Part 17

=attention=, _n.f._, attention, attentiveness, care; heed, mindfulness, carefulness, vigilance; regard, respect, consideration. _Faute d’—_; inadvertently. _Force d’—_; intentness. _Avec —_; attentively. _Manque d’—_; heedlessness. _Faire une chose avec —_; to do a thing with care. _Faire — à_; to mind. _— au commandement!_ (milit.) attention! _Faites donc —_; mind what you say, what you do. _N’y faites pas —!_ do not mind it! _Regarder avec —_; to look fixedly. _Prêtez-y —_; pay attention to it. _Cela mérite —_; that deserves notice. _S’attirer l’— du public_; to attract the notice of the public. _Plein d’—_; regardful, mindful. _Sans —_; reckless. _Il a eu l’— de m’avertir_; he was good enough to warn me. _Il a pour moi de grandes —s_; he has a great regard for me. _Attention!_ Look out!

=attentionné=, =-e=, _adj._, attentive.

=attentivement= (-mān), _adv._, attentively, carefully.

=atténuant=, =-e=, _adj._, attenuant; (jur.) palliating, extenuating.

=atténuant=, _n.m._, (med.) attenuant.

=atténuation=, _n.f._, attenuation, weakness; extenuation, mitigation, palliation.

=atténué=, =-e=, _adj._, attenuated, wasted, emaciated, palliated; tapering.

=atténuer=, _v.a._, to attenuate, to weaken, to make thin; to extenuate, to mitigate, to palliate, to underrate. _— un crime_; to palliate a crime.

=atterrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) landing, landfall, making land.

=atterrant=, =-e=, _adj._, astounding, startling, overwhelming.

=atterrer=, _v.a._, to throw or strike down, to bring to the ground; to overthrow; to destroy, to demolish, to ruin; to subvert; to deject, to cast down; to astound, to overwhelm.

=atterrer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to make land.

=atterrir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to land, to make land.

=atterrissage=, _n.m._, landing, making land.

=atterrissement= (-ĕr-ris-mān), _n.m._, alluvion, accretion, alluvium.

=attestation=, _n.f._, attestation, certificate, voucher, oath, affidavit.

=attester=, _v.a._, to attest, to certify, to vouch, to witness, to swear, to testify, to call, to take to witness. _J’en atteste le ciel_; I call heaven to witness. _J’en atteste les dieux_; witness, ye gods.

=atticisme=, _n.m._, Atticism.

=atticiste=, _n.m._, Atticist.

=attiédir=, _v.n._, to make lukewarm, to cool, to abate. _Le temps attiedira leur zèle_; time will cool their ardor.

_s’_=attiédir=, _v.n._, to cool, to grow cool, lukewarm, to become cool.

=attiédissement= (-mān), _n.m._, lukewarmness, coolness; abatement.

=attifement=, _n.m._, toggery, rig-out.

=attifer=, _v.a._, to dress out; to bedizen.

_s’_=attifer=, _v.r._, to dress oneself out, to rig oneself out.

=attifet=, _n.m._, ornament, trinket.

=attique= (at-tik), _adj._, Attic; (arch.) attic. _Goût —_; Attic taste. _Sel —_; Attic salt, Attic wit.

=attique=, _n.m._, Attic; (arch.) attic, attic story.

=attiquement=, _adv._, (gram.) after the Attic dialect.

*=attirail=, _n.m.sing._, apparatus, implements, utensils, tire, gear, furniture, tackle, baggage, train, equipage, paraphernalia; show, pomp. _L’— d’une imprimerie_; the materials and implements of a printing-office. _L’— d’une cuisine_; kitchen apparatus and utensils.

=attirant=, =-e=, _adj._, attractive, alluring, enticing, engaging.

=attirer=, _v.a._, to attract, to draw; to incite; to bring over, to win over, to gain over; to lure, to wheedle, to entice, to bring upon, to inspire. _L’aimant attire le fer_; the loadstone attracts iron. _— par des caresses_; to wheedle by caresses. _— l’ennemi dans une embuscade_; to draw the enemy into an ambuscade. _— les yeux_, _les regards de tout le monde_; to attract the eyes of all the world. _Un malheur en attire un autre_; one misfortune seldom comes alone.

_s’_=attirer=, _v.r._, to draw down upon one, to draw _or_ bring upon oneself; to incur, to run into, to get into, to attract; to win, to gain, to get. _— l’attention du public_; to attract the notice of the public. _— des affaires_; to get one’s self into scrapes.

