Chapter M (17)

=requérir= (requérant, requis), _v.a._, to request, to beg; to require, to demand; to claim, to summon. _C’est lui qui m’en a requis_; it was he who requested me to do it.

=requête=, _n.f._, request, petition, demand, application; (hunt.) new cast, new search. _Faire une —_; to make a request, a demand. _On accorda sa —_; his demand was granted.

=requêter=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to search again (for).

=requiem= (-kui-èm), _n.m._, requiem.

=requin=, _n.m._, (ich.) shark.

=requinqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., iron.) spruce, dressed out.

_se_ =requinquer=, _v.r._, (fam., iron.) to deck one’s self out.

=requis=, =-e=, _part._, requested, required, requisite, proper; due. _Il a l’âge —_; he has the proper, the required age.

=réquisition=, _n.f._, requisition, application; motion; call, summons, order, levy. _À la — de_; on the application of.

=réquisitionnement=, _n.m._, requisitioning.

=réquisitionner=, _v.a._, to requisition; to impound.

=réquisitoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) speech for the crown.

=resaluer=, _v.a._, to salute, to bow to, again.

=rescellement=, _n.m._, resealing, refastening.

=resceller=, _v.a._, to seal again.

=rescif= (rè-cif), _n.m._ _V._ =récif=.

=rescindant=, _n.m._, (jur., ant.) motion to annul, _or_ set aside.

=rescinder=, _v.a._, (jur.) to annul, to rescind.

=rescision= (rès-si-zi-on), _n.f._, (jur.) annulment, rescission.

=rescisoire= (rès-si-zoar), _n.m._, (jur.) ground for annulment. _adj._, rescissory.

☉=rescontre=, _n.m._, (com.) bill-book.

=rescousse=, _n.f._, recapture; help, rescue. _A la —_; help! help!

=rescription=, _n.f._, money order; check; scrip, bond, debenture.

=rescrit=, _n.m._, rescript; bull.

=réseau=, _n.m._, net, net-work; (rail.) system, section; (anat.) plexus; (arch.) tracery; (geom.) chain (of triangles).

=résection= (ré-cèk-si-on), _n.f._, (surg.) resection (amputation).

=réséda=, _n.m._, (bot.) reseda, mignonette.

=réséquer= (ré-cé-), _v.a._, (surg.) to resect.

=réservation=, _n.f._, reserve, reservation.

=réserve=, _n.f._, reserve, reservation, caution; modesty; stock, stores; preserve (for game). _Se tenir sur la —_; to be reserved, to act with circumspection. _À la — de_; with the reservation of. _En —_; in reserve, in store. _Mettre en —_; to reserve, to lay by. _Sans —_; without reserve, unreservedly.

=réservé=, =-e=, _adj._, reserved, cautious, wary, circumspect, shy; guarded, coy.

=réserver=, _v.a._, to reserve, to save, to set apart, to lay by, to lay up.

_se_ =réserver=, _v.r._, to reserve, to reserve to one’s self; to mean, to intend, to purpose; to wait for an opportunity; to be kept; to reserve to one’s self the right. _Se — la réplique_; to reserve the right of replying. _Je me réserve de faire cela_; I am waiting for an opportunity to do that.

=réserviste=, _n.m._, (milit.) reserve-man, reservist.

=réservoir=, _n.m._, reservoir, tank; fish-pond, cistern, well; (anat.) receptacle.

=résidant=, =-e=, _adj._, resident, residing.

=résidence=, _n.f._, residence, place of abode, dwelling, living. _Etablir sa — à_; to take up one’s abode (at).

=résident=, _n.m._, resident, minister at a foreign court.

=résider=, _v.n._, to reside, to dwell, to live; to lie (in), to rest.

=résidu=, _n.m._, settlement (of liquids); residue; (arith.) remainder; (chem.) residuum.

=résignant=, _n.m._, resigner.

*=résignataire=, _n.m._, resignee.

*=résignation=, _n.f._, resignation.

=résigner=, _v.a._, to sign again.

*=résigner=, _v.a._, to resign, to give up.

*_se_ =résigner=, _v.r._, to resign one’s self (to), to submit; to be reconciled (to); to put up (with).

=résiliation=, _n.f._, canceling, annulling.

=résiliement= _or_ =résilîment=, _n.m._ _V._ =résiliation=.

=résilier=, _v.a._, to cancel, to annul.

=résille=, _n.f._, hair-net.

=résine=, _n.f._, resin, rosin; colophony. _Un pain de —_; a cake of resin.

=résineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, resinous.

=résinifère=, _adj._, yielding resin, resiniferous.

=résipiscence= (-zi-), _n.f._, resipiscence, repentance. _Venir à —_; to repent; to amend.

=résistance=, _n.f._, resistance, opposition, obstacle; (med.) obstinacy. _Pièce de —_; (cook.) solid joint. _Sans —_; unresistingly. _Faire de la —_; to offer resistance, to resist.

=résistant=, _adj._, tough, firm, unyielding.

=résister=, _v.n._, to resist, to oppose, to withstand; to endure, to last. _— à l’ennemi_; to resist the enemy. _— à la tentation_; to withstand temptation. _Je n’y saurais plus —_; I can endure it no longer.

=résistible=, _adj._, resistible.

=résolu=, =-e=, _part._, resolved on, decided, determined on, settled, fixed.

=résolu=, =-e=, _adj._, resolute, bold, determined, stout-hearted, undaunted.

=résolubilité=, _n.f._, resolvability.

=résoluble=, _adj._, solvable, resolvable.

=résolument=, _adv._, resolutely, boldly, stoutly.

=résoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) resolutive; resolvent; discutient.

=résolutif=, _n.m._, (med.) resolutive, resolvent.

=résolution=, _n.f._, resolution, solution, decision, determination; resolve; (jur.) canceling, annulment. _Avec —_; resolutely, stoutly. _Changer de —_; to alter one’s mind. _— d’un contrat_; (jur.) canceling of a contract.

=résolutoire=, _adj._, (jur.) resolutive, canceling.

=résolvant=, =-e=, _adj._, _n.m._, (med.) resolvent.

=résonance=, _n.f._, resonance.

=résonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, resonant; sounding, sonorous. _Voix claire et —e_; clear and sonorous voice. _Un violon bien —_; a well-sounding violin.

=résonnement= (-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, resounding, clanking, echoing, rattling, rattle.

=résonner=, _v.n._, to resound; to clank, to echo, to reverberate.

=résorber= (-zor-), _v.a._, (med.) to reabsorb.

_se_ =résorber= (-zor-), _v.r._, (med.) to be reabsorbed.

=résorption= (-zor-), _n.f._, reabsorption.

=résoudre= (résolvant, résolu _and_ résous), _v.a._, to resolve; to dissolve, to melt; to solve; to decide, to settle; (jur.) to cancel, to make void; to resolve on, to determine on, to decide upon (a thing); to determine; to decide on; to persuade. _— une tumeur_; (med.) to resolve a tumor. _— un problème_; to solve a problem. _— une question_; to settle a question. _— un bail_; to cancel a lease. _A-t-on résolu la paix ou la guerre?_ has peace or war been decided upon? _or_ is it to be peace or war?

_se_ =résoudre=, _v.r._, to resolve, to be resolved, to be solved; to dissolve, to be dissolved; to determine; to be prevailed upon; to make up one’s mind. _L’eau se résout en vapeur_; water is resolved into vapor. _Se — à_; to resolve upon; to bring one’s self to. _À quoi vous résolvez-vous?_ what resolution have you come to? _Je ne saurais m’y résoudre_; I cannot make up my mind to do it.

=résous=, _part._, resolved, dissolved, melted; changed into. [_Résous_ has no feminine.]

=respect= (rès-pè), _n.m._, respect, regard, reverence, awe, deference, dutifulness. _Porter — à quelqu’un_; to show respect to any one. _Manquer de — envers quelqu’un_; to be wanting in respect towards any one. _Présenter ses —s à quelqu’un_; to pay one’s respects to any one, to give one’s kind regards to. _Se faire porter —_; to make one’s self respected. _Imprimer_, or _imposer_, _le — à_; to impress any one with respect, to awe any one. _Tenir en —_; to keep in awe or in respect. _Sauf votre —_; saving your presence. _Sauf le — que je vous dois_; with due deference to you.

=respectabilité=, _n.f._, respectability.

