Part 133

=raison=, _n.f._, reason, sense, judgment, rationality; satisfaction; proof, ground, matter, argument; motive; rate; consideration; justice, right, excuse, answer; (com.) firm; share; ratio; (jur.) claim. _— sociale_; firm; name of a firm, style. _Sans —_; groundless, groundlessly. _—s d’état_; state reasons. _—s de famille_; family reasons. _Il n’a point de —_; he lacks sense, he is deficient in sense. _Mariage de —_; prudent marriage, marriage for money. _Parler —_; to talk sense, to talk sensibly. _Avoir —_; to be right. _Vous avez —_; you are right. _Donner — à quelqu’un_; to decide in favor of any one, to side with any one. _Plus que de —_; more than is reasonable, more than one ought to. _Entendre —_; to listen to reason. _Mettre quelqu’un à la —_; to bring any one to reason, to settle any one. _Comme de —_; as it is fit, of course, naturally. _Être de —_; imaginary being, creation of the brain. _Où force domine — n’a point lieu_; where force holds sway, there’s no room for reason. _Tirer — d’une injure_; to obtain satisfaction for an injury. _Se faire — soi-même_; to do one’s self justice, to take the law into one’s own hands. _Faire — à_; to pledge. _Faire — de_; to give satisfaction for. _Se faire une —_; to be guided by reason. _Se rendre à la —_; to yield to reason. _Rendre — de sa conduite_; to give an account of one’s conduct. _Ce n’est pas une —_; that does not follow. _Ne pas entendre —_; not to listen to reason. _Puissante —_; powerful argument. _— probable_; probable proof. _Point tant de —s_; don’t argue so much! _Grande —_; great cause. _Bonne —_; good grounds. _À plus forte —_; with greater reason _or_ force; a fortiori. _— de plus_; all the more reason. _Pour — de quoi_; for which cause, wherefore. _Pour — à moi connue_; for reasons best known to myself. _À — de_, _en — de_; in proportion to; according to; at the rate of. _En — de_; by reason of; in consideration of. _A telle fin que de —_; in case of need; according to circumstances; at all events; in any case. _Sous la — de_; (com.) under the style of. _Sa — est d’un tiers_; his interest (in the concern) stands at one third. _Livre de —_; ledger.

=raisonnable=, _adj._, rational, reasonable, thinking, sensible; conscionable, just, wise; proper, right; adequate; moderate; fair; tolerable. _Pension —_; adequate pension. _Prix —_; moderate price. _Il est d’une taille —_; he is moderately tall, _or_ very fairly tall.

=raisonnablement=, _adv._, reasonably, sensibly, agreeably to reason, wisely, fairly, justly, rationally; moderately, pretty well; tolerably.

=raisonné=, =-e=, _adj._, rational, intelligent, supported by proof; analytical, studied, methodical, classified.

=raisonnement= (rè-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, reasoning; argument, ratiocination, answer. _Faire des —s à perte de vue_; to reason vaguely, to wander from the point. _Point de —s_; no answers; none of your answers.

=raisonner=, _v.n._, to reason, to argue, to discourse; to answer; to murmur; (nav.) to lie to, (in order to be searched). _— faux_ or _— à faux_; to reason falsely. _Faire — un vaisseau_; (nav.) to compel a ship to speak another. _V._ =arraisonner=.

=raisonner=, _v.a._, to reason, to apply one’s reason to; to examine, to study, to consider; (nav.) to bring to and search.

_se_ =raisonner=, _v.r._, to reason with one’s self; (of things) to be discussed, to be considered.

=raisonneu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, reasoner, arguer; logician; impertinent answerer; impertinent, insolent; answering when reprimanded. _Faire le —_; to argue, to answer, to grumble.

=rajah= _or_ =raja=, _n.m._, raja, rajah.

=rajeunir=, _v.a._, to make young; to make look younger, to give a young look; to restore to youth; to revive, to renew, to modernize, to prune, to lop (trees). _— des meubles_; to renew furniture.

_se_ =rajeunir=, _v.r._, to make one’s self look younger.

=rajeunir=, _v.n._, to grow young again, to be restored to youth; to look young again.

=rajeunissant=, =-e=, _adj._, giving a youthful appearance to.

=rajeunissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, growing young again, making young again; rejuvenescence, restoration to youth; renewal, renovation.

=rajouter=, _v.a._, to add again _or_ more.

=rajustement=, _n.m._, readjustment; putting _or_ setting in order, repairing; (fig.) reconciliation.

