Part 13

=apoplexie=, _n.f._, apoplexy. _— foudroyante_; instantaneously fatal apoplexy. _— congestive_; serous apoplexy. _Attaque d’—_; apoplectic stroke. _Être attaqué_, _frappé_, _d’—_; to be struck down with apoplexy. _Tomber en —_; to fall down in a fit of apoplexy.

=apostasie=, _n.f._, apostasy.

=apostasier=, _v.n._, to apostatize.

=apostat=, _adj._, apostate.

=apostat=, _n.m._, apostate.

☉=apostème=, _n.m._, aposteme. _V._ =apostume=.

=aposter=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to secrete, to place in ambush, to station, to set to watch, to place in readiness (witnesses, assassins).

=à posteriori=, _adv._, a posteriori.

☉*=apostillateur=, _n.m._, (jur.), annotator, commentator.

*=apostille=, _n.f._, marginal note, postscript, footnote; recommendatory note (to urge or back a petition).

*=apostiller=, _v.a._, to write notes; to add a postscript to; to write a recommendation on a petition. _Il a apostillé ma pétition_; he has backed my petition with his recommendation.

=apostolat=, _n.m._, apostleship.

=apostolique=, _adj._, apostolic; papal; apostolical. _Nonce —_; the pope’s nuncio.

=apostoliquement= (-mān), _adv._, apostolically.

=apostrophe=, _n.f._, apostrophe; address; reproach, insult, attack.

=apostropher=, _v.a._, to apostrophize, to address, to fall foul of, to fly at.

☉=apostume=, _n.m._, (med.) aposteme, apostema, abscess.

☉=apostumer=, _v.n._, (med.) to apostemate.

=apothéose=, _n.f._, apotheosis, deification.

=apothicaire=, _n.m._, (l.u.), apothecary. _Faire de son corps une boutique d’—_; to be always physicking one’s self. _Un mémoire d’—_; an exorbitant bill.

=apothicairerie= (-kèr-rî), _n.f._ (l.u.), pharmacy; apothecary’s shop; dispensary.

=apothicairesse=, _n.f._, (in nunneries) dispenser.

=apôtre=, _n.m._, apostle; hypocrite. _Faire le bon —_; to play the saint; to put on a sanctified look.

=apozème=, _n.m._, (med.) apozem, decoction.

=apparaître=, _v.n._, to come, to be in sight, to appear suddenly. (jurisp.) _S’il apparaît à la cour_; if the court thinks so. _Faire — de son pouvoir_; to produce proofs of one’s power.

=apparat=, _n.m._, pomp, state, show; ostentation, affectation, parade; index, vocabulary, syllabus. _Un discours d’—_; a set speech.

=apparaux=, _n.m.pl._, (nav.) the sails, the rigging, the tackle, yards, guns, &c., of a ship.

*=appareil=, _n.m._, formal preparation, pomp, show, display, solemnity, magnificence; train, equipage, attendance; apparatus; (surg.) dressing (of wounds); (arch.) dressing; (nav.) gear. _— de guerre_; warlike preparations. _Mettre le premier —_; to give a wound its first dressing. _Lever l’—_; to take off the dressing. _Une assise de haut —_; a layer of large stones; (phot.) camera; _— instantané_, snapshot camera.

*=appareillage=, _n.m._, (nav.) act of getting under sail, under way.

*=appareillement=, _n.m._, yoking, pairing, matching. _L’— des bœufs_; the yoking of oxen.

*=appareiller=, _v.a._, to match; (arch.) to dress.

*_s’_=appareiller=, _v.r._, to join one’s self to; to pair.

*=appareiller=, _v.n._, (nav.) to weigh anchor, to get under way.

*=appareilleur=, _n.m._, (mas.) dresser, trimmer (of stones); draughtsman.

*=appareilleuse=, _n.f._, procuress.

=apparemment= (-ra-mān), _adv._, apparently.