=attiser=, _v.a._, to make up (the fire), to stir up; to poke; (fig.) to incense, to stir up. _— le feu_; to fan the flame.

=attisoir= _or_ =attisonnoir=, _n.m._, (in foundries), poker.

=attitrer=, _v.a._, (seldom used but in the _past participle_) to appoint, to recognize; to bribe. _Juges attitrés_; appointed judges. _Marchand attitré_; the shopkeeper one usually deals with. _Témoins attitrés_; bribed witnesses.

=attitude=, _n.f._, attitude, (paint.) posture.

=attouchement= (-toosh-mān), _n.m._, touch, feeling, contact.

=attract-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, attractile.

=attracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attractive.

=attraction=, _n.f._, attraction.

=attraire=, _v.a._, to allure, to entice.

=attrait=, _n.m._, allurement, attraction, charm; (rel.) comfort. _La beauté est un puissant —_; beauty is a powerful charm.

=attrape=, _n.f._, bite, trick, take-in, sell, hoax.

=attrape=, _n.m._ _— nigaud_; fool-trap. _— mouche_; catch-fly. _C’est un — tout_; he is a grabber.

=attrape-lourdaud=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) clap-trap; catch-penny.

=attrape-parterre=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (l.u.) clap-trap for the pit, clap-trap.

=attraper=, _v.a._, to entrap, to ensnare, to trap; to take in, to catch; to overreach; to cheat, to trick; to overtake; to get, to secure; to receive; to compass; to take, to surprise; to hit, to reach; to seize. _— un renard dans un piège_; to entrap a fox. _Prenez garde à vous, il vous attrapera_; look to yourself, he’ll take you in. _Il en a attrapé de plus fins que vous_; he has taken in more cunning people than you are. _Attrape qui peut_; scramble for it. _Attrapé!_ caught! _Il a attrapé un bon bénéfice_; he has got a good living. _— un rhume_; to catch a cold. _— un coup_; to get a blow. _— quelqu’un sur le fait_; to catch any one in the act. _La pierre l’a attrapé à la tempe_; the stone hit him on the temple. _— le sens_, _la pensée_, _d’un auteur_; to catch the sense, to hit upon the meaning of an author. _— un caractère_; to hit off a character. _— la ressemblance_; to hit off the likeness. _Attrape!_ take that!

_s’_=attraper=, _v.r._, to be caught; (man.) to clip.

=attrapeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, deceiver, deluder, cheat, trickster.

=attrapoire=, _n.f._, trap, pit-fall, snare; wile, trick.

=attrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, attractive, inviting, winning, engaging, charming.

=attribuer=, _v.a._, to attach, to annex; to attribute, to ascribe, to impute (a thing to any one); to assign, to confer. _— des privilèges à une charge_; to assign; to attach privileges to an office.

_s’_=attribuer=, _v.r._, to assume, to take upon one’s self, to arrogate to one’s self; to claim. _Il s’attribue de grands droits_; he claims extensive rights.

=attribut=, _n.m._, attribute, prerogative; (log.) predicate, attribute, quality; symbol, emblem.

=attributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, attributive; (law) relative.

=attribution=, _n.f._, conferring; privilege, prerogative; _pl._, powers; province, department. (law) cognizance, competence. _Lettres d’—_; patents conferring power (to act).

=attristant=, =-e=, _adj._, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, grievous.

=attrister=, _v.a._, to grieve, to afflict, to trouble, to cast down, to throw a gloom over. _Cette nouvelle l’attriste_; that piece of news grieves him.

_s’_=attrister=, _v.r._, to grieve, to yield to sorrow; to be sad, to become sorrowful.

=attrition=, _n.f._, (theol.) attrition; (phys.) attrition, friction.

=attroupement= (-troop-mān), _n.m._, gathering, riotous assemblage, mob, rabble. _Loi contre les —s_; Riot Act.

=attrouper=, _v.a._, to assemble, to gather together. _Il attroupa toute la canaille_; he gathered all the rabble together.

_s’_=attrouper=, _v.r._, to flock together, to gather in crowds, to get together tumultuously. _Défense de s’—_; no gatherings allowed.

=au=, contraction of _à le_, to the. _Céder au torrent_; to give way to the torrent. _Sauce — vin blanc_; wine-sauce.

=aubade=, _n.f._, morning serenade; reproof, abuse, lecture. _Il en a eu l’—_; he was reproved for it.

☉=aubain=, _n.m._, alien, foreigner.

=aubainage=, _n.m._, escheatage.

