.u.) reactionary.

=réacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reactive.

=réactif=, _n.m._, (chem.) reagent, test.

=réaction=, _n.f._, reaction.

=réactionnaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, reactionist; reactionary.

=réactionner=, _v.a._, to sue again.

=réactionner=, _v.n._, to react.

=réadmettre=, _v.a._, to readmit, to admit again.

=réadmission=, _n.f._, readmission, readmittance.

=réadopter=, _v.a._, to readopt.

=réadoption=, _n.f._, readoption.

=réafficher=, _v.a._, to stick _or_ post up again.

=réaffirmer=, _v.a._, to reaffirm.

=réaggrave=, _n.f._, (canon law) reaggravation.

=réaggraver=, _v.a._, (canon law) to censure by a reaggravation.

=réagir=, _v.n._, to react.

=réajournement=, _n.m._, readjournment; fresh summons.

=réajourner=, _v.a._, to readjourn.

=réal=, _n.m._ (_réaux_), _or_ =réale=, _n.f._ (_réales_), real (Spanish coin = 5 cents).

=réal=, =-e=, _adj._, royal, of the royal galley.

=réale=, _n.f._, royal galley (old).

=réalgar=, _n.m._, (min.) realgar.

=réalisable=, _adj._, realizable.

=réalisation=, _n.f._, realization; (fin.) conversion into money.

=réaliser=, _v.a._, to realize; to convert into money.

_se_ =réaliser=, _v.r._, to be realized, to be converted into money; (fig.) to come to pass.

=réalisme=, _n.m._, realism.

=réaliste=, _n.m.f._, realist.

=réalité=, _n.f._, reality; (theol.) real presence. _En —_; in reality; in fact, indeed.

=réapparition=, _n.f._, reappearance.

=réappel=, _n.m._, second call, second call over.

=réappeler=, _v.a._, to call over a second time.

=réapposer=, _v.a._, to reaffix, to put on again, to set on again; to reappend.

=réapposition=, _n.f._, reaffixing, reappending; putting on again.

=réargenter=, _v.a._, to resilver, to replate.

=réargenture=, _n.f._, resilvering, replating.

=réarmement=, _n.m._, arming again, re-arming.

=réarmer=, _v.a._, to arm again.

=réarpentage=, _n.m._, resurvey.

=réarpenter=, _v.a._, to resurvey.

=réassemblage=, _n.m._, reassemblage.

=réassembler=, _v.a._, to reassemble, to gather together again.

=réasservir=, _v.a._, to subjugate, enslave again.

*=réassignation=, _n.f._, fresh summons, reassignment, new subpœna.

*=réassigné=, =-e=, _part._, summoned again, reassigned.

*=réassigner=, _v.a._, to reassign, to resummon, to summon again.

=réassurance=, _n.f._, reinsurance, reassurance.

=réassurer=, _v.a._, to reinsure, to reassure.

=réatteler=, _v.a._, (of horses) to put to again.

=rebaigner=, _v.a._, to bathe again. _Se —_; to bathe again.

*=rebâiller=, _v.n._, to yawn again.

=rebaiser=, _v.a._, to kiss again.

=rebaisser=, _v.a._, to lower again, to let down again. _Se —_; to stoop down again.

=rebander=, _v.a._, to bend again (a bow); to bind up again; to tie up again; to put another bandage (over the eyes).

=rebaptisant= (-ba-ti-), _n.m._, rebaptizer.

=rebaptisation= (-ba-ti-), _n.f._, baptizing again.

=rebaptiser= (-ba-ti-), _v.a._, to rebaptize.

=rébarbati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, stern, gruff, crabbed, cross. _Visage —_; crabbed, gruff, stern countenance.

=rebâter=, _v.a._, to resaddle, to saddle again.

=rebâtir=, _v.a._, to rebuild, to build again.

=rebattre=, _v.a._, to beat again; to repeat, to tell over and over; to shuffle again (cards).

=rebattu=, =-e=, _part._, old, hackneyed, trite, oft-told. _Un conte —_; an old worn-out story. _J’en ai les oreilles —es_; I am sick of hearing it so often.

=rebaudir=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to caress, to encourage (dogs).

☉=rebec=, _n.m._, (instr.) rebeck.

