Part 39

=consommé=, =-e=, _part._, consumed, used; consummated; consummate; profound; accomplished.

=consommer=, _v.a._, to consummate, to complete, to perfect, to finish, to accomplish; to consume, to use.

☉=consompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) consumptive, in a decline.

☉=consomptif=, _n.m._, (med., surg.) caustic.

=consomption=, _n.f._, consumption; destruction; (med.) atrophy, decline. _Être atteint de —_; to be in a decline.

=consonnance=, _n.f._, consonance, consonancy; concord.

=consonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, consonant.

=consonne=, _n.f._, consonant.

=consorts=, _n.m.pl._, consorts; (jur.) associates, people connected together, having the same interest; (b.s.) confederates.

=consoude=, _n.f._, (bot.) comfrey, consound.

=conspirant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mec.) conspiring.

=conspirateur=, _n.m._, conspirator.

=conspiration=, _n.f._, conspiracy, plot. _La — des poudres_; the gunpowder-plot.

=conspirer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to conspire, to agree together, to concur, to combine; to plot. _Tout conspire à me ruiner_; everything conspires to my ruin. _— la ruine de l’Etat_; to plot the ruin of the State.

=conspuer=, _v.a._, to spit upon; to despise, to flout, to spurn, to hiss.

=constable=, _n.m._, constable.

=constabulaire=, _adj._, constabulary.

=constamment= (-sta-mān), _adv._, with constancy, steadily, perseveringly; constantly.

=constance=, _n.f._, constancy; perseverance; steadiness, steadfastness; firmness, persistence.

=constant=, =-e=, _adj._, constant, unshaken; steadfast, persevering, unvarying, invariable; steady, lasting; certain, unquestionable. _Il est — que_; it is an established fact that.

=constante=, _n.f._, (alg.) constant quantity.

=constatation=, _n.f._, authentication; ascertaining, verification; declaration.

=constater=, _v.a._, to prove, to verify, to establish undeniably, to testify to; to ascertain, to state, to declare.

=constellation= (-stèl-la-), _n.f._, constellation.

=constellé=, =-e=, (-stèl-lé), _adj._, constellated; studded.

=consteller=, _v.a._, to constellate, to dot, to strew, to stud.

=consternation=, _n.f._, consternation, dismay.

=consterner=, _v.a._, to strike with consternation; to astound, to amaze, to dismay, to dishearten.

=constipation=, _n.f._, constipation, costiveness.

=constipé=, =-e=, _adj._, costive, constipated.

=constiper=, _v.a._, to constipate, to bind.

=constituant=, =-e=, _adj._, constituent; giving a power of attorney.

=constituant=, _n.m._, member of the Constituent Assembly (French hist.).

=constituante=, _n.f._, Constituent Assembly (French hist.).

=constituer=, _v.a._, to constitute, to establish, to make; to place, to put, to organize; to raise to an office or dignity; to settle, to assign; to give into custody. _Qui vous a constitué juge?_ who made you judge in the matter? _— quelqu’un prisonnier_; to commit anyone to prison. _— une rente_; to settle an annuity. _— un précédent_; to establish a precedent.

_se_ =constituer=, _v.r._, to constitute oneself, to form oneself into. _Se — prisonnier_; to give oneself up.

=constituti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, constitutive.

=constitution=, _n.f._, constitution, establishment, formation, composition; temper, temperament; settlement of an annuity; declaration of appointment.

=constitutionnalité=, _n.f._, constitutionality.

=constitutionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, constitutionally.

=constitutionnel=, _n.m._, constitutionalist.

=constitutionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, constitutional.

=constricteur=, _n.m._, (anat.) constrictor.

=constriction=, _n.f._, constriction, contraction, compression; (med.) astriction.

=constricti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) constringent.

=constringent=, =-e=, _adj._, constringent.

=constructeur=, _n.m._, constructor, builder; shipbuilder, shipwright.

=construction=, _n.f._, act of building; arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; construction; building, erection; structure; shipbuilding. _Faire de nouvelles —s_; to erect new buildings. _La — d’une carte géographique_; the construction of a map. _Faire la — d’une phrase_; to construct a phrase. _Vaisseau de — française_; French-built ship. _En —_; building, (nav.) on the stocks. _De —_; building, build.

