Heath's French and English dictionary (part 8 of 19)

Heath's French and English dictionary (part 8 of 19)

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

=relâchant=, =-e=, adj., loosening, opening, laxative, relaxing.

=relâchant=, n.m., opening medicine, laxative.

=relâche=, n.m., intermission, remission; discontinuance; rest, respite; relaxation; (thea.) no performance. Il y a — au théâtre ce soir; there is no performance at the theater this evening. —! closed (of theaters). Sans —; without intermission.

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

=relâché=, =-e=, adj., loose, remiss, lax, relaxed. Morale —e; loose doctrine.

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

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

se =relâcher=, v.r., to grow slack or loose; to slacken, to abate, to give way, to relax, to unbend; to fall off; to flag; to get milder (of the weather). Se — l’esprit; to unbend one’s mind, to take relaxation.

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

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

=relaissé=, adj.m., (hunt.) resting (of hares).

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

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

=relaps=, =-e= (rĕ-laps), n. and adj., relapser; relapsed; relapsed into heresy.

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

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

=relater=, v.a., (jur.) to relate, to state.

=relateur=, n.m., (l.u.) relater, narrator.

=relati-f=, =-ve=, adj., relative, relating.

=relatif=, n.m., (gram.) relative.

=relation=, n.f., relation, reference; respect, account, recital; statement; connection. pl., relations, connections, intercourse; communication, correspondence. Être en —s avec quelqu’un; to be connected with any one, to be in correspondence with any one. — exacte; exact account.

=relationnaire=, n.m., narrator, relater.

=relativement= (-tiv-mān), adv., relatively, comparatively.

=relativité=, n.f., relativeness.

=relatter=, v.a., to lath anew.

=relaver=, v.a., to wash again.

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

=relaxé=, adj., relaxed, slackened, released.

=relaxer=, v.a., to relax; to enlarge; to release.

=relayer=, v.a., to take the place of, or to relieve, any one.

se =relayer=, v.r., to relieve one another; to take it in turns.

=relayer=, v.n., to take fresh horses, to change horses.

=relayeur=, n.m., job post-master.

=relécher=, v.a., to lick again.

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

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

se =reléguer=, v.r., to shut one’s self up, to seclude one’s self.

=relent=, n.m., mustiness, moldiness. Sentir le —; to smell moldy.

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

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

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

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

=relevé=, =-e= (rĕl-vé), adj., raised; erect; high, exalted, lofty, refined. Une condition —e; a high rank. Pensée —e; noble thought. D’un ton —; in a refined tone. De la viande d’un goût —; high-seasoned meat.

=relevée= (rĕl-vé), n.f., (jur.) afternoon. De —; in the afternoon.

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

=relever= (rĕl-vé), v.a., to raise again, to lift up again; to tuck up; to restore; to raise; to curl up, to twirl up; to heighten, to relieve, to set off; to cry up, to extol; to notice, to remark; to take up; to give a relish to; to liberate, to free; to retort; to criticize; (nav.) to take the bearings of. — des fortifications; to restore fortifications. — un fossé; to raise up the banks of a ditch. — le courage de quelqu’un; to raise any one’s courage. Relevez votre robe; tuck up your gown. — les bords d’un chapeau; to turn up the rim of a hat. — un mot; to criticize a word. — la tête; to raise one’s head again. La parure relève la bonne mine; dress sets off a handsome face. — une action; to extol an action. — quelqu’un; to raise any one. Se faire — de ses vœux; to get one’s vows annulled. — la garde; to relieve guard. — une sentinelle; to relieve a sentry. — un vaisseau; to get a ship afloat again. — l’ancre; to shift the position of the anchor. — une côte; to take the bearings of a coast; to survey a coast. — le quart; (nav.) to set the watch.

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

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

=releveur=, n.m. and adj., (anat.) levator; elevator.

=reliage=, n.m., hooping (of casks).

=relief=, n.m., relief, relievo, embossment; embossing; set-off. Bas-—, (—-—s) bas-relief, bass-relief, basso-relievo, low-relief. Haut, plein —, — entier; high-relief, alto-relievo. Demi-—, (—-—) demi-relievo. Ouvrage de —; work in relief. Donner du —; to set off; to give relief; to make conspicuous; to give importance to.

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

=reliement=, n.m., union, joining, junction; connecting, connection.

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

=relieur=, n.m., binder, bookbinder.

=religieuse=, n.f., nun.

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

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

=religieux=, n.m., friar, monk, brother.

=religion=, n.f., religion, creed; religious worship; piety, godliness, faith; (fig.) scruple, conscientiousness, conscience. Se faire une — d’une chose; to make a thing a matter of conscience or of duty. — réformée; protestant religion. Entrer en —; to become a monk, a nun. Mourir en —; to die in the Lord, or to die a Christian.

=religionnaire=, n.m., Protestant.

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

=relimage=, n.m., filing again.

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

=reliquaire=, n.m., reliquary; shrine.

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

=reliquataire=, n.m., debtor owing a balance; debtor.

=relique=, n.f., relic. Les —s d’un saint; the shrine of a saint. Je n’ai pas grand’foi à ses —s; I have not much confidence in him.

=relire=, v.a., to read over again.

=reliure=, n.f., binding (of books).

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

=reloger=, v.a. and n., to lodge again, to dwell again.

=relouer=, v.a., to let again; to underlet; to rent again.

=reluire=, v.n., to shine, to glitter, to glisten. Tout ce qui reluit n’est pas or; all is not gold that glitters.

=reluisant=, =-e=, adj., bright, shining, glittering.

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

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

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

=remaçonner=, v.a., to repair (mas.). Se —; to be repaired.

*=rémailler=, v.a., to enamel again.

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

=remander=, v.a., to send word again.

=remaniement= or =remanîment=, n.m., handling again; touching again; (print.) overrunning; doing over again, repairing, altering, changing.

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

=remarchander=, v.a., to haggle again.

=remarcher=, v.n., to walk or go again; to march again.

=remarier=, v.a., to marry again.

se =remarier=, v.r., to marry a second time; to be married again.

=remarquable=, adj., remarkable, conspicuous.

=remarquablement=, adv., remarkably, conspicuously.

=remarque=, n.f., remark, observation, notice. Digne de —; worthy of notice, noteworthy.

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

se =remarquer=, v.r., to be remarked, noticed.

=remasquer=, v.a., to mask again.

se =remasquer=, v.r., to put on one’s mask again.

=remballage=, n.m., re-packing.

=remballer=, v.a., to pack up again.

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

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

se =rembarquer=, v.r., to re-embark; to go on board again; to engage again (in anything).

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

=remblai=, n.m., filling up; embanking; rubbish.

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

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

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

=rembourrage= or =rembourrement= (ran-boor-), n.m., stuffing, padding.

=rembourrer=, v.a., to stuff (with flock or hair); to stuff out, to pad.

se =rembourrer=, v.r., (pop.) to stuff up (to eat gluttonously).

=remboursable=, adj., repayable, reimbursable; (fin.) redeemable.

=remboursement=, n.m., reimbursement, repayment. Contre —; on payment, on cash remittance. Faire suivre en —; to require payment on delivery, to charge forward.

=rembourser=, v.a., to reimburse, to repay, to refund.

se =rembourser=, v.r., to reimburse one’s self, to repay one’s self.

=rembraser=, v.a., to kindle again.

=rembrasser=, v.a., to embrace again.

=rembruni=, =-e=, adj., brown, dark, gloomy, dull, cloudy. Un air —; a gloomy look. Teint —; dark complexion.

=rembrunir=, v.a., to make dark or darker, to darken; to cloud; to sadden.

se =rembrunir=, v.r., to get, or grow, darker; to become cloudy, gloomy; to become sad, melancholy. Son front se rembrunit; his brow grew darker.

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

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

se =rembucher=, v.r., (hunt.) to return to covert.

=remède=, n.m., remedy; medicine, cure; (med.) clyster. Sans —; without remedy, past recovery. Susceptible de —; remediable, not by any means hopeless. Être dans les —s; to take remedies. Se mettre dans les —s; to take remedies, physic. Apporter du — à; to remedy, to stop. Un — à tous maux; a plaster for all sores. Le grand —; the grand remedy, mercury. A chose faite point de —; what is done cannot be undone. C’est un vrai — d’amour que cette femme! that woman is a horrid old fright.

=remédiable=, adj., remediable.

=remédier=, v.n., to remedy, to cure, to stop. — à un mal; to remedy an evil. On ne saurait y —; that can’t be helped.

=remêler=, v.a., to mix again; to shuffle again.

=remémora-teur=, =-trice=, adj., reminding.

=remémorati-f=, =-ve=, adj., commemorative; reminding.

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

☉se =remémorer=, v.r., to recollect.

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

=remerciement= or =remercîment=, n.m., thanks. Faire des —s; to return thanks.

=remercier=, v.a., to thank, to give or return thanks; to decline; not to accept; to discharge. Je vous remercie; I thank you.

=réméré=, n.m., (jur.) redemption, repurchase. Faculté de —; power of redemption. Vente à —; sale with power of redemption.

=remesurer=, v.a., to measure again.

=remetteu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f., remitter, remittor.

=remettre=, v.a., to put again, to put on again, to wear again; to put back, to put back again, to set again; to lay again; to set (a bone); to restore, to reinstate; to recover, to make well; to reassure; to remove; to deliver, to give up; to return, to deliver up, to hand over; to put off, to delay; to remit, to forgive, to pardon; to leave one the care of; to intrust; to remember, to recognize. — à la voile; to set sail again. — l’épée dans le fourreau; to put up one’s sword. — une armée sur pied; to raise new forces. — dans l’esprit; to remind. — quelqu’un; to recollect any one, to know any one again. Je vous remets; I recollect your face. — en bon ordre; to restore to order. — en bonne intelligence; to reconcile, to reunite. Le voilà tout à fait remis; he is quite recovered. — l’esprit; to soothe the mind (of). — une lettre à son adresse; to deliver a letter (to its address). Faire —; to have something, or to cause something to be, delivered, conveyed, or handed over; to send, to forward. — de l’argent; to remit money. — d’un jour à l’autre; to put off from day to day. — une chose à la décision de quelqu’un; to refer a matter to any one. — en question; to unsettle, to call in question again.

se =remettre=, v.r., to apply one’s self again; to resume; to set one’s self again; to call to mind; to recover from, to grow well again; to recover, or to compose, one’s self; (hunt.) to light (of birds); to resign one’s self; to refer, to rely. Se — à table; to sit down again to table. Remettez-vous; compose yourself. Se — une chose; to recollect a thing. S’en — à; to refer to; to trust to. S’en — à quelqu’un; to refer a thing to any one, to leave, to intrust (to). Se — au beau; (of the weather) to mend, to become fine again. Se — en route; to resume one’s journey.

=remeubler=, v.a., to refurnish.

=réminiscence=, n.f., reminiscence.

=rémipède=, n.m., (zoöl.) remiped.

=remis=, =-e=, part., put back, put off; drawn (of a game); (of weather) settled, fine again. Partie —e; drawn game. Ce n’est que partie —e; it is only a pleasure deferred.

=remisage=, n.m., housing; coach-house, shed.

=remise=, n.f., giving up; delivery; delay; deferring; remittance; reduction, abatement; commission, allowance; coach-house, mews; (hunt.) cover (for game); place of lighting (of partridges). Il use toujours de —; he is always putting off. La — d’une audience; the putting off of a hearing. Faire une —; to make a remittance, to remit. Faire — de; to forgive, to remit. Il est sous la —; he is on the shelf. Sous la —; in the coach-house.

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

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

=rémissible=, adj., remissible, pardonable, excusable.

=rémission=, n.f., remission, mercy, forgiveness, pardon.

=rémissionnaire=, n.m., pardoned criminal.

=rémittent=, =-e=, adj., (med.) remitting.

=remmaillage=, n.m., re-stitching, mending.

=remmailler=, v.a., to re-stitch, to mend, to remake the meshes of. V. =remailler=.

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

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

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

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

=rémolade= or =remolade=, n.f. V. =rémoulade=.

=remole=, n.f. V. =remous=.

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

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

=remonter=, v.n., to reascend; to go up again; to go back, to trace back; to date (from) (with reference to time); to rise, to rise again; to remount. — à cheval; to get on horseback again. — sur sa bête; to recover one’s losses. — à la source, à l’origine d’une chose; to trace a thing back to its origin.

=remonter=, v.a., to reascend; to go up again; to put together again; to remount (cavalry); to rise (of public securities); to fit up; to stock; to go up; to wind up (a watch, a clock); to new-string (of instruments). — une rivière, un fleuve; to ascend a river. — une montre; to wind up a watch. — des bottes; to new-front, or to vamp, boots. — un fusil; to new-stock a gun. — le moral à quelqu’un; to revive the spirits of any one. — un magasin; to stock a warehouse anew.

se =remonter=, v.r., to stock one’s self again; to wind up (watches); (fig.) to recover one’s strength, health, or spirits.

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

=remontrance=, n.f., remonstrance.

=remontrant=, n.m., remonstrant.

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

se =remontrer=, v.r., to show one’s self again.

=rémora=, n.m., (—s) (ich.) remora; suck-fish; (fig.) hindrance, impediment, obstacle.

=remordre=, v.a. and n., to bite again anything or anybody; to attack again; to try again; (fig., of conscience) to torment, to rack.

=remords= (re-mor), n.m., remorse, compunction. Avoir des —s; to feel remorse. Sans —; remorseless. Etouffer ses —; to stifle remorse.

=rémore=, n.f. V. =rémora=.

=remorquage=, n.m., (nav.) towing.

=remorque=, n.f., towing (a ship). Prendre a la —; to take in tow. Se mettre à la —; to get into tow. Câble de —; tow-line. À la — de; in tow of; (fig.) under the influence, or leadership, of; in the train, or wake, of.

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

=remorqueur=, n.m., tug, towing-vessel.

=remorqueuse=, n.f., (railways) pilot-engine.

à =rémotis= (-tiss), adv., (l.u.) aside, by. Mettre à —; to put by.

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

se =remoucher=, v.r., to blow one’s nose again.

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

=rémoudre=, v.a., to sharpen, or to whet, again.

*=remouiller=, v.a., to wet again.

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

=rémouleur=, n.m., grinder, knife-grinder.

=remous=, n.m., eddy, dead-water, back-water.

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

*=rempailler=, v.a., to rebottom or new-bottom (a chair).

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

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

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

=remparer=, v.a., to fortify, to bulwark; to intrench; to cover.

se =remparer=, v.r., to fortify one’s self (by ramparts); to take possession again.

=rempart=, n.m., rampart, bulwark.

=remplaçable=, adj., replaceable.

=remplaçant=, n.m., substitute.

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

=remplacer=, v.a., to replace, to take the place of; to serve as a substitute; to reinvest. Vous le remplacerez pendant son absence; you will fill his place during his absence. Se faire —; to get a substitute.

se =remplacer=, v.r., to be replaced; to get a fresh supply of anything.

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

=rempli=, n.m., tuck, fold, turning in.

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

=remplier=, v.a., to make a tuck, to turn in.

=remplir=, v.a., to fill again; to fill, to fill up; to cram, to stuff; to take up, to occupy; to supply, to furnish; to keep, to hold; to fulfill, to discharge; to perform; to answer, to come up to; to pay back. Il remplit bien son temps; he employs his time well. — un poste; to hold a post. — ses engagements; to fulfill one’s engagements. — une tâche; to perform a task. — l’attente de quelqu’un; to answer any one’s expectation.

se =remplir=, v.r., to fill one’s self; to cram, or stuff, one’s self; to fill, to become full.

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

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

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

=remployer=, v.a., to use again, to re-invest.

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

se =remplumer=, v.r., to get new feathers; to retrieve one’s losses; to get stout again; to pick up again.

=rempocher=, v.a., to pocket again.

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

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

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

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

=remporter=, v.a., to carry, or take, back; to carry away or off, to take away or off; to get, to obtain; to bear off; to win. — un prix; to carry off a prize. — la victoire; to win the victory.

=rempotage=, n.m., (gard.) re-potting.

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

=remprisonnement=, n.m., reimprisonment.

=remprisonner=, v.a., to reimprison.

=remprunter=, v.a., to borrow again.

=remuable=, adj., movable.

=remuage=, n.m., moving, stirring.

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

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

=remuement= or =remûment=, n.m., stirring; moving, commotion, disturbance.

=remue-queue=, n.m., (—). V. =hochequeue=.

=remuer=, v.a., to move, to stir; to rouse; to turn up; to disturb, to handle; to affect, to shake, to wag; to shuffle (of dominoes); to change the linen (of a baby). — la tête; to shake one’s head. — des meubles; to rummage, or move, furniture. — la queue; to wag its tail (of a dog). — ciel et terre; to leave no stone unturned, to move heaven and earth.

se =remuer=, v.r., to stir, to move; to bestir one’s self, to bustle about; to fidget.

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

=remueu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., mover, stirrer.

=remueuse=, n.f., nurse-maid.

☉=remugle=, n.m. V. =renfermé=.

=rémunérateur=, n.m., rewarder, remunerator, requiter.

=rémunérat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., remunerative.

☉=rémunérati-f=, =-ve=, adj., remunerative.

=rémunération=, n.f., remuneration, reward.

=rémunératoire=, adj., remuneratory.

=rémunérer=, v.a., to remunerate, to reward.

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

=renaissance=, n.f., regeneration, new birth, revival, renewal; renaissance, renascence. — des lettres; revival of letters.

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

=renaître=, v.n., to be born again; to grow again, to come up again; to appear again, to spring up again, to rise again; to revive, to reappear, to recur. Toute la nature renaît; all nature revives. Le jour renaît; day reappears. — à la vie; to return to life. — au bonheur; to be restored to happiness.

=rénal=, =-e=, adj., (anat.) renal.

=renard=, n.m., (mam.) fox; (mam.) dog-fox; fox, cunning dog, sly fellow; (astron.) Fox; (engineering) leak; (pop.) vomit, spew. — américain; raccoon. Queue-de-—, (—s-—) fox’s brush; (bot.) prince’s-feather. — marin; sea-ape. Fin —; cunning dog, sly fox. Se confesser au —; to tell one’s secret to an enemy. Le — prêche aux poules; the devil rebukes sin. Prendre marte pour —; to mistake one person for another. Compère le —, maître —; Reynard the fox (Lafontaine).

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

=renardeau=, n.m., fox’s cub.

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

=renardier=, n.m., fox-catcher.

=renardière=, n.f., fox’s burrow.

☉=renasquer=, v.n. V. =renâcler=.

=rencaissage= or =rencaissement=, n.m., (hort.) putting again into wooden boxes; (fin.) re-encashing.

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

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

=renchéri=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., particular person, nice person. Faire le —, faire la —e; to be mighty particular, to give one’s self airs.

=renchérir=, v.a. and n., to raise the price of; to get dearer; to rise. — sur; to improve upon; to go beyond, to outstrip.

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

=renclouer=, v.a., (milit.) to spike again.

*=rencogner=, v.a., (fam.) to draw back, to drive, or to get, into a corner.

se *=rencogner=, v.r., to hide or crouch in a corner.

=rencontre=, n.f., meeting; encounter, accidental meeting; accident, chance; collision; accidental fight; duel; opportunity, occurrence, case; juncture; coincidence; collision. Aller, venir, à la — de quelqu’un; to go to meet, or to come to meet, any one. De —; second-hand. Marchandise de —; second-hand goods. Roue de — d’une horloge; balance-wheel of a clock. Vaisseaux de —; (chem.) vessels fitting into each other. Une mauvaise —; an unpleasant encounter.

=rencontre=, n.m., (her.) rencounter.

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

se =rencontrer=, v.r., to meet, to meet each other, to meet with each other, to be met with; to be seen; to agree, to coincide; to meet, to encounter (in a duel). Nos idées se rencontrent; our ideas coincide, or tally. Cela ne se rencontre pas tous les jours; that does not happen, that is not to be met with, every day. Les beaux esprits se rencontrent; great wits jump together.

=rencontrer=, v.n., to have good or ill luck, to be fortunate or unfortunate; to guess; to speak to the purpose, to make a hit. Vous avez bien rencontré; you have hit the right nail on the head. Le limier rencontre; the blood-hound is on the scent.

=rencorser=, v.a., to put a new body (to).

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

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

se =rendetter=, v.r., to run, or get, into debt again.

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

=rendez-vous=, n.m., (—) rendezvous, meeting, appointment; place of meeting, place of resort. Donner un — à quelqu’un; to make an appointment with any one. Prendre —; to make an appointment. Se donner —; to make an appointment; to agree to meet; to resort.

=rendonnée=, n.f. V. =randonnée=.

=rendormir=, v.a., to lull to sleep again, to send to sleep again.

se =rendormir=, v.r., to fall, or go, to sleep again.

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

=rendre=, v.a., to render, to return, to restore, to give back, to give again; to pay back, to repay, to refund, to pay again; to deliver up, to yield, to yield up, to give up, to render up, to surrender; to carry, to convey, to transport, to take; to cast up, to cast out, to eject, to void, to throw up, to throw off one’s stomach; to do, to pay, to give; to make; to produce, to bear, to bring in; to translate; to reward; to express, to convey, to represent; to issue; to exhale, to emit, to send forth, to give out; (jur.) to remit; (jur.) to surrender; (jur.) to return, to find, to bring in; to give in; to give (verdict). Rendez-moi mon reste; give me my change. — de l’ouvrage; to take work home. — le salut; to return a salute. — hommage; to render homage. Je vous rends grâce; I return you thanks. — ses respects, ses devoirs à quelqu’un; to pay one’s respects, one’s duty, to any one. — compte; to give an account. — visite; to pay a visit. — à quelqu’un sa visite; to return any one his call. — justice à quelqu’un; to do any one justice. — la justice; to administer, or to dispense, justice. — service à quelqu’un; to do any one a service. — la pareille; to return like for like. — le bien pour le mal; to return good for evil. — avec usure; to return with interest. Dieu vous le rende! may God reward you! — la santé; to restore health. — un prisonnier à la liberté; to set a prisoner at liberty. L’expérience l’a rendu sage; experience has made him wise, has taught him wisdom. — une place; (milit.) to surrender a town. — les armes; to lay down one’s arms. — une médecine; to throw up a dose of physic. — gorge; to refund; to disgorge. — raison; to account for, to give a reason. Rendez-moi raison de votre conduite; explain your conduct to me. — raison à quelqu’un; to give any one satisfaction, to fight a duel. — un arrêt; to issue a decree. — témoignage; to bear witness. — à quelqu’un sa parole; to release any one from his promise. — l’âme; to give up the ghost. — le pain bénit; (c.rel.) to make the bread-offering. — un paquet, — une lettre; to take a parcel, a letter, to its destination. — des marchandises en un lieu; to take, to carry, to convey goods to a place. Montez dans ma voiture, en deux heures je vous rendrai là; get into my carriage, in two hours I will take you there. Ce fermier rend tant de sa ferme; that farmer pays so much for his farm.

se =rendre=, v.r., to make one’s self, to render one’s self; to become, to turn; to go, to repair, to proceed, to resort; to wait upon any one; to flow; to yield, to surrender, to surrender one’s self, to give one’s self up; to be worn out, to be tired out, to be exhausted. Se — partie contre quelqu’un; to declare against any one. Se — à son devoir; to go where duty calls. Le sang se rend au cœur; the blood flows to the heart. Se — prisonnier; to surrender one’s self prisoner, to give one’s self up. Je me rends; I am tired out; I give up.

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

=rendre=, n.m., repayment, refunding, returning.

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

=rendu=, n.m., return, tit for tat.

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

=rendurcir=, v.a., to make harder.

se =rendurcir=, v.r., to become harder; to become hardened.

=rêne=, n.f., rein. Prendre les —s; to take the reins.

=renégat=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., renegade.

=reneiger=, v.n., to snow again.

=rêner=, v.a., to bridle, to bridle (in) (a horse).

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

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

=renettoyer=, v.a., to clean again.

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

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

=renfermé=, n.m., fustiness; musty, or close, or confined, air. Sentir le —; to smell close or fusty.

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

se =renfermer=, v.r., to shut one’s self up, to confine one’s self. Se — en soi-même; to retire within one’s self, to commune with one’s self.

=renfiler=, v.a., to thread again, to new-string.

=renflammer=, v.a., to rekindle.

se =renflammer=, v.r., to be rekindled.

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

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

=renfler=, v.n., se =renfler=, v.r., to swell, to swell out; to rise.

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

=renflouer=, v.a., (nav.) to refloat, to raise.

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

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

=renforçage=, n.m., strengthening.

=renforcé=, =-e=, adj., strong, thick; substantial; wealthy; stout; thick-set, downright, regular. Des vers —s de pensées; verses very rich in thought. C’est un bourgeois —; he is a substantial, purse-proud citizen. Un bidet —; a strong thick-set nag. Une étoffe —e; a thick strong stuff. Sottise —e; downright stupidity.

=renforcement=, n.m., reënforcing, strengthening.

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

se =renforcer=, v.r., to gather strength; to increase, to grow stronger; (milit.) to be reënforced.

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

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

=renfort=, n.m., reënforcement, supply, relief, addition, increase; strengthening piece. À grand — de; with the help of, by dint of, with any amount of tugging (at) or plying (of). De —; extra, additional, fresh.

*=renfrogné=, =renfrognement=, se =renfrogner=. V. =refrogné=, =refrognement=, se =refrogner=.

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

=rengager=, v.a., to engage again, to re-engage; (milit.) to re-enlist; to pledge, to pawn again. — un domaine; to mortgage a domain. — son cœur; to engage one’s heart again.

se =rengager=, v.r., to engage again, to re-engage, to begin afresh; (milit.) to re-enlist.

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

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

=rengaîner=, v.a., to sheath, to put up; to suppress, to withdraw, to stop, to reserve. — une épée; to put up a sword. Rengaînez votre compliment; pocket, or withhold, your compliment (i.e., keep it to yourself).

=rengaîner=, v.n., to sheath one’s sword, to put up one’s sword. Rengaînez, messieurs! put up, gentlemen.

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

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

=rengraisser=, v.a., to fatten again.

se =rengraisser=, v.r., to grow fat, or stout, again; to become fat again, to fatten again.

=rengraisser=, v.n., to grow fat, to become fat, or stout, again.

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

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

=renhardir=, v.a., to embolden; to encourage again.

=reniable=, adj., deniable.

=reniement= or =renîment=, n.m., denying, disowning; denial of St. Peter.

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

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

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

=reniflerie=, n.f., sniffing.

=renifleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., sniffer.

=réniforce=, adj., kidney-shaped.

=rénitence=, n.f., (med.) renitency.

=rénitent=, =-e=, adj., (med.) renitent.

=reniveler=, v.a., to level again.

=renivellement=, n.m., new-leveling.

=renjamber=, v.a., to jump, or step, over again.

=renne= (rè-n), n.m., reindeer.

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

=renommé=, =-e=, adj., renowned, famous, noted, celebrated, famed.

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

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

se =renommer=, v.r., to make use of the name of any one. V. se =réclamer= (=de=).

=renonce=, n.f., renounce, revoke (at cards).

=renoncement= (-nōns-mān), n.m., renouncing, renouncement. — à soi-même; self-denial, abnegation.

=renoncer=, v.n., to renounce, to give up, to surrender; to forego, to relinquish, to lay down, to disclaim, to waive; to revoke, to renounce (at cards). — à la couronne; to renounce the crown. — à une succession; to give up an inheritance. — à sa foi; to renounce one’s faith.

=renoncer=, v.a., to renounce, to disclaim, to disown, to deny, to disavow.

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

=renonciation=, n.f., renunciation, renouncement; self-denial.

=renonculacées=, n.f.pl., (bot.) ranunculaceæ.

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

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

☉=renouement= or =renoûment=, n.m., renewing, renewal.

=renouer=, v.a., to knot again, to tie again; to tie up; to put together; to resume, to renew. — amitié; to be friends again. — l’amitié de parents; to reconcile relations. — une affaire; to resume business. — connaissance; to renew acquaintance with.

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

=renoueu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f. V. =rebouteur=.

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

=renouvelable=, adj., renewable.

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

se =renouveler=, v.r., to be renewed, to be revived, to succeed each other; to happen, or occur, again.

=renouveler=, v.n., to renew, to redouble, to increase. — de jambes; to walk briskly again with renewed strength. — d’appétit; to eat again with a fresh appetite. — d’attention; to redouble one’s attention, to be doubly attentive. — d’ardeur; to show more eagerness.

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

=rénovat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., renovating.

=rénovation=, n.f., renovation, renewal.

*=renseignement=, n.m., information, intelligence; account; indication, direction, inquiry. pl., references, information. Prendre des —s; to make inquiries, to gather information. Aller aux —s; to make inquiries. Bureau de —s; intelligence-office, inquiry-office.

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

=rensemencement=, n.m., (agri.) re-sowing.

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

=rentamer=, v.a., to cut again, to begin again; to resume. — un discours; to resume a speech.

=rentassé=, =-e=, adj., thick-set.

=rentasser=, v.a., to heap up again.

=rente=, n.f., yearly income, revenue; rent, annuity; stock, funds; pension. — foncière; ground-rent. — viagère or à fonds perdu; life-annuity. Le taux de la —; the price of stocks. —s sur l’Etat; government-stock. La — hausse; the stocks are rising. Acheter des —s; to buy stock, to invest in the funds. Faire une — à; to allow a pension to, to make an allowance to. Vivre de ses —s; to do nothing; to be independent; to live on one’s income, to be a gentleman at large. Racheter une —; to redeem an annuity. Avoir des —s; to have an independent income; to have money invested. Il lui fait une —; he allows him, or her, a pension.

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

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

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

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

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

=rentrage=, n.m., bringing in, taking in, housing.

