Part 15

_s’_=arranger=, _v.r._, to put, place one’s self; to settle; to set to rights; to be placed, arranged; to arrange, to make arrangements; to set one’s house in order; to compound; to be all right; to contrive; to make shift, to put up (with). _Cela s’arrangera_; that will be all right. _Il s’est très bien arrangé_; he has made his house very comfortable. _Qu’il s’arrange comme il voudra_; let him do as he likes. _Arrangez-vous_; do as best you can; that is your lookout. _Je m’en arrange_; I make shift with it. _Il s’est arrangé avec ses créanciers_; he has come to terms with his creditors.

=arrentement= (-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) renting; letting out. _Tenir par —_; to rent.

=arrenter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to rent, to let out.

=arrérager=, _v.n._, to get in arrears.

=arrérages=, _n.m.pl._, arrears. _Mandate d’— de rentes_; dividend warrant. _Laisser courir ses —_; to let one’s arrears run on.

=arrestation=, _n.f._, arrest, custody. _Être en état d’—_; to be in custody. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to arrest any one. _Opérer l’— d’une bande de voleurs_; to capture a gang of thieves.

=arrêt=, _n.m._, decree; decision, award, judgment; sentence; attachment (of both persons and goods); (horol.) stop-work; (tech.) rest, stop, stay. _— de mort_; sentence of death. _— par défaut_; judgment by default. _Chien d’—_; setter, pointer. _Robinet d’—_; stop-cock. _Maison d’—_; jail, lock-up. _Mandat d’—_; warrant. _—s forcés_, _simples_; (milit.) close, open, arrest. _Aux —s_; (milit.) under arrest; kept in (schol.). _Mettre aux —s_; (milit.) to put under arrest. _Lever les —s_; (milit.) to release from arrest. _Prononcer un —_; to pronounce judgment, to pass sentence. _Mettre la lance en —_; to couch the lance. _Temps d’—_; pause, stoppage, intermission. _En —_; at rest (of a lance); locked (of a pistol).

=arrêté=, _n.m._, agreement, resolution; order, decision (of the police). _— de compte_; (com.) account agreed upon.

=arrêté=, =-e=, _part._, stopped; hired, agreed for; decreed, agreed upon, resolved upon; arrested; fastened. _Avoir des idées —es_; to have fixed ideas. _Dessein —_; settled design.

=arrête-bœuf=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) cammoc, rest-harrow.

=arrête-nef=, _n.m._, (_—_) (ich.) sucking-fish.

=arrête-porte=, _n.m._, (_—_) gate, door-stop; door-keeper.

=arrêter=, _v.a._, to arrest, to stop, to stay; to make fast, to fasten; to delay, to detain, to keep back; to give over; to put an end to; to suppress; to fix the attention of; to apprehend, to take into custody; to seize, to distrain; to hinder, to impede; to check, to curb; to staunch; to alleviate; to throw out of gear (machinery); to hire, to engage; to secure; to resolve upon, to agree; to conclude, to decree; to settle (an account); to pin; to scotch. _— un point en cousant_; to fasten a stitch. _— ses yeux sur_; to fix one’s eyes upon. _— un courrier_; to delay a courier. _— un volet_; to fasten a shutter. _Ses créanciers l’ont fait arrêté_; his creditors have had him arrested. _Qu’a-t-on arrêté dans cette réunion?_ what has been decided at that meeting? _— un marché_; to conclude a bargain. _— un domestique_, _une chambre_; to secure, engage a servant, a room. _— une place à la diligence_; to secure a place in the coach. _Rien ne l’arrête_; he sticks at nothing.

=arrêter=, _v.n._, to stand still, to stop, to make a stay; to stop to bait (horses); to point, to set (of dogs).

