Chapter VI: Preface: To Revised Edition (6)

=artichaut=, _n.m._, artichoke. _—s_; spikes on a fence or gate. _— des toits_; house-leek.

=article=, _n.m._, article, head; paragraph; matter, thing, subject; point; item; (gram.) article; (anat.) articulation; (bot.) article, ware, goods. _— de fond_; leading article. _— de Paris_; Paris speciality. _C’est un autre —_; that’s another matter. _Ce n’est pas un — de foi_; it is not worthy of credit. _Nous reviendrons sur cet —_; we shall resume this subject. _C’est un — à part_; that is a separate article. _À l’— de la mort_; at the point of death. _Faire l’—_; to puff one’s goods.

=articulaire=, _adj._, (med.) articular.

=articulation=, _n.f._, articulation, joint; (bot., anat.) joint, articulation; (jur.) allegation.

=articulé=, =-e=, _part._, articulate; articulated, uttered, jointed, vertebrated. _D’une manière —e_; articulately, distinctly.

=articuler=, _v.a._, to articulate, to pronounce; to enumerate; to set forth.

_s’_=articuler=, _v.r._, to be articulated or jointed, to joint.

=articuler=, _v.n._, to articulate.

=artifice=, _n.m._, art; contrivance; slyness, cunning, craft, deceit; trick, stratagem; shuffle. _Caisse d’—_; (nav.) powder-chest. _Un feu d’—_; fireworks, pyrotechnics. _Tirer un feu d’—_; to let off fireworks.

=artificiel=, =-le=, _adv._, artificial.

=artificiellement= (-mān), _adv._, artificially.

=artificier=, _n.m._, fireworks-maker, pyrotechnist.

=artificieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, cunningly, craftily, artfully, slily.

=artificieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, artful, cunning, crafty; shuffling, sly.

☉*=artillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) mounted with cannon. _Vaisseau —_; armored vessel.

*=artillerie=, _n.f._, artillery, ordnance. _Une pièce d’—_; a piece of ordnance. _Grosse —_; heavy artillery. _— légère_; light artillery. _— de campagne_; field artillery. _— de siège_; battering or siege artillery. _— à pied_; foot artillery. _— à cheval_; horse artillery. _Parc d’—_; park of artillery. _Train d’—_; train of artillery. _Comité d’—_; board of ordnance.

*=artilleur=, _n.m._, artilleryman, gunner.

=artimon=, _n.m._, (nav.) mizzen. _Mât d’—_; mizzen mast. _Hune d’—_; mizzen top.

=artisan=, _n.m._, artisan, handicraftsman, operative, artificer, mechanic, craftsman; author, architect, contriver.

=artison=, _n.m._, (ent.) wood-fretter, moth.

=artisonné=, _adj._, worm-eaten.

=artiste=, _n.m.f._, artist, player, performer, actor, actress.

=artistement=, _adv._, in an artistic manner; skillfully, artistically.

=artistique=, _adj._, artist-like; artistic, of art.

=arum= (-rom), _n.m._, (bot.) arum, wake-robin.

=aruspice=, _n.m._, aruspex, diviner, soothsayer.

=aruspicine=, _n.f._, (antiq.) aruspicy.

=aryen=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, Aryan.

=aryténoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) arytænoid.

=as= (âss), _n.m._, ace (at cards, dice); as (Roman weight).

=asaret=, _n.m._, (bot.) asarum.

=asarum= (-rom), _n.m._, asarabacca, asarum.

=asbeste=, _n.m._, asbestos.

=ascaride=, _n.m._, (ent.) ascaris.

=ascendant=, _n.m._, ascendant; ascendency, influence; power, ruling passion, ancestor. _Avoir de l’— sur_; to have influence over. _—s et descendants_; ancestors and descendants.

=ascendant=, =-e=, _adj._, ascending, ascendant, upwards.

=ascenseur=, _n.m._, hoist, lift.

=ascension=, _n.f._, ascent; up-stroke (of machinery); ascension; ascending, rising; Ascension-day, Holy Thursday. _Jour de l’—_; Holy Thursday.

=ascensionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, ascensional.

=ascète=, _n.m.f._, ascetic, anchoret; monk.

=ascétique=, _adj._, ascetic, rigid, severe.

=ascétique=, _n.m._, ascetic.

=ascétique=, _n.f._, ascetic doctrine.

=ascétisme=, _n.m._, ascetism.

=asciens= (as-si-in), _n.m.pl._, (geog.) Ascians.

=ascite=, _n.f._, ascites, common dropsy.

=ascitique=, _adj._, dropsical, ascitic.

=asclépiade=, _n.m._, (poet.), asclepiad.

=asclépiade=, _adj._, (poet.) formed of asclepiads.

=asclépiade=, _n.f._, _or_ =asclépias=, _n.m._, (bot.) asclepias, swallow-wort.

=asiarcat=, _n.m._, dignity of an asiarch.

=asiarque=, _n.m._, (hist.) asiarch.

=asiatique=, _adj._, _n._, Asiatic.

=asile=, _n.m._, asylum, refuge, place of refuge, shelter, sanctuary; harbor, retreat, protection. _Salle d’—_; infant school. _Servir d’—_; to shelter. _Sans —_; shelterless, homeless.

=asile=, _n.m._, wasp-fly.

=asine=, _adj.f._, (l.u.) asinine, of the ass. _Bête —_; ass; blockhead.

=aspect=, _n.m._, aspect, view, sight; look, countenance; phase, point of view.

=asperge=, _n.f._, asparagus (head of). _Botte d’—s_; bundle of asparagus.

=aspergement=, _n.m._, sprinkling.

=asperger=, _v.a._, to sprinkle, to besprinkle.

=aspergerie= _or_ =aspergière=, _n.f._, asparagus-bed or ground.

=aspergés= (-jèss), _n.m._, aspergillum, holy-water sprinkler. _Je suis arrivé à l’—_; I entered the church as the priest was sprinkling the people with holy-water.

=aspérité=, _n.f._, asperity, roughness, ruggedness; harshness; unevenness.

=aspersion=, _n.f._, aspersion, sprinkling, besprinkling.

=aspersoir=, _n.m._, holy-water brush; rose (of a water-pot).

=aspérule=, _n.f._, (bot.) wood-ruff.

=asphalte=, _n.m._, asphalt, asphaltum.

=asphaltique= _or_ =asphaltite=, _adj._, asphaltic, bituminous. _Le lac —_; the asphaltic lake, the Dead Sea.

=asphodèle=, _n.m._, (bot.) asphodel, king’s-spear, wild daffodil.

=asphyxiant=, _adj._, asphyxiating, suffocating.

=asphyxie=, _n.f._, (med.) asphyxy, suffocation, suspended animation.

=asphyxié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a person in a state of asphyxia.

=asphyxier=, _v.a._, to cause asphyxia, to suffocate. _Le gaz les asphyxia_; the gas suffocated them.

_s’_=asphyxier=, _v.r._, to destroy one’s self by suffocation.

=aspic=, _n.m._, aspic; asp; (bot.) aspic; spikenard; spike-lavender; (cook.) cold meat or fish, with jelly. _Langue d’—_; a viper’s tongue.

=aspirant=, =-e=, _adj._, suction, sucking (of pumps).

=aspirant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, candidate, suitor, aspirant, postulant; midshipman. _— au doctorat_; candidate for a doctor’s degree. _— de marine_; midshipman.

=aspirateur=, _n.m._, (of air-pumps) exhauster.

=aspiration=, _n.f._, inhaling, inspiration; (gram.) aspiration, breathing; (of pumps) exhaustion, suction; aspiration, longing after, fervent desire. _Tuyau d’—_; exhausting pipe.

=aspiré=, =-e=, _adj._, aspirate; (hydr.) exhausted.

=aspirée=, _n.f._, (gram.) aspirate.

=aspirer=, _v.a._, to inspire; to inhale; to draw in; to suck in; (gram.) to aspirate; (hydr.) to exhaust.

=aspirer=, _v.n._, to aspire, to covet, to aim at. _— aux honneurs_; to aspire after honors.

_s’_=aspirer=, _v.r._, to suck; to be inhaled.

=aspre=, _n.m._, asper, a Turkish coin.

=assa=, _n.f._, (_n.p._), concrete gum, asa, assa.

=assabler=, _v.a._, to fill with sand.

=assabler=, _v.n._, to run aground; to be stranded.

=assa dulcis=, _n.f._ (_n.p._), asa-dulcis, benzoin.

=assa foetida=, _n.f._, (phar.) assafœtida.

