Chapter M (22)

=sur=, _prep._, upon, on, over; by; in; about; towards; above; on account of, respecting, concerning; out of. _Compter —_; to rely on, to make sure of. _— un vaisseau_; on board a ship. _Il l’a mis — son testament_; he has put him in his will. _N’avoir pas d’argent — soi_; to have no money about one. _— le soir_; towards evening. _— la brune_; about dusk. _— la fin de la semaine_; towards the end of the week. _— ma parole_; upon my word. _Il s’excusa — son âge_; he excused himself on account of his age. _Il prend trop — lui_; he undertakes too much or he presumes too much. _—-le-champ_; immediately. _— ces entrefaites_; in the meantime. _Dix — quinze_; ten out of fifteen. _— toute chose_, _— toutes choses_; above all, above all things. _— le tout_; upon the whole; (her.) over all. _Donner —_; to look out upon. _Six pieds — deux_; six feet by two.

=sur=, =-e=, _adj._, sour.

=sûr=, =-e=, _adj._, sure, certain; safe, secure; firm, steady, unerring, trustworthy. _Je suis — de vous_; I can depend on you. _Il est — de son fait_; he is sure of success, or his doom is sealed. _Les chemins sont —s_; the roads are safe. _Le temps n’est pas —_; the weather is uncertain. _Il est en lieu —_; he is in a place of safety, he is out of harm’s way. _C’est un ami —_; he is a trusty friend. _Ce port est —_; this port is safe. _À coup —_, _pour —_; surely, for certain, positively, for sure. _— comme père et mère_; as sure as a gun. _— et certain_; positive. _Peu —_; unsafe. _Pour le plus —_; to be on the safe side.

=sûr=, _adv._, surely, certainly, assuredly.

=surabondamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, superabundantly.

=surabondance=, _n.f._, superabundance.

=surabondant=, =-e=, _adj._, superabundant.

=surabonder=, _v.n._, to superabound.

=surachat=, _n.m._, overpaying.

=suracheter= (-ash-té), _v.a._, to overpay.

=suraigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, (mus.) very high, very shrill.

=surajoutement= (-joot-mān), _n.m._, superaddition.

=surajouter=, _v.a._, to superadd.

=sural=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) sural.

=sur-aller=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to go over a track (without pointing) (of a dog).

*=sur-andouiller=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (hunt.) sur-antler.

=surannation= (-an-na-), _n.f._, expiration.

=suranné=, =-e= (-ra-né), _part._, expired; super-annuated, grown out of date; antiquated.

_se_ =suranner= (-ra-né), _v.r._, to be past one year’s date, to expire. [Little used. _V._ =périmer=.]

=sur-arbitre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) umpire.

=surard=, _adj._, of elder-flower. _Vinaigre —_; elder-flower vinegar.

=surate=, _n.f._, surah (of the Koran).

=surbaissé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) surbased, elliptical, overhanging. _Un cintre —_; a low overhanging arch.

=surbaissement= (-bès-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) surbasement.

=surbaisser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to make elliptic.

=surbaisser=, _v.n._, to overhang.

=surbande=, _n.f._, (surg.) bandage.

=surcens= (-sans), _n.m._, (feudalism) lord’s rent.

=surcharge=, _n.f._, additional burden; overloading, overcharge; extra weight, overplus; word written over another.

=surcharger=, _v.a._, to overload, to overburden, to overcharge, to surcharge; to overtax, to overstock; (fig.) to overwhelm, to weigh down (with); to oppress; to write over words. _— de travail_; to overwhelm with work. _— d’impôts_; to overtax.

=surchauffer=, _v.a._, to overheat.

=surchauffure=, _n.f._, (metal.) overheating.

=surchoix=, _n.m._, first, _or_ prime, quality.

=surcomposé=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n.m._, (gram.) double compound.

=surcoupe=, _n.f._, trumping over.

=surcouper=, _v.a._, to trump over (at cards).

=surcroissance=, _n.f._, outgrowth, overgrowth, excrescence.

=surcroît=, _n.m._, superaddition, increase, aggravation, excess. _Pour — de malheur_; to make it worse _or_ as a crowning misfortune. _De —_; to boot, in addition.

=surcroître=, _v.n._, to grow out (of); to outgrow.

☉=surcroître=, _v.a._, to increase beyond measure.

=surcuire=, _v.a._, to overbake.

=surcuisson=, _n.f._, overbaking.

=surdemande=, _n.f._, immoderate demand.

=surdent=, _n.f._, irregular tooth; wolf’s tooth (of horses).

=surdité=, _n.f._, deafness.

=surdoré=, =-e=, _part._, double-gilt.

=surdorer=, _v.a._, to double-gild.

=surdos=, _n.m._, loin-strap (of a horse); porter’s pad.

=sureau=, _n.m._, elder, elder-tree.

=surélever=, _v.a._, to increase the height of; to make higher.

=surelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) wood-sorrel.

=sûrement= (sur-mān), _adv._, surely, certainly; safely, securely; to be sure.

=suréminent=, =-e=, _adj._, supereminent.

=surémission=, _n.f._, (fin.) over-issue.

=surenchère=, _n.f._, outbidding, higher bid.

=surenchérir=, _v.n._, to outbid, to bid higher.

=surenchérisseur=, _n.m._, outbidder.

=surérogation=, _n.f._, supererogation.

=surérogatoire=, _adj._, supererogatory.

=surestarie= (-rès-), _n.f._, (nav., com.) demurrage.

=surestimation=, _n.f._, overestimate, overvaluation.

=surestimer=, _v.a._, to overestimate, to overvalue.

=suret=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish.

=sûreté= (sur-té), _n.f._, safety, surety, security; sureness, warranty. _Être en lieu de —_; to be out of harm’s way, to be in safe keeping. _Mettre en —_; to put in safe keeping. _Coffre de —_; iron chest. _Service de —_; detective police. _Ronde de —_; police-round.

=surévaluation=, _n.f._, overvaluation, overestimate.

=surévaluer=, _v.a._, to overvalue, to overestimate.

=surexcitation=, _n.f._, excitement, overexcitement.

=surexciter=, _v.a._, to excite, overexcite.

=surface=, _n.f._, surface; outside; appearances.

=surfaire=, _v.a._, to overcharge, to ask too much for, to overrate, to overpraise; to exaggerate.

=surfaix=, _n.m._, surcingle.

=surfin=, =-e=, _adj._, superfine. _n.m._, superfine quality.

=surfleurir=, _v.n._, (bot.) to blow again.

=surge=, _adj._ _Laine —_; raw, unwashed wool; wool in the yolk.

=surgeon= (-jon), _n.m._, (hort.) sucker, off-shoot; ☉descendant. ☉_— d’eau_; natural water-jet.

=surgir=, _v.n._, to come to land, to land; to reach (port); to arise, to spring up; to rise into notice. _— au port_; to come into port. _Faire —_; to give rise to, to bring about, to cause.

=surgissement=, _n.m._, arising, springing up; arriving, landing.

=surglacer=, _v.a._, to cover, _or_ coat, with sugar (pastry).

=surhaussement= (-hôs-mān), _n.m._, raising; forcing up (prices).

=surhausser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to raise; to force up the price of.

=surhumain=, =-e= (-mīn, -mè-n), _adj._, superhuman.

=surier=, _n.m._, cork-tree.

=surintendance=, _n.f._, superintendence.

=surintendant=, _n.m._, superintendent, comptroller, overseer.

=surintendante=, _n.f._, superintendent’s wife; lady superintendent.

=surjalé=, _part._, (nav.) foul (of anchors).

=surjaler= _or_ =surjauler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to foul (of anchors).

=surjaler= _or_ =surjauler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to raise the anchor to clear its stock.

=surjet=, _n.m._, (of seams) whip-stitch, overcasting.

=surjeter=, _v.a._, to whip-stitch, to overcast.

=surlendemain= (-land-min), _n.m._, next day but one; second day (after); the day after the morrow. _Le — de son départ_; the second day after his departure.

=surlonge=, _n.f._, chuck (of beef).

=surlouer=, _v.a._, to let (at an exorbitant rent); to let above value.

=surlunaire=, _adj._, superlunar, superlunary.

=surmener=, _v.a._, to overdrive, to override; to overwork; (fig.) to treat badly, to deal severely with (pers.).

=surmesure=, _n.f._, over-measure.

=surmeule=, _n.f._, runner-stone (of a mill).

=surmontable=, _adj._, surmountable, superable.

=surmonter=, _v.a._, to surmount; to overcome, to conquer, to subdue; to outdo, to surpass; to rise above (of fluids). _— sa colère_; to subdue one’s anger.

=surmonter=, _v.n._, to rise above (of fluids).

=surmoule=, _n.m._, cast taken on one of plaster.

=surmouler=, _v.a._, to make a cast on a figure _or_ ornament.

=surmoût=, _n.m._, new wort (of wine).

=surmulet=, _n.m._, (ich.) surmullet, grey mullet.

=surmulot=, _n.m._, surmulot, Norway rat.

=surnager=, _v.n._, to float on the surface; to survive, to remain; to hold one’s ground.

=surnaturalité=, _n.f._, (theol.) supernaturalness.

=surnaturel=, =-le=, _adj._, supernatural, preternatural.

=surnaturel=, _n.m._, supernatural.

=surnaturellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, supernaturally, preternaturally.

=surnom= (-non), _n.m._, surname, cognomen.

=surnommer=, _v.a._, to surname.

=surnuméraire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, supernumerary.

=surnumérariat=, _n.m._, supernumerary time.

=suron=, _n.m._, seroon; (bot.) earth-nut.

=suros= (-rô), _n.m._, (vet.) splint.

=suroxydation=, _n.f._, (chem.) peroxidizing, superoxidation.

=suroxyde=, _n.m._, (chem.) peroxide.

=suroxyder=, _v.a._, (chem.) to peroxidize.

=suroxygéné=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) overcharged with oxygen.

=suroxygéner=, _v.a._, to overcharge with oxygen; to superoxygenate.

=surpasser=, _v.a._, to surpass, to exceed, to go beyond, to excel, to surmount, to outdo; to astonish, to be taller than. _Il me surpasse de trois pouces_; he is taller than I am by three inches.

=surpaye=, _n.f._, extra pay, additional pay; (mil.) batta.

=surpayer=, _v.a._, to overpay.

=surpeau=, _n.f._, (l.u.) epidermis. _V._ =épiderme=.

=surplis=, _n.m._, surplice.

=surplomb= (-plon), _n.m._, overhanging (of buildings). _Être en —_; to overhang. _En —_; overhanging.

=surplomber=, _v.n._, to hang over, to overhang.

=surplus=, _n.m._, surplus, surplusage, overplus, remainder, rest, difference. _Au —_; besides, moreover, in addition to which.

=surpoids=, _n.m._, overweight.

=surprenant=, =-e=, _adj._, surprising, astonishing.

=surprendre=, _v.a._, to surprise, to take by surprise, to overtake; to deceive, to catch, to overhear; to entrap, to overreach, to intercept; to astonish, to amaze. _— une ville_; to take a town by surprise. _La nuit nous surprit_; night overtook us. _La pluie me surprit_; I was caught in the rain.

_se_ =surprendre=, _v.r._, to surprise one’s self; to catch one’s self.

=surprise=, _n.f._, surprise; amazement; deceit, deception; surprise-box. _Ménager une — à quelqu’un_; to prepare a surprise for any one. _Revenir de sa —_; to recover from one’s surprise.

=surproduction=, _n.f._, overproduction.

=surrénal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) suprarenal, surrenal.

=sursaturation=, _n.f._, supersaturation.

=sursaturer=, _v.a._, to supersaturate.

=sursaut=, _n.m._, start. _S’éveiller en —_; to start up out of one’s sleep, to start up. _Eveiller_, or _réveiller_, _en —_; to startle any one out of his sleep, to awake any one suddenly.

=surséance=, _n.f._, suspension.

=sursel=, _n.m._, (chem.) supersalt.

=sursemer=, _v.a._, to sow over again.

=surseoir= (sursoyant, sursis), _v.a._ and _n._, to suspend, to defer, to delay, to postpone, to put off, to respite.

=sursis=, _n.m._, delay, respite, reprieve.

=sursolide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (alg.) sursolid.

=surtare=, _n.f._, (com.) supertare, extra tare.

=surtaux=, _n.m._, excessive taxation, overassessment.

=surtaxe=, _n.f._, surtax, surcharge, additional tax; extra postage.

=surtaxer=, _v.a._, to overtax, to overassess.

=surtiré=, _n.m._, (com.) acceptor of a bill; drawee.

=surtout=, _adv._, above all, especially, chiefly.

=surtout=, _n.m._, light cart; épergne; centre-piece; overcoat.

=surusage=, _n.m._, (com.) clough, cloff (allowance).

*=surveillance=, _n.f._, superintendence, inspection, supervision.

*=surveillant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, inspector, overseer, superintendent; vigilant, watchful.

*=surveille=, _n.f._ _V._ =avant-veille=.

*=surveiller=, _v.a._, to superintend, to inspect, to look after, to watch, to have an eye upon.

=survenance=, _n.f._, (jur.) unexpected birth; unforeseen arrival.

=survenant=, =-e=, _n._, (jur.) unexpected heir; new-comer, chance guest, chance comer.

=survendre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to overcharge.

=survenir=, _v.n._, to supervene, to come on, to take place, to happen unexpectedly, to befall, to arise, to come unexpectedly; to drop in.

=survente=, _n.f._, overcharge.

=surventer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to blow hard, to blow a gale.

=survider=, _v.a._, to partly empty, to lighten (anything).

=survie=, _n.f._, survivorship, survival.

=survivance=, _n.f._, reversion (of offices); survivorship. _De —_; reversionary.

=survivancier=, _n.m._, reversioner (of offices).

=survivant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, survivor; surviving.

=survivre=, _v.n._, to survive, to outlive, to outlast. _— à son père_; to outlive one’s father. _v.a._, to get over an illness, to outlive (a wife, children, etc.).

_se_ =survivre=, _v.r._, to live again. _Se — à soi-même_; to lose one’s faculties, to fall into one’s dotage. _Se — dans ses enfants_, _dans ses ouvrages_; to live again in one’s children, in one’s works.

=sus=, _prep._, (l.u.) upon, above, afore, fore. _Courir — à quelqu’un_; to run at, to fall upon, to attack, any one. _En —_; over and above, in addition, extra, to boot.

=sus=, _int._, on! on them! at them!

=susceptibilité=, _n.f._, susceptibility, irritability, touchiness, irascibility.

=susceptible=, _adj._, susceptible, capable; irascible, easily offended, oversensitive, touchy. _Elle est trop —_; she takes offense too easily _or_ she is too touchy.

=susception=, _n.f._, taking of holy orders; (c.rel.) reception (of the crown, of the cross).

☉=suscitation=, _n.f._, instigation, (ant.) suscitation.

=susciter=, _v.a._, to raise, to raise up, to start, to set up, to create, to give rise to, to give birth to, to raise against, to stir up, to rouse.

=suscription=, _n.f._, superscription, address.

=susdénommé=, =-e=, _adj._, above-mentioned.

=susdit=, =-e=, _adj._, aforesaid.

=susénoncé=, =-e=, _adj._, above-mentioned.

=susmentionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) above-mentioned.

=susnommé=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) above-named.

=suspect=, =-e= (-pèk, -t), _adj._, suspected, suspicious. _Cela m’est —_; I don’t like the look of it. _Vous me seriez — pour cent raisons_; there are a hundred reasons for my suspecting you.

=suspecter=, _v.a._, to suspect.

_se_ =suspecter=, _v.r._, to suspect one another.

=suspendre=, _v.a._, to suspend, to hang, to hang up; to stop, to delay. _— son travail_; to lay aside one’s work, to stay, to postpone, to defer.

_se_ =suspendre=, _v.r._, to suspend one’s self.

=suspendu=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, suspended, hung up. _Pont —_; suspension bridge; (of carriages) on springs. _Jardins —s_; hanging gardens. _Jetée —e_; chain-pier.

=suspens=, _adj._, (eccl.) suspended. _Prêtre —_; inhibited priest. _En —_; in suspense; in abeyance; outstanding (of debts).

=suspense=, _n.f._, (eccl.) inhibition.

=suspenseur=, _adj._, (anat.) suspensory.

=suspensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) of suspension; (jur.) being a bar to subsequent proceedings.

=suspension=, _n.f._, suspension, interruption, discontinuance, cessation.

=suspensoir= _or_ =suspensoire=, _n.m._, (surg.) suspensory bandage, suspensor.

=suspente=, _n.f._, (nav.) sling (of a yard).

=suspicion=, _n.f._, (jur.) suspicion.

=sus-pied=, _n.m._, upper strap (of a spur).

=sus-relaté=, =-e=, _adj._, above mentioned.

=susseyer=, _v.n._, to lisp.

=sustentation=, _n.f._, sustentation, sustenance.

=sustenter=, _v.a._, to sustain, to support, to maintain.

_se_ =sustenter=, _v.r._, to maintain one’s self, to support one’s self.

=susurration= (su-sur-ra-), _n.f._, susurration, whispering, chirping, buzzing, soft murmur; soughing (of the wind).

☉=susurrer= (su-sur-ré), _v.n._, to murmur softly, to whisper. _V._ =chuchoter=.

=suttee= _or_ =suttie=, _n.f._, (_—_) suttee.

=suture=, _n.f._, (anat.) suture; (bot.) seam; joint.

=suturer=, _v.n._, to suture, to join.

=suzerain=, =-e= (suz-rin, -rè-n), _n._ and _adj._, suzerain, lord paramount; paramount, sovereign.

=suzeraineté= (suz-rè-n-té), _n.f._, suzerainty.

=svelte=, _adj._, light, slender, slim; elegant.

=sybarite=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Sybarite; Sybaritic (very particular, fond of good living).

=sycomore=, _n.m._, (bot.) sycamore.

=sycophante=, _n.m._, sycophant, knave; rogue, impostor.

=syllabaire= (sil-la-), _n.m._, spelling-book.

=syllabe= (sil-lab), _n.f._, syllable.

=syllabique= (sil-la-), _adj._, syllabic, syllabical.

=syllabiquement= (sil-la-), _adv._, syllabically.

=syllabisation= (sil-la-), _n.f._, syllabication.

=syllabus= (sil-la-), _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) syllabus.

=syllepse= (sil-lèps), _n.f._, (gram.) syllepsis; substitution.