=rebelle=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rebel; rebellious, disobedient, unyielding; (med.) obstinate; (metal.) refractory, impervious (to); ill-adapted; unfeeling. _— à la justice_; flying in the face of justice. _— à la raison_; impervious to reason. _Un sujet — à la poésie_; a subject ill-adapted to verse. _Une fièvre — aux remèdes_; an unyielding fever. _C’est une beauté —_; she is an unfeeling beauty. _Substances —s_; (metal.) refractory substances, substances hard to melt.

_se_ =rebeller=, _v.r._, to rebel, to rise in rebellion, to revolt.

=rébellion=, _n.f._, rebellion, resistance, contumacy. _Faire — à la justice_; to resist justice.

=rebénir=, _v.a._, to bless again; to consecrate anew.

_se_ =rebéquer=, _v.r._, to be saucy, to be pert, insolent.

=rebercer=, _v.a._, to rock again.

_se_ =rebercer=, _v.r._, to rock one’s self again.

=rebiffer=, _v.n._, to turn up one’s nose.

_se_ =rebiffer=, _v.r._, to resist, to refuse obedience; to refuse bluntly.

=reblanchir=, _v.a._, to wash again; to blanch again, to bleach again; to whitewash again.

=rèble= _or_ =rièble=, _n.m._, (bot.) goose-grass; cleavers.

=reboire=, _v.a._, to drink again.

=reboisement=, _n.m._, retimbering, reafforestation.

=reboiser=, _v.a._, to retimber, to replant, to reafforest.

=rebond=, _n.m._, rebound.

=rebondi=, =-e=, _adj._, plump, round, chubby, full. _Des joues —es_; chubby cheeks.

=rebondir=, _v.n._, to rebound.

=rebondissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, rebounding.

=rebord=, _n.m._, border, hem (of clothes); ledge; brim.

=reborder=, _v.a._, to put a new border to; to border again, to rehem. _— une robe_; to put a new border, _or_ new hem, to a gown. _— des souliers_; to bind shoes anew.

=rebotter=, _v.a._, to make boots again for; to boot somebody again.

_se_ =rebotter=, _v.r._, to put on one’s boots again.

=rebouchement=, _n.m._, stopping up again.

=reboucher=, _v.a._, to stop up again; to block up again; to stuff up; to cork up again. _— un trou_; to stop up a hole again. _— une bouteille_; to cork a bottle up again.

_se_ =reboucher=, _v.r._, to get, _or_ become, stuffed up, _or_ stopped up, again; to bend. _L’épée se reboucha contre sa cuirasse_; the sword bent against his cuirass.

=rebouil=, _n.m._, pelt-wool.

*=rebouillir=, _v.n._, to boil again.

=rebouisage=, _n.m._, cleaning and polishing (of hats).

=rebouiser=, _v.a._, to clean and polish (hats).

=rebourgeonner=, _v.n._, to bud again.

=rebours=, _n.m._, wrong side (of a stuff); wrong way (of the grain); contrary, reverse. _À —_, _au —_; the wrong way; against the grain, backwards. _Marcher à —_; to walk backwards. _Prendre à —_; to misconstrue. _Lire à —_; to read backwards.

=rebours=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) cross, cross-grained, crabbed.

=reboutage=, _n.m._, bone-setting.

=rebouteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bone-setter.

=reboutonner=, _v.a._, to button again, to rebutton.

_se_ =reboutonner=, _v.r._, to button up one’s clothes again.

=rebrider=, _v.a._, to bridle again.

=rebrocher=, _v.a._, to restitch books.

=rebroder=, _v.a._, to re-embroider.

*=rebrouiller=, _v.a._, to embroil again, to mix again, to confound again, to entangle again.

=rebrousse=, _n.f._, napping-tool.

=rebroussement= (-broos-mān), _n.m._, turning back, turning up, inflection; (geom.) retrogression (of a curve).

_à_ =rebrousse-poil=, _adv._, against the hair; the wrong way; against the grain.

=rebrousser=, _v.a._, to turn up (the hair). _— chemin_; to go back, to turn back, to retrace one’s steps.

=rebroussoir=, _n.m._, napping-tool.

=rebroyer=, _v.a._, to grind again.

=rebrûler=, _v.a._, to burn again.