_s’_=arrêter=, _v.r._, to stop, to pause, to rest, to dwell upon; to stand still, to halt; to tarry, to loiter; to stop; to remain; to lag; to forbear; to hesitate; to give over, to suspend; to leave off; to be embarrassed; to be concluded (of bargains); to desist; to resolve upon; to draw up (of carriages); to be allayed (of pain); to be thrown out of gear (of machinery); to be fastened, to be pinned down. _Ma montre s’arrête_; my watch stops. _Il s’arrête, la mémoire lui manque_; he hesitates, his memory fails him. _Il ne faut pas s’arrêter à ce qu’il dit_; one must not mind what he says. _Vous vous arrêtez à des riens_; you stop at trifles.

=arrêtiste=, _n.m._, compiler of decrees.

☉=arrhement=, _n.m._, the giving of earnest money.

=arrher=, _v.a._, to give earnest-money.

=arrhes= (âr), _n.f.pl._, earnest, earnest-money. _Donner des —_; to pay a deposit.

=arrière=, _n.m._, back part, rear; (nav.) stern. _D’—_; (nav.) aft. _En —!_ back! _En —_; (nav.) abaft. _En —_; in arrears. _En — de_; behind. _Surveillant de l’—_; (nav.) after-guard. _Se ranger de l’—_; (nav.) to veer. _Tomber de l’—_; (nav.) to fall astern. _Avoir le vent —_, or _filer vent —_; to sail before the wind.

=arrière=, _adv._, behind (of time and place); (nav.) aft, abaft. _Droit —_; right abaft. _Avoir vent —_; to go before the wind.

=arrière=, _int._, away! avaunt!

=arriéré=, =-e=, _adj._, in arrears; behindhand.

=arriéré=, _n.m._, arrears. _Liquider l’—_; to pay up arrears. _Il a beaucoup d’— dans sa correspondance_; he is very much behindhand in his correspondence.

=arrière-ban=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) arriere-ban, reserve.

=arrière-bec=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) starling; breakwater; cutwater.

=arrière-bouche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (anat.) swallow (of the throat), pharynx, posterior fauces.

=arrière-boutique=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back shop.

☉=arrière-change=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) compound interest.

=arrière-corps=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) recess; back-building.

=arrière-cour=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back yard, back court.

=arrière-dos=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) altar-screen, reredos.

=arrière-essaim=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after-swarm.

=arrière-faix=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) after-birth.

=arrière-fermier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-farmer, under-tenant.

=arrière-fief=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) arriere-fee _or_ mesne-fief.

=arrière-fleur=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) second blossom.

=arrière-garant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) double security; security of the bail.

=arrière-garde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) rear-guard; (nav.) rear-division.

=arrière-goût=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after-taste.

=arrière-main=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back stroke; hindquarters (of a horse).

=arrière-neveu=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) great-nephew. _Les —x_; descendants, the latest posterity.

=arrière-pensée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) mental reservation.

=arrière-petite-fille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s-—s_) great-grand-daughter.

=arrière-petit-fils=, _n.m._, (_—-—s-—_) great-grandson.

=arrière-plan=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (paint.) background.

=arrière-point=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back-stitch.

=arrière-pointeuse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back-stitcher.

=arrière-port=, _n.m._, inner harbor.

=arriérer=, _v.a._, to defer, to put off; to throw behindhand.

_s’_=arriérer=, _v.r._, to stay behind; to be in arrears (of payment).

=arrière-saison=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) autumn. _L’— de la vie_; the evening of days, old age.

=arrière-train=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after-carriage, hind-quarters.

=arrière-vassal=, _n.m._, (_—-vassaux_) rear-vassal.

=arrière-voussure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) back-arch.

=arrimage=, _n.m._, (nav.) stowage; trim of the hold.

=arrimer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stow away; to trim the hold.

=arrimeur=, _n.m._, stevedore.

=arriser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to touch.

=arrivage=, _n.m._, (nav.) arrival.

