Part 48

_se_ =décider=, _v.r._, to decide, to determine, to resolve, to make up one’s mind; to be decided, to be settled. _La victoire s’est décidée en faveur de nos armes_; victory favored our arms. _Tout se décidait par intérêt_; everything was decided by interest.

=décidu=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) deciduous.

=décigramme=, _n.m._, decigram (15·4325 grain).

=décilitre=, _n.m._, deciliter (0·176 pint).

=déciller=. _V._ =dessiller=.

=décimable=, _adj._, tithable.

=décimal=, =-e=, _adj._, decimal.

=décimateur=, _n.m._, tithe-owner.

=décimation=, _n.f._, decimation.

=décime=, _n.m._, decime, tenth part of a franc; war-tax.

=décimer=, _v.a._, to decimate (to punish every tenth soldier); to destroy, to thin, to sweep off, to carry off, to annihilate.

=décimètre=, _n.m._, decimeter (3·937 inches).

=décimo=, _adv._, tenthly.

=décintrement=, _n.m._, (arch.) removing the centerings (of walls).

=décintrer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to remove the centers from an arch.

=décintroir=, _n.m._, (tech.) cutting-hammer.

=décirer=, _v.a._, to take the wax off. _Se —_; to become unwaxed; to lose its wax.

=décisi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, decisive, conclusive; positive, peremptory. _C’est un homme —_; he is a positive man. _Prendre un ton —_; to assume a peremptory tone.

=décision=, _n.f._, decision; determination; resolution. _Une — de droit_; a decision in law.

=décisivement= (-ziv-mān), _adv._, decisively, peremptorily, positively.

=décisoire=, _adj._, (jur.) decisory.

=décistère=, _n.m._, decistere (3·53 cubic feet).

=déciviliser=, _v.a._, to uncivilize.

=déclamateur=, _n.m._, declaimer, stump-orator. _Ce n’est qu’un —_; he is a mere ranter.

=déclamateur=, _adj._, declamatory, stilted, bombastic. _Style —_; high-flown style.

=déclamation=, _n.f._, declamation, elocution; manner, art of reciting, declaiming; abuse, invective. _— oratoire_, _théâtrale_; oratorical, theatrical elocution. _Professeur de —_; teacher of elocution. _Il s’est livré à des —s contre sa partie adverse_; he indulged in invectives against his adversary.

=déclamatoire=, _adj._, declamatory.

=déclamer=, _v.a._, to declaim; to recite; to spout, to mouth (out).

=déclamer=, _v.n._, to declaim; to recite; to spout, to rant, to inveigh.

=déclarat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, declarer.

=déclarati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, declaratory.

=déclaration=, _n.f._, declaration, proclamation; disclosure; notification; (jur.) schedule; statute (of bankruptcy); (jur.) affidavit; verdict (of juries). _— d’entrée_, _de sortie_; declaration of goods (at the custom-house) on entering, on leaving the town.

=déclaratoire=, _adj._, declaratory.

=déclaré=, =-e=, _adj._, declared; open; avowed; acknowledged; recognized. _Ennemi —_; declared _or_ avowed enemy.

=déclarer=, _v.a._, to declare, to make known; to proclaim; to certify; to denounce; to find (guilty, not guilty). _— sa volonté_; to make known one’s will.

_se_ =déclarer=, _v.r._, to declare, to be declared, to break out, to speak one’s mind; to declare oneself, itself; to set in (of the weather). _La petite vérole s’est déclarée_; small-pox has broken out.

=déclasser=, _v.a._, to alter the classing of; to undervalue, to depreciate; to strike off the rolls; to dismiss from the service.

=déclaveter=, _v.n._, to get loose (of gearing).

=déclencher=, _v.a._, to unlatch a door, to lift up the latch, to unhook, to loosen.

=déclic=, _n.m._, (mec.) click; trigger, catch; monkey (of a pile-driver).

=déclimater=, _v.a._, to declimatize.

