Chapter M (15)

=reconduire=, _v.a._, to reconduct, to lead back, to show out; to accompany, to see home, to accompany to the door.

=reconduite=, _n.f._, accompanying out, _or_ to the door; seeing out, seeing home. _Faire la —_; to accompany out, home.

=reconfirmer=, _v.a._, to confirm again.

☉=réconfort=, _n.m._, comfort, relief, consolation.

☉=réconfortation=, _n.f._, cheering up, comforting, strengthening.

=réconforter=, _v.a._, to cheer up, to strengthen, to fortify, to comfort; to cheer.

=reconfrontation=, _n.f._, confronting anew.

=reconfronter=, _v.a._, to confront again.

=reconnaissable=, _adj._, recognizable.

=reconnaissance=, _n.f._, gratitude, thankfulness; recognition; examination; acknowledgment, confession; reward, return; recognizance; (milit., nav.) reconnoitering, reconnoitering party. _Avoir de la —_; to be grateful. _Témoigner sa —_; to testify one’s gratitude. _Faire une —_; to reconnoiter. _— d’enfant_; acknowledgment of a child. _— de prêteur sur gages_; pawn-broker’s ticket.

=reconnaissant=, =-e=, _adj._, grateful, thankful. _— de_; thankful for.

=reconnaître=, _v.a._, to recognize, to know again; to know; to identify; to find out, to discover; to acknowledge, to confess, to admit, to allow; to be grateful; (milit.) to reconnoiter, to explore, to observe. _Je ne le reconnais plus_; he has grown out of my recollection. _Se faire —_; to make one’s self known. _On a reconnu sa trahison_; his treachery was discovered. _— un enfant_; to own a child. _Je vous reconnais bien là_; that is just like you.

_se_ =reconnaître=, _v.r._, to know one’s self; to see one’s self; to know where one is; to make out; to come to one’s self; to collect one’s self; to give one’s self breathing time; to acknowledge one’s guilt; to plead guilty. _Il se reconnaît dans son fils_; he sees himself in his son. _Je commence à me reconnaître_; I begin to know where I am. _Je ne me reconnais plus_; I don’t know what I am about. _Je me reconnais bien là_; that is just like me.

=reconquérir=, _v.a._, to reconquer, to recover, to regain.

=reconsidération=, _n.f._, reconsideration.

=reconsidérer=, _v.a._, to reconsider.

=reconstituer=, _v.a._, to reconstitute, to re-establish, to re-organize.

=reconstitution=, _n.f._, reconstitution, reorganization, resettling; (jur.) substitution.

=reconstruction=, _n.f._, reconstruction, rebuilding.

=reconstruire=, _v.a._, to build again, to reconstruct.

=reconsulter=, _v.a._, to consult again.

=reconter=, _v.a._, to tell again, to relate over again.

=recontinuer=, _v.a._, to resume, to go on again.

=recontracter=, _v.a._, to contract again.

=reconvention=, _n.f._, (jur.) cross suit, cross action, set off.

=reconventionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) cross. _Demande —_; cross action.

=reconvoquer=, _v.a._, to convene again, to call together again.

=recopier=, _v.a._, to copy again. _Se —_; to be recopied.

*=recoquillement=, _n.m._, curling up, turning up, shriveling; being dog’s-eared (of leaves).

*=recoquiller=, _v.a._, to curl up; to turn up, to shrivel up; to dog’s-ear (leaves).

*_se_ =recoquiller=, _v.r._, to turn up, to curl one’s self up, to be dog’s-eared, to shrivel.

=recorder=, _v.a._, to rehearse (a lesson); to learn _or_ get by heart; to cord again; to twist again; to measure firewood again.

_se_ =recorder=, _v.r._, to concert with any one, to call to mind; to be recorded.

=recorriger=, _v.a._, to correct again, to revise.

=recors=, _n.m._, bailiff’s man.

=recoucher=, _v.a._, to put to bed again, to lay flat again.

_se_ =recoucher=, _v.r._, to go to bed again.

=recoudre=, _v.a._, to sew again, _or_ stitch again.

_se_ =recoudre=, _v.r._, to be sewn up again.

=recoupe=, _n.f._, rubble, stone-chips; chippings; pollard.

=recoupement= (-coop-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) off-set; recess.

=recouper=, _v.a._, to cut again.

=recoupette=, _n.f._, coarse meal.

=recourbé=, =-e=, _adj._, bent back, curved, crooked.

=recourber=, _v.a._, to bend back, to make crooked, to crook.

_se_ =recourber=, _v.r._, to grow crooked, to bend.

=recourbure=, _n.f._, bending back, curvature.

=recourir=, _v.n._, to run again; to have recourse to, to apply to, to resort (to); to appeal. _— aux remèdes_; to have recourse to remedies.

=recours=, _n.m._, recourse; refuge, resort, help, resource, redress, remedy, appeal. _— en cassation_; petition of appeal. _— en grâce_; petition for pardon _or_ commutation.

☉=recousse=, _n.f._ _V._ =rescousse=.

=recousu=, =-e=, _part._, sewed, stitched again.

=recouvrable=, _adj._, (fin.) recoverable.

☉=recouvrance=, _n.f._, recovery.

=recouvrement=, _n.m._, recovery, regaining; (fin.) payment; (horl.) lid; cap (of a watch); (arch.) overlapping. _pl._, debts due to one. _— de la santé_; recovery of one’s health. _Faire un état de —_; to draw up a statement of debts due. _Faire un —_; to recover an outstanding debt.

=recouvrer=, _v.a._, to recover, to regain, to get again, to get back possession (of), to get in, to collect. _— ses forces_; to recover one’s strength. _— son bien_; to recover one’s fortune.

=recouvrir=, _v.a._, to cover again; to cover, to mask, to hide, to conceal.

_se_ =recouvrir=, _v.r._, to cover one’s self again; to be covered again; to be hidden again, to become cloudy again, to be overcast again.

=recracher=, _v.a._ and _n._, to spit out again; to spit again; (fig.) to fork out again; to disgorge.

=récréance=, _n.f._, provisional possession. _Lettres de —_; (diplomacy) letters of recall.

=récréati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, recreative; refreshing; diverting, amusing.

=récréation=, _n.f._, recreation, amusement, diversion; play (of children). _Heure de —_; play-time. _Être en —_; to be at play, out of school.

=recréer=, _v.a._, to re-create, to create again.

=récréer=, _v.a._, to recreate, to divert, to amuse.

_se_ =récréer=, _v.r._, to divert, to amuse one’s self, to take recreation.

=récrément=, _n.m._, (med.) recrement.

=récrémenteu-x=, =-se=, _or_ =récrémentitiel=, =-le=, _adj._, (med.) recremental, recrementitious.

=recrépir=, _v.a._, to parget again, to roughcast; to give a fresh coat of plaster to; to paint (one’s face); to patch up. _— un vieux mur_; to replaster an old wall. _— un vieux conte_; to dress up an old story.

=recrépissage= _or_ =recrépissement=, _n.m._, replastering; repatching.

=recreuser=, _v.a._, to dig up again, to dig deeper.

☉=recri=, _n.m._, exclamation; cry, outcry, clamor.

_se_ =récrier=, _v.r._, to exclaim; to utter an exclamation; to cry out, to protest. _Il n’y a pas de quoi se —_; there is nothing to cause astonishment, there is no need to cry out.

=récrimination=, _n.f._, recrimination.

=récriminatoire=, _adj._, recriminatory.

=récriminer=, _v.n._, to recriminate.

=récrire=, _v.a._, to write over again; to write again; to rewrite.

=recroître=, _v.n._, to grow again; to spring up again.

=recrotter=, _v.a._, to dirty again.

=recru=, =-e=, _adj._, quite tired, worn out, knocked up, jaded, spent.

=recrudescence=, _n.f._, recrudescence.

=recrudescent=, =-e=, _adj._, recrudescent.

=recrue=, _n.f._, recruiting; recruit; recruits. _Faire des —s_; to raise recruits.

=recrutement= (re-krut-mān), _n.m._, recruiting, recruitment.

=recruter=, _v.a._, to recruit.

_se_ =recruter=, _v.r._, to recruit.

=recruteur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, recruiter; recruiting, recruiting officer.

=recta=, _adv._, punctually, exactly.

=rectangle=, _adj._, (geom.) rectangular, right-angled.

=rectangle=, _n.m._, rectangle.

=rectangulaire=, _adj._, rectangular, right-angled.

=recteur=, _n.m._, rector (of a parish, of an academy); provost, warden.