=apparence=, _n.f._, appearance, outside show, seeming; likelihood, probability; sign, semblance. _En —_; seemingly, apparently, outwardly. _Pour les —s_; for show. _Avoir une belle —_; to look well. _Selon toute —_; in all probability; to all appearances. _Sauver les —s_; to save appearances.

=apparent=, =-e=, _adj._, apparent, plain, obvious, manifest, evident; remarkable, chief, eminent, considerable.

=apparenté=, =-e=, _adj._, related, descended, connected. _Il est bien —_; he is well descended. _Il est mal —_; he is of mean descent.

=apparenter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to ally, to connect by marriage.

_s’_=apparenter=, _v.r._, to ally one’s self (by marriage).

=appariement=, _or_ =apparîment=, _n.m._, pairing, matching; coupling, mating.

=apparier=, _v.a._, to pair, to sort, to match; to match horses, gloves.

_s’_=apparier=, _v.r._, to couple, to pair.

=appariteur=, _n.m._, apparitor, assistant, bedel (in universities); beadle.

=apparition=, _n.f._, apparition, appearance, appearing. _— d’anges_; a vision of angels.

=apparoir=, _v.n._, to appear, to be evident. _Comme il appert_; as it appears.

=appartement=, _n.m._, apartments, suite of rooms, lodgings, flat. _Pièce d’un —_; room, apartment.

=appartenance=, _n.f._, appurtenance.

=appartenant=, =-e=, _adj._, belonging, appertaining.

=appartenir=, _v.n._, to belong, to appertain; to relate, to concern; to behove, to be incident, to be related, to be given to.

_s’_=appartenir=, _v.r._, to be master of one’s own actions, to be free.

_il_ =appartient= (-ti-in), _v.imp._, it becomes; it is meet, fit; it is the duty, business of. _Ainsi qu’il appartiendra_; as they shall see fit. _À tous ceux qu’il appartiendra_; to all whom it may concern.

=appas=, _n.m.pl._, charms, attractions; allurements.

=appât=, _n.m._, bait; allurement, enticement. _C’est trop vieux poisson pour mordre à l’—_; he is too old a bird to be caught with chaff.

=appâter=, _v.a._, to bait, to allure; to feed (an infant or an invalid).

=appaumé=, _adj._, (her.) apaumé.

=appauvrir=, _v.a._, to impoverish; to make poor, to beggar.

_s’_=appauvrir=, _v.r._, to grow poor, to become impoverished, to be beggared.

=appauvrissement= (-mān), _n.m._, impoverishment.

=appeau=, _n.m._, bird-call; decoy-bird; (horol.) quarter-bell, half-bell.

=appel=, _n.m._, appeal, appealing; calling over; levy (recruiting); call (on shareholders); roll-call, muster; ruffle (of a drum); (jur.) call. _Acte d’—_; writ of appeal. _— nominal_; (parliament) call of the House. _Officier d’—_; muster-master. _Interjeter —_; to lodge an appeal. _Faire l’—_; to call over the names, the muster-roll. _Manquer à l’—_; to be absent from roll-call. _Passer l’—_; to pass muster. _Répondre à l’—_; to answer to one’s name. _Battre l’—_; to call to arms. _Faire un — de fonds_; to call in one’s funds.

=appelant=, =-e= (-lān, -t), _n.m.f._, (jur.) appellant; (ornith.) decoy-bird.

=appelé=, =-e=, _part._, called. _Beaucoup d’—s et peu d’élus_; many are called, but few are chosen.

=appeler=, _v.a._, to call, to name, to appeal; to chuck (of cocks); to term; to call over; to give a call, to call to; to invoke; to send for; to invite; to summon; to call for, to call on (cause); to challenge. _Comment appelez-vous cela?_ what do you call that? _— et rappeler_; to call over and over, again and again. _— en duel_; to call out. _— un médecin_; to call in a physician. _Faire —_; to send for. _— les choses par leur nom_; to call a spade a spade. _Voilà ce que j’appelle pleuvoir_; that is rain with a vengeance.

