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=remise=, _n.f._, giving up; delivery; delay; deferring; remittance; reduction, abatement; commission, allowance; coach-house, mews; (hunt.) cover (for game); place of lighting (of partridges). _Il use toujours de —_; he is always putting off. _La — d’une audience_; the putting off of a hearing. _Faire une —_; to make a remittance, to remit. _Faire — de_; to forgive, to remit. _Il est sous la —_; he is on the shelf. _Sous la —_; in the coach-house.

=remise=, _n.m._, coach let on hire; hired brougham. _Voiture de —_; livery carriage (as hired from the stables, in opposition to voiture de place, taken from the stand).

=remiser=, _v.a._, to put in the coach-house; to house; to put by.

=rémissible=, _adj._, remissible, pardonable, excusable.

=rémission=, _n.f._, remission, mercy, forgiveness, pardon.

=rémissionnaire=, _n.m._, pardoned criminal.

=rémittent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) remitting.

=remmaillage=, _n.m._, re-stitching, mending.

=remmailler=, _v.a._, to re-stitch, to mend, to remake the meshes of. _V._ =remailler=.

*=remmailloter= (rān-ma-), _v.a._, to rewrap (in swaddling-clothes).

=remmancher= (rān-mān-), _v.a._, to put a new haft or handle to, to haft again.

=remmener= (rān-mné), _v.a._, to take back, to carry back, to lead back; to take away again (a person).

=remodeler= (-mo-dlé), _v.a._, to model anew.

=rémolade= _or_ =remolade=, _n.f._ _V._ =rémoulade=.

=remole=, _n.f._ _V._ =remous=.

=remontage=, _n.m._, new fronting, vamping (of boots); (tech.) remounting, putting together again, fitting up again.

=remonte=, _n.f._, (milit.) remount; (of studs) new leap; going up stream.

=remonter=, _v.n._, to reascend; to go up again; to go back, to trace back; to date (from) (with reference to time); to rise, to rise again; to remount. _— à cheval_; to get on horseback again. _— sur sa bête_; to recover one’s losses. _— à la source_, _à l’origine d’une chose_; to trace a thing back to its origin.

=remonter=, _v.a._, to reascend; to go up again; to put together again; to remount (cavalry); to rise (of public securities); to fit up; to stock; to go up; to wind up (a watch, a clock); to new-string (of instruments). _— une rivière_, _un fleuve_; to ascend a river. _— une montre_; to wind up a watch. _— des bottes_; to new-front, _or_ to vamp, boots. _— un fusil_; to new-stock a gun. _— le moral à quelqu’un_; to revive the spirits of any one. _— un magasin_; to stock a warehouse anew.

_se_ =remonter=, _v.r._, to stock one’s self again; to wind up (watches); (fig.) to recover one’s strength, health, _or_ spirits.

=remontoir=, _n.m._, key (for winding up clocks); keyless action (in watches).

=remontrance=, _n.f._, remonstrance.

=remontrant=, _n.m._, remonstrant.

=remontrer=, _v.a._, to demonstrate, to represent, to lay before, to point out, to show, to show again; to remonstrate; (hunt.) to show where the game has passed. _En — à quelqu’un_; to be more than a match for, to outdo any one; to put up to a thing or two. _C’est gros Jean qui remontre à son curé_; it is teaching one’s grandmother how to suck eggs.

_se_ =remontrer=, _v.r._, to show one’s self again.

=rémora=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (ich.) remora; suck-fish; (fig.) hindrance, impediment, obstacle.

=remordre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to bite again anything _or_ anybody; to attack again; to try again; (fig., of conscience) to torment, to rack.

=remords= (re-mor), _n.m._, remorse, compunction. _Avoir des —s_; to feel remorse. _Sans —_; remorseless. _Etouffer ses —_; to stifle remorse.

=rémore=, _n.f._ _V._ =rémora=.

=remorquage=, _n.m._, (nav.) towing.

=remorque=, _n.f._, towing (a ship). _Prendre a la —_; to take in tow. _Se mettre à la —_; to get into tow. _Câble de —_; tow-line. _À la — de_; in tow of; (fig.) under the influence, _or_ leadership, of; in the train, _or_ wake, of.

=remorquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to tow, to tug, to drag.

=remorqueur=, _n.m._, tug, towing-vessel.

=remorqueuse=, _n.f._, (railways) pilot-engine.

_à_ =rémotis= (-tiss), _adv._, (l.u.) aside, by. _Mettre à —_; to put by.

=remoucher=, _v.a._, to snuff the candle again; to wipe again the nose of.

_se_ =remoucher=, _v.r._, to blow one’s nose again.

=remoudre=, _v.a._, to grind again (corn, etc.).

=rémoudre=, _v.a._, to sharpen, _or_ to whet, again.

*=remouiller=, _v.a._, to wet again.

=rémoulade=, _n.f._, (cook.) sharp mustard-sauce; (vet.) sprain-ointment.

=rémouleur=, _n.m._, grinder, knife-grinder.

=remous=, _n.m._, eddy, dead-water, back-water.

*=rempaillage=, _n.m._, re-covering with straw; restuffing, rebottoming.

*=rempailler=, _v.a._, to rebottom _or_ new-bottom (a chair).

*=rempailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, chair-mender.

=rempaquement= (-pak-mān), _n.m._, barreling of herrings.

=rempaqueter= (-pak-té), _v.a._, to pack up again.

=remparer=, _v.a._, to fortify, to bulwark; to intrench; to cover.

_se_ =remparer=, _v.r._, to fortify one’s self (by ramparts); to take possession again.

=rempart=, _n.m._, rampart, bulwark.

=remplaçable=, _adj._, replaceable.

=remplaçant=, _n.m._, substitute.

=remplacement= (-plas-mān), _n.m._, replacing; replacement; fresh supply; (fin.) reinvestment. _Bureau de —_; office for providing substitutes for the army. _Le — a été aboli en France par la loi de 1872_; the replacing of recruits by substitutes was abolished in France by law in 1872. _En — de_; instead of, in place of.

=remplacer=, _v.a._, to replace, to take the place of; to serve as a substitute; to reinvest. _Vous le remplacerez pendant son absence_; you will fill his place during his absence. _Se faire —_; to get a substitute.

_se_ =remplacer=, _v.r._, to be replaced; to get a fresh supply of anything.

=remplage=, _n.m._, the filling up, adding (of wine-casks); fillings, rubble (mas.).

=rempli=, _n.m._, tuck, fold, turning in.

=rempli=, =-e=, _adj._, full, replete, fraught (with).

=remplier=, _v.a._, to make a tuck, to turn in.

=remplir=, _v.a._, to fill again; to fill, to fill up; to cram, to stuff; to take up, to occupy; to supply, to furnish; to keep, to hold; to fulfill, to discharge; to perform; to answer, to come up to; to pay back. _Il remplit bien son temps_; he employs his time well. _— un poste_; to hold a post. _— ses engagements_; to fulfill one’s engagements. _— une tâche_; to perform a task. _— l’attente de quelqu’un_; to answer any one’s expectation.

_se_ =remplir=, _v.r._, to fill one’s self; to cram, _or_ stuff, one’s self; to fill, to become full.

=remplissage=, _n.m._, filling, filling up (of casks); filling out; (fig.) rubbish, trash, padding.

=remplisseuse=, _n.f._, (needlework) filler-in, point-lace mender.

=remploi=, _n.m._, (jur.) re-investment, re-employment.

=remployer=, _v.a._, to use again, to re-invest.

=remplumer=, _v.a._, to feather again; (mus.) to quill anew.

_se_ =remplumer=, _v.r._, to get new feathers; to retrieve one’s losses; to get stout again; to pick up again.

=rempocher=, _v.a._, to pocket again.

=rempoigner=, _v.a._, to catch hold of again, to seize again, to recapture.