=assagir=, _v.a._, to make wise, to impart wisdom. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become wise.

*=assaillant=, _n.m._, aggressor, assailant, besieger.

*=assaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, aggressive.

*=assaillir=, _v.a._, to assault, to assail, to attack; to surprise, to beset, to come upon.

=assainir=, _v.a._, to make, to render healthy. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become healthy.

=assainissement= (-mān), _n.m._, sanitation, purification, salubrity, drainage.

=assaisonnement= (-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, condiment, seasoning, dressing.

=assaisonner=, _v.a._, to season, to dress, to spice; to give a relish to; to make palatable; to set off, to give a zest to.

=assaisonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seasoner.

=assassin=, _n.m._, assassin, murderer, murderess; ruffian. _À l’—!_ murder! _Crier à l’—_; to call out murder.

=assassin=, =-e=, _adj._, killing, murderous.

=assassinant=, =-e=, _adj._, exceedingly tiresome, boring; killing, murdering.

=assassinat=, _n.m._, assassination, willful murder, homicide, murder.

☉=assassinateur=, _n.m._, assassin, murderer.

=assassiner=, _v.a._, to assassinate, to murder, to make away with; to bore, to tease, to plague any one to death.

=assaut=, _n.m._, assault, storm, onset, onslaught; attack, shock; fencing match, assault. _Donner l’— à une place_; to storm a place. _Emporter une ville d’—_; to carry a town by storm. _Faire — d’esprit_; to make a trial of wit. _Faire — de_; to vie with each other in.

=asséchage=, =asséchement=, _n.m._, drying up.

=assécher=, _v.a._, to drain (mine); to dry up.

=assemblage=, _n.m._, assemblage, collection, union; set, combination; (print.) gathering; (nav.) tabling; (carp.) bond, scarf.

=assemblé=, =-e=, _part._, assembled, united, joined.

=assemblée=, _n.f._, assembly, meeting, company, party; convocation; congregation (of churches); meeting, meet (of hunters). _Se réunir en — publique_; to meet in public assembly. _L’— se tient_; the meeting is being held. _— de jeu_; card-party.

=assembler=, _v.a._, to collect, to gather; to get, bring, put or lay, together; to assemble, to convoke, to call together; (print.) to gather; (carp.) to trim, to scarf.

_s’_=assembler=, _v.r._, to assemble, to meet; to come, to get or gather, together; to congregate, to muster. _Qui se ressemble s’assemble_; birds of a feather flock together.

=assembleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gatherer, collector.

=asséner=, _v.a._, to strike, to deal (a blow). _Il lui asséna un coup de poing_; he struck him a violent blow with his fist.

=assentiment=, _n.m._, assent.

=assentir=, _v.n._, to agree to, to assent; (hunt.) to scent.

=asseoir= (-soâr), (asseyant, assis), _v.a._, to seat; to set or put in a chair; to set, to lay, to fix; to establish, to rest, to ground; to pitch; to settle, to assess; to train (a horse). _— les fondements d’une maison_; to lay the foundations of a house. _— une rente_; to settle an annuity. _— un camp_; to pitch a camp. _Faire — quelqu’un à sa table_; to admit any one to one’s table.

_s’_=asseoir=, _v.r._, to sit, to sit down; to be seated, to settle, to perch. _Asseyez-vous_; sit down.

=assermenté=, =-e=, _part._, sworn.

=assermenter=, _v.a._, to swear in, to administer the oath to.

=asserti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, assertive.

=assertion=, _n.f._, assertion, affirmation.

=asservir=, _v.a._, to enslave, to reduce to servitude or slavery; to subject; to enthrall; to bring under subjection; to master, to subdue, to conquer.

=asservissant=, _adj._, enslaving, subjecting, coercive.

=asservissement= (-mān), _n.m._, subjection, enthrallment, bondage, servitude, slavery.

=assesseur=, _n.m._, assessor (judge).

=assette=, _n.f._, adze, hatchet.

=assez=, _adv._, enough, sufficiently; pretty, rather. _J’en ai —_; I have had enough of it. _Vous avez — fait_; you have done enough. _Cela est — bien_; that is pretty well. _Cette femme est — jolie_; this woman is rather pretty. _Cela paraît — vraisemblable_; that appears likely enough. _— et plus qu’il n’en faut_; enough and to spare. _C’est —_, _en voilà —_; enough, that will do. _— parlé_; enough talking. _C’est — loin_; it is rather far. _On ne saurait avoir — de soin de sa santé_; one cannot take too much care of one’s health. _Cela est — de mon goût_; I like it well enough. _Suis-je — malheureux!_ could I be more unfortunate! _— volontiers_, _d’— bon cœur_; readily enough.

=assidu=, =-e=, _adj._, assiduous, punctual; diligent, constant, attentive.

=assiduité=, _n.f._, assiduity, application, diligence, attention.

=assidûment=, _adv._, assiduously, constantly, sedulously, diligently, punctually.

=assiégé=, _n.m._, besieged. _Les —s firent une sortie_; the besieged made a sally.

=assiégeant=, =-e=, _adj._, besieging.

=assiégeant=, _n.m._, besieger.

=assiéger=, _v.a._, to besiege, to lay siege to; to surround; to beset, to dun. _Ses créanciers l’assiègent_; his creditors dun him.

=assiette=, _n.f._, plate; seat, situation, sitting, posture; tone, state of the mind; temper, condition of one’s mind; assessment (of taxes); (nav.) trim; (man.) seat; (arch.) site. _—s blanches_; clean plates. _Une — à soupe_; a soup plate. _— d’argent_; a silver plate. _L’— d’une église_; the site of a church. _L’— d’un bâtiment_; the situation of a building. _Cela n’est pas dans son —_; that is not steady. _Il n’est pas dans son —_; he is out of sorts, not at his ease. _Faire l’— de_; to assess. _Piquer l’—_; to sponge. _Pique-—_; sponger. _L’— d’une rente_; the assignment of an annuity. _— d’un vaisseau_; trim of a ship. _Casseur d’—s_; swaggerer. _Son — dîne pour lui_; present or not, he pays all the same.

=assiettée=, _n.f._, a plateful.

*=assignable=, _adj._, assignable.

☉*=assignant=, _n.m._ _V._ =demandeur=.

*=assignat=, _n.m._, assignat (French paper money.) _Legs par —_; specific legacy.

*=assignation=, _n.f._, summons, subpœna, writ; appointment, rendezvous, assignation; assignment; transfer; (com.) check. _Signifier une — à quelqu’un_; to serve a writ upon any one. _Faire une — de_; to make an assignment of; (com.) appointment. _Manquer à l’—_; to break an appointment.

*=assigné=, =-e=, _part._, summoned.

*=assigné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, defendant. _V._ =défendeur=.

*=assigner=, _v.a._, to summon, to subpœna; to assign; to appoint, to allow, to allot. _Obtenir permission d’— quelqu’un_; to take out a writ against any one.

=assimilable=, _adj._, assimilable.

=assimilation=, _n.f._, assimilation.

=assimiler=, _v.a._, to assimilate, to liken, to compare. _S’— à quelqu’un_; to compare one’s self to any one.

=assis=, =-e=, _part._, seated. _Restez —_; keep your seat. _Voter par — et levé_; to give one’s vote by rising or by remaining seated.

=assise=, _n.f._, (arch.) a course; (geol.) layer, stratum.

=assises=, _n.f.pl._, assizes, session. _Cour d’—_; Assize Court. _Tenir les —_; to hold the assizes. _Cet homme tient ses — dans la maison_; this man is the oracle of the house.

=assistance=, _n.f._, assistance, help, aid; relief, comfort; audience, company, by-standers; congregation (in a church). _— publique_; poor-law relief.

=assistant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, assistant (of religious orders); onlooker, by-stander, beholder, spectator. _Il prit tous les —s à témoin_; he took all present to witness.

=assistant=, =-e=, _adj._, assistant, helper.

=assister=, _v.n._, to be at, to be present at, to attend, to stand by, to look on, to witness.

=assister=, _v.a._, to assist, to help; to succor; to aid, to support; to attend. _— les pauvres_; to relieve the poor. _— ses amis de son crédit_; to use one’s interest in favor of. _Dieu vous assiste_; God help you!

=association=, _n.f._, association, partnership, society; combination. _Contrat d’—_; deed of partnership. _— illégale_; conspiracy. _— de secours mutuels_; friendly benefit society. _Faire une — avec quelqu’un_; to enter into partnership with any one.

=associé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, associate; fellow; member; companion; partner. _— bailleur de fonds_, _— commanditaire_; sleeping partner.