=aubaine=, _n.f._, (jur.) aubaine, escheat, escheatage; windfall, piece of good luck.

=aube=, _n.f._, the dawn; alb (priest’s garment); (hydr.) float-board; float; paddle-board (of steamers). _L’— du jour_; the break of day. _—s de moulin_; flat-boards of a mill. _Roue à —s_; paddle-wheel. _— mobile_; feathering paddle.

=aubépine=, _n.f._, hawthorn, whitethorn, may.

=aubère=, _adj._, (man.) flea-bitten gray. _Cheval —_; flea-bitten gray horse.

=auberge=, _n.f._, inn, public-house, tavern.

=aubergine=. _V._ =melongène=.

=aubergiste=, _n.m._, innkeeper, publican, landlord, host.

=auberon=, _n.m._, catch (of a lock).

=auberonnière=, _n.f._, clasp (of a lock).

*=aube-vigne=, _n.f._, (bot.) virgin’s-bower, traveler’s joy.

=aubier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sap-wood, alburnum.

=aubifoin=, _n.m._, (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower.

=aubin=, _n.m._, (man.) canter, hand-gallop.

=aubiner=, _v.n._, (man.) to canter; (hort.) to earth; (of vines) to layer.

=aubour=, _n.m._, (bot.) laburnum.

=aucun=, =-e=, _adj._, any; (negative) none, no one; not any; no. _Je ne connais — de vos juges_; I know none of your judges. _— ne le dira_; no one will say so. _Je doute qu’— de vous le fasse_; I doubt whether any of you will do it. _Il n’y a — de ses sujets qui ne mourût pour lui_; there is not one of his subjects who would not die for him. _De tous ceux qui se disaient mes amis, — m’a-t-il secouru?_ did any of all those who called themselves my friends assist me? _Je vous le cède sans bénéfice —_; I let you have it without any profit whatever. _Il n’a fait —es dispositions_; he has made no arrangements. _Sans —s frais_; without any expense.

=aucunement= (-mān), _adv._, in no wise, not at all, not in the least. _Je ne le connais —_; I do not know him at all. _—, Monsieur_; not in the least, Sir.

=audace=, _n.f._, audacity, insolence, assurance, daring, boldness. _Avec —_; insolently. _Payer d’—_; to brazen it out.

=audacieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, audaciously, daringly, boldly.

=audacieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, audacious, daring; impudent, insolent; presumptuous, bold; high-spirited, enterprising. _Génie —_; daring genius. _Entreprise —se_; bold enterprise.

☉=au deçà= (ô-dsa), _prep._ _V._ =deçà=.

=au delà= (ô-dla), _prep._, on the other side, beyond. _V._ =delà=.

=audience=, _n.f._, audience, auditory; court, sitting, hearing; hall (where causes are heard); levee. _Jour d’—_; court day. _Ouvrir l’—_; to open the court. _— publique_; open court. _— à huis clos_; a sitting with closed doors, a case heard _in camerâ_. _En pleine —_; in open court. _L’— est levée_; the sitting is raised. _On le mit hors de l’—_; he was turned out of the court. _L’— est reprise_; the case is resumed. _Donner —_; (of a minister) to hold a levee, to give audience. _Tenir l’—_; (of a judge) to sit, to preside.

=audiencier=, _adj.m._ _Huissier —_; crier of a court.

=audiencier=, _n.m._, usher, crier of a court.

=auditeur=, _n.m._, auditor, auditress, hearer; auditor (of accounts).

=auditi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ auditory. _Conduit — externe_; cavity of the ear.

=audition=, _n.f._, (jur.) hearing, audit, auditing. _L’— des témoins_; the hearing of the witnesses.

=auditoire=, _n.m._, congregation (in a church); audience (theatre, &c.); auditory, bar, court.

=auge=, _n.f._, trough; a plasterer’s hod; spout (of a water-mill). _— à goudron_; (nav.) tar-bucket. _— d’écurie_; manger.

=augée=, _n.f._, hodful, troughful.

=augelot= (ôj-lo), _n.m._, little ditch; small trough, ladle.

=auger=, _v.a._, (tech.) to hollow out.

=auget=, _n.m._, seed-box, drawer (of a bird-cage); spout (of a mill-hopper); small trough; bucket (of a water-wheel); trough.

=augment=, _n.m._, (gram.) augment; (med.) increase, jointure, dowry.

=augmentateur=, _n.m._, augmenter; (_adj._) augmenting.

=augmentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) augmentative.

