Part 147

=savoir= (sachant, su), _v.a._, to know, to have a knowledge of, to be aware of; to understand; to be sensible of; to be acquainted with. _Il n’en sait rien_; he knows nothing about it. _Puis-que vous en savez tant_; since you know so much (about it) _or_ since you are so well posted up (in the matter). _Faire —_; to notify, to acquaint, to let know, to inform. _Je ne sais_; I don’t know. _Je ne sais que faire_; I don’t know what to do. _Je suis tout je ne sais comment_; I am all out of sorts. _Pas que je sache_; not that I know, not to my knowledge. _Il sait son pain manger_; he knows what he is about. _— vivre_; to know how to behave, to be well-bred, to have breeding. _Il ne sait pas vivre_; he has no manners. _Il ne sait ni A ni B_; he is a regular dunce _or_ duffer. _En — plus d’une_; to know a trick or two. _En — gré à quelqu’un_; to be grateful, _or_ thankful, to any one (for). _En — trop long_; to know too much. _Je ne sais qu’en croire_; I know not what to think of it. _Je le sais de bonne part_; I have it from a good source. _Si l’on vient à — cela_; if that comes to be known. _Je ne saurais qu’y faire_; I cannot help it. _Je ne sais où j’en suis_; I do not know which way to turn, _or_ what I am about. _Autant que je sache_; to the best of my belief. _Que nous sachions_; as far as we know; as far as we recollect; as far as we can judge; as far as we are aware. _Un je ne sais quoi_; an indescribable something. [_Je ne sais quoi_ is the “indescribable” in French.] _Qui sait plus se tait_; (prov.) a still tongue shows a wise head.

=savoir=, _v.n._, to know, to be learned, to be a scholar, to be a person of learning. _—_, _à —_; viz., namely, that is to say, to wit; that remains to be known; perhaps.

_se_ =savoir=, _v.r._, to get _or_ become known, to know one’s self to be. _Tout se sait avec le temps_; everything becomes known in time.

=savoir=, _n.m._, knowledge, learning, scholarship, talents, skill.

=savoir-faire=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) management; tact, ability, skill; wits. _Il vit de son —_; he lives by his wits.

=savoir-vivre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) good manners, good breeding.

=savoisien=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n._, Savoyard; of, from, Savoy.

=savon=, _n.m._, soap; rebuke, scolding, blowing up, wigging; soaping. _Donner un — à quelqu’un_; to blow any one up, to give a wigging to. _— marbré_; mottled soap. _— parfumé_; scented soap. _— noir_; soft soap. _Eau de —_; soapsuds.

=savonnage=, _n.m._, soaping; washing with soap, soap-suds.

=savonner=, _v.a._, to soap; to wash with soap, to lather; (pop.) to rebuke, to scold, to blow up.

_se_ =savonner=, _v.r._, to bear washing, to wash (of fabrics). _Cette étoffe se savonne_; this material will wash, will bear washing.

=savonnerie= (-vo-n-rî), _n.f._, soap-house, soap-trade; soap-works.

=savonnette=, _n.f._, wash-ball; soap-ball.

=savonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, soapy.

=savonnier=, _n.m._, soap-boiler, soap-manufacturer; (bot.) soapberry-tree.

=savourement= (-voor-mān), _n.m._, savoring, tasting; (fig.) enjoyment.

=savourer=, _v.a._, to savor; to relish, to taste; (fig.) to enjoy, to delight in.

=savouret=, _n.m._, marrow-bone.

=savoureusement= (-reuz-mān), _adv._, with relish.

=savoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, savory, delicious.

=savoyard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Savoyard; native of Savoy; (fig.) ill-mannered, rude, unmannerly person. _V._ =savoisien=.

=saxatile=, _adj._, saxatile.

=saxifrage=, _adj._, saxifragous.

=saxifrage=, _n.f._, (bot.) saxifrage.

=saxon=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Saxon.

=saynète=, _n.f._, sainette (Spanish farce).

=sayon=, _n.m._, sayon, tunic.

=sbire=, _n.m._, sbirro, myrmidon.

=scabellon=, _n.m._, (arch.) socle, small pedestal.