=déclin=, _n.m._, decline, decay; wane (of the moon); ebb; close; main-spring (of fire-arms). _L’hiver est sur son —_; winter is drawing to a close. _Le jour à son —_; twilight.

=déclinable=, _adj._, (gram.) declinable.

=déclinaison=, _n.f._, (gram.) declension; (astron., phys.) declination. _— de la boussole_; variation of the compass. _— d’un cadran_; declination of a dial.

=déclinant=, =-e=, _adj._, declining. _Cadran —_; declining dial.

=déclinatoire=, _adj._, declinatory. _Exception —_; exception.

=déclinatoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) declinatory plea, exception.

=décliner=, _v.n._, to decline; to be on the wane, to fall off; to refuse to entertain. _Ses forces déclinent beaucoup_; his strength is fast declining. _Ce malade décline tous les jours_; the patient is falling away every day.

=décliner=, _v.a._, (gram.) to decline; to state. _— son nom_; to state one’s name. _— une juridiction_; to decline, to except to, the jurisdiction of a court of law.

=déclive=, _adj._, declivous, sloping; (surg.) dependent.

=déclivité=, _n.f._, declivity, slope.

=décloîtrer=, _v.a._, to withdraw from a convent, to uncloister; to secularize.

_se_ =décloîtrer=, _v.r._, to leave the cloister; to return to the world; to unfrock oneself.

=déclore=, _v.a._, to unclose, to throw open.

=déclos=, =-e=, _part._, unclosed; open.

=déclôture=, _n.f._, unclosing, opening.

=déclouer=, _v.a._, to unnail.

=décochement= (-kosh-mān), _n.m._, discharge, darting (of arrows, shafts); shooting.

=décocher=, _v.a._, to discharge, to let fly (arrows); to let fly; to bring out; to dart.

=décoction=, _n.f._, (pharm.) decoction.

*=décognoir=, _n.m._, (print.) shooting-stick.

=décoiffer=, _v.a._, to take off a head-dress, to undress the hair; to take the sealing-wax off the cork of a bottle. _— St. Pierre pour coiffer St. Paul_; to rob Peter to pay Paul.

_se_ =décoiffer=, _v.r._, to undo one’s head-dress, to take off one’s cap. _Cet enfant se décoiffe tous jours_; that child is constantly pulling off its cap.

=décoinçage=, _n.m._, unwedging; (rail.) unkeying, unlocking.

=décoincer=, _v.a._, to unwedge; (rail.) to unkey.

_se_ =décoincer=, _v.r._, to get unwedged.

=décollation=, _n.m._, decollation, beheading.

=décollement= (-kol-mān), _n.m._, ungluing, unpasting, coming off.

=décoller=, _v.a._, to behead; to unglue, to deglutinate; to come off the cushion (at billiards).

_se_ =décoller=, _v.r._, to unglue, to get unglued, to come off (the cushion).

=décolleté=, =-e=, _part._, in a low dress; (of dresses) low; (fig.) broad, free, licentious.

=décolleter= (-kol-té), _v.a._, to uncover the neck.

_se_ =décolleter=, _v.r._, to bare one’s shoulders; to wear a low dress.

=décolleter=, _v.n._, to leave the neck bare.

=décoloration=, _n.f._, discoloration.

=décoloré=, =-e=, _part._, discolored, faded; (fig.) (of style) tame, colorless.

=décolorer=, _v.a._, to discolor, to take away the color of, to change from the natural hue of.

_se_ =décolorer=, _v.r._, to lose one’s _or_ its color; to become discolored, to fade. _Ces roses se décolorent_; these roses are losing their color.

=décombler=, _v.a._, to empty.

=décombrer=, _v.a._, to clear away rubbish from, to clear.

=décombres=, _n.m.pl._, rubbish, ruins.

=décommander=, _v.a._, to countermand.

_se_ =décommander=, _v.r._, to be countermanded.