=rajuster=, _v.a._, to readjust, to put to rights, to put _or_ set in order again; to settle; to reconcile. _— un habit_; to arrange a coat. _On les a rajustés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =rajuster=, _v.r._, to readjust one’s self, _or_ one’s dress; to become reconciled.

=râlant=, =-e=, _adj._, in death’s throes; dying.

=râle=, _n.m._, (orni.) rail. _— de genêts_; land-rail.

=râle=, _n.m._, rattling in the throat. _— de la mort_; death-rattle.

=râlement= (râl-mān), _n.m._, rattling in the throat, death-rattle.

=ralentir=, _v.a._, to abate, to slacken; to lessen, to diminish, to moderate, to mitigate. _— sa course_; to slacken one’s pace.

_se_ =ralentir=, _v.r._, to slacken; to abate, to relax, to diminish; to grow remiss, to flag, to cool.

=ralentissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, slackening, relenting, abatement, flagging, cooling.

=râler=, _v.n._, to have the death-rattle; to be in the throes of death.

=ralingue= (-lin-g), _n.f._, (nav.) bolt-rope (of a sail). _— de fond_; foot-rope. _— de chute_; leech-rope. _— de têtière_; head-rope. _Mettre une voile en —_; to let fly the sheets of a sail. _Mets en —!_ let the sails shiver in the wind!

=ralinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to sew the bolt-ropes to. _— une voile_; to sew the bolt-ropes to a sail.

=ralinguer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to let fly the sheets of a sail (loose to the wind); to fly loose to the wind (of sails); to shiver.

=ralliement= (-li-mān), _n.m._, rallying, rally. _Mot de —_; rallying-word or cry; countersign. _Signe de —_; rallying sign. _Point de —_; rallying-place.

=rallier=, _v.a._, to rally, to join, to get near. _— le navire au vent_; (nav.) to haul to the wind again; to bring the ship into the wind.

_se_ =rallier=, _v.r._, to rally, to join forces.

=rallonge=, _n.f._, lengthening piece. _— d’une table_; leaf of a table.

=rallongement= (ra-lonj-mān), _n.m._, lengthening.

=rallonger=, _v.a._, to make longer, to lengthen.

=rallumer=, _v.a._, to relight, to light again; to rekindle, to kindle again, to light up anew, to revive.

_se_ =rallumer=, _v.r._, to light again; to burst, to break out again; to rekindle.

=ramadan= _or_ =ramazan=, _n.m._, (Mahometan religion) Ramadan (feast of).

=ramadouer=, _v.a._ _V._ =amadouer=.

=ramage=, _n.m._, flowers (on stuffs); flowering; singing, chirping, warbling (of birds); prattle, prattling; (of peas) sticking.

=ramagé=, =-e=, _adj._, flowered (of stuffs).

=ramager=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to warble (of birds).

=ramaigrir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to make lean, _or_ thin, again; to grow thin again.

=ramaigrissement=, _n.m._, emaciation, leanness.

*=ramaillage=, _n.m._, scraping off the hair (of skins).

*=ramailler=, _v.a._, to scrape off the hair of skins (before they are shamoyed).

=ramaire=, _adj._, (bot.) rameous.

=ramas=, _n.m._, collection, heap; set, troop, lot, omnium-gatherum, scrapings, rakings, sweepings. _Un — de bandits_; (fam.) a set of robbers.

=ramasse=, _n.f._, sledge (used on mountains).

=ramassé=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-set; squat; huddled up, gathered up; compact; (bot.) clustered. _Corps —_; thick-set body. _Taille —e_; squat figure.

=ramasser=, _n.m._, (l.u.) picking up. _Cela ne vaut pas le —_; (prov., fam.) that is not worth picking up, _or_ (fig.) not worth troubling about.

=ramasser=, _v.a._, to collect, to gather, to get together, to rake together; to assemble; to pick up, to take up; (pop.) to belabor; to draw in (a mountain sledge). _— toutes ses forces_; to muster all one’s troops.

_se_ =ramasser=, _v.r._, to assemble, to gather together; to be assembled; to roll itself up (animal); to pick one’s self up, to get up again, to be huddled up; to gather up one’s limbs.

=ramasseur=, _n.m._, gatherer, collector; mountain sledge-driver.

=ramassis=, _n.m._ _V._ =ramas=.

=ramazan=, _n.m._ _V._ =ramadan=.

=rambour=, _n.m._, a kind of apple.

