Part 61

=éhanché=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =déhanché=.

=éherber=, _v.a._ _V._ =sarcler=.

=éhonté=, =-e=, _adj._, shameless, brazen-faced.

=éhouper=, _v.a._, to lop off the top (of a tree).

=eider=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (orni.) eider, eider-duck.

=éjaculateur=, _adj._, (anat.) ejaculatory.

=éjaculation=, _n.f._, throwing out with force, discharge; ejaculation (fervent prayer).

☉=éjaculatoire=, _adj._ _V._ =éjaculateur=.

=éjaculer=, _v.a._, (anat.) to throw out, to ejaculate, to discharge.

=éjarrer=, _v.a._, to remove the coarse hairs (from furs).

=éject-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, ejecting. _Tuyau —_; discharge pipe.

=élaboration=, _n.f._, elaboration.

=élaboré=, =-e=, _adj._, elaborate, wrought, labored.

=élaborer=, _v.a._, to elaborate, to work out.

=élagage=, _n.m._, (hort.) lopping; branches lopped off.

=élaguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to lop, to prune; to curtail, to cut down, to cut out. _Elaguez ces détails inutiles_; cut out those useless particulars.

=élagueur=, _n.m._, (hort.) pruner.

=élan=, _n.m._, start, spring; dash, rush; sally, flight, glow, soaring; burst, outburst, transport; (mam.) elk, moose-deer. _Par —s_; by starts. _Prendre un —_; to take a spring, a flight.

=élancé=, =-e=, _adj._, slender, slim, thin, lank.

=élancement= (é-lāns-mān), _n.m._, shooting, twitch, twinge. _pl._, transports.

=élancer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to launch, to dart, to shoot.

_s’_=élancer=, _v.r._, to bound, to shoot, to shoot _or_ to spring forth, to dart forth, to rush, to dash, to spring; to take one’s flight. _Il s’élança sur son cheval_; he leapt _or_ sprang on horseback. _Il s’élança sur l’ennemi_; he rushed upon the enemy. _S’— sur quelqu’un_; to spring upon any one. _Mon âme s’élança vers Dieu_; my soul soared up to God.

=élancer=, _v.n._, to shoot, to twitch (of pain).

=élanion=, _n.m._, (orni.) kite. _— martinet_; swallow-tailed kite.

=élargir=, _v.a._, to stretch, to widen, to make wider, to let out; to enlarge, to release, to set at liberty. _— un habit_; to let out a coat. _— ses quartiers_; to extend one’s quarters. _— un compas_; to open a pair of compasses. _— un prisonnier_; to set a prisoner at liberty.

_s’_=élargir=, _v.r._, to widen, to become wider; to enlarge; to stretch; to enlarge one’s estate; to set one’s self free.

=élargissement= (-jis-mān), _n.m._, widening, enlarging; release, discharge (from prison).

=élargissure=, _n.f._, piece let in; eking-piece.

=élasticité=, _n.f._, elasticity, springiness.

=élastique=, _adj._, elastic, springy.

=élastique=, _n.f._, india-rubber; elastic-net; spring-side.

=élatine=, _n.f._, (bot.) water-wort.

=élavé=, _adj._, (hunt.) soft and discolored.

=elbeuf=, _n.m._, Elbeuf-cloth.

=eldorado=, _n.m._, (_—s_) El Dorado.

=éléatique=, _n.m._, _adj._, eleatic.

=électeur=, _n.m._, elector.

=électi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, elective.

=élection=, _n.f._, election, return, polling; choice, appointment. _Temps_, _lieu d’—_; (surg.) most favorable time, place, for performing an operation. _Solliciter des suffrages aux —s_; to solicit votes at elections. _Aux —s générales_; at the general election.

=électoral=, =-e=, _adj._, electoral, elective. _Priver du droit —_; to disfranchise.

=électorat=, _n.m._, electorate.

=électrice=, _n.f._, Elector’s consort, Electress.

=électricité=, _n.f._, electricity.