=constructivité=, _n.f._, (phrenology) constructiveness.

=construire= (construisant, construit), _v.a._, to construct, to build, to erect, to rear up, to frame; to arrange; (gram.) to construct. _De —_; building. _En —_; in course of erection; (of ships) on the stocks.

=consubstantialité= (-sia-), _n.f._, consubstantiality.

=consubstantiation= (-sia-), _n.f._, consubstantiation.

=consubstantiel=, =-le=, (-sièl), _adj._, consubstantial.

=consubstantiellement= (-sièl-mān), _adv._, consubstantially.

=consul=, _n.m._, consul.

=consulaire=, _adj._, consular. _Personnage —_; an ex-consul.

=consulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, consularly; by consuls.

=consulat=, _n.m._, consulate; consulship.

=consultant=, _adj.m._, consulting. _Avocat —_; chamber-counselor. _Médecin —_; consulting physician.

=consultant=, _n.m._, consulter; person consulted.

=consultati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, consultative, deliberative. _Avoir voix —ve_; to have the right of discussion without that of voting.

=consultation=, _n.f._, consultation; conference; opinion, advice.

=consulter=, _v.a._, to consult, to advise with, to take advice of, to deliberate, to confer. _— un avocat_; to take counsel’s opinion. _— une affaire_; to examine into an affair. _— son chevet_; to consult one’s pillow. _Ils consultèrent ensemble_; they laid their heads together. _Il en veut — avec ses amis_; he wishes to confer with his friends about it.

_se_ =consulter=, _v.r._, to consider, to reflect, to deliberate; to be consulted. _La voix de la raison ne se consulte jamais_; the voice of reason is never listened to.

=consulteur=, _n.m._, counselor, adviser.

=consumant=, =-e=, _adj._, consuming, devouring, burning.

=consumer=, _v.a._, to consume; to destroy; to wear out or away; to squander, to waste, to spend. _Le temps consume toutes choses_; time wears out everything. _Cette maladie le consume_; that disease is wearing him to nothing.

_se_ =consumer=, _v.r._, to decay, to waste away, to wear out; to ruin one’s self; to undermine one’s health; to waste one’s strength. _Il se consume d’ennui_; he is wasting away with weariness. _Se — de douleur_; to pine away with grief.

=contabescence=, _n.f._, (med.) consumption.

=contabescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) consumptive.

=contact= (-takt), _n.m._, contact, connection, touch; (mining) nip (of the roof or wall).

=contagieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, contagious, catching; infectious.

=contagion=, _n.f._, contagion, infection. _— de mœurs_; corruption of manners. _La — du vice_; the infection of vice.

*=contaille=, _adj.f._, floss. _Soie —_; floretta, refuse, floss-silk.

=contamination=, _n.f._, contamination.

=contaminer=, _v.a._, to contaminate.

=conte=, _n.m._, story, tale, falsehood, fib, nonsense. _—s de fées_; fairy tales. _Réciter un —_; to tell a story. _— en l’air_; improbable story, fiction. _— fait à plaisir_; made-up story. _— gras_; smutty, lascivious story. _— de bonne femme_, _— à dormir debout_, _— bleu_, _— borgne_; idle, silly story; old woman’s tale. _Il brode un peu le —_; he exaggerates the story a little (_i.e._, improves upon it). _Ce sont des —s_; it is only a joke. _C’est un grand faiseur de —s_; he is a great fibber, a great story-teller.

=contemplat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, contemplator.

=contemplati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, contemplative.

=contemplation=, _n.f._, contemplation, meditation, reflection; admiration.

=contempler=, _v.a._, to contemplate, to behold, to survey, to view, to gaze on.

=contempler=, _v.n._, to contemplate, to meditate, to reflect.

=contemporain=, =-e=, _adj._, contemporary, contemporaneous.

=contemporain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contemporary.

=contemporanéité=, _n.f._, contemporaneity, contemporariness.

=contempt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, contemptuous, scornful, insolent, disdainful.

=contempt-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, contemner, despiser, scorner.

☉=contemptible=, _adj._, contemptible, despicable, mean.