=rect-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, directing. ☉_Esprit —_; (chem.) aromatic. _Pennes rectrices_; (zoöl.) tail-feathers.

=rectifiable=, _adj._, rectifiable.

=rectificateur=, _n.m._, rectifier.

=rectificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, rectifying.

=rectification=, _n.f._, rectification; (jur.) amendment.

=rectifier=, _v.a._, to rectify.

_se_ =rectifier=, _v.r._, to be rectified.

*=rectiligne=, _adj._, rectilineal, rectilinear.

=rectitude=, _n.f._, rectitude, uprightness.

=recto=, _n.m._, (_—s_) first page of a leaf; odd page, right-handed page.

=rectoral=, =-e=, _adj._, rectorial.

=rectorat=, _n.m._, rectorship, rectorate, provostship, wardenship.

=rectrice=, _n.f._, (orni.) tail-feather. _V._ =recteur=, _adj._

=rectum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) rectum.

=reçu=, =-e=, _part._, received; admitted; recognized, customary, usual.

=reçu=, _n.m._, receipt. _Au — de_; on receipt of. _Donnez-moi un — de ce que je vous remets_; give me a receipt for what I give you.

*=recueil=, _n.m._, collection, selection, miscellany. _— choisi_; elegant extracts.

*=recueillement=, _n.m._, contemplation, meditation, self-communing; gathering, collection; (fig.) peaceful seclusion.

*=recueilli=, =-e=, _part._, gathered, collected; meditative, wrapped in meditation, calm, still, quiet. _C’est un homme très —_; he is a very contemplative man.

*=recueillir=, _v.a._, to gather, to get in; to reap; to get together, to collect; to pick up; to receive, to take in, to shelter. _— une succession_; to inherit an estate. _— ses esprits_; to collect one’s self. _— ses forces_; to collect one’s strength. _— les voix_; to collect the votes.

_se_ =recueillir=, _v.r._, to collect one’s self, to collect one’s thoughts; to wrap one’s self up in pious meditation. _— en soi-même_; to retire within one’s self, to commune with one’s self; to reflect.

=recuire=, _v.a._, to cook, _or_ do, again; to boil over again; to bake over again; (manu.) to anneal. _— des métaux_; to anneal metals.

=recuit=, =-e=, _part._, boiled, baked, _or_ roasted again. _Cela est cuit et —_; that is done to rags.

=recuit=, _n.m._, _or_ =recuite=, _n.f._, annealing (of metals, glass); reheating (liquids).

=recul=, _n.m._, recoil; kicking (of fire-arms).

=reculade=, _n.f._, falling back; retreat; backing (of carriages). _Honteuse —_; shameful retreat. _Faire une —_; to beat a retreat.

=reculé=, =-e=, _part._, put back; distant, remote; backward, behind (in learning). _La postérité la plus —e_; the remotest posterity.

=reculée=, _n.f._, (l.u.) backing-space; moving back. _Feu de —_; (l.u.) roasting fire.

=reculement= (-kul-mān), _n.m._, drawing back; backing (of carriages); breech (of saddles).

=reculer=, _v.a._, to pull back; to put back; to put off, to defer; to extend.

_se_ =reculer=, _v.r._, to draw back; to go further off, to put back; to be extended, to sit further off.

=reculer=, _v.n._, to go back; to fall back, to draw back; to retreat, to recede, to shirk, to shrink (before), to back out (of); to give way; to recoil; to rein back (a horse). _— pour mieux sauter_; to wait for something better. _Il est trop avancé pour —_; he is too far involved to retreat. _Il ne recule jamais_; he never flinches. _En reculant_; in going backwards.

_à_ =reculons=, _adv._, backwards; the wrong way; with one’s back to the engine, etc.

☉=récupérable=, _adj._, that may be recovered, retrievable, recoverable.

=récupération=, _n.f._, recovery.

=récupérer=, _v.a._, to recover, to retrieve; to get back.

_se_ =récupérer=, _v.r._, to recover; to retrieve one’s losses.

=récurer=, _v.a._ _V._ =écurer=.

=récurrence=, _n.f._, (med.) recurrence.

=récurrent=, =-e= (-kur-rān, -t), _adj._, (med.) recurrent, returning.

=récursoire=, _adj._, (jur.) which can give rise to an appeal, remedial.

=récusable=, _adj._, (jur.) exceptionable, challengeable, doubtful.

=récusation=, _n.f._, (jur.) challenge, exception, denial.

=récuser=, _v.a._, to challenge (witnesses, jurors); to deny, to reject.

_se_ =récuser=, _v.r._, to excuse one’s self, to decline; (of judges, jurors) to decline judging _or_ voting; to declare one’s self incompetent.

=rédacteur=, _n.m._, writer (of a deed); clerk (in a public office); editor, editress; writer (of periodicals). _— d’un journal_; editor of a newspaper. _— en chef_; chief editor. _— gérant_; sub-editor.

=rédaction=, _n.f._, drawing up (deeds, etc.); wording; editing (periodicals); editors.

=redan=, _n.m._, (fort.) redan; (arch.) skew-back.

=redanser=, _v.n._, to dance again.

=reddition= (rèd-di-), _n.f._, (jur., milit.) surrender, reduction; restitution, giving back; giving in (of accounts). _— de compte_; giving in of accounts.

=redébattre=, _v.a._, to debate again.

=redéclarer=, _v.a._, to declare again.

=redédier=, _v.a._, to dedicate anew.

=redéfaire=, _v.a._, to undo again.

=redéjeuner=, _v.a._, to breakfast again.

=redélibérer=, _v.a._, to deliberate again (upon), to consider again.

☉=redélivrer=, _v.a._, to set at liberty a second time.

=redemander=, _v.a._, to redemand, to ask again; to ask back again.

=redemeurer=, _v.n._, to dwell _or_ live again.

=redémolir=, _v.a._, to demolish, _or_ pull down, again.

=rédempteur=, _n.m._, redeemer, savior.

=rédempt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, redeeming, redemptive, redemptory.

=rédemption=, _n.f._, redemption; ransom.

=rédemptoriste=, _n.m._, Redemptorist.

=redépêcher=, _v.a._, to dispatch again.

=redescendre=, _v.n._, to go, _or_ come, down again.

=redescendre=, _v.a._, to take down again.

=redevable=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, debtor; indebted; beholden. _Je suis votre —_ or _je vous suis —_; I am your debtor. _Être — à ... de_; to be indebted to ... for.

=redevance=, _n.f._, rent; royalty; due, service; (feudalism) fine.

=redevenir= (rĕ-dĕ-vnir), _v.n._, to become again.

=redévider=, _v.a._, to wind again.

=redevoir=, _v.a._, to remain in one’s debt, to owe still.

=rédhibition=, _n.f._, (jur.) action to set aside a sale.

=rédhibitoire=, _adj._, (jur.) setting aside a sale; redhibitory.

=rédiger=, _v.a._, to draw out; to draw up; to draught; to write out; to word; to indite.

_se_ =rédimer=, _v.a._, to redeem one’s self.

=redîner=, _v.n._, to dine again.

=redingote=, _n.f._, riding-coat, frock-coat; (ladies’) morning dress.

=redire=, _v.a._, to repeat, to say again, to tell again; to censure, to criticize, to find fault (with); to report. _Trouver à — à_; to find fault with, to find amiss, to complain of. _Je n’y trouve rien à —_; I see nothing amiss in it. _Il n’y a rien à —_; no fault can be found with. _Se faire —_; to have repeated to one; to require to be told again.

=rediseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tautologist, repeater; tell-tale, tale-bearer.

=redistribuer=, _v.a._, to distribute again.

=redistribution=, _n.f._, redistribution, re-issue.

=redite=, _n.f._, (b.s.) repetition, gossiping.

=redompter= (-don-té), _v.a._, to subdue again.

=redondance= _or_ =rédondance=, _n.f._, superfluity of words, redundancy.

=redondant= _or_ =rédondant=, =-e=, _adj._, redundant.

=redonder= _or_ =rédonder=, _v.n._, to be redundant.

=redonner=, _v.a._, to give again, to give back again; to restore; to deal again (at cards).

_se_ =redonner=, _v.r._, to give one’s self up again; to give away again; to indulge again in.

=redonner=, _v.n._, to give one’s self up again; to fail again into; to take to again; (milit.) to charge again; to be engaged again.

=redorer=, _v.a._, to gild over again, to regild.

=redormir=, _v.n._, to sleep again.

☉=redoublant=, _n.m._, pupil that remains a second year in the same class.