=syllogisme= (sil-lo-), _n.m._, syllogism.

=syllogistique= (sil-lo-), _adj._, syllogistic, syllogistical.

=sylph-e=, _n.m._, =-ide=, _n.f._, sylph.

=sylvain=, _n.m._, sylvan.

=sylvane=, _n.f._, sylvanite.

=sylvatique=, _adj._, sylvatic.

=sylves=, _n.f.pl._, sylvæ, collection of poetical works.

=sylvestre=, _adj._, wild, sylvan, growing in woods.

=sylvicole=, _adj._, living in woods.

=sylviculture=, _n.f._, sylviculture, forestry.

=sylvie=, _n.f._, (orni.) sylvia, warbler.

=symbole=, _n.m._, symbol, sign, emblem; creed. _— des Apôtres_; Apostles’ creed.

=symbolique=, _adj._, symbolic, symbolical, typical.

=symboliser=, _v.n._, to symbolize.

=symbolisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) symbolism.

=symétrie=, _n.f._, symmetry.

=symétrique=, _adj._, symmetrical.

=symétriquement= (-trik-mān), _adv._, symmetrically.

=symétriser=, _v.n._, to symmetrize, to harmonize.

=sympathie=, _n.f._, sympathy, fellow-feeling, harmony (in colors).

=sympathique=, _adj._, sympathetic, congenial.

=sympathiser=, _v.n._, to sympathize.

=symphonie=, _n.f._, symphony.

=symphoniste=, _n.m._, symphonist.

=symphyse=, _n.f._, (anat.) symphysis.

=symposiaque=, _n.m._, symposiac.

=symptomatique=, _adj._, symptomatic.

=symptomatologie=, _n.f._, symptomatology.

=symptôme=, _n.m._, symptom, indication, sign, token.

=synagogue= (-gog), _n.f._, synagogue.

=synalèphe=, _n.f._, (gram.) synalepha.

=synallagmatique=, _adj._, (jur.) (of a contract) synallagmatic, reciprocal.

=synanthéré=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) synantherous.

=synanthérées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) compositæ.

=synanthérie=, _n.f._ _V._ =syngénésie=.

=synarthrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) synarthrosis.

=synchondrose= (-kon-), _n.f._, (anat.) synchondrosis.

=synchrone= (-krô-n), _adj._, (phys.) synchronical.

=synchronique=, _adj._, (hist.) synchronical.

=synchroniser=, _v.a._, to synchronize.

=synchronisme=, _n.m._, synchronism.

=synchyse= (-kiz), _n.f._, (gram.) synchysis.

=syncope=, _n.f._, (med.) syncope, swoon, fainting fit; (mus.) syncopation, syncope; (gram.) syncope.

=syncopé=, =-e=, _adj._, syncopated.

=syncoper=, _v.n._, (gram., mus.) to syncopate.

=syncrétisme=, _n.m._, syncretism.

=syndérèse=, _n.f._, (rel.) remorse, sting of conscience.

=syndic=, _n.m._, syndic, trustee, assignee. _— d’office_; official assignee.

=syndical=, _adj._, pertaining to a syndic. _Chambre —e_; syndics, council, committee.

=syndicat=, _n.m._, syndicate. _— de faillite_; commission in bankruptcy.

_se_ =syndiquer=, _v.r._, to form a syndicate.

=synecdoche= _or_ =synecdoque=, _n.f._, (rhet.) synecdoche.

=synérèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) synæresis.

=synévrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) synneurosis.

=syngénésie=, _n.f._, (bot.) syngenesia.

=syngnathe=, _n.m._, (ich.) syngnathus, horn-fish, sea-needle.

=synodal=, =-e=, _adj._, synodic, synodal.

=synodalement= (-dal-mān), _adv._, synodically.

=synode=, _n.m._, synod.

=synodique=, _adj._, synodic, synodical.

=synonyme=, _n.m._ and _adj._, synonym; synonymous.

=synonymie=, _n.f._, synonymy.

=synonymique=, _adj._, pertaining, relating to synonymy, synonymous.

=synopse=, _n.f._, synopsis of the Gospel.

=synoptique=, _adj._, synoptic, synoptical.

=synoque=, _n.f._, synocha.

=synovial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) synovial.

=synovie=, _n.f._, (anat.) synovia.

=syntaxe=, _n.f._, syntax.

=syntaxique=, _adj._, syntactic, syntactical.

=synthèse=, _n.f._, synthesis, composition.

=synthétique=, _adj._, synthetic, synthetical.

=synthétiquement=, _adv._, synthetically.

=syphilis= (-liss), _n.f._, syphilis.

=syphilitique=, _adj._, syphilitic.

=syphon=, _n.m._ _V._ =siphon=.

=syriaque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Syriac.

=syrien=, =-ne= (-ri-īn, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Syrian.

=syringa=, _n.m._, (bot.) syringa, lilac.

=syringotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) instrument to perform syringotomy.

=syringotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) syringotomy.

=syrop=. _V._ =sirop=.

=syrtes=, _n.f.pl._, quicksands.

=systaltique=, _adj._, (physiology) systaltic.

=systématique=, _adj._, systematic, systematical.

=systématiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, systematically.

=systématiser=, _v.a._, to systematize.

=systématiseur=, _n.m._, systematizer.

=système=, _n.m._, system, plan, policy. _Par —_; systematically.

=systole=, _n.f._, (anat., gram.) systole.

=systolique=, _adj._, systolic.

=systyle=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (arch.) systyle.

=syzygie=, _n.f._, (astron.) syzygy.

T

=t=, _n.m._, the twentieth letter of the alphabet, t. [T is put for the sake of euphony between a verb ending with a vowel and the pronouns _il_, _elle_, _on_; ex.: _Aime-t-il?_ does he love?]

=t’=, contraction of _te_.

=ta=, _possessive adj._ _f._, thy. _V._ =ton=.

=tabac= (-ba), _n.m._, tobacco, snuff. _Carotte de —_; roll of tobacco. _— en carotte_; pig-tail tobacco. _Débitant de —_; dealer in snuff and tobacco. _Marchand de —_; tobacconist. _— à chiquer_; chewing tobacco. _— à fumer_; tobacco. _— à priser_; snuff. _Prendre du —_; to take snuff.

=tabagie=, _n.f._, divan, smoking-room; ☉tobacco box.

=tabarin=, _n.m._, merry-andrew, buffoon.

=tabarinage=, _n.m._, buffoonery.

=tabatière= (-tièr), _n.f._, snuff-box. _Fenêtre en —_; sky-light.

☉=tabellion=, _n.m._, notary, scrivener.

☉=tabellionage=, _n.m._, scrivener’s office.

=tabernacle=, _n.m._, tent, tabernacle.

=tabide=, _adj._, tabid, tabetic.

=tabifique=, _adj._, consumptive.

=tabis=, _n.m._, tabby (watered silk).

=tabiser=, _v.a._, to tabby, to water.

=tablature=, _n.f._, (mus.) tablature. _Donner de la — à quelqu’un_; to get any one into trouble, to cause serious inconvenience to.

=table=, _n.f._, table; board (food, fare); table, index (of a book); (nav.) mess (of officers); slab (of stone); belly (violin); face (anvil); (anat.) table; (of jewelry) table. _pl._, men (at backgammon). _— à jouer_; card-table. _— à manger_; dining-table. _— de nuit_; night, _or_ bedside, table. _— à coulisses_, or _à rallonges_; telescope table. _— à ouvrage_; work-table. _— de cuisine_; kitchen-dresser. _— à écrire_; writing-table. _Se mettre à —_; to sit at table. _Tenir —_; to keep a table, to sit long at table. _Tenir bonne —_; to keep a good table. _Tenir — ouverte_; to keep open house. _Donner la — à quelqu’un_; to board any one. _La — du commun_; the servants’ table. _Courir les —s_; to sponge for a dinner. _—s astronomiques_; astronomical tables. _— pythagorique_, _— de Pythagore_; multiplication-table. _— d’harmonie_; sounding-board. _Jouer cartes sur —_; to act openly, above board. _Faire — rase_; to make a clean sweep. _Aimer la —_; to like good living. _Mettre la —_; to lay the table. _Servir à —_; to wait at table. _Lever la —_; to remove the cloth. _Se lever de —_, _sortir de —_, or _quitter la —_; to rise from table; to get up from table. _Vivre à la même —_; to mess together. _Avoir la —_; to have the right of sitting down in the royal presence.

=tableau=, _n.m._, painting, picture, piece, scene, view, sight, description; (nav.) breastwork; list, roll, table; panel (of juries); (paint.) painting, piece; (at races) telegraph-board. _— de chevalet_; easel-piece. _—x vivants_; tableaux vivants, living pictures. _Encadrer un —_; to frame a picture. _Former un —_; (jur.) to empanel (a jury). _— annonces_; advertising board.

=tablée=, _n.f._, tableful, table-length.

=tabler=, _v.n._, to dress the board (backgammon). _Vous pouvez — là-dessus_; you may depend upon it.

=tableti-er= (-blĕ-tié), _n.m._, =-ère= (-blĕ-tiè-r), _n.f._, dealer in fancy turnery or toys.