=contenance= (cont-nans), _n.f._, capacity, capaciousness; contents; countenance, posture, look, air, bearing, attitude, deportment; (nav.) burden. _— fière_; haughty air. _— assurée_; bold look. _— ridicule_; ridiculous carriage. _— étudiée_; studied deportment. _Il n’a point de —_; he does not know which way to turn. _Perdre —_; to be abashed, out of countenance. _Faire perdre —_; to put out of countenance. _Servir de —_; to keep one in countenance. _Porter quelque chose par —_; to carry a thing to keep one’s self in countenance. _Un éventail sert de —_; a fan keeps one in countenance. _Faire bonne —_; to keep one’s countenance; to show spirit or resolution. _Se donner une —_; to keep one’s self in countenance. _Ne savoir quelle — prendre_; not to know what to do with one’s self.

=contenant=, _n.m._, holder, container.

=contenant=, =-e=, _adj._, holding, containing.

=contendant=, =-e=, _adj._, contending. _Les parties —es_; the contending parties, the candidates.

=contendant=, _n.m._, contender.

=contenir= (con-tnir), _v.a._, to contain; to comprise; to hold; to include, to comprehend; to confine; to keep in, to keep within, to restrain; to repress; to hold or keep in check or awe, to rule, to bridle; to dam. _Les gardes avaient peine à — la foule_; the guards could with difficulty keep back the crowd. _On ne saurait le —_; there is no keeping him within bounds.

_se_ =contenir=, _v.r._, to keep within bounds, to be moderate; to abstain from, to refrain from, to forego; to refrain, to forbear; to contain one’s self; to curb one’s passions; to keep one’s temper.

=content=, =-e=, _adj._, content, contented; satisfied, pleased, glad, gratified. _Il est — de sa condition_; he is contented with his lot. _Avoir le visage —_; to look pleased. _Être —_; to be willing, to be satisfied. _Être — de quelqu’un_; to be pleased with any one. _Il est bien — de lui-même_; he has a great idea of himself.

=content=, _n.m._ _Tout son —_; one’s fill; all one wants, as much as one likes.

=contentement= (kon-tant-mān), _n.m._, content, contentment, satisfaction; comfort, pleasure; blessing. _— passe richesse_; enough is as good as a feast.

=contenter=, _v.a._, to content, to give satisfaction, to satisfy; to please, to gratify, to indulge, to humor. _On ne saurait — tout le monde_; one cannot please every body.

_se_ =contenter=, _v.r._, to indulge or gratify one’s self; to be satisfied with; to content one’s self with, to be content with; to take up with; to rest satisfied with. _Je me contente d’une honnête médiocrité_; I am satisfied with a moderate competence. _Contentez-vous de cela_; be content with that.

=contentieusement= (-si-eûz-mān), _adv._, contentiously, litigiously.

=contentieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, litigious, in litigation, in dispute, contestable, contended for; controvertible, disputable; contentious, quarrelsome. _Esprit —_; quarrelsome fellow.

=contentieux=, _n.m._, debatable matters, affairs in litigation; disputed claims. _Bureau du —_; office for the settlement of disputed claims. _Agent du —_; solicitor.

=contentif=, _adj.m._, (surg.) (bandages) retentive, binding.

=contention=, _n.f._, contention, contest, debate, strife; eagerness; vehemence, intenseness, heat; (surg.) keeping reduced (of fractures). _— d’esprit_; intense application of mind.

=contenu=, _n.m._, contents; enclosure; tenor, terms.

=conter=, _v.a._, to tell, to relate. _— des fagots_; to tell idle stories. _En —_; to romance, to tell fibs. _En — de belles_, _— des sornettes_; to tell what is untrue, to hoax, to humbug, to deceive. _En — à une femme_, _lui — des douceurs_, _lui — fleurettes_; to talk soft nonsense to a woman. _S’en faire_ or _s’en laisser —_; to listen to soft nonsense.

=conter=, _v.n._, to relate, to tell a story. _Il conte bien_; he tells a story well.

=conterie=, _n.f._, coarse glass-ware.

=contestable=, _adj._, contestable, debatable, controvertible.