=scabieuse=, _n.f._, (bot.) scabious.

=scabieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) scabious, scabby.

=scabreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scabrous, rugged, rough; dangerous, difficult, slippery; delicate; ticklish.

=scabrosité=, _n.f._, (of plants) roughness; ruggedness.

=scalaire=, _n.f._, (moll.) wentletrap.

=scalde=, _n.m._, (antiq.) Scandinavian poet.

=scalène=, _adj._, (geom.) scalene, scalenous.

=scalpel=, _n.m._, scalpel.

=scalper=, _v.a._, to scalp. _S’entre —_; to scalp one another.

=scalpeur=, _n.m._, scalper.

=scammonée=, _n.f._, scammony.

=scandale=, _n.m._, scandal; offense; exposure; shame; dismay, horror. _Au grand — de tout le monde_; to every one’s horror. _Faire du —_; to make a scene.

=scandaleusement= (-leûz-mān), _adv._, scandalously.

=scandaleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scandalous.

=scandaliser=, _v.a._, to scandalize, to shock.

_se_ =scandaliser=, _v.r._, to be scandalized, to be shocked, to take offense. _Il se scandalise de tout_; he takes offense at everything.

=scander=, _v.a._, to scan.

_se_ =scander=, _v.r._, to be scanned.

=scandinave=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, scandinavian.

=scansion=, _n.f._, scansion.

=scape=, _n.m._, (bot.) flower-supporting stem, scape.

=scaphandre=, _n.m._, cork-jacket (for swimming); diving apparatus.

=scaphandrier=, _n.m._, diver.

=scaphoïde=, _adj._, scaphoid.

=scapin=, _n.m._, knave, rogue, scamp. [The “knave” of Molière’s comedies.]

=scapolite=, _n.m._, (min.) scapolite.

=scapulaire=, _n.m._, scapular, scapulary; (surg.) shoulder-band.

=scapulaire=, _adj.f._, (anat., orni.) scapular.

=scarabée=, _n.m._, (ent.) scarabæus, beetle.

=scaramouche=, _n.m._, scaramouch.

=scare=, _n.m._, (ich.) scarus, parrot-fish.

=scarieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) scarious.

=scarificateur=, _n.m._, (surg.) scarificator; scarifier (instrument).

=scarification=, _n.f._, scarification.

=scarifier=, _v.a._, to scarify.

=scariole=, _n.f._ _V._ =escarole=.

=scarlatine=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (med.) scarlatina; scarlet. _Fièvre —_; scarlet fever.

=sceau=, _n.m._, seal; impression of a seal; act of confirmation; sanction. _—x de l’Etat_; Seals of the State. _Petit —_; privy seal. _Garde des —x_; Keeper of the Seals. _— de Notre Dame_; (bot.) black briony. _Apposer son —_; to affix one’s seal. _Mettre le — à_; to seal; to complete, to put the finishing touch to. _Être marqué d’un —_; to be branded with. _Marqué au — du génie_; pregnant with genius (V. Hugo).

☉=scel=, _n.m._ _V._ =sceau=.

=scélérat=, =-e=, _adj._, flagitious, nefarious, villainous, infamous, vile.

=scélérat=, _n.m._, scoundrel, villain; wretch.

=scélératesse=, _n.f._, villainy, infamy, atrociousness, wickedness.

=scellé=, _n.m._, waxen stamp placed officially on locks, closets, etc.; seals. _Apposer les —s_; to affix the seals. _Lever les —s_; to take off the seals. _Bris de —_; unlawful breaking of the seals.

=scellement= (sèl-mān), _n.m._, sealing; fastening.

=sceller=, _v.a._, to put an official seal to, to seal, to seal up; to fix, to bind; to ratify, to confirm; to cement; to make fast; (mas.) to bed.

=scelleur=, _n.m._, sealer.

=scène=, _n.f._, scene; uproar, quarrel, row, scene; (thea.) stage, scenery. _La mise en — d’une pièce_; (thea.) the getting up _or_ staging of a piece. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to have a row with any one, to blow any one up. _Être en —_; (thea.) to be upon the stage.