=rempoisonner= (rān-poa-zo-né), _v.a._, to poison again.

=rempoissonnement= (rām-poa-so-n-mān), _n.m._, re-stocking with fish.

=rempoissonner= (rān-poa-so-né), _v.a._, to re-stock with fish.

=remporter=, _v.a._, to carry, _or_ take, back; to carry away _or_ off, to take away _or_ off; to get, to obtain; to bear off; to win. _— un prix_; to carry off a prize. _— la victoire_; to win the victory.

=rempotage=, _n.m._, (gard.) re-potting.

=rempoter=, _v.a._, (gard.) to re-pot.

=remprisonnement=, _n.m._, reimprisonment.

=remprisonner=, _v.a._, to reimprison.

=remprunter=, _v.a._, to borrow again.

=remuable=, _adj._, movable.

=remuage=, _n.m._, moving, stirring.

=remuant=, =-e=, _adj._, restless, stirring; unquiet; bustling, busy; turbulent, seditious.

=remue-ménage=, _n.m._, (_—_) stir, rummage; disturbance, bustle, confusion.

=remuement= _or_ =remûment=, _n.m._, stirring; moving, commotion, disturbance.

=remue-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =hochequeue=.

=remuer=, _v.a._, to move, to stir; to rouse; to turn up; to disturb, to handle; to affect, to shake, to wag; to shuffle (of dominoes); to change the linen (of a baby). _— la tête_; to shake one’s head. _— des meubles_; to rummage, _or_ move, furniture. _— la queue_; to wag its tail (of a dog). _— ciel et terre_; to leave no stone unturned, to move heaven and earth.

_se_ =remuer=, _v.r._, to stir, to move; to bestir one’s self, to bustle about; to fidget.

=remuer=, _v.n._, to stir, to move; to make a disturbance; to fidget.

=remueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mover, stirrer.

=remueuse=, _n.f._, nurse-maid.

☉=remugle=, _n.m._ _V._ =renfermé=.

=rémunérateur=, _n.m._, rewarder, remunerator, requiter.

=rémunérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, remunerative.

☉=rémunérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, remunerative.

=rémunération=, _n.f._, remuneration, reward.

=rémunératoire=, _adj._, remuneratory.

=rémunérer=, _v.a._, to remunerate, to reward.

=renâcler=, _v.n._, (pop.) to snuff, to snort (in anger); to turn up one’s nose; to be unwilling, to be reluctant, to hang back, to demur.

=renaissance=, _n.f._, regeneration, new birth, revival, renewal; renaissance, renascence. _— des lettres_; revival of letters.

=renaissant=, =-e=, _adj._, springing up again, growing up again, reviving, returning, renascent, recurring.

=renaître=, _v.n._, to be born again; to grow again, to come up again; to appear again, to spring up again, to rise again; to revive, to reappear, to recur. _Toute la nature renaît_; all nature revives. _Le jour renaît_; day reappears. _— à la vie_; to return to life. _— au bonheur_; to be restored to happiness.

=rénal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) renal.

=renard=, _n.m._, (mam.) fox; (mam.) dog-fox; fox, cunning dog, sly fellow; (astron.) Fox; (engineering) leak; (pop.) vomit, spew. _— américain_; raccoon. _Queue-de-—_, (_—s-—_) fox’s brush; (bot.) prince’s-feather. _— marin_; sea-ape. _Fin —_; cunning dog, sly fox. _Se confesser au —_; to tell one’s secret to an enemy. _Le — prêche aux poules_; the devil rebukes sin. _Prendre marte pour —_; to mistake one person for another. _Compère le —_, _maître —_; Reynard the fox (Lafontaine).

=renarde=, _n.f._, (mam.) she-fox; (fig.) catamaran.

=renardeau=, _n.m._, fox’s cub.

=renarder=, _v.n._, to play the fox; (pop.) to vomit; to shoot the cat.

=renardier=, _n.m._, fox-catcher.

=renardière=, _n.f._, fox’s burrow.

☉=renasquer=, _v.n._ _V._ =renâcler=.

=rencaissage= _or_ =rencaissement=, _n.m._, (hort.) putting again into wooden boxes; (fin.) re-encashing.

=rencaisser=, _v.a._, to put again into boxes; (fin.) to pay again into the bank, to re-encash; to get in money.

=renchéri=, =-e=, _adj._, risen in price, higher-priced; over-particular, over-nice (of a person).

=renchéri=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, particular person, nice person. _Faire le —_, _faire la —e_; to be mighty particular, to give one’s self airs.

=renchérir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to raise the price of; to get dearer; to rise. _— sur_; to improve upon; to go beyond, to outstrip.

=renchérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, rise in price.

=renclouer=, _v.a._, (milit.) to spike again.

*=rencogner=, _v.a._, (fam.) to draw back, to drive, _or_ to get, into a corner.

_se_ *=rencogner=, _v.r._, to hide _or_ crouch in a corner.

=rencontre=, _n.f._, meeting; encounter, accidental meeting; accident, chance; collision; accidental fight; duel; opportunity, occurrence, case; juncture; coincidence; collision. _Aller_, _venir_, _à la — de quelqu’un_; to go to meet, _or_ to come to meet, any one. _De —_; second-hand. _Marchandise de —_; second-hand goods. _Roue de — d’une horloge_; balance-wheel of a clock. _Vaisseaux de —_; (chem.) vessels fitting into each other. _Une mauvaise —_; an unpleasant encounter.

=rencontre=, _n.m._, (her.) rencounter.

=rencontrer=, _v.a._, to meet, to meet with, to fall in with; to light upon; to find, to encounter; to meet, to encounter (in a hostile manner).

_se_ =rencontrer=, _v.r._, to meet, to meet each other, to meet with each other, to be met with; to be seen; to agree, to coincide; to meet, to encounter (in a duel). _Nos idées se rencontrent_; our ideas coincide, _or_ tally. _Cela ne se rencontre pas tous les jours_; that does not happen, that is not to be met with, every day. _Les beaux esprits se rencontrent_; great wits jump together.

=rencontrer=, _v.n._, to have good _or_ ill luck, to be fortunate _or_ unfortunate; to guess; to speak to the purpose, to make a hit. _Vous avez bien rencontré_; you have hit the right nail on the head. _Le limier rencontre_; the blood-hound is on the scent.

=rencorser=, _v.a._, to put a new body (to).

=rendage=, _n.m._, (tech.) product of raw materials; daily product of a lime-kiln; yield, output.

=rendement= (rand-mān), _n.m._, produce, yield, output.

_se_ =rendetter=, _v.r._, to run, _or_ get, into debt again.

=rendeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who renders, restorer.

=rendez-vous=, _n.m._, (_—_) rendezvous, meeting, appointment; place of meeting, place of resort. _Donner un — à quelqu’un_; to make an appointment with any one. _Prendre —_; to make an appointment. _Se donner —_; to make an appointment; to agree to meet; to resort.

=rendonnée=, _n.f._ _V._ =randonnée=.

=rendormir=, _v.a._, to lull to sleep again, to send to sleep again.

_se_ =rendormir=, _v.r._, to fall, _or_ go, to sleep again.

=rendoubler=, _v.a._, to turn in, to turn down; to fold up, to double up.