=redoublé=, =-e=, _part._, redoubled, increased; repeated. _Pas —_; (milit.) double-quick time. _Rimes —es_; double rhymes.

=redoublement=, _n.m._, redoubling, increase; reduplication; (med.) paroxysm.

=redoubler=, _v.a._, to redouble, to increase, to reiterate; to increase greatly; to put a new lining to. _— ses soins_; to be doubly careful.

=redoubler=, _v.n._, to increase; to redouble; ☉to continue two years in the same class (at school). _— de soins_; to be doubly attentive.

=redoul= _or_ =roudou=, _n.m._, (bot.) coriaria myrtifolia, tanners’ sumac.

=redoutable=, _adj._, formidable, redoubtable, terrible, dreadful.

=redoute=, _n.f._, (fort.) redoubt; ridotto; dancing-room.

=redouter=, _v.a._, to dread, to fear. _Il n’est pas à —_; he is not to be feared.

=redressage=, _n.m._, straightening.

=redressement= (-drès-mān), _n.m._, straightening; erection; redressing; redress; relief (from a grievance).

=redresser=, _v.a._, to make straight, to make straight again, to straighten; to erect; to set up again; to put right; to correct, to reform, to put to rights, to set to rights; to redress; to over-reach. _— la tête_; to hold up one’s head. _— des griefs_; to redress grievances.

_se_ =redresser=, _v.r._, to become straight again; to get straight again; to bridle up; to stand erect again; to set upright; to be set right, to be redressed. _Redressez-vous_; sit up.

=redresseur=, _n.m._, redresser, avenger, righter.

=redû=, _n.m._, balance due.

=réducteur=, _n.m._, (surg.) apparatus for reducing a dislocation.

=réductibilité=, _n.f._, reducibleness.

=réductible=, _adj._, reducible.

=reducti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reductive.

=réduction=, _n.f._, reduction; subjugation; (com.) allowance, abatement; (chem., math., surg.) reduction.

=réduire= (réduisant, réduit), _v.a._, to reduce, to abate, to diminish, to curtail; to subdue, to subjugate; to compel; to oblige, to restrain; (chem., math., surg.) to reduce. _— une place_; to reduce a stronghold, to take a fortress. _— au désespoir_; to drive to despair.

_se_ =réduire=, _v.r._, to be reduced; to diminish; to abate; to vanish; to reduce one’s self; to be subdued; (fig.) to come to, to amount to.

=réduit=, _n.m._, retreat, small habitation; lodging; corner, recess; hole, hovel; (fort.) reduct.

=réduplicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) reduplicative.

=réduplicatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) reduplicative.

=réduplication=, _n.f._, reduplication.

=réédification=, _n.f._, rebuilding.

=réédifier=, _v.a._, to rebuild.

=rééditer=, _v.a._, to publish anew (of books).

=réel=, =-le=, _adj._, real, true; actual; substantial. _n.m._, reality, truth.

=réélection=, _n.f._, re-election.

=rééligibilité=, _n.f._, re-eligibility.

=rééligible=, _adj._, re-eligible.

=réélire=, _v.a._, to re-elect.

=réellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, really; in reality, truly, indeed.

=réemballage=, _n.m._, repacking.

=réemballer=, _v.a._, to repack.

=réémettre=, _v.a._, to re-issue.

=réémigrer=, _v.n._, to re-emigrate.

=réémission=, _n.f._, re-issue.

=réentement=, _n.m._, regrafting.

=réenter=, _v.a._, to regraft. _Se —_; to be regrafted.

=réenterrement=, _n.m._, reburial.

=réenterrer=, _v.a._, to re-bury, to re-inter.

=réer=, _v.n._ _V._ =raire=.

=réescompte=, _n.m._, (com.) rediscount.

=réescompter=, _v.a._, (com.) to rediscount.

=réexaminer=, _v.a._, to examine anew.

=réexpédier=, _v.a._, to forward again, to send off again.

=réexpédition=, _n.f._, forwarding again, sending off again, return.

=réexportation=, _n.f._, re-exportation.

=réexporter=, _v.a._, to re-export.

=refâcher=, _v.a._, to vex again, to anger again.

_se_ =refâcher=, _v.r._, to grow angry, _or_ vexed, again.

=refaçon=, _n.f._, remaking, remake.

=refaçonner=, _v.a._, to form _or_ make again, to re-fashion.

=réfaction=, _n.f._, remaking; repairing, repairs; (com.) rebate.

=refaire=, _v.a._, to do again, to do over again, to remake; to make anew; to begin anew; to recommence; to deal again (at cards); to take in, to deceive; to be refreshing (to); to refresh; to mend, to repair. _— de la viande_; to warm meat up again, to re-pot meat.

_se_ =refaire=, _v.r._, to refresh one’s self; to recover one’s strength; to retrieve one’s losses; to assume a new character. _Se — un habit_; to have a coat done up again, _or_ a coat made again.

=refait=, _n.m._, drawn game (at play); (hunt.) new horns.

=refait=, =-e=, _part._, done again; (of timber) squared, prepared for use; (nav.) twice laid (of cordage).

=refaucher=, _v.a._, to mow again.

=réfection=, _n.f._, repairs; ☉repairs to buildings; refection (meal); food, nourishment; recovery of strength.

=réfectoire=, _n.m._, refectory, dining-room _or_ hall.

=refend=, _n.m._, splitting, sawing, dividing; (arch.) channel (in wall). _Mur de —_; (arch.) partition-wall. _Bois de —_; sawed timber.

=refendre=, _v.a._, to cleave, _or_ split, again; to quarter (timber); to saw into slabs (stone); to saw, _or_ cut, lengthwise.

=référé=, _n.m._, (jur.) application to a judge (sitting) in chambers. _En —_; in chambers.

=référence=, _n.f._, (com.) reference; relation, information.

=référendaire=, _n.m._, referendary.

=référendariat=, _n.m._, referendaryship.

=référer=, _v.a._, to refer; to ascribe. _En — à_; to refer to.

_se_ =référer=, _v.r._, to refer, to have a reference; to refer, to leave it (to), to confide, to trust (in). _S’en référer à l’avis de quelqu’un_; to refer to the opinion of any one.

=référer=, _v.n._, to report, to make a report.

=refermer=, _v.a._, to shut up again, to close up. _— une plaie_; to close a wound.

_se_ =refermer=, _v.r._, to shut again; to close again.

=referrer=, _v.a._, to shoe again (animal).

*=refeuilleter=, _v.a._, to turn over again, to turn over and over (leaves); to read again cursorily.

=reficher=, _v.a._, to thrust, or stick, in again; to drive in again.

=refiger=, _v.n._, to congeal again.

_se_ =refiger=, _v.r._, to congeal again.

=refixer=, _v.a._, to fix again.

=réfléchi=, =-e=, _adj._, reflected; reflecting; deliberate; considerate; reflective, thoughtful, meditative; (bot.) reflex. _Action —e_; deliberate action. _Crime —_; premeditated crime. _Opinion peu —e_; hasty opinion. _Personne —e_; reflective, meditative, thoughtful, circumspect, person. _Homme peu —_; inconsiderate man.

=réfléchir=, _v.a._, to reflect, to reflect back; to mirror back; to throw back; to reverberate.

_se_ =réfléchir=, _v.r._, to reflect, to be reflected.

=réfléchir=, _v.n._, to reflect, to reflect on, to think, to consider, to ponder. _J’y réfléchirai_; I’ll think it over.

=réfléchissant=, =-e=, _adj._, reflecting.

=réfléchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, reflection, reverberation.

=réflecteur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, reflector; reflective, reflecting.

=reflet=, _n.m._, reflection, reflex, reflected light.

=refléter=, _v.a._, to reflect (light, etc.).

_se_ =refléter=, _v.r._, to reflect, to be reflected, to be mirrored back.

=refleurir=, _v.n._, to blossom again, to blow again, to flower again; to flourish again. _Faire —_; to revive.

=réflexe=, _adj._, reflex.

=réflexibilité=, _n.f._, reflexibility.

=réflexible=, _adj._, reflexible, reflectible.

=réflexi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reflexive.

=réflexion=, _n.f._, reflection; thought, consideration. _Faire —_; to reflect. _Avez-vous fait vos —s?_ have you considered the matter? have you pondered over it? _Un homme de —_; a thinking man. _Toute — faite_; all things considered; after due reflection; on second thought.

=refluer=, _v.n._, to reflow, to flow back, to ebb.

=reflux=, _n.m._, reflux, refluctuation; ebb, ebbing, flowing back. _Le flux et le —_; the ebb and flow; (fig.) the constant shifting.