=rebrunir=, _v.a._, to burnish again.

=rebuffade=, _n.f._, rebuff, repulse, rebuke.

=rébus= (-bus), _n.m._, rebus; pun, conundrum.

=rebut=, _n.m._, repulse, rebuff, rejection, refusal; refuse; trash; waste, rubbish, trumpery; riff-raff, scum. _Marchandises de —_; waste goods. _Papier de —_; waste paper. _Mettre au —_; to throw aside. _Être au —_; to be thrown aside. _Mettre une lettre au —_; to send a letter to the dead-letter office. _De —_; waste, left off, cast off. _Bureau des —_; dead-letter office.

=rebutant=, =-e=, _adj._, repulsive, forbidding, loathsome. _Travail —_; tedious work. _Air —_; forbidding look. _Homme —_; repulsive man.

=rebuter=, _v.a._, to repulse, to rebuff, to thrust away, to cast aside; to reject, to refuse; to disgust, to shock. _— des excuses_; to refuse an apology. _Il a rebuté ces marchandises_; he rejected those goods.

_se_ =rebuter=, _v.r._, to be discouraged _or_ disheartened, to be rebuffed, to lose courage. _Il se rebute aisément_; he is easily disheartened.

=recacher=, _v.a._, to hide again.

=recacheter= (-kash-té), _v.a._, to seal up again.

=récalcitrant=, =-e=, _adj._, stubborn, refractory, perverse, reluctant, averse.

=récalcitrer=, _v.n._, to be restive, to kick (of horses); (l.u.) to be refractory; to resist, to be reluctant.

=recaler=, _v.a._, to wedge up again, to refix, to refasten. (fig.) _V._ =rembarrer=. _Il a été recalé_; (fam.) he has been plowed again.

=récapitulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, recapitulatory.

=récapitulation=, _n.f._, recapitulation, summing up.

=récapituler=, _v.a._, to recapitulate, to sum up.

=recarder=, _v.a._, to card again.

=recarreler= (-kar-lé), _v.a._, to pave a floor anew.

=recasser=, _v.a._, to break again; (agri.) to break up stubble-land, to give a first plowing to.

=recassis=, _n.m._, (agri.) stubble-land that has been broken up.

=recéder=, _v.a._, to re-cede, to yield again, to restore again, to let have back (again); to give up again.

=recel=, _n.m._, (jur.) receiving of stolen goods.

=recélé=, _n.m._, (jur.) concealment of goods; embezzlement.

=recèlement= (-sèl-mān), _n.m._, concealing, concealment (of malefactors); receiving (of stolen goods).

=recéler=, _v.a._, to conceal (malefactors); to receive (stolen goods); to embezzle; to conceal, to hide; to contain. _— des effets_; to conceal wearing apparel.

=recéler=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to be _or_ remain concealed.

=receleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (rĕ-cĕ-), receiver of stolen goods.

=récemment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, recently, newly, lately.

=recensement= (-sāns-mān), _n.m._, census; return, numbering; revisal, verification.

=recenser=, _v.a._, to take the census; to verify, to examine.

=recension=, _n.f._, (philos.) recension; book revised and edited (by a critic).

=récent=, =-e=, _adj._, recent, new, fresh, late.

=recépage=, _n.m._, (agri.) cutting down close (of vines).

=recépée=, _n.f._, cut part of a wood.

=recéper=, _v.a._, (agri.) to cut down.

=récépissé=, _n.m._, receipt (for documents, papers); acknowledgment of receipt.

=réceptacle=, _n.m._, receptacle; (bot.) torus.

=récepteur=, _n.m._, recipient, receiver, reservoir; (of telegraphs) receiving instrument.

=réceptibilité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) receptibility.

=réception=, _n.f._, receiving, receipt, reception; admittance, admission, levee, drawing-room; party, entertainment. _Accuser — d’une lettre_; to acknowledge the receipt of a letter. _Bonne —_; welcome, good reception.

=réceptionnaire=, _adj._, receiving. _n.m._, receiver, receiving clerk.

=réceptivité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) receptivity.

=recerclage=, _n.m._, re-hooping.

=recercler=, _v.a._, to hoop anew, to put new hoops to.

=recette=, _n.f._, receipt, receipts, collection; receiving office; recipe; receiver’s office, receivership, collectorship.

=recevabilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) admissibility.

=recevable=, _adj._, receivable, admissible, allowed.

=receveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, receiver, surveyor, comptroller, collector (of taxes).

=recevoir=, _v.a._, to receive, to accept, to take, to take in, to let in; to welcome, to harbor; to admit; to allow of; to meet with, to submit to; to entertain. _— bien_; to receive well; to welcome. _— un mauvais accueil_; to meet with a bad reception. _— une opinion_; to admit an opinion. _Je reçois vos offres_; I accept your offers. _Son livre a été bien reçu_; his book has taken well. _— une excuse_; to accept an excuse. _— une proposition_; to accept a proposal. _— un coup mortel_; to be mortally wounded. _— la mort_; to meet with (one’s) death.

=recevoir=, _v.n._, to receive, to receive company; to be at home to visitors; to hold a levee, a drawing-room. _On recevra ce soir là_; there will be company that evening. _Elle reçoit beaucoup_; she sees a great deal of company. _Quand recevez-vous?_ when is your reception, _or_ at home, day? when are you at home to visitors?

=recez= (rĕ-sê), _n.m._, recess; minutes (of a Congress).

=réchampir= _or_ =échampir=, _v.a._, to pick out with colors, to set off.

=rechange=, _n.m._, change of anything; spare things; (com.) re-exchange; (nav.) spare stores. _Des habits de —_; spare clothes. _J’en ai de —_; I have some in reserve. _Mâts de hune de —_; spare topmasts. _De —_; spare.

=rechanger=, _v.a._, to change again.

=rechanter=, _v.a._, to sing again; to tell often.

=réchapper=, _v.n._, to escape, to recover. _Un réchappé de la potence_; (pop.) a villain, a gallows bird. _— d’une maladie_; to recover from an illness.

=recharge=, _n.f._, surcharge; fresh charge. _En —_; in addition.

=rechargement=, _n.m._, reloading, loading again, reballasting.

=recharger=, _v.a._, to load again, to reballast; to recharge; (milit.) to make a second charge; to charge again, to enjoin over again. _— les ennemis_; to charge the enemy again.

=rechasser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to drive away again; to drive back.

=rechasser=, _v.a._, to hunt again.

=réchaud=, _n.m._, chafing-dish, dish-warmer, hot-water dish, small stove; (hort.) hot-bed, mulch.

=réchauffage=, _n.m._, warming up again; giving as new what is old, hash-up; plagiarism; reheating; (metal.) balling.

=réchauffé=, _n.m._, food, etc., warmed up; something that is stale, old; stale stuff, imitation; (fig.) after-thought. _C’est du —_; it is mere imitation.

=réchauffé=, =-e=, _adj._, warmed up again.

=réchauffement=, _n.m._, (hort.) lining anew (a hot-bed); mulching.

=réchauffer=, _v.a._, to heat again, to make warm again, to make hot again, to warm again, to warm up; to re-animate, to rekindle, to stir up. _Faire — la soupe_; to warm up the soup. _— une couche_; (hort.) to manure a bed anew, to mulch.

_se_ =réchauffer=, _v.r._, to warm one’s self, to get one’s self warm, to grow warm; to rekindle, to become warmer, to warm.

=réchauffoir=, _n.m._, plate-warmer, dish-warmer.

=rechausser=, _v.a._, to put on shoes _or_ stockings again; to set new cogs to a wheel; (agri., hort.) to mold, to mold up; (mas.) to line the foot of, to underpin. _— un arbre_; to mold up a tree. _— un mur_; to underpin a wall.

=rêche=, _adj._, rough (to the taste, touch); crabbed (of persons). _Cette étoffe est —_; that stuff is very rough.

=recherche=, _n.f._, search, seeking, quest, pursuit; research, inquiry, investigation; examination, scrutiny; studied elegance, neatness, finish, labored refinement, studied refinement, care; addresses, courtship, suit; (mas.) research, mending (with tiles or slates). _Travailler à la — de la vérité_; to labor in search of truth. _— exacte_; strict search. _Faire la — d’une chose_; to search for a thing. _Style naturel et sans —_; natural and unaffected style. _Il fait la — d’une veuve_; he is courting a widow.