=scénique=, _adj._, scenical, scenic.

=scénite=, _adj._, dwelling in tents.

=scénographie=, _n.f._, scenography.

=scénographique=, _adj._, scenographical.

=scénopégie=, _n.f._, the feast of tabernacles.

=scepticisme=, _n.m._, scepticism.

=sceptique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sceptic, sceptical.

=sceptre= (sèp-tr), _n.m._, sceptre; sway, empire, dominion.

=schabraque= _or_ =chabraque= (sha-), _n.f._, shabrack.

=schah= (shâ), _n.m._, Shah (of Persia).

=schako= (sha-), _n.m._ _V._ =shako=.

=schall= (shâl), _n.m._ _V._ =châle=.

=scheik= (shèk), _n.m._ _V._ =cheik=.

=schelling= (shĕ-lin), _n.m._, (_—s_) shilling.

=schenante= (shĕ-), _n.m._, (bot.) lemon-grass.

=schène= (skè-n), _n.m._, (antiq.) scheme (Egyptian measure of length; about six miles and a half).

=schérif= (shé-), _n.m._ (_—s_). _V._ =chérif= and =shérif=.

=scherzo= (skèr-), _n.m._, (_scherzi_) (mus.) scherzo, (sportive piece in a symphony).

=schiite= (shi-it), _n.m._, shiite, schismatic Mahometan.

=schismatique= (shis-), _n.m._ and _adj._, schismatic; schismatical.

=schisme= (shism), _n.m._, schism.

=schiste= (shist), _n.m._, (min.) schist, slate.

=schisteu-x=, =-se= (shis-), _adj._, schistous.

=schlague= (shlag), _n.f._, (milit.) flogging.

=schlich= (shlik), _n.m._, (min.) slick.

=schlittage=, _n.m._, sledge (for felled trees).

=schlitte=, _n.f._, sledge (for felled trees) (in Erckmann-Chatrian).

=schlitteur=, _n.m._, sledger (of felled trees).

=schnapan= (shna-), _n.m._ _V._ =chenapan=.

=scholastique= (sko-). _V._ =scolastique=.

=scholie= (sko-). _V._ =scolie=.

=schooner= (shoo-nèr, skoonèr), _n.m._, (nav.) schooner.

=schorl= (shorl), _n.m._, (min.) schorl.

=sciage=, _n.m._, sawing.

=sciagraphie=, _n.f._ _V._ =sciographie=.

=sciant=, =-e=, _adj._, boring, annoying, bothering, tiresome, tedious.

=sciatérique=, _adj._, sciatheric.

=sciatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (anat., med.) sciatica, hip gout; sciatical.

=scie=, _n.f._, saw; (ich.) saw-fish; (pop.) trouble, bore (tiresome thing). _— à main_; handsaw. _— à découper_; fret-saw. _Quelle —!_ (fig.) what a bore! _— de scieur de long_; pit-saw.

=sciemment= (si-a-mān), _adv._, wittingly, knowingly.

=science=, _n.f._, knowledge, science, learning. _Posséder une — à fond_; to be thoroughly master of a science. _S’adonner aux —s_; to devote one’s self to the study of sciences. _La — infuse_; intuition. _De — certaine_; for a positive fact.

=scientifique=, _adj._, scientific.

=scientifiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, scientifically.

=scier=, _v.a._, to saw; to reap, to cut down. _— le dos à quelqu’un_; (pop.) to bore any one.

_se_ =scier=, _v.r._, to saw, to be cut with a saw.

=scier=, _v.n._, to saw; (nav.) to back water. _— à culer_; (nav.) to put astern, to back water.

=scierie= (sî-rî), _n.f._, saw-mill.

=scieur=, _n.m._, sawyer; reaper. _Fosse de — de long_; saw-pit.

=scille=, _n.f._, (bot.) squill.

=scillitique=, _adj._, (pharm.) of squill.

=scindé=, =-e=, _adj._, divided; (of books) in parts.

=scinder=, _v.a._, to divide. _Se —_; to be divided.

=scinque=, _n.m._, (erpelotogy) skink.