=respectable= (rès-pèk-), _adj._, respectable, venerable.

=respectablement=, _adv._, respectably.

=respecter= (rès-pèk-), _v.a._, to respect, to reverence, to revere; to spare. _— la vieillesse_; to respect old age. _Respectez ses sentiments_; spare his feelings. _Le temps n’a pas respecté ces monuments_; time has not spared those monuments. _Se faire —_; to command respect.

_se_ =respecter= (rès-pèk-té), _v.r._, to respect one’s self; to respect each other.

=respecti-f=, =-ve= (rès-pèk-), _adj._, respective.

=respectivement= (rès-pèk-tiv-mān), _adv._, respectively.

=respectueusement= (rès-pèk-tu-eûz-mān), _adv._, respectfully, reverentially, dutifully, deferentially.

=respectueu-x=, =-se= (rès-pèk-), _adj._, respectful, reverential, dutiful, deferential.

=respirable= (rès-), _adj._, respirable, breathable.

=respirateur=, _adj._, respiratory. _n.m._, respirator.

=respiration= (rès-), _n.f._, respiration, breathing. _Difficulté de —_; shortness of breath. _Avoir la — coupée_; to be unable to get one’s breath.

=respiratoire= (rès-pi-ra-toar), _adj._, respiratory.

=respirer= (rès-pi-ré), _v.n._, to breathe, to respire; to take breath, to draw breath, to rest; to long for. _Il a de la peine à —_; he can scarcely breathe. _— après quelque chose_; to long for anything, to desire anything ardently.

=respirer= (rès-), _v.a._, to breathe, to inhale; to thirst after, to long for; to bespeak, to betoken, to express. _Son visage respire la douceur_; his face betokens gentleness. _Il ne respire que la vengeance_; he thirsts after vengeance.

=resplendir= (rès-plān-), _v.n._, to shine brightly; to be resplendent, to glitter.

=resplendissant=, =-e= (rès-plān-), _adj._, resplendent, bright, glittering.

=resplendissement= (rès-plān-dis-mān), _n.m._, resplendence.

=responsabilité= (rès-), _n.f._, responsibility, liability.

=responsable= (rès-), _adj._, responsible, answerable, liable, accountable.

=responsi-f=, =-ve= (rès-), _adj._, (jur.) responsory.

=ressac= (rĕ-sak), _n.m._, (nav.) surf.

*=ressaigner= (rĕ-sè-), _v.a._ and _n._, to bleed again.

=ressaisir= (rĕ-sè-zir), _v.a._, to seize again, to take again, to recover possession of.

_se_ =ressaisir= (rĕ-sè-zir), _v.r._, to seize again, to recover possession of.

=ressaler=, _v.a._, to salt again.

=ressasser= (rĕ-sa-sé), _v.a._, to sift again; to examine minutely; to scrutinize.

=ressasseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, tiresome repeater.

=ressaut= (rĕ-sô), _n.m._, (arch.) ressault, projection; abrupt fall, dip.

=ressauter= (rĕ-sô-té), _v.a.n._, to leap again; (arch.) to project.

=ressécher= (rĕ-sé-), _v.a._, to dry again.

=resseller= (rĕ-sè-lé), _v.a._, to saddle again.

=ressemblance= (rĕ-sān-), _n.f._, resemblance, likeness, similarity. _Se tromper à la —_; to be deceived by the likeness.

=ressemblant=, =-e= (rĕ-sān-), _adj._, resembling, like, similar. _C’est très —_; it is a striking likeness.

=ressembler= (rĕ-sān-), _v.n._, to resemble, to be like, to take after. _Le fils ressemble à son père_; the son resembles his father. _Ce portrait vous ressemble peu_; this portrait is not much like you.

_se_ =ressembler= (rĕ-sān-), _v.r._, to resemble one another, to be like each other, to be alike; to be uniform. _Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau_; they are as like as two peas. _Qui se ressemble_, _s’assemble_; birds of a feather flock together.

=ressemelage= (rĕ-sĕ-mlaj), _n.m._, resoling (of boots); new footing (of stockings).

=ressemeler= (rĕ-sĕ-mlé), _v.a._, to sole anew (boots or shoes); to foot anew (stockings).

=ressemer= (rĕ-sĕ-mé), _v.a._, to sow again.

=ressenti=, =-e= (rĕ-sān-), _part._, felt; (paint.) strongly expressed, or marked; full of expression.

=ressentiment= (rĕ-sān-), _n.m._, slight return, attack, touch (of disease, pain); desire of vengeance, resentment. _Avec —_; resentingly. _Plein de —_; resentful.

=ressentir= (rĕ-sān-), _v.a._, to feel, to experience; to manifest, to show; to have a sense of. _— du malaise_; to feel uncomfortable. _Elle ressent vivement cette injure_; she feels that insult keenly.

_se_ =ressentir= (rĕ-sān-), _v.r._, to feel the effects of, to perceive, to resent; to feel (disease, pain); to feel the effects of. _Il se ressent encore de ses pertes_; he still feels the effects of his losses. _— d’une injure_; to resent an injury.

=resserrement= (rĕ-sèr-mān), _n.m._, contraction, closing, tightening; restriction, oppression; (med.) stricture, contraction, costiveness.

=resserrer= (rĕ-sè-ré), _v.a._, to tie again; to tie tighter, to draw closer, to bind tighter, to confine, to compress, to contract, to straighten; to rivet; to put by, away again; to keep more closely; to restrain, to confine; (print.) to lock up again; (nav.) to take in sails again; (milit.) to close again. _— une rivière dans son lit_; to confine a river to its bed. _Le froid resserre les pores_; cold contracts the pores. _— les liens de l’amitié_; to draw closer the bonds of friendship.

_se_ =resserrer= (rĕ-sè-ré), _v.r._, to contract, to be contracted; to be narrower, closer; to confine one’s self, to be compressed; to become tighter; to become colder (of the weather); to retrench one’s expenses; to be restricted in circulation (of money). _Le temps se resserre_; the weather is getting colder.

=ressif= (rè-sif), _n.m._ _V._ =récif=.

=ressort= (rĕ-sor), _n.m._, spring; elasticity; energy; activity, force, strength; means. _À —_; with a spring. _Faire —_; to fly back. _Il n’agit que par —_; he acts only at the instigation of others. _Faire jouer tous ses —s_; to use every effort.

=ressort= (rĕ-sor), _n.m._, extent of jurisdiction; department, province, line; (jur.) resort. _En dernier —_; (jur.) in the last resort; without appeal. _Cela n’est pas de mon —_; that is not within my province, or not in my line.

=ressortir= (rĕ-sor-), _v.n._, (_pres. part._ ressortant) to go out again; to be set off, to stand out (of a thing); to arise (from), to proceed (from), to result (from); to follow. _Faire —_; to bring forward, to show off, to set forth, to bring out in relief.

=ressortir= (rĕ-sor-), _v.n._, (_pres. part._ ressortissant), (jur.) to be under the jurisdiction of, to depend (on); to be dependent (on); to refer (to).

=ressortissant=, =-e= (rĕ-sor-), _adj._, (jur.) appealable (to), amenable (to), under the jurisdiction (of), dependent (on).

=ressouder= (rĕ-soo-), _v.a._, to solder again.

=ressoudure=, _n.f._, re-soldering.

=ressource= (rĕ-soors), _n.f._, resource, expedient, shift. _pl._, resources. _Faire —_; to procure resources; to raise the wind; to finance. _C’est ma dernière —_; that is my last shift. _— désespérée_; desperate expedient, shift. _Un malheur sans —_; an irreparable misfortune. _Je suis perdu_, _ruiné_, _sans —_; I am irretrievably ruined. _Il n’y a point de —_; there’s no help for it. _C’est un homme de —_; he is a man fertile in expedients, a man of resource.

☉=ressouvenance= (rĕ-soo-vnans), _n.f._, remembrance.

=ressouvenir= (rĕ-soo-vnir), _n.m._, remembrance, recollection; reminiscence, memento; twinge, return (of pain).

_se_ =ressouvenir= (rĕ-soo-vnir), _v.r._, to recollect, to remember. _Faire ressouvenir_; to put in mind. _Vous en ressouvient-il?_ do you remember it?

=ressuage= (rĕ-), _n.m._, (tech.) sweating; (metal.) eliquation.

=ressuer= (rĕ-), _v.n._, (metal.) to eliquate; (tech.) to sweat.