☉=refonder=, _v.a._, (jur.) to refund, to reimburse, to repay; to refound.

=refondre=, _v.a._, to refound, to melt again; to recast, to cast again, to mold anew; to improve; to remodel; (nav.) to repair, to improve, to correct. _— la monnaie_; to recoin money. _— un ouvrage_; to remodel, or re-cast, a work. _— un vaisseau_; to repair a ship thoroughly.

=refonte=, _n.f._, refounding, recasting (metal.); recoinage, recoining; remodeling; (nav.) thorough repair.

=reforger=, _v.a._, to forge again.

=réformable=, _adj._, reformable, that may be reformed; (jur.) reversible; (mil.) exemptible.

=réformat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reformer. _adj._, reforming, reformatory.

=réformation=, _n.f._, reformation, amendment. _La — des monnaies_; the re-stamping of coin.

=réforme=, _n.f._, reform, reformation, amendment; (milit.) reduction, discharge. _Traitement de —_; (milit.) half-pay. _Être mis à la —_; (milit.) to be put on half-pay. _Être en —_; (milit.) to be on half-pay. _Congé de —_; (milit.) discharge. _Cheval de —_; cast horse.

=réformé=, =-e=, _part._, reformed. _La religion —e_; the Protestant religion. _Un officier —_; a half-pay officer.

=réformé=, _n.m._, reformer, reformist.

=réformer=, _v.a._, to reform, to mend, to improve. _— ses mœurs_; to reform one’s morals. _— sa vie_; to amend one’s life. _— les abus_; to reform abuses. _— son train_; to reduce the number of one’s servants. _— les monnaies_; to re-stamp coin. _— des troupes_; to discharge troops. _— un officier_; to put an officer on half-pay. _— un soldat_; to discharge a soldier.

_se_ =réformer=, _v.r._, to reform, to amend; to be reformed.

=reformer=, _v.a._, to form again, to form anew.

_se_ =réformer=, _v.r._, to form again, to be formed anew.

=réformiste=, _n.m._, reformer, reformist.

=refortifier=, _v.a._, to fortify again.

=refouetter=, _v.a._, to whip again.

=refoulement= (re-fool-mān), _n.m._, driving back, suppression, compressing, forcing back; ebbing (of the tide). _Le — des eaux_; the flowing back of the waters. _Le — de la marée_; the ebbing of the tide. _Le — d’une armée_; the driving back of an army.

=refouler=, _v.a._, to drive back, to repel; to compress; (artil.) to ram. _— la marée_; to stem, to go against the tide.

=refouler=, _v.n._, to ebb; to flow back. _La marée refoule_; the tide is ebbing.

=refouloir=, _n.m._, cannon-rammer.

=refournir=, _v.a._, to furnish again, to stock anew.

=réfractaire=, _adj._, refractory, stubborn, obstinate, rebellious; impervious (to); fire-proof.

=réfractaire=, _n.m._, (milit.) defaulting conscript, defaulter.

=réfracter=, _v.a._, (phys.) to refract.

_se_ =réfracter=, _v.r._, to be refracted.

=réfracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, refractive.

=réfraction=, _n.f._, (phys.) refraction.

=refrain=, _n.m._, refrain, burden of a song; constant theme; (nav., l.u.) rolling back of billows (after breaking on rocks), surf. _C’est son — continuel_; it is his constant theme; he is always harping upon it.

=refrangibilité=, _n.f._, refrangibility.

=réfrangible=, _adj._, refrangible.

=refrapper=, _v.n._, to strike again, to knock again. _— la monnaie_; to restamp coin.

=refréner=, _v.a._, to bridle, to restrain; to curb, to repress.

=réfrigérant=, =-e=, _adj._, refrigerant. _Mélange —_; freezing mixture.

=réfrigérant=, _n.m._, (med.) refrigerant.

=réfrigérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) refrigerative.

=réfrigératif=, _n.m._, (med.) refrigerative.

=réfrigération=, _n.f._, (chem.) refrigeration.

☉=réfrigératoire=, _adj._, refrigerative.

=réfringent=, =-e=, _adj._, refracting.

=refrire=, _v.a._, to fry again.

=refriser=, _v.a._, to curl again.

=refrogné=, =-e=, _or_ =renfrogné=, =-e=, _part._, frowning, scowling, gruff, surly, sullen. _Air —_; scowling, sullen look.

*=refrognement= _or_ =renfrognement=, _n.m._, frown, scowl, knitting of the brows.

_se_ =refrogner= or _se_ =renfrogner=, _v.r._, to frown, to knit one’s brows.

=refroidi=, =-e=, _part._, chilled, cooled.

=refroidir=, _v.a._, to cool, to chill.

_se_ =refroidir=, _v.r._, to cool, to grow cold _or_ cool; to slacken, to relax, to relent, to abate.

=refroidir=, _v.n._, to cool, to become cold.

=refroidissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, cooling, coolness; coldness; chill, cold. _J’ai pris un —_; I have caught a chill.

=refrotter=, _v.a._, to rub again.

=refuge=, _n.m._, refuge, shelter, asylum, resting place; resource, protection. _— assuré_; safe refuge. _Lieu de —_; place of safety.

=réfugié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, refugee.

_se_ =réfugier=, _v.r._, to take refuge, shelter; (fig.) to have recourse (to); to shelter one’s self (behind).

=refuir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to double.

=refuite=, _n.f._, (hunt.) shift, doubling; (l.u.) shuffling, evasion.

=refus=, _n.m._, refusal, denial; thing refused. _Essuyer un —_; to meet with a refusal. _Un — net_; a flat refusal. _Cela n’est pas de —_; that is not to be refused, _or_ is very acceptable. _Ce n’est pas à son —_; it has not been offered him _or_ he has not had the refusal of it. _Enfoncer un pieu jusqu’à — de mouton_; (tech.) to ram a pile in (until driven home). _Ce pieu est au —_; this pile is set, driven home.

=refusable=, _adj._, refusable.

=refuser=, _v.a._, to refuse; to deny; to decline, not to accept, to grudge, to demur. _— des présents_; to refuse presents. _— la porte à quelqu’un_; to deny any one admittance; to shut one’s door (against).

_se_ =refuser=, _v.r._, to deny one’s self, to deprive one’s self of; not to permit; to grudge one’s self; to shun, to avoid; to withstand, to resist. _Il se refuse le nécessaire_; he denies himself the necessaries of life.

=refuser=, _v.n._, to refuse; to decline; (man.) to refuse to advance; (nav.) to scant; not to come to the wind.

=refuseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, refuser.

=réfutable=, _adj._, refutable.

=réfutateur=, _n.m._, refuter, confuter.

=réfutation=, _n.f._, refutation, confutation, disproof.

=réfuter=, _v.a._, to refute, to confute, to disprove.

_se_ =réfuter=, _v.r._, to refute each other; to be refuted.

*=regagner=, _v.a._, to regain, to get again, to win back, to recover; to retrieve; to rejoin, to overtake, to reach, to gain over. _— le dessus_; to get the upper hand again. _— le vent sur l’ennemi_; (nav.) to get the weather-gauge of the enemy. _— quelqu’un_; to gain any one over _or_ to overtake any one. _— la maison_; to return home, to reach home.

*=regaillardir=, _v.a._, to make merry, to enliven, to revive, to give a fillip to. _V._ =ragaillardir=.

=regain=, _n.m._, aftermath, after-grass; (fig.) revival, return; (of life) new lease of. _— de jeunesse_; a second youth. _— de vie_; a new lease of life.

=régal=, _n.m._, feast, entertainment, treat; pleasure. _C’est un vrai — pour moi_; it is a real treat for me.

=régalade=, _n.f._, (fam.) gulping down; blazing fire; treating; treat. _Boire à la —_; to gulp down; to pour (wine, etc.) down one’s throat, without putting the glass to one’s lips.

=régalant=, =-e=, _adj._, amusing, pleasant, entertaining.

=régale=, _n.m._, (mus.) regal, vox humana (stop).

=régale=, _n.f._, right, regalia (F. Hist.).

=régale=, _adj.f._, (l.u.) royal. _Eau —_; aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid).

=régalement= (-gal-mān), _n.m._, ☉assessment, equalization (of taxes); leveling (of ground); ☉equalization (of shares in an inheritance).

=régaler=, _v.a._, to regale, to treat, to feast, to entertain; ☉to assess taxes; to level (ground)

_se_ =régaler=, _v.r._, to feast, to entertain _or_ treat one another; to regale one’s self; to enjoy one’s self.