=arrivée=, _n.f._, arrival, entrance, approach, landing, coming, advent; (nav.) falling off, lee-way. _À l’— de_; on the arrival of. _Aussitôt son —_; immediately after his arrival. _Jours d’—_; mail days.

=arriver=, _v.n._, to come to land; to bear down; to arrive at, to approach, to be coming; to happen, to chance; (nav.) to bear up, to bear down, to veer; to come to pass; to occur; to befall, to chance, to attain, to reach, to succeed. _— à l’âge de_; to attain the age of. _Le navire arrive de ce côté_; the ship is bearing down this way. _La voiture arriva_; the coach arrived. _La nuit arriva_; night came on. _Un accident lui est arrivé_; an accident has happened to him. _Il arrivait à grands pas_; he was approaching with rapid strides. _— à bon port_; to reach home safely, to land; (of letters) to come to hand. _— à ses fins_, _à son but_; to compass one’s ends. _Il arrive tous les jours que_; it happens every day that. _Il lui est arrivé de dire_; he happened to say. _D’où il est arrivé que_; whence it came to pass that. _S’il arrive que vous ayez besoin de moi_; if you should chance to want me. _Quel malheur en peut-il arriver_; what mischief can it entail? _Quoi qu’il arrive_; come what may. _Qu’en arrivera-t-il?_ what will be the consequence, or the upshot? _Cela ne m’arrivera plus_; I will never do so again. _Un malheur n’arrive jamais seul_; misfortunes never come singly. _Arrivez!_ (fam.) come on! come in! _Arrive qui plante, arrive que pourra_; (prov.) happen what may, in any case. _— comme marée en Carême_; to come in the nick of time.

=arrobe=, _n.f._, Spanish weight, arroba.

=arroche=, _n.f._, (bot.) orach, goose-foot; mountain spinach.

=arrogamment= (-ga-mān), _adv._, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently.

=arrogance=, _n.f._, arrogance; haughtiness; superciliousness.

=arrogant=, =-e=, _adj._, arrogant, haughty, supercilious.

_s’_=arroger=, _v.r._, to arrogate to one’s self, to assume, to claim.

☉=arroi=, _n.m._, array, equipage. _Être en mauvais —_; to be in a sad pickle.

=arrondi=, =-e=, _part._, rounded, made round; full. _Un visage —_; a full face.

=arrondir=, _v.a._, to make a thing round, to round off; to aggrandize; to extend, increase; (paint.) to round off; (nav.) to double (a cape). _— une période_; to round off a period. _— une île_; (nav.) to sail round an island. _— ses biens_; to increase one’s estate.

_s’_=arrondir=, _v.r._, to round, to get round; to increase one’s estate.

=arrondissement= (-mān), _n.m._, rounding, making round; roundness; district, circuit; ward (of a town).

=arrosage=, _n.m._, irrigation, watering.

=arrosement= (a-rôz-mān), _n.m._, watering, sprinkling, besprinkling; (cook.) basting; paying all round, stake, pool (at play).

=arroser=, _v.a._, to water, to irrigate, to besprinkle, to wet; to bedew; to soak; to bathe (with tears); (cook.) to baste; to distribute money. _— des créanciers_; to pay one’s creditors a trifle. _Arrosez ces gens-là_; keep in with those people (by giving them trifling presents). _— un repas de vin_; to wash down a meal with wine.

=arrosoir=, _n.m._, watering-pot.

=arrowroot=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) arrow-root.

=arrugie=, _n.f._, (mining) drain.

=ars=, _n.m.pl._, (vet.) vein of the fore leg; limb. _Saigner un cheval aux quatre —_; to bleed a horse in all four legs.

=arsenal=, _n.m._, arsenal. _— de marine_; dock-yard.

=arséniate=, _n.m._, arseniate.

=arséniaté=, _adj._, combined with arseniate.

=arsenic=, _n.m._, arsenic.

=arsenical=, =-e=, _adj._, arsenical.

=arsénieux=, _adj._, arsenious.

