Part 141

=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.