=rendre=, _v.a._, to render, to return, to restore, to give back, to give again; to pay back, to repay, to refund, to pay again; to deliver up, to yield, to yield up, to give up, to render up, to surrender; to carry, to convey, to transport, to take; to cast up, to cast out, to eject, to void, to throw up, to throw off one’s stomach; to do, to pay, to give; to make; to produce, to bear, to bring in; to translate; to reward; to express, to convey, to represent; to issue; to exhale, to emit, to send forth, to give out; (jur.) to remit; (jur.) to surrender; (jur.) to return, to find, to bring in; to give in; to give (verdict). _Rendez-moi mon reste_; give me my change. _— de l’ouvrage_; to take work home. _— le salut_; to return a salute. _— hommage_; to render homage. _Je vous rends grâce_; I return you thanks. _— ses respects_, _ses devoirs à quelqu’un_; to pay one’s respects, one’s duty, to any one. _— compte_; to give an account. _— visite_; to pay a visit. _— à quelqu’un sa visite_; to return any one his call. _— justice à quelqu’un_; to do any one justice. _— la justice_; to administer, _or_ to dispense, justice. _— service à quelqu’un_; to do any one a service. _— la pareille_; to return like for like. _— le bien pour le mal_; to return good for evil. _— avec usure_; to return with interest. _Dieu vous le rende!_ may God reward you! _— la santé_; to restore health. _— un prisonnier à la liberté_; to set a prisoner at liberty. _L’expérience l’a rendu sage_; experience has made him wise, has taught him wisdom. _— une place_; (milit.) to surrender a town. _— les armes_; to lay down one’s arms. _— une médecine_; to throw up a dose of physic. _— gorge_; to refund; to disgorge. _— raison_; to account for, to give a reason. _Rendez-moi raison de votre conduite_; explain your conduct to me. _— raison à quelqu’un_; to give any one satisfaction, to fight a duel. _— un arrêt_; to issue a decree. _— témoignage_; to bear witness. _— à quelqu’un sa parole_; to release any one from his promise. _— l’âme_; to give up the ghost. _— le pain bénit_; (c.rel.) to make the bread-offering. _— un paquet_, _— une lettre_; to take a parcel, a letter, to its destination. _— des marchandises en un lieu_; to take, to carry, to convey goods to a place. _Montez dans ma voiture, en deux heures je vous rendrai là_; get into my carriage, in two hours I will take you there. _Ce fermier rend tant de sa ferme_; that farmer pays so much for his farm.

_se_ =rendre=, _v.r._, to make one’s self, to render one’s self; to become, to turn; to go, to repair, to proceed, to resort; to wait upon any one; to flow; to yield, to surrender, to surrender one’s self, to give one’s self up; to be worn out, to be tired out, to be exhausted. _Se — partie contre quelqu’un_; to declare against any one. _Se — à son devoir_; to go where duty calls. _Le sang se rend au cœur_; the blood flows to the heart. _Se — prisonnier_; to surrender one’s self prisoner, to give one’s self up. _Je me rends_; I am tired out; I give up.

=rendre=, _v.n._, to lead (to) (of roads); to evacuate, to void; to run (of wounds).

=rendre=, _n.m._, repayment, refunding, returning.

=rendu=, =-e=, _part._, arrived; rendered, delivered; exhausted, tired out, knocked up, spent (of a horse). _Je suis —_; I am quite exhausted, fagged out, done up. _Un cheval qui est —_; a spent horse.

=rendu=, _n.m._, return, tit for tat.

=renduire=, _v.a._, to plaster anew; to daub over again; to give a new coating (to).

=rendurcir=, _v.a._, to make harder.

_se_ =rendurcir=, _v.r._, to become harder; to become hardened.

=rêne=, _n.f._, rein. _Prendre les —s_; to take the reins.

=renégat=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, renegade.

=reneiger=, _v.n._, to snow again.

=rêner=, _v.a._, to bridle, to bridle (in) (a horse).

=rénette=, _n.f._, green frog; (vet.) paring knife; marking tool.

=rénetter=, _v.a._, (vet.) to furrow, to mark, to groove.

=renettoyer=, _v.a._, to clean again.

=renfaîtage=, _n.m._, repairing the top of a roof, new-ridging.

=renfaîter=, _v.a._, to new-ridge, to mend the top of a roof.

=renfermé=, _n.m._, fustiness; musty, _or_ close, _or_ confined, air. _Sentir le —_; to smell close _or_ fusty.

=renfermer=, _v.a._, to shut up, to confine; to comprehend, to include, to contain; to conceal, to hide.

_se_ =renfermer=, _v.r._, to shut one’s self up, to confine one’s self. _Se — en soi-même_; to retire within one’s self, to commune with one’s self.

=renfiler=, _v.a._, to thread again, to new-string.

=renflammer=, _v.a._, to rekindle.

_se_ =renflammer=, _v.r._, to be rekindled.

=renflé=, =-e=, _adj._, swollen, swelling; (bot.) inflated, puffed out; risen (of dough); bossed.

=renflement=, _n.m._, swelling, enlargement; (bot.) struma.

=renfler=, _v.n._, _se_ =renfler=, _v.r._, to swell, to swell out; to rise.

=renflouage=, _n.m._, (nav.) getting a ship afloat again, refloating, raising.

=renflouer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to refloat, to raise.

=renfoncement= (-fons-mān), _n.m._, cavity; hollow, recess; (of a door) doorway; (print.) indentation; (arch.) break; (paint.) background.

=renfoncer=, _v.a._, to drive further in, to drive deeper, to pull further on; to pull over one’s eyes; (print.) to indent; (of a cask) to new bottom.

=renforçage=, _n.m._, strengthening.

=renforcé=, =-e=, _adj._, strong, thick; substantial; wealthy; stout; thick-set, downright, regular. _Des vers —s de pensées_; verses very rich in thought. _C’est un bourgeois —_; he is a substantial, purse-proud citizen. _Un bidet —_; a strong thick-set nag. _Une étoffe —e_; a thick strong stuff. _Sottise —e_; downright stupidity.

=renforcement=, _n.m._, reënforcing, strengthening.

=renforcer=, _v.a._, to reënforce; to strengthen; to augment, to increase. _— le son d’un instrument_; to increase the sound of an instrument.

_se_ =renforcer=, _v.r._, to gather strength; to increase, to grow stronger; (milit.) to be reënforced.

=renformir=, _v.a._, (mas.) to re-plaster, to mend (a wall, etc.).

=renformis=, _n.m._, (mas.) pargeting, plastering, new coat; repairing (of a wall).

=renfort=, _n.m._, reënforcement, supply, relief, addition, increase; strengthening piece. _À grand — de_; with the help of, by dint of, with any amount of tugging (at) _or_ plying (of). _De —_; extra, additional, fresh.

*=renfrogné=, =renfrognement=, _se_ =renfrogner=. _V._ =refrogné=, =refrognement=, _se_ =refrogner=.

=rengagement= (-gaj-mān), _n.m._, re-engagement; (milit.) re-enlistment; pledging, pawning again.

=rengager=, _v.a._, to engage again, to re-engage; (milit.) to re-enlist; to pledge, to pawn again. _— un domaine_; to mortgage a domain. _— son cœur_; to engage one’s heart again.

_se_ =rengager=, _v.r._, to engage again, to re-engage, to begin afresh; (milit.) to re-enlist.

=rengaîne=, _n.m._, (pop.) refusal. _Il a un furieux —_; there is no making him accept; there is no conciliating him.

=rengaine=, _n.f._, (pop.) threadbare, common-place story; hackneyed expression; harping on; worn-out expedient. _C’est toujours la même —_; it’s the same old story.

=rengaîner=, _v.a._, to sheath, to put up; to suppress, to withdraw, to stop, to reserve. _— une épée_; to put up a sword. _Rengaînez votre compliment_; pocket, _or_ withhold, your compliment (_i.e._, keep it to yourself).

=rengaîner=, _v.n._, to sheath one’s sword, to put up one’s sword. _Rengaînez, messieurs!_ put up, gentlemen.

=rengorgement=, _n.m._, bridling up, carrying one’s head high; airs (of importance).

_se_ =rengorger=, _v.r._, to carry it with a high hand, to carry one’s head high, to bridle up, to give one’s self airs.

=rengraisser=, _v.a._, to fatten again.

_se_ =rengraisser=, _v.r._, to grow fat, _or_ stout, again; to become fat again, to fatten again.