=associer=, _v.a._, to associate, to admit or receive as a partner; to take into partnership; to divide or share something with any one.

_s’_=associer=, _v.r._, to enter, to get into partnership with one; to associate one’s self with, to join, to combine, to be joined or connected with; to make any one a party to.

=assoiffer=, _v.n._, to become thirsty.

=assolement=, _n.m._, (agri.) rotation of crops.

=assoler=, _v.a._, (agri.) to vary the crops.

=assombrir=, _v.a._, to darken, to make gloomy, to throw a gloom over, to sadden, to cloud. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become, grow dark, gloomy; to darken (of the brow).

=assommant=, =-e=, _adj._, wearisome, tiresome, boring, killing, oppressive (of heat). _Cet homme est —_; this man is a great bore.

=assommer=, _v.a._, to beat to death, to knock on the head; to beat unmercifully; to overpower; to overwhelm, to bear down; to pester, to bore; to grieve, to oppress; to plague to death. _— à coups de bâton_; to beat to death with a stick. _La chaleur m’assomme_; the heat overpowers me.

_s’_=assommer=, _v.r._, to kill one’s self, to be overwhelmed, to overburden one’s self. _Vous vous assommez à force de travail_; you are killing yourself by too much labor.

=assommeur=, _n.m._, slaughterer, feller (of oxen).

=assommoir=, _n.m._, trap; loaded bludgeon. _Coup d’—_; overpowering blow. _Quel —!_ what a bore!

=assompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, assumptive.

=assomption=, _n.f._, assumption; (rel.) Assumption (Aug. 15).

=assonah=, _n.m._ _V._ =sonna=.

=assonance=, _n.f._, assonance.

=assonant=, =-e=, _adj._, assonant.

=assorti=, =-e=, _part._, stocked, furnished; matched; sorted; paired; suitable. _Il n’y a point de marchand mieux —_; no shop-keeper is better stocked. _Un mariage bien —_; a very suitable match.

=assortiment=, _n.m._, set; assortment, stock, collection; match; sorting; combination. _Livres d’—_; books on sale (not published by the vendor).

=assortir=, _v.a._, to sort, to match, to pair, to stock, to furnish. _Mal —_; to mis-match. _— des couleurs_; to match colors. _— une boutique_, to stock a shop.

=assortir=, _v.n._, to match, to sort, to suit, to pair.

_s’_=assortir=, _v.r._, to match, to agree, to suit; to be a match, to be suitable.

=assortissant=, =-e=, _adj._, suitable, becoming, matching.

=assoté=, =-e=, _adj._, infatuated, extremely fond, doting on.

=assoter=, _v.a._, (fam. and iron.) to befool, to infatuate; to besot. _S’—_, _v.r._, to be foolishly fond of.

=assoupir=, _v.a._, to make drowsy, heavy, dull; to lull, to assuage, to allay, to soften; to deaden; to suppress, to stifle, to still, to quiet, to hush, to hush up.

_s’_=assoupir=, _v.r._, to grow drowsy, dull, heavy, sleepy; to fall asleep; to doze; to be assuaged, to be weakened; to be appeased, to be stilled.

=assoupissant=, =-e=, _adj._, drowsy, sleepy, soporiferous, soporific. _Discours —_; speech that sends one to sleep.

=assoupissement= (-mān), _n.m._, drowsiness, sleepiness, heaviness; carelessness, sloth, negligence, supineness, hushing up; (med.) coma.

=assouplir=, _v.a._, to make supple, to render flexible, tractable; (man.) to break in. _— un cheval_; to break in a horse. _— une étoffe_; to make a stuff soft.

_s’_=assouplir=, _v.r._, to become supple, manageable.

=assourdir=, _v.a._, to deafen, to make deaf; to stun; to muffle (a bell, an oar); (paint.) to darken.

_s’_=assourdir=, _v.r._, to grow deaf.

=assourdissant=, _adj._, deafening.

=assourdissement=, _n.m._, deafening noise; muffling, deadening; temporary deafness.

=assouvir=, _v.a._, to glut, to satiate, to cloy, to surfeit, to gratify. _— ses passions_; to gratify one’s passions. _— sa faim_; to satiate one’s hunger. _s’_=assouvir=, _v.r._, to be satiated, glutted, surfeited, cloyed, gratified.

=assouvissement= (-mān), _n.m._, glutting, cloying, satiating.

=assujettir=, _or_ =assujétir=, _v.a._, to subdue, to enthrall, to bring under, into, subjection; to subject, to tie down; to oblige; to fix, to fasten, to wedge in. _— ses passions_; to master one’s passions. _S’— à quelque chose_; to tie one’s self down to a thing.

_s’_=assujettir=, _v.r._, to subject one’s self to.

=assujettissant=, =-e=, _adj._, binding, constraining, fettering, restrictive.

=assujettissement= (-mān), _n.m._, subjection, enthrallment; constraint.

=assumer=, _v.n._, to take upon one’s self, to assume.

=assurance=, _n.f._, assurance, certainty, certitude; security, safety; pledge; trust, confidence; protestation, promise; insurance; boldness, confidence, hardihood. _— maritime_; marine insurance. _— contre l’incendie_; fire insurance. _— sur risques ordinaires_; common insurance. _— sur la vie_; life insurance. _Bureau d’—_; insurance-office. _Courtier d’—_; insurance broker. _Police d’—_; policy insurance. _Avec —_; safely. _Il est en lieu d’—_; he is in a safe place. _Donnez-moi des —s_; give me a security. _Prenez ma montre pour —_; take my watch as a security. _Il met son — en Dieu_; he puts his trust in God. _Il parle avec —_; he speaks boldly. _Prenez de l’—_; put on a little assurance. _Il n’y a pas d’— à prendre en vous_; there is no reliance to be placed in you.

=assure=, _n.f._, woof, texture.

=assuré=, =-e=, _adj._, sure, safe, secure; certain; bold, confident; impudent; trusty; insured. _Une retraite —e_; a safe retreat. _Sa perte est —e_; his ruin is infallible.

=assuré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person insured.

=assurément=, _adv._, assuredly, surely, to be sure; doubtless, undoubtedly; certainly, sure enough. _Oui, —_; yes, doubtless. _— non_; certainly not.

=assurer=, _v.a._, to assure (a person of a thing); to assert, to affirm, to promise; to secure, to make sure of; to guarantee; to inspire with confidence; to fix firmly; to fasten; to insure; to underwrite; (man.) to accustom to the bit. _Il a assuré son argent_; he has made sure of his money. _— la bouche d’un cheval_; to accustom a horse to bear the bit. _— une maison contre l’incendie_; to insure a house against fire. _— pour l’aller_; (com.) to insure out. _— pour le retour_; to insure home.

_s’_=assurer=, _v.r._, to secure, to make sure of; to ascertain; to be confident of; to satisfy one’s self; to be assured, to be sure; to be persuaded, to be convinced. _S’— de quelqu’un_; to secure any one, to engage him. _S’— d’un poste_; to make sure of a position.

=assureur=, _n.m._, underwriter, insurer, assurer.

=assyrien=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, Assyrian.

=astéisme=, _n.m._, (rhet.) asteism, irony.

☉=astelle=, _n.f._, (surg.) splint, bolster. _V._ =attelle=.

=aster=, _n.m._, (bot.) star-wort, aster.

=astérie=, _n.f._, asteria, star-stone; star-fish.

=astérisme=, _n.m._, (astron.) asterism.

=astérisque=, _n.m._, asterisk.

=astéroïde=, _n.m._, asteroid.

=asthénie=, _n.f._, (med.) debility, asthenia.

=asthmatique= (as-ma-tik), _adj._, asthmatical.

=asthme= (as-m), _n.m._, asthma.

=astic=, _n.m._, glazing-stick, polisher.

=asticot=, _n.m._, gentle, maggot, worm.

=asticoter=, _v.a._, to plague; to tease, to vex. _Il est toujours à m’—_; he is always plaguing me.

=astiquer=, _v.a._, to polish, to glaze; to clean up, to dress up.

=astracan=, _n.m._, astrakhan (fur).

=astragale=, _n.m._, (arch., bot.) astragal; (anat.) astragalus, talus, ankle-bone; (gilding, paint.) fillet; milk-vetch, wild liquorice.

=astral=, =-e=, _adj._, astral, starry.

=astre=, _n.m._, star, fixed star, luminary. _—s errants_; wandering stars. _Cette femme est belle comme un —_; this woman is quite a paragon of beauty.

=astrée=, _n.f._, (astron.) Astrea; (zoöl.) astrea.