=ressui= (rè-), _n.m._, lair (where animals dry themselves).

=ressuiement=, _n.m._, drying.

=ressuscitation=, _n.f._, _or_ =ressuscitement=, _n.m._, resuscitation, revival, renewal.

=ressuscitatoire=, _adj._, reviving.

=ressusciter= (rè-), _v.a._, to resuscitate, to raise from the dead, to bring to life again, to revive.

=ressusciter= (rè-), _v.n._, to rise from the dead, to come to life again, to be resuscitated.

=ressuyer= (rè-), _v.n._, to wipe, to dry, again.

_se_ =ressuyer= (rè-), _v.r._, to dry; to air (of linen).

=restant=, =-e= (rès-), _adj._, remaining, left. _Poste —e_; till called for.

=restant= (rès-), _n.m._, remainder, rest.

☉=restaur= (rès-), _n.m._, (com.). _V._ =ristourne=.

=restaurant=, =-e= (rès-), _adj._, restorative.

=restaurant= (rès-), _n.m._, restorative; eating-house, dining-rooms, luncheon-rooms.

=restaurat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice= (rès-), _n.f._, restorer.

=restaurateur= (rès-), _n.m._, eating-house keeper.

=restaurati-f=, =-ve= (rès-), _adj._, (med.) restorative.

=restauration= (rès-), _n.f._, restoration, repairing, re-establishment.

=restaurer= (rès-), _v.a._, to restore; to re-establish, to repair; to put in thorough repair; to revive, to refresh. _— ses forces_; to restore one’s strength.

_se_ =restaurer= (rès-), _v.r._, to take refreshment, to refresh one’s self; to recover one’s strength.

=reste=, _n.m._, rest, remainder, remnant, remains, residue, scrap, relic, leavings. _pl._, mortal remains. _Avoir de —_; to have something left and to spare, to have remaining. _De —_; left, remaining, enough and more than enough. _Et le —_; and the rest of it, and so forth, et cætera. _Faire son —_; to stake all the money one has left. _Jouer de son —_; to play one’s last stake. _Donner son — à quelqu’un_; to give it to, to abuse, to beat any one. _Il ne demanda pas son —_; he did not wait for anything more, he sneaked off. _Être en —_; to be behindhand, to be in arrears. _Il n’y a rien de —_; there is nothing left. _J’en ai de —_; I have more than enough. _Du —_; however, moreover, nevertheless. _Au —_; besides. _N’être pas de — avec_; not to be beholden to.

=rester=, _v.n._, to remain, to be left; to stay, to stop, to continue, to keep; (mus.) to hold; (nav.) to bear. _C’est tout ce qui me reste_; that is all I have left. _Il reste quelque argent_; there is some money left. _Que me reste-t-il à faire?_ what am I to do now? _Il me reste à vous dire_; I have still to tell you. _Il resta à Rome après notre départ_; he stayed at Rome after our departure. _Il est resté stupéfait_; he remained thunderstruck. _Restez tranquille_; keep quiet, keep still. _— chez soi_; to stay at home. _Où en sommes-nous restés?_ where did we leave off? _En — à_; to leave off, to stop. _Restons-en là_; let us stop there; let us say no more about it.

=restituable= (rès-), _adj._, repayable, returnable, to be refunded.

=restituer= (rès-), _v.a._, to restore, to return, to give back again, to refund. _— un passage d’un livre_; to restore a passage in a book.

=restituteur= (rès-), _n.m._, restorer (of the texts of authors).

=restitution= (rès-), _n.f._, restitution, restoration; (jur.) relief, release.

=restreindre= (rès-), (restreignant, restreint), _v.a._, to restrict, to restrain, to limit, to confine, to stint.

_se_ =restreindre= (rès-), _v.r._, to restrain one’s self, to limit one’s self (to), to be restricted.

=restricti-f=, =-ve= (rès-), _adj._, restrictive.

=restriction= (rès-), _n.f._, restriction, restraint; reserve. _— mentale_; mental reservation.

=restringent=, =-e= (rès-), _adj._, (med.) (l.u.) astringent.

=restringent=, _n.m._, (med.) (l.u.) astringent.

=résultant=, =-e=, _adj._, resulting, arising; resultant.

=résultante=, _n.f._, (med.) resultant.

=résultat=, _n.m._, result. _En —_; finally, ultimately, eventually.

=résulter=, _v.n._, to result, to follow (from); to be the consequence (of). _Que résulte-t-il de là?_ what follows from that? _Qu’en peut-il —?_ what can be the consequences?

=résumé=, _n.m._, recapitulation, summary; abridgment; epitome; short account; (jur.) summing up of a judge. _Au —_, _en —_; upon the whole, after all, to sum up.

=résumer=, _v.a._, to recapitulate, to sum up, to give a summary. _— un discours_; to give a summary of a speech.

_se_ =résumer=, _v.r._, to recapitulate, to sum up; to embody, to be comprised; to be summed up.

=résurrecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, life-giving, life-restoring.

=résurrection=, _n.f._, resurrection, rising.

=résurrectionniste=, _n.m._, resurrectionist.

=retable=, _n.m._, (arch.) altar screen, reredos.

=rétablir=, _v.a._, to re-establish, to restore, to repair; to recover; to re-install; to set up again; to retrieve; to revive. _— son honneur_; to retrieve one’s honor. _— sa santé_; to recover one’s health. _— quelqu’un_; to set any one up again.

_se_ =rétablir=, _v.r._, to recover one’s health; to get well again; to be re-established, restored, repaired. _Le crédit commence à se —_; credit is gradually being restored.

=rétablissement= (-blis-mān), _n.m._, re-establishment, restoration, repairing, recovery, re-instatement, revival, recovery of health. _Sans espoir de —_; past recovery. _— dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu’un_; restoration to any one’s good graces. _— du commerce_; revival of commerce.

*=retaille=, _n.f._, (manu.) piece cut off; shred, paring.

*=retailler=, _v.a._, to cut, to mend again (pens, pencils); to prune again.

=rétamage=, _n.m._, tinning over again; re-silvering.

=rétamer=, _v.a._, to tin over again; to re-silver.

=rétameur=, _n.m._, tinker.

=retapé=, =-e=, _adj._, done up (of hats); (pop.) spruce, natty, smart.

=retaper=, _v.a._, ☉to cock (a hat); to do up (a hat); to curl and powder (a wig). _— les cheveux_; to turn up the hair.

_se_ =retaper=, _v.r._, to be done up (of hats); (pop.) to dress one’s self out.

=retard=, _n.m._, delay; (mus.) retardation; slowness (of a clock). _Apporter du —_; to cause delay. _Eprouver du —_; to suffer delay. _Être en —_; to be late; to be in arrears; to be backward, to be behind time. _Votre montre est en — de deux minutes_; your watch is two minutes slow. _Nous avons dix minutes de —_; (of railways) the train is ten minutes late. _Avoir une patte en —_; to walk lame.

=retardataire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, in arrears; defaulter, loiterer, lagger; in arrears; late, behindhand.

=retardat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (phys.) retarding.

=retardation=, _n.f._, (phys.) retardation.

=retardement=, _n.m._, delay, retardment, putting off; (com., nav.) over-time, demurrage.

=retarder=, _v.a._, to retard, to delay, to defer, to put off; to hinder; to put back (clocks and watches). _— une horloge_; to put a clock back.

=retarder=, _v.n._, to lose, to go too slow (of clocks and watches); to come later. _Ma montre retarde_; my watch loses. _Sa fièvre retarde tous les jours d’environ une heure_; his fit of ague comes on one hour later every day.

=retâter=, _v.a._, to touch and feel again; to taste again; to grope about again; to try, to begin again, to alter, to mend, to correct.

=reteindre=, _v.a._, to dye again.

=retendre=, _v.a._, to bend again; to pull again, to stretch again, to spread again.

=retenir= (rĕ-tnir), _v.a._, to get again; to get hold of again; to retain, to keep, to withhold, to keep back; to reserve; to curb; to bespeak, to hire; to secure, to engage; to detain, to keep, to confine; to hold back, to hinder; to restrain, to keep from; to remember; (arith.) to carry. _Posez sept et retenez deux_; (arith.) put down seven and carry two. _— une chambre_; to secure a room. _— une place à la diligence_; to bespeak a place in the coach. _— une place_; to keep, or secure, a place. _— un domestique_; to engage a servant. _Il ne saurait — sa langue_; he cannot restrain his tongue. _— sa colère_; to restrain one’s anger. _Qu’est-ce qui vous retient?_ what hinders you? _Je ne sais ce qui me retient_; I don’t know what hinders me. _— une poutre_; (carp.) to secure a beam. _— quelqu’un_; to detain any one. _Je ne vous retiendrai pas_; I won’t keep you a minute.