=rame=, _n.f._, oar; ream (of paper); (hort.) stick, prop; stick (for peas); (manu.) tenter-frame. _Être_, or _tirer_, _à la —_; to tug at the oar; to work hard. _Mettre un livre à la —_; to sell a book for waste-paper. _À la —_; rowing. _Aller à la —_; to row.

=ramé=, =-e=, _adj._, branched (of peas), propped (of plants); bar, double-head (of shot); (hunt.) (of a young stag) horned. _Balles —es_; double shot. _Boulets —s_; bar-shot.

=rameau=, _n.m._, bough, branch (of a tree); branch, subdivision; (anat.) branch. _Le dimanche_, _le jour_, _des —x_; Palm-Sunday.

=ramée=, _n.f._, green boughs, green arbor, branches with their leaves, bower, cover.

=ramenable=, _adj._, reclaimable.

=ramendable=, _adj._, (tech.) mendable.

=ramendage=, _n.m._, (tech.) mending (gilt).

=ramender=, _v.a._, to lower the price of provisions (pop.); (agri.) to manure again; to mend (gilding); to dye again.

=ramender=, _v.n._, (pop.) to fall in price (of provisions).

=ramener=, _v.a._, to bring again; to bring back; to throw again (dice); to retrieve; to restore to health; to reclaim; (man.) to lower its head; to recall; to pacify, to bring over. _— une vieille mode_; to revive an old fashion. _— quelqu’un à son devoir_; to bring any one back to his duty. _— à la maison_; to bring home.

_se_ =ramener=, _v.r._, (man.) to carry its head. _Se — bien_; to carry its head well.

=ramequin= (ram-kīn), _n.m._, (cook.) ramekin, cheese-cake.

=ramer=, _v.n._, to row, to pull; (tech.) to tenter; to tug at the oar; to work hard.

=ramer=, _v.a._, to stick peas; to prop plants.

_se_ =ramer=, _v.r._, to be propped.

=ramereau= (ra-mrô), _n.m._, young ringdove.

=ramette=, _n.f._, (print.) job-case, packet (of note paper).

=rameur=, _n.m._, rower, oarsman.

=rameu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, branching, branchy, ramous. _Tige —se_; branchy stalk.

=ramier=, _n.m._, ringdove, wood-pigeon.

=ramière=, _n.f._, row, _or_ bower, of trees _or_ shrubs.

=ramification=, _n.f._, ramification, branch.

_se_ =ramifier=, _v.r._, to ramify, to separate into branches, to branch out, to extend.

*=ramilles=, _n.f.pl._, twigs; chatwood.

=raminagrobis=, _n.m._, grimalkin.

=ramingue= (ra-mīn-gh), _adj._, (man.) restive; jibbing.

=ramoitir=, _v.a._, to moisten, to make damp.

_se_ =ramoitir=, _v.r._, to become damp.

=ramollir=, _v.a._, to soften, to make soft; (fig.) to enervate. _— les cuirs_, to soak the hides.

_se_ =ramollir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow soft; (fig.) to relent.

=ramollissant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) softening, emollient.

=ramollissant=, _n.m._, (med.) emollient.

=ramollissement= (-lis-mān), _n.m._, softening. _— du cerveau_; softening of the brain.

=ramon=, _n.m._, garden-broom, besom; sweep’s apparatus.

=ramonage=, _n.m._, sweeping (of a chimney).

=ramoner=, _v.a._, to sweep (a chimney).

=ramoneur=, _n.m._, chimney-sweeper, sweep.

=rampant=, =-e=, _adj._, creeping, crawling; (fig.) cringing, crouching, servile; (her.) rampant. _Lierre —_; creeping-ivy.

=rampant=, _n.m._, (arch.) coping.

=rampe=, _n.f._, flight of stairs; stairs; handrail, baluster; slope, incline, gradient; (fig.) stage; (thea.) foot-lamps, foot-lights; (engineering) inclined plane.

=rampement= (rānp-mān), _n.m._, creeping, crawling (reptiles).

=ramper=, _v.n._, to creep, to crawl; (fig.) to crouch, to cringe, to truckle, to grovel. _Son style rampe_; his style is low, flat, prosy.

=rampin=, _adj.m._ _V._ =pinçard=.

=rampiste=, _n.m._, baluster-maker.

=ramure=, _n.f._, branches, boughs, antlers (of a stag).

=rancart=, _n.m._, (fam.) refuse, waste. _Mettre au —_; to throw aside, to cast off, to lay aside, to do away with; (fig.) to put on the shelf.