=décompléter=, _v.a._, to render incomplete.

=décomposable=, _adj._, decomposable; decompoundable.

=décomposé=, =-e=, _part._, decomposed; decomposite. _Un visage —_; a distorted countenance.

=décomposer=, _v.a._, to decompose, to discompose, to distort; to decompound. _La terreur décompose le visage_; terror distorts the face.

_se_ =décomposer=, _v.r._, to decompose, to become decomposed; to be distorted.

=décomposition=, _n.f._, decomposition, analysis; discomposition.

=décompte= (dé-kont), _n.m._, deduction; allowance; deficiency; drawback; disappointment. _Trouver du —_; to be disappointed.

=décompter= (dé-kon-té), _v.a._, to deduct; to reckon off.

=décompter=, _v.n._, to reckon off; to be disappointed; to lose one’s illusions.

=déconcerté=, =-e=, _adj._, disconcerted.

=déconcerter=, _v.a._, to disconcert, to confuse, to foil, to baffle.

_se_ =déconcerter=, _v.r._, to be disconcerted or put out; to be confused.

=déconclure=, _v.a._, to annul, to break off.

=déconfire=, _v.a._, to discomfit; to nonplus; to do for.

=déconfiture=, _n.f._, discomfiture; havoc; overthrow, break-down; (jur.) insolvency.

=déconfort=, _n.m._, discomfort, sorrow, distress.

=déconforter=, _v.a._, to discomfort, to grieve, to distress.

*=déconseiller=, _v.a._, to dissuade.

=déconsidération=, _n.f._, disrepute; disesteem, discredit.

=déconsidéré=, =-e=, _adj._, sunk into disrepute, discredited.

=déconsidérer=, _v.a._, to bring into disrepute, to discredit.

_se_ =déconsidérer=, _v.r._, to fall, to sink, into disrepute.

=déconstruire=, _v.a._, to take to pieces; to unbuild, to demolish, to pull down; to decompose; (gram.) to construct badly. _— des vers_; to turn verse into prose.

=décontenancé=, =-e=, _part._, out of countenance, abashed.

=décontenancer=, _v.a._, to abash, to put out of countenance.

_se_ =décontenancer=, _v.r._, to be put out of countenance, to be abashed.

=déconvenue=, _n.f._, discomfiture, disaster, mishap, failure.

=décor=, _n.m._, decoration, ornamental painting; (paint.) graining. _pl._, (theat.) scenery. _— en bois_; graining in imitation of wood. _Peintre en —s_; grainer.

=décorateur=, _n.m._, ornamental painter, decorator; scene-painter; grainer.

=décorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, decorative, ornamental.

=décoration=, _n.f._, decoration, embellishment; star; star of the order of the Legion of Honor. _pl._, scenery. _Porter une —_; to wear the star of an order.

=décorder=, _v.a._, to untwist, to untwine.

=décoré=, =-e=, _part._, knighted; decorated; wearing the insignia of some order of knighthood.

=décoré=, _n.m._, knight; knight of the Legion of Honor.

=décorer=, _v.a._, to decorate, to ornament, to adorn; to dignify; to trim; to set off; to confer (titles, honors); to confer the knighthood of the Legion of Honor; to paint. _— d’un ordre_; to confer an order. _Se — d’un titre_; to assume a title.

=décorner=, _v.a._, to unhorn. _— un livre_; to undo the dog’s ear of. _— une carte_; to turn the corner of.

=décortication=, _n.f._, stripping off bark, decortication; pulping, husking, barking.

=décortiquer=, _v.a._, to decorticate, to bark, to husk.

=décorum= (-rom), _n.m._, decorum, propriety, decency. _Observer le —_; to observe proprieties. _C’est pour garder le —_; it is for decency’s sake. _Blesser le —_; to offend against the laws of decorum.

=découcher=, _v.n._, to sleep out; to stay out all night.

=découcher=, _v.a._, to turn out of bed.

