Heath's French and English dictionary

Part 64

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=engagement= (ān-gaj-mān), _n.m._, engagement, pledging, pawning; engagement (promise); enlisting; (milit.) bounty; (milit.) action. _pl._, (com.) liabilities. _Entrer dans un —_; to enter into an engagement. _Manquer à un —_; to fail to keep an engagement.

=engager=, _v.a._, to pawn, to pledge; to engage, to induce, to invite, to persuade, to urge; (milit.) to enlist; to hire; to bind; (b.s.) to involve; to unite; to compel. _— ses meubles_; to pledge one’s furniture. _Cela ne vous engage à rien_; that binds you to nothing. _— quelqu’un dans une mauvaise affaire_; to entangle any one in a bad business. _— le combat_; to begin the action. _— un soldat_; to enlist a soldier. _— une clef dans une serrure_; to entangle a key in a lock.

_s’_=engager=, _v.r._, to engage one’s self, to be a security, to promise, to take upon one’s self, to undertake, to bind one’s self; to hire one’s self; to enlist; to entangle one’s self, to get involved. _S’— pour un ami_; to stand security for a friend. _S’— dans une mauvaise affaire_; to get involved in a bad business. _Le combat ne tarda pas à s’—_; the battle soon began.

☉=engagiste=, _n.m._, tenant (of crown lands).

=engaîner=, _v.a._, to sheathe; to case; to put up (of swords).

=enganter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to come up with, to overtake, to overreach; to entrap, to cajole, to insnare.

=engazonner=, _v.a._, to turf; to cover with turf.

=engeance= (an-jāns), _n.f._, breed, brood (animal); (b.s.) race (pers.). _Des poules d’une grande —_; hens of a large breed. _Maudite —_; cursed race. _Quelle —!_ what a lot _or_ set!

=engeancer=, _v.a._, to embarrass; to saddle (with).

=engelure= (an-jlur), _n.f._, chilblain.

=engendrer=, _v.a._, to beget, to engender, to generate, to procreate; to breed, to spawn; (fig.) to produce, to give rise, to occasion. _Ne pas — la mélancolie_; to be of a very gay disposition. _Le mauvais air engendre des maladies_; bad air breeds diseases. _La familiarité engendre le mépris_; familiarity begets contempt.

_s’_=engendrer=, _v.r._, to be bred, engendered; to breed, to be produced, generated.

=engeoler=, _v.a._ _V._ =enjôler=.

=engeoleur=, _n.m._ _V._ =enjôleur=.

=engerber=, _v.a._, to sheaf, to bind, to heap up.

=engin=, _n.m._, machine, engine; snare, gin, net; hoist (of a mill).

=englober=, _v.a._, to unite; to put, to throw, together.

=engloutir=, _v.a._, to swallow up, to devour; to ingulf; to absorb; to dissipate, to squander away; to run through.

_s’_=engloutir=, _v.r._, to be swallowed up, to be ingulfed.

=engloutissement=, _n.m._, ingulfing, swallowing up, sinking.

=engloutisseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, swallower, devourer; devouring.

=engluer=, _v.a._, to lime, to daub with bird-lime; (fig.) to take in.

_s’_=engluer=, _v.r._, to be caught, to stick in bird-lime; to be caught, to be taken in (pers.).

=engoncé=, =-e=, _adj._, awkward, ungainly.

=engoncement=, _n.m._, awkward appearance.

=engoncer=, _v.a._, to cramp, to disfigure, to give an awkward appearance to.

=engorgement=, _n.m._, obstruction, stopping up, congestion.

=engorger=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to block up, to choke up, to stop up; (med.) to congest.

_s’_=engorger=, _v.r._, to be obstructed, choked up; (med.) to be congested.

=engoué=, =-e=, _adj._, infatuated with; wrapped up in; obstructed, choked.