=régaleur=, _n.m._, entertainer, leveler.

☉=régalien= (-in), _adj.m._, regal, royal.

=regard=, _n.m._, look; gaze, stare; glance; eye, eyes; (astrol.) aspect; two pictures looking at one another. _pl._, eyes; attention, notice; (tech.) draft-hole, man-hole. _— tendre_; tender look. _Lancer un —_; to dart a look. _Jeter ses —s de côté et d’autre_; to cast one’s eyes about. _Jeter un — sur_; to cast a glance at. _Adoucir ses —s_; to soften one’s countenance. _Fixer les —s de quelqu’un_; to catch any one’s eye; to arrest any one’s attention. _Au — sombre_; dull-eyed. _En —_; opposite. _Avoir — sur_; to look into, to face. _Promener ses —s sur_; to cast one’s eyes upon, _or_ round. _Abaisser les —s_; to look down. _Au — de_, _V._ =à l’égard de=.

=regardable=, _adj._, to be worth looking at; to be looked at.

=regardant=, _n.m._, beholder, looker-on, spectator.

=regardant=, =-e=, _adj._, too strict, particular, nice; economical, near, saving, niggardly.

=regarder=, _v.a._, to look at; to look on; to behold; to face, to be opposite, to look into; to consider, to mind, to look up to; to regard, to concern. _— quelqu’un_; to look at any one. _— quelqu’un fixement_; to stare at any one. _— par un trou_; to look (at) through a hole. _— quelqu’un de haut en bas_; to look down upon any one, to look any one down (with contempt). _— comme_; to look upon as, to consider as, to repute. _Cela vous regarde_; that concerns you. _Se faire —_; to attract notice.

_se_ =regarder=, _v.r._, to look at one’s self; to look at each other; to look upon one’s self as; to consider one another as; to be opposite to each other; to be in front of each other.

=regarder=, _v.n._, to look, to face, to be opposite, to front; to mind, to pay heed to. _Ma chambre regarde sur le jardin_; my room overlooks the garden. _Regardez-y bien_; take heed. _Y —_; to be particular, to consider. _Y — à deux fois_; to think twice. _Y — de près_; to be particular about. _Je n’y regarde pas de si près_; I am not so particular as all that.

=regarnir=, _v.a._, to furnish again; to retrim.

=régate=, _n.f._, regatta, boat-race.

=regayer=, _v.a._, to comb hemp.

=regayoir=, _n.m._, hemp-comb.

=regayure=, _n.f._, refuse of hemp.

=regazonnement=, _n.m._, returfing.

=regazonner=, _v.a._, to returf.

=regel=, _n.m._, renewed frost, freezing again.

=regeler=, _v.n._, to freeze again.

=régence=, _n.f._, regency.

=régénérat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, regenerator; regenerating, reproducing.

=régénération=, _n.f._, regeneration.

=régénérer=, _v.a._, to regenerate.

_se_ =régénérer=, _v.r._, to be regenerated.

=régent=, =-e=, _adj._, regent.

=régent=, _n.m._, regent; master (of a college); governor, director (of the bank of France); name of a large diamond of the French crown.

=régenter=, _v.a._ and _n._, ☉to teach; (fig.) to domineer, to lord it over, to hector.

=regermer=, _v.n._, to regerminate.

=régicide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, regicide; regicidal.

=régie=, _n.f._, administration; administration of the taxes; excise, excisemen; excise-office. _Officier de la —_; exciseman.

=regimbement=, _n.m._, kicking (of horses); resistance, revolt, kicking against.

=regimber=, _v.n._, to kick (of horses); (fig.) to resist; to revolt, to kick against.

=régime=, _n.m._, regimen; diet; form of government; rule; reign; law; order of things; (gram.) object, objective case. _Mettre au —_; to diet. _Être au —_; to be on low diet. _Vivre de —_; to live by rule. _Se mettre au —_; to diet one’s self.

=régiment=, _n.m._, regiment.

=régimentaire=, _adj._, regimental.

=région=, _n.f._, region, country.

=régional=, _adj._, local (district); industrial, agricultural.

=régir=, _v.a._, to govern, to rule; to administer, to manage.

=régisseur=, _n.m._, manager, steward.

=régistrateur=, _n.m._, registrar, recorder (in the Pope’s chancellor’s office).

=registre=, _n.m._, register, book, account; register (of an organ); (mus.) draw-stop; (print.) register; damper (of chimneys); vane (of a steam-engine). _Rapporter sur un —_; to enter in a register. _Il est sur mes —s_; I have him on my books. _Tenir —_; to keep account (of).

=registrer=, _v.a._, to register, to record.

=regître=, _n.m._ _V._ =registre=.

=regîtrer=, _v.a._ _V._ =registrer=.

=réglage=, _n.m._, ruling (of paper); regulating, settling; setting, timing (of watches, clocks, etc.).

=règle=, _n.f._, rule, ruler; order; pattern, model, example; guide, regulation; (arith.) sum. _pl._, menses, courses. _Cela est de —_; that is the rule. _Dans les —s_; according to rule, in due form. _Être en —_, _se mettre en —_; to be in order, to have everything in order. _— à coulisse_; sliding rule.

=réglé=, =-e=, _adj._, ruled; regulated, regular, steady. _— comme un papier de musique_; as regular as clock-work. _Une vie —e_; a regular life. _À des heures —es_; at regular hours. _Il a le pouls —_; his pulse is regular.

=règlement=, _n.m._, regulation; laws, by-laws; standing order; settlement (of accounts); (mil.) roster. _Violer le —_; to commit a breach of order. _Vous manquez au —_; you are breaking the rules. _— de compte_; settlement of an account.

=réglément=, _adv._, regularly, exactly.

=réglementaire=, _adj._, according to regulations, allowed, lawful, usual, customary.

=réglementation=, _n.f._, regulating.

=réglementer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to regulate.

=régler=, _v.a._, to rule, to regulate, to square; to order; to settle; to determine, to decide; to time. _— sa dépense_; to regulate one’s expenses. _— ses affaires_; to settle one’s affairs. _— une pendule_; to set a clock right. _— un différend_; to settle a difference.

_se_ =régler=, _v.r._, to regulate one’s self by; to imitate, to follow the example of, to be guided (by); to be regulated, to time one’s self (upon). _Se — sur la vertu_; to be guided by virtue. _Je ne me règle pas sur cela_; I don’t go by that. _Je me réglerai sur vous_; I shall time myself by you.

=réglet=, _n.m._, (print.) rule; (arch.) girth.

=réglette=, _n.f._, (print.) reglet.

=régleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ruler, paper-ruler.

=réglisse=, _n.f._, licorice. _Du jus de —_; Spanish liquorice. _— en bâton_; stick licorice.

=réglure=, _n.f._, ruling (of paper).

*=régnant=, =-e=, _adj._, reigning, prevailing, present; prevalent; predominating, predominant, chief.

*=règne=, _n.m._, reign; prevalence; vogue, fashion, crown (over the high altar in churches); kingdom; tiara (of the pope). _— animal_; animal kingdom.

*=régner=, _v.n._, to reign, to govern, to rule, to bear sway, to prevail; to be in fashion; (arch.) to reach. _La maladie qui règne_; the prevailing disease.

=régnicole=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._ (rēg-ni-), (jur.) native, citizen; naturalized subject.

=regonflement=, _n.m._, re-inflation, swelling anew.

=regonfler=, _v.n._, to swell, to overflow.

=regonfler=, _v.a._, to swell again; to inflate, to fill again.

=regorgement=, _n.m._, overflowing (of fluids); overflow, superabundance.

=regorger=, _v.n._, to overflow, to run over, to abound with, to teem with; to be glutted, to be crowded _or_ crammed (with). _La salle regorgeait de monde_; the hall was crowded with spectators. _Cette province regorge de blé_; that province abounds in corn. _— de santé_; to be in rude health. _Faire —_; to compel to disgorge.

=regouler=, _v.a._, (pop.) to snub; to surfeit.

=regoûter=, _v.a._, to taste again.

=regracier=, _v.a._, to pardon again, a second time.

=regrat=, _n.m._, (l.u.) huckstering; huckster’s shop; ☉retail salt-shop.

=regrattage=, _n.m._, (mas.) regrating, rescraping.

=regratter=, _v.a._, to scratch again; to scrape again; (mas.) to regrate.

=regratter=, _v.n._, to huckster; (l.u.) to haggle; to make illegitimate petty profits.