=arsénique=, _adj._, (chem.) arsenic.

=arsénite=, _n.m._, arsenite.

=arsis=, _n.f._, (gram., mus.) arsis.

=art=, _n.m._, art; skill; cunning, artifice. _Les termes de l’—_; technical terms. _L’— militaire_; military art. _Les —s libéraux_; the liberal arts. _Les beaux-—s_; the fine arts. _—s manufacturiers_; arts and manufactures. _— angélique_; (hist.) angelic art. _—s d’agrément_; accomplishments. _Bachelier ès —s_; bachelor of arts. _Maître ès —s_; master of arts. _Ouvrage d’—_; work of art. _Maîtres de l’—_; the connoisseurs, the learned, the masters of their craft. _Homme de l’—_; doctor. _Il a l’— de réussir dans tout ce qu’il entreprend_; he has the art of succeeding in all his undertakings. _L’— perfectionne la nature_; art improves nature.

=artère=, _n.f._, artery. _Piquer une —_; to open an artery.

=artériel=, =-le=, _adj._, arterial.

=artériole=, _n.f._, (anat.) small artery.

=artériologie=, _n.f._, arteriology.

=artériotomie=, _n.f._, arteriotomy.

=artérite=, _n.f._, arteritis.

=artésien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, _n._, artesian. _Puits —_; artesian well.

=arthralgie=, _n.f._, arthritis.

=arthrite=, _n.f._, (med.) arthritis.

=arthritique=, _adj._, arthritic.

=arthrodie=, _n.f._, (anat.) arthrodia.

=arthrose=, _n.f._, arthrosis.

=artichaut=, _n.m._, artichoke. _—s_; spikes on a fence or gate. _— des toits_; house-leek.

=article=, _n.m._, article, head; paragraph; matter, thing, subject; point; item; (gram.) article; (anat.) articulation; (bot.) article, ware, goods. _— de fond_; leading article. _— de Paris_; Paris speciality. _C’est un autre —_; that’s another matter. _Ce n’est pas un — de foi_; it is not worthy of credit. _Nous reviendrons sur cet —_; we shall resume this subject. _C’est un — à part_; that is a separate article. _À l’— de la mort_; at the point of death. _Faire l’—_; to puff one’s goods.

=articulaire=, _adj._, (med.) articular.

=articulation=, _n.f._, articulation, joint; (bot., anat.) joint, articulation; (jur.) allegation.

=articulé=, =-e=, _part._, articulate; articulated, uttered, jointed, vertebrated. _D’une manière —e_; articulately, distinctly.

=articuler=, _v.a._, to articulate, to pronounce; to enumerate; to set forth.

_s’_=articuler=, _v.r._, to be articulated or jointed, to joint.

=articuler=, _v.n._, to articulate.

=artifice=, _n.m._, art; contrivance; slyness, cunning, craft, deceit; trick, stratagem; shuffle. _Caisse d’—_; (nav.) powder-chest. _Un feu d’—_; fireworks, pyrotechnics. _Tirer un feu d’—_; to let off fireworks.

=artificiel=, =-le=, _adv._, artificial.

=artificiellement= (-mān), _adv._, artificially.

=artificier=, _n.m._, fireworks-maker, pyrotechnist.

=artificieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, cunningly, craftily, artfully, slily.

=artificieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, artful, cunning, crafty; shuffling, sly.

☉*=artillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) mounted with cannon. _Vaisseau —_; armored vessel.

*=artillerie=, _n.f._, artillery, ordnance. _Une pièce d’—_; a piece of ordnance. _Grosse —_; heavy artillery. _— légère_; light artillery. _— de campagne_; field artillery. _— de siège_; battering or siege artillery. _— à pied_; foot artillery. _— à cheval_; horse artillery. _Parc d’—_; park of artillery. _Train d’—_; train of artillery. _Comité d’—_; board of ordnance.