=recherché=, =-e=, _adj._, choice, exquisite; affected, far-fetched, sought after, run after, in great request, in great demand. _Parure —e_; exquisite dress. _Expression —e_; far-fetched expression. _Ornements —s_; choice ornaments.

=rechercher=, _v.a._, to seek again, to look again for, to seek, to seek for, to seek after, to look for, to search, to search for, to search after; to investigate, to search into, to inquire into, to make an inquiry into; to institute an inquiry into, to call to account; to endeavor to obtain, to desire, to aspire to; to run after, to court, to seek; to solicit in marriage, to ask in marriage, to woo, to solicit the hand of; (arts) to finish, to finish off, to polish; (man.) to animate. _On rechercha sa vie_; they made inquiries into his mode of life. _— un cheval_; to animate a horse.

_se_ =rechercher=, _v.r._, to seek each other, _or_ each other’s society; to be sought after.

*=rechigné=, =-e=, _adj._, sour-faced, glum, surly, sulky, cross, crabbed, gruff.

*=rechignement=, _n.m._, sulking, frowning, sullenness, crabbedness.

*=rechigner=, _v.n._, to look sulky, sullen, grim, gruff, sour, crabbed.

☉=rechoir=, _v.n._, to fall again; to relapse, to have a relapse.

=rechute=, _n.f._, relapse.

=récidive=, _n.f._, recidivism, relapse into crime; second offense, repetition of an offense. _Il y a —_; it is not the first offense. _Être en —_; to be an old offender.

=récidiver=, _v.n._, to repeat the same offense; to commit the same crime again.

=récidiviste=, _n.m.f._, previously convicted felon; habitual criminal; old offender.

=récif=, _n.m._, (nav.) reef, ledge (of rocks); ridge.

=récipé=, _n.m._, recipe, medical prescription; receipt.

=récipiendaire=, _n.m._, new member, member-elect.

=récipient=, _n.m._, (chem.) recipient, receiver; cistern, well.

=réciprocation=, _n.f._, reciprocation.

=réciprocité=, _n.f._, reciprocity, reciprocation.

=réciproque=, _n.m._, like. _Rendre le —_; to return the like; to give like for like.

=réciproque=, _n.f._, (math., log.) converse.

=réciproque=, _adj._, reciprocal, mutual; (math.) converse, reciprocal.

=réciproquement= (-prok-mān), _adv._, reciprocally, mutually; (math.) conversely.

=recirer=, _v.a._, to wax, polish, _or_ black, again.

=récit=, _n.m._, recital, relation, account, story, tale, narration, narrative, statement; report; (mus.) recitative.

=récitant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mus.) solo.

=récitateu-r=, _n.m._, reciter, repeater.

=récitatif=, _n.m._, (mus.) recitative.

=récitation=, _n.f._, reciting, recitation; repetition.

=réciter=, _v.a._, to recite, to rehearse; to repeat, to say; to tell, to relate, to give an account of, to recount; (mus.) to sing in recitative; to play in recitative. _Récitez votre leçon_; say your lesson.

=réciter=, _v.n._, (mus.) to perform a recitative; to recite.

=réciteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, reciter, story-teller.

=réclamable=, _adj._, claimable.

=réclamant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) claimant.

=réclamation=, _n.f._, claim, demand; complaint, protestation, protest, opposition, objection. _Être en —_; to have raised an objection, to have formulated a complaint, a demand.

=réclame=, _n.m._, (hawking) bird-call.

=réclame=, _n.f._, (print.) catch-word; primer; (of newspapers) editorial announcement, advertisement, puff, puffing, paragraph puff; (thea.) cue, catchword (last words of couplets).

=réclamer=, _v.a._, to implore, to entreat, to beseech; to reclaim, to claim back, to redemand, to demand back again; to claim; (hunt.) to call off; (hawking) to bring back; (jur.) to lay claim to. _— son droit_; to claim one’s right. _— un oiseau_; to bring back a hawk. _— les chiens_; to call off the dogs.

_se_ =réclamer=, _v.r._, to be reclaimed, to be demanded; to say one is known to a person; to make use of any one’s name, to invoke, to refer to. _Voyant qu’on allait le maltraiter, il se réclama d’un tel_; seeing they were about to ill-treat him, he referred to so-and-so.

