Part 6

=aboyeur=, _n.m._, barker; snarler; dun; touter; link-man (at the door of a theatre): (orni.) greenshank. _Ce journaliste n’est qu’un —_; this journalist is nothing but a snarling critic.

=abrac=, _n.m._, abraxas.

=abracadabra=, _n.m._, abracadabra (magical word).

=abraquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to haul taut.

=abrasion=, _n.m._, (med.) abrasion, excoriation.

=abraxas=, _n.m._, abracadabra.

=abrégé=, =-e=, _adj._, short, summary.

=abrégé=, _n.m._, abridgment, compendium, epitome, abstract, summary. _En —_; in a few words, briefly. _Réduire en —_; to epitomize.

=abréger=, _v.a._, to abridge, to shorten, to epitomize; to abbreviate, to cut down, to cut short. _Pour —_; to be brief.

_s’_=abréger=, _v.r._, to become short, or shorter.

=abreuvage=, =abreuvement=, _n.m._, watering, soaking, steaming, priming.

=abreuver=, _v.a._, to water, to give drink to; to make drink; to soak, to drench; to fill; (paint.) to prepare, to prime; to soak (wood).

_s’_=abreuver= =de=, _v.r._, (of animals) to go to water; to drink plentifully; to be steeped in. _S’— de larmes_; to shed copious tears. _S’— de douleurs_; to be filled with grief; to drain to the dregs the cup of sorrow. _Un cœur abreuvé de fiel_; a heart steeped in gall.

=abreuvoir=, _n.m._, watering-place, horse-pond; (mas.) abreuvoir. _— à mouches_ (burlesque style); a large wound or gash on the head or face.

=abréviateur=, _n.m._, abbreviator, abridger.

=abréviati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abbreviatory, abridging, abbreviating.

=abréviation=, _n.f._, abbreviation, contraction.

=abri=, _n.m._, shelter, cover. _Être sous l’— d’un bois_; to be sheltered by a wood. _Sans —_; homeless. _Donner un — à_; to shelter. _À l’—_; sheltered, under cover. _Être à l’—_; to be under shelter. _Être à l’— du vent_; to be sheltered from the wind. _À l’— de la persécution_; safe from persecution. _Mettre à l’—_; to shelter, screen.

=abricot=, _n.m._, apricot.

=abricoté=, _n.m._, candied apricot.

=abricotier=, _n.m._, apricot-tree.

=abrier=, _v.a._, (nav.) to becalm; to belee.

=abriter=, _v.a._, to shelter, to shield, to screen, to shade, to protect; (nav.) to becalm, belee.

=abrité=, =-e=, _adj._, (gard.) sheltered.

_s’_=abriter=, _v.r._, to shelter one’s self; to take shelter; to assist. _Abritez-vous mutuellement_; mutually assist each other.

=abrivent=, _n.m._, (gard.) matting, screen; shelter; sentry-box; hut.

=abrogation=, _n.f._, abrogation, repeal; annulment.

=abroger=, _v.a._, to abrogate, to repeal, to annul.

_s’_=abroger=, _v.r._, to fall into disuse, to grow obsolete.

=abrome=, _n.m._, (bot.) abroma.

=abrouti=, =-e=, _adj._, nipped, browsed.

=abroutissement= (-mān), _n.m._, damage done to trees by cattle browsing.

=abrupt=, =-e=, _adj._, rugged, craggy; (bot.) abrupt.

=abruption=, _n.f._, abruption; (surg.) rupture, fracture.

_ex_ =abrupto=, _adv._, _adj._, suddenly, bluntly, off-hand, on the spur of the moment; abrupt, impetuous.

=abrutir=, _v.a._, to stupefy, to besot, to brutalize.

_s’_=abrutir=, _v.r._, to become stupid, to be besotted, to get brutalized.

=abrutissant=, =-e=, _adj._, brutalizing, stupefying.

=abrutissement= (-mān), _n.m._, brutishness, stupor, sottishness.