=électrique=, _adj._, electric. _Secousse —_; electric shock. _Conducteur —_; electric conductor.

=électrisable=, _adj._, electrifiable.

=électrisant=, =-e=, _adj._, electrifying.

=électrisation=, _n.f._, electrification.

=électriser=, _v.a._, to electrify.

_s’_=électriser=, _v.r._, to be electrified, to electrify.

=électro-aimant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) electro-magnet.

=électro-chimie=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) electro-chemistry.

=électro-dynamique=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) electro-dynamics.

=électro-magnétisme=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) electro-magnetism.

=électromètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) electrometer.

=électro-négati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, electro-negative.

=électrophore=, _n.m._, (phys.) electrophorus.

=électro-positi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, electro-positive.

=électroscope=, _n.m._, (phys.) electroscope.

=électuaire=, _n.m._, electuary.

=élégamment= (-ga-mān), _adv._, elegantly, stylishly.

=élégance=, _n.f._, elegance, style.

=élégant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, gentleman, lady, of fashion; swell, exquisite; elegant, fashionable, stylish.

=élégiaque=, _adj._, elegiac.

=élégiaque=, _n.m._, elegist.

=élégie=, _n.f._, elegy.

=élément=, _n.m._, element, hobby, favorite pastime; component part. _La chasse est son —_; hunting is his hobby. _Être dans son —_; to be quite at home (in anything).

=élémentaire=, _adj._, elementary, elemental.

=élémi=, _n.m._, (pharm.) elemi.

=éléphant=, _n.m._, elephant.

=éléphantiasis= (-tia-zis), _n.f._, (med.) elephantiasis.

=éléphantin=, =-e=, _adj._, elephantine.

=élevage=, _n.m._, (agri.) breeding, raising, rearing (of cattle).

=élévateur=, _adj._, _n.m._, (anat.) elevator, elevatory; raising, lifting.

=élévation=, _n.f._, elevation, lifting up, raising; rising ground, height, eminence; (persp.) view; exaltation; greatness (of soul); nobleness; (c.rel.) elevation of the host; rise (of prices); raised plan. _Il lui doit son —_; he is indebted to him for his promotion. _Il a beaucoup d’—_; he possesses great elevation of mind. _— dans le style_; loftiness of style. _— de côté_; side view (of a building).

=élévatoire=, _n.m._, (surg.) elevator.

=élève=, _n.m.f._, pupil, scholar; student; (nav.) midshipman. _— maître_ (_m._), _maîtresse_ (_f._); pupil-teacher, pupil, governess. _— en chambre_; parlor boarder.

=élève=, _n.f._, (agri.) breeding (of cattle).

=élevé= (él-vé), =-e=, _part._, raised, grand; heroic, eminent, stately, lofty; high (of prices); exalted. _C’est un jeune homme bien —_; he is a very well-bred youth.

=élever= (él-vé), _v.a._, to raise, to raise up, to exalt, to lift up; to cast up; to ennoble; to erect, to rear up, to set up; to augment, to increase; to run up (of accounts); to bring up, to breed; to rear; to educate, to train up, to nurse, to foster. _— quelqu’un jusqu’aux nues_; to extol any one to the skies. _— la voix_; to raise one’s voice. _J’ai pris de la peine à — ces plantes_; I took some trouble to raise those plants.

_s’_=élever=, _v.r._, to arise, to break out; to ascend, to mount, to go up, to run up; to amount; to be elevated; to increase, to augment; to run up (of accounts); to be started. _Une tempête s’éleva_; a storm arose. _Il s’éleva une querelle_; a quarrel broke out. _Les vapeurs s’élèvent de la terre_; vapors rise from the earth. _Celui qui s’élève sera abaissé_; he who exalts himself shall be humbled. _Les vagues s’élevèrent hautes et menaçantes_; the waves rolled high and threatening.

=éleveur= (él-veur), _n.m._, elevator; cattle-breeder, grazier.

=élevure= (él-vur), _n.f._, pimple, blotch, blain.

=elfe=, _n.m._, elf (fairy).