=découdre=, _v.a._, to unsew, to unstitch, to rip up.

_se_ =découdre=, _v.r._, to come unsewed, unstitched.

=découdre=, _v.n._, to contend. _Ils veulent en —_; they are bent on coming to blows, or fighting it out.

=découlant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing, running.

=découlement= (-kool-mān), _n.m._, flowing, running, dropping, trickling.

=découler=, _v.n._, to trickle, to flow, to run; to spring from, to proceed. _La sueur découlait de son visage_; the perspiration was running down his face. _C’est de Dieu que les grâces découlent_; all blessings flow from God.

=découpage=, _n.m._, (tech.) cutting out, carving out. _— à l’emporte-pièce_; punching.

=découpé=, =-e=, _part._, (paint.) cut out; (bot.) cut; standing out, defined, sharp, clear (of a landscape).

=découpé=, _n.m._, (hort.) mingled bed, parterre.

=découper=, _v.a._, to cut into pieces, into shreds; to cut up, to carve; to pink, to slash; to cut out. _— un poulet_; to carve a fowl. _— une jupe_; to slash a petticoat. _— des figures_; to cut out figures.

_se_ =découper=, _v.r._, to stand out, to show up against.

=découpeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, carver, pinker, cutter.

=découple= _or_ =découpler=, _n.m._, (hunt.) uncoupling, unleashing of dogs.

=découplé=, =-e=, _part._, uncoupled; strapping. _C’est un gaillard bien —_; he is a strapping fellow. _Une fille bien —e_; a well-set girl.

=découpler=, _v.a._, to uncouple, to unleash, to let loose.

=découpoir=, _n.m._, (tech.) punch, stamping-machine, stamping press; butler’s tray.

=découpure=, _n.f._, cutting out, pinking, work cut out; cut paper-work.

=décourageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, discouraging, disheartening.

=découragement= (-raj-mān), _n.m._, discouragement; despondency. _Tomber dans le —_; to become discouraged.

=décourager=, _v.a._, to discourage, to dishearten, to daunt, to deter.

_se_ =décourager=, _v.r._, to be discouraged, disheartened. _Il y a de quoi se —_; it is enough to dishearten one.

=décourant=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =décurrent=.

=décourber=, _v.a._, to unyoke barge horses; to unbend, to straighten.

=découronner=, _v.a._, to discrown, to lay bare. _— une hauteur_; to sweep the top of a hill (of troops).

=décours=, _n.m._, decrease; wane (of the moon).

=décousu=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, unsewed, unstitched, ripped; (of style, etc.) desultory, loose, unconnected. _Style —_; desultory style. _Des idées —es_; unconnected ideas.

=décousure=, _n.f._, seam-rent; (hunt.) gash (by a wild boar).

=découvert=, =-e=, _part._, uncovered, detected, plain; discovered, open; unguarded; undecked (of boats). _Une allée —e_; an open walk. _Un pays —_; an open country. _À —_; in the open, exposed to the fire of the enemy; unprotected; barefaced; (com.) overdrawn. _Être à —_; (com.) to have no security, to be unsecured; to be overdrawn.

=découvert=, _n.m._, (com.) uncovered balance, overdraft, deficit.

=découverte=, _n.f._, discovery, detection; (nav.) lookout; (milit.) reconnoitering. _Aller à la —_; to scout. _Envoyer à la — de_; to send to reconnoiter.

=découvreur=, _n.m._, discoverer.

=découvrir=, _v.a._, to uncover, to expose, to lay bare, to bare, to unmuffle, to unroof; to see, to spy out, to discover, to disclose; to unveil; to find out, to descry, to discern; to detect. _— les racines d’un arbre_; to lay bare the roots of a tree. _— son jeu_; to show one’s cards; to betray oneself. _Je lui ai découvert mon cœur_; I opened my heart to him. _— une mine d’or_; to discover a gold mine. _— le pot aux roses_; to find out the intrigue, the mystery.