=rengraisser=, _v.n._, to grow fat, to become fat, _or_ stout, again.

=rengrènement= (-grè-n-mān), _n.m._, (coin.) re-coinage, re-coining, re-stamping.

=rengréner=, _v.a._, to grind corn again; (coin.) to coin again, to re-coin, to re-stamp; (mec.) to throw into gear again, to engage again.

=renhardir=, _v.a._, to embolden; to encourage again.

=reniable=, _adj._, deniable.

=reniement= _or_ =renîment=, _n.m._, denying, disowning; denial of St. Peter.

=renier=, _v.a._, to deny, to disown; to disavow, to abjure, to disclaim, to renounce, to forswear. _— sa religion_; to abjure one’s religion.

=reniflement=, _n.m._, sniffing; snuffing up (of horses).

=renifler=, _v.n._, to sniff; to turn up one’s nose (at); to manifest unwillingness, to demur, to hang back. _Ce cheval renifle sur l’avoine_; this horse is off his feed.

=reniflerie=, _n.f._, sniffing.

=renifleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sniffer.

=réniforce=, _adj._, kidney-shaped.

=rénitence=, _n.f._, (med.) renitency.

=rénitent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) renitent.

=reniveler=, _v.a._, to level again.

=renivellement=, _n.m._, new-leveling.

=renjamber=, _v.a._, to jump, _or_ step, over again.

=renne= (rè-n), _n.m._, reindeer.

=renom= (-non), _n.m._, renown, fame, reputation, report, note, name. _Être en —_; to be popular.

=renommé=, =-e=, _adj._, renowned, famous, noted, celebrated, famed.

=renommée=, _n.f._, renown, fame, name, reputation, celebrity; report, repute; rumor; (myth.) Fame. _Bonne — vaut mieux que ceinture dorée_; a good name is better than riches.

=renommer=, _v.a._, to name again, to re-elect; to render renowned, to render famous, to make renowned, to make famous. _Se faire —_; to spread one’s fame; to acquire fame; to make one’s self famous; to have one’s self re-elected.

_se_ =renommer=, _v.r._, to make use of the name of any one. _V._ _se_ =réclamer= (=de=).

=renonce=, _n.f._, renounce, revoke (at cards).

=renoncement= (-nōns-mān), _n.m._, renouncing, renouncement. _— à soi-même_; self-denial, abnegation.

=renoncer=, _v.n._, to renounce, to give up, to surrender; to forego, to relinquish, to lay down, to disclaim, to waive; to revoke, to renounce (at cards). _— à la couronne_; to renounce the crown. _— à une succession_; to give up an inheritance. _— à sa foi_; to renounce one’s faith.

=renoncer=, _v.a._, to renounce, to disclaim, to disown, to deny, to disavow.

=renonciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (jur.) renouncer, relessor.

=renonciation=, _n.f._, renunciation, renouncement; self-denial.

=renonculacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) ranunculaceæ.

=renoncule=, _n.f._, (bot.) ranunculus, buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort.

=renouée=, _n.f._, (bot.) polygonum, knot-berry, knot-grass.

☉=renouement= _or_ =renoûment=, _n.m._, renewing, renewal.

=renouer=, _v.a._, to knot again, to tie again; to tie up; to put together; to resume, to renew. _— amitié_; to be friends again. _— l’amitié de parents_; to reconcile relations. _— une affaire_; to resume business. _— connaissance_; to renew acquaintance with.

=renouer=, _v.n._, to resume one’s relations, to resume one’s connection.

=renoueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._ _V._ =rebouteur=.

☉=renouveau=, _n.m._, (fam. poet.) spring, spring-time.

=renouvelable=, _adj._, renewable.

=renouveler= (-noo-vlé), _v.a._, to renew, to renovate, to revive, to resuscitate; to refresh; to repeat, to do again. _— un usage_; to revive a custom.

_se_ =renouveler=, _v.r._, to be renewed, to be revived, to succeed each other; to happen, _or_ occur, again.

=renouveler=, _v.n._, to renew, to redouble, to increase. _— de jambes_; to walk briskly again with renewed strength. _— d’appétit_; to eat again with a fresh appetite. _— d’attention_; to redouble one’s attention, to be doubly attentive. _— d’ardeur_; to show more eagerness.

=renouvellement= (-vèl-mān), _n.m._, renewing, renewal, reviving; reiteration, repetition; recurrence; increase, redoubling.

=rénovat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, renovating.

=rénovation=, _n.f._, renovation, renewal.

*=renseignement=, _n.m._, information, intelligence; account; indication, direction, inquiry. _pl._, references, information. _Prendre des —s_; to make inquiries, to gather information. _Aller aux —s_; to make inquiries. _Bureau de —s_; intelligence-office, inquiry-office.

*=renseigner=, _v.a._, to teach again, to instruct again; to inform, to give information, to show, to tell, to direct. _Se —_; to get information; to make inquiries; to inform one’s self.

=rensemencement=, _n.m._, (agri.) re-sowing.

=rensemencer=, _v.a._, (agri.) to sow again, to re-sow.

=rentamer=, _v.a._, to cut again, to begin again; to resume. _— un discours_; to resume a speech.

=rentassé=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-set.

=rentasser=, _v.a._, to heap up again.

=rente=, _n.f._, yearly income, revenue; rent, annuity; stock, funds; pension. _— foncière_; ground-rent. _— viagère_ or _à fonds perdu_; life-annuity. _Le taux de la —_; the price of stocks. _—s sur l’Etat_; government-stock. _La — hausse_; the stocks are rising. _Acheter des —s_; to buy stock, to invest in the funds. _Faire une — à_; to allow a pension to, to make an allowance to. _Vivre de ses —s_; to do nothing; to be independent; to live on one’s income, to be a gentleman at large. _Racheter une —_; to redeem an annuity. _Avoir des —s_; to have an independent income; to have money invested. _Il lui fait une —_; he allows him, _or_ her, a pension.

=renté=, =-e=, _adj._, who has an income; endowed (of public establishments). _Bien —_; rich, wealthy.

=renter=, _v.a._, to allow a yearly income to; to endow (public establishments).

=renti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, stockholder, fund-holder, annuitant; independent gentleman; independent lady; gentleman at large.

=rentoilage=, _n.m._, new-lining, re-lining, re-canvassing. _— d’un tableau_; stretching a picture upon new cloth.

=rentoiler=, _v.a._, to put new cloth (to a thing); to reline. _— un tableau_; to stretch, to paste, an old painting on new canvas.

=rentrage=, _n.m._, bringing in, taking in, housing.

=rentraîner=, _v.a._, to carry away again, to lead away again, to draw on, in, again.

=rentraire= (rentrayant, rentrait), _v.a._, to fine-draw, to darn, to renter.

=rentraiture=, _n.f._, fine-drawing, rentering, darn, darning; joining on.

=rentrant=, _adj._, re-entering, returning; (geom., fort.) re-entering.

=rentrant=, _n.m._, new player. _On demande un —_; a new player is wanted.

=rentrayeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, fine-drawer.

=rentré=, =-e=, _part._, returned, re-entered; (med.) suppressed, driven in. _Sueur —e_; checked perspiration.

=rentrée=, _n.f._, re-entrance; re-opening; re-appearance; taking in, housing, ingathering (of crops); (com.) incoming, receipt, payment, collection, getting-in of taxes; returns; (hunt.) return. _À la — des classes_; at the beginning of term. _Cet acteur a fait sa —_; (thea.) that actor has made his re-appearance. _— des impôts_; getting in of the taxes. _Ce revenu est d’une — difficile_; this revenue is slow in coming in. _Frais de —_; collection expenses.