=appeler=, _v.n._, to appeal, to chuck (of cocks); to caterwaul (of cats). _En —_; (jur.) to appeal. _J’en appelle à votre honneur_; I appeal to your honor.

_s’_=appeler=, _v.r._, to be called, to call, to style one’s self. _Comment s’appelle cet homme-là?_ what is that man’s name? _Je m’appelle_; my name is.

=appellatif= (-pèl-la-), _adj._, (gram.) appellative.

=appellation= (-pèl-la-), _n.f._, appealing, calling, naming, appellation.

=appendice= (-pin-), _n.m._, appendix, appendage, addition; process (natural sciences).

=appendre=, _v.a._, to hang up.

=appentis=, _n.m._, shed, penthouse.

_il_ =appert=, _v.imp._ _V._ =apparoir=.

☉=appertement=, _adv._, openly.

=appesantir=, _v.a._, to make heavy, to weigh down; to impair, to dull, to make dull.

_s’_=appesantir=, _v.r._, to grow heavy and dull, to be weighed down, to lie heavy; to dwell upon, expatiate on.

=appesantissement= (-mān), _n.m._, heaviness, dulness.

=appétence= (ap-pé-), _n.f._, appetence, appetency.

=appéter=, _v.a._, to desire, to crave for, to covet.

=appétibilité=, _n.f._, appetibility, desire.

=appétible=, _adj._, appetible, desirable.

=appétissant=, =-e=, _adj._, relishing, appetizing, tempting; delicious, desirable.

=appétit=, _n.m._, appetite, relish, desire, longing; inclination, taste; stomach. _De bon —_; heartily. _— de cheval_; ravenous appetite. _Bon —!_ I wish you a good appetite. _Avoir de l’—_; to have an appetite. _Être sans —_; to have no appetite. _L’— vient en mangeant_; the more one has, the more one wishes to have. _Il n’est chère que d’—_; hunger is the best sauce. _Rester sur son —_; to check one’s appetite, inclination. _— de femme grosse_; depraved appetite, longing. _Pain dérobé réveille —_; stolen joys are sweet.

=appétiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, appetitive.

=appétition=, _n.f._, appetition, desire for.

=applaudir=, _v.n.a._, to applaud, to clap, to clap the hands, to cheer; to praise, to commend, to approve. _— un acteur_; to applaud an actor. _Je vous applaudis de vous être conduit si prudemment_; I commend you for having acted so prudently. _Applaudi de tout le monde_; applauded by everybody.

_s’_=applaudir=, _v.r._, to applaud one’s self for, to glory in (a thing); to congratulate one’s self (on), to rejoice (in or at). _Il s’applaudit lui-même_; he admires himself.

=applaudissement= (-mān), _n.m._, applause, public praise, commendation; plaudits, cheering. _Salve d’—s_; round of applause, of cheering.

=applaudisseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) applauder.

=applicable=, _adj._, applicable, apposite, relevant, suitable.

=application=, _n.f._, application, employment (of a sum of money); attention, care, diligence, sedulousness; (gold.) charging; appliqué lace. _Avec —_; sedulously. _Sans — déterminée_; unappropriated. _D’—_; practical, feasible. _— d’Angleterre_; Honiton lace. _Bras d’—_; bracket.

=applique=, _n.f._, (gold.) charging.

=appliqué=, =-e=, _adj._, intent, sedulous, studious, diligent, attentive.

=appliquer=, _v.a._, to apply, to stick; to award (judgment); to employ (money); to put, to set, to affix, to bring close; to adapt, to fit; to apply to, to appropriate; to bestow on, to hit, to strike. _— des ventouses_; to cup. _— mal à propos_; to misapply.

_s’_=appliquer=, _v.r._, to apply a thing to one’s self, to take it for one’s self; to apply one’s self, to fall to, to set to, to take to, to labor at, to make it one’s study; to stick to.