_se_ =découvrir=, _v.r._, to uncover oneself, to unbosom oneself; to expose oneself; to be detected; to make oneself known, to betray oneself; to clear up (of the sky).

=décramponner=, _v.a._, to uncramp, to loosen.

_se_ =décramponner=, _v.r._, to let go one’s hold.

=décrasse-peigne=, _n.m._, comb-cleaner, comb-brush.

=décrasser=, _v.a._, to take off the dirt, to clean, to scour, to polish. _— la tête_; to clean the head. _Il faut — ce jeune homme_; that young man requires brushing up.

_se_ =décrasser=, _v.r._, to wash, to clean oneself; to polish oneself, to become polished.

=décréditement= (-dit-mān), _n.m._, discrediting, discredit; disrepute.

=décréditer=, _v.a._, to discredit, to disgrace, to bring into discredit _or_ disrepute.

_se_ =décréditer=, _v.r._, to sink into discredit, to lose one’s credit _or_ reputation.

=décrépi=, =-e=, _adj._, unplastered.

=décrépir=, _v.a._, (mas.) to unplaster.

=décrépissage=, _n.m._, (mas.) unplastering.

=décrépit=, =-e=, _adj._, decrepit, broken-down.

=décrépitation=, _n.f._, decrepitation, crackling.

=décrépiter=, _v.n._, to decrepitate, to crackle.

=décrépitude=, _n.f._, decrepitude.

=décret=, _n.m._, decree, fiat, order, enactment; ☉(jur.) writ; order in council.

=décrétale=, _n.f._, decretal.

=décréter=, _v.a._, to decree, to order, to enact; ☉(jur.) to issue a writ against.

=décreusage=, _n.m._, ungumming (of silk).

=décreuser=, _v.a._, to ungum.

=décri=, _n.m._, crying down, prohibition; disrepute, discredit.

=décrier=, _v.a._, to decry, to cry down, to run down; to discredit, to bring into disrepute.

_se_ =décrier=, _v.r._, to bring one’s self into disrepute; to cry one another down.

=décrire=, _v.a._, to describe, to trace, to draw.

_se_ =décrire=, _v.r._, to be described.

=décrocher=, _v.a._, to unhook, to take down.

_se_ =décrocher=, _v.r._, to become unhooked.

=décroire=, _v.a._, to disbelieve, to discredit.

=décroisement=, _n.m._, uncrossing.

=décroiser=, _v.a._, to uncross.

=décroissance=, _n.f._ _V._ =décroissement=.

=décroissant=, =-e=, _adj._, decreasing, diminishing; decrescent; (math.) descending.

=décroissement= (-kroas-mān), _n.m._, decrease, diminution, wane.

=décroître=, _v.n._, to decrease, to diminish, to wane; to draw in (of days); to come down (in life).

=décrottage=, _n.m._, cleaning of boots, trowsers.

=décrotter=, _v.a._, to rub off the dirt, to clean, to brush off.

_se_ =décrotter=, _v.r._, to clean or brush one’s self.

=décrotteur=, _n.m._, shoe-boy, shoe-black.

=décrottoir=, _n.m._, a scraper (for shoes).

=décrottoire=, _n.f._, shoe-brush, hard brush.

=décrue=, _n.f._, decrease; fall (of water). _La crue et la — de l’eau_; the rise and fall of water.

=décruer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to scour (silk).

=décrûment=, _n.m._, (dy.) scouring.

=décrusement= _or_ =décrusage=, _n.m._, (dy.) ungumming.

=décruser=, _v.a._, to ungum.

=déçu=, =-e=, _part._, deceived; frustrated.

=décuire=, _v.a._, to thin (syrup). _Ce sirop est trop épais, il faut le —_; this syrup is too thick, it must be thinned.

=déculassement=, _n.m._, unbreeching.

=déculasser=, _v.a._, to unbreech (a gun).

=décuple=, _adj._, tenfold, decuple.