=rance=, _adj._, rancid, rank, rusty.

=rance=, _n.m._, rancidness. _Sentir le —_; to smell rancid.

=rancette=, _n.f._, sheet-iron (for stove pipes).

=ranche=, _n.f._, round of a rack-ladder; rack (of a crane); peg.

=rancher=, _n.m._, rack-ladder; roost-ladder.

=ranci=, =-e=, _adj._, grown rancid; rank.

=rancidité= _or_ =rancissure=, _n.f._, rancidness, rancidity.

_se_ =rancir=, _v.r._, to grow rancid.

=rancissure=, _n.f._ _V._ =rancidité=.

=rançon=, _n.f._, ransom. _Mettre à —_; to demand, or exact, ransom of.

=rançonnement= (-so-n-mān), _n.m._, ransoming, exaction, extortion.

=rançonner=, _v.a._, to ransom; to set a ransom upon; to levy contributions, to tax; (fig.) to impose upon; to fleece.

=rançonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam. l.u.) extortioner.

=rancune=, _n.f._, rancor, spite, grudge, ill-feeling, malice. _Vieille —_; old grudge. _Il lui garde —_; he owes him a grudge. _Sans —_; without ill-feeling.

=rancuni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, rancorous, spiteful.

=randonnée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) round, circuit, doubling (of game); ☉(fig.) long walk.

=rang= (ran), _n.m._, row, line, range; rank (degree, station); order; class; rate (of ships); (print.) frame; (nav.) tier (of cables); tier (of boxes in theaters). _Dernier —_; lowest rank. _Au même —_; in the same row. _À son —_; in one’s turn. _De premier —_; first rate. _Occuper un — élevé_; to rank high. _Tenir un —_; to hold a rank, to make a figure. _Se mettre sur les —s_; to enter the lists, to come forward (as a candidate); to put up (for); to stand (for). _Être sur les —s_; to be a candidate (for). _Il aspire au premier —_; he aspires to the first place. _Mettre au — de ses amis_; to reckon amongst one’s friends. _Tel qui brille au second — s’éclipse au premier_; a good subordinate often makes a bad leader. _En — d’oignon_; (prov.) in a row. _V._ =oignon=.

=rangé=, =-e=, _part._, steady; pitched (of battles). _Bataille —e_; pitched battle. _En bataille —e_; in a pitched battle. _Un homme —_; a steady man.

=rangée=, _n.f._, row, range, file, line, tier, set.

=rangement=, _n.m._, arranging, putting in order, binning (wine).

=ranger=, _v.a._, to range, to put in ranks, to arrange; to put, to set, in order; to set to rights; to subdue, to subject; to rank; to reckon; to keep back; to put out of the way; to bin (wine); (nav.) to sail close to; (milit.) to draw up (soldiers). _— des gens deux à deux_; to place people in double file. _— des livres_; to set books in order. _— une armée en bataille_; to draw up an army in battle array. _Les gardes firent — le peuple_; the guards kept the people back. _Rangez cette table_; put that table back, out of the way. _— la terre_, _la côte_; (nav.) to hug the shore. _— le vent_; (nav.) to haul close to the wind.

_se_ =ranger=, _v.r._, to make room, to make way (for), to draw back, to step aside, to stand aside, to clear the way, to get out of the way; to reform, to take to regular habits; to draw up (of carriages, of troops); to fall in (of soldiers); to veer (of the wind). _Il se rangea dans un coin_; he drew aside into a corner. _Rangez-vous donc!_ make room, will you! _Les troupes se rangèrent en bataille_; the troops drew up in order of battle. _Se — à l’avis de quelqu’un_; to come over (to), or fall in (with), another’s opinion. _Se — du parti de quelqu’un_; to go over to a person’s side. _Il s’est rangé_; he has settled down (after sowing his wild oats). _Le vent se range à l’arrière_; (nav.) the wind is veering aft.

=rangette=, _n.f._, sheet-iron.

=rangeur=, _n.m._, binner (of wine).

=ranimer=, _v.a._, to restore, to revive, to animate; to reanimate; to stir up; to enliven; to cheer up. _— les couleurs d’un tableau_; to revive the colors of a picture. _Le printemps ranime toute la nature_; the spring revives all nature.

_se_ =ranimer=, _v.r._, to revive, to recover, to be restored to health; to brighten up, to be enlivened; to cheer up. _La nature se ranime_; nature revives.