=tablette= (-blèt), _n.f._, shelf; tablet; (nav.) rising-staff; (arch.) table; cake (of chocolate); (pharm.) lozenge. _pl._, note-book. _— de cheminée_; mantel-piece. _— de chocolat_; cake of chocolate. _Rayez cela de vos —s_; don’t depend upon that. _Vous êtes sur mes —s_; I have you in my books, _or_ I’ll not forget you.

=tabletterie= (-blè-trî), _n.f._, fancy-turnery trade, fancy stationery; toy-trade.

=tablier=, _n.m._, apron, pinafore; (of carriages, of docks, of basins) apron; floor, platform (of a bridge); (fort.) platform; chess-board.

=tabloin=, _n.m._, (artil.) wooden platform.

=tabou=, _n.m._, taboo.

=tabouer=, _v.a._, to taboo.

=tabouret=, _n.m._, stool; foot-stool; stool of repentance; (bot.) shepherd’s pouch. _— de piano_; music-stool.

=tabourin=, _n.m._, chimney cowl, _or_ cawl.

=tabulaire=, _adj._, tabular.

=tac=, _n.m._, (vet.) rot (in sheep).

=tacaud=, _n.m._, (ich.) whiting-pout.

=tacet= (-sèt), _n.m._, (mus.) pause, tacet; (fig.) silence. _Il a gardé le —_; he kept silent.

=tachant=, =-e=, _adj._, soiling.

=tache=, _n.f._, spot, stain, blot, speck; speckle, blemish. _— de rousseur_; freckle. _Avoir des —s de rousseur_; to be freckled. _— de feu_; tan spot. _— de naissance_; birth-mark.

=tâche=, _n.f._, task; task-work; job. _À la —_; by the task, by the job, by the piece. _Travailler à la —_, _être à la —_; to work by the task, by the piece. _Prendre à — de faire une chose_; to make it one’s business to do a thing. _Ouvrier à la —_; jobber, jobbing-workman.

=tacher=, _v.a._, to stain; to spot; to taint; to tarnish; to blemish.

_se_ =tacher=, _v.r._, to soil one’s self; to soil one’s clothes.

=tâcher=, _v.n._, to try, to endeavor, to strive, to seek. _Pardonnez-lui, il n’y tâchait pas_; (iron.) pardon him, he did not mean it.

=tâcheron=, _n.m._, (tech.) jobber.

=tacheté=, =-e=, _part._, spotted, speckled, tabby (of cats).

=tacheter= (tash-té), _v.a._, to speckle, to mark with spots, to fleck.

=tachygraphe=, _n.m._, tachygrapher, shorthand writer.

=tachygraphie=, _n.f._, tachygraphy, shorthand writing.

=tachygraphique=, _adj._, tachygraphic.

=tacite=, _adj._, tacit, implied.

=tacitement= (-sit-mān), _adv._, tacitly, impliedly, by implication.

=taciturne=, _adj._, taciturn, silent.

=taciturnité=, _n.f._, taciturnity.

=tact= (takt), _n.m._, feeling, touch; tact.

=tac tac=, _onomatopœia_, tick tack (of clocks); rap-tap (of knockers).

=tacticien= (-si-in), _n.m._, tactician.

=tactile=, _adj._, tactile.

=tactilité=, _n.f._, tactility, tangibility.

=taction=, _n.f._, taction, touch.

=tactique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, tactics, generalship; manœuvre, stratagem; plan, way, move; tactical.

=tadorne=, _n.m._, (orni.) sheldrake, bergander.

=tael=, _n.m._, tael (China money, about 70 cents American).

=tænia=, _n.m._ _V._ =ténia=.

=taffetas= (taf-tâ), _n.m._, taffeta, lustring; plain silk. _— d’Angleterre_; court-plaster. _— gomme_; oil-silk.

=tafia=, _n.m._, tafia (rum).

=taïaut= _or_ =tayaut=, _n.m._ (hunt.) tally-ho.

=taïcoun=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Tycoon.

=taie=, _n.f._, pillow-case; (med.) film, speck. _— d’oreiller_; pillow-case.

☉*=taillable=, _adj._, taxable (feud.).

*=taillade=, _n.f._, slash, gash, cut.

*=taillader=, _v.a._, to slash, to cut, to gash. _Des manches tailladées_; slashed sleeves.

*=taillanderie=, _n.f._, edge-tool trade; edge-tools.

*=taillandier=, _n.m._, edge-tool maker.

*=taillant=, _n.m._, edge (of a knife).

*=taille=, _n.f._, cutting, cut; edge of a sword; size, height, stature; shape, waist, figure; tally-stick; (hort.) pruning; (surg.) cystotomy; (mus.) tenor part; (feudalism) poll-tax; subsidy; deal (at cards); (mus.) tenor; (fig.) level. _Frapper d’estoc et de —_; to cut and thrust, _or_ to hit right and left. _La — des arbres_; the pruning of trees. _La — d’un habit_; the cut of a coat. _La — des pierres_; the cutting of stones. _Pierre de —_; free-stone. _Il est de ma —_; he is my height. _—-douce_, (_—s-—s_) (engr.) copper-plate. _Haute-—_; (mus.) upper-tenor. _Basse-—_; (mus.) bass. _Faire des coches sur une —_; to tally. _De — à_; big enough to, quite capable of. _Ils nous ont fait une France à leur —_; (fig.) they have brought France down to their level (Béranger). _Ma colère va haut et me monte à sa —_; my anger knows no bounds and _raises_ me to his level (V. Hugo).

*=taillé=, =-e=, _part._, cut, carved, trimmed. _Être bien —_; to be well-knit.

*=taille-crayons=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) pencil-pointer.

*=taille-légumes=, _n.m._, vegetable cutter.

*=taille-mèche=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_) wick-cutter.

*=taille-mer=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) cutwater.

*=taille-plume=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) pen-cutter.

*=tailler=, _v.a._, to cut, to cut out; to carve; to hew; to trim, to prune; to make, to mend (pens); to frame, to tally, to deal (cards). _— un diamant_; to cut a diamond. _— des arbres_; to prune trees. _— un habit_; to cut out a coat. _— des plumes_; to make pens. _— une armée en pièces_; to cut an army to pieces. _— de la besogne à_; to cut out work for; to give a great deal of trouble to. _— des bavettes_; (fam.) to gossip, to chatter, to spin yarns.

*=tailler=, _v.n._, to cut (shape). _Il peut — en plein drap_; he has everything at his command. _— de l’avant_; (nav.) to go very fast, to make good headway.

_se_ =tailler=, _v.r._, to be cut, etc.

*=tailleur=, _n.m._, tailor; cutter; hewer; banker (at faro). _— de pierre_; stone-cutter _or_ mason. _— d’habits_; tailor. _Garçon —_; journeyman tailor. _— à façon_; jobbing tailor.

*=tailleuse=, _n.f._, tailoress, cutter out (dress-making).

*=taille-vent=, _n.m._, sea-gull; (nav.) lug-sail.

*=taillis=, _n.m._ and _adj._, copse, coppice, thicket, underwood; cut. _Bois —_; copse.

*=tailloir=, _n.m._, trencher, platter; (arch.) abacus.

*=taillon=, _n.m._, nib (of a pen).

=tain=, _n.m._, foil, tin-foil, leaf-tin.

=taire= (taisant, tu), _v.a._, to say nothing of; to pass over in silence; to conceal, to suppress. _Faire —_; to silence, to reduce to silence, to hush; to gag (the press); to suppress, to lay aside.

_se_ =taire=, _v.r._, to hold one’s tongue, _or_ one’s peace, to be silent, to remain silent. _Taisez-vous_; hold your tongue, _or_ tongues.

=taisson=, _n.m._, (mam.) badger.

=taissonnière=, _n.f._, badger’s hole.

=talapoin=, _n.m._, talapoin (Buddhist priest); (mam.) talapoin (monkey).

=talc=, _n.m._, talc, isinglass-stone.

=talcique=, _adj._, (min.) talcky.

=taled= (-lèd), _n.m._, taled (Jew. rel.).

=talent=, _n.m._, talent, power, ability, faculty, art, skill, attainments; talented person; (coin) talent. _De —_; talented.

☉=taler=, _n.m._ _V._ =thaler=.

=talève=, _n.f._, (orni.) sultana-bird.

=talion=, _n.m._, retaliation, talio. _Loi du —_; law of retaliation (lex talionis).

=talisman=, _n.m._, talisman.

=talismanique=, _adj._, talismanic.

=talitre=, _n.m._, sand-hopper.

=talle=, _n.f._, (hort.) sucker. _V._ =drageon=.

=taller=, _v.n._, (hort.) to shoot, to throw out suckers. _V._ =drageonner=.

=tallevane=, _n.f._, butter jar.

=tallipot=, _n.m._, (bot.) tallipot, _or_ fan palm.

=talmouse=, _n.f._, cheese-cake; (pop.) whack, slap.

=talmud= (-mud), _n.m._, Talmud.

=talmudique=, _adj._, Talmudical.

=talmudiste=, _n.m._, _adj._, Talmudist, Talmudistic.

=taloche=, _n.f._, cuff, punch, thump.