=scintillant=, =-e= (-til-lān, -t), _adj._, scintillant.

=scintillation= (-til-la-), _n.f._, scintillation.

=scintillement= (sin-til-mān), _n.m._, scintillation, sparkling, twinkling.

=scintiller= (-til-lé), _v.n._, to scintillate, to sparkle, to twinkle.

=sciographie=, _n.f._, (arch.) sciagraphy, sciography.

=sciographique=, _adj._, (arch.) sciagraphical, sciographical.

=scion=, _n.m._, (bot.) scion, shoot.

=scioptique=, _adj._, (opt.) scioptic.

=scirpe=, _n.m._, (bot.) club-rush.

=scissile=, _adj._, scissible.

=scission=, _n.f._, scission, split, secession; division (of opinions); defection, separation. _Faire —_; to secede.

=scissionnaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, seceder; seceding.

=scissure=, _n.f._, (anat.) fissure; crack, cleft.

=sciure=, _n.f._, saw-dust, saw-powder.

=sclarée=, _n.f._, (bot.) clary.

=sclérophtalmie=, _n.f._, (med.) ophthalmy (inflammation of the conjunctiva).

=sclérotique=, _n.f._, (anat.) sclerotic.

=scolaire=, _adj._, scholar, academic; (of schools). _Année —_; academic year (October to August in France).

=scolarité=, _n.f._, course of study; curriculum.

=scolastique=, _adj._, scholastical; academic; of schools.

=scolastique=, _n.m._, scholastic, school-man.

=scolastique=, _n.f._, scholasticism.

=scolastiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, scholastically.

=scoliaste=, _n.m._, scholiast.

=scolie=, _n.f._, scholium; (Grec. antiq.) table-song.

=scolie=, _n.m._, (geom.) scholium.

=scolopendre=, _n.f._, (bot.) hart’s-tongue; (ent.) scolopendra, centiped.

=scombre=, _n.m._, (ich.) scomber.

=scorbut=, _n.m._, scurvy.

=scorbutique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, scorbutic.

=scordium= (-diom), _n.m._, (bot.) water-germander.

=scorie=, _n.f._, (metal.) scoria, dross.

=scorification=, _n.f._, (metal.) scorification.

=scorificatoire=, _n.m._, scorifier.

=scorifier=, _v.a._, to scorify.

=scorpioide=, _n.f._, (bot.) scorpion’s-tail.

=scorpiojelle=, _n.f._, scorpion oil.

=scorpion=, _n.m._, (astron.) Scorpion; (ent.) scorpion.

=scorpione=, _n.f._, (bot.) scorpion-grass, scorpion’s-tail.

=scorpiure=, _n.f._, (bot.) caterpillar.

=scorsonère=, _n.f._, (bot.) viper’s-grass.

=scotie= (-tî), _n.f._, (arch.) scotia; casement.

=scribe=, _n.m._, scribe, writer.

=scripteur=, _n.m._, writer of the pope’s bulls.

=scrofulaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) figwort.

=scrofules=, _n.f.pl._, scrofula, king’s evil.

=scrofuleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, scrofulous person; scrofulous.

=scrotocèle=, _n.f._, (surg.) scrotocele.

=scrotum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) scrotum.

=scrupule=, _n.m._, scruple; qualm; scrupulousness; scruple (weight). _Avoir des —s_; to be scrupulous. _Lever des —s_; to remove scruples. _Je m’en ferais —_; I would hesitate to do it.

=scrupuleusement= (-leûz-mān), _adv._, scrupulously, strictly, exactly.

=scrupuleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, over-nice, over-scrupulous person; scrupulous, strict, nice, rigorous, precise.

=scrutat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, investigator, explorer, searcher, scrutinizer; (of a ballot) scrutineer; teller; investigating, searching, scrutinizing.

=scruter=, _v.a._, to scrutinize, to search closely, to investigate, to fathom; to look carefully into.

=scrutin=, _n.m._, ballot, balloting. _— de liste_; vote by ticket. _Dépouiller le —_; to count the votes. _Au —_, or _au — secret_; by ballot.

=scubac=, _n.m._ _V._ =usquebac=.