=ranule= _or_ =grenouillette=, _n.f._, (med.) ranula.

=ranz=, _n.m._, ranz, air, tune. _— des vaches_; song of the Swiss neatherds.

=raout=, _n.m._, rout, party.

=rapace=, _adj._, rapacious; (metal.) wasting.

=rapace=, _n.m._, rapacious person; rapacious bird. _pl._, (orni.) birds of prey.

=rapacement=, _adv._, rapaciously.

=rapacité=, _n.f._, rapacity, rapaciousness.

=râpage=, _n.m._, rasping, grating.

=rapaisement=, _n.m._, reappeasement.

=rapaiser=, _v.a._, to pacify, to appease again.

=rapatelle=, _n.f._, horsehair cloth (for sieves).

=rapatriage=, _n.m._, reconciliation, reconcilement.

=rapatriement= (-trî-mān), _n.m._, repatriation, the sending back of shipwrecked sailors, etc., to their country (by consuls); return of troops from distant countries; recalling; (l.u.) reconciliation, reconcilement.

=rapatrier=, _v.a._, to repatriate, to send back, to recall; to reconcile, to set to rights, to make friends again. _On les a rapatriés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =rapatrier=, _v.r._, to return to one’s native country, to return home; to be reconciled; to be friends again, to make it up.

=râpe=, _n.f._, grater; rasp; stalk; stem of grapes, _V._ =rafle=. _pl._, (vet.) malanders, _V._ =malandre=.

=râpé=, _n.m._, rape-wine (fresh grapes put into a vessel of spoiled wine to improve it); rappee. _— de copeaux_; chips to clarify wine.

=râpé=, =-e=, _part._, (of clothes) shabby, threadbare, seedy, worn out. _Du tabac —_; rappee. _Un habit —_; a threadbare coat.

=râper=, _v.a._, to grate, to rasp. _Se —_; to be rasped; (fig.) to become threadbare, to be worn out.

=rapetassage=, _n.m._, patching, mending, cobbling.

=rapetasser= (rap-ta-sé), _v.a._, to patch, to patch up, to piece, to botch, to mend, to cobble.

=rapetasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, botcher, piecer, cobbler; (fig.) compiler, adapter.

=rapetissement=, _n.m._, shortening; (fig.) belittling.

=rapetisser= (rap-ti-sé), _v.a._, to belittle, to dwarf, to shorten, to make less, shorter, smaller.

_se_ =rapetisser=, _v.r._, to become little, to lessen, to shrink; to humble, _or_ lower, one’s self.

=rapetisser=, _v.n._, to become little, to lessen, to grow short, to shrink.

=râpette=, _n.f._, (bot.) goose-grass.

=rapide=, _adj._, rapid, swift, quick, fleet, fast; hasty, sudden. _À l’aile —_; swift-winged.

=rapide=, _n.m._, rapid. _Le —_; the fast, _or_ express, train.

=rapidement= (-pid-mān), _adv._, rapidly, swiftly, fleetly, lightly, fast; suddenly.

=rapidité=, _n.f._, rapidity, swiftness, fleetness; speed; suddenness; steepness.

=rapiéçage=, _n.m._, patching, piecing.

=rapiècement= (-piès-mān), _n.m._, piecing, patching, botching.

=rapiécer=, _v.a._, to piece, to botch, to patch, to mend.

=rapiécetage= (-piés-taj), _n.m._, piecing, patching; patchwork.

=rapiéceter= (-piés-té), _v.a._, to patch, to piece, to botch; to piece all over. _— des meubles_; to botch up furniture.

=rapiéceur=, _n.m._, patcher, mender.

=rapière=, _n.f._, (jest.) rapier.

=rapin=, _n.m._, (fam.) painter’s pupil; (b.s.) dauber.

=rapinade=, _n.f._, daub.

=rapine=, _n.f._, rapine, plunder, pillage, robbery, plundering, pillaging, spoil.

=rapiner=, _v.n._ and _a._, to pillage, to rob, to pilfer, to peculate.

=rapineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, plunderer, pilferer, pillager.

*=rappareiller=, _v.a._, to match.

=rapparier=, _v.a._, to match.

=rappel=, _n.m._, recall, recalling, revocation, call (to order); (milit.) drums beating to arms _or_ quarters; unpaid part (of a salary). _— à l’ordre_; call to order. _— de lumière_; (paint.) distribution of light. _Battre le —_; (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.