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

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

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

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

=rentrant=, n.m., new player. On demande un —; a new player is wanted.

=rentrayeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., fine-drawer.

=rentré=, =-e=, part., returned, re-entered; (med.) suppressed, driven in. Sueur —e; checked perspiration.

=rentrée=, n.f., re-entrance; re-opening; re-appearance; taking in, housing, ingathering (of crops); (com.) incoming, receipt, payment, collection, getting-in of taxes; returns; (hunt.) return. À la — des classes; at the beginning of term. Cet acteur a fait sa —; (thea.) that actor has made his re-appearance. — des impôts; getting in of the taxes. Ce revenu est d’une — difficile; this revenue is slow in coming in. Frais de —; collection expenses.

=rentrer=, v.n., to enter again, to return, to come in again, to go in again, to get in again; to re-enter, to join again; to become again, to get again; to recover; to re-open (of courts of law, schools, colleges); to make one’s reappearance, to reappear (of an actor); to return to, to resume; (med.) to be suppressed, to be driven in; (engr.) to retouch; to be got in, to come in (of money); to buy in (at cards). — en possession; to regain possession. — en son bien; to recover one’s property. — en grâce; to come into favor again. — en soi-même; to examine one’s self, to commune with one’s self. — en son bon sens; to come to one’s senses again. — en charge; to return to one’s post. — en condition; to go in service again. — en fonctions; to resume one’s duties. — en fureur; to fly into a passion again, to get into a passion again. Faire —; to drive in. Il m’est rentré beau jeu; I have secured good cards. — dans la ville; to return to town. Cet acteur rentre ce soir; that actor makes his reappearance this evening.

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

=renvahir=, v.a., to invade again.

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

=renverger=, v.a., to edge (baskets).

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

=renversable=, adj., reversible, liable to be overthrown.

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

à la =renverse=, adv., backwards, upon one’s back. Tomber à la —; to fall backwards.

=renversé=, =-e=, part., thrown down, thrown back, pliant; (her.) inverted. Il a l’esprit —; his brain is turning. C’est le monde —; it is the world turned upside down (i.e. it is preposterous).

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

=renverser=, v.a., to reverse, to turn upside-down, to turn topsy-turvy; to throw down, to upset, to tumble down, to overthrow, to overturn; to spill; to turn (the brain); to disorder, to confuse; to destroy, to ruin; to astound, to stupefy, to overwhelm; to transpose; (milit.) to put to flight, to rout, to put to the rout; to invert; (surg.) to retrovert; (nav.) ☉to transship, V. =transborder=. — à coups de canon; to batter down. — la table; to upset the table. — un bataillon; to break, to overthrow, a battalion. — un état; to overthrow a state. Ceci lui renversera l’esprit; this will turn his brain. — l’encre; to spill the ink, to knock the ink over. — la vapeur; (rail.) to reverse the engine. — une voiture; to upset a carriage.

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

=renverseur=, n.m., overthrower; subverter; inverter, destroyer; transposer.

=renvi=, n.m., revy, additional stake.

=renvidage=, n.m., winding up, winding (in spinning).

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

=renvoi=, n.m., sending back, returning, return, sending away, dismissal, discharge; referring, sending; (jur.) adjournment; caret, reference (in books, writings); reflection, reverberation; (jur.) reference to another judge. pl., (med.) rising of the stomach. De —; returnable. — du son; reverberation of sound. Chevaux de —; return horses. — de troupes; dismissal of troops. — de la cause à huitaine; adjournment of the case for a week.

=renvoyer=, v.a., to send again; to send back again, to return; to send away, to dismiss; to discharge; to refer; to put off, to postpone, to adjourn, to delay; to drive back; to throw back; to reflect (light or heat); to repeat, to reverberate (sound). — un ministre; to dismiss a minister. — un domestique; to discharge a servant. — une femme; to repudiate a wife. On a renvoyé l’affaire à huitaine; the case has been adjourned for a week. — la balle à quelqu’un; to give one as good as he sends, to return the compliment. — un accusé; to acquit a prisoner. — un plaideur de sa demande; to nonsuit a plaintiff. — le lecteur à une note; to refer the reader to a note.

se =renvoyer=, v.r., to be sent back or returned; to send from one to another. Se — la balle; to bandy compliments, to retort.

=réoccupation=, n.f., reoccupation.

=réoccuper=, v.a., to occupy again, to reoccupy.

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

=réorchestration=, n.f., new-scoring.

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

=réordination=, n.f., re-ordination.

=réordonner=, v.a., to ordain again, to re-ordain, to re-order.

=réorganisation=, n.f., re-organization.

=réorganiser=, v.a., to re-organize.

se =réorganiser=, v.r., to be re-organized.

=réouverture=, n.f., re-opening. La — d’un théâtre; the re-opening of a theater. La — d’un magasin; the re-opening of a shop.

=repaire=, n.m., haunt, den, lair, hole; (hunt.) dung of hares, wolves, etc.; (tech.) V. =repère=. — de voleurs; den of thieves, haunt of thieves.

=répaissir=, v.a. and n., to thicken again. Se —; to become, or get, thick again.

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

=repaître=, v.a., (l.u.) to feed, to nourish. Il faut — ces animaux; these animals must be fed. — quelqu’un d’espérances; to feed any one with hopes.

se =repaître=, v.r., to feed on; to feast on; to delight in, to indulge in, to gloat over. Il se repaît d’espérances vaines; he feeds on vain hopes.

=répandre=, v.a. and n., to spill, to shed, to diffuse, to scatter, to distribute, to bestow, to give out, to spread, to pour out, to exhale, to spread abroad, to propagate, to circulate. — des larmes; to shed tears. — des bienfaits; to bestow benefits. — un bruit; to spread a report. — son sang; to shed one’s blood. — des aumônes; to distribute alms. — l’alarme; to spread alarm. — son cœur; to open one’s heart.

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

=répandu=, =-e=, part., spilt, shed. Être fort — dans le monde; to go out into society, to go out a great deal; to be in great request. Être fort —; to be very well known.

=réparable=, adj., reparable, mendable.

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

=réparat-eur=, =-rice=, n. and adj., restorer, repairer; restorative, reparative, refreshing.

=réparation=, n.f., repairing, mending; reparation, amends, satisfaction, apology, excuse. pl., repair, repairs; (jur.) damages, indemnity, relief. Faire — à quelqu’un; to make amends to any one. En —; under repair.

=réparatoire=, adj., reparative.

=réparer=, v.a., to repair, to mend; to make amends for, to atone for, to redeem; to indemnify; to make up for; to re-establish, to recover, to recruit. — ses forces; to recruit one’s strength. — son honneur; to retrieve one’s honor. — sa faute; to make amends for one’s faults. — ses pertes; to retrieve one’s losses. — des torts; to redress grievances. — le temps perdu; to make up for lost time.

=répareur=, n.m., (tech.) repairer.

=réparition=, n.f., (astron.) reappearance (of a star after an eclipse). V. =réapparition=.

=reparler=, v.n., to speak again.

=repartie= (-tî), n.f., repartee, retort, rejoinder, reply. Avoir la — prompte, être prompt à la —; to be quick at repartee. Faire une —; to make a repartee.

=repartir=, v.n., to set out again, to set off again.

=repartir=, v.a. and n., to reply, to answer, to retort.

=répartir=, v.a., to divide, to distribute; to portion out; to assess. — les contributions; to assess taxes.

=répartiteur=, n. and adj. m., assessor; assessing (of taxes).

=répartition=, n.f., division, distribution; assessment.

=repas=, n.m., meal, repast. — de noces; wedding breakfast. — en gras; meat dinner; meat breakfast. — en maigre; fish dinner; fish breakfast. Faire un —; to make a meal. Faire ses —, prendre ses —; to take one’s meals.

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

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

=repasser=, v.a., to pass again, to repass; to cross again, to carry over again; to iron, to iron out; to grind, to set, to hone, to whet; to turn over, to think over, to revolve; to go over, to look over; to repeat; (dy.) to dye again; to curry a second time (leather); (fig., pop.) to beat; to find fault with, to abuse, to scold. — une leçon; to look over a lesson. — du linge; to iron linen. — la lime sur; to repolish. — quelque chose dans son esprit; to revolve anything in one’s mind. — quelqu’un; to beat, to abuse, any one. — sur un cuir; to strop. — sur la pierre; to set, to whet. — sur la meule; to grind.

se =repasser=, v.r., to be ironed; to be ground, sharpened, whetted.

=repasseur=, n.m., pointer (of pins); grinder. — de couteaux; knife-grinder.

=repasseuse=, n.f., ironer.

=repassoir=, n.m., grinding-stone. — à crayon; pencil-pointer.

=repavage=, n.m., repaving.

=repaver=, v.a., to pave anew, to repave.

=repayer=, v.a., to pay again.

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

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

=repeint=, n.m., (paint.) re-painted, or restored, part of a picture.

=repenser=, v.n., to think of again, to reconsider, to revolve.

=repentance=, n.f., repentance, contrition.

=repentant=, =-e=, adj., repentant, penitent.

=repentie= (-tî), adj. and n.f., penitent. Les filles —s; female penitentiary.

se =repentir= (se repentant, se repenti), v.r., to repent, to rue. Se — de ses fautes; to repent one’s faults. Il s’en repentira; he will rue it.

=repentir=, n.m., repentance, contrition, compunction, penitence, regret; ringlet. Elle porte des —s; she wears curls; (paint.) pentamento, correction.

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

=répercussi-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) repellent.

=répercussif=, n.m., (med.) repellent, repercussive.

=répercussion=, n.f., repercussion; reverberation.

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

=reperdre=, v.a., to lose again.

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

=répertoire=, n.m., table, list, catalogue; repertory; (com.) alphabet, alphabetical index. Pièce qui fait partie du —, pièce restée au —; (thea.) stock-piece. Être un —; (pers.) to be a living chronicle. Pièce de —; stock-piece.

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

=répéter=, v.a., to repeat; to say again, to tell again; to recite; to reflect; (jur.) to claim again, to demand again; to give private lessons to, to be private tutor to; (thea.) to rehearse. Faire — à quelqu’un sa leçon; to hear any one say his lesson. Il répète ces deux élèves; (at school) he is private tutor to these two boys. — une comédie; to rehearse a comedy. — une chose contre quelqu’un; (jur.) to claim (a thing) from any one, to redemand.

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

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

=répétition=, n.f., repetition; action for; (jur.) renewal, reproduction; replica, duplicate; recovery of money; private tuition; (thea.) rehearsal. Pièce en —; play in rehearsal. Montre à —; repeating-watch, repeater. Donner des —s; to give private tuition, to give private lessons.

=repétrir=, v.a., to knead again; to form again.

=repeuplement=, n.m., repeopling, re-stocking. — d’un étang; re-stocking of a pond.

=repeupler=, v.a., to repeople; to re-stock. — un étang; to re-stock a pond.

se =repeupler=, v.r., to be repeopled; to be re-stocked.

=repic=, n.m., repique (piquet). Faire quelqu’un — et capot; (fig., fam.) to nonplus any one.

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

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

=repiquer=, v.n., to pick up; to recover; to pluck up courage. — à la vie; to pick up one’s crumbs. — sur le rôti; to cut and come again.

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

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

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

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

=replanchéier=, v.a., to new-floor.

=replanir=, v.a., to plane down.

=replant=, n.m., young plant.

=replantation=, n.f., replantation.

=replanter=, v.a., to replant.

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

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

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

=réplétion=, n.f., repletion, stoutness, fatness, surfeit.

=repleuvoir=, v.i., to rain again.

=repli=, n.m., fold; plait; crease; recess; winding, sinuosity; turning; coil. Les —s du serpent; the coils of the serpent. Les plis et les —s du cœur humain; the inmost, or innermost, recesses of the human heart.

=repliement= or =reploiement=, n.m., (milit.) falling back.

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

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

=réplique=, n.f., reply, answer; rejoinder; (mus.) repeat; (thea.) cue. Donner la —; to give a person his cue. Avoir la —; to have the last say.

=répliquer=, v.a. and n., to reply, to answer; to rejoin, to return, to retort; (jur.) to reply, to rejoin, to put in a rejoinder.

=reploiement=, n.m. V. =repliement=.

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

se =replonger=, v.r., to plunge anew, to plunge one’s self again, to dive into again.

=replonger=, v.n., to dive again, to dive anew.

=reployer=, v.a., se =reployer=, v.r. V. =replier=, se =replier=.

=repolir=, v.a., to repolish, to polish again, to polish anew.

=repolissage=, n.m., re-polishing.

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

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

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

=répondre=, v.n., to answer, to reply; to write back; to lead (to) (of roads); to reach, to be heard (of sound); to make a suitable return; to correspond, to respond, to agree, to come up, to satisfy, to answer; to be answerable (for), to be accountable (to or for); to be responsible (for); to be security (for); (man.) to obey, to answer; to maintain a thesis. — à ceux qui appellent; to answer those who call. — ad rem; to give a direct answer, to answer to the point. — en Normand; to answer equivocally, to give a shuffling answer. Pour — à; in answer to, in reply to. Ces allées répondent au canal; these walks lead to the canal. — à l’attente publique; to answer, to come up to public expectation. Ne pas — à l’attente publique; not to come up to, to fall short of public expectation. Tout répond à nos vœux; everything falls in with our wishes. Qui pourrait — de l’événement? who could answer for the event? Je ne vous réponds que de moi; I only answer for myself. Je vous en réponds; I’ll be bound it is so!; I’ll warrant you; I should think so, indeed!; I can tell you! En — de; to answer for (with).

se =répondre=, v.r., to answer one’s self; to answer each other; to correspond, to suit, to agree; to sympathize. Nos cœurs se répondent; our hearts are in sympathy.

=répons=, n.m., response (church and print.).

=réponse=, n.f., answer, reply; response; (jur.) rejoinder. — à une réplique; (jur.) rejoinder. À sotte demande point de —; a foolish question deserves no answer. — de Normand; equivocal, or shuffling, answer. Faire —; to answer, to make answer. Faire une —; to give an answer. — s’il vous plaît; an answer will oblige.

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

=reportage=, n.m., reporting.

=reporter= (-teur), n.m., (—s) (in newspapers) reporter.

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

se =reporter=, v.r., to go back (to); to return; to be carried back; to look back (upon).

=reporter=, v.n., to carry over.

=repos=, n.m., rest; stillness; repose, ease, quiet, peace, tranquillity; pause; resting-place; (carp.) quarter-pace. En —; at rest. Se tenir en —; to keep quiet. Être en —; to be at ease. Laissez-moi en —; let me alone. Lit de —; couch. Mettre un fusil dans son —, au —; to half-cock a gun. Echappement à —; (horl.) stop; dead beat. —! (milit.) stand at ease!

=reposé=, =-e=, part. adj., rested, refreshed; quiet, calm, cool, fresh. À tête —e; coolly, deliberately, at leisure. Vin —; wine that has settled.

=reposée=, n.f., (hunt.) lair. À —s; with intervals of rest.

=repose-pied=, n.m., foot-rest.

=reposer=, v.a., to place again, to lay again, to set again; to rest (on anything); to lay; to repose, to settle; to refresh; (milit.) to ground arms. Cela repose la vue; that is restful to the eye. — la tête; to refresh the head.

se =reposer=, v.r., to rest one’s self, to rest, to repose, to lay one’s self down, to lie down; to rely on, to confide in; to settle, to settle down; to pause; to light (of birds). Se — après le travail; to rest after labor. Il faut que l’esprit se repose; the mind has need of rest. Se — sur; to depend upon, to rely on. Se — sur quelqu’un; to rely on, to depend upon, any one.

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

=reposoir=, n.m., street altar (procession of the Fête-Dieu); resting-place; pause.

=repoussant=, =-e=, adj., repulsive, forbidding, repelling, loathsome, shocking.

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

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

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

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

=répréhensible=, adj., reprehensible, reprovable.

=répréhensiblement=, adv., reprehensibly.

=répréhensi-f=, =-ve=, adj., reprehensive.

=répréhension=, n.f., reprehension, reproof.

=reprendre=, v.a., to take again; to take back; to take up again; to take to again; to catch again; (of diseases) to return; to recover; to resume, to begin again; to rebuke; to take up, to reprove; to find fault with; (arch.) to underpin. — connaissance; to recover consciousness. — une ville; to re-take a town. — ses habits d’hiver; to take to one’s winter clothing again. On ne m’y reprendra plus; I will not be caught napping again. — ses forces; to recover one’s strength. — courage; to take courage again. — ses esprits; to recover one’s senses. — haleine; to recover one’s breath, to breathe again; to take breath. — le dessus; to get the upper hand again. — un mur sous œuvre, en sous-œuvre, par-dessous œuvre; to underpin a wall. — aigrement; to reprove, or to take up, sharply.

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

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

=repreneu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., carper, fault-finder, snarling critic. adj., censuring.

*=représaille=, n.f., reprisal, retaliation. User de —s; to make reprisals, to retaliate; (fig.) to retaliate, to return like for like; to give tit for tat. Lettres de —s; letters of marque and reprisal.

=représentant=, n.m., representative.

=représentati-f=, =-ve=, adj., representative.

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

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

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

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

=répressible=, adj., repressible.

=répressi-f=, =-ve=, adj., repressive.

=répression=, n.f., repression.

=reprêter=, v.a., to lend again.

=reprier=, v.a., to pray, or beg, again; to re-invite.

=réprimable=, adj., repressible.

=réprimande=, n.f., reprimand, reproof, rebuke. Faire une — à quelqu’un; to reprimand any one.

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

=réprimant=, =-e=, adj., repressive.

=réprimer=, v.a., to repress, to restrain, to curb, to quell, to keep down, to check. — le vice; to put down vice. — l’orgueil; to check pride. — ses désirs; to check one’s desires. — les abus; to repress abuses. — ses passions; to curb one’s passions.

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

=repris de justice=, n. and adj. m., liberated convict, old offender.

=reprise=, n.f., resumption; retaking; taking back; recovery; reconquest; revival; renewal; darn; (mus.) repetition, mark of repetition; (arch.) underpropping, underpinning; (man.) lesson; recapture (of a ship). À plusieurs —s, à différentes —, à diverses —s; several times, repeatedly. À deux —s; twice. La — d’un procès; the renewal of a lawsuit. Faire des —s; to darn. Faire des —s perdues; to fine-draw.

=repriser=, v.a., to darn.

=réprobat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., reproving, censuring.

=réprobation=, n.f., reprobation.

=reprochable=, adj., reproachable.

=reproche=, n.m., reproach; expostulation. pl., (jur.) exception, objection. Un homme sans —; a man free from reproach. Faire un — à quelqu’un de quelque chose; to reproach any one with anything. Faire des —s amers à; to reproach bitterly. S’attirer des —s; to incur reproach.

=reprocher=, v.a., to reproach, to expostulate, to upbraid, to rebuke, to taunt, to twit, to cast in the teeth of. — à une personne quelque chose; to reproach a person with anything. Il lui a reproché ses défauts; he reproached him with his faults. Il me l’a reproché; he cast it in my teeth; he twitted me with it. — les morceaux à quelqu’un; to grudge any one the very food he eats. — des témoins; (jur.) to object (to), or to challenge, witnesses.

se =reprocher=, v.r., to reproach, to upbraid one’s self; to grudge one’s self; to be reproached.

=reproduct-eur=, =-rice=, adj., reproductive.

=reproductibilité=, n.f., reproducibility.

=reproductible=, adj., reproducible.

=reproducti-f=, =-ve=, adj., reproductive.

=reproduction=, n.f., reproduction; reprinting, republication; recurrence.

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

se =reproduire=, v.r., to come again; to be reproduced; to show one’s self again; to occur, to happen again, to recur.

=repromettre=, v.a., to promise again.

=réprouvable=, adj., censurable, reprehensible, blamable.

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

=reprouver=, v.a., to prove again.

=réprouver=, v.a., to disapprove of, to disapprove, to reprobate, to condemn, to reject.

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

=reptation=, n.f., reptation, creeping.

=reptile=, n.m. and adj., reptile; creeping, crawling. C’est un —; he is a crawling wretch, a reptile.

=républicain=, =-e=, n. and adj., republican.

=républicaniser=, v.a., to republicanize.

=républicanisme=, n.m., republicanism.

=republication=, n.f., republication, re-issue.

=republier=, v.a., to republish, to re-issue.

=république=, n.f., republic; commonwealth. La — des lettres; the republic of letters.

=répudiation=, n.f., repudiation, renunciation; rejection.

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

*=répugnance=, n.f., repugnance, dislike; reluctance, unwillingness. J’ai de la — à le faire; I am reluctant, or loath, to do it. Avec —; with reluctance, reluctantly, repugnantly.

*=répugnant=, =-e=, adj., repugnant.

*=répugner=, v.n., to be repugnant, to be contrary, to clash with; to feel repugnance at; to feel reluctant; to feel loath. Cela répugne au sens commun; that is contrary to common sense. Cet homme me répugne; that man is my aversion. Cela me répugne; I am loath to do it. Il me répugne de vous entretenir d’un pareil sujet; it is repugnant to me to talk to you on such a subject.

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

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

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

=repurger=, v.a., to purge again.

=réputation=, n.f., reputation, character, repute, fame. Avoir la — de; to have the reputation of, to pass for. Je ne vous connaissais que de —; I only knew you by report. En —; in repute, in request. Se faire une —; to get one’s self a reputation. Se mettre en —; to get into repute. Avoir de la —; to have reputation, to have a name. Perdre quelqu’un de —; to ruin any one’s reputation, character.

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

=requérable=, adj., (jur.) demandable.

=requérant=, =-e=, n. and adj., (jur.) plaintiff, applicant; petitioner.

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

=requête=, n.f., request, petition, demand, application; (hunt.) new cast, new search. Faire une —; to make a request, a demand. On accorda sa —; his demand was granted.

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

=requiem= (-kui-èm), n.m., requiem.

=requin=, n.m., (ich.) shark.

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

se =requinquer=, v.r., (fam., iron.) to deck one’s self out.

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

=réquisition=, n.f., requisition, application; motion; call, summons, order, levy. À la — de; on the application of.

=réquisitionnement=, n.m., requisitioning.

=réquisitionner=, v.a., to requisition; to impound.

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

=resaluer=, v.a., to salute, to bow to, again.

=rescellement=, n.m., resealing, refastening.

=resceller=, v.a., to seal again.

=rescif= (rè-cif), n.m. V. =récif=.

=rescindant=, n.m., (jur., ant.) motion to annul, or set aside.

=rescinder=, v.a., (jur.) to annul, to rescind.

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

=rescisoire= (rès-si-zoar), n.m., (jur.) ground for annulment. adj., rescissory.

☉=rescontre=, n.m., (com.) bill-book.

=rescousse=, n.f., recapture; help, rescue. A la —; help! help!

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

=rescrit=, n.m., rescript; bull.

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

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

=réséda=, n.m., (bot.) reseda, mignonette.

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

=réservation=, n.f., reserve, reservation.

=réserve=, n.f., reserve, reservation, caution; modesty; stock, stores; preserve (for game). Se tenir sur la —; to be reserved, to act with circumspection. À la — de; with the reservation of. En —; in reserve, in store. Mettre en —; to reserve, to lay by. Sans —; without reserve, unreservedly.

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

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

se =réserver=, v.r., to reserve, to reserve to one’s self; to mean, to intend, to purpose; to wait for an opportunity; to be kept; to reserve to one’s self the right. Se — la réplique; to reserve the right of replying. Je me réserve de faire cela; I am waiting for an opportunity to do that.

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

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

=résidant=, =-e=, adj., resident, residing.

=résidence=, n.f., residence, place of abode, dwelling, living. Etablir sa — à; to take up one’s abode (at).

=résident=, n.m., resident, minister at a foreign court.

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

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

=résignant=, n.m., resigner.

*=résignataire=, n.m., resignee.

*=résignation=, n.f., resignation.

=résigner=, v.a., to sign again.

*=résigner=, v.a., to resign, to give up.

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

=résiliation=, n.f., canceling, annulling.

=résiliement= or =résilîment=, n.m. V. =résiliation=.

=résilier=, v.a., to cancel, to annul.

=résille=, n.f., hair-net.

=résine=, n.f., resin, rosin; colophony. Un pain de —; a cake of resin.

=résineu-x=, =-se=, adj., resinous.

=résinifère=, adj., yielding resin, resiniferous.

=résipiscence= (-zi-), n.f., resipiscence, repentance. Venir à —; to repent; to amend.

=résistance=, n.f., resistance, opposition, obstacle; (med.) obstinacy. Pièce de —; (cook.) solid joint. Sans —; unresistingly. Faire de la —; to offer resistance, to resist.

=résistant=, adj., tough, firm, unyielding.

=résister=, v.n., to resist, to oppose, to withstand; to endure, to last. — à l’ennemi; to resist the enemy. — à la tentation; to withstand temptation. Je n’y saurais plus —; I can endure it no longer.

=résistible=, adj., resistible.

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

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

=résolubilité=, n.f., resolvability.

=résoluble=, adj., solvable, resolvable.

=résolument=, adv., resolutely, boldly, stoutly.

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

=résolutif=, n.m., (med.) resolutive, resolvent.

=résolution=, n.f., resolution, solution, decision, determination; resolve; (jur.) canceling, annulment. Avec —; resolutely, stoutly. Changer de —; to alter one’s mind. — d’un contrat; (jur.) canceling of a contract.

=résolutoire=, adj., (jur.) resolutive, canceling.

=résolvant=, =-e=, adj., n.m., (med.) resolvent.

=résonance=, n.f., resonance.

=résonnant=, =-e=, adj., resonant; sounding, sonorous. Voix claire et —e; clear and sonorous voice. Un violon bien —; a well-sounding violin.

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

=résonner=, v.n., to resound; to clank, to echo, to reverberate.

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

se =résorber= (-zor-), v.r., (med.) to be reabsorbed.

=résorption= (-zor-), n.f., reabsorption.

=résoudre= (résolvant, résolu and résous), v.a., to resolve; to dissolve, to melt; to solve; to decide, to settle; (jur.) to cancel, to make void; to resolve on, to determine on, to decide upon (a thing); to determine; to decide on; to persuade. — une tumeur; (med.) to resolve a tumor. — un problème; to solve a problem. — une question; to settle a question. — un bail; to cancel a lease. A-t-on résolu la paix ou la guerre? has peace or war been decided upon? or is it to be peace or war?

se =résoudre=, v.r., to resolve, to be resolved, to be solved; to dissolve, to be dissolved; to determine; to be prevailed upon; to make up one’s mind. L’eau se résout en vapeur; water is resolved into vapor. Se — à; to resolve upon; to bring one’s self to. À quoi vous résolvez-vous? what resolution have you come to? Je ne saurais m’y résoudre; I cannot make up my mind to do it.

=résous=, part., resolved, dissolved, melted; changed into. [Résous has no feminine.]

=respect= (rès-pè), n.m., respect, regard, reverence, awe, deference, dutifulness. Porter — à quelqu’un; to show respect to any one. Manquer de — envers quelqu’un; to be wanting in respect towards any one. Présenter ses —s à quelqu’un; to pay one’s respects to any one, to give one’s kind regards to. Se faire porter —; to make one’s self respected. Imprimer, or imposer, le — à; to impress any one with respect, to awe any one. Tenir en —; to keep in awe or in respect. Sauf votre —; saving your presence. Sauf le — que je vous dois; with due deference to you.

=respectabilité=, n.f., respectability.

=respectable= (rès-pèk-), adj., respectable, venerable.

=respectablement=, adv., respectably.

=respecter= (rès-pèk-), v.a., to respect, to reverence, to revere; to spare. — la vieillesse; to respect old age. Respectez ses sentiments; spare his feelings. Le temps n’a pas respecté ces monuments; time has not spared those monuments. Se faire —; to command respect.

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

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

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

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

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

=respirable= (rès-), adj., respirable, breathable.

=respirateur=, adj., respiratory. n.m., respirator.

=respiration= (rès-), n.f., respiration, breathing. Difficulté de —; shortness of breath. Avoir la — coupée; to be unable to get one’s breath.

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

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

=respirer= (rès-), v.a., to breathe, to inhale; to thirst after, to long for; to bespeak, to betoken, to express. Son visage respire la douceur; his face betokens gentleness. Il ne respire que la vengeance; he thirsts after vengeance.

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

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

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

=responsabilité= (rès-), n.f., responsibility, liability.

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

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

=ressac= (rĕ-sak), n.m., (nav.) surf.

*=ressaigner= (rĕ-sè-), v.a. and n., to bleed again.

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

se =ressaisir= (rĕ-sè-zir), v.r., to seize again, to recover possession of.

=ressaler=, v.a., to salt again.

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

=ressasseu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f., tiresome repeater.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=ressembler= (rĕ-sān-), v.n., to resemble, to be like, to take after. Le fils ressemble à son père; the son resembles his father. Ce portrait vous ressemble peu; this portrait is not much like you.

se =ressembler= (rĕ-sān-), v.r., to resemble one another, to be like each other, to be alike; to be uniform. Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau; they are as like as two peas. Qui se ressemble, s’assemble; birds of a feather flock together.

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

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

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

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

=ressentiment= (rĕ-sān-), n.m., slight return, attack, touch (of disease, pain); desire of vengeance, resentment. Avec —; resentingly. Plein de —; resentful.

=ressentir= (rĕ-sān-), v.a., to feel, to experience; to manifest, to show; to have a sense of. — du malaise; to feel uncomfortable. Elle ressent vivement cette injure; she feels that insult keenly.

se =ressentir= (rĕ-sān-), v.r., to feel the effects of, to perceive, to resent; to feel (disease, pain); to feel the effects of. Il se ressent encore de ses pertes; he still feels the effects of his losses. — d’une injure; to resent an injury.

