Part 134

=rapporteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tell-tale, tale-bearer.

=rapprendre=, _v.a._, to learn again, to learn anew.

=rapprivoiser=, _v.a._, to tame again.

=rapprochement= (-prosh-mān), _n.m._, drawing, placing near, bringing together; junction; reconcilement, reconciliation; putting together, comparing; comparison.

=rapprocher=, _v.a._, to draw near again, to approach again; to bring together; to set in opposition, to compare; to bring nearer. _— deux personnes_; to bring two persons together, to reconcile two persons. _Rapprochez ces deux planches_; bring these two planks closer. _— un cerf_; to put hounds on the track of a stag.

_se_ =rapprocher=, _v.r._, to come near again; to come, to draw, nearer; to be brought together; to approach, to approximate, to resemble, to begin to be friends again, to become reconciled.

=rapsode=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) rhapsodist.

=rapsodie=, _n.f._, rhapsody; rambling composition.

=rapsodiste=, _n.m._, rhapsodist.

=rapt=, _n.m._, abduction, rape.

=râpure=, _n.f._, raspings.

=raquetier=, _n.m._, racket-maker; battledore-maker.

=raqueton=, _n.m._, large racket.

=raquette=, _n.f._, racket, battledore; snow-shoe; (bot.) Indian fig, opuntia.

=rare=, _adj._, rare, uncommon, extraordinary; unusual, singular; scarce; thin, scanty, sparse; (med.) slow (of the pulse). _Devenir — comme les beaux jours_; to become quite a stranger. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s self scarce. _Vous devenez bien —_; you are quite a stranger.

=raréfacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, rarefying.

=raréfaction=, _n.f._, (phys.) rarefaction.

=raréfiable=, _adj._, (phys.) that can be rarefied.

=raréfiant=, =-e=, _adj._, rarefying.

_se_ =raréfier=, _v.n._, to rarefy, to become rarefied.

=rarement= (rar-mān), _adv._, rarely, seldom, unfrequently, not often.

=rareté= (rar-té), _n.f._, rarity, rareness, scarcity, singularity.

=rarissime=, _adj._, very rare, most rare.

=ras=, =-e=, _adj._, close-shaved, short-haired; shorn, shaved, close, bare; smooth, open, flat; short-naped; (nav.) low-built, flat-bottomed, undecked. _Un chien à poil —_; a short-haired dog. _Il a la tête —e_; his head is shorn. _Il a le menton —_; he has a bare, smooth, chin. _Il porte la barbe —e_; he shaves close. _Du velours —_; shorn velvet. _Etoffe —e_; smooth stuff. _Serge —e_; napless serge. —_e campagne_; open country. _Vaisseau —_, or _vaisseau — à l’eau_; straight-sheered ship. _Faire table —e_; to clear the board of. _A —e terre_; level with the ground.

=ras=, _n.m._, short-nap cloth. _— de carène_; (nav.) shipwright’s floating stage. _Au — de_, _à —_; nearly level with. _— de marée_; (nav.) tide-way race. _À — de terre_; almost touching the ground; skimming the ground. _V._ =raz=.

=rasade=, _n.f._, bumper, brimmer. _Boire une —_; to drink a bumper.

=rasant=, =-e=, _adj._, shaving, grazing; sweeping; (fort.) rasant; (milit.) flank. _Vue —e_; view of a flat, open country.

=rasement= (raz-mān), _n.m._, shaving; (milit.) razing _or_ leveling to the ground.

=raser=, _v.a._, to shave; to shave off to demolish, to pull down, to raze to the ground; to graze, to touch; to skim over; to lay flat; to glance over, to touch lightly, to suppress; to cut down, to disable (a ship). _Se faire —_; to get (one’s self) shaved. _— une maison_; to pull down a house. _— un vaisseau_; to cut down a ship. _Une balle lui rasa le visage_; a ball grazed his face. _— la côte_; (nav.) to hug the coast. _— l’air_; to hover.

_se_ =raser=, _v.r._, to shave, to shave one’s self, to be shaved. _Cette perdrix se rase_; this partridge keeps close to the ground.