=sculptable= (skul-tabl), _adj._, to be sculptured; to be carved.

=sculpter= (skul-té), _v.a._, to sculpture, to carve.

=sculpteur= (skul-teur), _n.m._, sculptor, carver.

=sculptural= (skul-tu-), _adj._, sculptural.

=sculpture= (skul-tur), _n.f._, sculpture, carving; carved work.

=scutiforme=, _adj._, scutiform, shield-shaped.

=scylla=, _n.m._, Scylla. _V._ =charybde=.

=scytale=, _n.m._, a species of snake.

=scythe=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Scythian.

=se=, =s’=, _pron._, one’s self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; one another, each other. _Il — ruine_; he is ruining himself. _Ils s’aiment_; they love one another. _Cela — peut_; that may be. _Ils — connaissent_; they know each other. _Ils — parlent_; they speak to each other.

=séance=, _n.f._, seat (right of sitting); sitting (time of meeting of deliberative assemblies); meeting; sitting (for one’s portrait); recital; lecture. _Avoir —_; to have a seat. _Lever la —_; to close the meeting. _Faire une —_; to sit (at table, at play, etc.). _En —_; sitting, _— tenante_; there and then, forthwith.

=séant=, _part._, (jur.) sitting.

=séant=, _n.m._, sitting upright. _Être sur son —_, _se mettre sur son —_; to sit up in bed.

=séant=, =-e=, _adj._, fitting, seemly, becoming.

=seau=, _n.m._, pail, bucket. _Il pleut à —x_; it is raining in torrents.

=sébacé=, =-e=, _adj._, sebaceous.

=sébeste=, _n.m._, sebesten-plum.

=sébestier= (-tié), _n.m._, (bot.) sebesten-plum-tree.

=sébifère=, _adj._, (bot.) sebiferous (yielding tallow).

=sébile=, _n.f._, small wooden bowl (a receptacle for the powder used to dry ink).

=sec=, =sèche=, _adj._, dry, lean, spare; barren; plain; unadorned; cold, unfeeling, sharp; dissatisfied (of looks); (paint.) hard; dried (of fruit, flowers, leaves, fish, &c.); severe (of reprimands). _Des mains sèches_; lean hands. _Un homme —_; a spare, thin man. _Coup —_; sharp stroke. _Avoir le gosier —_; to be very dry. _Il a le pouls —_; his pulse is sharp. _Être à —_; to have no money. _Cœur —_; unfeeling heart. _Mine sèche_; dissatisfied look. _Perte sèche_; dead loss. _— comme un pendu_; as thin as a lath.

=sec=, _n.m._, dryness; fodder; dry weather. _A —_; dried up; (nav.) under bare poles; empty, low; drained, exhausted; (fig.) hard up. _À — sur le rivage_; (nav.) high and dry (of ships). _Mettre un étang à —_; to drain a pond; (fig.) to exhaust. _Vaisseau à —_; ship under bare poles.

=sec=, _adv._, dryly, sharply. _Boire —_; to drink hard. _Répondre —_; to answer sharply.

=sécable=, _adj._, divisible.

=sécant=, =-e=, _adj._, (geom.) secant.

=sécante=, _n.f._, (geom.) secant.

=sécateur=, _n.m._, (gard.) pruning-shears.

=sécéder=, _v.n._, to secede.

=sécession=, _n.f._, secession.

=sécessioniste=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, secessionist.

=séchage=, _n.m._, drying.

=sèche= _or_ =seiche=, _n.f._, cuttle-fish.

=séchée=, _n.f._, drying.

=sèchement= (sèsh-mān), _adv._, dryly; sharply; barrenly, without ornament, plainly.

=sécher=, _v.a._, to dry, to dry up, to cure.

_se_ =sécher=, _v.r._, to dry one’s self; to dry (of a thing).

=sécher=, _v.n._, to dry, to wither, to pine away. _Faire — du linge_; to spread out linen to dry. _— sur pied_; to pine away, to be extremely dejected.

=sécheresse= (sè-shrès), _n.f._, dryness; drought; sharpness, barrenness.