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

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

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

=ressif= (rè-sif), n.m. V. =récif=.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=ressoudure=, n.f., re-soldering.

=ressource= (rĕ-soors), n.f., resource, expedient, shift. pl., resources. Faire —; to procure resources; to raise the wind; to finance. C’est ma dernière —; that is my last shift. — désespérée; desperate expedient, shift. Un malheur sans —; an irreparable misfortune. Je suis perdu, ruiné, sans —; I am irretrievably ruined. Il n’y a point de —; there’s no help for it. C’est un homme de —; he is a man fertile in expedients, a man of resource.

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

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

se =ressouvenir= (rĕ-soo-vnir), v.r., to recollect, to remember. Faire ressouvenir; to put in mind. Vous en ressouvient-il? do you remember it?

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

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

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

=ressuiement=, n.m., drying.

=ressuscitation=, n.f., or =ressuscitement=, n.m., resuscitation, revival, renewal.

=ressuscitatoire=, adj., reviving.

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

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

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

se =ressuyer= (rè-), v.r., to dry; to air (of linen).

=restant=, =-e= (rès-), adj., remaining, left. Poste —e; till called for.

=restant= (rès-), n.m., remainder, rest.

☉=restaur= (rès-), n.m., (com.). V. =ristourne=.

=restaurant=, =-e= (rès-), adj., restorative.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=reste=, n.m., rest, remainder, remnant, remains, residue, scrap, relic, leavings. pl., mortal remains. Avoir de —; to have something left and to spare, to have remaining. De —; left, remaining, enough and more than enough. Et le —; and the rest of it, and so forth, et cætera. Faire son —; to stake all the money one has left. Jouer de son —; to play one’s last stake. Donner son — à quelqu’un; to give it to, to abuse, to beat any one. Il ne demanda pas son —; he did not wait for anything more, he sneaked off. Être en —; to be behindhand, to be in arrears. Il n’y a rien de —; there is nothing left. J’en ai de —; I have more than enough. Du —; however, moreover, nevertheless. Au —; besides. N’être pas de — avec; not to be beholden to.

=rester=, v.n., to remain, to be left; to stay, to stop, to continue, to keep; (mus.) to hold; (nav.) to bear. C’est tout ce qui me reste; that is all I have left. Il reste quelque argent; there is some money left. Que me reste-t-il à faire? what am I to do now? Il me reste à vous dire; I have still to tell you. Il resta à Rome après notre départ; he stayed at Rome after our departure. Il est resté stupéfait; he remained thunderstruck. Restez tranquille; keep quiet, keep still. — chez soi; to stay at home. Où en sommes-nous restés? where did we leave off? En — à; to leave off, to stop. Restons-en là; let us stop there; let us say no more about it.

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

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

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

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

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

se =restreindre= (rès-), v.r., to restrain one’s self, to limit one’s self (to), to be restricted.

=restricti-f=, =-ve= (rès-), adj., restrictive.

=restriction= (rès-), n.f., restriction, restraint; reserve. — mentale; mental reservation.

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

=restringent=, n.m., (med.) (l.u.) astringent.

=résultant=, =-e=, adj., resulting, arising; resultant.

=résultante=, n.f., (med.) resultant.

=résultat=, n.m., result. En —; finally, ultimately, eventually.

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

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

=résumer=, v.a., to recapitulate, to sum up, to give a summary. — un discours; to give a summary of a speech.

se =résumer=, v.r., to recapitulate, to sum up; to embody, to be comprised; to be summed up.

=résurrecti-f=, =-ve=, adj., life-giving, life-restoring.

=résurrection=, n.f., resurrection, rising.

=résurrectionniste=, n.m., resurrectionist.

=retable=, n.m., (arch.) altar screen, reredos.

=rétablir=, v.a., to re-establish, to restore, to repair; to recover; to re-install; to set up again; to retrieve; to revive. — son honneur; to retrieve one’s honor. — sa santé; to recover one’s health. — quelqu’un; to set any one up again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=rétameur=, n.m., tinker.

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

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

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

=retard=, n.m., delay; (mus.) retardation; slowness (of a clock). Apporter du —; to cause delay. Eprouver du —; to suffer delay. Être en —; to be late; to be in arrears; to be backward, to be behind time. Votre montre est en — de deux minutes; your watch is two minutes slow. Nous avons dix minutes de —; (of railways) the train is ten minutes late. Avoir une patte en —; to walk lame.

=retardataire=, n.m. and adj., in arrears; defaulter, loiterer, lagger; in arrears; late, behindhand.

=retardat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., (phys.) retarding.

=retardation=, n.f., (phys.) retardation.

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

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

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

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

=reteindre=, v.a., to dye again.

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

=retenir= (rĕ-tnir), v.a., to get again; to get hold of again; to retain, to keep, to withhold, to keep back; to reserve; to curb; to bespeak, to hire; to secure, to engage; to detain, to keep, to confine; to hold back, to hinder; to restrain, to keep from; to remember; (arith.) to carry. Posez sept et retenez deux; (arith.) put down seven and carry two. — une chambre; to secure a room. — une place à la diligence; to bespeak a place in the coach. — une place; to keep, or secure, a place. — un domestique; to engage a servant. Il ne saurait — sa langue; he cannot restrain his tongue. — sa colère; to restrain one’s anger. Qu’est-ce qui vous retient? what hinders you? Je ne sais ce qui me retient; I don’t know what hinders me. — une poutre; (carp.) to secure a beam. — quelqu’un; to detain any one. Je ne vous retiendrai pas; I won’t keep you a minute.

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

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

=retenter=, v.a., to re-attempt.

=rétenti-f=, =-ve=, adj., retentive.

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

=rétentionnaire=, n.m.f., (jur.) detainer. adj., detaining.

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

=retentissant=, =-e=, adj., resounding, ringing, echoing, sonorous, loud; famous. Voûte —e; echoing vault.

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

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

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

=retenue=, n.f., reserve, discretion, circumspection, caution, prudence; keeping in, detention; (fin.) stoppage. Il faut avoir de la —; one must keep within bounds. Être en —; to be in detention; (school) to be kept in. Sans —; unreservedly. Palan de —; relieving tackle.

=reterçage= or =retersage=, n.m., second dressing (of vines).

=retercer= or =reterser=, v.a., to dress vines again.

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

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

=réticulaire=, adj., (anat.) reticular.

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

=réticulé=, =-e=, adj., (arch., bot.) reticulated.

=réti-f=, =-ve=, n. and adj., restive; stubborn, mulish.

=rétiforme=, adj., retiform.

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

=retirable=, adj., withdrawable.

☉=retirade=, n.f., (fort.) retirade.

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

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

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

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

se =retirer=, v.r., to retire, to withdraw, to go away; (of water) to subside, to recede, to ebb; to retire from, to leave; to quit; to shrink, to contract, to recoup or retrieve one’s self, to be drawn back or withdrawn. Retirez-vous; leave the room; be off; (jur.) stand down (to witnesses). Il s’est retiré du service; he has quitted the service. Se — du commerce; to retire from business. Se — en lieu de sûreté; to retire to a place of safety. Il se retire de bonne heure; he keeps good hours. Ils se retirèrent chacun chez eux; they retired to their respective homes.

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

=retisser=, v.a., to weave again.

=retombée=, n.f., (arch.) springing (of an arch).

=retomber=, v.n., to fall again; to relapse, to fall down again; to fall. — malade; to fall ill again. — dans la même faute; to relapse into the same fault.

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

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

=retordage=, n.m., (manu.) twisting.

=retordement=, n.m., (manu.) twisting.

=retordeur=, n.m., twister, throwster.

=retordre=, v.a., to wring again, to twist again; to twist (silk, thread). Donner du fil à — à quelqu’un; to cut out work for any one, to give any one a great deal of trouble. Se —; to be twisted.

=rétorquer=, v.a., to retort.

=retors=, -e, adj., twisted; artful, deep, cunning, shrewd, crafty. Un homme —; a cunning, crafty man.

=rétorsion=, n.f., act of retorting, retortion.

=retorte=, n.f., (chem.) retort. V. =cornue=.

*=retortiller=, v.a., to twist again.

=retouche=, n.f., (paint.) retouching.

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

=retoucher=, v.a., to retouch, to touch up, to improve; to correct, to alter. Se —; to be retouched.

=retour=, n.m., return, coming back; turning; winding; recurrence, conversion; (jur.) reversion; (arch.) return; thing given in to boot, into the bargain; acknowledgment; decline of life; wane; artifice, trick; change, reciprocity, caprice, whim; vicissitude; (nav.) homeward voyage. Le — du printemps; the return of spring. À mon —; on my return. Sans —; forever, irreparably, irrecoverably, irretrievably. Être de —; to have returned. Par — du courier; by return of post. Être sur son —; to be upon the point of returning. Être sur le —; to be upon the decline of life, to be going downhill, to be on the wane; to be past middle age. Avoir de fâcheux —s; to be odd, whimsical. Il n’y a point de — avec lui; there is no peace to be made with him; there is no end to his resentment. Amour qui n’est pas payé de —; unrequited love. À beau jeu, beau —; one good turn deserves another. La fortune a ses —s; fortune has its vicissitudes. Être perdu sans —; to be past all hope. — de chasse; luncheon (after shooting). Quel — me donnerez-vous? what will you give me to boot? Faire un — sur soi-même; to examine one’s self. En — de; in return for. Je serai de — à midi; I shall be back at twelve. Billet de —; return ticket. Sans esprit de —; without thinking of returning. Payer de —; to requite (hate, love, etc.). Faire — à; to return to, to revert. — d’âge; change of life.

=retourne=, n.f., turn-up card, trump-card, trumps.

=retourner=, v.n., to return, to go again, to go back, to go back again; to turn up (at cards). — sur ses pas; to retrace one’s steps. — en arrière; to turn back. — à son travail; to return to one’s work. N’y retournez pas; don’t do it again. Il retourne cœur; hearts are trumps. Voyons de quoi il retourne; (pop.) let us see what’s going on, or how matters stand.

=retourner=, v.a., to turn, to turn up; to revolve, to turn over, round, about, up, back; to turn (clothes); to mix (a salad). — un habit; to turn a coat. — du foin; to turn hay. — une carte; to turn up a card. — une salade; to mix a salad.

se =retourner=, v.r., to turn, to turn round; to turn one’s self, to be turned. S’en retourner; to return home, to go back again, to turn back.

=retracement=, n.m., retracing; description, relation.

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

se =retracer=, v.r., to retrace, to recall to mind, to remember; to return, to recur, to be traced again.

=rétractation=, n.f., retractation, recantation.

=rétracter=, v.a., to retract, to recall, to recant.

se =rétracter=, v.r., to retract; to make a retraction; to recant.

=rétractile=, adj., retractile.

=rétractilité=, n.f., retractility.

=rétraction=, n.f., (med.) retraction; contraction.

=retraduire=, v.a., to translate again.

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

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

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

=retraite=, n.f., retreat; retiring; retirement; refuge, hiding-place, haunt, lurking-place; retiring pension, pension; shrinking, contraction (of clay, of metals); (arch.) offset; nail (in the foot of a horse); (milit.) tattoo; (com.) redraft. Battre en —; to retreat, to draw off, to beat a retreat. Sonner la —; (hunt.) to call off the hounds; (milit.) to sound a retreat. Donner — à quelqu’un; to shelter any one, to harbour any one. — de voleurs; resort, den, of thieves. Donner à quelqu’un sa —; to pension any one off. Mettre à la —; to pension off, to superannuate. Prendre sa —; to retire on a pension, to retire from the service. Battre la —; (milit.) to beat the tattoo. Officier en —; retired, or half-pay, officer.

=retraité=, =-e=, n. and adj., one who is pensioned off, superannuated; on the retired list. Officier —; officer on the retired list. Un —; one who is pensioned off, a pensioner.

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

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

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

=retranscrire=, v.a., to copy out again.

*=retravailler=, v.a., to work again, to do over again.

=retraverser=, v.a., to cross, to traverse again.

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

=rêtre=, n.m. V. =reître=.

=rétréci=, =-e=, adj., narrow, cramped, contracted, confined.

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

se =rétrécir=, v.r., to become narrow, to grow strait; to shrink, to contract; to be cramped, contracted, straitened.

=rétrécir=, v.n., to narrow, to shrink up.

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

=rétreindre=, v.a., to hammer out (metal).

=rétreinte=, n.f., hammering out.

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

se =retremper=, v.r., to acquire renewed strength; to recruit one’s strength, to be strengthened, invigorated.

=rétribué=, =-e=, adj., remunerated, rewarded.

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

=rétribution=, n.f., retribution, reward.

=rétroacti-f=, =-ve=, adj., retroactive.

=rétroaction=, n.f., retroaction.

=rétroactivement= (-tiv-mān), adv., retroactively.

=rétroactivité=, n.f., retroactive effect.

=rétroagir=, v.n., to have a retroactive effect.

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

=rétrocessi-f=, =-ve=, adj., retroceding, retrocedent.

=rétrocession=, n.f., (jur.) retrocession, redemise, reconveyance.

=rétrogradation=, n.f., (astron.) retrogradation, retrogression, retrocession.

=rétrograde=, adj., retrograde.

=rétrograder=, v.n., to retrograde, to go backward; to go back.

=rétrogressi-f=, =-ve=, adj., retrogressive.

=rétrogression=, n.f., retrogression.

=rétrospecti-f=, =-ve=, adj., retrospective.

=retroussé=, =-e=, part., turned up, tucked up, cocked up. Nez —; snub nose, turned-up nose. Avoir le bras —; to have one’s sleeves tucked up.

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

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

se =retrousser=, v.r., to turn up, to cock up; to tie up; to tuck up one’s gown.

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

=retrouver=, v.a., to find again, to recover; to recognize; to meet again. Je le retrouverai bien; he will not escape me.

se =retrouver=, v.r., to find one another again; to find one’s self again; to be found again; to be met with again; to find one’s way.

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

=réunion=, n.f., reunion, union, junction; meeting, assembly; company; concourse, gathering; party, soirée, reception. Salle de —; assembly-room. Maison de —; meeting-house.

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

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

=réussi=, =-e=, adj., successful, brilliant, well executed or carried out. Bien —; well done; a success, well-performed. Mal —; badly done; spoilt, badly performed; not a success.

=réussir=, v.n., to succeed, to prosper, to thrive, to be successful, to have success. — à faire quelque chose; to succeed in doing anything. Il a mal réussi; he was unsuccessful. Ce projet n’a pas réussi; the plan did not succeed. Tout ce qu’il entreprend lui réussit; everything he undertakes succeeds. Les pommiers réussissent dans ce terrain; apple-trees thrive in this soil. Cela m’a bien réussi; that answered my purpose admirably.

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

=réussite=, n.f., success; issue, event, result.

=revacciner=, v.a., to revaccinate.

=revalidation=, n.f., (jur.) rendering valid again.

=revaloir=, v.a., to return like for like; to be even with, to pay back. Il me le revaudra; he shall pay for it, I will be even with him (for it).

=revanche=, n.f., revenge, retaliation; return; return-match (at play). Avoir sa —; to have one’s revenge; to have one’s turn. Prendre sa —; to take one’s revenge; to return like for like; to play the return-match. En —; by way of retaliation; in return.

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

se =revancher=, v.r., (fam.) to defend one’s self; to be revenged, to revenge; to return like for like; to have one’s turn. Se — d’un bienfait; to return a benefit.

=revancheur=, n.m., (l.u.) defender.

=rêvasser=, v.n., to have troubled dreams, to dream, to keep dreaming; to muse. — à une affaire; to muse over, or ponder over, any matter.

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

=rêvasseur=, n.m., dreamer, muser.

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

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

=rêve-creux=, n.m., (—) dreamer.

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

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

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

*se =réveiller=, v.r., to wake, to awake, to wake up, to awaken; to revive; to be aroused, to be renewed, to be awakened. Sa haine se réveilla; his hatred was aroused. Se — de son assoupissement; to awake from one’s lethargy. Se — en sursaut; to start up out of one’s sleep.

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

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

=révélat-eur=, n.m., =-rice=, n.f., informer, revealer, discoverer, detector. adj., revealing, tell-tale. — d’un complot; revealer of a plot. Être le — de ses complices; to inform against one’s accomplices; (jur.) to turn king’s, queen’s, evidence.

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

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

=revenant=, =-e=, adj., pleasing, prepossessing. Physionomie —e; pleasing physiognomy.

=revenant= (rĕ-vnān), n.m., ghost, spirit. Il y a des —s dans cette maison; that house is haunted.

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

=revendage=, n.m., huckstering.

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

=revendicable=, adj., claimable.

=revendication=, n.f., (jur.) claim; claiming, demand. Action en —; (jur.) action in pursuit of a claim.

=revendiquer=, v.a., to claim, to demand.

=revendre=, v.a., to sell again; to re-sell. Il en a à —; he has enough of it, and to spare. En — à quelqu’un; to be deeper than any one, to be more than a match for any one; to outdo.

=revenir= (rĕ-vnir), v.n., to come again, to come back, to come back again, to return, to recover, to recover one’s self; to get over, to come to one’s self, to come to; to be restored; to occur, to recur, to present one’s self; to resume, to reconsider; to alter one’s mind, to change one’s opinion, to recant, to retract; to be undeceived; to come over to, to adopt, to embrace; to retrieve; to be reconciled, to be appeased, to be pacified; to cost, to stand in; to amount, to come to; to be tantamount to; to please, to suit, to match; to arise, to accrue, to result, to proceed; to appear, to haunt, to walk; (jur.) to claim on a guarantee; (of food) to rise (in the stomach). Faire — quelqu’un; to call any one back. Son nom ne me revient pas; I do not recollect his name. Revenons à notre propos; let us resume, let us return to our business. J’en reviens toujours là que; I still persist in thinking that. En — toujours là; to be always harping on the same string. — à la charge; to return to the charge. — à ses moutons; to return to one’s subject. — sur une matière; to return to a subject. — d’une maladie; to recover from an attack of illness. Il revient à vue d’œil; he is recovering visibly. — à soi; to recover one’s senses, to come to one’s self again, to come to, to revive; to resume one’s serenity; to reform, to be reformed, to be reclaimed, to return to the right path. — d’une frayeur; to recover from a fright. — en santé; to recover one’s health. — de loin; to escape great danger, to have a narrow escape; to recover from a dangerous illness. — sur l’eau; to get afloat again, to recover one’s losses. N’en pas —; to wonder at, to be lost in astonishment. En — d’une belle; to have had a narrow escape. Revenir à l’avis de; to come over to the opinion of, to fall in with any one’s views. Je n’en reviens pas; I cannot recover from my astonishment, I cannot get over it; I cannot make it out; (fam.) it caps me. — de ses préjugés; to shake off one’s prejudices. — de ses folies; to leave off one’s old pranks. Je suis revenu de ces amusements-là; I do not care for those amusements any more or these amusements pall upon me now. — sur le compte de quelqu’un; to have a better (or a worse) opinion of any one (as the case may be). Quand on m’a fait de ces tours, je ne reviens pas; when people play me such tricks as those I never forgive them. Son humeur ne me revient pas; his humor does not please me. Les deux choses reviennent au même; the two things amount to the same, come to the same, are tantamount to the same. Cet habit revient à tant; that coat costs so much. Il me revient que; I hear, I am told, or I understand that. Il ne m’en revient rien; I get nothing by it. De la viande qui revient; meat that rises in one’s stomach. Le vin fait — le cœur; wine cheers the heart. Faire — de la viande; (cook.) to parboil, to half-cook meat.

=revente=, n.f., resale; selling again, reselling; regrating. De —; second-hand. Lit de —; second-hand bed.

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

=revenu= (rĕ-vnu), n.m., revenue, income, rent, profit. Etat des —s; rental. —s casuels; perquisites.

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

=rêver=, v.n., to dream, to be in a dream; to rave, to be light-headed; to talk idly; to have a wandering mind, to muse; to think, to reflect, to consider. Il rêve tout éveillé; he indulges in day-dreams. J’ai rêvé longtemps sur cette affaire; I have pondered long over that affair. Je regagnai mon hôtellerie en rêvant; I trudged back to my inn in a thoughtful mood.

=rêver=, v.a., to dream, to long for, to desire ardently, to dream of. Il ne rêve que fortune; he thinks of nothing but riches.

=réverbérant=, =-e=, adj., reverberating.

=réverbération=, n.f., reverberation; reverberation, repercussion (of sound). La — des rayons du soleil; the reverberation of the solar rays.

=réverbère=, n.m., reflector, street lamp. Feu de —; (chem.) reverberated fire.

=réverbérer=, v.a. and n., to reverberate.

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

=reverdir=, v.a. and n., to paint green again; to become green again; to grow young again; to reblossom; (fig.) to grow influential, powerful again. Planter là quelqu’un pour —; to leave any one in the lurch; to give any one the slip. Il faut — ces barreaux; these iron bars must be painted green again. Faire —; to make green; to revive.

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

=révéremment= (-ra-mān), adv., reverently.

=révérence=, n.f., reverence, veneration; bow, curtsey. Avec —; reverently. Faire une profonde —; to make a low bow, a low curtsey. Tirer sa — à quelqu’un; (jest.) to bow to any one.

=révérencielle=, adj., reverential.

=révérencieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., reverentially.

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

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

=révérendissime=, adj., most reverend.

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

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

=revernir=, v.a., to glaze again, to varnish over again.

☉=reverquier=, n.m. V. =revertier=.

=revers= (-vèr), n.m., back, reverse; facing (of clothes); lapel (of a coat); back stroke; top (of boots); reverse, change for the worse. Coup de —; back-handed stroke. Donner un —; to hit a back stroke. Le — de la médaille; the reverse side of the medal; (fig.) the dark side of the picture. Le — de la tranchée; (fort.) the reverse of the trench. A or de —; (mil.) in the rear, on the flank.

=réversal=, =-e=, adj., (jur.) confirmatory.

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

=reversement=, n.m., (nav.) trans-shipment. V. =transbordement=.

=reverser=, v.a., to pour out again; to pour off; (nav.) to trans-ship (V. =transborder=); (com.) to transfer, to carry (forward or over).

=reversi= or =reversis=, n.m., reversis (card game).

=réversibilité=, n.f., (jur.) revertibility.

=réversible=, adj., reversible; (jur.) revertible.

=réversion=, n.f., (jur.) reversion.

=réversoir=, n.m., dam, weir.

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

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

=revêtir=, v.a., to clothe; to give clothes to, to invest; to dress; to put on, to assume; to endow a person with; to bestow on a person; (mas.) to line, to cover. — les pauvres; to clothe the poor. — un habit; to put on a coat. — ses pensées d’un style brillant; to clothe one’s thoughts in brilliant language. — la figure de quelqu’un; to put on the air of some one else. Les formes que revêt la pensée; the forms that thought assumes. — un personnage; to assume a character. Je me suis dépouillé de cet emploi pour l’en —; I threw up this employment in his favor, to bestow it on him. — une terrasse de gazon; to cover a terrace with turf.

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

=rêveu-r=, =-se=, n. and adj., dreamer, muser; thoughtful, pensive, dreamy, musing.

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

=revider=, v.a., to empty again; to knock out.

=revient= (rĕvi-in), n.m., (com.) only used in: prix de —; net cost.

=revirade=, n.f., (backgammon) back-game.

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

=revirer=, v.n., (nav.) to tack about, to tack, to put about; to turn round, to change sides, to be a turn-coat, to rat. Il a reviré de bord; he has ratted.

=revisable=, adj., revisable.

=reviser=, v.a., to revise, to review, to examine.

=reviseur=, n.m., reviser, examiner.

=revision=, n.f., revisal, revision, re-examination, review. Sujet à —; questionable. — de procès; rehearing. Faire la — d’une feuille; (print.) to revise a sheet. Conseil de —; (milit.) examining-board (as to health of recruits).

=revivification=, n.f., (chem.) revivification.

=revivifier=, v.a., to revive, to revivify, to vivify; to regenerate.

=revivre=, v.n., to come to life again; to live again; to revive. Faire —; to bring to life again, to revive, to restore. Les pères revivent dans leurs enfants; fathers live again in their children.

=révocabilité=, n.f., revocability.

=révocable=, adj., revocable, reversible, repealable.

☉=révocati-f=, =-ve=, adj., repealing.

=révocation=, n.f., revocation, repeal, revoking, recall.

=révocatoire=, adj., revocatory.

=revoici=, prep., (fam., jest) once more, here ... again. Me —; here am I again.

=revoilà=, prep., (fam., jest) once more, there ... again. Les revoilà! there they are again!

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

se =revoir=, v.r., to see, to meet, each other again; to be seen again. Nous nous reverrons; we shall meet again.

=revoir=, n.m., seeing, or meeting, again. Au —; good-bye for the present, or till we meet again. À —; to be revised.

=revoler=, v.n., to fly again, to fly back; to steal, or rob, again.

=revolin=, n.m., (nav.) eddy-wind.

=révoltant=, =-e=, adj., revolting.

=révolte=, n.f., revolt, rebellion.

=révolté=, n.m., rebel.

=révolter=, v.a., to cause to revolt or rebel, to stir up; to rouse, to excite; to shock, to disgust, to horrify.

se =révolter=, v.r., to revolt, to rebel, to be indignant, to be shocked.

=révolter=, v.n., to revolt, to rebel.

=révolu=, =-e=, adj., revolved, accomplished, completed, finished, ended.

=révoluti-f=, =-ve=, adj., (bot.) revolute.

=révolution=, n.f., revolution.

=révolutionnaire=, n.m. and adj., revolutionist; revolutionary.

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

=révolutionner=, v.a., to revolutionize.

=revolver= (ré-vol-vèr), n.m., revolver.

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

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

=revouloir=, v.a., to wish again, to wish again for.

=revoyager=, v.n., to travel again.

=revue=, n.f., review; magazine; survey, examination, revision. Faire la — de; to examine, to survey. Faire une — de ses papiers; to examine one’s papers. Passer en —; (milit.) to review. Être gens de —; to meet often.

=révulsi-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) revulsive.

=révulsif=, n.m., (med.) revulsive.

=révulsion=, n.f., revulsion.

=rez=, prep., (l.u.) level with, even with. — pied, — terre; even, or level, with the ground.

=rez-de-chaussée=, n.m., (—) ground-floor; level with the ground. Au —; on the ground-floor. À —; level with the ground.

=rhabdologie=, n.f. V. =rabdologie=.

=rhabdomancie=, n.f. V. =rabdomancie=.

*=rhabillage=, n.m., repairing, mending, botching, patching.

*=rhabillement=, n.m. V. =rhabillage=.

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

*=rhabilleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f. V. =rebouteur=.

=rhagade=, n.f., (med.) rhagade, crack, chap, fissure.

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

=rhapsode=, n.m., =rhapsodie=, n.f., =rhapsodiste=, n.m. V. =rapsode=, =rapsodie=, =rapsodiste=.

=rhénan=, =-e=, adj., (geog.) Rhenish.

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

=rhéteur=, n.m., rhetorician, rhetor.

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

=rhétoricien= (-si-in), n.m., rhetorician.

=rhétorique=, n.f., rhetoric. Figure de —; rhetorical figure. Faire sa —; to be in the class of rhetoric (in the highest form but one; the Remove).

=rhin=, n.m., (geog.) Rhine. Vin du —; Rhenish wine, Rhine-wine.

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

=rhingrave=, n.m., rhingrave (German governor).

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

=rhinocéros= (-ros), n.m., rhinoceros.

=rhinoplastie=, n.f., (surg.) rhinoplasty.

=rhodium= (-om), n.m., (min.) rhodium.

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

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

=rhomboèdre=, n.m., (geom.) rhombohedron.

=rhomboïdal=, =-e=, adj., rhomboidal.

=rhomboïde=, n.m., (anat., geom.) rhomboid.

=rhubarbe=, n.f., rhubarb. — blanche; white jalap. — des moines; monk’s-rhubarb, herb-patience.

=rhum= (rom), n.m., rum.

=rhumatique=, adj., rheumatic.

=rhumatisant=, =-e=, n. and adj., rheumatic.

=rhumatismal=, =-e=, adj., rheumatic.

=rhumatisme=, n.m., rheumatism.

=rhumb=, n.m. V. =rumb=.

=rhume=, n.m., cold. — de cerveau; cold in the head. Un gros —; a violent cold. — de poitrine; cold on the chest. Attraper un —; to catch a cold.

=rhus= (rus), n.m. V. =sumac=.

=rhythme=, n.m. V. =rythme=.

=rhythmique=, adj. V. =rythmique=.

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

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

=ribaud=, =-e=, n. and adj., (l.ex.) ribald.

=ribauderie= (-bô-drî), n.f., ribaldry.

=ribaudure=, n.f., crease, fold (in cloth).

=riblette=, n.f., (cook.) collop, rasher.

=riblons=, n.m.pl., scrap-iron.

=ribord=, n.m., (nav.) garboard strake.

=ribordage=, n.m., (nav.) damage by fouling.

=ribote=, n.f., (pop.) debauch, drunken bout. Être en —; to be boozy, drunk, tight; to be on the spree. Faire —; to have a drunken bout.

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

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

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

=ricaner=, v.n., to chuckle, to sneer, to snigger, to giggle.

=ricanerie= (-ka-n-rî), n.f. V. =ricanement=.

=ricaneu-r=, =-se=, n. and adj., sneerer, sneering; giggler, giggling.

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

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

=riche=, n.m. and adj., rich man; rich, wealthy, opulent; sumptuous; copious; valuable, precious. Un — parti; a good match (marriage). — moisson; abundant harvest. Langue —; copious language. Le mauvais —; the rich man of the Gospel.