=raser=, _v.n._, to shave; to pass very close to; (vet.) to raze, to be aged. _Ce cheval rase_; this horse is aged.

=rase-tapis=, _n.m._, (of horses) daisy-cutter.

=rasibus= (-bus), _prep._, (pop.) quite close. _Couper —_; to cut off quite close.

=rasoir=, _n.m._, razor; (fig. and pop.) a bore. _Pierre à —_; hone. _Cuir à —_; razor-strop. _Repasser un —_; to set a razor.

=rason=, _n.m._, (ich.) razor-fish.

=rassade=, _n.f._, glass-bead, bugle.

=rassasiant=, =-e=, _adj._, satiating, filling, cloying.

=rassasiement= (-zi-mān), _n.m._, satiety; surfeit.

=rassasier=, _v.a._, to sate, to satiate; to satisfy, to fill; to cloy, to glut, to surfeit. _Être rassasié d’une chose_; to be tired of a thing. _Il n’est jamais rassasié d’argent_; he can never have enough money.

_se_ =rassasier=, _v.r._, to be satiated; to sate one’s self with; to be cloyed with; to take one’s fill of.

=rassemblement=, _n.m._, assembling; muster, mustering, collecting; riotous meeting, mob; assemblage. _Disperser un —_; to disperse a mob.

=rassembler=, _v.a._, to collect, to assemble, to reassemble, to gather together, to bring together again; to put together again; to get together, to muster. _— des troupes_; to muster troops. _— des matériaux pour un ouvrage_; to collect materials for a work.

_se_ =rassembler=, _v.r._, to assemble, to gather together, to congregate, to meet, to unite, to muster. _Se — en foule_; to flock, to crowd.

=rasseoir= (ra-soâr), _v.a._, to seat again, to reseat; to replace, to put in its place again; to settle, to calm, to compose, to appease. _— une statue sur sa base_; to replace a statue on its base. _— une pierre_; to replace a stone. _Donnez-lui le temps de — ses esprits_; give him time to compose himself.

_se_ =rasseoir=, _v.r._, to sit down again, to be seated again; to settle (of liquids); to be composed.

=rasseoir=, _v.n._, to settle (of liquids). _Laissez — ce café_; let that coffee settle.

=rasséréner=, _v.a._, to make serene, to clear up; to restore serenity to. _Le soleil parut et rasséréna le temps_; the sun shone out and cleared up the weather.

_se_ =rasséréner=, _v.r._, to clear up, to recover one’s serenity; to brighten up.

=rassiéger=, _v.a._, to besiege again; to beset again.

=rassis=, =-e=, _part._, set down again; settled.

=rassis=, _adj._, cool, staid, sedate, sober-minded. _Du pain —_; stale bread. _De sang —_; in cool blood. _De sens —_; with sound judgment, dispassionate, unmoved. _Esprit —_; sober mind.

=rassis=, _n.m._, old horse-shoe reset; (fig.) soberness (in Montaigne).

=rassortiment=, _n.m._, rematching (of colors, materials); re-sorting; taking in a stock of goods for a season, etc., restocking.

=rassortir=, _v.a._, to sort, _or_ match, again.

=rassurance=, _n.f._, reassurance.

=rassurant=, =-e=, _adj._, tranquillizing; encouraging, comforting, reassuring.

=rassurer=, _v.a._, to strengthen; to remove any one’s fears; to consolidate; to make firm; to tranquillize, to reassure, to comfort, to satisfy, to cheer.

_se_ =rassurer=, _v.r._, to tranquillize one’s self; to recover one’s self, to be reassured; to set one’s mind at rest; (of the weather) to settle, to clear up. _Rassurez-vous_; set your mind at rest.

=rat=, _n.m._, rat; whim, crotchet, fad; niggard; taper. _— d’eau_; water-rat. _— de Pharaon_; ichneumon. _Mort aux —s_; rat’s-bane. _Un nid à —s_; a sorry lodging. _Gueux comme un — d’église_; as poor as a church mouse. _À bon chat bon —_; set a thief to catch a thief. _— de cave_; small wax taper; exciseman. _Avoir des —s_; to be whimsical. _— de l’opéra_; ballet-girl. _Prendre un —_; to miss fire. _— d’église_; church-goer.