=regratterie= (-gra-trî), _n.f._, huckster’s trade; huckstery, huckster’s wares.

=regratti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, huckster, huckstress; dealer in second-hand goods; (fig.) scribbler, compiler, hack; haggler.

=regreffer=, _v.a._, to graft again.

=régressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, regressive, retrogressive.

=régression=, _n.f._, regression, retrogression.

=regret=, _n.m._, regret. _Avoir du —_; to feel regret, to be sorry. _J’ai — que vous n’ayez pas vu cette pièce_; I regret that you have not seen that play. _À —_; with regret, with reluctance, grudgingly.

=regrettable=, _adj._, lamentable, regrettable, deplorable.

=regrettablement=, _adv._, lamentably.

=regretter=, _v.a._, to regret, to lament, to grieve (at); to be sorry (for); to repent, to miss. _Tout le monde le regrette_; he is regretted by everybody. _Je regrette qu’il ne soit pas ici_; I regret that he is not here. _Je vous regrette_; I miss you. _Le regretté ..._; the late lamented ...

=regrossir=, _v.a._, (engr.) to make thicker.

=reguinder= (-ghin-), _v.a.n._, to hoist again; to soar again.

_se_ =reguinder=, _v.r._, to soar again (of a hawk).

=régularisation=, _n.f._, putting in order; settlement.

=régulariser=, _v.a._, to put in order, to settle.

=régularité=, _n.f._, regularity, strict observance (of rules); strictness; ecclesiastical state.

=régulateur=, _n.m._, regulator; standard. _Le — d’une horloge_; the regulator of a clock. _— de tirage_; damper.

=régulat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, regulating.

=régule=, _n.m._, (chem.) pure metal; (orni.) regulus, kinglet; (disparagingly, of persons) kingling, kinglet.

=réguli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, regular, steady; punctual, exact.

=régulier=, _n.m._, regular (of monks, soldiers).

=régulièrement= (-lier-mān), _adv._, regularly, punctually, steadily.

=régurgitation=, _n.f._, reabsorption.

=régurgiter=, _v.a._, to throw, or pour, back.

=réhabilitation=, _n.f._, rehabilitation, vindication; (of bankrupts) discharge.

=réhabiliter=, _v.a._, to rehabilitate, to reinstate; to restore to; to vindicate.

_se_ =réhabiliter=, _v.r._, to rehabilitate one’s self, to reinstate, to re-establish one’s self, to pay twenty shillings in the pound.

=réhabituer=, _v.a._, to use, to reaccustom.

_se_ =réhabituer=, _v.r._, to reaccustom one’s self.

=rehacher=, _v.a._, to mince again.

=rehanter=, _v.a._, to frequent again.

=rehasarder=, _v.a._, to venture again.

=rehaussé=, =-e=, _adj._, heightened, enhanced; set off, enriched.

=rehaussement= (-hôs-mān), _n.m._, raising, heightening; enhancing; increase of value (of coin).

=rehausser=, _v.a._, to raise, to heighten, to set off, to enrich; to set forth, to extol, to cry up, to enhance, to raise the value of. _— le mérite d’une action_; to enhance the merit of an action. _— d’or et d’argent_; to enrich with gold and silver.

=rehauts= (rĕ-hô), _n.m.pl._, (paint.) lightest parts of a picture.

=reheurter=, _v.a._, to knock, _or_ to hit, again.

=réimportation=, _n.f._, (com.) re-importation.

=réimporter=, _v.a._, to import again.

=réimposer=, _v.a._, to reassess; to lay on again; (print.) to reimpose.

=réimposition=, _n.f._, further assessment; (print.) reimposing.

=réimpression=, _n.f._, reprinting; reprint, reissue.

=réimprimer=, _v.a._, to print again, to reissue.

=rein=, _n.m._, kidney; rein (of an arch), skirt (of a wood). _pl._, loins, reins, back. _Douleur dans les —s_; pain in the loins. _Poursuivre quelqu’un l’épée dans les —s_; to pursue any one very close. _Il a les —s forts_; he is strong-backed; (fig.) he has a long purse. _Douleur des —s_; pains in the back. _Se donner un tour de —s_; to sprain one’s back. _Chute des —s_; small of the back. _Les —s d’une voûte_; the haunches, _or_ shoulder, of a vault.

=reinaire=, _adj._, (bot.) having the shape of a kidney; reniform.

=réincorporer=, _v.a._, to reincorporate.

=reine=, _n.f._, queen. _— régnante_; reigning queen, queen regnant. _— mère_; queen mother. _— douairière_; queen dowager. _Faire la —_; to act the queen. _—-des-prés_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) meadow-sweet.

=reine-claude=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) greengage.

=reine-marguerite=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (bot.) China-aster. Chinese starwort, starwort. _V._ =marguerite=.

=reinette=, _n.f._, russet; rennet; pippin. _— d’Angleterre_; golden pippin.

=réinfecter=, _v.a._, to reinfect, to taint again.

=réinstallation=, _n.f._, reinstallment.

=réinstaller=, _v.a._, to reinstall.

=reinté=, =-e=, _adj._, broad-loined, strong-backed.

=réintégrande=, _n.f._, (jur.) restoration.

=réintégration=, _n.f._, reinstatement; (com.) re-warehousing.

=réintégrer=, _v.a._, to reinstate; to re-warehouse.

=réinventer=, _v.a._, to invent anew.

=réinviter=, _v.a._, to invite again.

=reis=, _n.m._, (_—_) chief. _—-effendi_; Turkish Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs.

=réitérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, repeated, reiterative.

=réitération=, _n.f._, reiteration, repetition.

=réitérer=, _v.a._, to reiterate, to repeat.

=reître=, _n.m._, reiter (German horse soldier of the 14th and 15th centuries). _C’est un vieux —_; he is an old fox.

*=rejaillir=, _v.n._, to gush, to gush out, to spurt out, to fly out, to stream, to spring out, to spout, to spout out; to reflect, to be reflected, to flash; to fly back; to rebound, to cast a reflection (upon); to be hurled back.

*=rejaillissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, gushing, gushing out, spouting, spouting forth, springing out, spurting, spurting out; springing, rebounding; reflection, flashing (of light); rebound, flying back (of a solid body).

=rejaunir=, _v.n._, to grow yellow again.

=réjection=, _n.f._, rejection.

=rejet=, _n.m._, rejection; throwing out; young shoot, sprig, sprout; (geol.) out-throw; (fin.) carrying; transfer; cast, swarm (of bees); springe (for woodcock).

=rejetable=, _adj._, that may be rejected, rejectable.

=rejeteau=, _n.m._, weather-board _or_ bead (of a door _or_ window).

=rejeter= (rĕj-té), _v.a._, to throw again; to drive back, to throw back; to cast _or_ throw up _or_ out; to throw, to throw away; to put forth (of plants); to refuse to accept, to reject; to set aside; to deny; (fin.) to carry; to transfer. _— le blâme sur_; to throw the blame on. _— un compte sur_; to carry or transfer an account (to).

_se_ =rejeter=, _v.r._, to have recourse to, to fall back (upon); to throw back to each other; to be rejected.

=rejeter=, _v.n._, to shoot (of plants).

=rejetoir=, _n.m._, springe, gin, noose.

=rejeton= (rĕj-ton), _n.m._, (bot.) shoot, sprout; (hort.) offset; (fig.) scion, offspring.

=rejettement=, _n.m._, rejection.

=rejoindre=, _v.a._, to rejoin, to join again, to join; to reunite; to meet again; to overtake; to catch up.

_se_ =rejoindre=, _v.r._, to join again, to catch each other up again, to be joined together again; to reunite, to meet again.

=rejointoiement= (-toa-mān), _n.m._, (mas.) rejointing; repointing.

=rejointoyer=, _v.a._, (mas.) to rejoint, to repoint.

=rejouer=, _v.a._, to play again; to act again. _Se —_; to be played, _or_ acted, again.

=rejouer=, _v.n._, to play again; to recall a move.

=réjoui=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, jovial, joyous, merry person; jovial, joyous, merry. _Un gros —_; a jovial man; jolly fellow. _Grosse —e_; buxom woman, _or_ lass.

=réjouir=, _v.a._, to rejoice, to gladden, to delight, to divert, to entertain, to make merry; to cheer, to exhilarate. _Cette couleur réjouit la vue_; that color pleases the eye. _Le vin réjouit le cœur_; wine makes the heart glad.

_se_ =réjouir=, _v.r._, to be _or_ to make merry, to enjoy one’s self; to rejoice (at); to be delighted (at), to enjoy one’s self, to be glad (of or at).