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

=richesse=, n.f., riches, wealth, wealthiness, opulence; copiousness; richness. La — d’une langue; the copiousness of a language. Contentement passe —; enough is as good as a feast.

=richissime=, adj., (fam.) inordinately rich.

=ricin=, n.m., (bot.) palma Christi, castor-oil plant. Huile de —; castor-oil.

=ricocher=, v.n., (artil.) to ricochet, to rebound.

=ricochet=, n.m., duck and drake (rebound on the water); series; chain, succession; (artil.) ricochet. Faire des —s; (artil.) to ricochet; to make ducks and drakes on the water. Feu à —; (artil.) ricochet-firing or fire. C’est la chanson du —; it is the same thing over and over again. Par —; indirectly.

=rictus=, n.m., grin, grinning.

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

=ridé=, =-e=, adj., wrinkled; (bot.) rugose. Une pomme —e; a shriveled apple.

=rideau=, n.m., curtain; screen (of trees); (fort.) rideau. Tirer le —; to draw the curtain. Baisser le —; (thea.) to drop the curtain. Lever de —; (thea.) curtain-raiser. — d’entr’acte; drop-scene.

=ridée=, n.f., clap-net.

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

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

se =rider=, v.r., to wrinkle, to shrivel, to shrivel up; to ripple, to ruffle (of water).

=ridicule=, adj., ridiculous. Se rendre —; to make one’s self ridiculous.

=ridicule=, n.m., ridicule, ridiculousness; ridiculous person, ridiculous thing. Tomber dans le —, or tourner au —; to become ridiculous. Tourner quelqu’un en —; to ridicule any one.

=ridiculement= (-kul-mān), adv., ridiculously.

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

=ridiculité=, n.f., (l.u.) ridiculousness, ridiculous thing. C’est une — de parler ainsi; it is absurd to speak in this manner.

=rièble=, n.m. V. =grateron=.

=rien= (ri-in), n.m., nothing, nought, not anything; mere nothing, trifle, mere trifle. Pour —; for nothing, for next to nothing, for a mere trifle, for a song, — de plus beau; nothing finer. — autre chose; nothing else. On ne fait — de —; nothing can be made out of nothing. Je n’en ferai —; I shall do nothing of the sort. Cette montre ne vous sert à —; that watch is of no use to you. Il ne sert à — de; it is of no use to. Cet homme ne m’est —; that man is nothing to me. Cela ne fait —; that does not matter. Tout comme si de — n’était; as if nothing at all was the matter. Ne faites semblant de —; pretend not to mind it, not to see it, say nothing at all. Je ne pense à — moins qu’à cela; nothing is further from my thoughts. Ce n’est — moins que cela; it is quite another thing, it is anything but that. En moins de —; in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice. De —; don’t mention it! of nothing; insignificant. — au monde ne me fera oublier cela; nothing in the world will make me forget that. — de —; absolutely nothing. Moins que —; very little. S’il y a — qui me plaise; if anything pleases me. Y a-t-il — de nouveau? is there any news? N’aboutir à —; to come to nothing.

=rieu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., laugher, giggler, sneerer. Il a les —s de son côté; he has the laughers on his side.

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

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

=rigaudon=, n.m. V. =rigodon=.

=rigide=, adj., rigid, strict, harsh, severe, stiff.

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

=rigidité=, n.f., rigidness, rigidity, stiffness, strictness, severity, harshness.

=rigodon=, n.m., rigadoon (dance).

=rigole=, n.f., trench, little ditch or furrow, little gutter; culvert (of roads).

=rigorisme=, n.m., rigorism, austerity; hyper-criticism.

=rigoriste=, n.m.f. and adj., rigorist; hyper-critic; over-rigid, over-severe; hypercritical.

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

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

=rigueur= (-gheur), n.f., rigor, severity; harshness; sternness, sharpness, closeness, precision. La — du sort; the sternness of fate. Traiter quelqu’un avec —; to be severe with any one. Cette règle est de —; this rule is indispensable. Jouer de —; to play the strict rule of the game. La — de l’hiver; the inclemency of the winter. À la —; strictly speaking; in a strict sense; for once in a way; if absolutely necessary.

*=rillettes=, n.f.pl., minced pork.

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

*=rimailler=, v.n., to write bad verses.

*=rimailleur=, n.m., sorry rhymer, poetaster.

=rime=, n.f., rhyme. pl. verse. —s croisées; alternate rhymes. —s plates; following rhymes (line by line). Il n’y a ni — ni raison dans ce qu’il dit; there is neither rhyme nor reason in what he says.

=rimer=, v.n. and a., to rhyme. Cela ne rime à rien; there’s no sense in it; it is all nonsense; that means nothing at all. De la prose rimée; mere doggerel.

=rimeur=, n.m., rhymer; poetaster.

=rinçage=, n.m., rinsing.

=rinceau=, n.m., (arch.) foliage; (her.) bough.

=rincer=, v.a., to rinse, to wash, to cleanse. Il a été bien rincé; (pop.) he has been well drenched; he has been well thrashed; well paid out.

se =rincer=, v.r., to rinse. Se — la bouche; to rinse one’s mouth.

=rinceu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f., rinser, washer.

=rinçoir=, n.m., rinsing tub.

=rinçure=, n.f., rinsings; slops; (of wine) poor watery stuff.

=ringard=, n.m., (tech.) fire-iron, poker, iron-rake.

=ringrave=, n.m.f. V. =rhingrave=.

☉=riolé=, =-e=, adj., streaked.

=rioter=, v.n., to giggle, to titter.

=rioteu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., giggler, titterer.

=riotte=, n.f., tiff.

=ripage=, n.m., (tech.) scraping.

*=ripaille=, n.f., feasting, junketing. Faire —; to feast, to junket.

=ripe=, n.f., (sculpt.) scraper.

=riper=, v.a., (sculpt.) to scrape.

=ripopée=, n.f., slops, medley; slipslop, mish-mash; bad wine.

=riposte=, n.f., smart reply, repartee; (fenc.) parry and thrust, return.

=riposter=, v.n., to repartee, to make a smart reply; to make a return; to reply, to answer, to return it; (fenc.) to parry and thrust. Il riposta d’un soufflet; he replied with a slap in the face.

=ripuaire=, adj., riparian, riverine.

=rire= (riant, ri), v.n., to laugh; to be merry; to look pleasant, to smile; to be in jest, to joke, to make game of; to trifle; to be favorable, to be propitious; to scoff at. Eclater de —; to break out into laughter, to burst out laughing. Etouffer de —; to be suffocating with laughter. Se tenir les côtes de —; to split one’s sides with laughing. Se pâmer de —; to die with laughing. Avoir le mot pour —; to be facetious, to be ever ready with a joke. — à gorge déployée; to roar with laughter. — du bout des dents, — jaune; to laugh on the wrong side of one’s mouth, to force a laugh. — dans sa barbe, — sous cape; to laugh in one’s sleeve. — de; to laugh at, not to mind, not to care for. — de quelqu’un; to laugh at any one. — au nez de quelqu’un; to laugh in any one’s face. Apprêter à —; to make one’s self a laughing-stock. Rira bien qui rira le dernier or marchand qui perd ne peut —; let them laugh that win. Cela fait —; that makes one laugh. Il n’y a pas là de quoi —; there’s nothing to laugh at in that. Il n’y a pas de quoi —; it is no laughing matter. Et la foule de —; up went a great shout of laughter from the crowd! — aux anges; to laugh beyond measure; to laugh alone, or to one’s self. — aux dépens d’autrui; to laugh at another’s expense. Nous rirons bien; we shall have great fun. La fortune lui rit; fortune smiles upon him. Est-ce que vous riez? are you jesting? Vous voulez —; you are jesting. Je le disais pour —; I said it in jest. — de bon cœur; to laugh heartily. Pour —; in play, for fun. En riant, or pour —; jokingly, in jest, for fun. Histoire de —; for fun, for a lark. Un roi pour —; a sham king. Un conte pour —; a laughable story. Pincer sans —; to jest bitingly. Tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera; laughter is akin to tears, or laugh to-day and cry to-morrow.

se =rire=, v.r., to laugh; to make sport, to jest, to trifle, to scoff. On se rit de lui; he is laughed at.

=rire=, n.m., laugh; laughter, laughing; giggle; grin. _De grands éclats de —_; great shouts of laughter. Un — moqueur; a sneer. _Un — niais_; a silly laugh. Un gros —; loud laughter; a horse-laugh. — étouffé; suppressed laugh; giggle. Accès de —; fit of laughter. Partir d’un éclat de —; to burst out laughing.

=ris=, n.m., (poet.) laugh, smile, laughter; (nav.) reef (of sails); (cook.) sweet-bread. Un — forcé; a forced laugh. Un — moqueur; a sneer. Prendre un —; (nav.) to take in a reef. — de veau; (cook.) sweet-bread.

=risban=, n.m., (fort.) risband.

=risdale=, n.f. V. =rixdale=.

=risée=, n.f., laugh, laughter, mockery, derision; butt, laughing-stock; (nav.) gust, squall, flaw. Être, or faire, la — de tout le monde; to be the laughing-stock of everyone. Objet de —; laughing-stock.

=riser=, v.a., (nav.) to strike a sail, to reef.

=risette=, n.f., pretty laugh, smile.

=risibilité=, n.f., risibility.

=risible=, adj., risible; comical, laughable.

=risiblement=, adv., laughably.

=risquable=, adj., adventurous, hazardous; that may be ventured.

=risque=, n.m., risk, hazard, peril. J’en courrai le —; I will run the risk of it. À tout —; at all hazards or costs. À ses —s et périls; at one’s own risk. Au — de; at the risk of.

=risqué=, =-e=, adj., risky, hazardous, hazarded; bold; improper, broad, free.

=risquer=, v.a., to risk, to hazard, to venture, to run the risk of, to have to fear. Qui ne risque rien n’a rien; nothing venture, nothing have. — le paquet; to risk all or to brave the storm.

se =risquer=, v.r., to risk, to venture, to take one’s chance of.

=risque-tout=, n.m., desperado, dare-devil.

=risse=, n.f., (nav.) lashing-rope.

=risser=, v.a., to lash, to frap.

=rissole=, n.f., (cook.) minced meat fritter, rissole.

=rissolé=, =-e=, part., (cook.) brown, browned; crackling. Il a le visage —; his face is sunburnt.

=rissoler=, v.a., (cook.) to roast brown.

se =rissoler=, v.r., (cook.) to roast brown.

=ristorne= or =ristourne=, n.f., (com.) canceling an insurance.

=ristorner= or =ristourner=, v.a., (com.) to cancel an insurance; to carry to another account.

=rit= or =rite=, n.m., rite.

=ritournelle=, n.f., (mus.) ritornello, flourish.

=ritualiste=, n.m.f., ritualist.

=rituel=, n.m., ritual, prayer-book.

=rivage=, n.m., shore, sea-shore, strand, beach; bank-side (of rivers); water-side. Être jeté sur le —; to be cast ashore. Quitter le —; to put off.

=rival=, =-e=, n. and adj., rival. Ils sont rivaux de gloire; they are rivals in glory.

=rivaliser=, v.n., to rival, to vie, to compete, to strive, to strive with, to emulate. Ils ont rivalisé d’efforts; they vied with each other in efforts.

=rivalité=, n.f., rivalry, rivalship, competition, emulation.

=rive=, n.f., shore, bank (of rivers); border, skirt (of woods). On n’y voit ni fond ni —; (prov.) it is beyond any man’s comprehension.

=rivement=, n.m., riveting.

=river=, v.a., to rivet, to clinch. — son clou à quelqu’un; to give any one a clincher, to silence any one.

=riverain= (rī-vrin), n.m., river-side resident; borderer; owner of riverside property.

=riverain=, =-e=, adj., riparian, bordering (on rivers or woods); riverine; possessing property situated along a forest, road, or street.

=rivet=, n.m., rivet.

=rivetage=, n.m., riveting.

=rivière=, n.f., river, stream. Bras d’une —; branch of a river. Gens de —; watermen. La — est marchande; the river is navigable. Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes —s; many a little makes a mickle. Mettre des peaux en —; to soak skins. — de diamants; diamond necklace, stream of diamonds.

=rivoir=, n.m., riveting-hammer.

=rivure=, n.f., hinge-pin.

=rixdale=, n.f., rix-dollar.

=rixe=, n.f., combat, conflict, fight, scuffle; brawl, dispute, affray; quarrel.

=riz= (ri), n.m., (bot.) rice. — au lait; rice-milk. Gâteau de —; rice-pudding, rice-cake.

=rize=, n.m., rize (Turkish coin).

=rizière=, n.f., rice-field, rice-plantation.

=rob=, n.m., (pharm.) rob.

=robe=, n.f., gown, robe, dress, frock; coat (of certain animals); husk, peel (of certain vegetables, fruit); cloth (clergymen); long robe (lawyers). — de femme; dress, gown. — d’enfant; frock. — de chambre; morning-gown, dressing-gown. — décolletée; low dress. — montante; dress high to the neck. Gens de —; gentlemen of the long robe; barristers. En — de chambre; (of potatoes) in their skins, in their jackets.

=rober=, v.a., to bark (madder). — un chapeau; to rub a hat; (of cigars) to wrap.

=robin=, n.m., (b.s.) limb of the law, lawyer.

=robin=, proper name used in the following familiar and proverbial expressions: Toujours souvient à — de ses flûtes; one always remembers one’s old ways. C’est un plaisant —; he is a contemptible fellow, or an easy fool.

=robinet=, n.m., cock; tap, plug. — à deux eaux, à deux faces, à deux fins; double-valve cock. Fermer le —; to turn off the cock. Ouvrir le —; to turn on the cock.

=robinier=, n.m., (bot.) robinia, common acacia, locust-tree.

=roborati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) (l.u.) roborant.

=robre=, n.m., rubber (whist).

=robuste=, adj., robust, hardy, strong, vigorous, sturdy.

=robustement=, adv., robustly, hardily, lustily, stoutly.

=robustesse=, n.f., robustness, strength, vigor.

=roc=, n.m., rock (isolated mass of stony matter); ☉rook, castle (at chess). — vif; solid rock.

*=rocaille=, n.f., rock-work, grotto work.

*=rocailleur=, n.m., grotto-maker, rock-work-maker.

*=rocailleu-x=, =-se=, adj., pebbly, stony, flinty; rugged, rough. Style —; harsh style.

=rocambeau=, n.m., (nav.) iron ring (holding the sails round the mast).

=rocambole=, n.f., (hort.) rocambole, seasoning; a trite, sorry joke; ☉piquancy, point, zest; cream (of anything). Et la —; (pop.) and the rest of it.

=roccelle=, n.f., (bot.) archil, orchil.

=roche=, n.f., rock, boulder; quartz, stony mass (inland); rock (insensibility), flint, steel. Cœur de —; heart of flint. Homme de la vieille —; man of the old stamp or school. Il y a quelque anguille sous —; there is a snake in the grass; I can smell a rat. — crayeuse; chalk rock. Eau de —; spring water.

=rocher=, n.m., rock, boulder, crag (sea-girt usually); (conch.) murex; (artificial) rockery. Plein de —s; rocky. Cœur de —; heart of flint. — escarpé; steep rock.

=rocheraie= (ro-shré), n.f., (orni.) stock-dove.

=rochet=, n.m., rocket (surplice); (horl.) rack, ratch; (of machinery) clink; (locksmith’s work) ratchet.

=rocheu-x=, =-se=, adj., (geol.) rocky, stony.

=rock= or =rouc=, n.m., roc (fabulous bird).

=rococo=, n.m., and adj., antiquated style, rococo style, bad taste (in arts); antiquated, trumpery, old, old-fashioned.

=rocou=, =rocouer=, =rocouyer=. V. =roucou=, =roucouer=, =roucouyer=.

=rôder=, v.n., to roam, to rove, to ramble; to prowl.

=rôdeur=, n.m., roamer, rover, rambler; vagrant; prowler.

=rodomont=, n.m., rodomont, blusterer, ranter, braggadocio, bully.

=rodomontade=, n.f., rodomontade, boasting, bluster, bravado, swaggering.

=rogations=, n.f.pl., (c.rel.) rogation. Jours des —; rogation-days. Semaine des —; rogation week.

=rogatoire=, adj., (jur.) of inquiry. Commission —; judicial commission (to examine witnesses).

=rogatons=, n.m.pl., scraps, odds and ends, broken meat; waste paper.

=roger-bontemps=, n.m., (—s-—) (fam.) a jolly fellow, merry andrew.

*=rogne=, n.f., itch; mange; (vet.) scab.

*=rognement=, n.m., cutting, paring, clipping.

*=rogne-pieds=, n.m.pl., (vet.) farrier’s knife.

*=rogner=, v.a., to clip, to cut (at the extremities); to pare, to crop, to prune, to lop; to cut off, to cut short, to pare off. — la vigne; to prune the vine. — un livre; to cut a book. — la monnaie; to clip coin. — les ongles à quelqu’un; to clip any one’s wings.

*=rogneu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., clipper (of coin).

*=rogneu-x=, =-se=, adj., itchy, mangy, scabbed, scurvy.

*=rognoir=, n.m., (book-bind.) plow; cutting-press.

*=rognon=, n.m., kidney; (pop.) loins; hip; testicle (of some animals). Blessure aux —s d’un cheval; navel-gall. Mine en —s; (metal.) kidney-shaped ore.

*=rognonner=, v.n., to growl, to grumble.

*=rognure=, n.f., paring, clipping, cutting. pl., refuse, leavings.

=rogomme=, n.m., dram, spirits, grog. Voix de —; croaking voice, hoarse voice, drunkard’s voice.

=rogue= (rog), adj., (fam.) proud, haughty, disdainful.

=roi=, n.m., king. De par le —; in the king’s name. Vive le —; long live the king. Le jour des —s; Twelfth-day. Gâteau des —s; Twelfth-cake. Fêter, or tirer, les —s; to celebrate Twelfth-night. Vivre en —; to live like a king, like a prince. C’est la cour du — Pétaud; it is Bedlam broke loose. — d’armes; king at arms.

=roide=, adj. V. =raide=.

=roitelet= (roa-tlè), n.m., petty king, kinglet; (orni.) wren. — huppé; golden-crested wren. — triple bandeau; fire-crested wren.

=rôlage=, n.m., rolling (of tobaccos).

=rôle=, n.m., roll, scroll; list, rota, roster, catalogue; (thea.) part, character, impersonation; (jur.) cause-list. À tour de —; in turn, by turn, by rotation. Jouer bien son —; to play one’s part well. — de combat; (nav.) quarter-bill. — de quart; watch-bill. — d’équipage; (nav.) muster-roll. Sortir de son —; to be out of character, to exceed one’s attributes. Saisir son —; to catch the spirit of one’s part. Manquer son —; (fig.) to mistake one’s vocation. Outrer son —; to overdo one’s part.

=rôler=, v.n., (b.s.) to spin out legal documents (to increase the costs).

=rôlet=, n.m., (l.u.) character, little part. Jouer bien son —; to play one’s part well. Être au bout de son —; to be at one’s wits’ end, at the end of one’s tether.

=rollier=, n.m., (orni.) roller.

=romain=, =-e=, adj., Roman; Romish; (print.) Roman. À la —e; Roman-like. L’Eglise catholique —e; the church of Rome. Calendrier —; Romish calendar. Laitue —e; cos lettuce.

=romain=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., Roman.

=romain=, n.m., (print.) Roman, primer. Gros —; great primer. Petit —; long primer.

=romaine=, n.f., steelyard; (bot.) cos lettuce.

=romaïque=, n.m. and adj., Romaic, modern Greek language; Greek, Grecian.

=romaïque=, n.f., the Greek national dance.

=roman=, n.m., novel, romance, fiction, romancing tale; Romance (language). Cela tient du —; it is like a romance. C’est une aventure de —; it is a romantic adventure. De —; of novels, romantic, imaginary.

=roman=, =-e=, or =romance=, adj., Romanic, Romance.

=romance=, n.f., (mus.) ballad, song.

=romancer= or =romanciser=, v.n., to romance.

=romancero=, n.m., (—s) romancero, collection of short Spanish epic poems.

=romancier=, n.m., romance-writer; novelist, novel-writer.

=romane=, adj., (arch.) romanesque.

=romanesque=, adj., fanciful, romantic; romanesque.

=romanesquement=, adv., romantically, in a romantic manner.

=romaniser=, v.a. and n., to romanize.

=romanticisme=, n.m., romanticism.

=romantique=, n.m. and adj., romanticist, romanticism; romantic, romantical.

=romantiquement= (-tik-mān), adv., romantically.

=romantisme=, n.m., romanticism.

=romarin=, n.m., (bot.) rosemary.

=rompement= (ronp-mān), n.m., only used in: — de tête; mental fatigue, head-splitting.

=rompre=, v.a., to break, to break asunder, to snap; to break off, to dissolve; to train, to break in, to train up, to use; to divert, to turn off; (phys.) to refract; (med.) to rupture; (paint.) to blend. — un criminel; to break a criminal upon the wheel. — la tête à quelqu’un; to break any one’s head. — les chemins; to spoil the roads, to break up the roads. — la glace; to break the ice. — le cou à quelqu’un; to break any one’s neck, to ruin any one. — les couleurs; to blend the colors. — la mesure or la semelle; (fenc.) to retire in parrying, to draw back. — le grain germé; to turn the barley. — les bordages; (nav.) to rip off planks. — le sommeil de quelqu’un; to interrupt the sleep of any one. — un coup; to deaden a blow. — le silence; to break silence. — les chiens; (hunt.) to call off the dogs. — l’eau à un cheval; to interrupt a horse in drinking. — un traité; to break off a treaty. — son ménage; to give up housekeeping. — le carré; (milit.) to break the square. — une armée; to disband an army. — la paille; to break off (an agreement, a bargain, etc.); to break off, to fall out with, to become the enemy of any one. — son serment; to break one’s oath. — son jeûne; to break one’s fast. — sa prison; to break out of prison. — son ban; to break one’s ban. — la tête à quelqu’un; to turn any one’s brain; to worry any one. — un homme aux affaires; to train a man up to business. — un cheval; to break in a horse. À tout —; furiously, frantically. Cet acteur a été applaudi à tout —; that actor received frantic applause.

se =rompre=, v.r., to break, to break off, to snap, to break up, to break asunder; to discontinue; (phys.) to be refracted; (med.) to rupture. Se — la tête; to puzzle, or rack, one’s brains.

=rompre=, v.n., to break, to break asunder, to break off, to snap, to break up; to discontinue, to have done. — court; to break off short. — en visière avec quelqu’un; to tell any one the truth to his face; to quarrel openly with any one, to break off with any one.

=rompu=, =-e=, part., broken, snapped; broken in; (nav.) hogged (of a ship). Être — aux affaires; to be used, or accustomed, to business. Tout — de fatigue; quite worn out with fatigue. Travailler à bâtons —s; to work by fits and starts. Nombre —; (l.u.) fraction.

=ronce=, n.f., (bot.) bramble, brier; blackberry-bush; blackberry-tree; (fig.) thorn, obstacle.

=ronceraie=, n.f., brake, briery.

=rond=, =-e=, adj., round; rotund; frank, easy, plain-dealing; even (of money, accounts). Un peu —; roundish. Du fil —; coarse thread. Pain —; coarse bread. Voix —e; full voice. Compte —; even account. C’est un homme tout —; he is a plain-dealing man, or honesty itself. Être — en affaires; to be straightforward in business matters. Figure de —e bosse; (sculpt.) figure in alto-relievo. Période —e; full and rounded period.

=rond=, n.m., round, orb, ring, circle, disk. Danser en —; to dance in a ring. — d’eau; circular basin of water. — de serviette; napkin ring.

=rondache=, n.f., round buckler, round shield.

=ronde=, n.f., round; patrol; table song, roundelay; (mus.) semibreve; round hand (writing). Faire la —; to go the rounds. À la —; round about. Boire à la —; to drink all round. Passer à la —; to hand round, to pass round. Chemin des —s; round-way.

=rondeau=, n.m., rondeau, roundelay (French poet.); (mus.) rondo.

=rondelet=, =-te= (rōn-dlè, -t), adj., roundish, plump, plumpish.

=rondelette=, n.f., ground-ivy.

=rondelettes=, n.f.pl., sail-cloth made in Brittany.

=rondelle=, n.f., round shield; rundle, ring; washer (of a wheel); sculptor’s rounded chisel.

=rondement= (rōn-dmān), adv., roundly; quickly; briskly, vigorously; plainly, frankly; with a high hand. Mener une affaire —; not to dilly-dally. Y aller —; to act frankly and quickly. Il va — en besogne; he goes briskly to work.

=rondeur=, n.f., roundness, smoothness, undulating expanse, rotundity; fullness, flow; openness, plain dealing; curve, compass (of a piece of timber used in shipbuilding).

=rondin=, n.m., billet, round log; cudgel.

=rondiner=, v.a., to cudgel. — d’importance; to beat soundly.

=rondon=, n.m., (hawking) swoop, impetuosity. En —; impetuously.

=rond-point=, n.m. (—s-—s) (arch.) apsis; circus (place where several roads, or walks, meet).

=ronflant=, =-e=, adj., snoring; sonorous, high-sounding; loud.

=ronflement=, n.m., snoring, snore; roaring, peal, rumbling; humming; snorting (of horses). — des vents; roaring of the wind. — d’une toupie; humming of a top.

=ronfler=, v.n., to snore; (of horses) to snort; (of cannon, thunder) to roar; (of organs) to peal; (of spinning-tops) to hum.

=ronfleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., snorer.

=ronge=, n.m., (hunt.) ruminating. Le cerf fait le —; the stag is ruminating.

=rongeant=, =-e=, adj., gnawing, devouring, corroding; (med.) corrosive.

*=ronge-maille=, n.m., (—) nibble (rat). Maître —; squire nibble.

=ronge-ver=, n.m., gnawing worm.

=ronger=, v.a., to gnaw, to nibble, to pick; to waste, to consume, to eat up, to corrode; to fret, to torment, to prey upon (the mind). — un os; to pick, or gnaw, a bone. — son frein; to champ the bit; to fret inwardly, to chafe. — ses ongles; to bite one’s nails. La rouille ronge le fer; rust corrodes iron. Donner un os à — à quelqu’un; (fig.) to bestow upon, to grant any one, a favor; to cut out work for any one, to give any one trouble.

=rongeur=, n. and adj. m., (mam.) rodent; gnawing, biting; corroding; consuming. Ver —; never-dying worm.

=ronron=, n.m., purr, purring. Faire —; to purr.

=roquefort=, n.m., Roquefort cheese.

☉=roquelaure=, n.f., roquelaure (sort of cloak).

=roquentin=, n.m., dotard, gray-beard, old buck.

=roquer=, v.n., to castle, to rook (at chess).

=roquet=, n.m., pug-dog; (fam.) dog, puppy, cur (person).

=roquette=, n.f., (bot.) rocket. — sauvage; wild rocket.

☉*=roquille=, n.f., gill, quartern.

=rorage=, n.m., dew-bleaching.

=rosace=, n.f., (arch.) rose; rose-work; (Gothic arch.) rose-window.

=rosacé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) rosaceous.

=rosacées=, n.f.pl., (bot.) rose-tribe, rosaceæ.

=rosage=, n.m., (bot.) oleander, rose-bay; rosing (dyeing).

=rosagine=, n.f., (bot.) rose-bay.

=rosaire=, n.m., rosary.

=rosat=, adj., (pharm.) of roses. Miel —; honey of roses.

=rosbif=, n.m., (—s) roast-beef.

=rose=, n.f., rose; (arch.) rose-window; rose-diamond. Couleur de —; rose-colored. De —; rosy. — d’Inde; African marigold. Laurier-—, (—s-—s) rose-laurel. — gueldre; Guelder-rose. — des quatre saisons; monthly rose. — de diamants; cluster of diamonds in the form of a rose. Diamant en —; rose-cut diamond. — des vents; (nav.) compass-card. Découvrir le pot aux —s; to find out the secret. Il n’est point de — sans épines; there is no rose without a thorn.

=rose=, adj., rosy, pink; rose-colored.

=rose=, n.m., rose-color.

=rosé=, =-e=, adj., roseate, rosy.

=roseau=, n.m., reed, reed-cane; reed-grass. — de marais; common marsh-reed. — cultivé; evergreen reed. — odorant; sweet-flag. — des Indes; bamboo. Lieu planté de —x; reed-bank. Plein, or couvert, de —x; reedy. C’est un — peint en fer; his looks belie his firmness.

=rose-croix=, n.m., (—s-—) Rosicrucian.

=rosée=, n.f., dew; (vet.) oozing blood. — du soleil; (bot.) sun-dew. — du matin; morning-dew. Goutte de —; dew-drop.

=roselet= (rô-zlè), n.m., (mam.) stoat.

=roselière=, n.f., reed-bank, reed-field.

=roselle=, n.f., (orni.) redwing.

=roséole=, n.f., (med.) roseola, scarlet rash.

=roser=, v.a., to rose. Se —; to become rosy; to assume a roseate hue.

=roseraie= (rôz-rè), n.f., rosery, rose garden.

=rosette=, n.f., rosette; small rose; rose-diamond, rose; red ink; red chalk; (ich.) gray gurnard; (metal.) cake; (orni.) redwing, swine-pipe; (hat-making) tip; (paint.) rosette, roset. Diamant à —; rose-diamond.

=rosier=, n.m., rose-tree, rose-bush.

=rosière=, n.f., rose-queen; (ich.) minnow, pink.

=roson=, n.m. V. =rosace=.

=rosse=, n.f., jade, screw; (ich.) roach.

=rosser=, v.a., to belabor, to lick, to thrash, to maul, to drub, to give a drubbing to.