=ratafia=, _n.m._, ratafia.

=ratang=, _n.m._, ratan.

=ratanhia=, _n.m._, (bot., med.) rhatany.

=ratata=, _n.m._, drum-beating.

=ratatiné=, =-e=, _adj._, shriveled, shriveled up; shrunk. _Un petit vieillard —_; a little withered old man.

_se_ =ratatiner=, _v.r._, to shrink, to shrivel, to shrivel up.

*=ratatouille=, _n.f._, (cook.) bad stew (made of scraps of meat).

=rate=, _n.f._, spleen, milt. _Avoir des vapeurs de —_; to be troubled with the spleen. _Epanouir la —_; to drive away the spleen, to make merry. _S’épanouir la —_; to drive away one’s spleen, to be merry.

=râteau=, _n.m._, (agri.) rake, bow (of a scythe); (horl., nav.) rack.

=râtelage= (râ-tlaj), _n.m._, (agri.) raking.

=râtelée= (râ-tlée), _n.f._, raking; rakeful.

=râteler= (râ-tlé), _v.a._, to rake.

=râteleur= (râ-tleur), _n.m._, raker.

=rateleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, splenetic.

=râtelier=, _n.m._, rack (in stables); set of teeth; (milit.) arm-rack; (nav.) rack. _Manger à plus d’un —_; to have more than one string to one’s bow. _Mettre les armes au —_; to quit the service.

=ratelle=, _n.f._, disease (of pigs).

=rater=, _v.n._, to miss fire; to flash in the pan, to miscarry. _Son fusil rata_; his gun missed fire.

=rater=, _v.a._, to miss; not to obtain; to fail in. _— une charge_; to miss a place.

☉=rati-er=, =-ère= (-tié, -tièr), _adj._, whimsical. _n.m._, ratter, rat-catcher.

=ratière= (-tièr), _n.f._, rat-trap.

=ratification=, _n.f._, ratification.

=ratifier=, _v.a._, to ratify.

*=ratillon=, _n.m._, little rat.

=ratine=, _n.f._, ratteen, patersham, frieze cloth.

=ratiné=, =-e=, _adj._, friezed.

=ratiner=, _v.a._, (manu.) to frieze.

=ratiocination=, _n.f._, ratiocination, reasoning.

=ratiociner=, _v.a._, to ratiocinate, to reason.

=ration=, _n.f._, ration, allowance. _Mettre à la —_; to allowance. _— diminuée_; short allowance.

=rational=, _n.m._, breast-plate (Jew. rel.).

=rationalisme=, _n.m._, rationalism.

=rationaliste=, _n.m._, rationalist.

=rationalité=, _n.f._, rationality.

=rationnel=, =-le=, _adj._, rational. _Horizon —_; rational horizon. _Quantité —le_; rational quantity.

=rationnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, rationally.

=rationnement=, _n.m._, short allowance.

=rationner=, _v.a._, to allowance, to put on short allowance.

=ratissage=, _n.m._, scraping, raking.

=ratisser=, _v.a._, to rake; to scrape, to scrape off.

=ratissoire=, _n.f._, scraper.

=ratissure=, _n.f._, scrapings.

=raton=, _n.m._, (mam.) raccoon; (fam.) little rat; (pers.) ducky, darling; (in fables) mouser.

=rattacher=, _v.a._, to tie again, to tie up again; to fasten again, to fasten up again; to connect, to attach. _— par une chaîne_; to chain up again. _— une question à une autre_; to connect one question with another.

_se_ =rattacher=, _v.r._, to be tied; to fasten, to be fastened; to fasten upon; to be attached to, to be connected _or_ allied (with).

=ratteindre=, _v.a._, to retake, to catch again, to take again; to overtake, to come up again (with).