=astreindre= (astreignant, astreint), _v.a._, to force, to compel; to subject; to bind down, to oblige.

_s’_=astreindre=, _v.r._, to confine one’s self, to tie one’s self down, to anything.

=astriction=, _n.f._, (med.) astriction.

=astringence=, _n.f._, astringency.

=astringent=, =-e=, _adj._, astringent.

=astringent=, _n.m._, astringent.

=astroïte=, _n.f._, astroit.

=astrolabe=, _n.m._, (astron.) astrolabe.

=astrolâtre=, _n.m._, star-worshiper.

=astrolâtrie=, _n.f._, astrolatry.

=astrolâtrique=, _adj._, star-worshiping.

=astrologie=, _n.f._, astrology.

=astrologique=, _adj._, astrological.

=astrologue= (-log), _n.m._, astrologer.

=astronome=, _n.m._, astronomer.

=astronomie=, _n.f._, astronomy.

=astronomique=, _adj._, astronomical, astronomic.

=astronomiquement= (-mān), _adv._, astronomically.

=astuce=, _n.f._, craft, guile, wile, cunning.

=astucieusement=, _adv._, craftily, cunningly.

=astucieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, crafty, wily.

=asyle=. _V._ =asile=.

=asymétrie=, _n.f._, asymmetry.

=asymptote=, _n.f._, (geom.) asymptote.

=asymptotique=, _adj._, asymptotical.

=asyndète=, _n.m._, (rhet.) asyndeton.

=ataraxie=, _n.f._, ataraxy, quietude.

=atavisme=, _n.m._, atavism.

=ataxie=, _n.f._, (med.) ataxy.

=ataxique=, _adj._, (med.) ataxic, irregular.

=atelier=, _n.m._, workshop, manufactory; study; studio; office; shed; gang (workmen). _Chef d’—_; foreman. _Tout l’— m’a quitté_; all my workmen have left me. _Jour d’—_; best, true light.

=atellanes=, _n.f.pl._, (hist.) Atellanae.

=atermoiement= _or_ =atermoîment=, _n.m._, delay of payment; composition, delay, evasion, shift.

=atermoyer=, _v.a._, to put off; to delay a payment.

=atermoyer=, _v.n._, to try to gain time; to shuffle.

_s’_=atermoyer=, _v.r._, to compound with one’s creditors.

=athée=, _n.m._, atheist.

=athée=, _adj._, atheistical, atheistic.

=athéisme=, _n.m._, atheism.

=athénée=, _n.m._, athenæum.

=athénien=, =-ne=, (-ni-in, -ni-è-n), _adj._, Athenian.

=athénien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Athenian.

=athérome=, _n.m._, (med.) atheroma.

=athlète=, _n.m._, athlete; wrestler; champion.

=athlètique=, _n.f._, athletics.

=athlètique=, _adj._, athletic, athletical.

=atlante=, _n.m._, (arch.) atlantes.

=atlantide=, _n.f._, Atlantis.

=atlantides=, _n.f.pl._, (astron.) Atlantides.

=atlantique=, _adj._, Atlantic.

=atlantique=, _n.f._, Atlantic.

=atlas=, _n.m._, atlas; (anat.) atlas.

=atmosphère=, _n.f._, atmosphere.

=atmosphérique=, _adj._, atmospherical, atmospheric.

=atome=, _n.m._, atom, corpuscle.

=atomique=, _adj._, atomical, atomic.

=atomisme=, _n.m._, atomism, doctrine of atoms.

=atomiste=, _n.m._, atomist.

=atomistique=, _adj._, atomical. _Théorie —_; atomic theory.

=atone=, _adj._, atonic, dull, lack-lustre, fixed, staring.

=atonie=, _n.f._, (med.) atony, debility.

=atonique=, _adj._, (med.) atonic, debilitated.

=atours=, _n.m.pl._, woman’s attire, ornament, dress. _Dame d’—_; lady of the bedchamber. _Être dans ses plus beaux —_; to be dressed in all one’s finery. [Generally used in the plural.]

☉=atourner=, _v.a._, to attire, to trick out, to dress out, to bedizen.

=atout=, _n.m._, a trump; trump-card. _Jouer —_; to play trumps; (fam.) quietus.

=atrabilaire=, _adj._, splenetic; gloomy, morose, peevish, bilious; melancholy.

=atrabile=, _n.f._, (med), black bile, hypochondria.

=âtre=, _n.m._, fire-place, hearth, floor (of ovens).

=atroce=, _adj._, atrocious, odious, grievous, cruel, flagitious, excruciating.

=atrocement= (-mān), _adv._, atrociously, cruelly, outrageously.

=atrocité=, _n.f._, atrociousness, heinousness, grievousness; atrocity.

=atrophie=, _n.f._, (med.) atrophy.

=atrophié=, =-e=, _adj._, wasted, withered, atrophied, stunted.

=atrophier=, _v.a._, to waste, to wither. _S’—_, _v.r._, to waste away.

=attaballe=, _n.m._, attabal (Moorish tabor).

=attablé=, =-e=, _part._, seated at table.

=attabler=, _v.a._, to set to table.

_s’_=attabler=, _v.r._, to sit down to, to take one’s place at, table.

=attachant=, =-e=, _adj._, engaging, captivating, winning, interesting, attractive, pleasing.

=attache=, _n.f._, string, cord, strap, leash, tether (for dogs); band (of wood, iron); tie, fastening, rivet; attachment, inclination; consent; (anat.) attachment, stabling. _Mettre un chien à l’—_; to tie a dog up. _Prendre des chevaux à l’—_; to take in horses. _Vivre sans —_; to live free. _Être à l’—_; to be always slaving.

=attaché=, =-e=, _part._, fastened, fixed, attached; tied, bound; intent on, bent on. _— à son opinion_; wedded to one’s own opinion.

=attaché=, _n.m._, attaché (of an embassy).

=attachement= (-tash-mān), _n.m._, attachment; affection; inclination; eagerness, constant application, zeal, tie, bond; (arch.) _pl._, memoranda of work done. _— à l’étude_; fondness for study.

=attacher=, _v.a._, to fasten, to make fast, to attach, to fix, to stick, to tack; to connect, to join; to apply, to affix; to suspend, to hang; to hook, to link, to chain, to rivet; to engage, to bind, to endear, to captivate; to interest, to make attentive, to occupy. _— avec une épingle_; to pin. _— avec une courroie_; to strap. _— avec un crochet_; to hook. _— avec de la colle de pâte_; to paste. _— avec de la colle forte_; to glue. _C’est ce qui m’attache à vous_; this is what binds me to you. _— du prix à quelque chose_; to set a value upon something. _— le grelot_; to bell the cat.

_s’_=attacher=, _v.r._, to take hold, to hold to, to fasten on; to cling; to cleave, to stick, to keep close, to adhere; to be attached, to have an affection for, to interest one’s self in; to apply one’s self to; to gain over. _La poix s’attache aux doigts_; pitch sticks to the fingers. _Ils s’attachèrent l’un à l’autre_; they became attached to each other. _Je m’attachai à lui plaire, mais en vain_; I used all my efforts to please him, but in vain. _S’— à remplir son devoir_; to strive to fulfill one’s duty.

=attaquable=, _adj._, assailable; that may be attacked; of doubtful validity.

=attaquant=, _n.m._, assailant, aggressor.

=attaque=, _n.f._, attack, onset; assault; approach; insult, reproach; aggression; fit, stroke. _Elle a eu une — de nerfs_; she has had a nervous attack.

=attaqué=, =-e=, _part._, attacked, stricken, assaulted, set upon; provoked, urged.

=attaquer=, _v.a._, to attack, to assail, to assault, to fall _or_ set upon one, to come upon; to sue; (man.) to spur; to impugn, to reproach, to censure; to contest the validity of a document, to sue; to begin; to provoke; (nav.) to near a cape, a coast. _— quelqu’un de paroles_; to insult any one. _L’— sur sa naissance_; to reproach him his birth. _— quelqu’un de conversation_; to address a person. _— le taureau par les cornes_; to seize the bull by the horns. _Il attaque bien la note_; (mus.) he strikes the note well. _Il attaque bien la corde_; he makes the string tell.

_s’_=attaquer=, _v.r._, to challenge, to defy, to set upon; to find fault with; to fall foul of any one; to fall upon, to encounter any one. _Il s’est attaqué à son maître_; he has encountered one who is more than his match.

=attarder=, _v.a._, to delay. _V._ =retarder=.

_s’_=attarder=, _v.r._, to be belated, to loiter on the way, to linger.