*=rossignol=, n.m., (orni.) nightingale; pipe, flute (made of bark); stop (of organ); picklock; skeleton key; (carp.) wedge; shopkeeper (old article). — d’Arcadie; jackass. — de muraille; (orni.) red-start.

*=rossignoler=, v.n., (fam.) to imitate the nightingale’s song.

=rossinante=, n.f., Rosinante (sorry horse).

=rossinante=, n.m., Rosinante (Don Quixote’s horse).

=rossolis=, n.m., rossolis (liquor); (bot.) sun-dew.

=roster=, v.a. V. =rouster=.

=rostral=, =-e=, adj., rostral.

=rostre=, n.m., (zoöl.) rostrum.

=rostré=, =-e=, adj., rostrate, rostrated.

=rosture=, n.f. V. =rousture=.

=rot=, n.m., (l.ex.) belch, eructation. Faire un —; to belch.

=rôt=, n.m., roast, roast meat; first course. Gros —; joint of meat. Petit —; roast of game.

=rotacé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) rotate, rotated.

=rotang=, n.m. V. =rotin=.

=rotateur=, n. and adj. m., (anat.) rotator; rotatory.

=rotateurs=, n.m.pl., (zoöl.) rotatories.

=rotation=, n.f., rotation.

=rotatoire=, adj., rotatory.

=rotatoires=, n.m.pl. (ent.) rotifers, rotatories, wheel-animals, wheel-insects, wheel-animalcules.

=rote=, n.f., rota (court of Rome).

=roter=, v.n., (l.ex.) to belch.

=rôti=, n.m., roast, roast meat (prov.). Il ne faut pas s’endormir sur le —; we must have our wits about us, or not neglect our work.

=rôtie= (-tî), n.f., toast. Une —; a round of toast. — au beurre; buttered toast. — au vin; toast in wine.

=rotifère=, n.m., (ent.) rotifer, wheel-animal.

=rotiforme=, adj., (zoöl.) wheel-shaped.

=rotin=, n.m., (bot.) rotang; rattan, rattan-cane.

=rôtir=, v.a., to roast; to broil; to toast (bread); to burn, to parch. — au four; to bake. N’être bon ni à — ni à bouillir; to be fit for nothing.

se =rôtir=, v.r., to parch, to burn, to roast one’s self.

=rôtir=, v.n., to roast, to broil, to toast.

=rôtissage=, n.m., roasting.

=rôtisserie= (-ti-srî), n.f., cook-shop.

=rôtisseu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., cook-shop keeper. — en blanc; poulterer.

=rôtissoire=, n.f., roasting screen, roaster, Dutch oven.

=rotonde=, n.f., rotunda, back part of a diligence. En —; circular.

=rotondité=, n.f., rotundity, roundness; plumpness, fatness.

=rotule=, n.f., (anat.) patella, knee-cap.

=roture=, n.f., commonalty, plebeian state. Il est né dans la —; he is of ignoble birth.

=roturi-er=, =-ère=, n. and adj., commoner; plebeian, of mean birth; vulgar, mean. ☉Air —; vulgar air.

=roturièrement= (-rièr-mān), adv., in a plebeian manner; vulgarly.

=rouage=, n.m., wheelwork, wheels; machinery; (horl.) movement.

=rouan=, =-ne=, adj., (of horses) roan.

=rouan=, n.m., roan horse.

=rouanne=, n.f., brand-iron, marking-iron.

=rouanner=, v.a., to brand, to mark.

=rouannette=, n.f., (carp.). V. =rainette=.

=rouble=, n.m., rouble, ruble (Russian coin).

=rouc=, n.m. V. =rock=.

=rouche=, n.f., (nav.) a ship’s hull.

=roucou=, n.m., (bot.) and (dy.) arnotto.

=roucouer=, v.a., to paint with arnotto.

se =roucouer=, v.r., to paint one’s self with arnotto.

=roucoulement= (-kool-mān), n.m., cooing.

=roucouler=, v.n. and a., to coo (pigeons); to warble (out) or (forth).

=roucouyer=, n.m., (bot.) arnotto-tree.

=roudou=, n.m. V. =redoul=.

=roue=, n.f., wheel; paddle; (torture) wheel; (artil.) truck. — d’affût de canon; truck of a gun-carriage. — d’une horloge; clock-wheel. — à aubes or à pales; paddle-wheel. — hydraulique; water-wheel. Pousser à la —; to put one’s shoulder to the wheel, to help on. Mettre des bâtons dans les —s; to thwart, to put spokes into the wheels (of). Un paon fait la —; a peacock spreads his tail. Faire la —; to strut, to stalk, to show off, to wheel about; to tumble over and over, to do the windmill. — de compte; (horl.) notch-wheel. — dentée; toothed-wheel, — de rencontre; (horl.) balance-wheel. — de câble; (nav.) coil. — de gouvernail; steering-wheel. Mettre à la —; to rack, to put to the rack.

=roué=, n.m., roué; rake, profligate; trickster.

=roué=, =-e=, adj., crafty, sharp, artful; very deep; knocked up, broken down. — de coups; soundly thrashed.

=rouelle=, n.f., round slice, collop; (vet.) rowel. — de citron; slice of lemon. — de veau; fillet of veal.

=rouennerie= (rooa-n-rî), n.f., printed cotton goods; Rouen goods.

=rouer=, v.a., to break upon the wheel; to crush; to jade. — quelqu’un de coups; to beat any one unmercifully. Être roué de fatigue; to be jaded with fatigue. — un câble; to coil a cable.

=rouerie= (roo-rî), n.f., piece of knavery, sharp practice, cheat; trickery.

=rouet=, n.m., small wheel; spinning-wheel; purr (of a cat); (nav.) sheave. — de moulin; cog-wheel of a mill. — de tisserand; weaver’s cloth-beam. — d’arquebuse; lock of an arquebuse. Faire le —; to purr.

=rouette=, n.f., (tech.) osier-twig.

=roue-vis=, n.f., (—s-—) screw-wheel.

=rouge=, adj., red; blood-red; blood-shot; red-hot. Fer —; red-hot iron; (of partridges) red-legged. Boulets —s; red-hot balls. Cuivre —; copper. — trogne; (fam.) red face.

=rouge=, n.m., red; red paint, rouge; redness, blush; (orni.) shoveler. — vif; deep red, bright red. — brun; brownish red. — d’écarlate; scarlet. — sanguin; blood red. — de garance; madder.

=rouge=, adv., only used in: Se fâcher tout —; to get downright angry.

=rougeâtre= (-jâtr), adj., reddish.

=rougeaud=, =-e= (-jô, -d), n. and adj., red-faced person; ruddy-faced, red-faced, ruddy.

=rouge-bord=, n.m., (—s-—s) bumper (of red wine).

=rouge-gorge=, n.m., (—s-—s) (orni.) redbreast, robin redbreast.

=rougeole= (-jol), n.f., (med.) measles, (bot.) cow-wheat.

=rouge-queue=, n.m., (—s-—s) red-start, red-tail.

=rouget=, n.m., (ich.) gurnet, red gurnet; red surmullet; (ent.) wheal-worm. adj., reddish.

=rougette=, n.f., (mam.) pteropus.

=rougeur=, n.f., redness, blush, glow, color. pl., (med.) rosy-drop, red-spot. La — lui est montée au visage; the color came into her cheeks.

=rougir=, v.n., to redden, to grow red; to color, to color up, to blush, to be ashamed. — de honte; to blush with shame. — de colère; to grow red with anger. — jusqu’au blanc des yeux; to blush up to the eyes, to color up to the eyes. Faire — quelqu’un; to put any one to the blush.

=rougir=, v.a., to redden; to tinge with red or blood; to mix red wine with water.

=roui=, n.m., steeping, soaking, maceration; retting; fustiness, rancidness. Sentir le —; to have a rancid taste.

*=rouille=, n.f., rust, rustiness (of metals); flaw (of mirrors); (bot.) mildew, blight, blast. La — mange le fer; rust corrodes iron. Ces froments sont chargés de —; this wheat is mildewed.

*=rouillé=, =-e=, adj., rusty; blighted (of corn).

*=rouiller=, v.a., to rust, to make rusty; to blight; to impair.

se =rouiller=, v.r., to rust, to grow rusty; to get rusty, to become rusty; to rust, to be impaired.

*=rouilleu-x=, =-se=, adj., ferruginated.

*=rouillure=, n.f., rustiness, rust.

=rouir=, v.a., to steep, to soak, to macerate (hemp, flax), to ret.

=rouir=, v.n., to be retted.

=rouissage=, n.m., soaking, steeping, retting.

=rouissoir=, n.m., rettery.

=roulade=, n.f., roll, rolling; (mus.) roulade, trill, shake; (cook.) collar. Faire une — de; (cook.) to collar.

=roulage=, n.m., rolling; carriage (of goods); wagon-office; wagoning. — accéléré; fly-wagon. Voiture de —; goods wagon.

=roulant=, =-e=, adj., rolling; easy (of roads); (surg.) moving (of veins). Chemin —; easy way. Feu —; (milit.) running fire. Presse —e; (print.) press at work.

=rouleau=, n.m., roll; roller; rolling-pin; roll, twist (of tobacco); coil (of a rope); (med.) roller; (print.) roller; (tech.) sheave. — de papier; roll of paper. Plier en —; to roll up. Être au bout de son —; to be at one’s wits’ end, or at the end of one’s tether. — d’imprimeur; printer’s roller.

=roulée=, n.f., (pop.) thrashing, drubbing.

=roulement= (rool-mān), n.m., rolling, roll, rumbling; (mus.) roll; roll (of a drum); rotation; volutation. — d’yeux; rolling of the eyes. — de fonds; (com.) circulation of capital. Fonds de —; floating capital.

=rouler=, v.a., to roll, to roll up; to wind, to wind up; to revolve, to turn over; to pass, to pass away; (of meat) to collar; (fig.) to do for a person. — une chose dans sa tête; to turn a thing over in one’s mind. — sa vie; to pass one’s life. — carrosse; to keep a carriage. Je l’ai roulé; I did for him or I bowled him over.

se =rouler=, v.r., to roll one’s self, to roll, to tumble; to wallow; to wind; to fight, to have a set to.

=rouler=, v.n., to roll, to revolve; to tumble; to toss; to ramble, to wander, to stroll; to keep going; to succeed by rotation; to be plentiful; to turn upon (of a thing). Faire — la presse; (print.) to set the press going. — sur l’or et sur l’argent; to roll in riches. Tout roule là-dessus; all turns upon that. Ils roulent ensemble; they take their turns. Faire —; to keep going. Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas de mousse; a rolling stone gathers no moss. La conversation roula sur ce sujet; the conversation turned upon this subject.

=roulet=, n.m., hatter’s roller.

=roulette=, n.f., roller, truckle, little wheel; truckle-bed; ☉hand-chaise, Bath-chair; caster; roulette (game); (geom.) cycloid. Cela marche comme sur des —s; that is getting on swimmingly. Lit à —s; bedstead on casters. — de relieur; book-binder’s fillet.

=rouleur=, n.m., (ent.) vine-fretter, vine-grub, (nav.) rolling vessel.

=rouleuse=, n.f., caterpillar.

=roulier=, n.m., wagoner, carter, carrier.

=roulière=, n.f., wagoner’s smock.

=roulis=, n.m., (nav.) rolling, laboring; roll (of the waves).

=rouloir=, n.m., rolling-board (for candles); roller, cylinder.

=roulotte=, n.f., wagon.

=roupie=, n.f., rupee; (l.ex.) snivel. Avoir la —; to snivel.

=roupieu-x=, =-se=, adj., (l.u.) snively, sniveling.

*=roupiller=, v.n., (pop.) to doze, to snooze.

*=roupilleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., (pop.) dozer, snoozer.

=roure=, n.m., (bot.) English oak.

=roussâtre=, adj., reddish, russet.

=rousseau=, n. and adj. m., (fam.) red-haired fellow; red-haired.

=rousselet= (roo-slè), n.m., (bot.) russet pear.

=rousserolle= (roo-srol), n.f., (orni.) great sedge-warbler.

=roussette=, n.f., (orni.) bog-rush, hedge-sparrow; (ich.) dog-fish, bounce; (mam.) pteropus.

=rousseur=, n.f., redness; freckle. Avoir des —s, avoir des taches de —; to be freckled.

=roussi=, n.m., burnt smell; burning, smell of burning; ☉Russia leather.

=roussin=, n.m., thick-set stallion. — d’Arcadie; ass, jackass, moke.

=roussir=, v.a. and n., to redden; to singe, to scorch; to dye of a rusty color, or of a fawn-color; to grow red, to turn red; to singe, to scorch. Faire —; to brown (meat, etc.).

=roussissage=, n.m., dyeing red.

=rouster= or =rusturer=, v.a., (nav.) to woold, to wind (ropes).

=rousture= or =rosture=, n.f., (nav.) woolding.

=rout= (raoot), n.m., (—) rout (assembly). V. =raout=.

*=routailler=, v.a., (hunt.) to track.

=route=, n.f., road, way; journey, route, direction, path, course; (nav.) track, course, way, run; riding (in a forest); track, path (of planets, comets). Grand’—, (—-—s) highway. — ordinaire; common road. — de traverse; cross road. Il est resté en —; he remained behind. Il est en —; he is on his way. Prendre la — de; to take the way to, to go in the direction of, to make for. Faire —; to travel. Faire —; (nav.) to sail. À la —! (nav.) steer the course! Porter à —; to go, or take, a straight course. Faire fausse —; to take the wrong road; (nav.) to alter the course; (fig.) to take a wrong step; to make a mistake. — estimée; (nav.) dead reckoning. Feuille de —; (milit.) route; way-bill (of public conveyances). On lui a tracé sa —; his course is marked out for him. La — de la vertu; the path of virtue.

=routier= (-tié), n.m., (geog.) tract chart, road book; (nav.) sailing orders, guide, pilot. Vieux —; old stager.

=routi-er=, =-ère=, adj., of roads. Carte —ère; road-map. Locomotive —; traction engine, road engine.

=routine=, n.f., routine, habit; rote (frequent repetition of sounds). Par —; by routine, by habit, by rote.

=routiner=, v.a., (l.u.) to teach by routine.

=routini-er=, =-ère=, n. and adj., person acting by routine, red-tapist; of routine, routine-like.

=routoir=, n.m., retting-pond; retting-pit.

=rouverin= (roo-vrin), adj.m., (metal.) blistered, brittle, hot, short.

=rouvieux= or =roux-vieux=, n. and adj. m. (n.p.), (vet.) mange; mangy.

=rouvre=, n.m., (bot.) English oak. V. =roure=.

=rouvrir=, v.a., to open again. — une plaie; to reopen a wound. Se —; to open again.

=rou-x=, =-sse=, adj., reddish, red-haired, russet; sandy, carroty. Vents —; cold dry winds. Lune —sse; April moon.

=roux=, n.m., reddish color; russet; (mam.) field-mouse; (cook.) brown butter sauce. — ardent; fiery red.

=roux-vieux=, n.m. V. =rouvieux=.

=royal=, =-e= (roa-yal), adj., royal, regal, kingly, kinglike.

=royale= (roa-yal), n.f., tuft of beard just below the underlip, chin-tuft.

=royalement= (roa-yal-mān), adv., royally, regally, in a kingly manner.

=royalisme= (roa-ya-), n.m., royalism.

=royaliste= (roa-ya-), n.m.f. and adj., royalist.

=royaume= (roa-yôm), n.m., kingdom, realm.

=royauté= (roa-yô-), n.f., royalty. Abdiquer la —; to abdicate the throne. Les marques de la —; the regalia.

=r.p.=, initial letters of Révérend Père; reverend father.

=rr.=, abbreviation of Royales, royal.

=ru=, n.m., channel or bed (of a small stream).

=ruade=, n.f., kick (of horses, etc.). pl., kicking. Détacher, or lancer, une —; to give a kick.

=rubabelle= or =rubace=, n.f., rubicel, rubicelle.

=ruban=, n.m., ribbon; (arch.) beading. Garniture de —s; set of ribbons. — de fil; tape. —-d’eau, (—s-—) (bot.) bur-reed, reed-grass. Canon à —; twisted gun-barrel. —s de la glotte, —s vocaux; (anat.) vocal cords. — de soie; silk ribbon. — de velours; velvet ribbon.

=rubané=, =-e=, part., (zoöl.) striped; flattened, ribbon-like. Canon —; twisted gun-barrel.

=rubaner=, v.a., to trim with ribbons; to arrange flax and hemp fibers; to divide wax into bandelets; to twist a band of iron to turn it into gun-barrels.

=rubanerie= (-ba-n-rî), n.f., ribbon-weaving; ribbon-trade.

=rubani-er=, =-ère=, adj., ribbon. Industrie —ère; ribbon-manufacture, ribbon trade.

=rubanier=, n.m., ribbon-weaver; (bot.) burweed.

=rubanière=, n.f., ribbon-weaver.

=rubarbe=, n.f. V. =rhubarbe=.

=rubasse=, n.f., (min.) colored quartz.

=rubéfaction=, n.f., (med.) rubefaction.

=rubéfiant=, =-e=, adj., (med.) rubefacient.

=rubéfiant=, n.m., (med.) rubefacient.

=rubéfier=, v.a., or se —, v.r., (med.) to rubify.

☉=rubeline=, n.f. V. =rouge-gorge=.

=rubéole=, n.f., (bot.) cross-wort.

=rubescent=, =-e=, adj., rubescent.

=rubiacé=, =-e=, adj., red-colored.

=rubiacées=, n.f.pl., plants of the madder family.

=rubican=, n.m. and adj., rubican color; rubican.

=rubicon=, n.m., Rubicon. Passer le —; to take a desperate step.

=rubicond=, =-e=, adj., rubicund; bloated; blowzy.

=rubification=, n.f., rubification.

=rubigineu-x=, =-se=, adj., rubiginous.

☉=rubine=, n.f., (chem.) ruby. — d’argent; red-silver, ruby-silver. — d’arsenic; realgar.

=rubis=, n.m., ruby; red pimple, grog-blossom. Faire — sur l’ongle; to drink to the last drop. Payer — sur l’ongle; to pay to the last farthing. Monté sur —; jeweled.

=rubricaire=, n.m., rubrician, rubricist.

=rubricateur=, n.m., artist who illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

=rubrique=, n.f., method, rule, practice; head; title; trick; ruddle, red chalk. pl., (canon law) rubric. Sous la — de; under the head of.

=ruche=, n.f., hive; swarm; (needlework) quilling, frilling, ruche. — d’abeilles; bee-hive. Châtrer une —; to cut away the wax and honey from a hive.

=ruché=, =-e=, adj., quilted. n.m., frilling.

=ruchée=, n.f., hive-full.

=rucher=, n.m., stand for bees; apiary.

=rucher=, v.a., (needlework) to quilt, to frill.

=rudâni-er=, =-ère=, adj., (l.u.) surly, churlish, uncouth.

=rude=, adj., harsh, rough, rugged, steep, uneven; sharp, rude, hard; disagreeable; grating, violent, fierce; severe, bitter; rigid, strict; formidable; uncouth, unpolished; impetuous, boisterous; troublesome, difficult. Avoir la peau —; to have a rough skin. Une — épreuve; a severe trial. Chemin —; rugged road. Avoir la voix —; to have a harsh voice. Des manières —s; rough, coarse, uncouth manners. Un — assaut; a fierce assault. Les temps sont —s; times are hard. Des paroles —s; harsh words.

=rudement= (ru-dmān), adv., roughly, ruggedly, harshly, sharply, severely, strictly; tumultuously, violently, impetuously, rudely. Traiter —; to treat roughly. Aller — en besogne; to work with a vengeance.

=rudenté=, =-e=, adj., (arch.) cabled (of columns).

=rudenture=, n.f., (arch.) cabling, rudenture.

=rudesse=, n.f., harshness; roughness; ruggedness; severity; tumultuousness; fierceness, violence; austerity, strictness; troublesomeness; rude thing, coarse thing; rudeness.

=rudiment=, n.m., rudiment.

=rudimentaire=, adj., rudimental, elementary, rudimentary.

=rudoyer=, v.a., to use roughly, harshly; to speak harshly to; to bully; to ill-treat (a horse).

=rue=, n.f., street; (bot.) rue. — passante; much frequented street. Courir les —s; to run about the streets; (fig.) to be in everybody’s mouth (of news); to be common (of a thing). — de traverse; cross-street. — écartée; back street. Il est fou à courir les —s; he is stark, staring mad. Les —s en sont pavées; (prov.) it is as common as dust. Être vieux comme les —s; to be as old as the hills. — de chèvre; goat’s-rue.

=ruelle=, n.f., lane, alley, by-street; bed-side, wall-side; (fig.) lady’s alcove; private circle; literary coterie. Les belles —s de Paris; the best drawing-rooms in the town.

=rueller=, v.a., to mold (vines).

=ruer=, v.a., (l.u.) to fling, to hurl, to cast; to throw. — de grands coups; to deal heavy blows.

se =ruer=, v.r., to throw one’s self; to rush upon.

=ruer=, v.n., to kick (of horses, etc.).

=rueu-r=, =-se=, n. and adj., (man.) kicker; given to kicking.

=rugine=, n.f., (surg.) rugine, scalp; (dentist’s) tooth-scaler.

=ruginer=, v.a., (surg.) to scalp.

=rugir=, v.n., to roar, to yell.

=rugissant=, =-e=, adj., roaring.

=rugissement= (-jis-mān), n.m., roaring, roar.

=rugosité=, n.f., rugosity, roughness, unevenness; wrinkle.

=rugueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), adj., rugose, rough, uneven; wrinkled.

=ruilée=, n.f., (arch.) verge.

=ruine=, n.f., ruin, decay; overthrow, destruction, downfall; desolation. Tomber en —s; to fall to, to crumble to, ruins. Tomber en —; to run to ruin. Courir à sa —; to go to one’s ruin; to go to wrack and ruin. Cet édifice menace —; this building is falling to ruins. Sortir de ses —s; to rise from its ruins (of towns, etc.). Battre en —; (milit.) to batter down.

=ruiné=, =-e=, adj., ruined. Son crédit est —; his crédit is gone. Un tempérament —; a worn-out constitution.

=ruiner=, v.a., to ruin, to lay waste; to spoil; to undo, to overthrow, to destroy. — un cheval; to spoil a horse.

se =ruiner=, v.r., to decay; to fall into decay; to ruin one’s self; to be ruined, spoilt.

=ruineu-x=, =-se=, adj., falling to ruin; ruinous.

=ruinure=, n.f., (carp.) bearing.

=ruisseau=, n.m., brook, stream, rivulet; gutter, street kennel. Petit —; rivulet, brook, streamlet, rill.

=ruisselant=, =-e= (rui-slān, -t), adj., streaming, running down, dripping.

=ruisseler= (rui-slé), v.n., to gush, to stream; to trickle, to trickle down, to run down.

☉=ruisselet= (rui-slè), n.m., rivulet, brooklet.

=rum=, n.m. V. =rhum=.

=rumb= (romb), n.m., (nav.) rhumb, rhomb.

=rumen= (-mè-n), n.m., rumen, paunch.

=rumeur=, n.f., rumor, report; clamor, uproar, noise.

=ruminant=, =-e=, adj., ruminant, ruminating.

=ruminant=, n.m., (mam.) ruminant.

=rumination=, n.f., rumination, chewing the cud.

=ruminer=, v.n., to ruminate, to chew the cud; (fig.) to muse on, to ponder over, to think over.

=ruminer=, v.a., to ruminate; to think over, to muse over. Que ruminez-vous là? what are you thinking about or turning over in your mind?

=runes=, n.f.pl., runes, runic characters.

=runique=, adj., runic.

=rupture=, n.f., breaking, rupture, breaking off; (fig.) complete separation (between two persons); bursting; (med.) rupture, hernia; fracture; (paint.) mixing of colors. La — d’un os; the fracture of a bone. La — d’un tendon; the rupture of a sinew. La — d’un mariage; the breaking off of a match. En — de ban; escaped from banishment. Ils en sont venus à une —; all is at end between them.

=rural=, =-e=, adj., rural.

=ruse=, n.f., artifice, wile, deceit, craft, ruse, cunning, trick; (hunt.) double. User de —s; to practice deceit. — de guerre; stratagem of war.

=rusé=, =-e=, adj., artful, deceitful, cunning, crafty, sly, subtle, designing. Un — matois; a knowing card. Avoir l’air —; to look cunning.

=ruser=, v.n., to use deceit, craft, guile, artifice, cunning; (hunt.) to double.

=russe=, n.m.f. and adj., Russian.

=rustaud=, =-e=, adj., (fam.) boorish, rustic, coarse, uncouth.

=rustaud=, n.m., (fam.) rustic; clod-hopper.

=rustaudement= (-tô-dmān), adv., (fam.). V. =rustiquement=.

=rustauderie= (-tô-drî), n.f. (fam.). V. =rusticité=.

=rusticité=, n.f., rusticity, clownishness, churlishness, uncouthness.

=rustique=, adj., rural, rustic, country; artless, boorish. Vie —; country life. Manières —s; rustic manners. Langage —; boorish language.

=rustique=, n.m., (arch.) rustic order.

=rustiquement= (-tik-mān), adv., rustically, rudely, clownishly, boorishly, uncouthly.

=rustiquer=, v.a., (arch.) to rough-cast, to jag out.

=rustre=, n.m. and adj., boor, clown, churl, clodhopper; boorish, clownish, rude.

=rusturer=, v.a. V. =rouster=.

=rut= (rut), n.m., rut (of deer). Être en —; to rut.

=rutabaga=, n.m., (agri.) Swedish turnip, rutabaga.

=rutilant=, =-e=, adj., rutilant, shining, brilliant.

=rutiler=, v.n., to shine, to rutilate.

=rutoir=, n.m., (manu.) retting-pit; retting-pond.

=ryott=, n.m., ryot (in India).

=rythme=, n.m., rhythm.

=rythmique=, adj., rhythmical.

S

=s= (èss), n.f., (se), n.m., the nineteenth letter of the alphabet, s. [S is added for the sake of euphony to the second pers. sing. of the imperative of verbs of the first conjugation before y, as: vas-y; go there; and also before en, as: donnes-en; give some.] Faire des S; to reel about, to stagger (like a drunken man).

=s’=, contraction of se.

=sa=, adj.f., his, her, one’s, its. V. =son=.

=sabbat=, n.m., Sabbath, seventh day of the week among the Jews; Sabbath (sabbatic year), nocturnal meeting or nightly revels (of witches); racket, uproar, tumult, scolding. — de chats; caterwauling. Faire un —; to kick up a shindy. Faire un beau — à quelqu’un; to scold any one well.

=sabbataire=, n.m., Sabbatarian; Seventh-day Baptist.

=sabbatique=, adj., sabbatical (of years).

=sabbatisme=, n.m., sabbatism.

=sabéen= (-in), adj., sabian.

=sabéisme= or =sabaïsme=, n.m., Sabaism.

=sabin=, =-e=, n.m.f., Sabine man or woman.

=sabine=, n.f., (bot.) savin.

=sabisme=, n.m., Sabaism.

=sable=, n.m., sand; gravel, ballast; (l.u.) hour-glass; (her.) sable.

=sablé=, =-e=, adj., laid with sand, sanded. Allée —e; gravel-walk or path.

=sabler=, v.a., to gravel, to sand, to cover with sand or gravel; to drink off. — un verre de vin; to toss off a glass of wine.

=sableu-x=, =-se=, adj., sandy.

=sablier=, n.m., sand-glass; hour-glass; sand-man, dealer in sand; (nav.) glass; sand-box; (bot.) sand-box.

=sablière=, n.f., sand-pit, gravel-pit; (carp.) raising-piece; (arch.) wall-plate; torsel.

=sablon=, n.m., fine sand, scouring sand.

=sablonner=, v.a., to sand, to scour with sand.

=sablonneu-x=, =-se=, adj., sandy, graveled; gritty.

=sablonnier=, n.m., dealer in sand.

=sablonnière=, n.f., sand-pit, gravel-pit.

=sabord=, n.m., (nav.) port, port-hole, gun-port.

=sabordement=, n.m., (nav.) scuttling.

=saborder=, v.a., (nav.) to scuttle.

=sabot=, n.m., sabot, wooden shoe, horse’s hoof, clog; shoe (of carriages); (conch.) turban, turban-shell; socket (of furniture); top (plaything); sorry fiddle; (of ships) old tub. Dormir comme un —; to sleep like a top.

=saboter=, v.n., to whip a top; to clatter with one’s shoes. v.a., to arm the end of a stake with an iron socket; (pop.) to bungle, to botch.

=saboteur=, n.m., bungler.

=sabotier= (-tié), n.m., clog maker, wearer or maker of wooden shoes, wooden shoe-maker.

=sabotière=, n.f., wooden-shoe shop; dance of people (in wooden shoes).

=sabouler=, v.a., (pop.) to push about, to jostle, to hustle; to scold, to rate, to bully.

=sabre=, n.m., saber; broadsword. — baïonnette; rifle-sword, sword-bayonet. — poignard; dirk, saber-poniard.

☉=sabrenas=, n.m., cobbler; bungler.

☉=sabrenasser=, v.a. V. =sabrenauder=.

☉=sabrenauder=, v.a., to cobble, to botch, to bungle.

=sabrer=, v.a., to strike or cut with a saber, to saber; to hurry over, to botch, to bungle. — une affaire; to hurry over any business.

=sabretache=, n.f., (milit.) sabretache.

=sabreur=, n.m., (fam.) brave soldier, hard fighter, swash-buckler; (fig.) bungler, botcher. Beau —; dashing soldier (cavalry).

☉=sabuleu-x=, =-se=, adj., gritty.