=sécherie= (sé-shrî), _n.f._, (manu.) drying-house.

=séchoir=, _n.m._, (manu.) drying-room; (tech.) dryer.

=second=, =-e= (sĕ-gōn, -d), _adv._, second; junior; inferior. _Eau —e_; (chem.) lye-water. _De —e main_; second-hand. _Sans —e_; matchless, peerless.

=second= (sĕ-gōn), _n.m._, second, assistant; second story, second floor, second class; fore cabin (in ships). _Il demeure au —_; he lives on the second floor. _En —_; second, second in command; in the second place; in a subordinate capacity; (nav.) mate. _En —e_; in the second class (rail.).

=secondaire= (se-gon-dèr), _adj._, secondary, accessory. _Enseignement —_; secondary _or_ higher education.

=secondairement= (se-gon-dèr-mān), _adv._, secondarily, accessorily.

=seconde= (se-gond), _n.f._, second (of time); second class (in schools); (mus.) second; (print.) revise, second proof.

=secondement= (se-gon-dmān), _adv._, secondly, in the second place.

=seconder= (se-gon-dé), _v.a._, to second, to assist; to favor, to back, to support; to promote, to forward.

=secondine= (se-gon-di-n), _n.f._, (bot.) secundine. _pl._, secundines, after-birth.

=sécot=, _adj._, lean, lanky, bony.

=secouement=, _n.m._ _V._ =secoûment=.

=secouer=, _v.a._, to shake, to shake off; to jolt, to toss; to discard, to rouse; to rate, to handle roughly. _— le tête_; to shake one’s head. _— les oreilles_; to demur, to say nay. _— le joug_; to shake off the yoke.

_se_ =secouer=, _v.r._, to shake one’s self; to take exercise; to move about; to exert one’s self.

=secoûment= _or_ =secouement=, _n.m._, shaking, jogging, jolting.

=secourable=, _adj._, helpful, helping, willing to help; relievable.

=secourir=, _v.a._, to succor, to assist, to relieve, to help, to aid; to rescue.

=secours=, _n.m._, help, relief, succor, assistance; aid; rescue. _Donner du —_; to render assistance. _Crier au —_; to cry out for help. _Au —!_ help! help! _— à domicile_; outdoor relief. _Société de — mutuels_; benefit society.

=secousse=, _n.f._, shake, shock; blow, concussion, toss, tossing, jerk; (fig.) agitation; check.

=secr-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, secret, private, hidden, undiscovered, reserved, silent. _Tenir —_; to keep secret. _Escalier —_ or _dérobé_; back-stairs, private staircase.

=secret=, _n.m._, secrecy, privacy, mystery; secret; solitary confinement; secret drawer, secret spring. _C’est mon —_; that is not a fair question. _Mettre un prisonnier au —_; to put a prisoner in solitary confinement. _En —_; secretly, privately, in private. _Sous le —_; in secrecy, under the seal of secrecy. _Le — de Polichinelle_; an open secret; no secret at all. _— de deux — de Dieu, — de trois — de tous_; no secret but between two.

=secrétaire=, _n.m._, secretary; escritoire; writing-table; (orni.) secretary-bird. _— d’ambassade_; secretary to an embassy. _— d’état_; secretary of state. _Sous — général_; under secretary (of state).

=secrétairerie= (-tèr-rî), _n.f._, secretary’s office.

=secrétariat=, _n.m._, secretaryship; secretary’s office.

=secrète=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) secret prayer.

=secrètement= (-krèt-mān), _adv._, secretly, privately, in secret, in private; inwardly.

=sécréter=, _v.a._, (physiology) to secrete.

=sécréteur=, _adj._, secretory.

=sécrétion=, _n.f._, (physiology) secretion.

=sécrétoire=, _adj._, secretory, secreting.

=sectaire=, _n.m.f._, sectarian.

=sectateur=, _n.m._, follower, votary.

=secte=, _n.f._, sect. _Faire —_; to form a sect. _Faire — à part_; to differ from most people, to form a separate body.

=secteur=, _n.m._, (geom.) sector.

=sectile=, _adj._, sectile.

=section=, _n.f._, section, division. _— de vote_; polling-station.