=rattendrir=, _v.a._, to soften again, to make tender again, to move again.

=rattiser=, _v.a._, to stir up the fire again; to stir up again. _V._ =attiser=.

=rattraper=, _v.a._, to retake, to catch again, to overtake, to come up again (with), to recover. _On a rattrapé le prisonnier_; the prisoner has been retaken. _Bien fin qui m’y rattrapera_; once bit, twice shy.

_se_ =rattraper=, _v.r._, to catch hold of; to compensate one’s self; to win back one’s losses; to make up for.

=rature=, _n.f._, erasure, scratch; word crossed out.

=raturer=, _v.a._, to efface; to blot out; to erase, to scratch _or_ cross out; to scrape (skins).

=raucité=, _n.f._, raucity, hoarseness.

=rauque=, _adj._, hoarse.

=ravage=, _n.m._, ravage, havoc, waste. _Faire des —s_; to commit ravages.

=ravager=, _v.a._, to ravage, to lay waste, to spoil.

=ravageur=, _n.m._, ravager, spoiler.

=ravale=, _n.f._, roller (to smooth the ground).

=ravalement= (-val-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) debasement, disparagement; (mas.) rough-casting; (arch.) finishing off. _Piano à —_; piano-forte with a double row of keys.

=ravaler=, _v.a._, to swallow again; to put down, to run down, to lower; to press, to roll (land); to debase, to disparage; (mas.) to rough-cast. _— la gloire de_; to run down the glory of.

_se_ =ravaler=, _v.r._, to debase one’s self; to lower one’s self.

=ravaudage=, _n.m._, mending (of old clothes); botching, bungling; darning stockings.

=ravauder=, _v.a._, to mend (old clothes); to botch, to botch up; to revile; to plague, to tease, to bustle about (in-doors). _— des bas_; to darn stockings.

=ravauderie= (-vô-drî), _n.f._, (fam.) silly stuff, nonsense, trash. _Dire des —s_; to talk nonsense.

=ravaudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mender (of stockings, old clothes); botcher, patcher; twaddler.

=rave=, _n.f._, long radish, radish, colerape, turnip, beet.

=ravelin= (ra-vlin), _n.m._, (fort.) ravelin.

=ravenelle= (ra-vnèl), _n.f._, wall-flower.

=ravi=, =-e=, _part._, carried away, transported; raptured; ravished, overjoyed, glad, delighted. _Être — de joie_; to be overjoyed. _J’en suis —_; I am delighted at it. _— d’admiration_; carried away by admiration. _Je suis — que vous la connaissiez_; I am delighted you know her.

=ravière=, _n.f._, radish-bed.

=ravigote=, _n.f._, (cook.) sharp sauce.

=ravigoter=, _v.a._, (pop.) to revive the appetite of, to enliven, to cheer.

_se_ =ravigoter=, _v.r._, to revive, to recover one’s strength, one’s appetite.

=ravilir=, _v.a._, to debase, to disgrace, to degrade, to lower. _V._ =avilir=.

=ravin=, _n.m._, ravine, hollow road.

=ravine=, _n.f._, mountain torrent; gully, ravine.

=ravinement=, _n.m._, gullying.

=raviner=, _v.a._, to gully (land).

=ravir=, _v.a._, to carry off; to take away; to ravish, to rob of; to charm, to delight, to enrapture. _— le bien d’autrui_; to steal the property of another. _— l’honneur à une fille_; to dishonor a girl. _On lui a ravi son plus doux espoir_; he has been robbed of his dearest hope. _À —_; wonderfully well, to admiration, admirably. _Elle chante à —_; she sings admirably.

=ravisement=, _n.m._, thinking better of; altering one’s mind, second thought, after thought.

_se_ =raviser=, _v.r._, to alter one’s mind, to bethink one’s self; to think better of it.

=ravissant=, =-e=, _adj._, rapacious, ravenous; admirable, ravishing, delightful, lovely, enchanting, charming.

=ravissement= (-vis-mān), _n.m._, rape; transport, rapture, ravishment, delight. _Il était dans le —_; he was in raptures. _— de joie_; transport of joy.