*=artilleur=, _n.m._, artilleryman, gunner.

=artimon=, _n.m._, (nav.) mizzen. _Mât d’—_; mizzen mast. _Hune d’—_; mizzen top.

=artisan=, _n.m._, artisan, handicraftsman, operative, artificer, mechanic, craftsman; author, architect, contriver.

=artison=, _n.m._, (ent.) wood-fretter, moth.

=artisonné=, _adj._, worm-eaten.

=artiste=, _n.m.f._, artist, player, performer, actor, actress.

=artistement=, _adv._, in an artistic manner; skillfully, artistically.

=artistique=, _adj._, artist-like; artistic, of art.

=arum= (-rom), _n.m._, (bot.) arum, wake-robin.

=aruspice=, _n.m._, aruspex, diviner, soothsayer.

=aruspicine=, _n.f._, (antiq.) aruspicy.

=aryen=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, Aryan.

=aryténoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) arytænoid.

=as= (âss), _n.m._, ace (at cards, dice); as (Roman weight).

=asaret=, _n.m._, (bot.) asarum.

=asarum= (-rom), _n.m._, asarabacca, asarum.

=asbeste=, _n.m._, asbestos.

=ascaride=, _n.m._, (ent.) ascaris.

=ascendant=, _n.m._, ascendant; ascendency, influence; power, ruling passion, ancestor. _Avoir de l’— sur_; to have influence over. _—s et descendants_; ancestors and descendants.

=ascendant=, =-e=, _adj._, ascending, ascendant, upwards.

=ascenseur=, _n.m._, hoist, lift.

=ascension=, _n.f._, ascent; up-stroke (of machinery); ascension; ascending, rising; Ascension-day, Holy Thursday. _Jour de l’—_; Holy Thursday.

=ascensionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, ascensional.

=ascète=, _n.m.f._, ascetic, anchoret; monk.

=ascétique=, _adj._, ascetic, rigid, severe.

=ascétique=, _n.m._, ascetic.

=ascétique=, _n.f._, ascetic doctrine.

=ascétisme=, _n.m._, ascetism.

=asciens= (as-si-in), _n.m.pl._, (geog.) Ascians.

=ascite=, _n.f._, ascites, common dropsy.

=ascitique=, _adj._, dropsical, ascitic.

=asclépiade=, _n.m._, (poet.), asclepiad.

=asclépiade=, _adj._, (poet.) formed of asclepiads.

=asclépiade=, _n.f._, _or_ =asclépias=, _n.m._, (bot.) asclepias, swallow-wort.

=asiarcat=, _n.m._, dignity of an asiarch.

=asiarque=, _n.m._, (hist.) asiarch.

=asiatique=, _adj._, _n._, Asiatic.

=asile=, _n.m._, asylum, refuge, place of refuge, shelter, sanctuary; harbor, retreat, protection. _Salle d’—_; infant school. _Servir d’—_; to shelter. _Sans —_; shelterless, homeless.

=asile=, _n.m._, wasp-fly.

=asine=, _adj.f._, (l.u.) asinine, of the ass. _Bête —_; ass; blockhead.

=aspect=, _n.m._, aspect, view, sight; look, countenance; phase, point of view.

=asperge=, _n.f._, asparagus (head of). _Botte d’—s_; bundle of asparagus.

=aspergement=, _n.m._, sprinkling.

=asperger=, _v.a._, to sprinkle, to besprinkle.

=aspergerie= _or_ =aspergière=, _n.f._, asparagus-bed or ground.

=aspergés= (-jèss), _n.m._, aspergillum, holy-water sprinkler. _Je suis arrivé à l’—_; I entered the church as the priest was sprinkling the people with holy-water.

=aspérité=, _n.f._, asperity, roughness, ruggedness; harshness; unevenness.

=aspersion=, _n.f._, aspersion, sprinkling, besprinkling.