=appoint=, _n.m._, change, odd money, premium; appoint. _Net —_; appoint. _Par net —_; per appoint. _Faire l’—_; to pay the difference. _D’—_; odd.

=appointements= (-mān), _n.m.pl._, salary, stipend.

=appointer=, _v.a._, to put, to give a salary to; to punish (in the army); to sew strips of cloth, to stitch (as a mattress, cloth); (juris.) to refer, have a referee. _Commis appointé_; salaried clerk.

=appointer=, _v.a._, to point, sharpen to a point.

☉=appointeur=, _n.m._, (juris.) referee.

=appontement=, _n.m._, temporary wooden bridge; (nav.) gang-way, ladder.

=apport=, _n.m._, material brought, quantity brought, documents deposited; personal property; share; contribution.

=apporter=, _v.a._, to bring; to bring forward; to cause, to bring to bear upon, to procure, to occasion; to use, to cite, to quote, to allege; to adduce, to produce. _— des difficultés_; to raise difficulties. _— de la précaution_; to use precaution. _— de bonnes raisons_; to adduce good reasons. _— des soins à_; to bestow care upon.

=apportionner=, _v.a._, to apportion.

=apposer=, _v.a._, to set, to put, to insert, to affix.

=apposition=, _n.f._, setting, putting, inserting; affixing; accretion; (gram.) apposition. _Faire l’— des scellés_; to affix the seals.

=appréciable=, _adj._, appreciable, perceptible.

=appréciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, valuer, appraiser, rater.

=appréciati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, denoting the value of. _Etat_, _devis —_; estimate.

=appréciation=, _n.f._, appreciation, apprizement, rating, valuation, estimation.

=apprécier=, _v.a._, to value, to rate, to estimate, to judge; to appreciate, to esteem.

=appréhender=, _v.a._, to apprehend, to be apprehensive of, to fear; to arrest, to take up. _— au corps_; to arrest.

=appréhensible=, _adj._, apprehensible.

=appréhensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, timid.

=appréhension=, _n.f._, apprehension; fear, dread. _Avoir des —s_; to be under apprehension.

=apprendre=, _v.a._, to learn, to be informed of; to hear of; to teach; to train; to tell, to inform of, to advise, to let know. _— par cœur_; to learn by heart. _— des nouvelles_; to hear news. _Je l’ai appris de bonne part_; I have it from good authority. _Il m’a appris l’algèbre_; he taught me algebra. _Faire — un métier à un enfant_; to put a child to a trade. _Je lui apprendrai qui je suis_; I will let him know who I am. _Les malheurs s’apprennent vite_; ill news flies fast.

=apprenti=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, apprentice; novice, tyro. _Obliger un —_; to bind an apprentice.

=apprenti=, =-e=, _adj._, apprenticed, articled.

=apprentissage=, _n.m._, apprenticeship, trial, experiment. _Être en —_; to be an apprentice. _Faire son —_; to serve one’s apprenticeship. _Mettre en —_; to apprentice, to article. _Brevet d’—_; apprentice’s indentures. _Sortir d’—_; to finish one’s time.

=apprêt=, _n.m._, preparation, preparative; cooking, (manu.) dressing; painting on glass; stiffness, affectation. _Faire de grands —s_; to make great preparations. _Sans —_; unstudied (of style).

=apprêtage=, _n.m._, (manu.) dressing; finishing.

=apprêté=, =-e=, _part._, prepared, dressed; studied. _Des manières apprêtées_; affected manners.

=apprêter=, _v.a._, to prepare, to get ready; to cook; (manu.) to dress; to afford matter for. _— un chapeau_; to dress a hat. _— à dîner_; to prepare dinner. _— à rire_; to afford matter for laughter.

_s’_=apprêter=, _v.r._, to prepare one’s self, to make one’s self ready, to dress; to be in course of preparation, to be brewing.