=réjouissance=, _n.f._, rejoicing; coarse meat; make-weight. _pl._, rejoicings, merry-making. _En signe de —_; as a sign of rejoicing.

=réjouissant=, =-e=, _adj._, jovial, joyous, cheerful; gladsome, rejoicing, cheering, diverting, amusing.

=relâchant=, =-e=, _adj._, loosening, opening, laxative, relaxing.

=relâchant=, _n.m._, opening medicine, laxative.

=relâche=, _n.m._, intermission, remission; discontinuance; rest, respite; relaxation; (thea.) no performance. _Il y a — au théâtre ce soir_; there is no performance at the theater this evening. _—!_ closed (of theaters). _Sans —_; without intermission.

=relâche=, _n.f._, (nav.) any place fit to put into; putting into port; calling at a port.

=relâché=, =-e=, _adj._, loose, remiss, lax, relaxed. _Morale —e_; loose doctrine.

=relâchement= (-lâsh-mān), _n.m._, slackness, looseness, laxness; slackening, loosening, relaxing; diminution; intermission; abatement; relaxation, rest; remissness; laxity (of morals). _— des nerfs_; relaxing of the nerves.

=relâcher=, _v.a._, to slacken, to loose, to loosen, to unbend, to relax; to let go, to release, to set at liberty; to yield, to give up, to abate.

_se_ =relâcher=, _v.r._, to grow slack _or_ loose; to slacken, to abate, to give way, to relax, to unbend; to fall off; to flag; to get milder (of the weather). _Se — l’esprit_; to unbend one’s mind, to take relaxation.

=relâcher=, _v.n._, to abate, to remit, to relax, to flag; (nav.) to put into port, to touch at.

=relais=, _n.m._, relay (fresh horses); stage; posting-house (where fresh horses are taken). _Chevaux de —_; fresh horses; (hunt.) relay; opening (in carpet-making); (fort.) _V._ =berme=. _Être de —_; to be unemployed, to have nothing to do, to be disengaged, at leisure.

=relaissé=, _adj.m._, (hunt.) resting (of hares).

=relaisser=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to rest (of hares).

=relancer=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to start again; to turn out again; to urge, to rouse, to answer sharply, to put down, to take up short (by an answer). _— quelqu’un_; to put any one down; to take any one up short.

=relaps=, =-e= (rĕ-laps), _n._ and _adj._, relapser; relapsed; relapsed into heresy.

=rélargir=, _v.a._, to widen, to let out (clothes).

=rélargissement= (-jis-mān), _n.m._, widening; letting out (clothes).

=relater=, _v.a._, (jur.) to relate, to state.

=relateur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) relater, narrator.

=relati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, relative, relating.

=relatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) relative.

=relation=, _n.f._, relation, reference; respect, account, recital; statement; connection. _pl._, relations, connections, intercourse; communication, correspondence. _Être en —s avec quelqu’un_; to be connected with any one, to be in correspondence with any one. _— exacte_; exact account.

=relationnaire=, _n.m._, narrator, relater.

=relativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, relatively, comparatively.

=relativité=, _n.f._, relativeness.

=relatter=, _v.a._, to lath anew.

=relaver=, _v.a._, to wash again.

=relaxation=, _n.f._, (jur., med.) laxness; enlargement; relaxation, abatement, remission. _— d’un prisonnier_; release of a prisoner.

=relaxé=, _adj._, relaxed, slackened, released.

=relaxer=, _v.a._, to relax; to enlarge; to release.

=relayer=, _v.a._, to take the place of, _or_ to relieve, any one.

_se_ =relayer=, _v.r._, to relieve one another; to take it in turns.

=relayer=, _v.n._, to take fresh horses, to change horses.

=relayeur=, _n.m._, job post-master.

=relécher=, _v.a._, to lick again.

=relégation=, _n.f._, (jur.) banishment; exile; relegation.

=reléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to banish; to send off; to shut up; to consign; to relegate; to seclude.

_se_ =reléguer=, _v.r._, to shut one’s self up, to seclude one’s self.

=relent=, _n.m._, mustiness, moldiness. _Sentir le —_; to smell moldy.

=relevage=, _n.m._, raising; collection (of letters); clearing (letter boxes).

*=relevailles= (rĕl-vâ-ye), _n.f.pl._, churching of a woman. _Faire ses —_; to be churched.

=relevant=, =-e= (rĕl-vān, -t), _adj._, held, being holden; depending.

=relevé= (rĕl-vé), _n.m._, abstract, extract, statement, return; shifting (of a horse’s shoe). _Faire un — de compte_; to make an abstract of an account.

=relevé=, =-e= (rĕl-vé), _adj._, raised; erect; high, exalted, lofty, refined. _Une condition —e_; a high rank. _Pensée —e_; noble thought. _D’un ton —_; in a refined tone. _De la viande d’un goût —_; high-seasoned meat.

=relevée= (rĕl-vé), _n.f._, (jur.) afternoon. _De —_; in the afternoon.

=relèvement= (rĕ-lèv-mān), _n.m._, raising again; statement, account; (nav.) rising, bearing.

=relever= (rĕl-vé), _v.a._, to raise again, to lift up again; to tuck up; to restore; to raise; to curl up, to twirl up; to heighten, to relieve, to set off; to cry up, to extol; to notice, to remark; to take up; to give a relish to; to liberate, to free; to retort; to criticize; (nav.) to take the bearings of. _— des fortifications_; to restore fortifications. _— un fossé_; to raise up the banks of a ditch. _— le courage de quelqu’un_; to raise any one’s courage. _Relevez votre robe_; tuck up your gown. _— les bords d’un chapeau_; to turn up the rim of a hat. _— un mot_; to criticize a word. _— la tête_; to raise one’s head again. _La parure relève la bonne mine_; dress sets off a handsome face. _— une action_; to extol an action. _— quelqu’un_; to raise any one. _Se faire — de ses vœux_; to get one’s vows annulled. _— la garde_; to relieve guard. _— une sentinelle_; to relieve a sentry. _— un vaisseau_; to get a ship afloat again. _— l’ancre_; to shift the position of the anchor. _— une côte_; to take the bearings of a coast; to survey a coast. _— le quart_; (nav.) to set the watch.

_se_ =relever=, _v.r._, to rise again; to get up again, to rise; to rise up, to get up; to recover, to retrieve one’s losses; to relieve each other; to take turns; to be raised; (nav.) to right itself (of a ship).

=relever=, _v.r._, to recover; to get better; to turn up; to depend; to be dependent upon; to be amenable (to) (jur.). _— de maladie_; to recover from illness. _— de coucher_; to be about again (after confinement); to be churched.

=releveur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) levator; elevator.

=reliage=, _n.m._, hooping (of casks).

=relief=, _n.m._, relief, relievo, embossment; embossing; set-off. _Bas-—_, (_—-—s_) bas-relief, bass-relief, basso-relievo, low-relief. _Haut_, _plein —_, _— entier_; high-relief, alto-relievo. _Demi-—_, (_—-—_) demi-relievo. _Ouvrage de —_; work in relief. _Donner du —_; to set off; to give relief; to make conspicuous; to give importance to.

☉=reliefs=, _n.m.pl._, remains, leavings, broken scraps (from the table).

=reliement=, _n.m._, union, joining, junction; connecting, connection.

=relier=, _v.a._, to hoop (casks); to bind (books).

=relieur=, _n.m._, binder, bookbinder.

=religieuse=, _n.f._, nun.

=religieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, religiously, strictly, scrupulously, faithfully.

=religieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, religious, spiritual; exact, strict, punctual.

=religieux=, _n.m._, friar, monk, brother.

=religion=, _n.f._, religion, creed; religious worship; piety, godliness, faith; (fig.) scruple, conscientiousness, conscience. _Se faire une — d’une chose_; to make a thing a matter of conscience _or_ of duty. _— réformée_; protestant religion. _Entrer en —_; to become a monk, a nun. _Mourir en —_; to die in the Lord, _or_ to die a Christian.

=religionnaire=, _n.m._, Protestant.

=religiosité=, _n.f._, ☉excessive scrupulousness in religious matters; religiousness.

=relimage=, _n.m._, filing again.

=relimer=, _v.a._, to file again; to polish; to work up.

=reliquaire=, _n.m._, reliquary; shrine.

=reliquat=, _n.m._, balance, remainder of an account; remains (of a disease); ☉remains of a feast.

=reliquataire=, _n.m._, debtor owing a balance; debtor.