=rentrer=, _v.n._, to enter again, to return, to come in again, to go in again, to get in again; to re-enter, to join again; to become again, to get again; to recover; to re-open (of courts of law, schools, colleges); to make one’s reappearance, to reappear (of an actor); to return to, to resume; (med.) to be suppressed, to be driven in; (engr.) to retouch; to be got in, to come in (of money); to buy in (at cards). _— en possession_; to regain possession. _— en son bien_; to recover one’s property. _— en grâce_; to come into favor again. _— en soi-même_; to examine one’s self, to commune with one’s self. _— en son bon sens_; to come to one’s senses again. _— en charge_; to return to one’s post. _— en condition_; to go in service again. _— en fonctions_; to resume one’s duties. _— en fureur_; to fly into a passion again, to get into a passion again. _Faire —_; to drive in. _Il m’est rentré beau jeu_; I have secured good cards. _— dans la ville_; to return to town. _Cet acteur rentre ce soir_; that actor makes his reappearance this evening.

=rentrer=, _v.a._, to take in, to bring in, to put in, to get in, to house; to suppress, to check, to stifle; (med.) to drive in; (nav.) to bowse in; to house guns; (print.) to indent. _Voici le moment de — les foins_; now is the season for getting in the hay. _— une ligne_; (print.) to indent a line.

=renvahir=, _v.a._, to invade again.

=renvelopper= (ran-vlo-pé), _v.a._, to wrap up again.

=renverger=, _v.a._, to edge (baskets).

=renverguer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bend a sail again (to the yards).

=renversable=, _adj._, reversible, liable to be overthrown.

=renversant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) astounding, stupendous, amazing, extraordinary; stunning. _Un coup —_; a stunning, knock-down blow.

_à la_ =renverse=, _adv._, backwards, upon one’s back. _Tomber à la —_; to fall backwards.

=renversé=, =-e=, _part._, thrown down, thrown back, pliant; (her.) inverted. _Il a l’esprit —_; his brain is turning. _C’est le monde —_; it is the world turned upside down (_i.e._ it is preposterous).

=renversement=, _n.m._, reversing, overturning, throwing down, throwing over, overthrowing; turning upside down; confusion, disorder; turning, alienation (of the brain); subversion, destruction; (surg.) retroversion, prolapse; (mus.) inversion, revert, reversing; (arith.) inversion; (nav.) ☉transshipment, _V._ =transbordement=. _— d’un état_; overthrow of a state. _— des lois_; subversion of the laws. _— de la paupière_; (med.) eversion of the eyelid.

=renverser=, _v.a._, to reverse, to turn upside-down, to turn topsy-turvy; to throw down, to upset, to tumble down, to overthrow, to overturn; to spill; to turn (the brain); to disorder, to confuse; to destroy, to ruin; to astound, to stupefy, to overwhelm; to transpose; (milit.) to put to flight, to rout, to put to the rout; to invert; (surg.) to retrovert; (nav.) ☉to transship, _V._ =transborder=. _— à coups de canon_; to batter down. _— la table_; to upset the table. _— un bataillon_; to break, to overthrow, a battalion. _— un état_; to overthrow a state. _Ceci lui renversera l’esprit_; this will turn his brain. _— l’encre_; to spill the ink, to knock the ink over. _— la vapeur_; (rail.) to reverse the engine. _— une voiture_; to upset a carriage.

_se_ =renverser=, _v.r._, to fall down, to turn upside down, to upset, to be upset, to be thrown down, to overset, to be overset, to capsize; to be capsized, to be spilt; to throw one’s self back, to fall back, to lie on one’s back; (milit.) to be thrown into disorder, to be thrown back; (surg.) to be retroverted.

=renverseur=, _n.m._, overthrower; subverter; inverter, destroyer; transposer.

=renvi=, _n.m._, revy, additional stake.

=renvidage=, _n.m._, winding up, winding (in spinning).

=renvier=, _v.n._, to revy, to lay above the stakes, (at cards).

=renvoi=, _n.m._, sending back, returning, return, sending away, dismissal, discharge; referring, sending; (jur.) adjournment; caret, reference (in books, writings); reflection, reverberation; (jur.) reference to another judge. _pl._, (med.) rising of the stomach. _De —_; returnable. _— du son_; reverberation of sound. _Chevaux de —_; return horses. _— de troupes_; dismissal of troops. _— de la cause à huitaine_; adjournment of the case for a week.

=renvoyer=, _v.a._, to send again; to send back again, to return; to send away, to dismiss; to discharge; to refer; to put off, to postpone, to adjourn, to delay; to drive back; to throw back; to reflect (light or heat); to repeat, to reverberate (sound). _— un ministre_; to dismiss a minister. _— un domestique_; to discharge a servant. _— une femme_; to repudiate a wife. _On a renvoyé l’affaire à huitaine_; the case has been adjourned for a week. _— la balle à quelqu’un_; to give one as good as he sends, to return the compliment. _— un accusé_; to acquit a prisoner. _— un plaideur de sa demande_; to nonsuit a plaintiff. _— le lecteur à une note_; to refer the reader to a note.

_se_ =renvoyer=, _v.r._, to be sent back _or_ returned; to send from one to another. _Se — la balle_; to bandy compliments, to retort.

=réoccupation=, _n.f._, reoccupation.

=réoccuper=, _v.a._, to occupy again, to reoccupy.

=réopiner=, _v.n._, to deliver one’s opinion again.

=réorchestration=, _n.f._, new-scoring.

=réorchestrer=, _v.a._, (mus.) to compose a new score.

=réordination=, _n.f._, re-ordination.

=réordonner=, _v.a._, to ordain again, to re-ordain, to re-order.

=réorganisation=, _n.f._, re-organization.

=réorganiser=, _v.a._, to re-organize.

_se_ =réorganiser=, _v.r._, to be re-organized.

=réouverture=, _n.f._, re-opening. _La — d’un théâtre_; the re-opening of a theater. _La — d’un magasin_; the re-opening of a shop.

=repaire=, _n.m._, haunt, den, lair, hole; (hunt.) dung of hares, wolves, etc.; (tech.) _V._ =repère=. _— de voleurs_; den of thieves, haunt of thieves.

=répaissir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to thicken again. _Se —_; to become, _or_ get, thick again.

=repaître=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to feed, to take refreshment; to bait.

=repaître=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to feed, to nourish. _Il faut — ces animaux_; these animals must be fed. _— quelqu’un d’espérances_; to feed any one with hopes.

_se_ =repaître=, _v.r._, to feed on; to feast on; to delight in, to indulge in, to gloat over. _Il se repaît d’espérances vaines_; he feeds on vain hopes.

=répandre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to spill, to shed, to diffuse, to scatter, to distribute, to bestow, to give out, to spread, to pour out, to exhale, to spread abroad, to propagate, to circulate. _— des larmes_; to shed tears. _— des bienfaits_; to bestow benefits. _— un bruit_; to spread a report. _— son sang_; to shed one’s blood. _— des aumônes_; to distribute alms. _— l’alarme_; to spread alarm. _— son cœur_; to open one’s heart.

_se_ =répandre=, _v.r._, to be spilt, to be shed, to be diffused, to be spread, to be scattered, to be distributed, to be bestowed, to be given out, to be poured out, to be exhaled, to be spread abroad, to be propagated, to be circulated; to be current; to flow, to spread, to go abroad, to get abroad; to burst out, to break out, to launch out, to indulge in, to fly out; to frequent society, to go into society. _La lumière se répand beaucoup plus vite que le son_; light travels much more quickly than sound. _La nouvelle de la victoire se répandit en un instant_; the news of the victory was spread abroad in an instant. _Se — en compliments_; to break out, to launch out, into compliments. _Se — en invectives_; to launch out into abuse. _Se — dans le monde_; to go out into society.

=répandu=, =-e=, _part._, spilt, shed. _Être fort — dans le monde_; to go out into society, to go out a great deal; to be in great request. _Être fort —_; to be very well known.

=réparable=, _adj._, reparable, mendable.