=sectionnement=, _n.m._, dividing into parts; division.

=sectionner=, _v.a._, to divide into parts; to divide.

=séculaire=, _adj._, secular, coming once in a century; centenarian; venerable; time-honored, ancient. _Un chêne —_; a venerable oak.

=sécularisation=, _n.f._, secularization.

=séculariser=, _v.a._, to secularize.

=sécularité=, _n.f._, secularity, secular jurisdiction.

=séculi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, secular, worldly. _Le bras —_; the secular power.

=séculier=, _n.m._, laic, layman.

=séculièrement= (-lièr-mān), _adv._, secularly.

=secundo= (se-gon-), _adv._, secondly.

=sécurité=, _n.f._, security, safety; confidence.

=sedan=, _n.m._, Sedan-cloth.

=sédanoise= _or_ =parisienne=, _n.f._, (print.) pearl.

=sédati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) sedative.

=sédatif=, _n.m._, sedative.

=sédentaire=, _adj._, sedentary, settled, stationary.

=sédiment=, _n.m._, sediment, grounds, dregs, lees.

=sédimentaire=, _adj._, sedimentary.

=séditieusement= (-si-eûz-mān), _adv._, seditiously.

=séditieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, seditious, mutinous, rebellious, riotous.

=séditieux=, _n.m._, rebel, mutineer.

=sédition=, _n.f._, sedition, mutiny, riot. _Faire une —_; to promote a sedition. _Eteindre une —_; to quash a sedition.

=séduct-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, seducer, enticer; seductive, enticing, fascinating; deluding.

=séduction=, _n.f._, seduction, enticement; allurement; bribing, subornation. _— de témoins_; bribing of witnesses. _La — des richesses_; the allurements of wealth.

=séduire= (séduisant, séduit), _v.a._, to seduce; to charm, to win over; to fascinate, to captivate; to delude, to beguile; to suborn, to bribe; to bewitch. _— des témoins_; to bribe witnesses.

=séduisant=, =-e=, _adj._, seductive, seducing; delusive, bewitching, fascinating, tempting. _Offres —es_; tempting offers.

=ségétal=, =-e=, _adj._, growing in cornfields.

=segment=, _n.m._, (geom.) segment.

=segmentaire=, _adj._, segmental.

=ségrairie=, _n.f._, woods held in common.

=ségrais=, _n.m._, detached wood.

=ségrégation=, _n.f._, segregation.

=ségrégativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, separately, segregatively.

=seiche=, _n.f._ _V._ =sèche=.

=séide=, _n.m._, fanatical partisan; assassin; blind supporter.

=seigle=, _n.m._, (bot.) rye. _— ergoté_; spurred rye. _Faux —_; rye-grass.

*=seigneur=, _n.m._, lord; the Lord, squire. _Petit —_; lordling. _— suzerain_; lord paramount. _Notre-—_; our Lord. _À tout — tout honneur_; honor to whom honor is due. _En grand —_; in grand style.

*=seigneuriage=, _n.m._, seigniorage (duty on coinage).

*=seigneurial=, =-e=, _adj._, seigniorial, manorial, lordly.

*=seigneurie=, _n.f._, seigniory, lordship; manor. _Votre —_; your lordship.

=seime=, _n.f._, (vet.) wire-heel.

=sein=, _n.m._, breast, bosom; heart (midst); middle; womb. _Au — de l’église_; in the bosom of the church. _Donner le — à un enfant_; to give a child the breast, to suckle.

=seine=, _n.f._, fish-net, seine. _Pêche à la —_; seine-fishing.

=seing= (sīn), _n.m._, sign manual, signature. _Blanc —_; signature in blank. _— privé_; private seal.

=seize=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sixteen, sixteenth.

=seizième=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, sixteenth.

=seizièmement=, _adv._, sixteenthly.

=séjour=, _n.m._, stay, abode, residence, sojourn; place, regions; continuance; dwelling, habitation; delay. _Permis de —_; permission to reside.

=séjourner=, _v.n._, to stay, to sojourn, to dwell, to make a stay, to tarry; to remain, to continue.