=ravisseur=, _n.m._, ravisher.

*=ravitaillement=, _n.m._, revictualing; (fig.) recruiting.

*=ravitailler=, _v.a._, to revictual. _Se —_; to recruit.

=raviver=, _v.a._, to make a fire burn up; to revive; to reanimate; to brighten up, to cheer, to rouse. _— un tableau_; to revive a picture.

_se_ =raviver=, _v.r._, to revive.

=ravoir=, _v.a._, to get again, to have again; to get back, to recover.

_se_ =ravoir=, _v.r._, to recover one’s strength, to recruit, to pick up, to pick up one’s crumbs.

=rayé=, =-e=, _part._, striped, streaked; (artil.) rifled, grooved; scratched, scratched out, crossed out. _Vaisselle —e_; scratched plate. _Des mots —s_; words crossed out. _Canon —_; rifled cannon.

=rayer=, _v.a._, to scratch (plate, dishes, etc.), to scratch out; to cross or strike out, to erase, to expunge, to streak, to stripe; (artil.) to rifle, to groove. _— une étoffe_; to stripe a stuff. _Rayez cela de vos papiers_; strike that out of your book; (fig.) look upon it as a bad debt. _— d’une liste_; to strike off a list. _— du papier_; to rule paper. _— le canon d’un fusil_; to rifle a gun-barrel.

=rayère=, _n.f._, loop-hole (in towers).

=rayeur=, _n.m._, ruler (instr.).

=ray-grass=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (bot.) rye-grass.

=rayon=, _n.m._, ray, beam, gleam; (geom.) radius; spoke (of a wheel); (ich.) ray; (agri.) furrow; shelf; comb (of honey). _— de lumière_; ray of light. _Faisceau de —s_; (opt.) pencil of rays. _Un — d’espérance_; a ray of hope. _À dix lieues de —_, _dans un — de dix lieues_; within a radius of ten leagues. _Une étoile à cinq —s_; a star with five rays. _— de miel_; honey-comb.

=rayonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, radiant, shining, sparkling, beaming. _— de lumière_; beaming with light.

=rayonné=, =-e=, _adj._, radiated, stellated; (of rooms) shelved.

=rayonné=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) radiary. _pl._, radiata.

=rayonnement= (rè-io-n-mān), _n.m._, radiance; radiancy; (phys.) radiation. _Le — des astres_; the radiation of the stars.

=rayonner=, _v.n._, to radiate, to irradiate; to shine; to beam; to glisten; to trace furrows or lines. _Son visage rayonne de joie_; his face is radiant with joy. _v.a._, to shelve (a room).

=rayure=, _n.f._, stripe (of textile fabrics); streak; scratch, groove; rifling (fire-arms).

=raz=, _n.m._, (nav.) race, bore. _— de marée_; bore, eagre (rush of water up an estuary; wave caused by the meeting of two tides).

=razzia=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (milit.) raid, foray, razzia; inroad; (fig.) clean sweep.

=ré=, _n.m._, (mus.) D; (vocal mus.) re, D.

=re=, =ré=, prefix from Latin _re_, _red_.

=réabonnement=, _n.m._, renewed subscription.

_se_ =réabonner=, _v.r._, to subscribe again; to renew one’s subscription.

=réabsorber=, _v.a._, to reabsorb.

=réabsorption=, _n.f._, reabsorption.

=réact-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, (pol., l.u.) reactionary.

=réacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, reactive.

=réactif=, _n.m._, (chem.) reagent, test.

=réaction=, _n.f._, reaction.

=réactionnaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, reactionist; reactionary.

=réactionner=, _v.a._, to sue again.

=réactionner=, _v.n._, to react.

=réadmettre=, _v.a._, to readmit, to admit again.

=réadmission=, _n.f._, readmission, readmittance.

=réadopter=, _v.a._, to readopt.

=réadoption=, _n.f._, readoption.

=réafficher=, _v.a._, to stick _or_ post up again.

=réaffirmer=, _v.a._, to reaffirm.