=augmentation=, _n.f._, augmentation, increase, enlargement, addition; (com.) rise (in salary).

=augmenté=, =-e=, _part._, augmented, increased. _Un livre revu, corrigé et —_; a book revised, corrected, and augmented.

=augmenter=, _v.a._, to augment, to increase, to enlarge, to add to, to raise the salary of; (com.) to raise. _Il a augmenté sa maison_; he has enlarged his house. _— le prix_; to raise the price. _Je vais — mon commis_; I am about to increase my clerk’s salary.

=augmenter=, _v.n._, to augment, to increase, to grow, to rise (in price), to multiply. _Le sucre a augmenté de prix_; sugar has risen in price.

_s’_=augmenter=, _v.r._, to increase, to enlarge, to better, to improve.

=augural=, =-e=, _adj._, augural, augurial.

=augure=, _n.m._, augury; omen, token; augur, soothsayer. _Un bon_, _un mauvais —_; a good, bad omen. _De mauvais —_; ominous, portentous, ill-boding. _Funeste —_; ill-boding omen. _Un oiseau de mauvais —_; a bird of ill-omen.

=augurer=, _v.a._, to augur; to conjecture, to surmise. _Qu’en pouvez-vous —?_ what can you augur from it? _Je n’en augure rien de bon_; I foresee no good result.

=auguste=, _adj._, august, sacred, venerable.

=augustement=, _adv._, (l.u.) in an august manner.

=augustin=, =-e=, _n.m.f._, Austin friar, or nun. _Saint —_; (print.) English.

=aujourd’hui=, _adv._, to-day, this day; nowadays, now, at present. _D’— en huit_; this day week. _D’— en quinze_; this day fortnight. _Dès —_; from to-day, henceforth. _— il y a huit_, _quinze_, _jours_; it is a week, a fortnight, ago. _La mode d’—_; the present fashion. _Les hommes d’—_; the men of the present day. _Ce n’est pas d’— que nous nous connaissons_; we are no new acquaintances.

=aulique=, _adj._, aulic.

=aulique=, _n.f._, thesis.

=aulnaie=, =aulne=, =aulnée=. _V._ =aunaie=, =aune=, =aunée=.

=auloffée=, _n.f._, (nav.) luff.

=aulx= (ô), _pl._ of =ail=.

=aumailles=, _adj._ _Bêtes —_; horned cattle.

=aumône=, _n.f._, alms, alms-giving, charity, gift, dole. _Faire l’—_; to give alms. _Demander l’—_; to beg. _Vivre d’—_; to live upon alms. _Être réduit à l’—_; to be reduced to beggary. _Faites moi l’— d’un regard_; bestow but one look upon me. _Qui vit d’—s, meurt de faim_; beg and starve.

☉=aumônée=, _n.f._, sum given to hospitals.

☉=aumôner=, _v.a._, to pay a fine to the poor.

=aumônerie=, _n.f._, almonry, chaplaincy.

=aumônier=, _n.m._, almoner, chaplain, ordinary.

=aumônière=, _n.f._, alms-box, alms-purse; almoner (nun).

=aumôni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, charitable, lavish of alms.

=aumusse= _or_ =aumuce=, _n.f._, amess, hood (priest’s garment).

=aunage=, _n.m._, alnage, ell-measure.

=aunaie=, _n.f._, an alder-plot, grove of alders.

☉=aune=, _n.f._, ell; (fig.) measure, standard. _Acheter à l’—_; to buy by the ell. _Mesurer les autres à son —_; to measure another man’s peck by one’s own bushel. _Les hommes ne se mesurent pas à l’—_; one must not judge of a man’s merit by his stature. _Il sait ce qu’en vaut l’—_; he knows it to his cost, by experience. _En avoir tout du long de l’—_; to get it with a vengeance.

=aune=, _n.m._, alder-tree.

=aunée= _or_ =aulnée=, _n.f._, (bot.) elecampane.

=auner=, _v.a._, to measure; to judge of, to value.

=auneur=, _n.m._, alnager, measurer.

=auparavant=, _adv._, before, first; heretofore, previously; ere now. _Longtemps —_; a long time before.

=auprès=, _prep._, near, by; close to; close by; near to; with, in, over; to, in comparison with. _Sa maison est — de la mienne_; his house is close to mine. _Être — d’un seigneur_; to live with a nobleman. _Excusez-le — de son père_; excuse him to his father. _Il cherche à me nuire — de vous_; he endeavors to lower me in your esteem. _Être bien — de quelqu’un_; to be in anybody’s good books. _Elle peut tout — de lui_; she can do anything with him. _Votre mal n’est rien — du sien_; your distress is nothing to his. _Vivre — de ses parents_; to live with one’s parents.