=décuple=, _n.m._, decuple, tenfold. _Il a gagné le — de ce qu’il avait avancé_; he has gained ten times as much as he laid out.

=décupler=, _v.a._, to increase tenfold.

=décurie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) decury.

=décurion=, _n.m._, (antiq.) decurion.

=décurrent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) decurrent.

=décursi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, decursive.

=décussation=, _n.f._, decussation.

=décuvage=, _n.m._, _or_ =décuvaison=, _n.f._, tunning (of wine).

=décuver=, _v.a._, to tun.

*=dédaigner=, _v.a._, to disdain, to scorn, to despise, to slight, to disregard, to turn up one’s nose at.

*=dédaigneusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, disdainfully, scornfully.

*=dédaigneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disdainful, scornful; regardless, careless of. _Faire le —_; to turn up one’s nose at.

=dédain=, _n.m._, disdain, scorn, disregard. _Prendre en —_; to conceive a dislike for.

=dédale=, _n.m._, labyrinth, maze.

=dédamer=, _v.n._, to displace a man (at draughts). _v.a._, to uncrown a king.

=dedans=, _adv._, within, in; inside. _Il est là-dedans_; he is within. _En —_; on the inside, within. _Sa porte était fermée en —_; his door was fastened inside. _Donner —_; to fall into the trap. _Être —_; to be in for it. _Mettre quelqu’un —_; to take any one in. _Se mettre —_; to get taken in, to get into a scrape. _De —_; from within. _Par —_; within, inside. _Être tout en —_; to be uncommunicative, reticent, close.

=dedans=, _n.m._, inside; interior. _Du — au dehors_; from within outwards. _Au — et au dehors_; at home and abroad.

=dédicace=, _n.f._, dedication, consecration; inscription.

=dédicatoire=, _adj._, dedicatory.

=dédier=, _v.a._, to dedicate, to consecrate; to devote; to inscribe.

=dédire=, _v.a._, to gainsay, to unsay, to contradict, to disown.

_se_ =dédire=, _v.r._, to recant, to retract, to unsay what one has said; to go back from one’s word, to recede. _Se — de sa promesse_; to revoke one’s promise. _Il ne peut s’en —_; he cannot go back on it _or_ back out of it.

=dédit=, _n.m._, unsaying; forfeit, forfeiture; retraction; deed stipulating forfeiture. _Au — de_; on the forfeiture of. _Avoir son dit et son —_; to say yes one day and no the next.

=dédommagement= (-maj-mān), _n.m._, indemnification; compensation, damages, amends, indemnity.

=dédommager=, _v.a._, to indemnify, to make amends, to make good; to compensate, to make up for.

_se_ =dédommager=, _v.r._, to indemnify one’s self, to recoup one’s self.

=dédorer=, _v.a._, to ungild. _Jeunesse dédorée_; degenerate youth.

_se_ =dédorer=, _v.r._, to lose its gilt (of metal, etc.).

=dédoublé=, _n.m._, diluted alcohol.

=dédoublement= _or_ =dédoublage=, _n.m._, dividing into two; unlining; diluting.

=dédoubler=, _v.a._, to take out the lining; to divide into two; to dilute; (nav.) to unsheath (a vessel). _— une pierre_; to cut a stone into two parts lengthwise.

_se_ =dédoubler=, _v.r._, to become unlined, to be unfolded; to be divided into two; to be diluted; (nav.) to be unsheathed.

=déduction=, _n.f._, deduction; set off; inference; taking from, defalcation; (obsol.) enumeration, recital.

=déduire= (déduisant, déduit), _v.a._, to take from, to deduct, to subtract; to draw from, to deduce, to infer.

☉=déduit=, _n.m._, amusement, pleasure, pastime.

=déesse=, _n.f._, goddess, female deity.

=défâcher=, _v.a._, to pacify.