=élider=, _v.a._, (gram.) to cut off, to elide.

_s’_=élider=, _v.r._, to be elided, to be cut off. _Cette lettre s’élide_; that letter is elided.

=éligibilité=, _n.f._, eligibility, fitness.

=éligible=, _adj._, eligible, fit.

_s’_=élimer=, _v.r._, to wear out, to rub out.

=élimination=, _n.f._, elimination, dismissal, expulsion; removal, rejection.

=éliminer=, _v.a._, to eliminate, to strike out _or_ off, to expel, to discard, to dismiss, to remove; to delete.

=élingue= (é-ling), _n.f._, (nav.) sling, strop.

=élinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to sling.

=élire=, _v.a._, to elect, to choose, to return, to appoint, to designate. _— domicile_; to take up one’s abode.

=élision=, _n.f._, elision.

=élite=, _n.f._, choice, pick, select few, flower, prime. _L’— de l’armée_; the pick of the army. _J’ai eu l’— de ses livres_; I have had the pick of his books. _D’—_; picked, crack.

=élixir=, _n.m._, elixir.

=elle=, _pron._, she, her, it; =elles=, _pl._, they, them. _Je parle d’—_; I speak of her. _Je reviens à —_; I return to her. _Je lui parle_; I am speaking to her. _Je les lui donne à elle-même_; I give them to her, place them in her own hands. _Je les vois, —s et leur frère_; I see them and their brother.

=ellébore=, _n.m._, (bot.) hellebore. _— noir_; Christmas-thorn, black hellebore. _Avoir besoin d’—_; not to be in one’s right senses.

=elléborine=, _n.f._, (bot.) helleborine, bastard hellebore.

=ellipse= (è-lips), _n.f._, (gram., geom.) ellipsis; ellipse.

=ellipsoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, ellipsoidal.

=ellipsoïde=, _n.m._, (geom.) ellipsoid.

=ellipticité=, _n.f._, ellipticity.

=elliptique=, _adj._, elliptical.

=elliptiquement=, _adv._, elliptically.

=elme= (=Feu Saint=), _n.m._, corposant, Castor and Pollux.

=élocution=, _n.f._, elocution.

=éloge=, _n.m._, eulogium, eulogy, panegyric, encomium, praise, commendation. _Digne d’—_; praiseworthy. _Faire soi-même son —_; to sound one’s own praises. _Faire l’— d’un auteur_; to speak in praise of an author. _— funèbre_; funeral oration.

=élogieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, full of praise, eulogistic, flattering.

=élogiste=, _n.m.f._, (ant.) eulogist, writer of panegyrics.

*=éloigné=, =-e=, _part._, removed, distant, wide, remote, far; absent, foreign. _Temps —s_; distant times. _Cause —e_; remote cause. _Il est fort — de le croire_; he is far from believing it. _Se tenir —_; to keep away, to stand aloof. _D’une manière —e_; distantly.

*=éloignement= (é-loagn-mān), _n.m._, removal, removing; distance, remoteness; retirement; aversion, dislike; estrangement, unwillingness. _On voit Paris dans l’—_; Paris is seen in the distance. _Avoir de l’— pour le travail_; to have an aversion for work.

*=éloigner=, _v.a._, to remove, to put away, to send away; to dismiss; to discard; to repudiate; to remove further; to waive; to avert; to banish; to drive away; to put off, to delay, to retard; to alienate, to estrange; to indispose. _— un sujet_; to waive a subject. _— les soupçons_; to discard suspicion. _— quelqu’un de_; to indispose any one (towards). _— quelqu’un de son pays_; to send any one away from his country. _Eloignez de vous ces mauvaises pensées_; dismiss such evil thoughts.

_s’_*=éloigner=, _v.r._, to go away, to remove, to recede; to forsake; to withdraw; to ramble; to digress; to swerve; to deviate; to be different, to differ from, to dislike; (paint.) to appear in the distance; to be alienated, to be wanting, to fall off, to fail. _Ne vous éloignez pas_; don’t go far. _S’— de son devoir_; to deviate from one’s duty. _S’— de son sujet_; to digress from one’s subject. _Cette opinion s’éloigne de la mienne_; that opinion differs from mine.