=auprès=, _adv._, by, hard by, close to.

=aurate=, _n.m._, (chem.) aurate.

=auréole=, _n.f._, glory, halo, nimbus, crown of glory; (paint.) aureola; (anat.) areola.

=auriculaire=, _adj._, auricular. _Témoin —_; ear-witness. _Le doigt —_; the little finger.

=auriculaire=, _n.m._, the little finger.

=auricule=, _n.f._, auricle, external ear; (bot.) bear’s ear, auricula.

=auriculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) auriculate, eared.

=aurifère=, _adj._, auriferous.

=aurifier=, _v.a._, to stop (teeth) with gold.

=aurillard=. _V._ =orillard=.

=aurique=, _adj._, shoulder-of-mutton shaped. _Voiles —s_; lateen sails.

=aurochs= (oroks), _n.m._, (mam.) urus, wild bull.

=aurone=, _n.f._, abrotanum, southern-wood.

=aurore=, _n.f._, dawn, morning, morn, day-dawn, day; East; gold color; (myth., astron.) Aurora. _À l’—_; at daybreak. _Avant l’—_; before dawn. _L’— commençait à poindre_; day was beginning to dawn. _L’— aux doigts de rose_; rosy-fingered morn. _Du couchant à l’—_; from west to east. _— boréale_; aurora borealis.

=auscultation=, _n.f._, (med.) auscultation.

=ausculter=, _v.a._, (med.) to auscultate.

=auspice=, _n.m._, auspice, omen, presage. _Heureux —s_; a good omen, auspices.

=aussi=, _adv._, too, also, likewise; besides, therefore, moreover; accordingly; so; as much; as. _Vous le voulez, et moi —_; you will have it so, and I too. _Donnez-m’en —_; give me some too. _Il est — sage que vaillant_; he is as prudent as courageous. _Il est — sot que son ami_; he is as much a fool as his friend.

=aussi=, _conj._, therefore, but then. _Ces dentelles sont belles, — coûtent-elles beaucoup_; these laces are fine, but then they are dear. _— bien_; for, and the more so as; as well. _Je ne veux point y aller, — bien est-il trop tard_; I won’t go there, the more so as it is too late. _Je n’ai que faire de l’en prier, — bien ne m’écouterait-il pas_; it would be in vain for me to entreat him, inasmuch as he would not listen to me. _Je sais cela — bien que vous_; I know that as well as you. _— peu que_; as little as, as few as.

=aussière= _or_ =haussière=, _n.f._, (nav.) hawser, small cable, warp.

=aussitôt=, _adv._, immediately, directly, as soon as, forthwith. _— après votre départ_; immediately after your departure. _— dit, — fait_; no sooner said than done. _— que_; as soon as, whenever. _— qu’il viendra_; as soon as he comes.

=auster= (os-tèr), _n.m._, auster, south-wind.

=austère=, _adj._, austere, severe, stern, grave; harsh, sharp (to the taste).

=austèrement= (-mān), _adv._, austerely, severely, rigidly.

=austérité=, _n.f._, austerity; severity, sternness; strictness.

=austral=, =-e=, _adj._, austral.

=autan=, _n.m._, (poet.) south wind, storm, blast. _Braver les —s_; to face the storm.

=autant=, _adv._, as much, as many; so much, so many; as far, as long. _Ce vase contient — que l’autre_; this vase contains as much as the other. _Il y avait — d’hommes que de femmes_; there were as many men as women. _Travaillez — que vous pourrez_; work as much as you can. _Je l’ai vendu tout —_; I sold it for quite as much. _Une fois —_; as much again. _— que jamais_; as much as ever. _— l’esclavage me répugne, — la liberté m’effraie_; liberty alarms me as much as slavery is repugnant to me. _— de têtes, — d’opinions_; so many men, so many minds. _Cela est fini_, ou _— vaut_; that is as good as done. _— en emporte le vent_; all that is idle talk. _Boire d’—_; to drink a great deal. _À la charge d’—_; on condition of a return. _— ne pas y aller du tout_; might as well not go at all. _— que_; as, as far as. _— que j’en puis juger_; as far as I can conjecture. _— dire_; you might as well say.

_d’_=autant mieux= _or_ _d’_=autant plus= (_adverb. phrase_), the more so, so much the more so, the rather, especially. _Je l’estime d’autant plus qu’il est pauvre_; I esteem him the more because he is poor. _Je l’en aime d’autant mieux_; I love her all the more for it.