☉=apprêteur=, _n.m._, painter upon glass.

=apprêteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (manu.) dresser.

=appris=, =-e=, _part._, learned, taught. _Bien —_; well-bred. _Mal —_; ill-bred. _Un mal —_; an ill-bred or an unmannerly fellow.

=apprivoisement= (-voaz-mān), _n.m._, taming.

=apprivoiser=, _v.a._, to tame (animals); to make sociable, tractable, (persons); (hunt.) to reclaim.

_s’_=apprivoiser=, _v.r._, to be tamed, to grow tame (of animals); to become sociable, to lose one’s shyness (of persons).

=approbat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, approver, applauder.

=approbat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, approving, commending.

=approbati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, approving. _Geste —_; nod of approbation.

=approbation=, _n.f._, approbation, consent; approval. _Incliner la tête en signe d’—_; to nod assent, approval.

=approbativement= (-mān), _adv._, approvingly, with approbation.

=approchant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) something like; like, bordering upon, approximate; near allied, near akin.

=approchant=, _prep._, (l.u., fam.) near, about. _Il a reçu dix mille francs —_; he received about ten thousand francs.

=approche=, _n.f._, approach, access; coming, advance; (print.) space, closing up. _Lunette d’—_; spy-glass. _Greffe en —_; graft by approach.

=approcher=, _v.a._, to bring, put, or draw near; to bring, put, or draw close; to have access (to any one). _Approchez la table du feu_; draw the table near the fire.

=approcher=, _v.n._, to approach, to draw nigh or near, to come near, to be easy of access; to be something like. _Il me fit — de lui_; he made me come near him. _— du but_; to come near the mark. _Ceci n’en approche pas_; this does not come near it.

_s’_=approcher=, _v.r._, to approach, to draw near, to come near, to advance. _Approchez-vous du feu_; draw near the fire.

=approfondi=, =-e=, _adj._, deep, profound; thorough, reasoned out.

=approfondir=, _v.a._, to deepen, to make deeper; to examine thoroughly; to search, dive into, to fathom. _— une question_; to sift, to fathom a question.

=approfondissement=, _n.m._, deepening, sinking lower; fathoming.

=appropriation=, _n.f._, appropriation, assimilation; (jur.) conversion.

=approprier=, _v.a._, to appropriate, to accommodate, to adapt, to fit, to suit; to clean, to make neat, to tidy. _— une chambre_; to make a room tidy. _— son langage aux circonstances_; to adapt one’s language to circumstances.

_s’_=approprier=, _v.r._, to appropriate a thing to one’s self, to convert to one’s own use.

=approuver=, _v.a._, to approve, to approve of, to sanction, to consent to; to ratify, to authorize; to pass (accounts).

=approvisionnement= (-zio-n-mān), _n.m._, victualing; supply of provisions, stock. _Vaisseau d’—_; (nav.) victualing ship.

=approvisionner=, _v.a._, to supply with necessaries; to victual, to cater for, to stock.

_s’_=approvisionner=, _v.r._, to supply one’s self; to lay in, take in supplies.

=approvisionneur=, _n.m._, victualer, provider, caterer, purveyor.

=approximati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, approximative.

=approximation=, _n.f._, approximation, rough guess. _Détermination par —_; (math.) approximation.

=approximativement= (-mān) _adv._, approximatively.

☉=approximer=, _v.a._, to approximate.

=appui=, _n.m._, prop, stay, support, rest; help, protection; buttress, rail, hand-rail, sill (of windows); rail (of stairs); (man.) appui; (mec.) fulcrum. _À hauteur d’—_; breast-high. _Point d’—_; point of support, prop, fulcrum, base. _A l’— de_; in support of, in confirmation of. _Sans —_; unsupported, friendless. _Il est l’— des malheureux_; he is the support of the unfortunate. _Ce cheval a l’— bon_; that horse is soft-mouthed. _Aller à l’— de_; to support (a proposal).