=abrutisseur=, _n.m._, brutalizer; _adj._, stupefying, brutalizing.

=abscisse=, _n.f._, (geom.) abscissa.

=absence=, _n.f._, absence, inadvertence, want of. _— d’esprit_; absence of mind. _Avoir des —s d’esprit_; to have fits of absence. _Remarquer l’— de_; to miss.

=absent=, =-e=, _adj._, absent, out of the way, missing, wanting; (of the mind) wandering.

=absent=, _n.m._, one absent, absentee. _Les —s ont toujours tort_; the absent are always in the wrong.

_s’_=absenter=, _v.r._, to absent one’s self; to keep out of the way.

=absentéisme=, _n.m._, absenteeism.

=abside=, _n.f._, (arch. and rel.) apse.

=absinthe=, _n.f._, absinthe, wormwood; bitters.

=absolu=, _n.m._, absolute, existing independent of any other cause.

=absolu=, =-e=, _adj._, absolute; arbitrary, despotical, unlimited; peremptory; magisterial; positive, unconditional; full, strict.

=absolument=, _adv._, absolutely, arbitrarily, peremptorily; positively, indispensably, fully. _Il refusa —_; he gave a flat denial.

=absolution=, _n.f._, absolution; acquittal; discharge. _Sans avoir reçu l’—_; unabsolved.

=absolutisme=, _n.m._, absolutism.

=absolutiste=, _n.m.f._, partisan of absolute power.

=absolutoire=, _adj._, absolutory.

=absorbable=, _adj._, absorbable.

=absorbant=, =-e=, _adj._, absorptive, absorbent.

=absorbent=, _n.m._, absorbent.

=absorbé=, =-e=, _part._, absorbed, engrossed, rapt in. _Il est — dans l’étude_; he is absorbed in study.

=absorbement=, _n.m._, absorption (of mind).

=absorber=, _v.a._, to absorb, to swallow up; to drink in, to consume, to waste; to engross, to occupy entirely; to take up.

_s’_=absorber=, _v.r._, to be absorbed, or swallowed up.

=absorption=, _n.f._, absorption.

=absoudre= (absolvant, absous), _v.a._, to absolve, to acquit, to bring in not guilty, to clear; to give absolution.

=absou-s=, =-te=, _part._, acquitted, absolved, discharged.

=absoute=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) general absolution.

=abstème=, _adj._, abstemious.

=abstème=, _n.m.f._, abstainer.

=abstenant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._, abstainer, total abstainer, teetotaler.

_s’_=abstenir=, _v.r._, to abstain, to refrain, to forbear, to forego. _S’— de vin_; to abstain from wine.

=abstention=, _n.f._, abstention, abstinency; withdrawal of a judge from a trial.

=abstergent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) cleansing; abstersive; abstergent.

=abstergent=, _n.m._, (med.) abstergent, detergent.

=absterger=, _v.a._, to absterge; to cleanse.

=abstersi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) abstersive, cleansing.

=abstersion=, _n.f._, (surg.) abstersion.

=abstinence=, _n.f._, abstinence, temperance, sobriety, fasting.

=abstinent=, =-e=, _adj._, abstemious, sober.

=abstracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abstractive.

=abstraction=, _n.f._, absence of mind, abstraction. _Avoir des —s_; to have fits of absence. _Par —_; abstractedly. _— faite de_; setting aside; exclusive of.

=abstractivement= (-mān), _adv._, abstractly, separately.

=abstraire= (abstrayant, abstrait), _v.a._, to draw from, to separate, to abstract.

=abstrait=, =-e=, _adj._, abstract; abstruse; inattentive, absent-minded.

=abstraitement= (-trèt-mān), _adv._, abstractedly, separately.

=abstrus=, =-e=, _adj._, abstruse, intricate, difficult; dark, obscure, recondite.

=absurde=, _adj._, absurd, nonsensical, foolish, irrational, preposterous. _Réduire une opinion à l’—_; to show the absurdity of an opinion. _Tomber dans l’—_; to fall into the absurd.