=saburral=, =-e=, adj., (med.) saburral.

=saburre=, n.f., (med.) indigestion, foulness of the stomach.

=sac=, n.m., sack, bag; knapsack; sackcloth; poke-net; (surg.) sac; bag, pouch (of certain animals); plunder, sack, sacking, pillage, ransacking. — de nuit; carpet-bag. — à ouvrage; work-bag. Homme de — et de corde; Newgate-bird. — à vin; drunkard. — à papier! zounds! hang it! bless me! Cul-de-—, (—s-—) blind alley. Mettre quelqu’un au —; to nonplus any one. Tirer d’un — deux moutures; to take double fees. Voir le fond du —; to sift an affair to the bottom. Prendre quelqu’un la main dans le —; to catch any one in the very act, or red-handed. — de blé; sack of wheat. — de procès; lawyer’s bag. Donner communication de son —; (jur.) to communicate papers. Être dans le —; to be in a fair way (to succeed). Remplir son —; (fam., pop.) to fill one’s belly. Donner à quelqu’un son —; to send any one about his business, to give any one the sack. Dans les petites —s sont les fines épices; small parcels hold fine wares. Vider son —; to exhaust one’s budget, to have one’s say out. Prendre son — et ses quilles; to pack off, bag and baggage. Mettre une ville à —; to plunder, to sack a town. Juger sur l’étiquette du —; to judge by appearances.

=saccade=, n.f., (man.) saccade, jerk (with a bridle); check, rebuke, reproof, reprimand; scolding, rating; (fig.) sudden, brusque movement; fit, start. Par —s; by fits and starts.

=saccadé=, =-e=, part., jerked, by jerks; broken, irregular. Style —; abrupt style. Phrases —es; short, pithy sentences.

=saccader=, v.a., (man.) to jerk, to check.

=saccage=, n.m., havoc, confusion, jumble, confused heap.

=saccagement= (sa-kaj-mān), n.m., sack, sackage, sacking, pillaging, ransacking, plunder.

=saccager=, v.a., to sack, to ransack, to pillage, to plunder; to throw into confusion.

=saccageur=, n.m., plunderer; sacker, ravager.

=saccatier=, n.m., coal-heaver.

=saccellaire=, n.m., (Fr. Hist.) treasurer, keeper of the privy purse.

=saccharate= (sak-ka-), n.m., (chem.) saccharate. — de chaux; saccharated solution of lime.

=sacchareu-x=, =-se= (sak-ka-), adj., saccharine.

=saccharifère= (sak-ka-), adj., sacchariferous.

=saccharimètre= (sak-ka-), n.m., saccharimeter, saccharometer.

=saccharin=, =-e= (sak-ka-), adj., saccharine.

=saccharique= (sak-ka-), adj., saccharic.

=saccharure= (sak-ka-), n.m., (pharm.) sugar of (certain chemicals). — d’aconit; sugar of aconite.

=sacciforme= (sak-si-), adj., (bot.) bagged.

=sacerdoce=, n.m., priesthood.

=sacerdotal=, =-e=, adj., sacerdotal, priestly.

=sacerdotalisme=, n.m., sacerdotalism.

=sachée=, n.f., sackful, bagful.

=sachem= (sa-shèm), n.m., sachem (Indian chief).

=sachet=, n.m., satchel, little bag or sack; scent-bag.

=sacoche=, n.m., saddle-bag; money-bag.

=sacramentaire=, n.m., sacramentarian.

=sacramental=, =-e=, or =sacramentel=, =-le=, adj., sacramental. Mots sacramentaux; decisive words.

=sacramentalement= (-tal-mān) or =sacramentellement=, adv., sacramentally.

=sacre=, n.m., anointing, coronation of a king; (orni.) saker; (fig.) blackguard. — d’un évêque; consecration of a bishop.

=sacré=, =-e=, adj., sacred, inviolable; holy, consecrated, anointed, crowned; (l.ex.) damned, cursed, confounded, blasted; (anat.) sacral.

=sacrebleu=, int., by Jove! confound it! dash it!

=sacrement=, n.m., sacrament; matrimony, marriage. Saint —; Holy Sacrament; (c.rel.) Host; (c.rel.) monstrance. Administrer les derniers —s à quelqu’un; to administer the last sacrament to any one. Recevoir le —; to receive the sacrament, to take the sacrament. Office du saint —; communion-service.

=sacrer=, v.a., to anoint, to crown, a king; to consecrate a bishop.

=sacrer=, v.n., to curse, to swear.

=sacret=, n.m., (hawking) sakeret.

=sacrificateur=, n.m., sacrificer. Souverain —; high-priest.

=sacrificatoire=, adj., sacrificial.

=sacrificature=, n.f., office of sacrificer.

=sacrifice=, n.m., sacrifice, offering, peace-offering. — d’actions de grâces, — de louange; (Bibl.) thanksgiving.

=sacrifier=, v.a., to sacrifice, to make offerings; to immolate; to devote (time to a thing). — des victimes; to sacrifice victims. — tout à ses intérêts; to sacrifice everything to one’s interest.

=sacrifier=, v.n., to sacrifice.

=sacrilège=, n.m., sacrilege.

=sacrilège=, n.m.f. and adj., sacrilegist, sacrilegious person; sacrilegious.

=sacrilègement= (-lèj-mān), adv., sacrilegiously.

=sacripant=, n.m., hector, bully, swaggerer; scoundrel, blackguard.

=sacristain=, n.m., sexton; sacristan, vestry-keeper.

=sacristie=, n.f., sacristy, vestry, vestry-room; audit-house (of cathedrals); church-plate, sacred vases, etc.; church fees.

=sacristine=, n.f., vestry-nun.

=sacro=, adj. invariable, (rel.) holy. —-saint; very, doubly holy; (anat.) sacro.

=sacrum=, n.m., (anat.) sacrum. Os —; sacrum, sacral bone.

=saducéen= (-cé-in), =-ne= (-cé-è-n), n. and adj., Sadducee; Sadducean.

=saducéisme=, n.m., Sadducism.

☉=saette=, n.f. V. =sagette=.

=safran=, n.m. (bot.) saffron; crocus. — bâtard; meadow-saffron, mock-saffron, bastard-saffron, safflower. — de gouvernail; (nav.) after-piece of a rudder.

=safrané=, =-e=, adj., saffron, saffroned; yellow.

=safraner=, v.a., to saffron.

=safranière=, n.f., saffron-plantation.

=safranum= (-nom), n.m., (chem.) safflower.

☉=safre=, adj., (pop.) greedy, gluttonous.

=safre=, n.m., (chem.) zaffre, zaffer.

=saga=, n.f., saga (legend of the northern nations of Europe).

=sagace=, adj., sagacious, acute, shrewd.

=sagacité=, n.f., sagacity, sagaciousness, quickness, acuteness, shrewdness.

=sagamore=, n.m., sagamore (Indian chief).

=sage=, adj., sage, wise, sensible, wary, rational, discreet, judicious, prudent; cool, sober, staid, well-behaved, steady, virtuous, modest; quiet, gentle. Des lois —s; wise laws. Conduite —; steady, prudent conduct. — politique; wise policy. Être —; (of children) to be good, to be well-behaved. Femme —; virtuous woman.

=sage=, n.m., wise man, sage.

=sage-femme=, n.f., (—s-—s), midwife.

=sagement= (saj-mān), adv., sagely, wisely, prudently, discreetly, judiciously, warily, soberly, steadily.

=sagesse=, n.f., wisdom; moderation, discretion, prudence; steadiness, sobriety, chastity; goodness; good behavior (of children); gentleness (of animals).

☉=sagette= or =saette=, n.f., arrow; (bot.) arrow-head; adder’s-tongue.

=sagination=, n.f., fattening.

=sagine=, n.f., (bot.) pearl-grass, pearl-wort.

=sagittaire=, n.m., (astron.) Sagittarius.

=sagittaire=, n.f., (bot.) arrow-head, adder’s tongue.

=sagittale=, adj.f., (anat.) sagittal.

=sagitté=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) sagittate, arrow-headed, arrow-shaped.

=sagou=, n.m., sago.

=sagouier= or =sagoutier=, n.m., (bot.) sago-tree.

=sagouin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (mam.) sagoin, squirrel-monkey; slovenly fellow, slovenly woman.

=s a i=, initial letters of Son Altesse Impériale, His or Her Imperial Highness.

=saie=, n.f., (antiq.) sagum (tunic, cloak); brush (used by goldsmiths); a light kind of serge.

=saietter=, v.a., to brush.

*=saignant=, =-e=, adj., bleeding, bloody; nearly raw, underdone (of meat).

*=saignée=, n.f., (surg.) phlebotomy, bleeding, blood-letting; small of the arm; trench (for draining); (fig.) heavy payment, expense; drain.

*=saignement= (-mān), n.m., bleeding. — de nez; bleeding at the nose.

*=saigner=, v.a., to bleed, to draw out blood; (cook.) to kill, to stick; to drain; to get money out of, to bleed any one.

se *=saigner=, v.r., to bleed one’s self, to drain one’s self; to make a sacrifice.

*=saigner=, v.n., to bleed. Je saigne du nez; I am bleeding at the nose. — du nez; (fig.) to show the white feather, to lack courage. Le cœur m’en saigne; it cuts me to the heart.

*=saigneur=, n.m., (fam., l.u.) bleeder, blood-letter.

*=saigneu-x=, =-se=, adj., bloody. Bout —; scrag end, neck (of lamb, mutton, veal).

*=saillant=, =-e=, adj., jutting out, projecting; striking, forcible, remarkable; (her.) salient.

*=saillant=, n.m., (fort.) the salient angle of any out-work.

*=saille!= archaic 2d pers. sing. of the imperative of the verb saillir, (nav.) haul! (word of command).

*=saillie=, n.f., jutting out, projecture; prominence, protuberance; start, sudden gush, spurt, sudden fit, sally; flash of wit, witticism; (arch.) rabbet, ledge; (of a steam-engine) spindle.

*=saillir=, v.n., (irregular) (arch.) to project, to jut, to jut out, to stand out, to protrude, to rabbet; (paint.) to stand out. Faire —; to bring out; to bring into prominence; to show up. Qui saille; prominent. Cette corniche saille trop; that cornice projects too much.

*=saillir=, v.a., (regular) (of animals) to leap, to cover, to serve.

*=saillir=, v.n., (regular) to gush, to spout out (of liquids). V. =jaillir=, which is much more generally used.

=sain=, =-e=, adj., sound, hale, healthy, sane, wholesome; (nav.) clear. — de corps et d’esprit; sound in body and mind. Revenir — et sauf; to return safe and sound. Jugement —; sound, judgment. Nourriture —e; wholesome food.

=sainbois=, n.m., (bot.) spurge-flax. V. =garou=.

=saindoux=, n.m., lard.

=sainement= (sè-n-mān), adv., soundly, rationally, judiciously, healthily, wholesomely.

=sainfoin=, n.m., (bot.) sainfoin.

=saint=, =-e=, adj., holy, sacred, godly, sainted; sanctified; consecrated, saintly. — homme; godly man. L’Ecriture —e; Holy-Writ. La semaine —e; holy-week. Le vendredi —; Good-Friday. La —-Jean; Midsummer. La —-Martin; Martinmas-day. Le —-siège; the holy see. —-père; holy father, the Pope. Le —-Esprit, l’Esprit-—; the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit. Le —-empire romain, le —-empire; (formerly) the German empire. —-office; the holy-office (a name for the Inquisition). Mal —-Jean, mal de —; falling sickness. Rendre —; to sanctify. Lieu —; sanctuary. Terre —e; consecrated ground; Holy Land. Feu —-Antoine; Saint Anthony’s fire, erysipelas. La —e journée; the blessed, or the whole, day. Tout le — Frusquin; (pop.) the whole bally lot (of clothes). [Saint is written with a capital letter and joined to the following name by a hyphen, when such name does not designate a saint: la Saint-Jean; Midsummer.]

=saint=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., saint, patron saint, patron. — d’une ville; patron saint of a town. Mettre au nombre des —s; to canonize. Il ne sait à quel — se vouer; he does not know which way to turn. Le — des —s; the holy of holies.

=saint-augustin=, n.m., (n.p.) Saint Augustine; (print.) English.

=sainte-barbe=, n.f., (—) (nav.) powder-magazine, gun-room. Collège —; (in Paris).

=saintement= (sint-mān), adv., holily, sacredly; righteously, piously, religiously.

=sainte nitouche=, n.f., (n.p.) a sanctimonious-looking person. Faire la — —; to sham Abraham.

=sainte-pélagie=, n.f., (formerly) debtor’s prison; the French “Marshalsea”; (now) a political prison.

=sainteté= (sint-té), n.f., holiness, sanctity, sacredness, saintliness; godliness, righteousness; Holiness (the pope); (b.s.) saintship.

=saint-germain=, n.m., (—) (hort.) Saint Germain (a kind of pear).

=saint-simonien=, n.m. =-ne=, n.f., (—-—s) Saint-Simonian.

=saint-simoniser=, v.a., to convert (to the doctrines of) (used by de Balzac).

=saint-simonisme=, n.m., (n.p.) Saint-Simonianism (system of the Count of Saint-Simon).

=saïque=, n.f., (nav.) saic.

=saisi=, =-e=, adj., seized, possessed, struck, impressed. Être — d’une affaire; to be made cognizant with; to be called upon to look into, to examine; (jur.) distrained.

=saisi=, n.m., (jur.) person distrained.

=saisie=, n.f., seizure, distress, distraint, execution. — immobilière; distress on real property. — mobilière; distress on movable goods, distress on personal property.

=saisie-arrêt=, n.f., (—s-—) (jur.) attachment; garnishment (in London).

=saisie-brandon=, n.f., (—s-—) (jur.) execution on growing crops.

=saisie-exécution=, n.f., (—s-—) (jur.) execution; distress.

=saisie-gagerie=, n.f., (—s-—) (jur.) execution by way of security (for house-rent).

=saisie-revendication=, n.f., (—s-—) (jur.) attachant of goods claimed (pending litigation).

=saisine=, n.f., (jur.) seizin; (nav.) gripe, lashing.

=saisir=, v.a., to seize, to seize upon, to catch, to lay hold of, to catch hold of, to get hold of, to take, to take hold of; to strike, to come upon, to impress, to shock, to startle; to embrace, to avail one’s self of; to understand, to perceive, to discern, to comprehend; to attack; to make cognizant of, to lay before; (jur.) to distrain; (jur.) to vest; (jur.) to attach. — quelqu’un au collet; to collar any one. — l’occasion; to seize the opportunity. — un prétexte; to avail one’s self of an excuse. La peur les a saisis; they were struck with fear. — un tribunal d’une affaire; to lay (an affair) before a court, to bring before a court of justice.

se =saisir=, v.r., to seize, to catch hold (of), to lay hold (of), to grasp; to take possession, to take cognizance (of); to arrest, to apprehend. Saisi du vol; (of a thief) with the stolen goods upon him.

=saisir-arrêter=, v.a., (jur.) to attach; (in London) to garnish.

=saisir-exécuter=, v.a., (jur.) to distrain.

=saisissable=, adj., distrainable, seizable; attachable.

=saisissant=, =-e=, adj., (of cold) keen, sharp, piercing; striking, thrilling, startling, impressive.

=saisissant=, =-e=, n. and adj., (jur.) distrainer.

=saisissement= (-zis-mān), n.m., shock, chill, violent impression, pang; (of criminals) pinioning.

=saison=, n.f., season, weather; proper time, moment. Arrière-—, (—-—s) latter end of autumn; (fig.) aftermath. La — est avancée; the season is forward. Morte-—, (—s-—s) (com.) dull, dead season. Morte —; winter. En temps et en —; in due season. Être en pleine —; to be in their prime (of flowers and fruits). Ces mets ne sont plus de —; those dishes are out of season. De —; in season. Marchand des quatre —s; costermonger, hawker.

=salace=, adj., salacious.

=salacité=, n.f., salaciousness, salacity.

=salade=, n.f., salad, salading; mess (for horses); sallet (kind of helmet). Retourner, fatiguer, la —; to mix the salad.

=saladier=, n.m., salad-dish, salad-bowl.

=salage=, n.m., salting.

=salaire=, n.m., wages, pay, hire; recompense, reward, retribution, punishment. Toute peine mérite —; the laborer is worthy of his hire.

=salaison=, n.f., salting; salt-provision.

=salamalec=, n.m., (jest.) low bow, salaam.

=salamandre=, n.f., salamander, fire-eater.

=salangane=, n.f., (orni.) esculent swallow.

=salant=, adj., salt; saline. Marais —; salt-marsh.

=salarié=, =-e=, n. and part., salaried person; hireling; placeman; paid.

=salarier=, v.a., to pay; to give wages, or a salary, or a stipend, to.

=salaud=, =-e=, n. and adj., sloven, dirty fellow; dirty woman, slut; slovenly, sluttish.

=sale=, adj. and n.m.f., dirty, nasty, foul; soiled; filthy, low, coarse, dirty person; sloven. Vaisseau —; (nav.) foul ship; (of colors) dull.

=salé=, n.m., salt-pork. Du petit —; pork newly-salted; pickled pork.

=salé=, =-e=, adj., salted, salt, briny; keen, pungent, biting; loose, coarse, broad. Un peu —; saltish. Sources —es; salt-springs. Raillerie —e; biting raillery. Un propos —; a coarse remark.

=salement= (sal-mān), adv., dirtily, nastily, filthily; (fig.) in a slovenly manner.

=salep= (sa-lèp), n.m., salep.

=saler=, v.a., to salt, to salt down; to corn (beef); to overcharge, to lay it on stiff for (goods); to fleece (customers).

se =saler=, v.r., to be salted (of anything).

=saleron= (sal-ron), n.m., bowl of a salt-cellar.

=saleté= (sal-té), n.f., dirt, soil, dirtiness, nastiness, filthiness; filth, dirty rubbish; dirty thing; dirty trick; coarseness, ribaldry, obscenity.

=saleur=, n.m., salter, curer.

=salicaire=, n.f., salicaria; purple willow.

=salicole=, adj., salicultural.

=salicoque=, n.f., prawn.

=salicor=, n.m., or =salicorne=, n.f., (bot.) glasswort, saltwort.

☉=salicot=, n.m. V. =salicoque=.

=salicotte=, n.f., (bot.) saltwort.

=saliculture=, n.f., saliculture.

=salière=, n.f., salt-cellar; salt-box; eye-pit (of horses); hollow behind the collar-bone (of persons).

=salifère=, adj., saliferous.

=salifiable=, adj., (chem.) salifiable.

=salification=, n.f., (chem.) salification.

=salifier=, v.a., to salify.

=saligaud=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (pop.) dirty person; dirty thing; sloven; slut.

*=salignon=, n.m., salt-cat.

=saligot=, n.m., (bot.) water-caltrop.

=salin=, =-e=, adj., saline, briny.

=salin=, n.m., salt-marsh; raw salt; brine-pan; salt-works.

=saline=, n.f., salt provisions, salt fish; salt-mine, salt-works, salt-pit, brine-pit.

=salinier=, n.m., the owner and worker of salt-works.

=salique=, adj., salic. Loi —; salic law.

=salir=, v.a., to dirt, to dirty, to soil, to stain, to foul, to taint, to sully, to tarnish, to disgrace.

se =salir=, v.r., to dirty one’s self; to get dirty; to soil; to sully one’s reputation, to disgrace one’s self.

=salissant=, =-e=, adj., soiling, that soils, that gets dirty.

=salisson=, n.f., (pop.) young slut.

=salissure=, n.f., spot of dirt; soil, stain.

=salivaire=, adj., (anat.) salivary.

=salivation=, n.f., (med.) salivation.

=salive=, n.f., saliva; spittle.

=saliver=, v.n., to spit; to salivate.

=salle=, n.f., hall, room; ward (in hospitals); (thea.) house; arbor (of gardens). — à manger; dining-room. La — du commun; the servants’ hall. — d’audience; audience-chamber. — de spectacle; play-house. — de billard; billiard-room. — d’armes; fencing-school, school of arms, armory. — de danse; dancing-room, dancing-school. — de verdure; green arbor. — d’asile; infant-school. — des festins; banqueting-hall. — d’étude; study, school-room. — de police; (mil.) guard-room. — du rapport; orderly-room. — de récréation; play-room. — de réunion; assembly-room. — du conseil; council-chamber. — pleine, or comble; crowded house; house-full, full house.

=salmigondis=, n.m., (cook.) hotch-potch, resurrection pie; medley, farrago.

=salmis=, n.m., ragout of game (previously roasted).

=saloir=, n.m., salt-box; salting-tub.

=salon=, n.m., drawing-room; saloon, parlor; exhibition (of paintings, of works of art). pl., fashionable world; fashionable circles. Petit —; small drawing-room. Fréquenter les —s; to be a man of fashion.

=salope=, n. and adj. f., slut; disorderly woman; slovenly, sluttish. C’est une vraie —; she is a perfect slut. Marie-—; (—s-—s) mud-boat.

=salopement= (-lop-mān), adv., (pop.) sluttishly, dirtily.

=saloperie= (-lo-prî), n.f., slovenliness, sluttishness; coarse language, ribaldry; beastliness, filth.

=salorge=, n.m., loaf of salt.

=salpêtrage=, n.m., nitrification; saltpeter-making.

=salpêtre=, n.m., saltpeter. Ce n’est que du —; he fires up, or he takes fire, at the least thing; (fig.) hastiness; fire, vivacity.

=salpêtrer=, v.a., to throw saltpeter (over a space of ground); to nitrify (a wall); to throw out, to produce, saltpeter.

se =salpêtrer=, v.r., to nitrify, to be covered with saltpeter (of walls).

=salpêtrerie=, n.f., saltpeter-works.

=salpêtreu-x=, =-se=, adj., saltpetrous.

=salpêtrier=, n.m., saltpeter-maker.

=salpêtrière=, n.f., saltpeter-works. La Salpêtrière; asylum for women.

*=salsepareille=, n.f., sarsaparilla.

=salsifis= (-fi), n.m., (bot.) salsify. — sauvage, — des prés; goat’s-beard. — noir, — d’Espagne; viper’s-grass.

=saltarelle=, n.f., saltarella, Italian dance.

=saltation=, n.f., saltation.

=saltimbanque=, n.m., mountebank, clown, buffoon; humbug, quack.

=salubre=, adj., salubrious, wholesome, healthful, healthy.

=salubrité=, n.f., salubrity, salubriousness, healthfulness, wholesomeness. Conseil de —; board of health. Inspecteur de —; sanitary inspector.

=saluer=, v.a., to salute, to bow to; to hail, to greet; to cheer; to proclaim. — la compagnie; to bow to the company. Je vous salue, j’ai l’honneur de vous —; (in letters) your servant, your humble servant. — le soleil; to hail the sun. Saluez-le de ma part; remember me to him. — empereur, or roi; to proclaim emperor, or king. — de onze coups de canon; to fire a salute of eleven guns (in honor of).

se =saluer=, v.r., to bow to, to salute, each other.

=salure=, n.f., saltness, brine.

=salut=, n.m., safety; (rel.) salvation; salute, bow; welfare, preservation, escape, hope or chance of success; salutation; hail; (c.rel.) benediction (after even song). Il a cherché un — dans la fuite; he sought safety in flight. Un profond —; a low bow. Léger —; nod; (nav., milit.) salute. int., —! hail! greeting! À bon entendeur —! a word to the wise is enough.

=salutaire=, adj., salutary, wholesome, advantageous, beneficial.

=salutairement= (-tèr-mān), adv., salutarily, beneficially.

=salutation=, n.f., salutation, pl., compliments; salute; bow. Recevez mes —s empressées; yours very truly (in letters).

☉=salvage=, n.m. V. =sauvetage=.

=salvanos= (-nôs), n.m., (—) (nav.) life-buoy.

☉=salvations=, n.f., (jur.) rejoinder.

=salve=, n.f., (artil.) salute, volley. Une — d’applaudissements; a round of applause.

=salvé=, n.m., (—) (c.rel.) Salve Regina.

=samaritain= (-tin), =-e= (-tè-n), n. and adj.; Samaritan.

=samedi= (sa-m-di), n.m., Saturday. — saint; Easter-eve.

=samscrit=, =-e=, adj. V. =sanscrit=.

=san-benito=, n.m., (—) san benito.

=sancir=, v.n., (nav.) to founder, to sink (by the bows).

=sanctifiant=, =-e=, adj., sanctifying.

=sanctificateur=, n.m., sanctifier, adj. sanctifying.

=sanctification=, n.f., sanctification, holy-keeping.

=sanctifier=, v.a., to sanctify, to make holy, to keep holy, to hallow.

=sanction=, n.f., sanction; approbation; assent (of parliament).

=sanctionner=, v.a., to sanction.

=sanctuaire=, n.m., sanctuary; (of the temple at Jerusalem) holy of holies; (of churches) chancel, altar; (fig.) church.

=sandal= or =santal=, n.m., sandal-wood, sandal.

=sandale=, n.f., sandal; fencing-shoe.

=sandalier=, n.m., sandal-maker.

=sandaraque=, n.f., (bot.) sandarac, pounce.

=sandjak=, =sandjiak=, or =sandjiakat=, n.m. V. =sangiac=.

=sandwich= (-ooitch), n.m., sandwich.

=sang=, n.m., blood; race, parentage, relationship, kindred, race. Un homme de —; a blood-thirsty man. Coup de —; stroke, apoplectic fit. Pur —; thoroughbred. Demi —; halfbred. Mettre à feu et à —; to put to fire and sword. Suer — et eau; to toil and moil or to strain every nerve. Se battre au premier —; to fight till the first blood is drawn. Cela glace le —; that curdles one’s blood. Cela est dans le —; that runs in the blood. Se faire du bon —; (fam.) to amuse one’s self, to have a jolly time (of it). Se faire du mauvais —; to fret, to worry. Bon — ne peut mentir; good breeding will assert itself. Son — n’a fait qu’un tour; he was struck all of a heap.

=sang-de-dragon=, n.m. (—) (bot.) dragon’s-blood.

=sang-froid=, n.m., (n.p.) coolness, composure, sang-froid, presence of mind. De —; in cold blood; with composure; soberminded. Perdre son —; to lose one’s presence of mind.

=sangiac= or =sangiacat=, n.m., sangiac; district, province; governor (in Turkey).

=sanglade=, n.f., lash, cut (with a whip).

=sanglant=, =-e=, adj., bloody, covered with blood; outrageous, gross; keen, biting, cutting. Affront —; outrageous affront.

=sangle=, n.f., strap, band, belt; girth (of saddles). Lit de —; cross, or folding, bedstead.

=sanglé=, =-e=, adj., strapped; (fig.) ill-treated, cut up; tight, tight-fitting.

=sangler=, v.a., to bind with a girth, to girth, to strap, to gird; to tighten, to lash, to beat. — un coup de poing; to deal a blow. Avoir été sanglé; to have been beaten, ill-used; (fig.) cut up.

se =sangler=, v.r., to lace one’s self tightly; (fig.) to stint, or pinch, one’s self.

=sanglier=, n.m., wild boar. — de mer; sea-hog, boar-fish.

=sanglot=, n.m., sob. pl., sobbing, moaning (of the sea: V. Hugo). —s entre-coupés; broken sobs.

=sangloter=, v.n., to sob.

=sangsue= (san-sû), n.f., leech; (fig.) blood-sucker, extortioner.

=sanguification= (-gu-i-), n.f., sanguification.

=sanguifier= (-gu-i-), v.a., to sanguify.

se =sanguifier=, v.r., to sanguify.

=sanguin=, =-e= (-ghīn, -ghi-n), adj., of blood, full-blooded; sanguineous, blood-colored, blood-red. Vaisseau —; blood-vessel.

=sanguinaire= (-ghi-), adj., sanguinary, bloody, murderous, bloodthirsty.

=sanguinaire=, n.f., (bot.) bloodwort.

=sanguine= (-ghi-n), n.f., red chalk, blood-stone.

=sanguinelle= (-ghi-), n.f., (bot.) gatter-tree.

=sanguinolent=, =-e= (-ghi-), adj., (med.) tinged with blood.

=sanhédrin=, n.m., sanhedrim.

=sanicle=, n.f., (bot.) sanicle.

=sanie=, n.f., (med.) sanies.

=sanieu-x=, =-se=, adj., sanious.

=sanitaire=, adj., sanitary.

=sans=, prep., without; free from; but for, had it not been for, were it not for. — amis; friendless. — doute; without doubt. — cela; were it not for that or else. — quoi; otherwise or else, without that. — y penser; unawares, unthinkingly. — peur; fearless. — le sou; penniless. Cela va — dire; of course, as a matter of course.

=sans-cœur=, adj. and n.m.f., (pop.) heartless; unfeeling person or wretch.

=sanscrit=, n.m., Sanscrit (language).

=sanscrit=, =-e=, adj., Sanscrit.

=sans-culotte=, n.m., (—-—s) ragged fellow; sans-culotte; ultra-violent republican.

=sans-culottides=, n.f.pl., the five supernumerary days to complete the year in the calendar of the first French republic; also, the festivals held during those days.

=sans-dents=, n.f., (—-—s) toothless old woman.

=sans-façon=, n.m., bluntness, off-handedness, familiarity.

=sans-fleur=, n.f., (—-—s) a sort of apple.

=sans-gêne=, n.m., unceremoniousness; impudence, coolness; off-handedness.

=sansonnet=, n.m., (orni.) starling.

=sans-peau=, n.f., (—) summer-pear.

=sans que=, conj., without. Il a passé — que je l’aie aperçu; he passed without my seeing him.

=sans-soin=, adj., careless. n.m.f., careless creature.

=sans-souci=, n.m., (—) careless, indifferent man, jolly fellow.