=atteindre= (atteignant, atteint), _v.a._, to touch, to strike, to hit, to hurt, to injure; to reach, to attain; to affect; to arrive at, to come to; to come up to, to overtake, to catch, to join; to equal. _Il n’a pas atteint le but_; he has not hit the mark. _La balle l’atteignit au front_; the ball struck him in the forehead. _— son maître_; to equal one’s master. _— l’âge de_; to attain the age of. _Ce danger ne saurait m’—_; this danger cannot reach me. _Nous atteindrons le village avant la nuit_; we shall reach the village before night. _— l’ennemi_; to come up with the enemy. _Il a beau courir, je l’atteindrai_; it is in vain for him to run, I shall overtake him. _Être atteint de_; to be seized with.

=atteindre=, _v.n._, to reach, to come at, to touch; to attain, to compass. _Je ne saurais y —_; I cannot reach it, come up to it. _— au but_; to hit the mark. _— à la perfection_; to attain to perfection.

=atteint=, =-e=, _part._, hit, struck; attacked, seized, affected, reached. _— d’un crime_; arraigned for a crime.

=atteinte=, _n.f._, blow, stroke, touch; attack, fit, seizure (of disease); injury, damage, harm, wrong; reach; outrage; (man.) overreach. _Les —s du froid_; the ill-effects of cold. _Une légère — de goutte_; a slight touch of the gout. _Sa santé n’a jamais reçu d’—_; his health has never received any injury. _Porter — à_; to injure, to impair, to commit an offense against. _Subir une —_; to receive a blow, an injury. _Je suis hors de ses —s_; I am out of his reach. _Porter — à l’honneur_; to sully the fair name of. _Porter — aux droits de_; to infringe the rights of.

=attelage= (-laj), _n.m._, team, yoke, set, pair; carriage, horses.

=atteler= (-lé), _v.a._, to put horses to; to yoke. _Dites au cocher qu’il attelle_; tell the coachman to put the horses to. _C’est une charrette mal attelée_; they are an ill-assorted couple.

=attelle=, _n.f._, hame; (surg.) splint.

=attenant=, =-e= (-nān, -t), _adj._, next, contiguous, adjoining.

☉=attenant=, _prep._, next to, close by.

_en_ =attendant=, _adv._, in the mean time, in the interim, meanwhile, till then, temporarily.

_en_ =attendant que=, _conj._, till, until. _Jouons en — qu’il vienne_; let us play till he comes. _En — — mieux_; until something better turns up.

=attendre=, _v.a._, to wait for, to stay for, to tarry for; to look forward to; to expect; to look for; to await, to attend, to be in store for. _— la mort_; to await death. _Le dîner nous attend_; the dinner is waiting for us. _Nous l’attendons à dîner_; we expect him to dinner. _Je l’attends à tout moment_; I expect him every minute. _C’est là où je l’attends_; there I shall have him. _Attendez-moi sous l’orme_; you may wait for me till doomsday. _Voilà le sort qui vous attend_; this is the fate in store for you. _Attendez!_ stay! hold! _Je suis las d’—_; I am tired of waiting. _Attendons encore un peu_; let us wait a little longer. _Qu’il attende_; let him wait. _Tout vient à point à qui sait —_; patience brings all things about. _Il attend que son fils revienne_; he is waiting till his son returns. _Attendez jusqu’à demain_; wait till to-morrow. _Une question n’attendait pas l’autre_; question followed question.

_s’_=attendre=, _v.r._, to rely upon, to count upon; to trust, to trust to; to expect, to expect, to look forward to, to anticipate; to reckon upon. _Se faire —_; to keep people waiting. _Il ne faut pas s’— à cela_; we must not rely upon that. _Je m’y attends_; I expect it. _Je ne m’attendais pas à cela_; I did not expect that. _Attendez-vous-y!_ I wish you may get it!

=attendri=, =-e=, _part._, moved, affected, touched.

=attendrir=, _v.a._, to make tender, to soften; to touch; to move, to affect. _Cela attendrit la viande_; that makes meat tender. _Ses larmes m’ont attendri le cœur_; his tears have softened my heart.

_s’_=attendrir=, _v.r._, to grow tender; to be moved, to melt, to pity, to relent, to soften. _S’— sur le sort de quelqu’un_; to pity the fate of any one.

=attendrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, moving, affecting, heart-stirring, soul-moving.

=attendrissement= (-mān), _n.m._, compassion, feeling, emotion, sensibility; relenting, tenderness.

=attendu=, _prep._, considering, on account of, in consideration of. _— que_; seeing that, as, whereas, in _or_ for as much as.

=attenir=, _v.n._, to adjoin; to be contiguous.

=attentat=, _n.m._, attempt at crime; crime; attempt; criminal attempt; indecent assault; outrage; infringement, violation. _— à la pudeur_; upon the life of. _— contre les lois_; outrage upon the laws.

=attentatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) hostile, outrageous, unlawful, in contempt of.

=attente=, _n.f._, expectation, waiting; hope, expectation. _Remplir_, _tromper_, _l’—_; to come up to, to deceive, expectation. _Pierre d’—_; (arch.) toothing; (fig.) stepping-stone. _Être dans l’— de_; to be expecting. _Ligature d’—_; (surg.) temporary ligature. _Salle d’—_; waiting-room. (com.) _Dans l’— de vous lire_; awaiting the favor of a reply.

=attenter=, _v.n._, to attempt, to make an attempt. _— a la vie de quelqu’un_; to make an attempt upon any one’s life. _— contre la liberté publique_; to make an attempt against public liberty. _— à ses jours_; to try to take one’s own life.

=attenti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attentive, heedful, mindful, considerate; studious; diligent, careful. _Être — à_; to look after, to see to.

=attentifs=, _n.m.pl._, followers.

=attention=, _n.f._, attention, attentiveness, care; heed, mindfulness, carefulness, vigilance; regard, respect, consideration. _Faute d’—_; inadvertently. _Force d’—_; intentness. _Avec —_; attentively. _Manque d’—_; heedlessness. _Faire une chose avec —_; to do a thing with care. _Faire — à_; to mind. _— au commandement!_ (milit.) attention! _Faites donc —_; mind what you say, what you do. _N’y faites pas —!_ do not mind it! _Regarder avec —_; to look fixedly. _Prêtez-y —_; pay attention to it. _Cela mérite —_; that deserves notice. _S’attirer l’— du public_; to attract the notice of the public. _Plein d’—_; regardful, mindful. _Sans —_; reckless. _Il a eu l’— de m’avertir_; he was good enough to warn me. _Il a pour moi de grandes —s_; he has a great regard for me. _Attention!_ Look out!

=attentionné=, =-e=, _adj._, attentive.

=attentivement= (-mān), _adv._, attentively, carefully.

=atténuant=, =-e=, _adj._, attenuant; (jur.) palliating, extenuating.

=atténuant=, _n.m._, (med.) attenuant.

=atténuation=, _n.f._, attenuation, weakness; extenuation, mitigation, palliation.

=atténué=, =-e=, _adj._, attenuated, wasted, emaciated, palliated; tapering.

=atténuer=, _v.a._, to attenuate, to weaken, to make thin; to extenuate, to mitigate, to palliate, to underrate. _— un crime_; to palliate a crime.

=atterrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) landing, landfall, making land.

=atterrant=, =-e=, _adj._, astounding, startling, overwhelming.

=atterrer=, _v.a._, to throw or strike down, to bring to the ground; to overthrow; to destroy, to demolish, to ruin; to subvert; to deject, to cast down; to astound, to overwhelm.

=atterrer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to make land.

=atterrir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to land, to make land.

=atterrissage=, _n.m._, landing, making land.

=atterrissement= (-ĕr-ris-mān), _n.m._, alluvion, accretion, alluvium.

=attestation=, _n.f._, attestation, certificate, voucher, oath, affidavit.

=attester=, _v.a._, to attest, to certify, to vouch, to witness, to swear, to testify, to call, to take to witness. _J’en atteste le ciel_; I call heaven to witness. _J’en atteste les dieux_; witness, ye gods.

=atticisme=, _n.m._, Atticism.

=atticiste=, _n.m._, Atticist.

=attiédir=, _v.n._, to make lukewarm, to cool, to abate. _Le temps attiedira leur zèle_; time will cool their ardor.

_s’_=attiédir=, _v.n._, to cool, to grow cool, lukewarm, to become cool.

=attiédissement= (-mān), _n.m._, lukewarmness, coolness; abatement.

=attifement=, _n.m._, toggery, rig-out.

=attifer=, _v.a._, to dress out; to bedizen.