=réaggrave=, _n.f._, (canon law) reaggravation.

=réaggraver=, _v.a._, (canon law) to censure by a reaggravation.

=réagir=, _v.n._, to react.

=réajournement=, _n.m._, readjournment; fresh summons.

=réajourner=, _v.a._, to readjourn.

=réal=, _n.m._ (_réaux_), _or_ =réale=, _n.f._ (_réales_), real (Spanish coin = 5 cents).

=réal=, =-e=, _adj._, royal, of the royal galley.

=réale=, _n.f._, royal galley (old).

=réalgar=, _n.m._, (min.) realgar.

=réalisable=, _adj._, realizable.

=réalisation=, _n.f._, realization; (fin.) conversion into money.

=réaliser=, _v.a._, to realize; to convert into money.

_se_ =réaliser=, _v.r._, to be realized, to be converted into money; (fig.) to come to pass.

=réalisme=, _n.m._, realism.

=réaliste=, _n.m.f._, realist.

=réalité=, _n.f._, reality; (theol.) real presence. _En —_; in reality; in fact, indeed.

=réapparition=, _n.f._, reappearance.

=réappel=, _n.m._, second call, second call over.

=réappeler=, _v.a._, to call over a second time.

=réapposer=, _v.a._, to reaffix, to put on again, to set on again; to reappend.

=réapposition=, _n.f._, reaffixing, reappending; putting on again.

=réargenter=, _v.a._, to resilver, to replate.

=réargenture=, _n.f._, resilvering, replating.

=réarmement=, _n.m._, arming again, re-arming.

=réarmer=, _v.a._, to arm again.

=réarpentage=, _n.m._, resurvey.

=réarpenter=, _v.a._, to resurvey.

=réassemblage=, _n.m._, reassemblage.

=réassembler=, _v.a._, to reassemble, to gather together again.

=réasservir=, _v.a._, to subjugate, enslave again.

*=réassignation=, _n.f._, fresh summons, reassignment, new subpœna.

*=réassigné=, =-e=, _part._, summoned again, reassigned.

*=réassigner=, _v.a._, to reassign, to resummon, to summon again.

=réassurance=, _n.f._, reinsurance, reassurance.

=réassurer=, _v.a._, to reinsure, to reassure.

=réatteler=, _v.a._, (of horses) to put to again.

=rebaigner=, _v.a._, to bathe again. _Se —_; to bathe again.

*=rebâiller=, _v.n._, to yawn again.

=rebaiser=, _v.a._, to kiss again.

=rebaisser=, _v.a._, to lower again, to let down again. _Se —_; to stoop down again.

=rebander=, _v.a._, to bend again (a bow); to bind up again; to tie up again; to put another bandage (over the eyes).

=rebaptisant= (-ba-ti-), _n.m._, rebaptizer.

=rebaptisation= (-ba-ti-), _n.f._, baptizing again.

=rebaptiser= (-ba-ti-), _v.a._, to rebaptize.

=rébarbati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, stern, gruff, crabbed, cross. _Visage —_; crabbed, gruff, stern countenance.

=rebâter=, _v.a._, to resaddle, to saddle again.

=rebâtir=, _v.a._, to rebuild, to build again.

=rebattre=, _v.a._, to beat again; to repeat, to tell over and over; to shuffle again (cards).

=rebattu=, =-e=, _part._, old, hackneyed, trite, oft-told. _Un conte —_; an old worn-out story. _J’en ai les oreilles —es_; I am sick of hearing it so often.

=rebaudir=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to caress, to encourage (dogs).

☉=rebec=, _n.m._, (instr.) rebeck.

=rebelle=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rebel; rebellious, disobedient, unyielding; (med.) obstinate; (metal.) refractory, impervious (to); ill-adapted; unfeeling. _— à la justice_; flying in the face of justice. _— à la raison_; impervious to reason. _Un sujet — à la poésie_; a subject ill-adapted to verse. _Une fièvre — aux remèdes_; an unyielding fever. _C’est une beauté —_; she is an unfeeling beauty. _Substances —s_; (metal.) refractory substances, substances hard to melt.