=absurdement=, _adv._, absurdly, nonsensically.

=absurdité=, _n.f._, absurdity, nonsense, preposterousness, foolishness.

=abus=, _n.m._, abuse, misuse, breach (of a thing); grievance; error. _Réformer_, _corriger_, _les —_; to redress grievances, nuisances. _Appel comme d’—_ (leg.); appeal by writ of error.

=abuser=, _v.n._, to abuse, to impose on, to misuse, to use ill, to make a bad use of, to misemploy. _Vous abusez de ma patience_; you take advantage of my patience.

=abuser=, _v.a._, to cheat, to deceive, to delude, to gull.

_s’_=abuser=, _v.r._, to mistake, to be mistaken, to deceive one’s self.

=abuseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.), cheat, deceiver, impostor.

=abusi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abusive, improper, against rules, custom.

=abusivement= (-mān), _adv._, abusively, improperly.

=abuter=, _v.a._, to throw for first go, aim. _v.n._, (shipbuilding) to abut.

=abyme=, _n.m._ _V._ =abîme=.

=acabit=, _n.m._, quality (of fruits, vegetables); quality, stamp, kidney (of persons). _Cet homme est d’un bon —_; he is a good sort of fellow. _Ce sont des gens du même —_; they are all tarred with the same brush.

=acacia=, _n.m._, acacia; gum-tree.

=académicien= (-si-in), _n.m._, academician.

=académie=, _n.f._, academy, society of learned men; academy (division of the University of France); academy (Plato’s); university; ☉riding-school; pupils, school. _Tenir —_; to keep a gaming-house; (paint.) academy figure.

=académique=, _adj._, belonging to an academy, academical.

=académiquement= (-mik-mān), _adv._, academically.

☉=académiser=, _v.n._, to paint from a model.

=académiste=, _n.m._, academist, pupil.

*=acagnarder=, _v.a._, (fam.) to accustom to sloth; to make idle.

_s’_=acagnarder=, _v.r._, to grow slothful, to lead an idle life; to become besotted.

=acajou=, _n.m._, mahogany. _Noix d’—_; cashew nut. _Pomme d’—_; cashew apple.

=acanthe=, _n.f._, acanthus, bear’s foot.

=acare= _or_ =acarus=, _n.m._, acarus, itch, animalcule, mite.

=acariâtre=, _adj._, crabbed, cross-grained, waspish, shrewish.

=acariâtreté=, _n.f._, peevishness, crabbedness.

=acariens=, _n.m.pl._, (ent.) acaridae.

=acatalecte=, =acatalectique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, acatalectic.

=acatalepsie=, _n.f._, (med.) acatalepsy.

=acataleptique=, _adj._, acataleptic.

=acaule=, _adj._, (bot.) acaulous, acaulose.

=accablant=, =-e=, _adj._, grievous, oppressive, insufferable, overwhelming; annoying, crushing, sweltering.

=accablé=, =-e=, _adj._, dejected, depressed. _Être —_; to be extremely low-spirited.

=accablement=, _n.m._, heaviness, languor, grief, dejection of spirits, oppression, discouragement. _Être dans l’—_; to be in the greatest dejection.

=accabler=, _v.a._, to crush, to bear down, to overwhelm; to throw, to weigh, to press down; to overload; to overpower; to afflict; to deject, to depress, to overwhelm; to load with, to heap on.

=accalmie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull.

=accaparement= (-mān), _n.m._, monopoly, engrossment, forestalling, buying up.

=accaparer=, _v.a._, to engross, to monopolize, to forestall; to swallow up, to buy up.

=accapareu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, monopolist, engrosser, forestaller, monopolizer.

*=accastillage=, _n.m._, the space occupied by the forecastle and quarter-deck; upper-work.

*=accastiller=, _v.a._, to provide a ship with a fore and a hind-castle.

*=accastillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (of a ship) having a fore and a hind-castle. _Haut —_; with high upper works.