=élongation=, _n.f._, elongation; digression.

=élonger=, _v.a._, (nav.) to sheer off, to lay alongside of, to run out a warp.

=éloquemment= (-ka-mān), _adv._, eloquently.

=éloquence=, _n.f._, eloquence, oratory. _— de la tribune_; parliamentary eloquence.

=éloquent=, =-e=, _adj._, eloquent.

=élu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (person) elected, chosen, elect.

=élu=, =-e=, _part._, elected, chosen, elect, appointed, designated, returned.

=élucidation=, _n.f._, elucidation.

=élucider=, _v.a._, to elucidate.

=élucubration=, _n.f._, lucubration.

=élucubrer=, _v.a.n._, to lucubrate.

=éludable=, _adj._, evadible, eludible.

=éluder=, _v.a._, to elude, to evade.

=élyme=, _n.m._, (bot.) elymus, lyme-grass.

=élysée=, _n.m._, (myth.) Elysium. _L’Elysée_; the residence (in Paris) of the President of the Republic.

=élysée=, _adj._, Elysian. _Les champs —s_; the Elysian Fields.

=élyséen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Elysian.

=élysiens= (-īn), _adj.m.pl._, (myth.) Elysian.

=élytre=, _n.m._, (ent.) elytron, wing-shell.

=elzévir=, _n.m._, Elzevir (edition).

=elzévirien=, =-ne=, _adj._, elzevirian, Elzevir.

=émaciation=, _n.f._, emaciation.

=émacié=, =-e=, _adj._, emaciated.

*=émail=, _n.m._, enamel; (her.) tincture; (fig.) gloss, brilliancy. _— de Hollande_; Dutch blue. _Peindre en —_; to enamel. _Peinture en —_; enameling, enameled picture. _Peintre en —_; enameler.

*=émailler=, _v.a._, to enamel; (fig.) to adorn, to embellish, to stud, to strew, to covet.

*=émailleur=, _n.m._, enameler.

*=émaillure=, _n.f._, enameling.

=émanation=, _n.f._, emanation.

=émancipation=, _n.f._, emancipation.

=émanciper=, _v.a._, to emancipate.

_s’_=émanciper=, _v.r._, to gain one’s liberty, to free one’s self; to take too much liberty, to get too free, to go beyond bounds, to forget one’s self, to play pranks. _Vous vous émancipez trop_; you are getting rather too free.

=émaner=, _v.n._, to emanate.

=émargement=, _n.m._, writing on the margin; marginal note; signature on the margin.

=émarger=, _v.a._, to write, to sign, on the margin; to receipt; (fig.) to draw one’s salary; (tech.) to diminish the breadth of the margin of engravings, etc.

=émarginé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) emarginate.

=émasculation=, _n.f._, emasculation.

=émasculer=, _v.a._, to emasculate.

=embabouiner=, _v.a._, (fam., l.u.) to wheedle; to gammon.

=emballage=, _n.m._, packing up, packing; package. _Toile d’—_; packing-canvas, pack-cloth.

=emballer=, _v.a._, to pack up; to wrap up; to pack off; (fam. jest.) to send away, to pack off (any one), to look at, to quod.

=emballeur=, _n.m._, packer; (pop.) bragger, bobby, policeman.

=embander=, _v.a._, to tie up; to swathe.

=embarcadère=, _n.m._, terminus; wharf; pier; steps, landing-stage.

=embarcation=, _n.f._, small boat, craft; crew, passengers.

=embardée=, _n.f._, (nav.) yaw, lurch.

=embarder=, _v.a._ and _n._, (nav.) to yaw, to lurch.

=embargo=, _n.m._, embargo. _Lever l’—_; to take on an embargo. _Mettre un — sur_; to lay an embargo on.

*=embarillé=, =-e=, _adj._, barreled up.

*=embariller=, _v.a._, to barrel, to barrel up.