=appui-main=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) painter’s maul-stick, hand-rest.

=appui-queue=, _n.m._, rest (at billiards), jigger.

=appuyer=, _v.a._, to prop up, to stay, to support, to second; to hold up, to sustain; to set upon; to lean upon; to ground, to found; to back, to stand by; to favor, to countenance; to protect; to enforce, to strengthen. _— une maison contre un coteau_; to build a house against a hill. _— le coude sur la table_; to lean one’s elbow upon the table. _Son droit est appuyé sur de bons titres_; his claim is founded on just grounds. _Il m’a promis d’— mon placet_; he has promised to back my petition. _— les chiens_; to urge on the hounds.

=appuyer=, _v.n._, to bear upon, to lean; to rest; to lay a stress on; to dwell upon; to insist upon, to urge. _— sur un mot_; to lay a stress on a word. _— sur un passage_; to dwell upon a passage. _— sur la droite_, _la gauche_, or _à droite_, _à gauche_; to bear to the right, the left. _Ce cheval appuie sur le mors_; that horse hangs on the bit.

_s’_=appuyer=, _v.r._, to lean, to lean upon; to lie, to rest, to recline upon; to confide in, to rely upon, to depend upon, to trust to; to lay a stress on, to dwell upon. _Appuyez-vous sur moi_; lean upon me. _— sur un roseau_; (fig.) to trust to a broken reed.

=âpre=, _adj._, rough, harsh; tart, sharp; hard, rugged, uneven; biting, cutting, bitter; severe; crabbed, peevish; violent, greedy, eager. _Chemin — et raboteux_; rough, rugged way. _— au gain_; greedy of gain. _— au jeu_; eager for play (a born gambler). _— à se venger_; eager for revenge. _— à la curée_; eager for prey (of animals); greedy of gain (of persons).

=aprèle=, _n.f._, (bot.) horse-tail.

=âprement=, _adv._, harshly, sharply, roughly, rigorously; severely; peevishly, crabbedly; gruffly; violently, eagerly, greedily.

=après=, _prep._, after, next to; about; next. _Sa maison vient — la vôtre_; his house is next to yours. _Il est toujours — moi_; he is always after me, always teasing, persecuting, scolding me. _Être — quelque chose_; to be in pursuit of something. _On est —_; it is being done. _Soupirer — quelque chose_; to long for anything. _Ne pas attendre — quelqu’un_; not to need, to be able to do without any one. _— lui, il faut tirer l’échelle_; no one can come after him. _— coup_; too late. _Crier — quelqu’un_; to scold anybody. _Tout le monde crie — lui_; everybody cries out against him. _Ci —_; hereafter, in the sequel. _— quoi_; after which. _D’—_; after, from, according to, following. _Peindre d’— nature_; to paint from nature. _— tout_; after all. _Jeter le manche — la cognée_; to throw the helve after the hatchet (or to give up in despair).

=après=, _adv._, afterwards, after; go on; what next, what then? _Vous arrivâtes malade; —?_ you say you were ill after you arrived; and what then?

=après que=, _conj._, after, when. _— — vous aurez fait_; after you have done. _— — je l’eus vu_; when I had seen him.

=après-demain=, _adv._, the day after to-morrow.

☉=après-dînée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) =après-dîné=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after dinner, afternoon.

=après-dîner=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after dinner, afternoon.

=après-midi=, _n.m.f._, (_—_) afternoon.

☉=après-soupée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) après-soupé, n.m., (_—-—s_) between supper and bedtime; evening.

=après-souper=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) between supper and bedtime, evening.

=âpreté=, _n.f._, harshness, tartness, sharpness; roughness, ruggedness; acrimony, asperity; violence, fierceness, severity; eagerness; greediness. _— à l’argent_; lust of gold.

=à priori=. _V._ =priori=.