=reparaître=, _v.n._, to reappear, to appear again, to appear anew, to make one’s reappearance, to enter again, to come back.

=réparat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, restorer, repairer; restorative, reparative, refreshing.

=réparation=, _n.f._, repairing, mending; reparation, amends, satisfaction, apology, excuse. _pl._, repair, repairs; (jur.) damages, indemnity, relief. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make amends to any one. _En —_; under repair.

=réparatoire=, _adj._, reparative.

=réparer=, _v.a._, to repair, to mend; to make amends for, to atone for, to redeem; to indemnify; to make up for; to re-establish, to recover, to recruit. _— ses forces_; to recruit one’s strength. _— son honneur_; to retrieve one’s honor. _— sa faute_; to make amends for one’s faults. _— ses pertes_; to retrieve one’s losses. _— des torts_; to redress grievances. _— le temps perdu_; to make up for lost time.

=répareur=, _n.m._, (tech.) repairer.

=réparition=, _n.f._, (astron.) reappearance (of a star after an eclipse). _V._ =réapparition=.

=reparler=, _v.n._, to speak again.

=repartie= (-tî), _n.f._, repartee, retort, rejoinder, reply. _Avoir la — prompte_, _être prompt à la —_; to be quick at repartee. _Faire une —_; to make a repartee.

=repartir=, _v.n._, to set out again, to set off again.

=repartir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to reply, to answer, to retort.

=répartir=, _v.a._, to divide, to distribute; to portion out; to assess. _— les contributions_; to assess taxes.

=répartiteur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, assessor; assessing (of taxes).

=répartition=, _n.f._, division, distribution; assessment.

=repas=, _n.m._, meal, repast. _— de noces_; wedding breakfast. _— en gras_; meat dinner; meat breakfast. _— en maigre_; fish dinner; fish breakfast. _Faire un —_; to make a meal. _Faire ses —_, _prendre ses —_; to take one’s meals.

=repassage=, _n.m._, ironing (of linen); dressing, doing up (of a hat); grinding, setting, honing, whetting, grinding (of cutlery); (agri.) raking.

=repasser=, _v.n._, to pass again; to pass by again; to call again, to look in again. _— chez quelqu’un_; to call again on any one, to look in again.

=repasser=, _v.a._, to pass again, to repass; to cross again, to carry over again; to iron, to iron out; to grind, to set, to hone, to whet; to turn over, to think over, to revolve; to go over, to look over; to repeat; (dy.) to dye again; to curry a second time (leather); (fig., pop.) to beat; to find fault with, to abuse, to scold. _— une leçon_; to look over a lesson. _— du linge_; to iron linen. _— la lime sur_; to repolish. _— quelque chose dans son esprit_; to revolve anything in one’s mind. _— quelqu’un_; to beat, to abuse, any one. _— sur un cuir_; to strop. _— sur la pierre_; to set, to whet. _— sur la meule_; to grind.

_se_ =repasser=, _v.r._, to be ironed; to be ground, sharpened, whetted.

=repasseur=, _n.m._, pointer (of pins); grinder. _— de couteaux_; knife-grinder.

=repasseuse=, _n.f._, ironer.

=repassoir=, _n.m._, grinding-stone. _— à crayon_; pencil-pointer.

=repavage=, _n.m._, repaving.

=repaver=, _v.a._, to pave anew, to repave.

=repayer=, _v.a._, to pay again.

=repêcher=, _v.a._, to fish up again; to take out of the water; to take out again, to take up again, to recover, to catch again.

=repeindre=, _v.a._, to paint again; to retouch, to touch up.

=repeint=, _n.m._, (paint.) re-painted, _or_ restored, part of a picture.

=repenser=, _v.n._, to think of again, to reconsider, to revolve.

=repentance=, _n.f._, repentance, contrition.

=repentant=, =-e=, _adj._, repentant, penitent.

=repentie= (-tî), _adj._ and _n.f._, penitent. _Les filles —s_; female penitentiary.

_se_ =repentir= (se repentant, se repenti), _v.r._, to repent, to rue. _Se — de ses fautes_; to repent one’s faults. _Il s’en repentira_; he will rue it.

=repentir=, _n.m._, repentance, contrition, compunction, penitence, regret; ringlet. _Elle porte des —s_; she wears curls; (paint.) pentamento, correction.

=repercer=, _v.a._, to pierce again, to bore again; to tap again; to punch.

=répercussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) repellent.

=répercussif=, _n.m._, (med.) repellent, repercussive.

=répercussion=, _n.f._, repercussion; reverberation.

=répercuter=, _v.a._, to repercuss, to drive back; to reverberate, to echo; to reflect; (med.) to repel, to drive in.

=reperdre=, _v.a._, to lose again.

=repère=, _n.m._, mark, land-mark; (arts) bench-mark; joining-mark; (mec.) datum. _Point de —_; land-mark, indication, direction.

=répertoire=, _n.m._, table, list, catalogue; repertory; (com.) alphabet, alphabetical index. _Pièce qui fait partie du —_, _pièce restée au —_; (thea.) stock-piece. _Être un —_; (pers.) to be a living chronicle. _Pièce de —_; stock-piece.

=répétailler=, _v.a._, to repeat over and over again, to keep on repeating.

=répéter=, _v.a._, to repeat; to say again, to tell again; to recite; to reflect; (jur.) to claim again, to demand again; to give private lessons to, to be private tutor to; (thea.) to rehearse. _Faire — à quelqu’un sa leçon_; to hear any one say his lesson. _Il répète ces deux élèves_; (at school) he is private tutor to these two boys. _— une comédie_; to rehearse a comedy. _— une chose contre quelqu’un_; (jur.) to claim (a thing) from any one, to redemand.

_se_ =répéter=, _v.r._, to be repeated; to copy one’s self; to be renewed, to occur again; always to say the same thing.

=répétiteur=, _n.m._, tutor, private master; assistant professor (of certain schools); (nav.) repeater, repeating-ship; call-boy.

=répétition=, _n.f._, repetition; action for; (jur.) renewal, reproduction; replica, duplicate; recovery of money; private tuition; (thea.) rehearsal. _Pièce en —_; play in rehearsal. _Montre à —_; repeating-watch, repeater. _Donner des —s_; to give private tuition, to give private lessons.

=repétrir=, _v.a._, to knead again; to form again.

=repeuplement=, _n.m._, repeopling, re-stocking. _— d’un étang_; re-stocking of a pond.

=repeupler=, _v.a._, to repeople; to re-stock. _— un étang_; to re-stock a pond.

_se_ =repeupler=, _v.r._, to be repeopled; to be re-stocked.

=repic=, _n.m._, repique (piquet). _Faire quelqu’un — et capot_; (fig., fam.) to nonplus any one.

=repiquage=, _n.m._, (agri., gard.) transplantation, pricking again; picking up.

=repiquer=, _v.a._, to prick again; (hort.) to prick; (agri.) to transplant; (engineering) to pick up.

=repiquer=, _v.n._, to pick up; to recover; to pluck up courage. _— à la vie_; to pick up one’s crumbs. _— sur le rôti_; to cut and come again.

=répit=, _n.m._, respite, reprieve, delay; rest, breathing-time.

=replacement= (-plas-mān), _n.m._, replacing, putting again, setting again; placing (servants) in a situation again; reinvestment (of funds).

=replacer=, _v.a._, to replace, to put in place again; to reinvest (funds).

=replaider=, _v.a._, (jur.) to replead, to plead again.

=replanchéier=, _v.a._, to new-floor.

=replanir=, _v.a._, to plane down.

=replant=, _n.m._, young plant.

=replantation=, _n.f._, replantation.

=replanter=, _v.a._, to replant.

=replâtrage=, _n.m._, re-plastering; plastering, plastering up; botching up, patching up; patched up quarrel.