=contestablement=, _adj._, contestably.

=contestant=, =-e=, _adj._, contending.

=contestant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contesting party, litigant.

=contestation=, _n.f._, contestation, contest, dispute, debate; strife, variance, wrangling, bickering; litigation. _En —_; at issue; at variance, at odds. _Hors de toute —_; beyond all contestation, dispute.

☉=conteste=, _n.m._, contestation, contest, dispute. _Sans —_; indisputably. _V._ =sans contredit=.

=contester=, _v.a._, to contest, to dispute; to deny, to contend, to debate. _Il me conteste ma qualité_; he calls my rank in question. _On lui conteste cette terre_; his right to that estate is disputed. _Se —_; to be contested, to be denied.

=conteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, story-teller, tale-teller, one who tells or relates stories or tales, narrator, teller; romancer, fibber.

=conteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, fond of telling tales.

=contexte=, _n.m._, context; text (of a deed).

=contexture=, _n.f._, contexture (of the muscles, &c.); texture (of a stuff).

=contigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, contiguous, adjoining. _Ces deux provinces sont —ës_; these two provinces border on each other. _Mon champ est — à la forêt_; my field is bounded by the forest.

=contiguité=, _n.f._, contiguity.

=continence=, _n.f._, continency, chastity.

=continent=, _n.m._, continent, mainland.

=continent=, =-e=, _adj._, sober, temperate, chaste, continent; (med.) continent, continuous, unremitting. _Fièvre —e_; incessant fever.

=continental=, =-e=, _adj._, continental.

=contingence=, _n.f._, contingency, casualty.

=contingent=, _n.m._, contingent, quota.

=contingent=, =-e=, _adj._, casual, contingent, accidental.

=continu=, _n.m._, (philos.) that which is divisible, matter, body, space.

=continu=, =-e=, _adj._, continuous, uninterrupted; continual, continued; unintermitting, incessant. _Basse —e_; (mus.) thorough-bass.

=continuateur=, _n.m._, continuator, continuer.

=continuation=, _n.f._, continuation; (jur.) continuance.

☉_à la_ =continue=, _adv._, in process of time, in the long run.

=continuel=, =-le=, _adj._, continual, uninterrupted, endless, perpetual.

=continuellement= (-el-mān), _adv._, continually, uninterruptedly, constantly; endlessly, perpetually.

=continuer=, _v.a._, to continue; to proceed with; to go on with; to persevere; to lengthen, to prolong; to extend.

=continuer=, _v.n._, to continue, to keep on, to go on with, to run on to, to extend, to continue the work of. _Continuez, je vous prie_; pray go on. _Continuez à bien faire, et vous vous en trouverez bien_; continue to do well, and you will find the benefit of it.

_se_ =continuer=, _v.r._, to be continued, to last; to be prolonged.

=continuité=, _n.f._, continuity; continuance. _Solution de —_; solution of continuity.

=continument=, _adv._, unremittingly; without cessation; (jur.) continually, continuously.

=contondant=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) bruising, contusing; (instruments) blunt.

=contorniate=, _adj._, (of medals) contourniated.

=contorsion=, _n.f._, contortion, distortion; grimace.

=contour=, _n.m._, circuit, circumference; contour, outline; (carp.) curtail; (mas.) quirk.

=contourné=, =-e=, _adj._, outlined; spiral; twisted; distorted; deformed; ill-shaped.

=contournement=, _n.m._, outlining; twisting; winding, rounding, convolution.

=contourner=, _v.a._, to outline, to give the proper contour to; to distort, to twist, to deform; to twine round, to twist round; to turn around, to wind round; to round.

_se_ =contourner=, _v.r._, to grow crooked, to become bent, twisted, deformed.

=contourneuse=, _n.f._, shaping-machine.

=contractant=, =-e=, _adj._, contracting. _Partie —e_; contracting party; (jur.) covenanter.

=contractant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contractor, stipulator; (jur.) covenanter.

=contracté=, =-e=, _part._, (gram.) contracted, shortened.

=contracter=, _v.a._, to contract; to covenant, to stipulate, to bargain, to make a contract; to shrink, to straiten; to shorten, to abridge; to acquire, to get; to catch. _— de bonnes habitudes_; to acquire good habits.