_se_ =retenir=, _v.r._, to keep back, to forbear; to control one’s self; to stop; to seize hold, to catch hold of, to clutch, to cling to; (man.) to hold back.

=retenir=, _v.n._, to hold back (of horses); to breed (of mares).

=retenter=, _v.a._, to re-attempt.

=rétenti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, retentive.

=rétention=, _n.f._, reservation, reserve, retention; (jur.) retaining.

=rétentionnaire=, _n.m.f._, (jur.) detainer. _adj._, detaining.

=retentir=, _v.n._, to resound, to ring, to re-echo, to clank, to rattle.

=retentissant=, =-e=, _adj._, resounding, ringing, echoing, sonorous, loud; famous. _Voûte —e_; echoing vault.

=retentissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, resounding, echo, re-echoing, clanking, rattling, ringing; fame, celebrity. _Avoir du —_; to make a great noise; to be spread abroad.

=retentum= (ré-tin-tom), _n.m._, mental reserve; (jur.) ☉tacit clause, proviso.

=retenu=, =-e= (rĕ-tnu), _adj._, circumspect, reserved, cautious, timid, discreet, wary; prudent, coy, shy.

=retenue=, _n.f._, reserve, discretion, circumspection, caution, prudence; keeping in, detention; (fin.) stoppage. _Il faut avoir de la —_; one must keep within bounds. _Être en —_; to be in detention; (school) to be kept in. _Sans —_; unreservedly. _Palan de —_; relieving tackle.

=reterçage= _or_ =retersage=, _n.m._, second dressing (of vines).

=retercer= _or_ =reterser=, _v.a._, to dress vines again.

=rétiaire= (-ci-èr), _n.m._, (antiq.) net-fighter.

=réticence=, _n.f._, reserve, concealment; (rhet.) reticence.

=réticulaire=, _adj._, (anat.) reticular.

=réticule=, _n.f._, reticule, reticle (of a telescope); bag; hair-net.

=réticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch., bot.) reticulated.

=réti-f=, =-ve=, _n._ and _adj._, restive; stubborn, mulish.

=rétiforme=, _adj._, retiform.

=rétine=, _n.f._, (anat.) retina (of the eye).

=retirable=, _adj._, withdrawable.

☉=retirade=, _n.f._, (fort.) retirade.

=retiration=, _n.f._, (print.) working off the outer form.

=retiré=, =-e=, _adj._, retired, lonely, solitary, secluded; shrunk, contracted.

=retirement= (-tir-mān), _n.m._, (surg.) contraction, shrinking of the nerves and muscles.

=retirer=, _v.a._, to draw again; to draw back; to withdraw; to draw out; to take away; to redeem, to recover; to retract, to claim, to withdraw; to reap, to get, to derive; to receive; to lodge, to shelter, to harbor; to fire off again, to let off again (fireworks); to remove (from school, prison); to derive (profit). _— sa parole_; to call back one’s word. _— quelqu’un de prison_; to remove any one from prison. _— des choses qui étaient en gage_; to take things out of pawn. _— son enjeu_; to withdraw one’s stakes. _— du danger_; to rescue from danger.

_se_ =retirer=, _v.r._, to retire, to withdraw, to go away; (of water) to subside, to recede, to ebb; to retire from, to leave; to quit; to shrink, to contract, to recoup _or_ retrieve one’s self, to be drawn back _or_ withdrawn. _Retirez-vous_; leave the room; be off; (jur.) stand down (to witnesses). _Il s’est retiré du service_; he has quitted the service. _Se — du commerce_; to retire from business. _Se — en lieu de sûreté_; to retire to a place of safety. _Il se retire de bonne heure_; he keeps good hours. _Ils se retirèrent chacun chez eux_; they retired to their respective homes.

=retirer=, _v.n._, to withdraw, to ebb, to go down (of the tide).

=retisser=, _v.a._, to weave again.

=retombée=, _n.f._, (arch.) springing (of an arch).

=retomber=, _v.n._, to fall again; to relapse, to fall down again; to fall. _— malade_; to fall ill again. _— dans la même faute_; to relapse into the same fault.

=retondre=, _v.a._, to shear again; (arch.) to clean off, to cut away useless ornaments.

=retoquer=, _v.a._, to pluck, to plow again (at exam.).

=retordage=, _n.m._, (manu.) twisting.

=retordement=, _n.m._, (manu.) twisting.

=retordeur=, _n.m._, twister, throwster.

=retordre=, _v.a._, to wring again, to twist again; to twist (silk, thread). _Donner du fil à — à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for any one, to give any one a great deal of trouble. _Se —_; to be twisted.

=rétorquer=, _v.a._, to retort.

=retors=, _-e_, _adj._, twisted; artful, deep, cunning, shrewd, crafty. _Un homme —_; a cunning, crafty man.

=rétorsion=, _n.f._, act of retorting, retortion.

=retorte=, _n.f._, (chem.) retort. _V._ =cornue=.

*=retortiller=, _v.a._, to twist again.

=retouche=, _n.f._, (paint.) retouching.

=retoucher=, _v.n._, to touch again, to retouch; to touch up, to improve.

=retoucher=, _v.a._, to retouch, to touch up, to improve; to correct, to alter. _Se —_; to be retouched.

=retour=, _n.m._, return, coming back; turning; winding; recurrence, conversion; (jur.) reversion; (arch.) return; thing given in to boot, into the bargain; acknowledgment; decline of life; wane; artifice, trick; change, reciprocity, caprice, whim; vicissitude; (nav.) homeward voyage. _Le — du printemps_; the return of spring. _À mon —_; on my return. _Sans —_; forever, irreparably, irrecoverably, irretrievably. _Être de —_; to have returned. _Par — du courier_; by return of post. _Être sur son —_; to be upon the point of returning. _Être sur le —_; to be upon the decline of life, to be going downhill, to be on the wane; to be past middle age. _Avoir de fâcheux —s_; to be odd, whimsical. _Il n’y a point de — avec lui_; there is no peace to be made with him; there is no end to his resentment. _Amour qui n’est pas payé de —_; unrequited love. _À beau jeu, beau —_; one good turn deserves another. _La fortune a ses —s_; fortune has its vicissitudes. _Être perdu sans —_; to be past all hope. _— de chasse_; luncheon (after shooting). _Quel — me donnerez-vous?_ what will you give me to boot? _Faire un — sur soi-même_; to examine one’s self. _En — de_; in return for. _Je serai de — à midi_; I shall be back at twelve. _Billet de —_; return ticket. _Sans esprit de —_; without thinking of returning. _Payer de —_; to requite (hate, love, etc.). _Faire — à_; to return to, to revert. _— d’âge_; change of life.

=retourne=, _n.f._, turn-up card, trump-card, trumps.

=retourner=, _v.n._, to return, to go again, to go back, to go back again; to turn up (at cards). _— sur ses pas_; to retrace one’s steps. _— en arrière_; to turn back. _— à son travail_; to return to one’s work. _N’y retournez pas_; don’t do it again. _Il retourne cœur_; hearts are trumps. _Voyons de quoi il retourne_; (pop.) let us see what’s going on, or how matters stand.

=retourner=, _v.a._, to turn, to turn up; to revolve, to turn over, round, about, up, back; to turn (clothes); to mix (a salad). _— un habit_; to turn a coat. _— du foin_; to turn hay. _— une carte_; to turn up a card. _— une salade_; to mix a salad.

_se_ =retourner=, _v.r._, to turn, to turn round; to turn one’s self, to be turned. _S’en retourner_; to return home, to go back again, to turn back.

=retracement=, _n.m._, retracing; description, relation.

=retracer=, _v.a._, to trace again; to retrace, to trace; to recount, to relate.

_se_ =retracer=, _v.r._, to retrace, to recall to mind, to remember; to return, to recur, to be traced again.

=rétractation=, _n.f._, retractation, recantation.

=rétracter=, _v.a._, to retract, to recall, to recant.

_se_ =rétracter=, _v.r._, to retract; to make a retraction; to recant.