=embarquement=, _n.m._, embarkation, embarking, shipping, shipment.

=embarquer=, _v.a._, to embark, to ship, to put on ship-board; to take on board; to see off. _On l’a embarqué dans une méchante affaire_; he has been drawn into some bad business.

_s’_=embarquer=, _v.r._, to embark, to go on board, to take shipping; to put to sea, to sail, to set out; to engage.

=embarras=, _n.m._, incumbrance, hindrance, impediment; embarrassment, difficulty, trouble, intricacy, fuss; perplexity, puzzle; (med.) derangement. _Cet homme fait bien de l’—_; that man makes a great fuss. _Être dans l’—_; to be in difficulties. _Se mettre dans l’—_; to get into trouble, into a scrape. _Je suis dans l’—_; I am at a loss. _Ce n’est pas l’—_; that’s easy enough; I see no objection. _Avoir l’— du choix_; to have too much to choose from. _— de voitures_; block of carriages.

=embarrassant=, =-e=, _adj._, embarrassing, puzzling, awkward; perplexing, encumbering, cumbersome, troublesome.

=embarrassé=, =-e=, _part._, embarrassed, entangled, perplexed, obstructed, constrained; out of countenance. _Être —_; to be at a loss.

=embarrasser=, _v.a._, to embarrass, to hamper, to encumber, to obstruct; to clog, to trouble, to confound, to puzzle; to come amiss to, to inconvenience, to incommode; to insnare. _Être embarrassé de sa personne_; not to know what to do with one’s self. _Que cela ne vous embarrasse point_; do not trouble yourself about that. _Cette question l’a embarrassé_; that question puzzled him. _Il est embarrassé de répondre_; he is at a loss for an answer. _— une rue_; to obstruct a street.

_s’_=embarrasser=, _v.r._, to entangle one’s self, to be embarrassed, entangled; to be solicitous about, to concern one’s self with; (med.) to be affected. _Il ne s’embarrasse de rien_; nothing ever troubles him. _Sa langue s’embarrasse_; his tongue begins to falter; his speech is impeded.

=embasement=, _n.m._, (arch.) continuous base; basement.

=embastillement=, _n.m._, imprisoning; surrounding with forts.

=embastiller=, _v.a._, to imprison; to surround with forts.

=embatage=, _n.f._, casing, tiring of wheels.

☉*=embatailler=, _v.a._, to embattle.

=embâter=, _v.a._, to put on a pack-saddle; to saddle, to encumber. _On l’a embâté d’une affaire bien désagréable_; they have saddled him with a very disagreeable job.

=embâtonner=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to arm with a cudgel.

=embattés=, _n.m.pl._, periodical winds.

=embattoir=, _n.m._, shoeing pit (for wheels).

=embattre=, _v.a._, to case, to tire (a wheel).

=embauchage=, _n.m._, hiring, engaging (workmen); tampering, gaining over, enticing away; enlisting, recruiting.

=embaucher=, _v.a._, to hire, to engage (workmen); to entice away, to tamper with; to enlist, to recruit.

=embaucheur=, _n.m._, hirer; recruiting-officer; recruiter, crimp.

=embauchoir=, _n.m._, boot-tree; boot-last.

=embaumement= (an-bôm-mān), _n.m._, embalming.

=embaumer=, _v.a._, to embalm; to perfume, to scent. _v.n._, to smell very sweet.

=embaumeur=, _n.m._, embalmer.

=embecquer=, _v.a._, to feed (a bird); to bait (a hook).

=embéguiner= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to muffle up; to infatuate, to bewitch.

_s’_=embéguiner=, _v.r._, to be infatuated, to be bewitched, to become bigoted.

=embelle=, _n.f._, (nav.) waist.

=embellie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull, momentary calm; favorable change; clearing.

=embellir=, _v.a._, to embellish, to beautify; to adorn, to decorate, to set off. _— un conte_; to embellish a tale.

_s’_=embellir=, _v.r._, to grow beautiful, to improve in beauty, to grow handsome.