_se_ =contracter=, _v.r._, to contract, to shrink up, to straiten; to shorten.

=contracter=, _v.n._, to contract, make a contract.

=contracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) contractive.

=contractile=, _adj._, contractile.

=contractilité=, _n.f._, contractility, contractibility.

=contraction=, _n.f._, contraction.

=contractuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) stipulated, agreed upon, done by contract.

=contracture=, _n.f._, (arch.) diminution; (med.) contraction; (physiology) contraction.

=contradicteur=, _n.m._, contradictor, gainsayer; (jur.) adversary, opposer, opponent.

=contradiction=, _n.f._, contradiction, denial; opposition; inconsistency; discrepancy; (jur.) claim of adverse title. _Esprit de —_; spirit of contradiction.

=contradictoire=, _adj._, contradictory; inconsistent, conflicting. _Jugement —_; judgment after the hearing of all parties concerned.

=contradictoirement= (-toar-mān), _adv._, contradictorily; inconsistently.

*=contraignable=, _adj._, (jur.) compellable, constrainable. _— par corps_; attachable, liable to arrest.

*=contraignant=, =-e=, _adj._, compelling, compulsive; troublesome.

=contraindre= (contraignant, contraint), _v.a._, to constrain, to compel, to force, to make, to drive, to necessitate, to impel, to oblige by force; to put a constraint upon; to restrain; to squeeze, to pinch, to cramp, to straiten; (jur.) to attach, to arrest for debt.

_se_ =contraindre=, _v.r._, to constrain oneself, to refrain, to forbear.

=contraint=, =-e=, _adj._, forced, stiff, unnatural, affected; cramped, constrained.

=contrainte=, _n.f._, constraint, compulsion, coercion; restraint. _Parler sans —_; to speak freely. _Avec —_; restrainedly. _— par corps_; arrest for debt. _Jugement de — par corps_; capias.

=contraire=, _adj._, contrary, opposite, adverse; repugnant, inconsistent; opposed, against; hurtful, bad, prejudicial, not good for. _Le vin vous est —_; wine is bad for you.

=contraire=, _n.m._, contrary, opposite, reverse. _Au —_; on the contrary, on the other hand. _Tout au —_; _bien au —_; quite the contrary, quite the reverse. _Aller au — d’une chose_, _d’une personne_; to go or speak against a thing, a person.

=contrairement= (kon-trer-mān), _adv._, contrarily, contrary.

=contralte=, _n.m._ _V._ =contralto=.

=contraltiste=, _n.m.f._, contralto singer.

=contralto=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) contralto, counter-tenor.

=contrapontiste=, _n.m._, (mus.) contrapuntist.

=contrariant=, =-e=, _adj._, provoking, annoying, vexatious; disappointing.

=contrarier=, _v.a._, to contradict, to gainsay; to disappoint; to thwart, to counteract, to baffle, to oppose, to annoy, to vex. _Être contrarié par les vents_; to be wind-bound.

=contrariété=, _n.f._, contrariety, contradiction; cross, vexation, annoyance, impediment, hindrance, difficulty, obstacle; disappointment. _Quelle —!_ how annoying!

=contrastant=, _adj._, contrasting.

=contraste=, _n.m._, contrast, opposition.

=contraster=, _v.a._, to contrast.

=contraster=, _v.n._, (paint.) to contrast; to put in contrast, to form a contrast, to set off by opposition.

=contrat=, _n.m._, contract, deed, instrument, articles, indenture; agreement, bargain. _Minute d’un —_; draft of a deed. _Un — en bonne forme_; a contract in due form. _Dresser un —_; to draw up a deed. _Passer un —_; to sign and seal a deed. _— à la grosse_; (nav.) bottomry; bottomry-bond.

=contravention=, _n.f._, contravention, infraction.

=contre=, _prep._, against; contrary to; by, near, close, close by. _— le bon sens_; contrary to common sense. _À —-cœur_; repugnantly, reluctantly. _Aller — vent et marée_; to sail against wind and tide. _Se fâcher — quelqu’un_; to be angry with anyone. _Se battre — quelqu’un_; to fight against anyone. _Par —_; as a set-off. _Pour et —_; for and against, pro and con.