=accéder=, _v.n._, to accede, to comply with, to agree to, consent.

=accélérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, accelerative.

=accélération=, _n.f._, acceleration, haste, dispatch.

=accéléré=, =-e=, _adj._, accelerated, quickened. _Au pas —_; in double quick time. _Pas —_; quick march.

=accélérer=, _v.a._, to accelerate, to quicken; to despatch, to forward, to hasten.

☉=accenser= _or_ =acenser=, _v.a._, to lease, to let, to rent, to annex, to join, to unite.

=accent=, _n.m._, stress of the voice, accent, note; pronunciation, emphasis, expression. _— aigu_, _circonflexe_, _grave_; acute, circumflex, grave, accent. _— nasillard_; twang. _— très-fortement prononcé_; broad accent. _Sans —_; unaccented. _Prêtez l’oreille à mes —s_; hearken to my strain.

=accenteur=, _n.m._, (ornith.) accentor.

=accentuation=, _n.f._, accentuation.

=accentué=, =-e=, _adj._, accented, accentuated.

=accentuer=, _v.a._, to accent, to accentuate, to lay stress on.

=acceptable=, _adj._, acceptable, worth accepting.

=acceptant=, _n.m._, (jur.) accepter.

=acceptation=, _n.f._, acceptance.

=accepter=, _v.a._, to accept, to receive, to admit; to resign one’s self to. _Qui vaut la peine d’être accepté_; worth accepting.

=accepteur=, _n.m._, (com.) acceptor.

☉=acceptilation=, _n.f._, acceptilation.

=acception=, _n.f._, respect, regard; (of words) sense, meaning, acceptation. _— de personnes_; respect of persons.

=accès=, _n.m._, access, approach, admittance, attack, fit (of fever), paroxysm, madness. _Par —_; by fits and starts.

=accessibilité=, _n.f._, accessibility.

=accessible=, _adj._, accessible, approachable, easy to come at.

=accession=, _n.f._, access, entry; accession; adhesion.

=accessit= (-sit), _n.m._, the second best, the first after the prizeman (in academies, schools). _Proxime —_; honorable mention.

=accessoire=, _adj._, accessory, additional.

=accessoire=, _n.m._, accessory, minor; (paint.) accessory; (thea.) property. _Fournisseur d’—s_ or _chef d’—_; property-man.

=accessoirement=, _adv._, accessorily.

=accident=, _n.m._, accident, incident, casualty; (paint.) accident; (med.) symptom, complication; (mus.) incidental; irregularity, undulation (in ground). _Par —_; accidentally.

=accidenté=, =-e=, _adj._, rough, uneven, unequal, broken, hilly (of ground); picturesque.

=accidentel=, =-le=, _adj._, accidental, adventitious, incidental; fortuitous, eventual, casual.

=accidentellement= (-mān), _adv._, accidentally, casually, by chance.

=accipitres=, _n.m.pl._, accipiters.

=accipitrin=, =-e=, _adj._, accipitrine.

=accise=, _n.f._, inland duty, excise. _Préposé a l’—_; exciseman.

=acclamation=, _n.f._, acclamation, shout, cheering, huzza, applause. _Saluer par des —s_; to cheer.

=acclamer=, _v.a._, to acclaim, to applaud, to hail, to welcome.

=acclamper=, _v.a._, (nav.) to clamp.

=acclimatable=, _adj._, acclimatizable.

=acclimatation=, =acclimatement=, _n.f._, acclimatization.

=acclimater=, _v.a._, to acclimatize, to accustom to a climate.

_s’_=acclimater=, _v.r._, to become acclimatized.

=accointance=, _n.f._, (fam. and b.s.) acquaintance, commerce, intimacy, connection.

_s’_=accointer=, _v.r._, to become or get intimately acquainted with any one.

=accoisement=, _n.m._, appeasement.

=accoiser=, _v.a._, to appease, calm, quiet. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become appeased; to end.