=talon=, _n.m._, heel; stock (at cards); heel (of shoes, razors); (nav.) sole (of a rudder); shoulder (of a sword); (arch.) ogee; voucher (of receipts, checks); rest (of a saddle); remnant (of bread). _Mettre des —s à_; to heel. _Marcher sur les —s de quelqu’un_; to tread upon any one’s heels. _Jouer des_, or _montrer les_, _—s_; to take to one’s heels, to scuttle. _Tourner les —s_; to go away. _Donner un coup de —_; (nav.) to ground, to strike, to bump. _Avoir l’esprit aux —_; to shine at the wrong end, to be anything but witty. _— rouge_; aristocrat, nobleman.

=talonner=, _v.a._, to be close at the heels of; to pursue close; to press hard, to urge, to dun.

=talonner=, _v.n._, (nav.) to ground.

=talonnier=, _n.m._, heel-maker.

=talonnières=, _n.f._, heel-piece; (nav.) heel (of a rudder); (_pl._, myth.) talaria, Mercury’s heel wings.

=talpack=, _n.m._, (mil.) busby.

=talqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (min.) talcous, talcose.

=talus=, _n.m._, slope, declivity, bank, embankment; mound; (arch., fort.) talus. _En —_; slopingly, shelving. _Aller en —_; to slope down; to shelve.

=talutage=, _n.m._, sloping; embanking.

=taluter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to slope, to shelve.

=tamandua=, _n.m._, (mam.) a species of ant-eaters.

=tamanoir=, _n.m._, (mam.) the great ant-eater.

=tamarin=, _n.m._, tamarind; tamarind-tree; (mam.) tamarin.

=tamarinier=, _n.m._, tamarind, tamarind-tree, Indian acacia.

=tamaris=, =tamarisc=, _or_ =tamarix=, _n.m._, (bot.) tamarisk.

=tambour=, _n.m._, drum; drummer; (horl.) barrel; (mec.) drum, barrel, tympan; (arch.) drum; embroidery-frame; (anat.) tympanum; paddle-box (of steamboats). _—-major_, (_—s-—s_), _—-maître_, (_—s-—s_) drum-major, drum-master. _Broderie au —_; tambour work. _Mener — battant_; to carry it with a high hand, to beat out and out. _— de basque_; tambourine. _— voilé_; muffled drum. _Sortir — battant_; to leave with the honors of war.

=tambourin=, _n.m._, tambourine, tabor; timbrel; player on the tambourine.

=tambourinage=, _n.m._, drumming.

=tambouriner=, _v.n._, to drum, to beat the drum, to tattoo.

=tambouriner=, _v.a._, to advertise, to puff; to cry by the town drummer.

=tambourineur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) drummer.

=taminier=, _n.m._, (bot.) Indian acacia, black briony.

=tamis=, _n.m._, sieve, strainer, sifter. _Passer au —_; to sift, to strain; (fig.) to examine thoroughly.

=tamisage=, _n.m._, sifting, straining.

*=tamisaille= _or_ =tamise=, _n.f._, (nav.) sweep of the tiller.

=tamiser=, _v.a._, to sift, to strain.

=tamiser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to shake.

=tamiserie=, _n.f._, sieve-making; sieves.

=tamiseur=, _n.m._, sifter (glass factory).

=tamisier=, _n.m._, sieve-maker.

=tampe=, _n.f._, wedge (cloth manufacture).

=tamper=, _v.a._, to fix the wedge on the friezing-table.

=tampon=, _n.m._, plug; stopper; pad; bung; (artil.) tampion; (tech.) buffer.

=tamponnement=, _n.m._, plugging, stopping.

=tamponner=, _v.a._, to plug, to stop up; to tent (a wound). _Se —_; (rails) to run into each other; (fig. and pop.) to have a set-to.

=tam-tam=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tam-tam, tom-tom.

=tan=, _n.m._, tan; tanner’s bark. _Gros —_; coarse bark.

=tanaisie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tansy.

=tancement=, _n.m._, rebuking, lecturing, scolding.

=tancer=, _v.a._, to rebuke, to lecture, to scold.

=tanche=, _n.f._, (ich.) tench.

=tandis que= (-di-), _conj._, whilst; while (implying contrast); whereas.

=tangage=, _n.m._, (nav.) pitching (of ships).

=tangara=, _n.m._, (orni.) tanager.

=tangence=, _n.f._, (geom.) tangency, contact.

=tangent=, =-e=, _adj._, (geom.) tangential, tangent.

=tangente=, _n.f._, (geom.) tangent.

=tanger=, _v.n._, (nav.) to hug the coast.

=tangibilité=, _n.f._, tangibility, tangibleness.

=tangible=, _adj._, tangible.

=tangon=, _n.m._, (nav.) fore-sail boom.

=tangue=, _n.f._, sea-sand (used as manure).

=tanguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to pitch, to heave.

=tanière=, _n.f._, den, hole, lair (of beasts).

=tanin=, _n.m._, (chem.) tannin.

=tannage=, _n.m._, tanning.

=tannant=, =-e=, _adj._, tanning; (pop.) tiresome, irksome. _Une substance —e_; a tanning substance. _Un homme —_; a bore. _Une occupation —e_; an irksome task; irksome work.

=tanne=, _n.f._, (med.) comedo, grub.

=tanné=, _n.m._, tan-color.

=tanné=, =-e=, _adj._, tanned, tawny, tan-colored.

=tannée=, _n.f._, waste tan; tanner’s bark.

=tanner=, _v.a._, to tan; (pop.) to vex, to plague, to tease, to annoy, to beat, to hide.

=tannerie= (ta-n-rî), _n.f._, tan-yard.

=tanneur=, _n.m._, tanner.

☉=tannin=, _n.m._ _V._ =tanin=.

=tant=, _adv._, so much; so many; as much; as many; both; to such a degree; so; so far; so long; as far; as long. _— soit peu_; ever so little. _Tous — que nous sommes_; every one of us, or the whole lot of us. _Nous sommes — à —_; we are even (at play). _— petits que grands_; both small and great. _— pour vous que pour lui_; as much for you as for him. _— il était abusé_; so much was he deceived. _— il est vrai_; so true is it. _— le monde est crédule_; so credulous is, _or_ such is the credulity of, the world. _— que_; as long as. _— que je vivrai_; as long as I live. _— mieux_; so much the better. _— pis_; so much the worse. _— s’en faut_; far from it. _— s’en faut que_; so far from. _— y a que_; (fam.) at all events, however, but the fact remains that. _Si — est que je le puisse_; if, _or_ supposing, I can. _— de monde_; so many people. _Vous m’en direz —!_ that alters the case; now! I understand; that’s quite another thing! _Comme il y en a —_; (in speaking of beauty) nothing out of the common. _— bien que mal_; indifferently, so so; as well as one can.

=tantale=, _n.m._, Tantalus. _Supplice de —_; tantalism.

=tantaliser=, _v.a._, to tantalize.

=tantalisme=, _n.m._, tantalism.

=tante=, _n.f._, aunt; (pawnbroker) uncle. _Grand-—_; great aunt. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; cousin german.

=tantet= _or_ =tantinet=, _n.m._, the least bit, the least little drop, dash.

=tantôt=, _adv._, presently, by and by, soon, anon; a little while ago; just now; sometimes. _Je finirai cela —_; I shall finish that by and by, _or_ in the afternoon. _Il est — nuit_; it will soon be night. _Il se porte — bien, — mal_; sometimes he is well, sometimes ill. _À —!_ good-bye for the present.

=taon= (tān), _n.m._, (ent.) ox-fly, breeze, gad-fly.

=tapage=, _n.m._, noise, uproar, row, racket, piece of work; show, display.

=tapageur=, _n.m._, noisy fellow, blusterer.

=tapageu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, rackety, roystering, noisy, loud, blustering; gaudy, flashy.

=tape=, _n.f._, rap, slap, tap, thump; (nav.) tampion.

=tapecu= _or_ =tape-cul= (tap-ku), _n.m._, swing-gate; see-saw; (nav.) ring-tail, ring-sail; jolting carriage.

=tapée=, _n.f._, (pop.) a lot, a whole host of.

=tapement=, _n.m._, striking.

=taper=, _v.a._, to strike, to hit, to slap; to frizzle (the hair); (paint.) to sketch freely; to paint in a free, bold style; (nav.) to put a tampion in (a gun).

=taper=, _v.n._, to strike, to hit; to stamp; to strum (musical instruments); to be heady (of wine). _— du pied_; to stamp with one’s foot. _Ce vin tape fort_, or _tape à la tête_; this wine is heady.

_en_ =tapinois=, _adv._, stealthily, clandestinely, slyly.

=tapioca= _or_ =tapioka=, _n.m._, tapioca.

_se_ =tapir=, _v.r._, to squat, to crouch, to cower, to lie hid.

=tapir=, _n.m._, (mam.) tapir.

=tapis=, _n.m._, carpet, rug; tapis, cover, cloth (for tables); ground. _Mettre sur le —_; to bring on the tapis; to bring forward; to bring under discussion. _— vert_; grass-plot; green cloth; gaming-table. _— de cheminée_; hearth-rug. _— de lit_; bedside carpet. _Amuser le —_; to beat about the bush; to talk the time away. _Être sur le —_; to be talked about, to be much discussed. _Faire — net_ or _nettoyer le —_; to sweep the stakes. _Eclairer le —_; to put down one’s stakes.

=tapisser=, _v.a._, to upholster, to carpet; to paper, to cover; to hang with tapestry; to deck, to adorn.