_se_ =rebeller=, _v.r._, to rebel, to rise in rebellion, to revolt.

=rébellion=, _n.f._, rebellion, resistance, contumacy. _Faire — à la justice_; to resist justice.

=rebénir=, _v.a._, to bless again; to consecrate anew.

_se_ =rebéquer=, _v.r._, to be saucy, to be pert, insolent.

=rebercer=, _v.a._, to rock again.

_se_ =rebercer=, _v.r._, to rock one’s self again.

=rebiffer=, _v.n._, to turn up one’s nose.

_se_ =rebiffer=, _v.r._, to resist, to refuse obedience; to refuse bluntly.

=reblanchir=, _v.a._, to wash again; to blanch again, to bleach again; to whitewash again.

=rèble= _or_ =rièble=, _n.m._, (bot.) goose-grass; cleavers.

=reboire=, _v.a._, to drink again.

=reboisement=, _n.m._, retimbering, reafforestation.

=reboiser=, _v.a._, to retimber, to replant, to reafforest.

=rebond=, _n.m._, rebound.

=rebondi=, =-e=, _adj._, plump, round, chubby, full. _Des joues —es_; chubby cheeks.

=rebondir=, _v.n._, to rebound.

=rebondissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, rebounding.

=rebord=, _n.m._, border, hem (of clothes); ledge; brim.

=reborder=, _v.a._, to put a new border to; to border again, to rehem. _— une robe_; to put a new border, _or_ new hem, to a gown. _— des souliers_; to bind shoes anew.

=rebotter=, _v.a._, to make boots again for; to boot somebody again.

_se_ =rebotter=, _v.r._, to put on one’s boots again.

=rebouchement=, _n.m._, stopping up again.

=reboucher=, _v.a._, to stop up again; to block up again; to stuff up; to cork up again. _— un trou_; to stop up a hole again. _— une bouteille_; to cork a bottle up again.

_se_ =reboucher=, _v.r._, to get, _or_ become, stuffed up, _or_ stopped up, again; to bend. _L’épée se reboucha contre sa cuirasse_; the sword bent against his cuirass.

=rebouil=, _n.m._, pelt-wool.

*=rebouillir=, _v.n._, to boil again.

=rebouisage=, _n.m._, cleaning and polishing (of hats).

=rebouiser=, _v.a._, to clean and polish (hats).

=rebourgeonner=, _v.n._, to bud again.

=rebours=, _n.m._, wrong side (of a stuff); wrong way (of the grain); contrary, reverse. _À —_, _au —_; the wrong way; against the grain, backwards. _Marcher à —_; to walk backwards. _Prendre à —_; to misconstrue. _Lire à —_; to read backwards.

=rebours=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) cross, cross-grained, crabbed.

=reboutage=, _n.m._, bone-setting.

=rebouteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bone-setter.

=reboutonner=, _v.a._, to button again, to rebutton.

_se_ =reboutonner=, _v.r._, to button up one’s clothes again.

=rebrider=, _v.a._, to bridle again.

=rebrocher=, _v.a._, to restitch books.

=rebroder=, _v.a._, to re-embroider.

*=rebrouiller=, _v.a._, to embroil again, to mix again, to confound again, to entangle again.

=rebrousse=, _n.f._, napping-tool.

=rebroussement= (-broos-mān), _n.m._, turning back, turning up, inflection; (geom.) retrogression (of a curve).

_à_ =rebrousse-poil=, _adv._, against the hair; the wrong way; against the grain.

=rebrousser=, _v.a._, to turn up (the hair). _— chemin_; to go back, to turn back, to retrace one’s steps.

=rebroussoir=, _n.m._, napping-tool.

=rebroyer=, _v.a._, to grind again.

=rebrûler=, _v.a._, to burn again.

=rebrunir=, _v.a._, to burnish again.

=rebuffade=, _n.f._, rebuff, repulse, rebuke.

=rébus= (-bus), _n.m._, rebus; pun, conundrum.