=sans-terre=, adj., Lackland. Les —s; the Lacklanders.

=santal=, n.m. V. =sandal=.

=santaline=, n.f., (chem.) santaline.

=santé=, n.f., health, healthiness; soundness; toast. Comment va la —? how is your health? how are you? Maison de —; private asylum. Bureau de —; board of health. Billet de —; certificate of health. Boire à la — de quelqu’un; to drink any one’s health. Corps de —; medical staff. Officier de —; medical practitioner.

=santoline=, n.f., (bot.) santolina. [Sometimes, but improperly, used for santonine, which see.]

=santon=, n.m., santon; a santon’s tomb (in Algeria).

=santonine=, n.f., (bot.) artemisia santonica; (chem.) santonin.

=sanve=, n.f., (bot.) charlock.

=saoul=, adj. V. =soûl=.

=saouler=, v.a. V. =soûler=.

=sapa=, n.m., (pharm.) grape-jelly, juice.

=sapajou=, n.m., (mam.) sapajou; (fig. pers.) monkey.

=sapan=, n.m., sapan-wood.

=sape=, n.f., (milit.) sap, sapping, mine, trench. Aller à la —; (milit.) to sap.

=saper=, v.a., to sap, to undermine, to cut away, to shake.

=sapeur=, n.m., (milit.) sapper.

=saphène=, n.f., (anat.) saphena.

=saphique=, n.m. and adj., (Grec. poet.) sapphic.

=saphir=, n.m., sapphire.

=saphirine=, n.f., (min.) blue chalcedony.

=sapide=, adj., sapid, palatable.

=sapidité=, n.f., sapidity, sapidness, flavor.

=sapience=, n.f., ☉sapience, wisdom (theol.).

=sapientiaux=, adj.m.pl., (Bibl.) sapiential.

=sapin=, n.m., fir, fir-tree; spruce, deal; (pop.) hackney-coach. Sentir le —; to have a foot in the grave. Sa toux sent le —; he has a churchyard cough.

=sapine=, n.f., fir-plank, deal-board; scaffold-pole.

=sapinière=, n.f., fir-plantation, fir-grove.

=saponacé=, =-e=, adj., saponaceous.

=saponaire=, n.f., (bot.) soapwort.

=saponification=, n.f., saponification.

=saponifier=, v.a., to saponify.

se =saponifier=, v.r., to saponify.

=saponine=, n.f., saponine.

=saporifique=, adj., saporific.

=sapote= or *=sapotille=, n.f., sapota (fruit).

=sapotier= or *=sapotillier=, n.m., sapota (tree).

=sar=, n.m. V. =sart=.

=sarabande=, n.f., saraband (dance).

=sarbacane=, n.f., air-cane; pea-shooter; speaking tube; puff and dart. Par —; by proxy.

=sarbotière=, n.f. V. =sorbétière=.

=sarcasme=, n.m., sarcasm.

=sarcastique=, adj., sarcastic; sarcastical.

=sarcelle=, n.f., (orni.) teal.

=sarcite=, n.f., flesh-stone.

=sarclage=, n.m., (gard.) weeding.

=sarcler=, v.a., (gard.) to weed; (fig.) to extirpate.

=sarcleur=, n.m., weeder.

=sarcloir=, n.m., weeding-hook or fork, hoe.

=sarclure=, n.f., weedings.

=sarcocèle=, n.f., (surg.) sarcocele.

=sarcocolle=, n.f., sarcocolla.

=sarcocollier=, n.m., (bot.) sarcocol-tree, pænea mucronata.

=sarcologie=, n.f., sarcology.

=sarcomateu-x=, =-se=, adj., (surg.) sarcomatous.

=sarcome=, n.m., (surg.) sarcoma.

=sarcophage=, n.m., sarcophagus; coffin, representation of a coffin (at a funeral).

=sarcophage=, n.m. and adj., (med.) caustic, corrosive, escharotic.

☉=sarcotique=, n.m. and adj., (med.) sarcotic.

=sardanapale=, n.m., effeminate man.

=sarde=, n.m.f. and adj., Sardinian.

=sarde=, n.f., (ich.) scomber; a kind of sardine or pilchard (of Brazil).

=sardine=, n.f., pilchard, sardine.

=sardoine=, n.f., (min.) sardonyx.

=sardonien=, =-ne= (-ni-in, -ni-è-n), adj., sardonian, sardonic.

=sardonique=, adj., sardonic.

=sargasse=, n.f., sargassum, gulf-weed.

=sarge= or =sargue=, n.m., (ich.) sheep’s head, sargus.

=sarigue=, n.m.f., opossum.

=sarisse=, n.f., (antiq.) sarissa, the phalanx’s long pike.

=sarmate=, adj., sarmatian.

=sarment=, n.m., vine-shoot, vine-twig.

=sarmenteu-x=, =-se=, adj., (bot.) sarmentous, branchy, climbing.

=sarracénique=, adj., Saracenic.

=sarrasin=, n.m. and adj., Saracen; (arch.) Saracenic.

=sarrasin=, n.m., buckwheat.

=sarrasine=, n.f., (fort.) sarasin, sarrasine, portcullis, herse.

=sarrau=, n.m., smock-frock, smock; (children) pinafore.

=sarrette=, n.f., (bot.) saw-wort.

=sarriette=, n.f., (bot.) savory; common marum.

=sarrot=, n.m. V. =sarrau=.

=sart= or =sar=, n.m., sea-wrack.

=sas=, n.m., bolting-sieve; sieve; screen; chamber (of locks). Passer au —; to sift (fig.). Passer au gros —; to examine superficially.

=sassafras=, n.m., (bot.) sassafras.

=sasse=, n.f., (nav.) scoop.

=sassement= (sâs-mān), n.m., sifting, winnowing.

=sassenage= (sās-naj), n.m., Sassenage cheese.

=sasser=, v.a., to sift, to bolt; to winnow; to scan, to scrutinize.

=sasset=, n.m., little sieve.

=sasseur=, n.m., sifter, bolter; winnower.

=satan=, n.m., Satan.

=satanas=, n.m., (fam.) Satan.

=satané=, adj., (fam.) roguish, wanton, mischievous; devilish, confounded.

=satanique=, adj., satanic, satanical.

=satellite= (-tèl-lit), n.m., satellite.

=satellite=, adj., (anat.) companion. [Only used in: veines —s; venæ comites; companion veins.]

=satiété=, n.f., satiety, surfeit, fullness.

=satin=, n.m., satin.

=satinade=, n.f., satinet.

=satinage=, n.m., satining; glazing (of paper).

=satiné=, =-e=, adj., satin-like, satiny, hot or cold pressed; glazed (of paper). Peau —e; skin as soft as velvet.

=satiner=, v.a., to satin; to glaze (paper). — à chaud; to hot press. — à froid; to cold press.

=satiner=, v.n., to become as soft as satin.

=satire=, n.f., satire; lampoon. — piquante; cutting satire. — personnelle; lampoon.

=satirique=, n.m. and adj., satirist; satirical.

=satiriquement= (-rik-mān), adv., satirically.

=satiriser=, v.a., to satirize.

=satirist=, n.m.f., satirist.

=satisfaction=, n.f., satisfaction, gratification, pleasure; atonement.

=satisfactoire=, adj., (theol.) satisfactory.

=satisfaire=, v.a., to satisfy, to please, to gratify; to supply (wants); to answer; to meet, to discharge; to give satisfaction (to) (to make amends); to perform, to execute, to fulfill; to comply (with), to obey. — sa passion; to gratify one’s passion. — l’attente de quelqu’un; to answer any one’s expectation.

se =satisfaire=, v.r., to satisfy one’s self, to indulge one’s self.

=satisfaire=, v.n., to satisfy; to discharge; to perform, to execute; to gratify, to indulge. — à ses engagements; to meet one’s engagements.

=satisfaisant=, =-e=, adj., satisfactory.

=satisfait=, =-e=, adj., satisfied, contented, pleased.

=satisfecit=, n.m., (—) certificate of good conduct.

=satrape=, n.m., satrap.

=satrapie=, n.f., satrapy.

=saturable=, adj., saturable.

=saturant=, =-e=, adj., saturant.

=saturation=, n.f., saturation.

=saturer=, v.a., to saturate; to surfeit.

se =saturer=, v.r., to become saturated, surfeited.

=saturnales=, n.f.pl., Saturnalia.

=Saturne=, n.m., (astron., chem.) Saturn.

=saturnin=, =-e=, adj., (med.) lead. Colique —e; lead colic.

=satyre=, n.m., satyr.

=satyre=, n.f., (Grec. antiq.) satyric play; satire.

=satyriasis= (-zis), n.m., (med.) satyriasis.

=satyrion=, n.m., (bot.) satyrion, satyrium, standard-grass, stander-grass.

=satyrique=, adj., pertaining to satyrs, satyric.

=sauce=, n.f., (cook.) sauce. — relevée; rich, highly-seasoned, sauce. — douce; sweet sauce. — piquante; sharp sauce. À toute —; in all manner of ways, for any sort of work. Il n’est — (or chère) que d’appétit; a good appetite is the best sauce. On ne sait à quelle — le mettre; there is no knowing what to do with him. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to give any one a smart rebuke, to pull any one up sharply. Être dans la —; to be in a pickle.

=saucé=, =-e=, part., drenched, soused, wet through. Médailles —es; plated medals.

=saucer=, v.a., to dip in sauce; to sop, to souse, to wet through; to scold; to blow up.

=saucier=, n.m., (nav.) saucer (of a capstan); sauce-maker, sauce-contriver.

=saucière=, n.f., sauce-boat, sauce-tureen.

=saucisse=, n.f. sausage.

=saucisson=, n.m., large sausage; (artil.) saucisson, saucisse; (fort.) bundle of fagots or fascines.

=sau-f=, =-ve=, adj., safe, unhurt, unscathed, spared. Il en est revenu sain et —; he returned safe and sound. La vie —ve; with one’s life.

=sauf=, prep., saving, save, except, but; reserving; subject to; under. — erreur ou omission; errors excepted. — correction; under correction. — votre respect; saving your presence.

=sauf-conduit=, n.m., (—-—s) safe-conduct.

=sauge=, n.f., (bot.) sage.

=saugrenu=, =-e=, adj., absurd, ridiculous.

=saulaie=, n.f., willow-plantation or grove.

=saule=, n.m., willow. — pleureur; weeping willow.

=saulée=, n.f., row or avenue of willows.

=saumâtre=, adj., brackish, briny.

=saumon=, n.m., (ich.) salmon; (metal.) pig, brock; (nav.) kentledge. — mariné; pickled salmon. — de fonte; pig-iron.

=saumoné=, =-e=, adj., salmon. Truite —e; salmon-trout.

=saumoneau=, n.m., (ich.) young salmon, grilse.

=saumure=, n.f., brine, pickle.

=saumurer=, v.a., to brine, to pickle, to souse.

=saumurois=, adj., native of Saumur.

=saunage=, n.m., salt-trade; salt-making. Faux-—; (n.p.) illicit salt-trade.

=sauner=, v.n., to make salt.

=saunerie= (sô-n-rî), n.f., salt-house; salt-works.

=saunier= or =saulnier=, n.m., salt-maker. Faux-—, (—-—s) dealer in contraband salt.

=saunière=, n.f., salt-box.

=saupiquet=, n.m., (cook.) sharp sauce.

=saupoudrage=, n.m., salting, besprinkling.

=saupoudrer=, v.a., to powder; to sprinkle with salt, pepper, etc.; to strew; to sprinkle; (fig.) to intersperse, to interlard, to strew.

=saur=, adj., red (of herrings). [This word is an abbreviation of saure, which see below.]

=saure=, adj., yellowish brown; sorrel (of horses); red, smoked (of herrings). Un hareng —; a red herring. Un cheval —; a sorrel horse.

=saurer=, v.a., to smoke (herrings).

=sauret=, adj., (l.u.) red (of herrings).

=sauriens= (-īn), n.m.pl., saurians; lizards.

=saurin=, n.m., herring (just) smoked.

=saussaie=, n.f. V. =saulaie=.

=saut=, n.m., leap, jump, skip, bound; spring; waterfall; (man.) vault, leap. Faire un —; to take a leap. — de carpe or périlleux; somerset, somersault. — de Breton; tripping up any one. — de loup; ha-ha; ditch. Il s’élança tout d’un —; he sprang forward at a bound. Au — du lit; on getting up, on getting out of bed. De plein —; at once; point blank. Par —s et par bonds; by fits and starts. — de mouton; (man.) goat-leap; (game) leap-frog.

=sautage=, n.m., exploding, blasting (mines).

=saute=, n.f., (nav.) sudden veering of the wind, chopping.

=sauté=, n.m., (cook.) stew.

=sauté=, =-e=, adj., (cook.) stewed.

=saute-en-barque=, n.m., boating-jacket.

=sautelle=, n.f., vine-shoot.

=sauter=, v.n., to leap, to leap off, to jump, to skip, to pass over, to overlook; to spring; (nav.) to veer, to shift, to chop round (of the wind); to blow up (to explode); to kick the bucket; to be discharged (of a person). — en avant; to leap forward. — par-dessus une muraille; to leap over a wall. — de joie; to jump, or leap, for joy. Faire — un bastion; to blow up a bastion. Faire — la banque; to break the bank. — au collet de quelqu’un; to collar any one. Cela saute aux yeux; that is obvious, self-evident. — aux nues; to jump up to the ceiling. Le vent saute; (nav.) the wind is shifting, or chopping, round. — en l’air; to bounce, or jump, up. — à bas du lit; to jump out of bed. Reculer pour mieux —; to await a better opportunity. — en selle; to leap into the saddle.

=sauter=, v.a., to leap, to leap over; to overlook, to pass over; to leave out, to skip. — un fossé; to clear a ditch. Il a sauté une phrase; he has skipped a sentence. — à pieds joints; to jump close-feet or close-legged.

=sautereau= (sô-trô), n.m., jack (of harpsichords).

=sauterelle= (sô-trèl), n.f., grasshopper, locust, gutter-skipper; (carp.) level (instrument).

=saute-ruisseau=, n.m., (—-—x) (game) hop-scotch; errand-boy. — de mer; squilla (sort of shrimp).

=sauteu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., leaper, jumper, tumbler, mountebank; (man.) vaulter; leaping-horse.

=sauteuse=, n.f., a kind of dance.

*=sautillant=, =-e=, adj., hopping, skipping; (fig.) jerky (of style).

*=sautillement=, n.m., hopping, skipping.

*=sautiller=, v.n., to hop, to skip, to jump about.

=sautoir= (sô-toar), n.m., Saint Andrew’s cross; scarf, watch-guard; (her.) saltier; (cook.) stew-pan; (horl.) jumper. En —; cross-wise, slung over the shoulder (of muskets); crossways; (her.) saltier-wise. Porter son bagage en —; to have one’s baggage slung over one’s shoulder.

=sauvage=, n.m.f. and adj., savage; savage, wild, untamed; shy, timid; unsociable; uncivilized; rude, brutal, barbarous.

=sauvagement=, adv., wildly; savagely; fiercely.

=sauvageon= (-jon), n.m., (agri.) wild stock.

=sauvagerie= (sô-va-jrî), n.f., unsociableness; shyness, wildness.

=sauvagesse=, n.f., uncivilized woman; (fam.) a woman destitute of education and manners, a scold, a shrew.

=sauvagin=, n.m., taste, or smell, of water-fowl.

=sauvagin=, =-e=, adj., fishy (in taste). Sentir le —; to taste fishy, to smell fishy.

=sauvagine=, n.f., wild water-fowl; odour of water-fowl; (com.) common unprepared skins or furs.

=sauvegarde= (sôv-gard), n.f., safe-keeping, safeguard; shield, buckler, protection. —s de beaupré; (nav.) man-ropes of the bowsprit; rudder pendant.

=sauvegarder= (sôv-gardé), v.a., to protect, to safeguard.

=sauve-qui-peut=, n.m., (—) headlong flight, rout; stampede; panic.

=sauver=, v.a., to save, to deliver, to rescue; to keep, to be the salvation of; to economize; to ward off, to palliate; to conceal; to excuse, to vindicate. Sauve qui peut; save himself who can, every one for himself. — les apparences; to save appearances. — les défauts d’un ouvrage; to conceal the imperfections of a work. — la vie à quelqu’un; to save any one’s life.

se =sauver=, v.r., to escape, to make good one’s escape, to run away; to abscond; to make off; to take refuge; to retrieve one’s self; to indemnify one’s self; to work out one’s salvation.

=sauvetage= (sôv-taj), n.m., (nav.) salvage, saving, rescue. Canot de —; life-boat. Ceinture de —; life-belt. Bouée de —; life-buoy. Société de —; life-boat institution. Appareil, or sac, de —; fire-escape.

=sauveteur= (sôv-teur), n.m., rescuer; life-preserver; fire-escape; salvor.

=sauvette=, n.f. duck-stone (game).

=sauveur=, n.m. and adj., saver, deliverer; Saviour, Redeemer; (Bib.) all-saving.

=sauve-vie=, n.f., (—) (bot.) wall-rue.

=savamment= (-va-mān), adv., learnedly, cleverly; knowingly, wittingly.

=savane=, n.f., savannah.

=savant=, =-e=, adj., learned, clever; masterly, able, skillful. Une main —e; a skillful hand. Femme —e; blue-stocking.

=savant=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., scholar, learned person. Les —s; the literati, the learned.

=savantasse=, n.m., pedant. [Sometimes spelt savantas in poetry.]

=savanterie=, n.f., pedantry.

=savantissime=, adj., most learned.

=savarin=, n.m., tipsy cake.

=savate=, n.f., old shoe; awkward, clumsy person; (nav.) shoes; slip-shoe; shoe down at the heel; (game) hunt the slipper; bungler. Traîner la —; to be as poor as Job; to shuffle along. Tirer la —; to fight with the feet.

=savaterie=, n.f., old-shoe trade or market; old-shoe shop.

=saveter= (sav-té), v.a., to cobble; to bungle, to botch.

=savetier= (sav-tié), n.m., cobbler; bungler, botcher, duffer.

=saveur=, n.f., savor, flavor, relish; taste, zest.

=savoir= (sachant, su), v.a., to know, to have a knowledge of, to be aware of; to understand; to be sensible of; to be acquainted with. Il n’en sait rien; he knows nothing about it. Puis-que vous en savez tant; since you know so much (about it) or since you are so well posted up (in the matter). Faire —; to notify, to acquaint, to let know, to inform. Je ne sais; I don’t know. Je ne sais que faire; I don’t know what to do. Je suis tout je ne sais comment; I am all out of sorts. Pas que je sache; not that I know, not to my knowledge. Il sait son pain manger; he knows what he is about. — vivre; to know how to behave, to be well-bred, to have breeding. Il ne sait pas vivre; he has no manners. Il ne sait ni A ni B; he is a regular dunce or duffer. En — plus d’une; to know a trick or two. En — gré à quelqu’un; to be grateful, or thankful, to any one (for). En — trop long; to know too much. Je ne sais qu’en croire; I know not what to think of it. Je le sais de bonne part; I have it from a good source. Si l’on vient à — cela; if that comes to be known. Je ne saurais qu’y faire; I cannot help it. Je ne sais où j’en suis; I do not know which way to turn, or what I am about. Autant que je sache; to the best of my belief. Que nous sachions; as far as we know; as far as we recollect; as far as we can judge; as far as we are aware. Un je ne sais quoi; an indescribable something. [Je ne sais quoi is the “indescribable” in French.] Qui sait plus se tait; (prov.) a still tongue shows a wise head.

=savoir=, v.n., to know, to be learned, to be a scholar, to be a person of learning. —, à —; viz., namely, that is to say, to wit; that remains to be known; perhaps.

se =savoir=, v.r., to get or become known, to know one’s self to be. Tout se sait avec le temps; everything becomes known in time.

=savoir=, n.m., knowledge, learning, scholarship, talents, skill.

=savoir-faire=, n.m., (n.p.) management; tact, ability, skill; wits. Il vit de son —; he lives by his wits.

=savoir-vivre=, n.m., (n.p.) good manners, good breeding.

=savoisien=, =-ne=, adj. and n., Savoyard; of, from, Savoy.

=savon=, n.m., soap; rebuke, scolding, blowing up, wigging; soaping. Donner un — à quelqu’un; to blow any one up, to give a wigging to. — marbré; mottled soap. — parfumé; scented soap. — noir; soft soap. Eau de —; soapsuds.

=savonnage=, n.m., soaping; washing with soap, soap-suds.

=savonner=, v.a., to soap; to wash with soap, to lather; (pop.) to rebuke, to scold, to blow up.

se =savonner=, v.r., to bear washing, to wash (of fabrics). Cette étoffe se savonne; this material will wash, will bear washing.

=savonnerie= (-vo-n-rî), n.f., soap-house, soap-trade; soap-works.

=savonnette=, n.f., wash-ball; soap-ball.

=savonneu-x=, =-se=, adj., soapy.

=savonnier=, n.m., soap-boiler, soap-manufacturer; (bot.) soapberry-tree.

=savourement= (-voor-mān), n.m., savoring, tasting; (fig.) enjoyment.

=savourer=, v.a., to savor; to relish, to taste; (fig.) to enjoy, to delight in.

=savouret=, n.m., marrow-bone.

=savoureusement= (-reuz-mān), adv., with relish.

=savoureu-x=, =-se=, adj., savory, delicious.

=savoyard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., Savoyard; native of Savoy; (fig.) ill-mannered, rude, unmannerly person. V. =savoisien=.

=saxatile=, adj., saxatile.

=saxifrage=, adj., saxifragous.

=saxifrage=, n.f., (bot.) saxifrage.

=saxon=, =-ne=, n. and adj., Saxon.

=saynète=, n.f., sainette (Spanish farce).

=sayon=, n.m., sayon, tunic.

=sbire=, n.m., sbirro, myrmidon.

=scabellon=, n.m., (arch.) socle, small pedestal.

=scabieuse=, n.f., (bot.) scabious.

=scabieu-x=, =-se=, adj., (med.) scabious, scabby.

=scabreu-x=, =-se=, adj., scabrous, rugged, rough; dangerous, difficult, slippery; delicate; ticklish.

=scabrosité=, n.f., (of plants) roughness; ruggedness.

=scalaire=, n.f., (moll.) wentletrap.

=scalde=, n.m., (antiq.) Scandinavian poet.

=scalène=, adj., (geom.) scalene, scalenous.

=scalpel=, n.m., scalpel.

=scalper=, v.a., to scalp. S’entre —; to scalp one another.

=scalpeur=, n.m., scalper.

=scammonée=, n.f., scammony.

=scandale=, n.m., scandal; offense; exposure; shame; dismay, horror. Au grand — de tout le monde; to every one’s horror. Faire du —; to make a scene.

=scandaleusement= (-leûz-mān), adv., scandalously.

=scandaleu-x=, =-se=, adj., scandalous.

=scandaliser=, v.a., to scandalize, to shock.

se =scandaliser=, v.r., to be scandalized, to be shocked, to take offense. Il se scandalise de tout; he takes offense at everything.

=scander=, v.a., to scan.

se =scander=, v.r., to be scanned.

=scandinave=, n.m.f. and adj., scandinavian.

=scansion=, n.f., scansion.

=scape=, n.m., (bot.) flower-supporting stem, scape.

=scaphandre=, n.m., cork-jacket (for swimming); diving apparatus.

=scaphandrier=, n.m., diver.

=scaphoïde=, adj., scaphoid.

=scapin=, n.m., knave, rogue, scamp. [The “knave” of Molière’s comedies.]

=scapolite=, n.m., (min.) scapolite.

=scapulaire=, n.m., scapular, scapulary; (surg.) shoulder-band.

=scapulaire=, adj.f., (anat., orni.) scapular.

=scarabée=, n.m., (ent.) scarabæus, beetle.

=scaramouche=, n.m., scaramouch.

=scare=, n.m., (ich.) scarus, parrot-fish.

=scarieu-x=, =-se=, adj., (bot.) scarious.

=scarificateur=, n.m., (surg.) scarificator; scarifier (instrument).

=scarification=, n.f., scarification.

=scarifier=, v.a., to scarify.

=scariole=, n.f. V. =escarole=.

=scarlatine=, n. and adj. f., (med.) scarlatina; scarlet. Fièvre —; scarlet fever.

=sceau=, n.m., seal; impression of a seal; act of confirmation; sanction. —x de l’Etat; Seals of the State. Petit —; privy seal. Garde des —x; Keeper of the Seals. — de Notre Dame; (bot.) black briony. Apposer son —; to affix one’s seal. Mettre le — à; to seal; to complete, to put the finishing touch to. Être marqué d’un —; to be branded with. Marqué au — du génie; pregnant with genius (V. Hugo).

☉=scel=, n.m. V. =sceau=.

=scélérat=, =-e=, adj., flagitious, nefarious, villainous, infamous, vile.

=scélérat=, n.m., scoundrel, villain; wretch.

=scélératesse=, n.f., villainy, infamy, atrociousness, wickedness.

=scellé=, n.m., waxen stamp placed officially on locks, closets, etc.; seals. Apposer les —s; to affix the seals. Lever les —s; to take off the seals. Bris de —; unlawful breaking of the seals.

=scellement= (sèl-mān), n.m., sealing; fastening.

=sceller=, v.a., to put an official seal to, to seal, to seal up; to fix, to bind; to ratify, to confirm; to cement; to make fast; (mas.) to bed.

=scelleur=, n.m., sealer.

=scène=, n.f., scene; uproar, quarrel, row, scene; (thea.) stage, scenery. La mise en — d’une pièce; (thea.) the getting up or staging of a piece. Faire une — à quelqu’un; to have a row with any one, to blow any one up. Être en —; (thea.) to be upon the stage.

=scénique=, adj., scenical, scenic.

=scénite=, adj., dwelling in tents.

=scénographie=, n.f., scenography.

=scénographique=, adj., scenographical.

=scénopégie=, n.f., the feast of tabernacles.

=scepticisme=, n.m., scepticism.

=sceptique=, n.m. and adj., sceptic, sceptical.

=sceptre= (sèp-tr), n.m., sceptre; sway, empire, dominion.

=schabraque= or =chabraque= (sha-), n.f., shabrack.

=schah= (shâ), n.m., Shah (of Persia).

=schako= (sha-), n.m. V. =shako=.

=schall= (shâl), n.m. V. =châle=.

=scheik= (shèk), n.m. V. =cheik=.

=schelling= (shĕ-lin), n.m., (—s) shilling.

=schenante= (shĕ-), n.m., (bot.) lemon-grass.

=schène= (skè-n), n.m., (antiq.) scheme (Egyptian measure of length; about six miles and a half).

=schérif= (shé-), n.m. (—s). V. =chérif= and =shérif=.

=scherzo= (skèr-), n.m., (scherzi) (mus.) scherzo, (sportive piece in a symphony).

=schiite= (shi-it), n.m., shiite, schismatic Mahometan.

=schismatique= (shis-), n.m. and adj., schismatic; schismatical.

=schisme= (shism), n.m., schism.

=schiste= (shist), n.m., (min.) schist, slate.

=schisteu-x=, =-se= (shis-), adj., schistous.

=schlague= (shlag), n.f., (milit.) flogging.

=schlich= (shlik), n.m., (min.) slick.

=schlittage=, n.m., sledge (for felled trees).

=schlitte=, n.f., sledge (for felled trees) (in Erckmann-Chatrian).

=schlitteur=, n.m., sledger (of felled trees).

=schnapan= (shna-), n.m. V. =chenapan=.

=scholastique= (sko-). V. =scolastique=.

=scholie= (sko-). V. =scolie=.

=schooner= (shoo-nèr, skoonèr), n.m., (nav.) schooner.

=schorl= (shorl), n.m., (min.) schorl.

=sciage=, n.m., sawing.

=sciagraphie=, n.f. V. =sciographie=.

=sciant=, =-e=, adj., boring, annoying, bothering, tiresome, tedious.

=sciatérique=, adj., sciatheric.

=sciatique=, n.f. and adj., (anat., med.) sciatica, hip gout; sciatical.

=scie=, n.f., saw; (ich.) saw-fish; (pop.) trouble, bore (tiresome thing). — à main; handsaw. — à découper; fret-saw. Quelle —! (fig.) what a bore! — de scieur de long; pit-saw.

=sciemment= (si-a-mān), adv., wittingly, knowingly.

=science=, n.f., knowledge, science, learning. Posséder une — à fond; to be thoroughly master of a science. S’adonner aux —s; to devote one’s self to the study of sciences. La — infuse; intuition. De — certaine; for a positive fact.

=scientifique=, adj., scientific.

=scientifiquement= (-fik-mān), adv., scientifically.

=scier=, v.a., to saw; to reap, to cut down. — le dos à quelqu’un; (pop.) to bore any one.

se =scier=, v.r., to saw, to be cut with a saw.

=scier=, v.n., to saw; (nav.) to back water. — à culer; (nav.) to put astern, to back water.

=scierie= (sî-rî), n.f., saw-mill.

=scieur=, n.m., sawyer; reaper. Fosse de — de long; saw-pit.

=scille=, n.f., (bot.) squill.

=scillitique=, adj., (pharm.) of squill.

=scindé=, =-e=, adj., divided; (of books) in parts.

=scinder=, v.a., to divide. Se —; to be divided.

=scinque=, n.m., (erpelotogy) skink.

=scintillant=, =-e= (-til-lān, -t), adj., scintillant.

=scintillation= (-til-la-), n.f., scintillation.

=scintillement= (sin-til-mān), n.m., scintillation, sparkling, twinkling.

=scintiller= (-til-lé), v.n., to scintillate, to sparkle, to twinkle.

=sciographie=, n.f., (arch.) sciagraphy, sciography.