=accolade=, _n.f._, embrace, hug; accolade; (cook. —, mus. — print.) brace; a crooked line. _— brisée_; (print.) half-brace. _Une — de lapereaux_; a brace of rabbits. _Donner l’— à_; to embrace, to dub a knight. _Recevoir l’—_; to be made a knight.

=accolader=, _v.a._, to bracket.

=accolage=, _n.m._, tying up; nailing up.

=accolé=, =-e=, _part._, (her.) joined together.

=accolement=, _n.m._, joining, uniting; union.

=accoler=, _v.a._, to hug, to embrace; to place side by side; to couple; (hort.) to prop, to tie up.

=accolure=, _n.f._, (agri.) a band of straw, osier.

=accommodable=, _adj._, that may be arranged; accommodable.

=accommodage=, _n.m._, the dressing of meat, cooking; hair-dressing.

=accommodant=, =-e=, _adj._, accommodating, complying, courteous.

=accommodé=, =-e=, _part._, favored, fitted up, adjusted; (cook.) dressed; well off, well to do.

=accommodement= (-mān), _n.m._, accommodation, agreement, arrangement, composition; settlement; reconciliation; way, medium. _Un homme d’—_; a man easy to deal with. _En venir à un —_; to come to terms.

=accommoder=, _v.a._, to adapt, to accommodate, to fit, to make up; to mend, to improve; to reconcile, to conciliate; to adjust; to be convenient; to dress, to trim; to cook; to treat, to serve out; to thrash; to let have, to sell. _Ceci vous accommodera-t-il?_ will this suit you?

_s’_=accommoder=, _v.r._, to agree, to come to terms; to accommodate one’s self; to suit; to make free with; to be pleased with, to put up with. _— à tout_; to put up with anything. _— de tout_; to be pleased with everything.

*=accompagnat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (mus.) accompanist.

*=accompagnement= (-mān), _n.m._, accompanying; attendance, retinue; accompaniment; accessory, appendix. _— de quatuor_; accompaniment for stringed instruments. _— d’harmonie_; accompaniment for wind instruments. _— à grand orchestre_; full accompaniment.

*=accompagner=, _v.a._, to accompany, to escort, to wait on, to attend; to be of the retinue, to follow; to match, to suit with; to add, to back; to be the accompanist. _J’ai eu l’honneur de l’— chez elle_; I had the honor of seeing her home.

_s’_=accompagner=, _v.r._, to be accompanied; to accompany one’s self (on an instrument).

=accompli=, =-e=, _adj._, accomplished, performed, fulfilled; complete; faultless, perfect. _Une beauté —_; a perfect beauty.

=accomplir=, _v.a._, to accomplish, to effect; to finish, to complete; to fulfill, to make good. _— sa promesse_; to carry out one’s promise.

_s’_=accomplir=, _v.r._, to be accomplished, to be performed, to be past.

=accomplissement= (-mān), _n.m._, accomplishment, fulfillment; completion, execution, observance.

=accon=, _n.m._, small lighter, punt.

=accoquiner=. _V._ =acoquiner=.

=accorage=, _n.m._, propping.

=accord=, _n.m._, agreement, bargain, contract, convention, settlement, stipulation; consent, concurrence; good understanding, unity; (mus.) accord, chord; (paint.) harmony, accord. _Être d’—_; _demeurer d’—_; _tomber d’—_; to agree, to be agreed. _Mettre d’—_; to reconcile. _D’—_; granted, done. _D’un commun —_; by common consent. _Être d’—_; (mus.) to be in tune. _Tenir d’—_; to keep in tune.

=accordable=, _adj._, grantable, that may be granted; (mus.) tunable; (of men) reconcilable.

*=accordailles=, _n.f.pl._, (pop.) the ceremony of signing the articles of marriage, espousals.

=accordant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mus.) accordant, tunable, harmonious, concordant.

=accorde!= _int._ (nav.) now! (order given to rowers to pull together).

=accordé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bridegroom, bride (after the marriage articles are signed); one who is betrothed, granted.