=tapisserie= (-pi-srî), _n.f._, tapestry, hangings; upholstery; fancy needlework; carpeting. _Faire —_; to be a wall-flower (at a ball). _Faire de la —_; to do fancy work.

=tapissier=, _n.m._, upholsterer, tapestry-worker.

=tapissière=, _n.f._, upholsteress, tapestry-worker; tilted cart, spring van.

=tapon=, _n.m._, (fam.) bundle (of clothes); (nav.) plug, stopper.

=tapoter=, _v.a._, to pat, to tap, to strum.

=tapure=, _n.f._, frizzling (of hair).

=taque=, _n.f._, cast-iron plate.

=taquer=, _v.a._, (print.) to plane, to plane down.

=taquet=, _n.m._, (nav.) whelp, pin (of the capstan); (nav.) kevel, cleat; (joiner’s work) angle-block.

=taquin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, tease, torment (pers.); teasing, of a teasing disposition.

=taquinement= (-ki-n-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) teasingly.

=taquiner=, _v.n._, to tease, to plague, to torment.

=taquinerie= (-ki-n-ri), _n.f._, teasing.

=taquoir=, _n.m._, (print.) planer.

=tarabuster=, _v.a._, to pester, to plague, to tease, to bother; to handle roughly.

=tarare=, _n.m._, (agri.) winnowing-machine.

=tarare!= _int._, pshaw! fiddlestick! _—-ponpon!_ (l.u.) brag!

=taraud=, _n.m._, (tech.) tap-borer, screw-tap.

=taraudage=, _n.m._, tapping (screws, nuts).

=tarauder=, _v.a._, (tech.) to tap (screws, nuts).

=tard=, _n.m._, _adj._ and _adv._, late; late hour. _Trop —_; too late. _Plus —_; later; afterwards; at some other time; later on; years, _or_ centuries, after; at a later period; in after life, in after years. _Au plus —_; at the latest. _Tôt ou —_; sooner or later. _Il est —_; it is late. _Il se fait —_; it is getting late. _Mieux vaut — que jamais_; better late than never.

=tarder=, _v.n._, to delay, to put off, to stay, to tarry; to loiter, to dally; to be long; (imper.) to long (to). _Il me tarde de le faire_; I long to do it. _Il ne tardera pas à venir_; it will soon be here. _Il me tarde de parler_; I am most anxious to speak.

=tardi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tardy, late, slow; backward. _Fruits —s_; late fruits.

=tardiflore=, _adj._, late blooming.

=tardigrade=, _adj._, tardigrade.

=tardivement= (-div-mān), _adv._, tardily, slowly.

=tardiveté= (-div-té), _n.f._, (hort.) lateness, backwardness.

=tare=, _n.f._, (com.) tare, waste; blemish, defect, fault, imperfection.

=taré=, =-e=, _adj._, injured, damaged, spoiled; of bad character; ill-famed, disreputable.

=tarentelle=, _n.f._, tarantella (an Italian dance).

=tarentule=, _n.f._, (ent.) tarantula.

=tarer=, _v.a._, to injure, to damage, to hurt; (com.) to tare.

_se_ =tarer=, _v.r._, to spoil, to deteriorate.

=taret=, _n.m._, teredo-worm, ship-worm.

=targe=, _n.f._, targe, target (shield).

=targette=, _n.f._, flat bolt, slide-bolt.

_se_ =targuer= (-ghé), _v.r._, to be proud of, to boast of, to brag of, to pride, to plume one’s self on.

=targum= (-gom), _n.m._, (_—_) targum.

=tari=, _n.m._, (_—_) tari (oriental drink).

=tarier=, _n.m._, (orni.) white bustard, whin-chat.

=tarière=, _n.f._, wimble, auger; borer; (ent.) terebra.

=tarif=, _n.m._, tariff, rate, scale of prices, price-list, list of charges.

=tarifer=, _v.a._, to tariff, to price, to rate.

=tarin=, _n.m._, (orni.) tarin.

=tarir=, _v.a._, to drain, to dry up, to exhaust.

_se_ =tarir=, _v.r._, to dry up, to be exhausted, to be drained; to cease, to stop, to end. _Ne pas se —_; (fig.) to talk incessantly, never to have done.

=tarir=, _v.n._, to be drained; to dry up.

=tarissable=, _adj._, drainable; exhaustible.

=tarissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, draining, exhausting, drying up.

=tarlatane=, _n.f._, tarlatan (muslin).

=taroté=, =-e=, _adj._, checkered, spotted (of cards).

=tarots= (-rô), _n.m.pl._, spotted cards.

=taroupe=, _n.f._, hair growing between the eye-brows.

=tarpéienne=, _adj.f._, Tarpeian, only used in _Roche —_; Tarpeian rock.

=tarse=, _n.m._, tarse, tarsus.

=tarsien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-è-n), _adj._, tarsal.

=tarsier=, _n.m._, (mam.) tarsier.

=tartan=, _n.m._, tartan, plaid.

=tartane=, _n.f._, (nav.) tartan (ship).

=tartare=, _n.m._, Tartar; (myth.) hell. _À la —_; (cook.) with cold mustard sauce.

=tartareu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tartareous.

=tartarin=, _n.m._, Barbary ape.

=tartarique=, _adj._, tartaric. _V._ =tartrique=.

=tartariser=, _v.a._, to tartarize.

=tarte=, _n.f._, (cook.) tart. _C’est sa — à la crème_; (fig.) it is his one and constant objection.

=tartelette=, _n.f._, tartlet.

=tartine=, _n.f._, slice of bread (with butter, preserves, etc.); (fig.) long, tedious speech _or_ newspaper article. _— de confitures_; slice of bread and jam.

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

=tartre=, _n.m._, (chem.) tartar.

=tartrique=, _adj._, (chem.) tartaric.

=tartufe=, _n.m._, hypocrite.

=tartuferie= (-tu-frî), _n.f._, hypocrisy.

=tartufier=, _v.n._, to play the hypocrite.

=tas=, _n.m._, heap, pile; lot, set (of persons); hand-anvil; (agri.) shock. _Mettre en —_; to put into a heap or heaps. _— de pierres_; heap of stones. _Un — de filous_; a set of sharpers. _Prendre au —_; to help one’s self to.

=tasse=, _n.f._, cup. _— à café_; coffee-cup. _— à thé_; tea-cup. _— de thé_; cup of tea. _Demi —_; small cup (of coffee).

=tasseau=, _n.m._, (arch.) hammer-beam, tassel.

=tassée=, _n.f._, cupful.

=tassement= (tâs-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) settling, sinking, subsiding, subsidence.

=tasser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to pile up; to cram, to beat down; to compress.

_se_ =tasser=, _v.r._, (arch.) to sink, to settle, to subside; (of plants) to grow thick; (of persons) to draw _or_ press closer, to crowd together.

=tasser=, _v.n._, (arch.) to settle; to sink; (hort.) to grow thick.

=tassette=, _n.m._, tasses, tassets (of armor).

=tâte-poule=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pop.) molly-coddle, molly.

=tâter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to feel; to try, to taste; to sound. _— le pouls_; to feel the pulse. _— le courage de quelqu’un_; to put any one’s courage to the test _or_ proof. _— quelqu’un sur une affaire_; to sound any one respecting anything. _— de quelque chose_; to taste anything.

_se_ =tâter=, _v.r._, to examine one’s self, to feel one’s self.

=tâteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, feeler, taster, irresolute person.

=tâte-vin=, _n.m._, (_—_) wine taster (instrument).

*=tatillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, meddler, busy-body.

*=tatillonnage=, _n.m._, meddling, intermeddling.

*=tatillonner=, _v.n._, to meddle, to intermeddle.

=tâtonnement= (-to-n-mān), _n.m._, feeling one’s way, groping. _Méthode de —_; tentative method.

=tâtonner=, _v.n._, to feel one’s way, to grope.

=tâtonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, groper, fumbler; waverer; irresolute person.

_à_ =tâtons=, _adv._, feeling one’s way, groping; gropingly. _Marcher_, or _aller_, _à —_; to grope about, to feel one’s way. _Chercher à —_, or _chercher en tâtonnant_; to grope for.

=tatou=, _n.m._, (mam.) armadillo, dasypus.

=tatouage=, _n.m._, tattooing.

=tatouer=, _v.a._, to tattoo.

=tattersall=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) tattersall.

=taude=, _n.f._, (nav.) awning.

=taudion=, _n.m._, (pop.). _V._ =taudis=.

=taudis=, _n.m._, hole, hovel.

=taupe=, _n.f._, (mam.) mole; (vet.) ☉poll-evil; (med.) ☉wen, _V._ =loupe=; (pers.) cunning fox, intriguing person.

*=taupe-grillon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) mole-cricket.

=taupier=, _n.m._, mole-catcher.

=taupière=, _n.m._, mole-trap.

=taupin=, _n.m._, click-beetle. _Franc —_; (obsol.) militiaman.

=taupinière=, _n.f._, mole-hill; hillock, knoll.

=taure=, _n.f._, yearling, heifer.

=tauréador=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =toréador=.

=taureau=, _n.m._, bull; (astron.) Taurus. _— sauvage_; wild bull. _Un combat de —x_; a bull-fight.

=tauricorne=, _adj._, tauricornous.

=tautochrone= (-krô-n), _adj._, tautochronous.

=tautochronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, tautochronism.