=relique=, _n.f._, relic. _Les —s d’un saint_; the shrine of a saint. _Je n’ai pas grand’foi à ses —s_; I have not much confidence in him.

=relire=, _v.a._, to read over again.

=reliure=, _n.f._, binding (of books).

=relocation=, _n.f._, (jur.) letting anew; reletting, fresh lease.

=reloger=, _v.a._ and _n._, to lodge again, to dwell again.

=relouer=, _v.a._, to let again; to underlet; to rent again.

=reluire=, _v.n._, to shine, to glitter, to glisten. _Tout ce qui reluit n’est pas or_; all is not gold that glitters.

=reluisant=, =-e=, _adj._, bright, shining, glittering.

=reluquer=, _v.a._, to cast sheep’s eyes on; to ogle; to leer at; to have an eye upon, to long for (fig.). _— une terre_; to covet a certain property. _— un héritage_; to covet an inheritance.

=reluqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ogler; coveter.

=remâcher=, _v.a._, to chew again, to ruminate; to revolve in one’s mind.

=remaçonner=, _v.a._, to repair (mas.). _Se —_; to be repaired.

*=rémailler=, _v.a._, to enamel again.

=remailler=, _v.a._, to mend, to repair the meshes of (in stockings, knitting, fishing nets, etc.).

=remander=, _v.a._, to send word again.

=remaniement= _or_ =remanîment=, _n.m._, handling again; touching again; (print.) overrunning; doing over again, repairing, altering, changing.

=remanier=, _v.a._, to handle again; to touch again; to repair; to retouch, to do over again; (print.) to overrun. _— le papier_; (print.) to turn the paper.

=remarchander=, _v.a._, to haggle again.

=remarcher=, _v.n._, to walk _or_ go again; to march again.

=remarier=, _v.a._, to marry again.

_se_ =remarier=, _v.r._, to marry a second time; to be married again.

=remarquable=, _adj._, remarkable, conspicuous.

=remarquablement=, _adv._, remarkably, conspicuously.

=remarque=, _n.f._, remark, observation, notice. _Digne de —_; worthy of notice, noteworthy.

=remarquer=, _v.a._, to mark again, to make another mark; to note, to observe, to notice, to take notice; to remark, to distinguish. _Se faire —_; to attract notice, to distinguish one’s self. _Faire —_; to observe, to point out; to call attention to.

_se_ =remarquer=, _v.r._, to be remarked, noticed.

=remasquer=, _v.a._, to mask again.

_se_ =remasquer=, _v.r._, to put on one’s mask again.

=remballage=, _n.m._, re-packing.

=remballer=, _v.a._, to pack up again.

=rembarquement=, _n.m._, re-embarkation; re-embarkment, re-shipping, re-shipment.

=rembarquer=, _v.a._, to re-embark; to ship again.

_se_ =rembarquer=, _v.r._, to re-embark; to go on board again; to engage again (in anything).

=rembarrer=, _v.a._, to repel, to repulse; to retort on, to set down, to take up short, to stop at once.

=remblai=, _n.m._, filling up; embanking; rubbish.

=remblayer=, _v.a._, to embank, to fill up (with rubbish); to resow (with corn).

=remboîtement= (-boat-mān), _n.m._, setting (of a bone); fitting in again, clamping.

=remboîter=, _v.a._, to set (a bone); to fit in again, to clamp (pieces of joinery).

=rembourrage= _or_ =rembourrement= (ran-boor-), _n.m._, stuffing, padding.

=rembourrer=, _v.a._, to stuff (with flock _or_ hair); to stuff out, to pad.

_se_ =rembourrer=, _v.r._, (pop.) to stuff up (to eat gluttonously).

=remboursable=, _adj._, repayable, reimbursable; (fin.) redeemable.

=remboursement=, _n.m._, reimbursement, repayment. _Contre —_; on payment, on cash remittance. _Faire suivre en —_; to require payment on delivery, to charge forward.

=rembourser=, _v.a._, to reimburse, to repay, to refund.

_se_ =rembourser=, _v.r._, to reimburse one’s self, to repay one’s self.

=rembraser=, _v.a._, to kindle again.

=rembrasser=, _v.a._, to embrace again.

=rembruni=, =-e=, _adj._, brown, dark, gloomy, dull, cloudy. _Un air —_; a gloomy look. _Teint —_; dark complexion.

=rembrunir=, _v.a._, to make dark _or_ darker, to darken; to cloud; to sadden.

_se_ =rembrunir=, _v.r._, to get, _or_ grow, darker; to become cloudy, gloomy; to become sad, melancholy. _Son front se rembrunit_; his brow grew darker.

=rembrunissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, darkening, becoming darker.

=rembuchement= (-bûsh-mān), _n.m._, (hunt.) return to covert.

_se_ =rembucher=, _v.r._, (hunt.) to return to covert.

=remède=, _n.m._, remedy; medicine, cure; (med.) clyster. _Sans —_; without remedy, past recovery. _Susceptible de —_; remediable, not by any means hopeless. _Être dans les —s_; to take remedies. _Se mettre dans les —s_; to take remedies, physic. _Apporter du — à_; to remedy, to stop. _Un — à tous maux_; a plaster for all sores. _Le grand —_; the grand remedy, mercury. _A chose faite point de —_; what is done cannot be undone. _C’est un vrai — d’amour que cette femme!_ that woman is a horrid old fright.

=remédiable=, _adj._, remediable.

=remédier=, _v.n._, to remedy, to cure, to stop. _— à un mal_; to remedy an evil. _On ne saurait y —_; that can’t be helped.

=remêler=, _v.a._, to mix again; to shuffle again.

=remémora-teur=, =-trice=, _adj._, reminding.

=remémorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, commemorative; reminding.

☉=remémorer=, _v.a._, to put in mind of, to remind of.

☉_se_ =remémorer=, _v.r._, to recollect.

=remener=, _v.a._, to take back, to lead back; to carry back, to bring back (a person).

=remerciement= _or_ =remercîment=, _n.m._, thanks. _Faire des —s_; to return thanks.

=remercier=, _v.a._, to thank, to give _or_ return thanks; to decline; not to accept; to discharge. _Je vous remercie_; I thank you.

=réméré=, _n.m._, (jur.) redemption, repurchase. _Faculté de —_; power of redemption. _Vente à —_; sale with power of redemption.

=remesurer=, _v.a._, to measure again.

=remetteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, remitter, remittor.

=remettre=, _v.a._, to put again, to put on again, to wear again; to put back, to put back again, to set again; to lay again; to set (a bone); to restore, to reinstate; to recover, to make well; to reassure; to remove; to deliver, to give up; to return, to deliver up, to hand over; to put off, to delay; to remit, to forgive, to pardon; to leave one the care of; to intrust; to remember, to recognize. _— à la voile_; to set sail again. _— l’épée dans le fourreau_; to put up one’s sword. _— une armée sur pied_; to raise new forces. _— dans l’esprit_; to remind. _— quelqu’un_; to recollect any one, to know any one again. _Je vous remets_; I recollect your face. _— en bon ordre_; to restore to order. _— en bonne intelligence_; to reconcile, to reunite. _Le voilà tout à fait remis_; he is quite recovered. _— l’esprit_; to soothe the mind (of). _— une lettre à son adresse_; to deliver a letter (to its address). _Faire —_; to have something, _or_ to cause something to be, delivered, conveyed, _or_ handed over; to send, to forward. _— de l’argent_; to remit money. _— d’un jour à l’autre_; to put off from day to day. _— une chose à la décision de quelqu’un_; to refer a matter to any one. _— en question_; to unsettle, to call in question again.

_se_ =remettre=, _v.r._, to apply one’s self again; to resume; to set one’s self again; to call to mind; to recover from, to grow well again; to recover, _or_ to compose, one’s self; (hunt.) to light (of birds); to resign one’s self; to refer, to rely. _Se — à table_; to sit down again to table. _Remettez-vous_; compose yourself. _Se — une chose_; to recollect a thing. _S’en — à_; to refer to; to trust to. _S’en — à quelqu’un_; to refer a thing to any one, to leave, to intrust (to). _Se — au beau_; (of the weather) to mend, to become fine again. _Se — en route_; to resume one’s journey.

=remeubler=, _v.a._, to refurnish.

=réminiscence=, _n.f._, reminiscence.

=rémipède=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) remiped.

=remis=, =-e=, _part._, put back, put off; drawn (of a game); (of weather) settled, fine again. _Partie —e_; drawn game. _Ce n’est que partie —e_; it is only a pleasure deferred.

=remisage=, _n.m._, housing; coach-house, shed.