=accordéon=, _n.m._, accordion.

=accorder=, _v.a._, to grant, to allow, to accord, to give, to allot, to bestow, to concede; to admit, to give up; to make friends, to reconcile; (gram.) to make agree; (mus.) to tune, to string. _— mal_; to mistune. _Accordez vos flûtes_; agree upon it between you.

_s’_=accorder=, _v.r._, to agree, to suit, to be suited, to accord, to correspond; to square; to join, to concur. _S’— du prix_; to agree upon the price. _Il ne s’accorde pas avec lui-même_; he is inconsistent with himself.

=accordeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, tuner (of instruments). _Clef d’—_; tuning-hammer.

=accordoir=, _n.m._, tuning-hammer.

=accore=, _n.f._, (nav.) shore, prop, stanchion.

=accore=, _adj._, bluff, steep.

=accorer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to shore up, to prop, to stay, to wedge.

=accorné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) horned.

=accort=, =-e=, _adj._, flexible, complying, courteous, affable.

=accortise=, _n.f._, complaisance, affability, courtesy.

=accostable=, _adj._, (l.u.) accostable, easy of access. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not approachable.

=accoste=, _n.m._, (nav.) order to bring alongside.

=accoster=, _v.a._, to accost, to make up to, to come or go up to one, to join, to couple; (nav.) to come alongside.

_s’_=accoster= =de=, _v.r._, to keep company with, to make acquaintance with, to frequent.

=accotar=, _n.m._ _V._ =accotoir=.

=accotement=, _n.m._, (engineering) driftway; (rail.) bank, outer way.

=accoter=, _v.a._, to prop up, to support, to bear up, to lean; (hort.) to dung, to match, to screen.

_s’_=accoter=, _v.r._, to lean on anything, to support one’s self.

=accotoir=, _n.m._, prop, leaning-stock, stanchion; (nav.) stay, shore.

=accouchée=, _n.f._, a woman in child-bed, lying-in woman.

=accouchement= (-koosh-mān), _n.m._, child-bed; delivery, confinement, accouchement; obstetrics; midwifery. _Hôpital des —s_; lying-in hospital. _Faire un —_; to deliver a woman.

=accoucher=, _v.n._, to lie in, to be brought to bed, to be delivered. _— avant terme_; to miscarry. _Accouchez donc!_ (fam.) come, out with it!

=accoucher=, _v.a._, to deliver a woman.

=accoucheur=, _n.m._, man-midwife, accoucheur.

=accoucheuse=, _n.f._, a midwife.

_s’_=accouder=, _v.r._, to lean on one’s elbow.

=accoudoir=, _n.m._, anything to lean the elbow upon, elbow-rest, sill, rail.

=accouer=, _v.a._, to tie the halter of the first horse to the tail of the second, and so on; to wound a stag in the shoulder, to ham-string him.

=accoulins=, _n.m.pl._, alluvion; clay for making bricks.

=accouple=, _n.f._, leash, brace, couple.

=accouplement=, _n.m._, coupling, pairing, joining or yoking together; copulation.

=accoupler=, _v.a._, to couple; to tack or join together; to yoke; to match, to pair. _— des bœufs_; to yoke oxen.

_s’_=accoupler=, _v.r._, to couple, to copulate; to pair.

=accourcie=, _n.f._, short cut; a passage formed in a ship’s hold, to go fore and aft.

=accourcir=, _v.a._, to shorten, to make shorter, to abridge.

_s’_=accourcir=, _v.r._, to shorten, to grow shorter, to decrease.

=accourcissement= (-mān), _n.m._, shortening, diminution.

=accourir=, _v.n._, to run to, to hasten, to flock together, to run at, to rush at.

=accoutré=, =-e=, _part._, accoutred, dressed.

=accoutrement=, _n.m._, (jest. or iron.) garb, dress, gear.

=accoutrer=, _v.a._, (jest. or iron.) to dress out, rig out.