_s’_=attifer=, _v.r._, to dress oneself out, to rig oneself out.

=attifet=, _n.m._, ornament, trinket.

=attique= (at-tik), _adj._, Attic; (arch.) attic. _Goût —_; Attic taste. _Sel —_; Attic salt, Attic wit.

=attique=, _n.m._, Attic; (arch.) attic, attic story.

=attiquement=, _adv._, (gram.) after the Attic dialect.

*=attirail=, _n.m.sing._, apparatus, implements, utensils, tire, gear, furniture, tackle, baggage, train, equipage, paraphernalia; show, pomp. _L’— d’une imprimerie_; the materials and implements of a printing-office. _L’— d’une cuisine_; kitchen apparatus and utensils.

=attirant=, =-e=, _adj._, attractive, alluring, enticing, engaging.

=attirer=, _v.a._, to attract, to draw; to incite; to bring over, to win over, to gain over; to lure, to wheedle, to entice, to bring upon, to inspire. _L’aimant attire le fer_; the loadstone attracts iron. _— par des caresses_; to wheedle by caresses. _— l’ennemi dans une embuscade_; to draw the enemy into an ambuscade. _— les yeux_, _les regards de tout le monde_; to attract the eyes of all the world. _Un malheur en attire un autre_; one misfortune seldom comes alone.

_s’_=attirer=, _v.r._, to draw down upon one, to draw _or_ bring upon oneself; to incur, to run into, to get into, to attract; to win, to gain, to get. _— l’attention du public_; to attract the notice of the public. _— des affaires_; to get one’s self into scrapes.

=attiser=, _v.a._, to make up (the fire), to stir up; to poke; (fig.) to incense, to stir up. _— le feu_; to fan the flame.

=attisoir= _or_ =attisonnoir=, _n.m._, (in foundries), poker.

=attitrer=, _v.a._, (seldom used but in the _past participle_) to appoint, to recognize; to bribe. _Juges attitrés_; appointed judges. _Marchand attitré_; the shopkeeper one usually deals with. _Témoins attitrés_; bribed witnesses.

=attitude=, _n.f._, attitude, (paint.) posture.

=attouchement= (-toosh-mān), _n.m._, touch, feeling, contact.

=attract-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, attractile.

=attracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attractive.

=attraction=, _n.f._, attraction.

=attraire=, _v.a._, to allure, to entice.

=attrait=, _n.m._, allurement, attraction, charm; (rel.) comfort. _La beauté est un puissant —_; beauty is a powerful charm.

=attrape=, _n.f._, bite, trick, take-in, sell, hoax.

=attrape=, _n.m._ _— nigaud_; fool-trap. _— mouche_; catch-fly. _C’est un — tout_; he is a grabber.

=attrape-lourdaud=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) clap-trap; catch-penny.

=attrape-parterre=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (l.u.) clap-trap for the pit, clap-trap.

=attraper=, _v.a._, to entrap, to ensnare, to trap; to take in, to catch; to overreach; to cheat, to trick; to overtake; to get, to secure; to receive; to compass; to take, to surprise; to hit, to reach; to seize. _— un renard dans un piège_; to entrap a fox. _Prenez garde à vous, il vous attrapera_; look to yourself, he’ll take you in. _Il en a attrapé de plus fins que vous_; he has taken in more cunning people than you are. _Attrape qui peut_; scramble for it. _Attrapé!_ caught! _Il a attrapé un bon bénéfice_; he has got a good living. _— un rhume_; to catch a cold. _— un coup_; to get a blow. _— quelqu’un sur le fait_; to catch any one in the act. _La pierre l’a attrapé à la tempe_; the stone hit him on the temple. _— le sens_, _la pensée_, _d’un auteur_; to catch the sense, to hit upon the meaning of an author. _— un caractère_; to hit off a character. _— la ressemblance_; to hit off the likeness. _Attrape!_ take that!

_s’_=attraper=, _v.r._, to be caught; (man.) to clip.

=attrapeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, deceiver, deluder, cheat, trickster.

=attrapoire=, _n.f._, trap, pit-fall, snare; wile, trick.

=attrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, attractive, inviting, winning, engaging, charming.

=attribuer=, _v.a._, to attach, to annex; to attribute, to ascribe, to impute (a thing to any one); to assign, to confer. _— des privilèges à une charge_; to assign; to attach privileges to an office.

_s’_=attribuer=, _v.r._, to assume, to take upon one’s self, to arrogate to one’s self; to claim. _Il s’attribue de grands droits_; he claims extensive rights.

=attribut=, _n.m._, attribute, prerogative; (log.) predicate, attribute, quality; symbol, emblem.

=attributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attributive; (law) relative.

=attribution=, _n.f._, conferring; privilege, prerogative; _pl._, powers; province, department. (law) cognizance, competence. _Lettres d’—_; patents conferring power (to act).

=attristant=, =-e=, _adj._, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, grievous.

=attrister=, _v.a._, to grieve, to afflict, to trouble, to cast down, to throw a gloom over. _Cette nouvelle l’attriste_; that piece of news grieves him.

_s’_=attrister=, _v.r._, to grieve, to yield to sorrow; to be sad, to become sorrowful.

=attrition=, _n.f._, (theol.) attrition; (phys.) attrition, friction.

=attroupement= (-troop-mān), _n.m._, gathering, riotous assemblage, mob, rabble. _Loi contre les —s_; Riot Act.

=attrouper=, _v.a._, to assemble, to gather together. _Il attroupa toute la canaille_; he gathered all the rabble together.

_s’_=attrouper=, _v.r._, to flock together, to gather in crowds, to get together tumultuously. _Défense de s’—_; no gatherings allowed.

=au=, contraction of _à le_, to the. _Céder au torrent_; to give way to the torrent. _Sauce — vin blanc_; wine-sauce.

=aubade=, _n.f._, morning serenade; reproof, abuse, lecture. _Il en a eu l’—_; he was reproved for it.

☉=aubain=, _n.m._, alien, foreigner.

=aubainage=, _n.m._, escheatage.

=aubaine=, _n.f._, (jur.) aubaine, escheat, escheatage; windfall, piece of good luck.

=aube=, _n.f._, the dawn; alb (priest’s garment); (hydr.) float-board; float; paddle-board (of steamers). _L’— du jour_; the break of day. _—s de moulin_; flat-boards of a mill. _Roue à —s_; paddle-wheel. _— mobile_; feathering paddle.

=aubépine=, _n.f._, hawthorn, whitethorn, may.

=aubère=, _adj._, (man.) flea-bitten gray. _Cheval —_; flea-bitten gray horse.

=auberge=, _n.f._, inn, public-house, tavern.

=aubergine=. _V._ =melongène=.

=aubergiste=, _n.m._, innkeeper, publican, landlord, host.

=auberon=, _n.m._, catch (of a lock).

=auberonnière=, _n.f._, clasp (of a lock).

*=aube-vigne=, _n.f._, (bot.) virgin’s-bower, traveler’s joy.

=aubier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sap-wood, alburnum.

=aubifoin=, _n.m._, (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower.

=aubin=, _n.m._, (man.) canter, hand-gallop.

=aubiner=, _v.n._, (man.) to canter; (hort.) to earth; (of vines) to layer.

=aubour=, _n.m._, (bot.) laburnum.

=aucun=, =-e=, _adj._, any; (negative) none, no one; not any; no. _Je ne connais — de vos juges_; I know none of your judges. _— ne le dira_; no one will say so. _Je doute qu’— de vous le fasse_; I doubt whether any of you will do it. _Il n’y a — de ses sujets qui ne mourût pour lui_; there is not one of his subjects who would not die for him. _De tous ceux qui se disaient mes amis, — m’a-t-il secouru?_ did any of all those who called themselves my friends assist me? _Je vous le cède sans bénéfice —_; I let you have it without any profit whatever. _Il n’a fait —es dispositions_; he has made no arrangements. _Sans —s frais_; without any expense.

=aucunement= (-mān), _adv._, in no wise, not at all, not in the least. _Je ne le connais —_; I do not know him at all. _—, Monsieur_; not in the least, Sir.

=audace=, _n.f._, audacity, insolence, assurance, daring, boldness. _Avec —_; insolently. _Payer d’—_; to brazen it out.

=audacieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, audaciously, daringly, boldly.

=audacieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, audacious, daring; impudent, insolent; presumptuous, bold; high-spirited, enterprising. _Génie —_; daring genius. _Entreprise —se_; bold enterprise.

☉=au deçà= (ô-dsa), _prep._ _V._ =deçà=.