=à propos=, _adj._, _adv._; =à-propos=, _n.m._ _V._ =propos=.

=apside=, _n.f._, (apsides, apses) (astron.) apsis.

=apte=, _adj._, apt, fit, proper, qualified.

=aptère=, _n.m._, apter.

=aptère=, _adj._, apteral, apterous.

=aptitude=, _n.f._, aptitude, aptness, qualification, disposition; readiness, inclination, taste.

=apurement= (-mān), _n.m._, auditing, closing (of accounts).

=apurer=, _v.a._, to audit (accounts).

=apyre=, _adj._, apyrous, incombustible, fire-proof.

=apyrexie=, _n.f._, (med.) apyrexy.

=aquarelle= (-koua-), _n.f._, painting in water-colors, aquarelle, water-color drawing.

=aquarelliste=, _n.m._, painter in water-colors.

=aquarium=, _n.m._, (_—s_) aquarium.

=aqua-tinta= (_—_), or aquatinte (-koua-), (_—s_) _n.f._, aquatinta, aquatint.

=aquatique= (-koua-), _adj._, aquatic, watery.

=aqueduc=, _n.m._, water-pipe, aqueduct, conduit, duct. _Petit —_; culvert.

=aqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, aqueous, watery, waterish.

=aquilin=, _adj._, aquiline, curving, hooked, prominent, Roman.

=aquilon=, _n.m._, north-wind, northerly wind, cold blast, storm, tempest.

☉=aquilonaire=, _adj._, northern, boreal.

=aquosité= (-kouo-), _n.f._, aqueousness, wateriness.

=ara=, _n.m._, (orni.) macaw.

=arabe=, _n.m._, Arabian (person); miser, screw, dun, usurer; Arabic (language).

=arabe=, _adj._, Arabic, Arabian.

=arabesque=, _adj._, arabesque.

=arabesque=, _n.f._, arabesque.

=arabique=, _adj._, Arabian, Arabic.

=arable=, _adj._, arable, tillable.

=arachide=, _n.f._, earth-nut.

=arachnide= (-rak-), _n.m._, arachnidan.

=arachnoïde= (-rak-no-id), _n.f._, (anat.) arachnoid, arachnoid membrane.

=arachnoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) arachnoid; cobwebbed.

=arack= _or_ =rack=, _n.m._, a spirituous liquor; arrack.

=araignée=, _n.f._, spider; (mining) araignee, arraign; (nav.) crow-foot. _Toile d’—_; cobweb, spider-work. _— de mer_; crab. _Pattes d’—_; spider’s legs, scrawling handwriting. _Oter les —s_; to sweep the cobwebs away. _J’en ai horreur comme d’une —_; (fam.) I hate it as I do sin. _Avoir une — dans le plafond_; to have a bee in one’s bonnet.

=araméen=, =-ne=, _adj._, aramean.

=aramer=, _v.a._, to stretch cloth upon tenters, to tenter.

=aranéeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cobwebbed.

=arase=, _n.f._ _Pierres d’—_; leveling course (mas.).

=arasement= (-mān), _n.m._, leveling, making even.

=araser=, _v.a._, to level (a wall, a building, &c.); to make even.

=arases=, _n.f.pl._, leveling course (mas.).

=aratoire=, _adj._, aratory, farming. _Instruments —s_; implements of husbandry.

=arbalète=, _n.f._, arbalist, cross-bow, dormouse-trap. _— à jalet_; a stone-bow. _Attelage en —_; unicorn team.

☉=arbalèter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to stay, to bear or shore up with pieces of timber.

=arbalétrier=, _n.m._, cross-bowman, archer. _—s_; principal rafters (carp.); (orni.) swift (_Cypselus apus_).

=arbitrage=, _n.m._, arbitrage, arbitration, arbitrament, umpirage.

=arbitraire=, _adj._, arbitrary, optional, despotic, discretional.

=arbitrairement= (-mān), _adv._, arbitrarily, despotically.