_s’_=accoutrer=, _v.r._, to dress one’s self out in, to rig one’s self out.

☉=accoutumance=, _n.f._, habit, custom.

=accoutumé=, =-e=, _adj._, accustomed, habitual, used to. _À l’—e_; as usual, customarily.

=accoutumer=, _v.a._, to accustom, to use, to habituate; to inure.

=accoutumer=, _v.n._, to use, to be wont.

_s’_=accoutumer=, _v.r._, to accustom, to use, to inure one’s self.

☉=accouvé=, =-e=, (fam.) _adj._, brooding over (the fire).

=accréditer=, _v.a._, to accredit; to give reputation, credit, sanction to; to bring into vogue, to procure esteem, to confirm, to spread (rumors).

_s’_=accréditer=, _v.r._, to get a name or reputation, to get into credit; to ingratiate one’s self.

=accrétion=, _n.f._, (med.) accretion.

=accroc= (-krô), _n.m._, impediment, hitch, hindrance; rent, tear. _Faire un — à_; to tear.

☉=accroche=, _n.f._, hindrance, obstacle, hitch.

=accroche-cœur=, _n.m._, (_—_) (curl) heart-breaker, kiss-curl. _En —_; curled up, twisted.

=accrochement=, _n.m._, locking (of carriages); difficulty, hitch, delay.

=accrocher=, _v.a._, to hang up or upon, to hook; to catch, to tear; to get, to pick up; to lock, to get locked with; to grapple (a ship); to delay, stop, put off, pawn. _— sa montre_; to pawn one’s watch. _Il lui à accroché de l’argent_; he has done him out of some money.

_s’_=accrocher=, _v.r._, to catch in; to hang on; to lay hold of, to cling to.

=accroire=, _v.a._, to believe. _Faire — à_; to make believe. _En faire — à quelqu’un_; to impose upon any one. _S’en faire —_; to be self-conceited, to overrate one’s self.

=accroissement=, _n.m._, increase, growth, enlargement, extension, development.

=accroître=, _v.a._, to increase, to enlarge, to amplify, to augment, to raise.

=accroître=, _v.n._, to increase, to augment.

_s’_=accroître=, _v.r._, to increase, to grow; to be augmented or advanced, to improve.

=accroupi=, =-e=, _adj._, squat, cowering, crouching.

_s’_=accroupir=, _v.r._, to sit down upon the hams or heels, to squat, to crouch.

=accroupissement= (-mān), _n.m._, cowering, squatting, crouching.

=accru=, _n.m._, sprig produced by roots, shoot.

=accrue=, _n.f._, increase of land caused by the retiring of waters; encroachment by trees on adjoining land.

*=accueil= (-keu), _n.m._, reception, welcome, greeting; (com.) protection, honor (of bills). _Faire —_; to receive kindly (of bills), to meet. _Recevoir bon —_; to meet with due honor, protection; to be greeted, welcomed; (com.) to be met, honored (of bills).

*=accueillir= (-keu-), _v.a._, to receive, to make welcome, to entertain; to hail; to overtake; to assail; (com.) to honor; to protect. _Être bien accueilli_; to be received with a hearty welcome. _La tempête nous accueillit_; the storm overtook us.

=accul=, _n.m._, place that has no egress; blind alley; small bay, cove; (hunt.) terrier, lodge, hole; breeching (of a cannon).

=acculer=, _v.a._, to bring to a stand; to drive into a corner; to drive into a place from which there is no escape; (hunt.) to run home.

=acculer=, _v.n._, (of carts) to hang backwards.

=accumulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, accumulator.

=accumulation=, _n.f._, accumulation.

=accumuler=, _v.a._, to accumulate, to heap up, to store, to amass. _— crime sur crime_; to heap crime upon crime.

_s’_=accumuler=, _v.r._, to accumulate, to increase.

=accusable=, _adj._, accusable, impeachable, chargeable.

=accusat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, accuser, indicter, impeacher.

=accusatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) accusative case. _A l’—_; in the accusative.