=embellir=, _v.n._, to beautify, to grow handsomer. _Elle ne fait que croître et —_; she grows taller and handsomer every day.

=embellissement= (-lis-mān), _n.m._, embellishment, improvement, adornment.

=embérize=, _n.f._, (zoöl.) bunting.

_s’_=emberlucoquer=, _v.r._, (fam.) to be taken with, to be wedded to.

*=embesogné=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., jest.) busy, busily engaged.

=embêtement=, _n.m._, (triv.) annoyance, bother; nuisance, bore.

=embêter=, _v.a._, (triv.) to stupefy, to stultify, to besot; to annoy, to plague; to tease, to torment, to rile; to worry; to aggravate, to bore.

_s’_=embêter=, _v.r._ (triv.) to feel dull, bored.

=emblaison=, _n.f._, seed-time, sowing-time.

=emblavage=, _n.m._, (agri.) wheat-sowing.

=emblaver=, _v.a._, to sow with corn.

=emblavure=, _n.f._, land sown with corn.

_d’_=emblée=, _adv._, at the first, in a trice; at the first onset; at the first trial; there and then; straight off the reel.

=emblématique=, _adj._, emblematical.

=emblème=, _n.m._, emblem. _Être l’— de_; to be emblematical of.

=emboire=, _v.a._, to imbibe; (sculp.) to coat (with oil or wax).

_s’_=emboire=, _v.r._, (paint.) to get dull _or_ flat; to dry in.

=emboîtement= (ān-boat-mān), _n.m._, fitting in, jointing, clamping.

=emboîter=, _v.a._, to joint; to set (bones); to clamp, to fit, to fit in. _— le pas_; (milit.) to lock up.

_s’_=emboîter=, _v.r._, to fit, to fit in.

=emboîture=, _n.f._, socket, clamp; (pottery) collar. _L’— des os_; the juncture of the bones.

=embolie=, _n.f._, (med.) embolism.

=embolisme=, _n.m._, embolism.

=embolismique=, _adj._, embolismic, embolismal.

=embonpoint=, _n.m._, plumpness, corpulence, stoutness, obesity. _Prendre de l’—_; to get stout, to pick up flesh. _Perdre son —_; to fall away, to lose flesh.

=emboquer=, _v.a._, to feed, to cram food down.

_s’_=emboquer=, _v.r._, to cram food down one another’s throat.

=embordurer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to put in a frame, to frame.

=embossage=, _n.m._, (nav.) bringing the broadside to bear.

=embosser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bring the broadside to bear.

_s’_=embosser=, _v.r._, (nav.) to be brought to bear (broadside on).

=embouché=, =-e=, _part._, entered (of boats); prompted, tutored. _Être mal —_; to be foul-mouthed, impertinent.

=emboucher=, _v.a._, to put to one’s mouth (wind instruments); to prompt; to bit (a horse). _Il l’a bien embouché_; he gave him a good prompting.

_s’_=emboucher=, _v.r._, (of rivers) to fall into; to empty, to discharge itself.

=embouchoir=, _n.m._, boot-tree; mouth-piece (of instruments).

=embouchure=, _n.f._, mouth-piece (of wind instruments); mouth (of a river, of a harbor); out-fall (engineering).

=embouer=, _v.a._, (pop.) to cover with mud; to bemire; to vilify.

=embouquement=, _n.m._, (nav.) entrance to a strait.

=embouquer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to enter a strait.

=embourbé=, =-e=, _part._, stuck fast (in the mud). _Il jure comme un charretier —_; he swears like a trooper.

=embourber=, _v.a._, to put in the mire; to bemire. _— quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire_; to get any one into a troublesome business.

_s’_=embourber=, _v.r._, to sink in the mud, to stick in the mire; to be involved (in any trouble).

=embourrer=. _V._ =rembourrer=.

=embourser=, _v.a._, to put into one’s purse; to receive; to pocket.

=embout=, _n.m._, ferrule.

=embouter=, _v.a._, to ferrule, to tip.