=tautogramme=, _n.m._, tautogram (a poem every word of which begins with the same letter).

=tautologie=, _n.f._, tautology.

=tautologique=, _adj._, tautological.

=taux=, _n.m._, price, rate, rate of interest; assessment.

=tavaïolle=, _n.f._, chrisom-cloth; antimacassar.

=taveler= (ta-vlé), _v.a._, to spot, to speckle.

=tavelle=, _n.f._, crown-lace.

=tavelure= (ta-vlur), _n.f._, spots, speckles.

=taverne=, _n.f._, tavern, pot-house, public-house; beer-shop.

=taverni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, tavern-keeper, publican.

=taxateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) taxer, assessor; taxing-master.

=taxation=, _n.f._, taxation; fixing of prices.

=taxe=, _n.f._, assize, price, price fixed; tax, assessment, impost, toll.

=taxer=, _v.a._, to rate, to fix the price of; to assess; to tax, to lay a tax upon; to charge (with), to accuse (of); to term. _On le taxa d’avarice_; they taxed him with, _or_ accused him of, avarice.

_se_ =taxer=, _v.r._, to tax one’s self.

=taxiarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) taxiarch.

=taxidermie=, _n.f._, taxidermy.

=taxis=, _n.f._, (surg.) taxis.

=tayaut=, _n.m._, (hunt.). _V._ =taïaut=.

=tchèque=, _n.m._, (phil.) Czech (language).

=té=, _n.m._, (fort.) mines having the shape of a ⊤, to blow up an enemy’s fortification; anything in the shape of a ⊤.

=te=, _pron._, thee, to thee, you, to you.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _adj._, technical.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _n.f._, technics.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _n.m._, (arts) execution, make, style, technique.

=techniquement= (tèk-nik-mān), _adv._, technically.

=technologie= (tèk-no-), _n.f._, technology.

=technologique= (tèk-no-), _adj._, technological.

=teck= _or_ =tek=, _n.m._, (bot.) teak, teak-wood.

=tectrices=, _n.f.pl._, coverts (of feathers of birds).

=te deum= (té-dé-om), _n.m._, (_—_) Te Deum.

=tégument=, _n.m._, tegument; (anat.) integument.

*=teignasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =tignasse=.

*=teigne=, _n.f._, (med.) ringworm of the scalp, trichonosis tonsurans, tinea capitis; (ent.) corn-moth (in wheat); (vet.) thrush.

*=teigneu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, scurvy; scurvy, dirty person.

*=teillage=, _n.m._ _V._ =tillage=.

*=teille=, _n.f._ _V._ =tille=.

*=teiller=, _v.a._ _V._ =tiller=.

*=teilleur=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (agri.). _V._ =tilleur=.

=teindre= (*teignant, teint), _v.a._, to dye, to tinge, to stain, to color.

=teint=, _n.m._, (dy.) dye, color; tincture; complexion. _Grand —_, _— solide_; fast dye; fast color.

=teinte=, _n.f._, (paint.) tint, tinge; tincture; shade, hue; dye (fig.) smack, touch. _Demi-—_; (_—s-—s_) mezzotinto.

=teinter=, _v.a._, (paint.) to tint, to tinge, to tone.

=teinture=, _n.f._, dye, dyeing; (pharm.) tincture; (fig.) superficial knowledge, smattering.

=teinturerie= (-tur-rî), _n.f._, dye-shop; dye-works.

=teinturi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dyer.

=tel=, =-le=, _adj._, such, like; similar; such an one. _— maître, — valet_; like master, like man. _Telle vie, telle fin_; men die as they live. _M. un —_; Mr. so and so. _J’irai dans —le ville à —le époque_; I shall go to such a town at such a time. _— quel_; such as it is, just as it was, indifferent, so so. _Ce sont des gens —s quels_; they are no great shakes. _— est pris qui croyait prendre_; it is a case of the biter bit.

=télamons=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) telamones.

=télégramme=, _n.m._, telegram.

=télégraphe=, _n.m._, telegraph. _Faire jouer le —_; to telegraph.

=télégraphie=, _n.f._, telegraphy.

=télégraphier=, _v.a._, to telegraph.

=télégraphique=, _adj._, telegraphic.

=télescope=, _n.m._, telescope.

=télescopique=, _adj._, telescopic.

=tellement= (tèl-mān), _adv._, so, in such a manner; so much; so far, in such sort. _— que_; so that, so much so that. _— quellement_; indifferently, so-so.

=tellière=, _n.f._, foolscap paper.

=tellure=, _n.m._, (chem.) tellurium.

=tellurique=, _adj._, (chem.) telluric.

=téméraire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rash, reckless person; rash, foolhardy, reckless. _Un coup —_; a rash enterprise.

=témérairement= (-rèr-mān), _adv._, rashly, foolhardily, recklessly.

=témérité=, _n.f._, temerity, rashness, foolhardiness, recklessness.

*=témoignage=, _n.m._, testimony, evidence; testimonial; witness; (fig.) token, mark, proof. _Rendre — à la vérité de_; to bear witness, _or_ to testify, to the truth of. _Appeler en —_; to call to witness. _Faux —_; false swearing, perjury. _En — de quoi_; in witness whereof.

*=témoigner=, _v.a._, to testify; to show, to prove, to express, to convey; to indicate, to mark. _— du chagrin_; to show sorrow.

*=témoigner=, _v.n._, to testify, to witness, to bear witness, to give evidence.

=témoin=, _n.m._, witness, evidence; testimony; proof; mark; second (in duels). _— auriculaire_; ear-witness. _— à charge_; witness for the prosecution. _— à décharge_; witness for the defense. _— oculaire_; eye-witness. _Prendre à —_; to call to witness.

=tempe=, _n.f._, (anat.) temple.

=tempérament=, _n.m._, constitution, temperament; temper; medium, middle-course, compromise; (com.) tally-trade. _Un — ruiné_; a broken constitution.

=tempérance=, _n.f._, temperance, sobriety.

=tempérant=, =-e=, _adj._, temperate, sober; (med.) sedative.

=tempérant=, _n.m._, temperate man; (med.) sedative.

=température=, _n.f._, temperature.

=tempéré=, _n.m._, temperate; (rhet.) unadorned style.

=tempéré=, =-e=, _adj._, temperate, mild; mixed, limited (governments); (rhet.) tempered, unadorned.

=tempérer=, _v.a._, to temper, to allay, to mollify, to soothe, to assuage, to moderate, to regulate; to contain, to check.

_se_ =tempérer=, _v.r._, to become tempered; to become temperate _or_ mild (of the weather).

=tempête=, _n.f._, tempest, storm, gale.

=tempêter=, _v.n._, to storm, to bluster, to fume.

=tempêtueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tempestuous, boisterous, stormy.

=temple=, _n.m._, temple.

=templier=, _n.m._, templar, knight-templar.

=temporaire=, _adj._, temporary.

=temporairement=, _adv._, temporarily, for the time being.

=temporal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) temporal.

☉=temporalité=, _n.f._, temporality.

=temporel=, =-le=, _adj._, temporal.

=temporel=, _n.m._, (ecc.) temporalities; (pol.) temporal power.

=temporellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, temporally.

=temporisat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, procrastinator, temporizer; procrastinating, temporizing.

=temporisation=, _n.f._, temporizing, procrastination.

=temporiser=, _v.n._, to temporize, to delay, to procrastinate.

=temporiseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =temporisateur=.

=temps= (tān), _n.m._, time, while, period, term; leisure; season; weather; (gram.) tense; (mus.) time-stroke. _Passer son — à étudier_; to spend one’s time in study. _Il a fait son —_; he has had his day, he has served his time. _Du — d’Auguste_; in the time of Augustus. _— moyen_; mean time. _Dans le —_; formerly, of yore. _Avec le —_; in time, in course of time. _Grand —_; high time. _En un rien de —_ or _en deux — et trois mouvements_; in a trice, in a jiffy. _En même —_; at the same time. _À —_; in time. _De — en —_; from time to time, now and then. _De tout —_; at all times. _À quelque — de là_; some time after. _S’accommoder au —_; to comply with the times. _Le — perdu ne se retrouve point_; lost time is never found again. _Réparer le — perdu_; to make up for lost time. _Se donner du bon —_; to take it easy; to enjoy one’s self. _Prendre le — comme il vient_; to take things easily. _Du — que Berthe filait_; when Adam delved and Eve spun _or_ when the world was young. _Par le — qui court_; nowadays, as times go. _Autres — autres mœurs_; manners change with the times. _En — et lieu_; in proper time and place. _Prendre bien son —_; to choose one’s time well. _Quel — fait-il?_ what sort of weather is it? _Il fait beau —_; it is fine weather. _Gros —_; (nav.) stormy weather. _Mauvais —_; bad weather. _— fait_; settled weather. _Par le — qu’il fait_; in such weather (_i.e._ as we are having).

=tenable=, _adj._, tenable; habitable.

=tenace=, _adj._, tenacious, adhesive, sticky; niggardly, stingy; retentive (of the memory).

=ténacité=, _n.f._, tenacity, tenaciousness, adhesiveness; retentiveness (of the memory); stinginess.

*=tenaille=, _n.f._, (fort.) tenaille. _pl._, pincers, nippers, pinchers, tongs.

*=tenailler=, _v.a._, to tear off, to hold tight, to squeeze; (fig.) to torture, to torment.