=replâtrer=, _v.a._, to replaster; to plaster, to plaster up, to botch, to botch up, to patch up, to bolster up.

=repl-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, obese, bulky, corpulent, stout, lusty, portly.

=réplétion=, _n.f._, repletion, stoutness, fatness, surfeit.

=repleuvoir=, _v.i._, to rain again.

=repli=, _n.m._, fold; plait; crease; recess; winding, sinuosity; turning; coil. _Les —s du serpent_; the coils of the serpent. _Les plis et les —s du cœur humain_; the inmost, or innermost, recesses of the human heart.

=repliement= _or_ =reploiement=, _n.m._, (milit.) falling back.

=replier=, _v.a._, to fold again, to fold up again; to wind, to twist, to writhe, to coil; (milit.) to force back; to draw back.

_se_ =replier=, _v.r._, to twist one’s self, to wind one’s self, to fold one’s self, to writhe; to turn, to turn up; to bend up; to wind, to coil; (milit.) to fall back, to retreat. _Se — sur soi-même_; to turn one’s thoughts inwardly, to retire within one’s self; to meditate, to commune with one’s self; (man.) to turn suddenly round.

=réplique=, _n.f._, reply, answer; rejoinder; (mus.) repeat; (thea.) cue. _Donner la —_; to give a person his cue. _Avoir la —_; to have the last say.

=répliquer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to reply, to answer; to rejoin, to return, to retort; (jur.) to reply, to rejoin, to put in a rejoinder.

=reploiement=, _n.m._ _V._ =repliement=.

=replonger=, _v.a._, to plunge again, to dip again, to duck again, to re-immerse, to immerse again.

_se_ =replonger=, _v.r._, to plunge anew, to plunge one’s self again, to dive into again.

=replonger=, _v.n._, to dive again, to dive anew.

=reployer=, _v.a._, _se_ =reployer=, _v.r._ _V._ =replier=, _se_ =replier=.

=repolir=, _v.a._, to repolish, to polish again, to polish anew.

=repolissage=, _n.m._, re-polishing.

=répondant=, _n.m._, bail, surety, security; reference; (in schools) respondent; lay-clerk.

=repondre=, _v.a.n._, to lay (eggs) again.

=répondre=, _v.a._, to answer, to reply, to write back; to make the responses (to).

=répondre=, _v.n._, to answer, to reply; to write back; to lead (to) (of roads); to reach, to be heard (of sound); to make a suitable return; to correspond, to respond, to agree, to come up, to satisfy, to answer; to be answerable (for), to be accountable (to _or_ for); to be responsible (for); to be security (for); (man.) to obey, to answer; to maintain a thesis. _— à ceux qui appellent_; to answer those who call. _— ad rem_; to give a direct answer, to answer to the point. _— en Normand_; to answer equivocally, to give a shuffling answer. _Pour — à_; in answer to, in reply to. _Ces allées répondent au canal_; these walks lead to the canal. _— à l’attente publique_; to answer, to come up to public expectation. _Ne pas — à l’attente publique_; not to come up to, to fall short of public expectation. _Tout répond à nos vœux_; everything falls in with our wishes. _Qui pourrait — de l’événement?_ who could answer for the event? _Je ne vous réponds que de moi_; I only answer for myself. _Je vous en réponds_; I’ll be bound it is so!; I’ll warrant you; I should think so, indeed!; I can tell you! _En — de_; to answer for (with).

_se_ =répondre=, _v.r._, to answer one’s self; to answer each other; to correspond, to suit, to agree; to sympathize. _Nos cœurs se répondent_; our hearts are in sympathy.

=répons=, _n.m._, response (church and print.).

=réponse=, _n.f._, answer, reply; response; (jur.) rejoinder. _— à une réplique_; (jur.) rejoinder. _À sotte demande point de —_; a foolish question deserves no answer. _— de Normand_; equivocal, _or_ shuffling, answer. _Faire —_; to answer, to make answer. _Faire une —_; to give an answer. _— s’il vous plaît_; an answer will oblige.

=report=, _n.m._, (book-keeping) carrying over, carrying forward, bringing forward; sum carried over, amount brought forward; continuation, prolongation. _Faire un —_; to bring forward; (exchange) to carry over.

=reportage=, _n.m._, reporting.

=reporter= (-teur), _n.m._, (_—s_) (in newspapers) reporter.

=reporter=, _v.a._, to carry back again, to carry back, to take back; to trace back, to trace; (book-keeping) to carry forward, to carry over.

_se_ =reporter=, _v.r._, to go back (to); to return; to be carried back; to look back (upon).

=reporter=, _v.n._, to carry over.

=repos=, _n.m._, rest; stillness; repose, ease, quiet, peace, tranquillity; pause; resting-place; (carp.) quarter-pace. _En —_; at rest. _Se tenir en —_; to keep quiet. _Être en —_; to be at ease. _Laissez-moi en —_; let me alone. _Lit de —_; couch. _Mettre un fusil dans son —_, _au —_; to half-cock a gun. _Echappement à —_; (horl.) stop; dead beat. _—!_ (milit.) stand at ease!

=reposé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, rested, refreshed; quiet, calm, cool, fresh. _À tête —e_; coolly, deliberately, at leisure. _Vin —_; wine that has settled.

=reposée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) lair. _À —s_; with intervals of rest.

=repose-pied=, _n.m._, foot-rest.

=reposer=, _v.a._, to place again, to lay again, to set again; to rest (on anything); to lay; to repose, to settle; to refresh; (milit.) to ground arms. _Cela repose la vue_; that is restful to the eye. _— la tête_; to refresh the head.

_se_ =reposer=, _v.r._, to rest one’s self, to rest, to repose, to lay one’s self down, to lie down; to rely on, to confide in; to settle, to settle down; to pause; to light (of birds). _Se — après le travail_; to rest after labor. _Il faut que l’esprit se repose_; the mind has need of rest. _Se — sur_; to depend upon, to rely on. _Se — sur quelqu’un_; to rely on, to depend upon, any one.

=reposer=, _v.n._, to rest, to lie; to repose; to lay one’s self down, to lie down, to lie fallow, to settle. _Laisser —_; (agri.) to let lie fallow.

=reposoir=, _n.m._, street altar (procession of the _Fête-Dieu_); resting-place; pause.

=repoussant=, =-e=, _adj._, repulsive, forbidding, repelling, loathsome, shocking.

=repoussement= (-poos-mān), _n.m._, repulsion; recoil (of fire-arms). _V._ =recul=, which is more frequently used. _J’éprouve un certain — pour cet homme_; I feel a sort of aversion to this man.

=repousser=, _v.a._, to repel; to drive back; to beat back, to force back, to push back; to thrust back, to thrust away; to reflect, to spurn; to repulse, to repel (an argument); to resent; to rebuff; to shoot out again (of plants); (print.) to prick in. _— l’ennemi_; to repulse the enemy. _— la force par la force_; to repel force by force. _— la tentation_; to repel temptation. _— une demande_; to reject a demand.

=repousser=, _v.n._, to be repulsive; to recoil; to kick (of fire-arms); to spring up, to come up again, to shoot up (of plants); to grow again (of the hair).

=repoussoir=, _n.m._, driving-bolt; starting-bolt; punch (of a dentist); (paint.) set-off, contrast.

=répréhensible=, _adj._, reprehensible, reprovable.

=répréhensiblement=, _adv._, reprehensibly.

=répréhensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reprehensive.

=répréhension=, _n.f._, reprehension, reproof.