_d’_=autant moins= (_adverb. phrase_), the less, so much the less. _Il en est d’autant moins à craindre_; he is all the less to be feared.

_d’_=autant que=, _conj._, seeing that, more especially as.

=autel=, _n.m._, altar; (astron.) ara. _Le Sacrement de l’—_; the host; the holy Sacrament, Eucharist. _Les —s_; religion. _Grand_, _maître_, _—_; high altar. _Nappe d’—_; altar cloth. _Tableau d’—_; altar-piece. _Il mérite qu’on lui élève des —s_; he deserves the greatest honors. _Il en prendrait sur l’—_; he would rob a church. _Qui sert à l’— doit vivre de l’—_; every man must live by his profession.

=auteur=, _n.m._, author, authoress; inventor, maker, cause, source, contriver, framer; writer; perpetrator; achiever; artist, engraver, composer, sculptor; owner; informant, authority. _Dieu est l’— de toutes choses_; God is the author of all things. _L’— d’un projet_; the framer of a project. _L’— d’un procédé_; the inventor of a process. _C’est elle qui est l’— de ce livre_; she is the author of that book. _Se faire —_; to turn author. _Nommez votre —_; name your informant, authority. _Droit d’—_; copyright.

=authenticité=, _n.f._, authenticity, genuineness.

=authentique=, _adj._, original; authentic, genuine.

=authentique=, _n.f._, authentics.

=authentiquement= (-mān), _adv._, authentically.

=authentiquer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to sign and seal, to authenticate.

=autobiographe=, _n.m._, autobiographer.

=autobiographie=, _n.f._, autobiography.

=autobus=, _n.m._, motor omnibus.

=autochtone= (-tok-to-n), _n.m._, (antiq.) autochthon; (_adj._) autochthonous.

=autoclave=, _adj._, self-regulating; _n.m._, steaming-pan.

=autocrate=, _n.m._, autocrat.

=autocratie= (-cî), _n.f._, autocracy.

=autocratique=, _adj._, autocratical.

=autodafé=, _n.m._, (_—s_) auto-da-fé.

=autographe=, _n.m._, autograph.

☉=autographe=, _adj._, autographic, autographical.

=autographie=, _n.f._, autography.

=autographier=, _v.a._, to autograph.

=autographique=, _adj._, autographic.

=automate=, _n.m._, automaton.

=automatique=, _adj._, automatic, automatical.

=automédon=, _n.m._, charioteer, Jehu, driver, cabby.

=automnal=, =-e= (-tom-nal), _adj._, autumnal.

=automne= (-to-n), _n.m.f._, autumn; fall of the leaf; fall (of the year).

=automot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, self-acting, self-moving, self-propelling.

=automobile=, _n.m._, motor-car.

=autonome=, _adj._, autonomous.

=autonomie=, _n.f._, autonomy, self-government.

=autopsie=, _n.f._, post-mortem examination, autopsy, inquest.

=autorisation=, _n.f._, authorization; authority, permission; license (of a preacher); warrant; consent.

=autoriser=, _v.a._, to authorise, to empower, to commission, to qualify; to allow by authority, to legalize, to license, to warrant.

_s’_=autoriser=, _v.r._, to get or gain or assume authority, to think one’s self warranted (by), to act on the authority of.

=autorité=, _n.f._, authority, legal power, rule, command, sway; credit, power, sanction, interest, weight, consideration. _Avoir de l’— sur_; to have power over. _Être en —_; to be invested with authority. _Il l’a fait de son — privée_; he did it on his own initiative. _Alléguer_, _apporter des —s_; to quote or cite authorities. _Faire —_; to be an authority.

=autour=, _n.m._, goshawk.

=autour=, _prep._, about, round, around. _— de sa personne_; about his person. _— du bras_; round the arm. _Tourner — du pot_; to beat about the bush.

=autour=, _adv._, about, round, round about. _Il regardait tout —_; he looked all about. _Ici —_; hereabouts.

=autourserie=, _n.f._, goshawk training.

=autoursier=, _n.m._, goshawk trainer, falconer.

=autre=, _adj._, other, different, else, second, another. _L’— jour_; the other day. _Une — fois_; another time. _Tout —_; quite different. _Aucun —_; no one else. _Vous —s_; you people, fellows. _Nous —_; the like of us. _Encore un —_; another, one more. _Il le regarde comme un — lui même_; he looks upon him as a second self.