=rétractile=, _adj._, retractile.

=rétractilité=, _n.f._, retractility.

=rétraction=, _n.f._, (med.) retraction; contraction.

=retraduire=, _v.a._, to translate again.

=retraire=, _v.a._, (jur.) to redeem an estate; to milk again.

=retrait=, =-e=, _adj._, lean, shrunk (grain); shrunk (of wood); (jur.) withdrawn, redeemed.

=retrait=, _n.m._, closet, private room; (jur.) redemption, regaining possession; withdrawal (of a bill in parliament, of money from a bank); (arch.) off-set; shrinking, contraction (of clay, metals). _— conventionnel_; (jur.) re-emption. _Le — d’un projet de loi_; the withdrawal of a bill in parliament. _— d’emploi_; (milit.) being unattached (of officers).

=retraite=, _n.f._, retreat; retiring; retirement; refuge, hiding-place, haunt, lurking-place; retiring pension, pension; shrinking, contraction (of clay, of metals); (arch.) offset; nail (in the foot of a horse); (milit.) tattoo; (com.) redraft. _Battre en —_; to retreat, to draw off, to beat a retreat. _Sonner la —_; (hunt.) to call off the hounds; (milit.) to sound a retreat. _Donner — à quelqu’un_; to shelter any one, to harbour any one. _— de voleurs_; resort, den, of thieves. _Donner à quelqu’un sa —_; to pension any one off. _Mettre à la —_; to pension off, to superannuate. _Prendre sa —_; to retire on a pension, to retire from the service. _Battre la —_; (milit.) to beat the tattoo. _Officier en —_; retired, _or_ half-pay, officer.

=retraité=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, one who is pensioned off, superannuated; on the retired list. _Officier —_; officer on the retired list. _Un —_; one who is pensioned off, a pensioner.

=retranchement= (-trānsh-mān), _n.m._, retrenchment, abridging, suppression; curtailment; (milit.) retrenchment, intrenchment. _Forcer quelqu’un dans ses —s_; to storm any one in his stronghold.

=retrancher=, _v.a._, to retrench, to curtail, to cut short; to cut off, to strike off, to erase; (arith.) to subtract; to take away, to abridge; to suppress; to deduct; to take away (from); (milit.) to intrench. _— un camp_; to intrench a camp.

_se_ =retrancher=, _v.r._, to restrain one’s self; to confine one’s self; to retrench, to curtail one’s expenses; (milit.) to intrench one’s self; to fall back upon, to urge, to plead, to put forward.

=retranscrire=, _v.a._, to copy out again.

*=retravailler=, _v.a._, to work again, to do over again.

=retraverser=, _v.a._, to cross, to traverse again.

=retrayant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) repurchaser; re-emptor.

=rêtre=, _n.m._ _V._ =reître=.

=rétréci=, =-e=, _adj._, narrow, cramped, contracted, confined.

=rétrécir=, _v.a._, to take in, to straiten, to make narrower, to contract; to narrow, to cramp; to shrink; to limit.

_se_ =rétrécir=, _v.r._, to become narrow, to grow strait; to shrink, to contract; to be cramped, contracted, straitened.

=rétrécir=, _v.n._, to narrow, to shrink up.

=rétrécissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, narrowing, shrinking, cramping; contracting; narrowness, contraction; (med.) stricture.

=rétreindre=, _v.a._, to hammer out (metal).

=rétreinte=, _n.f._, hammering out.

=retremper=, _v.a._, to temper again (metal); to give renewed force to, to strengthen.

_se_ =retremper=, _v.r._, to acquire renewed strength; to recruit one’s strength, to be strengthened, invigorated.

=rétribué=, =-e=, _adj._, remunerated, rewarded.

=rétribuer=, _v.a._, to remunerate, to requite, to reward; to give a salary, a fee, to.

=rétribution=, _n.f._, retribution, reward.

=rétroacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, retroactive.

=rétroaction=, _n.f._, retroaction.

=rétroactivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, retroactively.

=rétroactivité=, _n.f._, retroactive effect.

=rétroagir=, _v.n._, to have a retroactive effect.

=rétrocéder=, _v.a._, to give back again, to cede back; (jur.) to reconvey; to reassign.

=rétrocessi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, retroceding, retrocedent.

=rétrocession=, _n.f._, (jur.) retrocession, redemise, reconveyance.

=rétrogradation=, _n.f._, (astron.) retrogradation, retrogression, retrocession.

=rétrograde=, _adj._, retrograde.

=rétrograder=, _v.n._, to retrograde, to go backward; to go back.

=rétrogressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, retrogressive.

=rétrogression=, _n.f._, retrogression.

=rétrospecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, retrospective.

=retroussé=, =-e=, _part._, turned up, tucked up, cocked up. _Nez —_; snub nose, turned-up nose. _Avoir le bras —_; to have one’s sleeves tucked up.

=retroussement= (-troos-mān), _n.m._, turning up, tucking up, cocking up, curling up.

=retrousser=, _v.a._, to turn up, to tuck up, to cock; to tie up; (nav.) to truss up sails. _— sa robe_; to tuck up one’s gown. _— sa moustache_; to turn up one’s moustache.

_se_ =retrousser=, _v.r._, to turn up, to cock up; to tie up; to tuck up one’s gown.

=retroussis=, _n.m._, cock, flap (of a hat); boot-top, top (of a boot); facing (of a uniform, livery).

=retrouver=, _v.a._, to find again, to recover; to recognize; to meet again. _Je le retrouverai bien_; he will not escape me.

_se_ =retrouver=, _v.r._, to find one another again; to find one’s self again; to be found again; to be met with again; to find one’s way.

=rets= (ré), _n.m._, net, netting, snare, toils.

=réunion=, _n.f._, reunion, union, junction; meeting, assembly; company; concourse, gathering; party, soirée, reception. _Salle de —_; assembly-room. _Maison de —_; meeting-house.

=réunir=, _v.a._, to reunite, to join again, to bring together again, to reannex; to unite, to join, to bring together, to annex; to collect, to assemble, to muster; to call together, to combine; to reconcile, to unite. _— des faits_; to collect facts.

_se_ =réunir=, _v.r._, to reunite, to unite, to join, to join again, to unite again; to be united, to be joined, to be collected; to meet (at an appointed place); to gather, to collect, to come together, to assemble, to muster, to club together, to combine, to blend, to be blended.

=réussi=, =-e=, _adj._, successful, brilliant, well executed _or_ carried out. _Bien —_; well done; a success, well-performed. _Mal —_; badly done; spoilt, badly performed; not a success.

=réussir=, _v.n._, to succeed, to prosper, to thrive, to be successful, to have success. _— à faire quelque chose_; to succeed in doing anything. _Il a mal réussi_; he was unsuccessful. _Ce projet n’a pas réussi_; the plan did not succeed. _Tout ce qu’il entreprend lui réussit_; everything he undertakes succeeds. _Les pommiers réussissent dans ce terrain_; apple-trees thrive in this soil. _Cela m’a bien réussi_; that answered my purpose admirably.

=réussir=, _v.a._, to carry out well, to execute well, to accomplish, to perform.

=réussite=, _n.f._, success; issue, event, result.

=revacciner=, _v.a._, to revaccinate.

=revalidation=, _n.f._, (jur.) rendering valid again.

=revaloir=, _v.a._, to return like for like; to be even with, to pay back. _Il me le revaudra_; he shall pay for it, I will be even with him (for it).

=revanche=, _n.f._, revenge, retaliation; return; return-match (at play). _Avoir sa —_; to have one’s revenge; to have one’s turn. _Prendre sa —_; to take one’s revenge; to return like for like; to play the return-match. _En —_; by way of retaliation; in return.

=revancher=, _v.a._, (fam.) to defend; to revenge; to return like for like.

_se_ =revancher=, _v.r._, (fam.) to defend one’s self; to be revenged, to revenge; to return like for like; to have one’s turn. _Se — d’un bienfait_; to return a benefit.

=revancheur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) defender.

=rêvasser=, _v.n._, to have troubled dreams, to dream, to keep dreaming; to muse. _— à une affaire_; to muse over, _or_ ponder over, any matter.

=rêvasserie= (-va-srî), _n.f._, unconnected, broken dreams; musing, dreaming.

=rêvasseur=, _n.m._, dreamer, muser.