=sciographique=, adj., (arch.) sciagraphical, sciographical.

=scion=, n.m., (bot.) scion, shoot.

=scioptique=, adj., (opt.) scioptic.

=scirpe=, n.m., (bot.) club-rush.

=scissile=, adj., scissible.

=scission=, n.f., scission, split, secession; division (of opinions); defection, separation. Faire —; to secede.

=scissionnaire=, n.m. and adj., seceder; seceding.

=scissure=, n.f., (anat.) fissure; crack, cleft.

=sciure=, n.f., saw-dust, saw-powder.

=sclarée=, n.f., (bot.) clary.

=sclérophtalmie=, n.f., (med.) ophthalmy (inflammation of the conjunctiva).

=sclérotique=, n.f., (anat.) sclerotic.

=scolaire=, adj., scholar, academic; (of schools). Année —; academic year (October to August in France).

=scolarité=, n.f., course of study; curriculum.

=scolastique=, adj., scholastical; academic; of schools.

=scolastique=, n.m., scholastic, school-man.

=scolastique=, n.f., scholasticism.

=scolastiquement= (-tik-mān), adv., scholastically.

=scoliaste=, n.m., scholiast.

=scolie=, n.f., scholium; (Grec. antiq.) table-song.

=scolie=, n.m., (geom.) scholium.

=scolopendre=, n.f., (bot.) hart’s-tongue; (ent.) scolopendra, centiped.

=scombre=, n.m., (ich.) scomber.

=scorbut=, n.m., scurvy.

=scorbutique=, n.m. and adj., scorbutic.

=scordium= (-diom), n.m., (bot.) water-germander.

=scorie=, n.f., (metal.) scoria, dross.

=scorification=, n.f., (metal.) scorification.

=scorificatoire=, n.m., scorifier.

=scorifier=, v.a., to scorify.

=scorpioide=, n.f., (bot.) scorpion’s-tail.

=scorpiojelle=, n.f., scorpion oil.

=scorpion=, n.m., (astron.) Scorpion; (ent.) scorpion.

=scorpione=, n.f., (bot.) scorpion-grass, scorpion’s-tail.

=scorpiure=, n.f., (bot.) caterpillar.

=scorsonère=, n.f., (bot.) viper’s-grass.

=scotie= (-tî), n.f., (arch.) scotia; casement.

=scribe=, n.m., scribe, writer.

=scripteur=, n.m., writer of the pope’s bulls.

=scrofulaire=, n.f., (bot.) figwort.

=scrofules=, n.f.pl., scrofula, king’s evil.

=scrofuleu-x=, =-se=, n. and adj., scrofulous person; scrofulous.

=scrotocèle=, n.f., (surg.) scrotocele.

=scrotum= (-tom), n.m., (—) (anat.) scrotum.

=scrupule=, n.m., scruple; qualm; scrupulousness; scruple (weight). Avoir des —s; to be scrupulous. Lever des —s; to remove scruples. Je m’en ferais —; I would hesitate to do it.

=scrupuleusement= (-leûz-mān), adv., scrupulously, strictly, exactly.

=scrupuleu-x=, =-se=, n. and adj., over-nice, over-scrupulous person; scrupulous, strict, nice, rigorous, precise.

=scrutat-eur=, =-rice=, n. and adj., investigator, explorer, searcher, scrutinizer; (of a ballot) scrutineer; teller; investigating, searching, scrutinizing.

=scruter=, v.a., to scrutinize, to search closely, to investigate, to fathom; to look carefully into.

=scrutin=, n.m., ballot, balloting. — de liste; vote by ticket. Dépouiller le —; to count the votes. Au —, or au — secret; by ballot.

=scubac=, n.m. V. =usquebac=.

=sculptable= (skul-tabl), adj., to be sculptured; to be carved.

=sculpter= (skul-té), v.a., to sculpture, to carve.

=sculpteur= (skul-teur), n.m., sculptor, carver.

=sculptural= (skul-tu-), adj., sculptural.

=sculpture= (skul-tur), n.f., sculpture, carving; carved work.

=scutiforme=, adj., scutiform, shield-shaped.

=scylla=, n.m., Scylla. V. =charybde=.

=scytale=, n.m., a species of snake.

=scythe=, n.m.f. and adj., Scythian.

=se=, =s’=, pron., one’s self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; one another, each other. Il — ruine; he is ruining himself. Ils s’aiment; they love one another. Cela — peut; that may be. Ils — connaissent; they know each other. Ils — parlent; they speak to each other.

=séance=, n.f., seat (right of sitting); sitting (time of meeting of deliberative assemblies); meeting; sitting (for one’s portrait); recital; lecture. Avoir —; to have a seat. Lever la —; to close the meeting. Faire une —; to sit (at table, at play, etc.). En —; sitting, — tenante; there and then, forthwith.

=séant=, part., (jur.) sitting.

=séant=, n.m., sitting upright. Être sur son —, se mettre sur son —; to sit up in bed.

=séant=, =-e=, adj., fitting, seemly, becoming.

=seau=, n.m., pail, bucket. Il pleut à —x; it is raining in torrents.

=sébacé=, =-e=, adj., sebaceous.

=sébeste=, n.m., sebesten-plum.

=sébestier= (-tié), n.m., (bot.) sebesten-plum-tree.

=sébifère=, adj., (bot.) sebiferous (yielding tallow).

=sébile=, n.f., small wooden bowl (a receptacle for the powder used to dry ink).

=sec=, =sèche=, adj., dry, lean, spare; barren; plain; unadorned; cold, unfeeling, sharp; dissatisfied (of looks); (paint.) hard; dried (of fruit, flowers, leaves, fish, &c.); severe (of reprimands). Des mains sèches; lean hands. Un homme —; a spare, thin man. Coup —; sharp stroke. Avoir le gosier —; to be very dry. Il a le pouls —; his pulse is sharp. Être à —; to have no money. Cœur —; unfeeling heart. Mine sèche; dissatisfied look. Perte sèche; dead loss. — comme un pendu; as thin as a lath.

=sec=, n.m., dryness; fodder; dry weather. A —; dried up; (nav.) under bare poles; empty, low; drained, exhausted; (fig.) hard up. À — sur le rivage; (nav.) high and dry (of ships). Mettre un étang à —; to drain a pond; (fig.) to exhaust. Vaisseau à —; ship under bare poles.

=sec=, adv., dryly, sharply. Boire —; to drink hard. Répondre —; to answer sharply.

=sécable=, adj., divisible.

=sécant=, =-e=, adj., (geom.) secant.

=sécante=, n.f., (geom.) secant.

=sécateur=, n.m., (gard.) pruning-shears.

=sécéder=, v.n., to secede.

=sécession=, n.f., secession.

=sécessioniste=, adj. and n.m.f., secessionist.

=séchage=, n.m., drying.

=sèche= or =seiche=, n.f., cuttle-fish.

=séchée=, n.f., drying.

=sèchement= (sèsh-mān), adv., dryly; sharply; barrenly, without ornament, plainly.

=sécher=, v.a., to dry, to dry up, to cure.

se =sécher=, v.r., to dry one’s self; to dry (of a thing).

=sécher=, v.n., to dry, to wither, to pine away. Faire — du linge; to spread out linen to dry. — sur pied; to pine away, to be extremely dejected.

=sécheresse= (sè-shrès), n.f., dryness; drought; sharpness, barrenness.

=sécherie= (sé-shrî), n.f., (manu.) drying-house.

=séchoir=, n.m., (manu.) drying-room; (tech.) dryer.

=second=, =-e= (sĕ-gōn, -d), adv., second; junior; inferior. Eau —e; (chem.) lye-water. De —e main; second-hand. Sans —e; matchless, peerless.

=second= (sĕ-gōn), n.m., second, assistant; second story, second floor, second class; fore cabin (in ships). Il demeure au —; he lives on the second floor. En —; second, second in command; in the second place; in a subordinate capacity; (nav.) mate. En —e; in the second class (rail.).

=secondaire= (se-gon-dèr), adj., secondary, accessory. Enseignement —; secondary or higher education.

=secondairement= (se-gon-dèr-mān), adv., secondarily, accessorily.

=seconde= (se-gond), n.f., second (of time); second class (in schools); (mus.) second; (print.) revise, second proof.

=secondement= (se-gon-dmān), adv., secondly, in the second place.

=seconder= (se-gon-dé), v.a., to second, to assist; to favor, to back, to support; to promote, to forward.

=secondine= (se-gon-di-n), n.f., (bot.) secundine. pl., secundines, after-birth.

=sécot=, adj., lean, lanky, bony.

=secouement=, n.m. V. =secoûment=.

=secouer=, v.a., to shake, to shake off; to jolt, to toss; to discard, to rouse; to rate, to handle roughly. — le tête; to shake one’s head. — les oreilles; to demur, to say nay. — le joug; to shake off the yoke.

se =secouer=, v.r., to shake one’s self; to take exercise; to move about; to exert one’s self.

=secoûment= or =secouement=, n.m., shaking, jogging, jolting.

=secourable=, adj., helpful, helping, willing to help; relievable.

=secourir=, v.a., to succor, to assist, to relieve, to help, to aid; to rescue.

=secours=, n.m., help, relief, succor, assistance; aid; rescue. Donner du —; to render assistance. Crier au —; to cry out for help. Au —! help! help! — à domicile; outdoor relief. Société de — mutuels; benefit society.

=secousse=, n.f., shake, shock; blow, concussion, toss, tossing, jerk; (fig.) agitation; check.

=secr-et=, =-ète=, adj., secret, private, hidden, undiscovered, reserved, silent. Tenir —; to keep secret. Escalier — or dérobé; back-stairs, private staircase.

=secret=, n.m., secrecy, privacy, mystery; secret; solitary confinement; secret drawer, secret spring. C’est mon —; that is not a fair question. Mettre un prisonnier au —; to put a prisoner in solitary confinement. En —; secretly, privately, in private. Sous le —; in secrecy, under the seal of secrecy. Le — de Polichinelle; an open secret; no secret at all. — de deux — de Dieu, — de trois — de tous; no secret but between two.

=secrétaire=, n.m., secretary; escritoire; writing-table; (orni.) secretary-bird. — d’ambassade; secretary to an embassy. — d’état; secretary of state. Sous — général; under secretary (of state).

=secrétairerie= (-tèr-rî), n.f., secretary’s office.

=secrétariat=, n.m., secretaryship; secretary’s office.

=secrète=, n.f., (c.rel.) secret prayer.

=secrètement= (-krèt-mān), adv., secretly, privately, in secret, in private; inwardly.

=sécréter=, v.a., (physiology) to secrete.

=sécréteur=, adj., secretory.

=sécrétion=, n.f., (physiology) secretion.

=sécrétoire=, adj., secretory, secreting.

=sectaire=, n.m.f., sectarian.

=sectateur=, n.m., follower, votary.

=secte=, n.f., sect. Faire —; to form a sect. Faire — à part; to differ from most people, to form a separate body.

=secteur=, n.m., (geom.) sector.

=sectile=, adj., sectile.

=section=, n.f., section, division. — de vote; polling-station.

=sectionnement=, n.m., dividing into parts; division.

=sectionner=, v.a., to divide into parts; to divide.

=séculaire=, adj., secular, coming once in a century; centenarian; venerable; time-honored, ancient. Un chêne —; a venerable oak.

=sécularisation=, n.f., secularization.

=séculariser=, v.a., to secularize.

=sécularité=, n.f., secularity, secular jurisdiction.

=séculi-er=, =-ère=, adj., secular, worldly. Le bras —; the secular power.

=séculier=, n.m., laic, layman.

=séculièrement= (-lièr-mān), adv., secularly.

=secundo= (se-gon-), adv., secondly.

=sécurité=, n.f., security, safety; confidence.

=sedan=, n.m., Sedan-cloth.

=sédanoise= or =parisienne=, n.f., (print.) pearl.

=sédati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) sedative.

=sédatif=, n.m., sedative.

=sédentaire=, adj., sedentary, settled, stationary.

=sédiment=, n.m., sediment, grounds, dregs, lees.

=sédimentaire=, adj., sedimentary.

=séditieusement= (-si-eûz-mān), adv., seditiously.

=séditieu-x=, =-se=, adj., seditious, mutinous, rebellious, riotous.

=séditieux=, n.m., rebel, mutineer.

=sédition=, n.f., sedition, mutiny, riot. Faire une —; to promote a sedition. Eteindre une —; to quash a sedition.

=séduct-eur=, =-rice=, n. and adj., seducer, enticer; seductive, enticing, fascinating; deluding.

=séduction=, n.f., seduction, enticement; allurement; bribing, subornation. — de témoins; bribing of witnesses. La — des richesses; the allurements of wealth.

=séduire= (séduisant, séduit), v.a., to seduce; to charm, to win over; to fascinate, to captivate; to delude, to beguile; to suborn, to bribe; to bewitch. — des témoins; to bribe witnesses.

=séduisant=, =-e=, adj., seductive, seducing; delusive, bewitching, fascinating, tempting. Offres —es; tempting offers.

=ségétal=, =-e=, adj., growing in cornfields.

=segment=, n.m., (geom.) segment.

=segmentaire=, adj., segmental.

=ségrairie=, n.f., woods held in common.

=ségrais=, n.m., detached wood.

=ségrégation=, n.f., segregation.

=ségrégativement= (-tiv-mān), adv., separately, segregatively.

=seiche=, n.f. V. =sèche=.

=séide=, n.m., fanatical partisan; assassin; blind supporter.

=seigle=, n.m., (bot.) rye. — ergoté; spurred rye. Faux —; rye-grass.

*=seigneur=, n.m., lord; the Lord, squire. Petit —; lordling. — suzerain; lord paramount. Notre-—; our Lord. À tout — tout honneur; honor to whom honor is due. En grand —; in grand style.

*=seigneuriage=, n.m., seigniorage (duty on coinage).

*=seigneurial=, =-e=, adj., seigniorial, manorial, lordly.

*=seigneurie=, n.f., seigniory, lordship; manor. Votre —; your lordship.

=seime=, n.f., (vet.) wire-heel.

=sein=, n.m., breast, bosom; heart (midst); middle; womb. Au — de l’église; in the bosom of the church. Donner le — à un enfant; to give a child the breast, to suckle.

=seine=, n.f., fish-net, seine. Pêche à la —; seine-fishing.

=seing= (sīn), n.m., sign manual, signature. Blanc —; signature in blank. — privé; private seal.

=seize=, n.m. and adj., sixteen, sixteenth.

=seizième=, n.m.f. and adj., sixteenth.

=seizièmement=, adv., sixteenthly.

=séjour=, n.m., stay, abode, residence, sojourn; place, regions; continuance; dwelling, habitation; delay. Permis de —; permission to reside.

=séjourner=, v.n., to stay, to sojourn, to dwell, to make a stay, to tarry; to remain, to continue.

=sel=, n.m., salt; wit; point, humor. — gris; bay salt. De bon —; properly salted. À la croque au —; with salt only. — gemme; rock-salt. — marin; sea-salt. Un miton de —; a peck of salt. Au gros —; (fig.) coarse. Beurre demi —; salt-butter. — Anglais; Epsom salts. — blanc; table-salt. Gros —; coarse salt. Couche de —; bed of salt. — attique; Attic wit. Ils ne mangeront pas un miton de — ensemble; (prov.) they will soon be at sixes and sevens, or will soon fall out.

=sélaciens=, n.m.pl., (ich.) cartilaginous fishes.

=sélam= or =sélan=, n.m., (—s) emblematic nosegay (in the East).

=sélection=, n.f., selection.

=sélénieux=, adj., (chem.) selenious.

=sélénite=, n.f., (chem.) selenite.

=séléniteu-x=, =-se=, adj., selenitic.

=sélénium= (-om), n.m., (chem.) selenium.

=sélénographie=, n.f., selenography.

=sélénographique=, adj., selenographical.

=sélin=, n.m., milk-parsley (bot.).

=sellage=, n.m., saddling.

=selle=, n.f., saddle; stool, motion of the bowels; water-closet; washing board. — de femme; side-saddle, lady’s saddle. Cheval de —; saddle-horse. Aller à la —; to go to the stool. Être toujours en —; never to be out of the saddle. — à tous chevaux; common saddle; commonplace discourse. La première —; the best horse in the stable. — de calfat; (nav.) calking-box.

=seller=, v.a., to saddle.

se =seller=, v.r., (agri.) to harden (as land).

=sellerie= (sèl-rî), n.f., saddlery, saddle-room.

=sellette=, n.f., culprits’ seat; (fig.) stool of repentance; bed (of a carriage); shoe-black’s box; collar (of a plow); cradle (of painters); (nav.) calking-box. Être sur la —; to be at the bar (of criminals). Mettre sur la —; to haul over the coals. Tenir sur la —; to cross-question, to heckle, to pump (a person).

=sellier=, n.m., saddler.

=selon=, prep., according to, agreeably to, conformably to, pursuant to. On l’a traité — son mérite; he was treated according to his deserts. — moi; in my opinion. C’est —; that depends.

=selon que=, conj., as, according as.

*=semailles=, n.f.pl., sowing; seed; sowing-time.

=semaine=, n.f., week; week’s work; week’s wages; week’s money; week’s pocket-money; week’s allowance. À la —; by the week. Prêter à la petite —; to lend money (for a short time) at high interest. — sainte; Holy Week. — grasse; shrove-tide. Par —; a week. La — prochaine; next week. La — des quatre jeudis; when two Sundays come together (i.e. never). Être de —; to be on duty (for the week).

=semainier=, n.m., officer, monk, or actor, on duty (for the week); case of seven razors; letter-rack; bangle.

=semainière=, n.f., nun, or actress, on duty (for the week).

=sémaphore=, n.m., semaphore, signal-post.

=semaque=, n.f., fishing-boat, fishing-smack.

=semblable=, adj., like, alike, not unlike, similar, such. — à un torrent; like a torrent.

=semblable=, n.m., like; fellow, match, equal; fellow-creature, fellow-man.

=semblablement=, adv., likewise, too, also, in like manner.

☉=semblance=, n.f., resemblance, semblance, look, likeness.

=semblant=, n.m., appearance, semblance, seeming, air, look; pretense, show, sham. Faux —; false pretense. Faire —; to feign, to pretend, to dissemble, to seem, to appear as if. Il fait — de ne pas le voir; he pretends not to see it. Ne faire — de rien; to appear to take no notice (of); to feign ignorance (of). Sans faire — de rien; looking as if nothing was the matter.

=sembler=, v.n., to seem, to appear. Cela me semble ainsi; it appears so to me. Il semble; it seems, it appears, it would appear. Il me semble que je le vois; I think, or I fancy, I see him. Il lui semble que; he fancies that. Que vous en semble? what do you think of it? Il lui semble que cela n’est rien; he thinks it is nothing. Si bon lui semble; if he thinks fit. C’est ce qui me semble; precisely as I thought. Il semble que ce soit; it seems that it is. Il me semble que c’est; it seems to me that it is.

=semé=, =-e=, part., sowed, sown; strewn (with); interspersed (with); (her.) aspersed. — d’étoiles; bespangled with stars. — de fleurs; strewn with flowers.

=séméiologie=, n.f., semeiology.

=séméiotique=, n.f., semeiotics.

=semelle=, n.f., sole (of boots, shoes); foot (of stockings); length of a foot; (carp.) sleeper; dormant-tree; shoe (of an anchor). — simple; single sole. Battre la —; to pad the hoof, to tramp; to warm one’s feet, or trudge about. Reculer d’une —; to give way a foot. Ne pas rompre d’une —; not to draw back a step; not to give way an inch. Rompre la —; (fencing) to retire in parrying. — de dérive; (nav.) lee-board.

=semence=, n.f., seed; seeds; saving; fine sprigs (small nails, tin tacks); (fig.) cause. — de perles; seed-pearl. — d’un procès; cause of a lawsuit. — de diamant; diamond-sparks.

=semencine=, n.f., (pharm.) one of the three kinds of wormwood.

=semen-contra= (sé-mè-n-), n.m., (n.p.) (pharm.) semen-contra, worm-seed.

=semé=, =-e=, part., adj., sown, strewn, interspersed.

=semer=, v.a., to sow, to scatter; to spread; to strew, to sprinkle, to disseminate. — du blé; to sow wheat. — de l’argent; to scatter money. — la discorde; to sow discord. — la terreur; to spread terror. — des fleurs; to strew flowers. Il faut — pour recueillir; one must sow first to reap afterwards. Se —; to be sowed.

=semestre= (-mès-), n.m., half-year; six months; half-year’s duty, half-year’s income; (milit.) six months’ furlough. Entrer en —; to enter upon a six months’ duty. Congé de —; six months’ furlough. Par —; half-yearly.

=semestriel=, =-le= (-mès-), adj., half-yearly.

=semestrier=, (-mès-), n.m., (milit.) soldier absent on a six months’ furlough.

=semeur=, n.m., seedsman, sower; disseminator, spreader.

=semi=, adj. invariable, semi, demi, half.

=semi-arien=, =-ne=, adj. and n., (—-—s) Semi-Arian.

=semi-circulaire=, adj., semicircular.

=semi-double=, adj., semi-double.

=semi-flosculeu-x=, =-se=, adj., (bot.) semi-flosculous.

=semi-hebdomadaire=, adj., semi-weekly.

=semillance=, n.f., sprightliness, liveliness.

*=sémillant=, =-e=, adj., brisk, lively, frisky, sprightly.

=sémiller=, v.n., to be sprightly or lively; to be brisk.

=semi-lunaire=, adj., semi-lunar.

=semi-mensuel=, =-le=, adj., fortnightly.

=séminaire=, n.m., seminary, clerical college; school.

=séminal=, =-e=, adj., seminal.

=séminariste=, n.m., seminarist.

=sémination=, n.f., semination.

=semi-périodique=, adj., semi-periodic.

=semi-preuve=, n.f., (—-—s) imperfect proof, beginning of a proof.

=semis=, n.m., seed-plot, seedling.

=sémitique=, adj., Semitic.

=semi-ton=, n.m., (—-—s) (mus.) semitone.

=semoir=, n.m., (agri.) seed-lip; drill-machine, corn-drill.

=semonce=, n.f., rebuke, reprimand, lecture; call, summons.

=semoncer=, v.a., to reprimand, to lecture, to summon, to call.

=semoule=, n.f., semolina.

=semper-virens= (sin-pèr-vi-rīns), n.m., adj., (—) (bot.) coral honeysuckle; evergreen.

=sempiternel=, =-le= (sin-), adj., sempiternal, everlasting.

=sénat=, n.m., senate; senate-house.

=sénateur=, n.m., senator.

=sénatorerie=, n.f., senatorship.

=sénatorial=, =-e=, adj., senatorial.

=sénatorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), adj., senatorial, senatorian.

=sénatrice=, n.f., senator’s lady.

=sénatus-consulte= (-tus-), n.m., (—-—s) senatus-consultum; decree (of a senator).

=senau=, n.m., (nav.) snow (sort of vessel). Voile de —; try-sail.

=séné=, n.m., senna.

=sénéchal=, n.m., seneschal. Grand —; high seneschal.

=sénéchale=, n.f., seneschal’s wife.

=sénéchaussée=, n.f., seneschal’s jurisdiction; seneschal’s court.

=seneçon= (sè-n-son), n.m., (bot.) groundsel.

=senegrain=, =senègre=, or =senegré=, n.m., (bot.) fenugreek.

=senelle=, n.f. V. =cenelle=.

=sénestre=, adj., ☉left; (her.) sinister.

=sénevé= (sé-n-vé), n.m., (bot.) charlock, black mustard.

☉=sénieur=, n.m., senior.

=sénile=, adj., senile, old.

=sénilité=, n.f., senility, old age.

=senne=, n.f. V. =seine=.

=sens= (sānss), n.m., sense, senses, feelings, passions; understanding, judgment; intellect; reason, intelligence; opinion, sentiment; wits, reason, judgment; meaning, import; way, direction. Reprendre ses —; to come to one’s senses, to come to. Bon —; good sense. — commun; common-sense. — propre; proper meaning. — figuré; figurative sense. — intime; consciousness. À double —; with double meaning. A mon —; in my opinion. Dans tous les —; in all directions, to and fro. En tous —; in every direction. N’avoir pas le — commun; to be preposterous, absurd. Tomber sous le —; to be obvious, self-evident. À contre —; wrong way, in a wrong sense. — devant derrière; hind part foremost; wrong side first. Ce mot a deux —; that word has two meanings. Il abonde en son —; he is wedded to his opinion. J’abonde dans votre —; I am of your opinion. — dessus dessous; upside down, topsy-turvy. Être dans son bon —; to be in one’s right senses. Mettre quelqu’un hors de son bon —; to drive any one out of his senses. En — inverse; in a contrary direction.

=sensation=, n.f., sensation, feeling. Faire —; to cause a sensation. À —; sensational.

=sensé=, =-e=, adj., sensible, intelligent, reasonable.

=sensément=, adv., sensibly, judiciously.

=sensibilité=, n.f., sensibility, sensitiveness, feeling, delicacy; tenderness, soreness; tender-heartedness.

=sensible=, adj., sensible; perceptible, obvious, palpable, evident; feeling, sensitive; visible (horizon); tender, sore (of flesh). Il se montra — à ma douleur; he seemed moved by my sorrow. C’est son endroit —; that’s his sensitive part. Note —; (mus.) leading note.

=sensible=, n.f., (mus.) leading note.

=sensiblement=, adv., sensibly, feelingly, keenly; vividly, deeply, obviously, perceptibly, greatly, visibly, considerably, much.

=sensiblerie=, n.f., sentimentality.

=sensiti-f=, =-ve=, adj., sensitive.

=sensitive=, n.f., (bot.) sensitive plant.

=sensorial=, adj., (physiol.) sensorial.

=sensorium= (-om), n.m., sensorium.

=sensualisme=, n.m., sensualism.

=sensualiste=, n.m.f. and adj., sensualist; sensual.

=sensualité=, n.f., sensuality.

=sensuel=, =-le=, n. and adj., sensualist; sensual, voluptuous.

=sensuellement= (-èl-mān), adv., sensually.

☉=sente=, n.f. V. =sentier=.

=sentence=, n.f., sentence; maxim; judgment; decree, decision, verdict.

☉=sentencié=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., convict.

☉=sentencier=, v.a., (criminal law) to condemn, to pass sentence, to sentence.

=sentencieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., sententiously.

=sentencieu-x=, =-se=, adj., sententious.

=sentène=, n.f., thread of a skein. V. =centaine=.

=senteur=, n.f., scent, fragrance, perfume, odor, smell. Pois de —; sweet pea.

=senti=, =-e=, part. and adj., felt, experienced, perceived. Bien —, vivement —; heartfelt, deeply felt; (fig.) expressive, impressive, well expressed.

=sentier= (-tié), n.m., path, foot-path, pathway, by-way; lane, track; balk (in a plowed field). — battu; beaten track.

=sentiment=, n.m., feeling, sensation; sentiment; perception; sense, consciousness, sensibility; opinion. Avoir le — de; to be conscious of. Juger par —; to judge from feeling. — d’amour; feeling of love. Selon mon —; in my opinion. Faire des —; to be sentimental.

=sentimental=, =-e=, adj., sentimental.

=sentimentalement=, adv., sentimentally.

=sentimentalité=, n.f., sentimentality.

=sentine=, n.f., (nav.) well-room (of a ship); (fig.) sink of vice.

=sentinelle=, n.f., sentinel, sentry. — perdue; forlorn sentinel. Faire —; to keep sentry, to mount guard, to be on the watch.

=sentir= (sentant, senti), v.a., to feel, to be sensible of, to have a sense of; to smell, to scent; to taste, to have a taste of, to savor; to look like, to perceive, to experience, to foresee, to guess, to know. Cette carpe sent la bourbe; this carp tastes of the mud. Faire — quelque chose à quelqu’un; to impress any one with a sense of any thing, to bring home to. Il sent les choses de loin; he foresees things from afar. Se faire —; to make itself felt.

se =sentir=, v.r., to feel one’s self, to know one’s self, to be sensible; to be conscious, to feel the effects of; to be visible or perceived; to feel within one’s self. Il se sentait mourir; he felt himself dying. Il ne se sent pas de froid; he is quite benumbed with cold. Ne pas se — de joie; to be beside one’s self with joy; to be in raptures. Il se sent bien; he knows himself very well.

=sentir=, v.n., to feel; to smell, to have an odor; to have a bad smell. — bon; to smell nice. — mauvais; to smell bad. Cette viande commence à —; this meat is beginning to be tainted. Cela ne sent pas bon; (fig.) I don’t like the look of it.

=seoir= (soâr), v.n., to suit, to become, to fit. Il vous sied mal, or il ne vous sied pas, (de); it ill becomes you to.

=seoir= (soâr), v.n., (l.u.) to sit, to be sitting.

=séparable=, adj., separable.

=séparation=, n.f., separation, severing; parting; partition. — de biens; separate estate, separate maintenance. — de corps et de biens; divorce a mensâ et thoro, or judicial separation. Mur de —; partition wall.

=séparatiste=, n.m., separatist, secessionist. adj., seceding.

=séparément=, adv., separately; disjunctively; apart, asunder.

=séparer=, v.a., to separate, to sever, to disunite, to divide, to part, to set apart, to drive asunder, to disjoin, to divorce; to disconnect, to cut off. — le bon grain d’avec le mauvais; to separate the good seed from the bad. — les cheveux sur le front; to part the hair on the forehead. — deux hommes qui se battent; to part two men fighting.

se =séparer=, v.r., to separate, to sever, to part, to part company (with); to secede, to divide; to break up (of assemblies); to come off. Il n’y a si bonne compagnie qui ne se sépare; the best friends must part at last.