=reprendre=, _v.a._, to take again; to take back; to take up again; to take to again; to catch again; (of diseases) to return; to recover; to resume, to begin again; to rebuke; to take up, to reprove; to find fault with; (arch.) to underpin. _— connaissance_; to recover consciousness. _— une ville_; to re-take a town. _— ses habits d’hiver_; to take to one’s winter clothing again. _On ne m’y reprendra plus_; I will not be caught napping again. _— ses forces_; to recover one’s strength. _— courage_; to take courage again. _— ses esprits_; to recover one’s senses. _— haleine_; to recover one’s breath, to breathe again; to take breath. _— le dessus_; to get the upper hand again. _— un mur sous œuvre_, _en sous-œuvre_, _par-dessous œuvre_; to underpin a wall. _— aigrement_; to reprove, _or_ to take up, sharply.

_se_ =reprendre=, _v.r._, to correct one’s self, to take one’s self up; to be caught again; (of wounds) to close up again, to heal.

=reprendre=, _v.n._, to take root again; (of wounds) to close up again; to begin to recover; to begin again; to reply, to answer; to return; (man.) to change its pace; to freeze again (of rivers); to return (of diseases). _Cet arbre a bien repris_; this tree has taken root very well. _Le froid a repris_; the cold has set in again. _Cette mode a repris_; this fashion has come in again.

=repreneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, carper, fault-finder, snarling critic. _adj._, censuring.

*=représaille=, _n.f._, reprisal, retaliation. _User de —s_; to make reprisals, to retaliate; (fig.) to retaliate, to return like for like; to give tit for tat. _Lettres de —s_; letters of marque and reprisal.

=représentant=, _n.m._, representative.

=représentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, representative.

=représentation=, _n.f._, representation, exhibition, production, performance; display, show; appearance, mien; air; (empty) catafalque; remonstrance; (jur.) succession. _Il a une belle —_; he has a stately appearance, a noble deportment. _Faire des —s à_; to remonstrate (with).

=représenter=, _v.a._, to represent, to present again; to show; to show again; to exhibit; to lay before; to produce; to reflect; to depict; to describe; to look like, to resemble; to perform, to act (a play); to be the representative of; to stand in the place of. _Il se fit — les registres_; he had the registers laid before him. _Cela est représenté au naturel_; that is depicted to the life.

_se_ =représenter=, _v.r._, to present one’s self again; to appear again; to make one’s appearance again; to fancy, to imagine, to picture to one’s self; to occur; to present itself again (of a thing).

=représenter=, _v.n._, to represent, to set forth; to maintain, to keep, one’s dignity; to have an imposing appearance.

=répressible=, _adj._, repressible.

=répressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, repressive.

=répression=, _n.f._, repression.

=reprêter=, _v.a._, to lend again.

=reprier=, _v.a._, to pray, _or_ beg, again; to re-invite.

=réprimable=, _adj._, repressible.

=réprimande=, _n.f._, reprimand, reproof, rebuke. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to reprimand any one.

=réprimander=, _v.a._, to reprimand, to reprove, to rebuke, to upbraid; to lecture.

=réprimant=, =-e=, _adj._, repressive.

=réprimer=, _v.a._, to repress, to restrain, to curb, to quell, to keep down, to check. _— le vice_; to put down vice. _— l’orgueil_; to check pride. _— ses désirs_; to check one’s desires. _— les abus_; to repress abuses. _— ses passions_; to curb one’s passions.

=repris=, =-e=, _part._, retaken, resumed, taken up again; reset (of a bone).

=repris de justice=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, liberated convict, old offender.

=reprise=, _n.f._, resumption; retaking; taking back; recovery; reconquest; revival; renewal; darn; (mus.) repetition, mark of repetition; (arch.) underpropping, underpinning; (man.) lesson; recapture (of a ship). _À plusieurs —s_, _à différentes —_, _à diverses —s_; several times, repeatedly. _À deux —s_; twice. _La — d’un procès_; the renewal of a lawsuit. _Faire des —s_; to darn. _Faire des —s perdues_; to fine-draw.

=repriser=, _v.a._, to darn.

=réprobat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, reproving, censuring.

=réprobation=, _n.f._, reprobation.

=reprochable=, _adj._, reproachable.

=reproche=, _n.m._, reproach; expostulation. _pl._, (jur.) exception, objection. _Un homme sans —_; a man free from reproach. _Faire un — à quelqu’un de quelque chose_; to reproach any one with anything. _Faire des —s amers à_; to reproach bitterly. _S’attirer des —s_; to incur reproach.

=reprocher=, _v.a._, to reproach, to expostulate, to upbraid, to rebuke, to taunt, to twit, to cast in the teeth of. _— à une personne quelque chose_; to reproach a person with anything. _Il lui a reproché ses défauts_; he reproached him with his faults. _Il me l’a reproché_; he cast it in my teeth; he twitted me with it. _— les morceaux à quelqu’un_; to grudge any one the very food he eats. _— des témoins_; (jur.) to object (to), _or_ to challenge, witnesses.

_se_ =reprocher=, _v.r._, to reproach, to upbraid one’s self; to grudge one’s self; to be reproached.

=reproduct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, reproductive.

=reproductibilité=, _n.f._, reproducibility.

=reproductible=, _adj._, reproducible.

=reproducti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reproductive.

=reproduction=, _n.f._, reproduction; reprinting, republication; recurrence.

=reproduire=, _v.a._, to produce again, to reproduce; to reprint, to republish.

_se_ =reproduire=, _v.r._, to come again; to be reproduced; to show one’s self again; to occur, to happen again, to recur.

=repromettre=, _v.a._, to promise again.

=réprouvable=, _adj._, censurable, reprehensible, blamable.

=réprouvé=, _n.m._, (theol.) reprobate. _Il a un visage de —_; he has a sinister-looking face.

=reprouver=, _v.a._, to prove again.

=réprouver=, _v.a._, to disapprove of, to disapprove, to reprobate, to condemn, to reject.

=reps= (rèps), _n.m._, rep (silk or woolen fabric).

=reptation=, _n.f._, reptation, creeping.

=reptile=, _n.m._ and _adj._, reptile; creeping, crawling. _C’est un —_; he is a crawling wretch, a reptile.

=républicain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, republican.

=républicaniser=, _v.a._, to republicanize.

=républicanisme=, _n.m._, republicanism.

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

=republier=, _v.a._, to republish, to re-issue.

=république=, _n.f._, republic; commonwealth. _La — des lettres_; the republic of letters.

=répudiation=, _n.f._, repudiation, renunciation; rejection.

=répudier=, _v.a._, to repudiate, to put away; to renounce, to reject.

*=répugnance=, _n.f._, repugnance, dislike; reluctance, unwillingness. _J’ai de la — à le faire_; I am reluctant, _or_ loath, to do it. _Avec —_; with reluctance, reluctantly, repugnantly.

*=répugnant=, =-e=, _adj._, repugnant.

*=répugner=, _v.n._, to be repugnant, to be contrary, to clash with; to feel repugnance at; to feel reluctant; to feel loath. _Cela répugne au sens commun_; that is contrary to common sense. _Cet homme me répugne_; that man is my aversion. _Cela me répugne_; I am loath to do it. _Il me répugne de vous entretenir d’un pareil sujet_; it is repugnant to me to talk to you on such a subject.

=repulluler=, _v.n._, to repullulate; to abound, to swarm; to increase fast.

=répulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (phys.) repulsive, repelling.

=répulsion=, _n.f._, (phys.) repulsion; (fig.) aversion, disgust.

=repurger=, _v.a._, to purge again.

=réputation=, _n.f._, reputation, character, repute, fame. _Avoir la — de_; to have the reputation of, to pass for. _Je ne vous connaissais que de —_; I only knew you by report. _En —_; in repute, in request. _Se faire une —_; to get one’s self a reputation. _Se mettre en —_; to get into repute. _Avoir de la —_; to have reputation, to have a name. _Perdre quelqu’un de —_; to ruin any one’s reputation, character.

=réputer=, _v.a._, to repute, to account, to reckon, to deem; to hold.

=requérable=, _adj._, (jur.) demandable.

=requérant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (jur.) plaintiff, applicant; petitioner.

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