=rêve=, _n.m._, dream; idle fancy, day-dream, vision, illusion.

=revêche=, _adj._, sharp, harsh, rough; stubborn, unruly, cross, untractable, ill-natured, dogged, cross-grained, crabbed, cantankerous. _Diamant —_; diamond not polishable in all its parts.

=rêve-creux=, _n.m._, (_—_) dreamer.

*=réveil=, _n.m._, waking, awaking; waking-time; (horl.) alarum, alarm; alarm-watch, alarm-clock; (milit.) reveille. _À mon —_; on my awaking.

*=réveille-matin=, _n.m._, (_—_) alarm-clock, alarum; chanticleer, cock; (bot.) wartwort, spurge.

*=réveiller=, _v.a._, to awake, to wake, to rouse, to rouse up, to call up; to stir up, to quicken, to revive, to recall, to evoke, to rake up. _— des souvenirs fâcheux_; to recall disagreeable recollections.

*_se_ =réveiller=, _v.r._, to wake, to awake, to wake up, to awaken; to revive; to be aroused, to be renewed, to be awakened. _Sa haine se réveilla_; his hatred was aroused. _Se — de son assoupissement_; to awake from one’s lethargy. _Se — en sursaut_; to start up out of one’s sleep.

=réveilleu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, waker, awakener, caller.

*=réveillon=, _n.m._, midnight repast; Christmas-eve revel; (paint.) strong touch of light.

=révélat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, informer, revealer, discoverer, detector. _adj._, revealing, tell-tale. _— d’un complot_; revealer of a plot. _Être le — de ses complices_; to inform against one’s accomplices; (jur.) to turn king’s, queen’s, evidence.

=révélation=, _n.f._, revelation; discovery, disclosure; (jur.) information.

=révéler=, _v.a._, to reveal, to discover, to lay open, to disclose, to detect; to betray; to inform against; (fam., pop.) to blab.

=revenant=, =-e=, _adj._, pleasing, prepossessing. _Physionomie —e_; pleasing physiognomy.

=revenant= (rĕ-vnān), _n.m._, ghost, spirit. _Il y a des —s dans cette maison_; that house is haunted.

=revenant-bon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) perquisite; bonus; emolument; windfall, godsend.

=revendage=, _n.m._, huckstering.

=revendeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, retail dealer, retailer; dealer in old clothes; regrater. _—se à la toilette_; wardrobe dealer, dealer in cast clothes.

=revendicable=, _adj._, claimable.

=revendication=, _n.f._, (jur.) claim; claiming, demand. _Action en —_; (jur.) action in pursuit of a claim.

=revendiquer=, _v.a._, to claim, to demand.

=revendre=, _v.a._, to sell again; to re-sell. _Il en a à —_; he has enough of it, and to spare. _En — à quelqu’un_; to be deeper than any one, to be more than a match for any one; to outdo.

=revenir= (rĕ-vnir), _v.n._, to come again, to come back, to come back again, to return, to recover, to recover one’s self; to get over, to come to one’s self, to come to; to be restored; to occur, to recur, to present one’s self; to resume, to reconsider; to alter one’s mind, to change one’s opinion, to recant, to retract; to be undeceived; to come over to, to adopt, to embrace; to retrieve; to be reconciled, to be appeased, to be pacified; to cost, to stand in; to amount, to come to; to be tantamount to; to please, to suit, to match; to arise, to accrue, to result, to proceed; to appear, to haunt, to walk; (jur.) to claim on a guarantee; (of food) to rise (in the stomach). _Faire — quelqu’un_; to call any one back. _Son nom ne me revient pas_; I do not recollect his name. _Revenons à notre propos_; let us resume, let us return to our business. _J’en reviens toujours là que_; I still persist in thinking that. _En — toujours là_; to be always harping on the same string. _— à la charge_; to return to the charge. _— à ses moutons_; to return to one’s subject. _— sur une matière_; to return to a subject. _— d’une maladie_; to recover from an attack of illness. _Il revient à vue d’œil_; he is recovering visibly. _— à soi_; to recover one’s senses, to come to one’s self again, to come to, to revive; to resume one’s serenity; to reform, to be reformed, to be reclaimed, to return to the right path. _— d’une frayeur_; to recover from a fright. _— en santé_; to recover one’s health. _— de loin_; to escape great danger, to have a narrow escape; to recover from a dangerous illness. _— sur l’eau_; to get afloat again, to recover one’s losses. _N’en pas —_; to wonder at, to be lost in astonishment. _En — d’une belle_; to have had a narrow escape. _Revenir à l’avis de_; to come over to the opinion of, to fall in with any one’s views. _Je n’en reviens pas_; I cannot recover from my astonishment, I cannot get over it; I cannot make it out; (fam.) it caps me. _— de ses préjugés_; to shake off one’s prejudices. _— de ses folies_; to leave off one’s old pranks. _Je suis revenu de ces amusements-là_; I do not care for those amusements any more _or_ these amusements pall upon me now. _— sur le compte de quelqu’un_; to have a better (_or_ a worse) opinion of any one (as the case may be). _Quand on m’a fait de ces tours, je ne reviens pas_; when people play me such tricks as those I never forgive them. _Son humeur ne me revient pas_; his humor does not please me. _Les deux choses reviennent au même_; the two things amount to the same, come to the same, are tantamount to the same. _Cet habit revient à tant_; that coat costs so much. _Il me revient que_; I hear, I am told, _or_ I understand that. _Il ne m’en revient rien_; I get nothing by it. _De la viande qui revient_; meat that rises in one’s stomach. _Le vin fait — le cœur_; wine cheers the heart. _Faire — de la viande_; (cook.) to parboil, to half-cook meat.

=revente=, _n.f._, resale; selling again, reselling; regrating. _De —_; second-hand. _Lit de —_; second-hand bed.

=reventer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to fill a sail again.

=revenu= (rĕ-vnu), _n.m._, revenue, income, rent, profit. _Etat des —s_; rental. _—s casuels_; perquisites.

=revenue=, _n.f._, young wood (of a coppice).

=rêver=, _v.n._, to dream, to be in a dream; to rave, to be light-headed; to talk idly; to have a wandering mind, to muse; to think, to reflect, to consider. _Il rêve tout éveillé_; he indulges in day-dreams. _J’ai rêvé longtemps sur cette affaire_; I have pondered long over that affair. _Je regagnai mon hôtellerie en rêvant_; I trudged back to my inn in a thoughtful mood.

=rêver=, _v.a._, to dream, to long for, to desire ardently, to dream of. _Il ne rêve que fortune_; he thinks of nothing but riches.

=réverbérant=, =-e=, _adj._, reverberating.

=réverbération=, _n.f._, reverberation; reverberation, repercussion (of sound). _La — des rayons du soleil_; the reverberation of the solar rays.

=réverbère=, _n.m._, reflector, street lamp. _Feu de —_; (chem.) reverberated fire.

=réverbérer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to reverberate.

=reverdie=, _n.m._, (nav.) return of the high tide.

=reverdir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to paint green again; to become green again; to grow young again; to reblossom; (fig.) to grow influential, powerful again. _Planter là quelqu’un pour —_; to leave any one in the lurch; to give any one the slip. _Il faut — ces barreaux_; these iron bars must be painted green again. _Faire —_; to make green; to revive.

=reverdissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, growing green again.

=révéremment= (-ra-mān), _adv._, reverently.

=révérence=, _n.f._, reverence, veneration; bow, curtsey. _Avec —_; reverently. _Faire une profonde —_; to make a low bow, a low curtsey. _Tirer sa — à quelqu’un_; (jest.) to bow to any one.

=révérencielle=, _adj._, reverential.

=révérencieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, reverentially.

=révérencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, reverential; bowing and scraping, obsequious.

=révérend=, =-e=, _adj._, reverend. _Très —_; right reverend. [Sometimes used as a noun in the masculine.]

=révérendissime=, _adj._, most reverend.

=révérer=, _v.a._, to revere, to reverence, to venerate, to hold in veneration.

=rêverie= (rê-vrî), _n.f._, reverie, musing; dream; raving, delirium. _Tomber en —_; to fall to musing.

=revernir=, _v.a._, to glaze again, to varnish over again.

☉=reverquier=, _n.m._ _V._ =revertier=.