=emboutir=, _v.a._, (gold.) to scoop out; (coppersmith’s work) to beat out; (arch.) to sheet; to stamp; to plate; to tip.

=embranchement=, _n.m._, branch, branching off; branch-road; branch-line, junction (rail.).

=embrancher=, _v.a._, (carp.) to put together; to join.

_s’_=embrancher=, _v.r._, to branch off; to branch (of roads); to abut, to join.

=embrasé=, =-e=, _part._, in flames, on fire; glowing, aglow, in a glow.

=embrasement= (an-brâz-mān), _n.m._, conflagration, burning; combustion; kindling.

=embraser=, _v.a._, to fire, to set on fire, to kindle, to inflame. _La guerre a embrasé toute l’Europe_; war has set all Europe ablaze.

_s’_=embraser=, _v.r._, to kindle, to take fire, to glow, to be aglow, to be inflamed. _Cette matière s’embrase facilement_; that stuff easily catches fire.

=embrassade=, _n.f._, embrace, hug, kissing, kiss.

=embrasse=, _n.f._, curtain-loop, curtain-band.

=embrassé=, =-e=, _part._, embraced. _Ils se tenaient —s_; they remained locked in each other’s arms.

=embrassement= (an-bras-mān), _n.m._, embrace.

=embrasser=, _v.a._, to embrace, to clasp; to kiss; to encompass, to encircle, to comprehend, to comprise, to take in, to include; to seize, to avail one’s self of, to undertake. _Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint_; grasp all, lose all. _— la querelle de quelqu’un_; to espouse any one’s quarrel. _— une occasion_; to seize, to avail one’s self of, an opportunity.

_s’_=embrasser=, _v.r._, to embrace, _or_ to kiss, one another.

=embrasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam., l.u.) embracer, kisser.

=embrassure=, _n.f._, band of iron, binder.

=embrasure=, _n.f._, embrasure; recess.

=embrayage=, _n.m._, connecting (of wheels); coupling gear (motor).

=embrayer=, _v.a._, to engage, to connect (man.).

=embrelage=, _n.m._, lashing.

=embreler=, _v.a._, to lash (a wagon load).

=embrener=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to dirty, to soil. _S’— dans quelque affaire_; to entangle one’s self in a dirty piece of business.

=embrèvement=, _n.f._, (carp.) mortise, franking.

=embrever=, _v.a._, (carp.) to mortise, to frank, to join.

=embrigadement=, _n.m._, (milit.) brigading; enlisting, recruiting.

=embrigader=, _v.a._, (milit.) to brigade; to form into brigades.

=embrocation=, _n.f._, embrocation.

=embrochement=, _n.m._, spitting (of meat).

=embrocher=, _v.a._, to spit, to put upon the spit. _— quelqu’un_; to run any one through the body.

=embroucher=, _v.a._, to overlap, overlay (tiles, etc.).

*=embrouillé=, =-e=, _part._, perplexed, intricate; entangled, obscure.

*=embrouillement= (an-brou-i-mān), _n.m._, embroiling, confusion, intricacy, perplexity.

=embrouiller=, _v.a._, to embroil, to confuse, to confound, to jumble up; to perplex, to obscure.

*_s’_=embrouiller=, _v.r._, to become intricate _or_ entangled; to get confused; (fam.) to get fuddled, muddled.

=embrouilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mar-plot; blunderer.

=embroussaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, covered with brushwood, bushy, matted, intricate.

=embruiné=, =-e=, _adj._, (agri.) spoilt by drizzle.

=embrumé=, =-e=, _adj._, foggy, misty, hazy.

=embrumer=, _v.a._, to overcast, to cover with fog _or_ mist. _S’—_; to be covered with fog, to get misty, hazy.

=embrun=, _n.m._, (nav.) spray.

=embrunir=, _v.a._, to brown.

=embryogénie=, _n.f._, embryogeny.

=embryographie=, _n.f._, embryography.

=embryologie=, _n.f._, embryology.

=embryon=, _n.f._, embryo; (bot.) germ; little bit of a man; dwarf, shrimp.