=aspersoir=, _n.m._, holy-water brush; rose (of a water-pot).

=aspérule=, _n.f._, (bot.) wood-ruff.

=asphalte=, _n.m._, asphalt, asphaltum.

=asphaltique= _or_ =asphaltite=, _adj._, asphaltic, bituminous. _Le lac —_; the asphaltic lake, the Dead Sea.

=asphodèle=, _n.m._, (bot.) asphodel, king’s-spear, wild daffodil.

=asphyxiant=, _adj._, asphyxiating, suffocating.

=asphyxie=, _n.f._, (med.) asphyxy, suffocation, suspended animation.

=asphyxié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a person in a state of asphyxia.

=asphyxier=, _v.a._, to cause asphyxia, to suffocate. _Le gaz les asphyxia_; the gas suffocated them.

_s’_=asphyxier=, _v.r._, to destroy one’s self by suffocation.

=aspic=, _n.m._, aspic; asp; (bot.) aspic; spikenard; spike-lavender; (cook.) cold meat or fish, with jelly. _Langue d’—_; a viper’s tongue.

=aspirant=, =-e=, _adj._, suction, sucking (of pumps).

=aspirant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, candidate, suitor, aspirant, postulant; midshipman. _— au doctorat_; candidate for a doctor’s degree. _— de marine_; midshipman.

=aspirateur=, _n.m._, (of air-pumps) exhauster.

=aspiration=, _n.f._, inhaling, inspiration; (gram.) aspiration, breathing; (of pumps) exhaustion, suction; aspiration, longing after, fervent desire. _Tuyau d’—_; exhausting pipe.

=aspiré=, =-e=, _adj._, aspirate; (hydr.) exhausted.

=aspirée=, _n.f._, (gram.) aspirate.

=aspirer=, _v.a._, to inspire; to inhale; to draw in; to suck in; (gram.) to aspirate; (hydr.) to exhaust.

=aspirer=, _v.n._, to aspire, to covet, to aim at. _— aux honneurs_; to aspire after honors.

_s’_=aspirer=, _v.r._, to suck; to be inhaled.

=aspre=, _n.m._, asper, a Turkish coin.

=assa=, _n.f._, (_n.p._), concrete gum, asa, assa.

=assabler=, _v.a._, to fill with sand.

=assabler=, _v.n._, to run aground; to be stranded.

=assa dulcis=, _n.f._ (_n.p._), asa-dulcis, benzoin.

=assa foetida=, _n.f._, (phar.) assafœtida.

=assagir=, _v.a._, to make wise, to impart wisdom. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become wise.

*=assaillant=, _n.m._, aggressor, assailant, besieger.

*=assaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, aggressive.

*=assaillir=, _v.a._, to assault, to assail, to attack; to surprise, to beset, to come upon.

=assainir=, _v.a._, to make, to render healthy. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become healthy.

=assainissement= (-mān), _n.m._, sanitation, purification, salubrity, drainage.

=assaisonnement= (-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, condiment, seasoning, dressing.

=assaisonner=, _v.a._, to season, to dress, to spice; to give a relish to; to make palatable; to set off, to give a zest to.

=assaisonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seasoner.

=assassin=, _n.m._, assassin, murderer, murderess; ruffian. _À l’—!_ murder! _Crier à l’—_; to call out murder.

=assassin=, =-e=, _adj._, killing, murderous.

=assassinant=, =-e=, _adj._, exceedingly tiresome, boring; killing, murdering.

=assassinat=, _n.m._, assassination, willful murder, homicide, murder.

☉=assassinateur=, _n.m._, assassin, murderer.

=assassiner=, _v.a._, to assassinate, to murder, to make away with; to bore, to tease, to plague any one to death.

=assaut=, _n.m._, assault, storm, onset, onslaught; attack, shock; fencing match, assault. _Donner l’— à une place_; to storm a place. _Emporter une ville d’—_; to carry a town by storm. _Faire — d’esprit_; to make a trial of wit. _Faire — de_; to vie with each other in.