=revers= (-vèr), _n.m._, back, reverse; facing (of clothes); lapel (of a coat); back stroke; top (of boots); reverse, change for the worse. _Coup de —_; back-handed stroke. _Donner un —_; to hit a back stroke. _Le — de la médaille_; the reverse side of the medal; (fig.) the dark side of the picture. _Le — de la tranchée_; (fort.) the reverse of the trench. _A_ or _de —_; (mil.) in the rear, on the flank.

=réversal=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) confirmatory.

=reverseau=, _n.m._, flashing-board (for doors, etc.).

=reversement=, _n.m._, (nav.) trans-shipment. _V._ =transbordement=.

=reverser=, _v.a._, to pour out again; to pour off; (nav.) to trans-ship (_V._ =transborder=); (com.) to transfer, to carry (forward _or_ over).

=reversi= _or_ =reversis=, _n.m._, reversis (card game).

=réversibilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) revertibility.

=réversible=, _adj._, reversible; (jur.) revertible.

=réversion=, _n.f._, (jur.) reversion.

=réversoir=, _n.m._, dam, weir.

=revertier= (-tié), _n.m._, sort of backgammon.

=revêtement= (-vê-tmān), _n.m._, (arch., mas.) covering, lining, coating, casing, facing; (fort.) revetement; (joinery) veneering.

=revêtir=, _v.a._, to clothe; to give clothes to, to invest; to dress; to put on, to assume; to endow a person with; to bestow on a person; (mas.) to line, to cover. _— les pauvres_; to clothe the poor. _— un habit_; to put on a coat. _— ses pensées d’un style brillant_; to clothe one’s thoughts in brilliant language. _— la figure de quelqu’un_; to put on the air of some one else. _Les formes que revêt la pensée_; the forms that thought assumes. _— un personnage_; to assume a character. _Je me suis dépouillé de cet emploi pour l’en —_; I threw up this employment in his favor, to bestow it on him. _— une terrasse de gazon_; to cover a terrace with turf.

_se_ =revêtir=, _v.r._, to clothe one’s self, to array one’s self, to invest one’s self, to dress, to put on, to assume, to take; to be invested.

=rêveu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, dreamer, muser; thoughtful, pensive, dreamy, musing.

=revidage=, _n.m._, (at auction) knock-out.

=revider=, _v.a._, to empty again; to knock out.

=revient= (rĕvi-in), _n.m._, (com.) only used in: _prix de —_; net cost.

=revirade=, _n.f._, (backgammon) back-game.

=revirement= (re-vir-mān), _n.m._, sudden change; (nav.) tacking; (com. and fin.) transfer. _— de parties_; (com.) transfer.

=revirer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to tack about, to tack, to put about; to turn round, to change sides, to be a turn-coat, to rat. _Il a reviré de bord_; he has ratted.

=revisable=, _adj._, revisable.

=reviser=, _v.a._, to revise, to review, to examine.

=reviseur=, _n.m._, reviser, examiner.

=revision=, _n.f._, revisal, revision, re-examination, review. _Sujet à —_; questionable. _— de procès_; rehearing. _Faire la — d’une feuille_; (print.) to revise a sheet. _Conseil de —_; (milit.) examining-board (as to health of recruits).

=revivification=, _n.f._, (chem.) revivification.

=revivifier=, _v.a._, to revive, to revivify, to vivify; to regenerate.

=revivre=, _v.n._, to come to life again; to live again; to revive. _Faire —_; to bring to life again, to revive, to restore. _Les pères revivent dans leurs enfants_; fathers live again in their children.

=révocabilité=, _n.f._, revocability.

=révocable=, _adj._, revocable, reversible, repealable.

☉=révocati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, repealing.

=révocation=, _n.f._, revocation, repeal, revoking, recall.

=révocatoire=, _adj._, revocatory.

=revoici=, _prep._, (fam., jest) once more, here ... again. _Me —_; here am I again.

=revoilà=, _prep._, (fam., jest) once more, there ... again. _Les revoilà!_ there they are again!

=revoir=, _v.a._, to see again; to meet again; to revise, to review, to re-examine.

_se_ =revoir=, _v.r._, to see, to meet, each other again; to be seen again. _Nous nous reverrons_; we shall meet again.

=revoir=, _n.m._, seeing, _or_ meeting, again. _Au —_; good-bye for the present, _or_ till we meet again. _À —_; to be revised.

=revoler=, _v.n._, to fly again, to fly back; to steal, _or_ rob, again.

=revolin=, _n.m._, (nav.) eddy-wind.

=révoltant=, =-e=, _adj._, revolting.

=révolte=, _n.f._, revolt, rebellion.

=révolté=, _n.m._, rebel.

=révolter=, _v.a._, to cause to revolt _or_ rebel, to stir up; to rouse, to excite; to shock, to disgust, to horrify.

_se_ =révolter=, _v.r._, to revolt, to rebel, to be indignant, to be shocked.

=révolter=, _v.n._, to revolt, to rebel.

=révolu=, =-e=, _adj._, revolved, accomplished, completed, finished, ended.

=révoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (bot.) revolute.

=révolution=, _n.f._, revolution.

=révolutionnaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, revolutionist; revolutionary.

=révolutionnairement= (-sio-nèr-mān), _adv._, in a revolutionary manner.

=révolutionner=, _v.a._, to revolutionize.

=revolver= (ré-vol-vèr), _n.m._, revolver.

=revomir=, _v.a._, to vomit, to throw up again; to vomit again; to bring up.

=révoquer=, _v.a._, to recall (an ambassador); to dismiss (a clerk, an officer, an official, etc.); to revoke, to repeal. _— en doute_; to call in question.

=revouloir=, _v.a._, to wish again, to wish again for.

=revoyager=, _v.n._, to travel again.

=revue=, _n.f._, review; magazine; survey, examination, revision. _Faire la — de_; to examine, to survey. _Faire une — de ses papiers_; to examine one’s papers. _Passer en —_; (milit.) to review. _Être gens de —_; to meet often.

=révulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) revulsive.

=révulsif=, _n.m._, (med.) revulsive.

=révulsion=, _n.f._, revulsion.

=rez=, _prep._, (l.u.) level with, even with. _— pied_, _— terre_; even, _or_ level, with the ground.

=rez-de-chaussée=, _n.m._, (_—_) ground-floor; level with the ground. _Au —_; on the ground-floor. _À —_; level with the ground.

=rhabdologie=, _n.f._ _V._ =rabdologie=.

=rhabdomancie=, _n.f._ _V._ =rabdomancie=.

*=rhabillage=, _n.m._, repairing, mending, botching, patching.

*=rhabillement=, _n.m._ _V._ =rhabillage=.

*=rhabiller=, _v.a._, to dress again, to clothe anew; to mend, to patch up.

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

=rhagade=, _n.f._, (med.) rhagade, crack, chap, fissure.

=rhapontic=, _n.m._, (bot.) bastard monk’s-rhubarb, rheum rhaponticum.

=rhapsode=, _n.m._, =rhapsodie=, _n.f._, =rhapsodiste=, _n.m._ _V._ =rapsode=, =rapsodie=, =rapsodiste=.

=rhénan=, =-e=, _adj._, (geog.) Rhenish.

=rhésus= (-zus), _n.m._, pig-tailed baboon.

=rhéteur=, _n.m._, rhetorician, rhetor.

=rhétien=, =-ne= (ti-in, -tiè-n), _adj._, (geog.) Rhetian.

=rhétoricien= (-si-in), _n.m._, rhetorician.

=rhétorique=, _n.f._, rhetoric. _Figure de —_; rhetorical figure. _Faire sa —_; to be in the class of rhetoric (in the highest form but one; the _Remove_).

=rhin=, _n.m._, (geog.) Rhine. _Vin du —_; Rhenish wine, Rhine-wine.

=rhinanthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) cock’s-comb.

=rhingrave=, _n.m._, rhingrave (German governor).

=rhingrave=, _n.f._, (formerly) a sort of knee-breeches, knickerbockers.

=rhinocéros= (-ros), _n.m._, rhinoceros.

=rhinoplastie=, _n.f._, (surg.) rhinoplasty.

=rhodium= (-om), _n.m._, (min.) rhodium.

=rhododendron=, _n.m._, (bot.) rhododendron; rose-bay.

=rhombe=, _n.m._, (geom.) rhomb, rhombus; (ich.) rhombus.

=rhomboèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) rhombohedron.

=rhomboïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, rhomboidal.

=rhomboïde=, _n.m._, (anat., geom.) rhomboid.