=contre=, _adv._, near, close up against, ajar. _Tout —_; close by, close up against; quite close, near. _Ci-—_; opposite; in the margin.

=contre=, _n.m._, con (the opposite of _pro_); against; the opposite side of the question. _Savoir le pour et le —_; to know the long and short of a matter, or the pro and the con.

=contre-allée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) side-walk; side-alley.

=contre-amiral=, _n.m._, (_—-amiraux_) rear-admiral; rear-admiral’s flag-ship.

=contre-appel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fenc.) caveating; second roll call; check-roll.

=contre-approches=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (fort.) counter-approaches.

=contre-attaques=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (milit.) counterworks.

=contre-balancer=, _v.a._, to counterbalance, to counterpoise; to countervail.

_se_ =contre-balancer=, _v.r._, to counterbalance one another, to be counterbalanced, to be equipoised.

=contrebande=, _n.f._, contraband goods, smuggled goods; smuggling. _Un homme de —_; an obnoxious fellow, a black sheep. _Faire la —_; to smuggle, to deal in smuggled goods.

=contre-bandé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) counter-barred.

=contrebandier=, _n.m._, smuggler, contrabandist.

=contre-barré=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counterbended.

_en_ =contre-bas=, _adv._, (arch.) downwards.

=contrebasse=, _n.f._, (mus.) double-bass.

=contrebassiste=, _n.m._, (mus.) double-bass player.

=contre-basson=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) double bassoon; double bassoon-player.

=contre-batterie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) cross-battery, counter-battery; counter-plot.

_à_ =contre-biais=, _adv._, contrariwise, the wrong way; the other way.

_à_ =contre-bord=, _adv._, (nav.) _Les deux vaisseaux courent à —_; the two vessels are running aboard of each other; on a contrary tack.

=contre-boutant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counterfort; butment; buttress.

=contre-bouter=, _v.a._, to buttress; to support with a raking shore or but; to shore up.

=contre-brasser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to brace about the yards; to counterbrace.

=contre-calquer=, _v.a._, to counter-draw.

=contre-capion=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_). _— de poupe_; the false post of a row-galley. _— de proue_; the stemson of a galley.

=contrecarrer=, _v.a._, to thwart, to oppose.

=contre-caution=, _n.f._, (jur.) counter-surety; counter-bond.

=contre-charme=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-charm.

=contre-châssis=, _n.m._, (_—_) outer-sash; double-sash.

=contre-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) foreman.

=contre-civadière=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) bow-sprit topsail.

=contre-clef=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) second stone in the crown of an arch.

=contre-cœur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) chimney-back. _À —_; reluctantly, against the grain.

=contre-coup=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) rebound; counter-blow; consequence, result, effect. _Par —_; as a consequence.

=contre-courant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-current.

=contredanse=, _n.f._, quadrille.

=contre-déclaration=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-declaration.

=contre-dégagement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fenc.) double.

=contre-dégager=, _v.n.a._, (fenc.) to double.

=contre-digue=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) embankment, dike (for the strengthening of another).

=contredire=, _v.a._, to contradict, to gainsay; to be inconsistent with; (jur.) to confute, to disprove, to answer; (hunt.) to reclaim.

_se_ =contredire=, _v.r._, to contradict oneself, to contradict one another; to be inconsistent with, to be contradictory to.

=contredisant=, =-e=, _adj._, contradicting.

=contredisant=, _n.m._, respondent, contradictor.

=contredit=, _n.m._, answer, reply, contradiction; (jur.) objection, rejoinder. _Cela est sans —_; that is beyond all dispute. _Sans —_; incontestably, safely, beyond a doubt. _On peut dire sans crainte d’être —_; it may safely be pronounced (Macaulay).

=contrée=, _n.f._, country, region, district.

*=contre-écaille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) the reverse side of a shell.

=contre-écart=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counter-quarter.

=contre-écarteler=, _v.a._, (her.) to counter-quarter.

=contre-échange=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) mutual exchange.

=contre-enquête=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-inquiry.

=contre-épaulette=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) epaulet without fringe.