=asséchage=, =asséchement=, _n.m._, drying up.

=assécher=, _v.a._, to drain (mine); to dry up.

=assemblage=, _n.m._, assemblage, collection, union; set, combination; (print.) gathering; (nav.) tabling; (carp.) bond, scarf.

=assemblé=, =-e=, _part._, assembled, united, joined.

=assemblée=, _n.f._, assembly, meeting, company, party; convocation; congregation (of churches); meeting, meet (of hunters). _Se réunir en — publique_; to meet in public assembly. _L’— se tient_; the meeting is being held. _— de jeu_; card-party.

=assembler=, _v.a._, to collect, to gather; to get, bring, put or lay, together; to assemble, to convoke, to call together; (print.) to gather; (carp.) to trim, to scarf.

_s’_=assembler=, _v.r._, to assemble, to meet; to come, to get or gather, together; to congregate, to muster. _Qui se ressemble s’assemble_; birds of a feather flock together.

=assembleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gatherer, collector.

=asséner=, _v.a._, to strike, to deal (a blow). _Il lui asséna un coup de poing_; he struck him a violent blow with his fist.

=assentiment=, _n.m._, assent.

=assentir=, _v.n._, to agree to, to assent; (hunt.) to scent.

=asseoir= (-soâr), (asseyant, assis), _v.a._, to seat; to set or put in a chair; to set, to lay, to fix; to establish, to rest, to ground; to pitch; to settle, to assess; to train (a horse). _— les fondements d’une maison_; to lay the foundations of a house. _— une rente_; to settle an annuity. _— un camp_; to pitch a camp. _Faire — quelqu’un à sa table_; to admit any one to one’s table.

_s’_=asseoir=, _v.r._, to sit, to sit down; to be seated, to settle, to perch. _Asseyez-vous_; sit down.

=assermenté=, =-e=, _part._, sworn.

=assermenter=, _v.a._, to swear in, to administer the oath to.

=asserti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, assertive.

=assertion=, _n.f._, assertion, affirmation.

=asservir=, _v.a._, to enslave, to reduce to servitude or slavery; to subject; to enthrall; to bring under subjection; to master, to subdue, to conquer.

=asservissant=, _adj._, enslaving, subjecting, coercive.

=asservissement= (-mān), _n.m._, subjection, enthrallment, bondage, servitude, slavery.

=assesseur=, _n.m._, assessor (judge).

=assette=, _n.f._, adze, hatchet.

=assez=, _adv._, enough, sufficiently; pretty, rather. _J’en ai —_; I have had enough of it. _Vous avez — fait_; you have done enough. _Cela est — bien_; that is pretty well. _Cette femme est — jolie_; this woman is rather pretty. _Cela paraît — vraisemblable_; that appears likely enough. _— et plus qu’il n’en faut_; enough and to spare. _C’est —_, _en voilà —_; enough, that will do. _— parlé_; enough talking. _C’est — loin_; it is rather far. _On ne saurait avoir — de soin de sa santé_; one cannot take too much care of one’s health. _Cela est — de mon goût_; I like it well enough. _Suis-je — malheureux!_ could I be more unfortunate! _— volontiers_, _d’— bon cœur_; readily enough.

=assidu=, =-e=, _adj._, assiduous, punctual; diligent, constant, attentive.

=assiduité=, _n.f._, assiduity, application, diligence, attention.

=assidûment=, _adv._, assiduously, constantly, sedulously, diligently, punctually.

=assiégé=, _n.m._, besieged. _Les —s firent une sortie_; the besieged made a sally.

=assiégeant=, =-e=, _adj._, besieging.

=assiégeant=, _n.m._, besieger.

=assiéger=, _v.a._, to besiege, to lay siege to; to surround; to beset, to dun. _Ses créanciers l’assiègent_; his creditors dun him.