*=tenaillon=, _n.m._, (fort.) tenaillon.

=tenance=, _n.f._, (feudalism) tenancy.

=tenanci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (feudalism) holder, occupier. _Franc —_; freeholder.

=tenant=, _n.m._, (at a tournament) challenger, champion; supporter; defender. _Les —s et aboutissants_; the adjacent lands, houses, etc.; (fig.) details, particulars, circumstances.

=tenant=, =-e=, _adj._, holding, having something of, seldom used but in the expression, _Séance —e_; before the meeting separates, during the sitting; there and then.

=ténare=, _n.m._, (poet.) Tænarus, hell.

=tendance=, _n.f._, tendency, leaning, inclination.

=tendant=, =-e=, _adj._, tending, aiming at.

=tendelet= (tan-dlè), _n.m._, (nav.) awning, canopy; (arch.) tilt.

=tender= (tin-dèr), _n.m._, (rail.) tender.

=tendeu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, stretcher, hanger (of tapestry); spreader, layer, setter (of snares); coupling-iron.

=tendineu-x=, _-se_, _adj._, tendinous.

=tendon=, _n.m._, (anat.) tendon, sinew.

=tendre=, _adj._, tender, soft; delicate, sensitive, affecting, moving, fond, affectionate, loving; early, young, new (of bread). _Du pain —_; new bread. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be tender-hearted. _Un métal —_; a soft metal. _Couleur —_; delicate color.

=tendre=, _n.m._, (fam.) tenderness, affection, liking, inclination; love. _Le pays de —_; Love.

=tendre=, _v.a._, to bend, to stretch, to spread, to lay; to strain; to set; to hold out; to pitch (tents); to hang (tapestry). _— un arc_; to bend a bow. _— une souricière_; to set a mouse-trap. _— un lit_; to put up a bed. _Il me tendit la main_; he stretched out his hand to me. _— la joue_; to hold out the cheek. _— les bras à quelqu’un_; to hold out one’s arms to any one. _— une tente_; to pitch a tent. _— la perche à_; to help, to lend a helping hand to. _Il vaut mieux — la main que le cou_; it is better to beg than to steal. _L’arc toujours tendu se gâte_; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

=tendre=, _v.n._, to lead to; to tend; to conduce; to hang tapestry, etc. _Où tend ce chemin?_ where does that road lead to?

=tendrement=, _adv._, tenderly, dearly, affectionately.

=tendresse=, _n.f._, tenderness, love, fondness. _pl._, tender caresses.

=tendret=, =-te=, _adj._, rather tender.

=tendreté=, _n.f._, (l.u.) tenderness (of fruit, etc.).

=tendron=, _n.m._, shoot, tendril (of plants); gristle; (fam.) young lass.

=tendu=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, bent; tight, stiff; strained. _Style —_; stiff, affected, far-fetched, unnatural style. _Situation —_; a strained _or_ delicate situation.

=ténèbres=, _n.f.pl._, darkness, night, gloom. _Les — de l’ignorance_; the night of ignorance.

=ténébreusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, darkly, gloomily; secretly.

=ténébreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dark, gloomy, obscure, overcast, melancholy; underhand.

=tènement= (tè-n-mān), _n.m._, (feudalism) tenement; block of houses.

=ténesme=, _n.m._, (med.) tenesmus.

=tenettes=, _n.f.pl._, (surg.) lithotomy forceps, extractor.

=teneur=, _n.f._, tenor, terms, text; purport; contents. _Je n’en comprends pas la —_; I don’t understand the purport of it.

=teneur de livres=, _n.m._, book-keeper.

=tenez!= _int._ _V._ =tiens=.

=ténia=, _n.m._, tænia, tape-worm.

=tenir= (tenant, tenu), _v.a._, to hold, to have hold of, to have; to contain; to possess; to believe, to regard, to maintain, to be possessed of, to occupy; to take up, to keep; to perform; to account, to look upon, to consider, to think, to detain. _Vous tenez trop de place_; you take up too much room. _— maison_; to keep house. _— boutique_; to keep a shop. _— le lit_; to keep one’s bed. _— le large_; (nav.) to go out into the open. _— la mer_; (nav.) to be seaworthy. _— la campagne_; (milit.) to have taken, _or_ to hold, the field. _— la tête droite_; to hold up one’s head. _— les yeux baissés_; to keep one’s eyes down. _Cela m’a tenu plus que je ne pensais_; that detained me longer than I thought. _Je tiens cela de bonne source_; I have it on the best authority. _Je le tiens pour honnête homme_; I look upon him as an honest man. _Voilà la conduite qu’il tient_; such is the way in which he behaves. _— sa parole_; to keep one’s word. _Cessez de — ce langage_; cease to hold this language, cease to speak in such a manner. _— table ouverte_; to keep open house (com.). _— les livres en partie double_; to keep books by double entry. _— la caisse_; to be a cashier, to have charge of the cash. _— registre de quelque chose_; to keep an account of anything. _Je tiendrai compte de cela_; I shall take that into consideration. _— quelqu’un à distance_; to hold any one at a distance. _— quelque chose dans la main_; to hold anything in the hollow of one’s hand. _Faire — des lettres à quelqu’un_; to forward, _or_ send, letters to any one. _— lieu de_; to be instead of, to stand in the place of. _Il m’a tenu lieu de père_; he has been like a father to me. _— le loup par les oreilles_; to be in a critical situation. _— son homme_; to have one’s man. _— quelqu’un à quatre_; to hold any one down by force.

_se_ =tenir=, _v.r._, to hold, to hold on, to hold fast, to hold each other; to abide by; to cling, to adhere, to stick; to keep, to stay; to keep one’s self; to be; to stand, to lie; to remain; to be held; to sit; to think one’s self, to consider one’s self; to contain one’s self, to refrain. _Je m’y tiens_; I stand (at cards). _S’en tenir à_; to rely on, to adhere to, to rest content, to stick to. _Je m’en tiens à votre avis_; I stick to your advice. _Se — mal à cheval_; not to sit well on horseback. _Tenez-vous en là_; go no further in the matter; remain content. _Se — en embuscade_; to lie in ambush. _Se — sur ses gardes_; to stand upon one’s guard. _Se le — pour dit_; to take it for granted; not to forget it. _Tenez-vous en repos_; be, _or_ keep, quiet. _Se — à ne rien faire_; to stand doing nothing. _Se — les bras croisés_; to sit with one’s arms crossed. _Se — à genoux_; to be, to remain, upon one’s knees. _Se — debout_; to stand up. _Se — droit_; to stand upright. _Je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas rire_; it was almost more than I could do not to laugh. _Ne pas savoir à quoi s’en tenir_; not to know what to believe. _Savoir à quoi s’en —_; to know how it is, how matters stand, _or_ what to do.

=tenir=, _v.n._, to hold, to hold fast; to be contiguous; to hang; to adhere, to stick; to be held (of fairs, markets, assemblies); to take after; to be of the nature; to keep together, to remain; to withstand, to resist; (milit.) to hold out; to subsist; to be connected with; to be desirous; to proceed, to result. _— bon_; to hold out, to stick fast. _Il tient à le faire_; he is anxious to do it. _Il ne tient pas à moi qu’elle ne vienne pas_; it is not my fault that she does not come. _Qu’à cela ne tienne_; never mind, let not that be an objection. _Il n’y a pas d’amitié qui tienne_; friendship has nothing to do with the question. _La vie ne tient qu’à un fil_; life only hangs on a thread. _S’il ne tient qu’à cela_; if that is all. _À quoi tient-il que?_ how is it that? _À quoi cela tient-il?_ what is it owing to? _Il tient de son père_; he takes after his father. _Ce clou ne tient pas_; this nail does not hold. _Je n’y tiens plus_; I cannot stand it any longer. _Je n’y tiens pas_; I am not particular about it. _En —_; to be smitten. _Il ne tient qu’à vous de_; it only depends on you to, _or_ only rests with you to. _Tiens! c’est vous_; hullo! well, I never! is that you? _Tiens! tiens!_ indeed, you don’t say so. _Il vaut mieux — que courir_ or _un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras_; (prov.) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. _Cela lui tient au cœur_; he thinks of nothing else. _— comme teigne_; (pop.) to stick like wax.

=tenon=, _n.m._, tenon; bolt (of fire-arms); nut (of an anchor).

=ténor=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) tenor.

=ténotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) tenotomy.

=tensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tense.

=tension=, _n.f._, tension, intenseness. _— d’esprit_; intense application of mind.

=tenson=, _n.f._, (ancient poet.) tenson (love-plaint).

=tentacule=, _n.m._, (ent.) tentacle, feeler.

=tentant=, =-e=, _adj._, tempting.

=tentat-eur=, _n.m._, _adj._, =-rice=, _n.f._, tempter, temptress, tempting.

=tentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tentative.

=tentation=, _n.f._, temptation.

=tentative=, _n.f._, attempt, trial, endeavor.

=tente=, _n.f._, tent, pavilion, (nav.) awning. _Dresser une —_; to pitch a tent.

=tenté=, _adj._, tempted, disposed, inclined.

=tenter=, _v.a._, to attempt, to try, to tempt.

_se_ =tenter=, _v.r._, to be attempted _or_ tried.

=tenture=, _n.f._, tapestry, hangings.