=rappeler= (ra-plé), _v.a._, to call again, to call back; to recall, to call home, to summon up, to muster; to restore; to recall to mind. _Je m’en allais, et il m’a rappelé_; I was going, and he called me back. _— quelqu’un à la vie_; to restore any one to life. _— un homme à son devoir_; to recall a man to his duty. _— quelqu’un à l’ordre_; to call any one to order. _— ses esprits_; to recover one’s self. _— le temps passé_; to recall the past. _Rappelez-moi à son bon souvenir_; remember me kindly to him. _— la lumière_; (paint.) to distribute the light.

_se_ =rappeler=, _v.r._, to recollect, to remember, to recall to mind. _Se — quelque chose_; to remember anything. _Vous rappelez-vous?_ do you remember? _Je me le rappelle parfaitement_; I recollect it very well. _Je me rappelle que vous me l’avez dit_; I recollect your telling me so. _Je me rappelle d’avoir fait cela_; I recollect having done that.

=rappeler=, _v.n._, (milit.) to beat to arms, or to quarters.

=rapport=, _n.m._, bearing; revenue; produce; report, account, information, relation, testimony, evidence; tale, story; return; statement; affinity, analogy, resemblance, similitude; harmony, correspondence, uniformity; connection, reference; communication, intercourse, concern; tendency; ratio, proportion; reimbursement, refunding; rising (in the stomach). _Être en —_; to be productive, to be in bearing (of land). _Être en plein —_; to be in full bearing; to be very productive. _Belle montre et peu de —_; a fine show and a small crop. _Faire un —_; to draw up a report, to make a return. _Aimer à faire des —s_; to love to tell tales. _Il en a fait son —_; he has sent in his report. _Le style n’est pas en — avec le sujet_; the style is not in harmony, or in keeping, with the subject. _Avoir — à_; to relate to, to refer to; to have relation to. _Il n’y a aucun — entre ces choses_; there is no connection between these things. _Mettre une personne en — avec une autre_; to bring a person into contact with another; to bring any two persons together. _Par — à_; with reference to. _Il a fait cela par — à vous_; he did that on your account. _Sous le — de_; with respect to. _Terres de —_; artificial soil, made soil. _Pièces de —_; patch-work, inlaid work. _Sous tous les —s_; in all respects, in every respect.

=rapportable=, _adj._, (jur.) that must be refunded, restorable.

=rapporté=, =-e=, _part._, brought back; (com.) brought over _or_ forward. _Ouvrage de pièces —es_; inlaid work. _Terres —es_; artificial soil, made soil.

=rapporter=, _v.a._, to bring again, to bring back, to carry back; to bring away, to bring home; to bring home again; to carry home; to account for; to revoke, to recall; to report, to tell, to relate, to give an account of; to cite, to quote; to direct, to refer to; to ascribe, to attribute; to yield, to bear; to bring in; to reimburse; (book-keeping) to carry forward; to trace; to set down; (com.) to post (in ledgers). _Il n’en a rapporté que des coups_; he only got blows by it. _— un fait comme il s’est passé_; to relate a fact as it happened. _Il rapporte tout_; he tells everything. _— tout à soi_; to think of nothing but self. _— l’effet à sa cause_; to refer the effect to its cause. _Une terre qui rapporte beaucoup_; an estate that yields a good income. _Des arbres qui rapportent beaucoup_; trees that bear a great deal of fruit. _Son argent lui rapporte six pour cent_; his money brings him in six per cent. _Cette mauvaise action ne lui rapportera rien_; this bad action will avail him nothing (com.). _— du journal au grand livre_; to post from the journal to the ledger.

_se_ =rapporter=, _v.r._, to agree, to correspond, to tally, to coincide, to blend; to relate, to refer, to have reference to, to allude to, to be allied, related to. _Ces deux couleurs se rapportent bien_; these two colors blend well together. _S’en rapporter à_; to leave it to (any one). _Je m’en rapporte à vous_; I leave it to you; I trust to you. _Je m’en rapporte à votre témoignage_; I abide by what you say. _S’il faut s’en rapporter aux anciennes traditions_; if we are to believe ancient traditions. _Je m’en rapporterai à qui que ce soit_; I will refer the thing to anybody. _Je m’en rapporte à votre serment_; I abide (by) your oath _or_ I refer you (to) your oath.

=rapporter=, _v.n._, to fetch and bring (of the dog); to bring in, to produce; to tell tales; to pay well, to be profitable.

=rapporteur=, _n.m._, reporter, stenographer; (geom.) protractor. _— d’un comité_; committee reporter.