=au delà= (ô-dla), _prep._, on the other side, beyond. _V._ =delà=.

=audience=, _n.f._, audience, auditory; court, sitting, hearing; hall (where causes are heard); levee. _Jour d’—_; court day. _Ouvrir l’—_; to open the court. _— publique_; open court. _— à huis clos_; a sitting with closed doors, a case heard _in camerâ_. _En pleine —_; in open court. _L’— est levée_; the sitting is raised. _On le mit hors de l’—_; he was turned out of the court. _L’— est reprise_; the case is resumed. _Donner —_; (of a minister) to hold a levee, to give audience. _Tenir l’—_; (of a judge) to sit, to preside.

=audiencier=, _adj.m._ _Huissier —_; crier of a court.

=audiencier=, _n.m._, usher, crier of a court.

=auditeur=, _n.m._, auditor, auditress, hearer; auditor (of accounts).

=auditi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ auditory. _Conduit — externe_; cavity of the ear.

=audition=, _n.f._, (jur.) hearing, audit, auditing. _L’— des témoins_; the hearing of the witnesses.

=auditoire=, _n.m._, congregation (in a church); audience (theatre, &c.); auditory, bar, court.

=auge=, _n.f._, trough; a plasterer’s hod; spout (of a water-mill). _— à goudron_; (nav.) tar-bucket. _— d’écurie_; manger.

=augée=, _n.f._, hodful, troughful.

=augelot= (ôj-lo), _n.m._, little ditch; small trough, ladle.

=auger=, _v.a._, (tech.) to hollow out.

=auget=, _n.m._, seed-box, drawer (of a bird-cage); spout (of a mill-hopper); small trough; bucket (of a water-wheel); trough.

=augment=, _n.m._, (gram.) augment; (med.) increase, jointure, dowry.

=augmentateur=, _n.m._, augmenter; (_adj._) augmenting.

=augmentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) augmentative.

=augmentation=, _n.f._, augmentation, increase, enlargement, addition; (com.) rise (in salary).

=augmenté=, =-e=, _part._, augmented, increased. _Un livre revu, corrigé et —_; a book revised, corrected, and augmented.

=augmenter=, _v.a._, to augment, to increase, to enlarge, to add to, to raise the salary of; (com.) to raise. _Il a augmenté sa maison_; he has enlarged his house. _— le prix_; to raise the price. _Je vais — mon commis_; I am about to increase my clerk’s salary.

=augmenter=, _v.n._, to augment, to increase, to grow, to rise (in price), to multiply. _Le sucre a augmenté de prix_; sugar has risen in price.

_s’_=augmenter=, _v.r._, to increase, to enlarge, to better, to improve.

=augural=, =-e=, _adj._, augural, augurial.

=augure=, _n.m._, augury; omen, token; augur, soothsayer. _Un bon_, _un mauvais —_; a good, bad omen. _De mauvais —_; ominous, portentous, ill-boding. _Funeste —_; ill-boding omen. _Un oiseau de mauvais —_; a bird of ill-omen.

=augurer=, _v.a._, to augur; to conjecture, to surmise. _Qu’en pouvez-vous —?_ what can you augur from it? _Je n’en augure rien de bon_; I foresee no good result.

=auguste=, _adj._, august, sacred, venerable.

=augustement=, _adv._, (l.u.) in an august manner.

=augustin=, =-e=, _n.m.f._, Austin friar, or nun. _Saint —_; (print.) English.

=aujourd’hui=, _adv._, to-day, this day; nowadays, now, at present. _D’— en huit_; this day week. _D’— en quinze_; this day fortnight. _Dès —_; from to-day, henceforth. _— il y a huit_, _quinze_, _jours_; it is a week, a fortnight, ago. _La mode d’—_; the present fashion. _Les hommes d’—_; the men of the present day. _Ce n’est pas d’— que nous nous connaissons_; we are no new acquaintances.

=aulique=, _adj._, aulic.

=aulique=, _n.f._, thesis.

=aulnaie=, =aulne=, =aulnée=. _V._ =aunaie=, =aune=, =aunée=.

=auloffée=, _n.f._, (nav.) luff.

=aulx= (ô), _pl._ of =ail=.

=aumailles=, _adj._ _Bêtes —_; horned cattle.

=aumône=, _n.f._, alms, alms-giving, charity, gift, dole. _Faire l’—_; to give alms. _Demander l’—_; to beg. _Vivre d’—_; to live upon alms. _Être réduit à l’—_; to be reduced to beggary. _Faites moi l’— d’un regard_; bestow but one look upon me. _Qui vit d’—s, meurt de faim_; beg and starve.

☉=aumônée=, _n.f._, sum given to hospitals.

☉=aumôner=, _v.a._, to pay a fine to the poor.

=aumônerie=, _n.f._, almonry, chaplaincy.

=aumônier=, _n.m._, almoner, chaplain, ordinary.

=aumônière=, _n.f._, alms-box, alms-purse; almoner (nun).

=aumôni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, charitable, lavish of alms.

=aumusse= _or_ =aumuce=, _n.f._, amess, hood (priest’s garment).

=aunage=, _n.m._, alnage, ell-measure.

=aunaie=, _n.f._, an alder-plot, grove of alders.

☉=aune=, _n.f._, ell; (fig.) measure, standard. _Acheter à l’—_; to buy by the ell. _Mesurer les autres à son —_; to measure another man’s peck by one’s own bushel. _Les hommes ne se mesurent pas à l’—_; one must not judge of a man’s merit by his stature. _Il sait ce qu’en vaut l’—_; he knows it to his cost, by experience. _En avoir tout du long de l’—_; to get it with a vengeance.

=aune=, _n.m._, alder-tree.

=aunée= _or_ =aulnée=, _n.f._, (bot.) elecampane.

=auner=, _v.a._, to measure; to judge of, to value.

=auneur=, _n.m._, alnager, measurer.

=auparavant=, _adv._, before, first; heretofore, previously; ere now. _Longtemps —_; a long time before.

=auprès=, _prep._, near, by; close to; close by; near to; with, in, over; to, in comparison with. _Sa maison est — de la mienne_; his house is close to mine. _Être — d’un seigneur_; to live with a nobleman. _Excusez-le — de son père_; excuse him to his father. _Il cherche à me nuire — de vous_; he endeavors to lower me in your esteem. _Être bien — de quelqu’un_; to be in anybody’s good books. _Elle peut tout — de lui_; she can do anything with him. _Votre mal n’est rien — du sien_; your distress is nothing to his. _Vivre — de ses parents_; to live with one’s parents.

=auprès=, _adv._, by, hard by, close to.

=aurate=, _n.m._, (chem.) aurate.

=auréole=, _n.f._, glory, halo, nimbus, crown of glory; (paint.) aureola; (anat.) areola.

=auriculaire=, _adj._, auricular. _Témoin —_; ear-witness. _Le doigt —_; the little finger.

=auriculaire=, _n.m._, the little finger.

=auricule=, _n.f._, auricle, external ear; (bot.) bear’s ear, auricula.

=auriculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) auriculate, eared.

=aurifère=, _adj._, auriferous.

=aurifier=, _v.a._, to stop (teeth) with gold.

=aurillard=. _V._ =orillard=.

=aurique=, _adj._, shoulder-of-mutton shaped. _Voiles —s_; lateen sails.

=aurochs= (oroks), _n.m._, (mam.) urus, wild bull.

=aurone=, _n.f._, abrotanum, southern-wood.

=aurore=, _n.f._, dawn, morning, morn, day-dawn, day; East; gold color; (myth., astron.) Aurora. _À l’—_; at daybreak. _Avant l’—_; before dawn. _L’— commençait à poindre_; day was beginning to dawn. _L’— aux doigts de rose_; rosy-fingered morn. _Du couchant à l’—_; from west to east. _— boréale_; aurora borealis.

=auscultation=, _n.f._, (med.) auscultation.

=ausculter=, _v.a._, (med.) to auscultate.

=auspice=, _n.m._, auspice, omen, presage. _Heureux —s_; a good omen, auspices.

=aussi=, _adv._, too, also, likewise; besides, therefore, moreover; accordingly; so; as much; as. _Vous le voulez, et moi —_; you will have it so, and I too. _Donnez-m’en —_; give me some too. _Il est — sage que vaillant_; he is as prudent as courageous. _Il est — sot que son ami_; he is as much a fool as his friend.