=réclamer=, _v.n._, to oppose, to object, to protest (against), to complain (of), to make a complaint, to make objection (to). _Je réclame contre cela_; I protest against that. _Personne ne réclame?_ does nobody raise any objection?

=reclouer=, _v.a._, to nail again.

☉=reclure=, _v.a._, to shut up, to confine, to cloister up, to sequester.

=reclus=, =-e=, _n._ and _part._, recluse, monk, nun; cloistered up, shut up, sequestered, secluded.

=reclusion= _or_ =réclusion=, _n.f._, reclusion, retirement, seclusion; (jur.) confinement, imprisonment (with hard labor and loss of civil rights).

*=recogner=, _v.a._, to hit again, to strike again; to beat back, to drive back, to beat (an argument).

=récognitif= (-cog-), _adj.m._, (jur.) recognitory. _Acte —_; ratification of a liability (stating the consideration thereof).

=récognition= (-cog-), _n.f._, recognition.

=recoiffer=, _v.a._, to dress the head _or_ hair again; to re-adjust the hair; to cap again, to re-cap (bottles).

=recoin=, _n.m._, corner, nook, by-place, by-way. _pl._, cricks and corners; innermost recesses.

=récolement= (-kol-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) examination; verification.

=récoler=, _v.a._, (jur.) to read the previous evidence to a witness; to examine, to verify.

☉=récollection= (-kol-lèk-), _n.f._, (devotional style) contemplation.

=recollement=, _n.m._, pasting, _or_ gluing, again; (of a wound) healing.

=recoller=, _v.a._, to paste again (fig. and fam.). _Il a été recollé_ or _recalé_; he has been plowed again.

=récollet=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, recollet (Franciscan friar _or_ nun).

=récolte=, _n.f._, harvest, crop, vintage; collection, gathering. _Temps de la —_; harvest time. _Faire la —_; to get in the harvest.

=récolter=, _v.a._, to reap, to gather in, to get in.

_se_ =récolter=, _v.r._, to be got in (of crops).

=recommandable=, _adj._, commendable, recommendable, respectable.

=recommandation=, _n.f._, recommendation; esteem, reference, introduction; (jur.) detainer. _Lettre de —_; letter of introduction.

=recommander=, _v.a._, to recommend, to charge, to enjoin, to bid, to intrust, to request; (jur.) to lodge a detainer against. _Je vous recommande le secret_; I enjoin secrecy.

_se_ =recommander=, _v.r._, to recommend one’s self, itself; to look for protection (to); to refer to. _Cette chose se recommande d’elle-même_; the thing is its own recommendation. _Je me recommande à vous_; I refer to you.

=recommencement=, _n.m._, recommencement, beginning anew, repetition, renewal.

=recommencer=, _v.a.n._, to recommence, to begin again. _— la guerre_; to begin war afresh. _— de plus belle_, _— sur nouveaux frais_; to renew the attempt, to begin again worse than ever. _C’est toujours à —_; there’s no end to it. _Ne recommencez pas, par exemple_; don’t do it again, though.

=recomparaître=, _v.n._, to appear again (before).

=récompense=, _n.f._, reward, recompense; requital; compensation, amends; indemnity. _En —_; in return (for); as a recompense (for).

=récompenser=, _v.a._, to reward, to requite, to recompense, to remunerate; to make amends (to), to compensate; to requite; to make up for, to repay. _— le temps perdu_; to make up for lost time.

_se_ =récompenser=, _v.r._, to make up for, to make amends, to be recompensed.

=recomposer=, _v.a._, to recompose.

=recomposition=, _n.f._, recomposition.

=recompter= (-kon-té), _v.a._, to count again.

=réconciliable=, _adj._, reconcilable.

=réconciliat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reconciler. _adj._, reconciling.

=réconciliation=, _n.f._, reconciliation, reconcilement.

=réconcilier=, _v.a._, to reconcile, to conciliate; to make friends again. _On les a réconciliés_; they have been reconciled. _— une église_; to consecrate a church anew.

_se_ =réconcilier=, _v.r._, to be reconciled, to become friends again. _Il s’est réconcilié avec son père_; he has made it up with his father.

=réconduction= (_tacite_), _n.f._, (jur.) renewal of a lease, continued tenancy (upon the same terms).