=rhubarbe=, _n.f._, rhubarb. _— blanche_; white jalap. _— des moines_; monk’s-rhubarb, herb-patience.

=rhum= (rom), _n.m._, rum.

=rhumatique=, _adj._, rheumatic.

=rhumatisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, rheumatic.

=rhumatismal=, =-e=, _adj._, rheumatic.

=rhumatisme=, _n.m._, rheumatism.

=rhumb=, _n.m._ _V._ =rumb=.

=rhume=, _n.m._, cold. _— de cerveau_; cold in the head. _Un gros —_; a violent cold. _— de poitrine_; cold on the chest. _Attraper un —_; to catch a cold.

=rhus= (rus), _n.m._ _V._ =sumac=.

=rhythme=, _n.m._ _V._ =rythme=.

=rhythmique=, _adj._ _V._ =rythmique=.

=riant=, =-e=, _adj._, laughing, smiling, lively, cheerful; pleasant, pleasing.

=ribambelle=, _n.f._, swarm, string; host, lot (of people).

=ribaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (l.ex.) ribald.

=ribauderie= (-bô-drî), _n.f._, ribaldry.

=ribaudure=, _n.f._, crease, fold (in cloth).

=riblette=, _n.f._, (cook.) collop, rasher.

=riblons=, _n.m.pl._, scrap-iron.

=ribord=, _n.m._, (nav.) garboard strake.

=ribordage=, _n.m._, (nav.) damage by fouling.

=ribote=, _n.f._, (pop.) debauch, drunken bout. _Être en —_; to be boozy, drunk, tight; to be on the spree. _Faire —_; to have a drunken bout.

=riboter=, _v.n._, (pop.) to get boozy, drunk; to be on the spree.

=riboteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pop.) drunkard; boozer.

=ricanement= (-ka-n-mān), _n.m._, chuckling, chuckle, sneering, sneer; giggling, giggle.

=ricaner=, _v.n._, to chuckle, to sneer, to snigger, to giggle.

=ricanerie= (-ka-n-rî), _n.f._ _V._ =ricanement=.

=ricaneu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, sneerer, sneering; giggler, giggling.

=ric-à-ric=, _adv._, in driblets; (fam.) rigorously, strictly.

=richard=, _n.m._, moneyed man; rich fellow; capitalist, nabob.

=riche=, _n.m._ and _adj._, rich man; rich, wealthy, opulent; sumptuous; copious; valuable, precious. _Un — parti_; a good match (marriage). _— moisson_; abundant harvest. _Langue —_; copious language. _Le mauvais —_; the rich man of the Gospel.

=richement= (rish-mān), _adv._, richly, opulently, copiously, splendidly; preciously.

=richesse=, _n.f._, riches, wealth, wealthiness, opulence; copiousness; richness. _La — d’une langue_; the copiousness of a language. _Contentement passe —_; enough is as good as a feast.

=richissime=, _adj._, (fam.) inordinately rich.

=ricin=, _n.m._, (bot.) palma Christi, castor-oil plant. _Huile de —_; castor-oil.

=ricocher=, _v.n._, (artil.) to ricochet, to rebound.

=ricochet=, _n.m._, duck and drake (rebound on the water); series; chain, succession; (artil.) ricochet. _Faire des —s_; (artil.) to ricochet; to make ducks and drakes on the water. _Feu à —_; (artil.) ricochet-firing _or_ fire. _C’est la chanson du —_; it is the same thing over and over again. _Par —_; indirectly.

=rictus=, _n.m._, grin, grinning.

=ride=, _n.f._, wrinkle (on the face); (bot.) wrinkle; ripple (on the water); (nav.) laniard. _—s des haubans_; shroud laniards.

=ridé=, =-e=, _adj._, wrinkled; (bot.) rugose. _Une pomme —e_; a shriveled apple.

=rideau=, _n.m._, curtain; screen (of trees); (fort.) rideau. _Tirer le —_; to draw the curtain. _Baisser le —_; (thea.) to drop the curtain. _Lever de —_; (thea.) curtain-raiser. _— d’entr’acte_; drop-scene.

=ridée=, _n.f._, clap-net.

=ridelle=, _n.f._, staff-side, standard-side (of a cart).

=rider=, _v.a._, to wrinkle (the skin); to shrivel; to crumple; to ripple, to ruffle (water); to corrugate, to contract.

_se_ =rider=, _v.r._, to wrinkle, to shrivel, to shrivel up; to ripple, to ruffle (of water).

=ridicule=, _adj._, ridiculous. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s self ridiculous.

=ridicule=, _n.m._, ridicule, ridiculousness; ridiculous person, ridiculous thing. _Tomber dans le —_, or _tourner au —_; to become ridiculous. _Tourner quelqu’un en —_; to ridicule any one.

=ridiculement= (-kul-mān), _adv._, ridiculously.

=ridiculiser=, _v.a._, to ridicule, to make ridiculous, to make fun (of).

=ridiculité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) ridiculousness, ridiculous thing. _C’est une — de parler ainsi_; it is absurd to speak in this manner.

=rièble=, _n.m._ _V._ =grateron=.

=rien= (ri-in), _n.m._, nothing, nought, not anything; mere nothing, trifle, mere trifle. _Pour —_; for nothing, for next to nothing, for a mere trifle, for a song, _— de plus beau_; nothing finer. _— autre chose_; nothing else. _On ne fait — de —_; nothing can be made out of nothing. _Je n’en ferai —_; I shall do nothing of the sort. _Cette montre ne vous sert à —_; that watch is of no use to you. _Il ne sert à — de_; it is of no use to. _Cet homme ne m’est —_; that man is nothing to me. _Cela ne fait —_; that does not matter. _Tout comme si de — n’était_; as if nothing at all was the matter. _Ne faites semblant de —_; pretend not to mind it, not to see it, say nothing at all. _Je ne pense à — moins qu’à cela_; nothing is further from my thoughts. _Ce n’est — moins que cela_; it is quite another thing, it is anything but that. _En moins de —_; in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice. _De —_; don’t mention it! of nothing; insignificant. _— au monde ne me fera oublier cela_; nothing in the world will make me forget that. _— de —_; absolutely nothing. _Moins que —_; very little. _S’il y a — qui me plaise_; if anything pleases me. _Y a-t-il — de nouveau?_ is there any news? _N’aboutir à —_; to come to nothing.

=rieu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, laugher, giggler, sneerer. _Il a les —s de son côté_; he has the laughers on his side.

=rieu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, laughing, joking, sneering, mocking, jeering.

=riflard=, _n.m._, old umbrella; gamp; (carp.) horse-plane; (for stones) paring-chisel; (for metal) rough file.

=rigaudon=, _n.m._ _V._ =rigodon=.

=rigide=, _adj._, rigid, strict, harsh, severe, stiff.

=rigidement= (-jid-mān), _adv._, rigidly, strictly, harshly, stiffly.

=rigidité=, _n.f._, rigidness, rigidity, stiffness, strictness, severity, harshness.

=rigodon=, _n.m._, rigadoon (dance).

=rigole=, _n.f._, trench, little ditch _or_ furrow, little gutter; culvert (of roads).

=rigorisme=, _n.m._, rigorism, austerity; hyper-criticism.

=rigoriste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rigorist; hyper-critic; over-rigid, over-severe; hypercritical.

=rigoureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, rigorously, severely, strictly, harshly.

=rigoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rigorous, stern, harsh; strict; severe, sharp; close.

=rigueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, rigor, severity; harshness; sternness, sharpness, closeness, precision. _La — du sort_; the sternness of fate. _Traiter quelqu’un avec —_; to be severe with any one. _Cette règle est de —_; this rule is indispensable. _Jouer de —_; to play the strict rule of the game. _La — de l’hiver_; the inclemency of the winter. _À la —_; strictly speaking; in a strict sense; for once in a way; if absolutely necessary.

*=rillettes=, _n.f.pl._, minced pork.

*=rimaille=, _n.f._, (b.s.), rhyming doggerel.

*=rimailler=, _v.n._, to write bad verses.

*=rimailleur=, _n.m._, sorry rhymer, poetaster.

=rime=, _n.f._, rhyme. _pl._ verse. _—s croisées_; alternate rhymes. _—s plates_; following rhymes (line by line). _Il n’y a ni — ni raison dans ce qu’il dit_; there is neither rhyme nor reason in what he says.