=aussi=, _conj._, therefore, but then. _Ces dentelles sont belles, — coûtent-elles beaucoup_; these laces are fine, but then they are dear. _— bien_; for, and the more so as; as well. _Je ne veux point y aller, — bien est-il trop tard_; I won’t go there, the more so as it is too late. _Je n’ai que faire de l’en prier, — bien ne m’écouterait-il pas_; it would be in vain for me to entreat him, inasmuch as he would not listen to me. _Je sais cela — bien que vous_; I know that as well as you. _— peu que_; as little as, as few as.

=aussière= _or_ =haussière=, _n.f._, (nav.) hawser, small cable, warp.

=aussitôt=, _adv._, immediately, directly, as soon as, forthwith. _— après votre départ_; immediately after your departure. _— dit, — fait_; no sooner said than done. _— que_; as soon as, whenever. _— qu’il viendra_; as soon as he comes.

=auster= (os-tèr), _n.m._, auster, south-wind.

=austère=, _adj._, austere, severe, stern, grave; harsh, sharp (to the taste).

=austèrement= (-mān), _adv._, austerely, severely, rigidly.

=austérité=, _n.f._, austerity; severity, sternness; strictness.

=austral=, =-e=, _adj._, austral.

=autan=, _n.m._, (poet.) south wind, storm, blast. _Braver les —s_; to face the storm.

=autant=, _adv._, as much, as many; so much, so many; as far, as long. _Ce vase contient — que l’autre_; this vase contains as much as the other. _Il y avait — d’hommes que de femmes_; there were as many men as women. _Travaillez — que vous pourrez_; work as much as you can. _Je l’ai vendu tout —_; I sold it for quite as much. _Une fois —_; as much again. _— que jamais_; as much as ever. _— l’esclavage me répugne, — la liberté m’effraie_; liberty alarms me as much as slavery is repugnant to me. _— de têtes, — d’opinions_; so many men, so many minds. _Cela est fini_, ou _— vaut_; that is as good as done. _— en emporte le vent_; all that is idle talk. _Boire d’—_; to drink a great deal. _À la charge d’—_; on condition of a return. _— ne pas y aller du tout_; might as well not go at all. _— que_; as, as far as. _— que j’en puis juger_; as far as I can conjecture. _— dire_; you might as well say.

_d’_=autant mieux= _or_ _d’_=autant plus= (_adverb. phrase_), the more so, so much the more so, the rather, especially. _Je l’estime d’autant plus qu’il est pauvre_; I esteem him the more because he is poor. _Je l’en aime d’autant mieux_; I love her all the more for it.

_d’_=autant moins= (_adverb. phrase_), the less, so much the less. _Il en est d’autant moins à craindre_; he is all the less to be feared.

_d’_=autant que=, _conj._, seeing that, more especially as.

=autel=, _n.m._, altar; (astron.) ara. _Le Sacrement de l’—_; the host; the holy Sacrament, Eucharist. _Les —s_; religion. _Grand_, _maître_, _—_; high altar. _Nappe d’—_; altar cloth. _Tableau d’—_; altar-piece. _Il mérite qu’on lui élève des —s_; he deserves the greatest honors. _Il en prendrait sur l’—_; he would rob a church. _Qui sert à l’— doit vivre de l’—_; every man must live by his profession.

=auteur=, _n.m._, author, authoress; inventor, maker, cause, source, contriver, framer; writer; perpetrator; achiever; artist, engraver, composer, sculptor; owner; informant, authority. _Dieu est l’— de toutes choses_; God is the author of all things. _L’— d’un projet_; the framer of a project. _L’— d’un procédé_; the inventor of a process. _C’est elle qui est l’— de ce livre_; she is the author of that book. _Se faire —_; to turn author. _Nommez votre —_; name your informant, authority. _Droit d’—_; copyright.

=authenticité=, _n.f._, authenticity, genuineness.

=authentique=, _adj._, original; authentic, genuine.

=authentique=, _n.f._, authentics.

=authentiquement= (-mān), _adv._, authentically.

=authentiquer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to sign and seal, to authenticate.

=autobiographe=, _n.m._, autobiographer.

=autobiographie=, _n.f._, autobiography.

=autobus=, _n.m._, motor omnibus.

=autochtone= (-tok-to-n), _n.m._, (antiq.) autochthon; (_adj._) autochthonous.

=autoclave=, _adj._, self-regulating; _n.m._, steaming-pan.

=autocrate=, _n.m._, autocrat.

=autocratie= (-cî), _n.f._, autocracy.

=autocratique=, _adj._, autocratical.

=autodafé=, _n.m._, (_—s_) auto-da-fé.

=autographe=, _n.m._, autograph.

☉=autographe=, _adj._, autographic, autographical.

=autographie=, _n.f._, autography.

=autographier=, _v.a._, to autograph.

=autographique=, _adj._, autographic.

=automate=, _n.m._, automaton.

=automatique=, _adj._, automatic, automatical.

=automédon=, _n.m._, charioteer, Jehu, driver, cabby.

=automnal=, =-e= (-tom-nal), _adj._, autumnal.

=automne= (-to-n), _n.m.f._, autumn; fall of the leaf; fall (of the year).

=automot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, self-acting, self-moving, self-propelling.

=automobile=, _n.m._, motor-car.

=autonome=, _adj._, autonomous.

=autonomie=, _n.f._, autonomy, self-government.

=autopsie=, _n.f._, post-mortem examination, autopsy, inquest.

=autorisation=, _n.f._, authorization; authority, permission; license (of a preacher); warrant; consent.

=autoriser=, _v.a._, to authorise, to empower, to commission, to qualify; to allow by authority, to legalize, to license, to warrant.

_s’_=autoriser=, _v.r._, to get or gain or assume authority, to think one’s self warranted (by), to act on the authority of.

=autorité=, _n.f._, authority, legal power, rule, command, sway; credit, power, sanction, interest, weight, consideration. _Avoir de l’— sur_; to have power over. _Être en —_; to be invested with authority. _Il l’a fait de son — privée_; he did it on his own initiative. _Alléguer_, _apporter des —s_; to quote or cite authorities. _Faire —_; to be an authority.

=autour=, _n.m._, goshawk.

=autour=, _prep._, about, round, around. _— de sa personne_; about his person. _— du bras_; round the arm. _Tourner — du pot_; to beat about the bush.

=autour=, _adv._, about, round, round about. _Il regardait tout —_; he looked all about. _Ici —_; hereabouts.

=autourserie=, _n.f._, goshawk training.

=autoursier=, _n.m._, goshawk trainer, falconer.

=autre=, _adj._, other, different, else, second, another. _L’— jour_; the other day. _Une — fois_; another time. _Tout —_; quite different. _Aucun —_; no one else. _Vous —s_; you people, fellows. _Nous —_; the like of us. _Encore un —_; another, one more. _Il le regarde comme un — lui même_; he looks upon him as a second self.

=autre=, _pron._, another, other, else. _Nul — n’y aurait consenti_; nobody else would have consented to it. _Un — le fera_; another will do it. _Tout — l’aurait fait_; any other would have done it. _Les uns se plaisent à une chose, les —s à une —_; some delight in one thing and some in another. _L’un l’—_; one another, each other. _L’un et l’—_; both. _L’un ou l’—_; either. _Ni l’un ni l’—_; neither. _L’un et l’— vous ont obligé_; both have obliged you. _Les uns et les —s_; all. _Ni l’un ni l’— ne valent rien_; both are good for nothing. _À l’un ou à l’—_; to either. _Ni pour l’un ni pour l’—_; for neither. _On les a payés l’un et l’—_; both have been paid. _À l’envi l’un de l’—_; in emulation of one another. _Entre —s_; among other people or among other things. _De côté et d’—_; up and down. _De part et d’—_; on both sides, on all sides. _C’est un — homme_; he is no more the same man. _Il ne fait — chose que jouer_; he does nothing but play. _C’est — chose_; it is quite another thing. _C’est une — paire de manches_; that’s a horse of another color. _Nous —s Français, nous mangeons beaucoup de pain_; we French people eat a great deal of bread. _Causer de choses et d’—s_; to talk of different things. _Il dit d’une façon et il fait d’une —_; he says one thing and does another. _L’un vaut l’—_; they are much of a muchness; or one is as bad as the other. _Comme dit l’—_; as somebody says; as the saying is. _Il n’en fait point d’—s_; he does nothing else, these are his pranks. _L’un dans l’—_, _l’un portant l’—_; one with another; on an average. _Il en sait bien d’—s_; he knows a trick worth two of that. _J’en ai vu bien d’—s_; I have outlived worse things than that. _À d’—s!_ pshaw! I know better, you must not tell that to me, tell it to the marines.

=autrefois=, _adv._, formerly, in former times; of old.