_se_ =défâcher=, _v.r._, to be pacified or pleased again, to cool down; to cease to be angry. _S’il est fâché, qu’il se défâche_; if he is angry, let him cool down again.

=défaçonner=, _v.a._, to put out of shape; to spoil any one’s manners.

_se_ =défaçonner=, _v.r._, to get out of shape; to lose one’s good manners.

*=défaillance=, _n.f._, fainting fit, swoon; exhaustion; extinction (of a family); ☉(chem.) deliquescence. _Tomber en —_; to fall into a swoon; (jur.) default.

*=défaillant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) defaulter.

*=défaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, falling off; decaying; without heirs; weak, feeble; faltering, unsteady.

*=défaillir=, _v.n._, to grow faint and weak, to fail, to sink; to decay; to swoon, to faint away. _Ses forces défaillent tous les jours_; his strength fails him every day. _Il se sent —_; he feels himself sinking. _Je me sentis —_; I felt I was going to faint.

=défaire=, _v.a._, to undo, to unmake; to take asunder; to unpin; to unrip; to unknit; to make away with; to defeat, to rout; to eclipse, to obscure; to emaciate, to make lean, to waste; to discompose, to alter; to free, to deliver, to rid. _— une malle_; to unpack a trunk. _— un nœud_; to untie a knot. _Sa maladie l’a bien défait_; his illness has given him a worn appearance. _Défaites-moi de cet importun_; rid me of that troublesome fellow. _— un marché_, _— un mariage_; to annul, break off, a bargain, a marriage.

_se_ =défaire=, _v.r._, to rid one’s self, to get rid of, to get quit of, to ease one’s self of, to make away, to forsake, to leave off; to come undone, to become loose; to lose strength and quality (of wine). _Se — de son ennemi_; to dispatch one’s enemy. _Se — d’un vice_; to throw off a vice. _Se — d’une mauvaise habitude_; to break one’s self of a bad habit. _Défaites-vous de vos préjugés_; shake off your prejudices. _Se — de sa marchandise_; to sell off one’s wares. _Se — d’un bénéfice_; to give up a living. _Se — d’un cheval_; to part with a horse. _Se — d’un domestique_; to discharge a servant. _Ce vin se défait_; this wine is losing its flavor.

=défait=, =-e=, _part._, undone, defeated; meager, lean, wasted; pale; worn out, wan.

=défaite=, _n.f._, defeat, overthrow; (com.) sale; evasion, shift, put-off, sham, pretense. _Ces marchandises-là sont de bonne —_; those goods command a ready sale. _La — est ingénieuse_; that is an ingenious evasion. _C’est une —_; that is a mere put-off.

=défalcation=, _n.f._, defalcation, deduction.

=défalquer=, _v.a._, to take off, to defalcate, to deduct.

=défausser=, _v.a._, to straighten.

_se_ =défausser=, _v.r._, (at cards) to get rid of useless cards, or to play a card of another suit.

=défaut=, _n.m._, defect; fault; flaw, blemish; want; shortcoming; default. _Chacun a ses —s_; every one has his defects. _Il n’y a personne sans —_; there is no man but has his faults. _Cette pièce de porcelaine a un —_; there is a flaw in that piece of china. _Le — de blé_, _de subsistances_; want of corn, of victuals. _C’est là le — de la cuirasse_; that’s his weak point. _Condamner par —_; to cast for non-appearance. _Jugement par —_; judgment by default. _Les chiens sont en —_; the hounds have lost the scent. _Trouver quelqu’un en —_; to find any one at fault. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to baffle, to foil any one, to throw off the scent. _Au —_, _à — de_; in default of, for want of. _Faire —_; to be wanting; to fail; to be missed.

=défaveur=, _n.f._, disfavor, disgrace, discredit.

=défavorable=, _adj._, unfavorable, disparaging.

=défavorablement=, _adv._, unfavorably; disparagingly.

=défécation=, _n.f._, (pharm.) defecation. _Matière à —_; temper (of sugar).

=défecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) defective.