=engouement= _or_ =engoûment= (ān-goo-mān), _n.m._, infatuation; (med. vet.) obstruction. _On ne saurait le faire revenir de son —_; it is impossible to cure him of his infatuation.

=engouer=, _v.a._, to obstruct the throat; to infatuate.

_s’_=engouer=, _v.r._, to obstruct one’s throat; to be obstructed; to be infatuated. _S’— d’une femme_; to be wrapped up in a woman.

=engouffrer=, _v.a._, to ingulf, to swallow up.

_s’_=engouffrer=, _v.r._, to be ingulfed; to blow hard; to rush (of the wind in a narrow passage); to run into. _Le vent s’engouffre dans la cheminée_; the wind rushes into the chimney. _Que de fortunes se sont engouffrées dans cette entreprise!_ how many fortunes have been swallowed up in that enterprise!

=engoulé=, =-e=, _adj._, gobbled up; (her.) engoulee.

=engouler=, _v.a._, to swallow up, to gobble up.

=engoulevent= (ān-gool-vān), _n.m._, (orni.) fern-owl; goat-sucker.

=engourdi=, =-e=, _adj._, torpid, benumbed, dull.

=engourdir=, _v.a._, to benumb, to make torpid; to dull, to make languid, to enervate. _Le froid engourdit les mains_; cold benumbs one’s hands. _L’oisiveté engourdit l’esprit_; idleness benumbs the mind.

_s’_=engourdir=, _v.r._, to get benumbed; to become torpid, enervated, enfeebled.

=engourdissement= (ān-goor-dis-mān), _n.m._, numbness, torpor, enervation. _Avoir un — au bras_; to have a numbness in the arm. _Tirer quelqu’un de son —_; to rouse any one from his torpor.

=engrainer=, _v.a._, to feed with grain; to fill the mill-hopper.

=engrais=, _n.m._, rich pasture; fatting; manure, soil. _Mettre des bœufs à l’—_; to put oxen to fatten.

=engraissement= (ān-grès-mān), _n.m._, fattening; corpulence.

=engraisser=, _v.a._, to fatten, to cram (poultry); to manure. _— des bestiaux_; to fatten cattle.

=engraisser=, _v.n._, to become corpulent; to fatten; to thrive.

_s’_=engraisser=, _v.r._, to fatten, to grow fat, stout; to grow rich; to grow thick or ropy. _S’— des misères publiques_; to fatten on public misery.

=engranger=, _v.a._, (agri.) to get in, to house, to store.

=engravement= (ān-grav-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) stranding.

=engraver=, _v.a._, to run aground, to strand; (nav.) to place, to hide, things in the ballast.

=engraver=, _v.n._, _s’—_, _v.r._, (nav.) to get embedded in the sand.

=engrêlé=, =-e=, _adj._, (of lace) purled; (her.) engrailed.

=engrêler=, _v.a._, (her.) to engrail; to purl.

=engrêlure=, _n.f._, purl; (her.) engrailing.

=engrenage=, _n.m._, gear, gearing (mec.). _À —_; serrated. _Roue d’—_; brake-wheel.

=engrener=, _v.a._, to put corn (in the mill-hopper); to feed with corn; to throw into gear, to engage (mec.).

_s’_=engrener=, _v.r._, to work into each other (of toothed wheels); to be put in gear. _Ces roues s’engrènent bien_; these wheels work well into each other.

=engrener=, _v.n._, to put corn (into the mill-hopper); to work into each other (of toothed wheels); to begin. _Il a bien engrené_; he has begun well.

=engrenure=, _n.f._, toothing, cogging.

=engrosser=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to make pregnant, to get with child. _v.n._, to be with child.

_s’_=engrumeler=, _v.r._, to clot, to coagulate.

*=enguenillé=, =-e= (āng-), _part._, tattered.

*=engueniller=, _v.a._, to clothe in tatters.

*_s’_=engueniller=, _v.r._, to be clothed in tatters.

=enhardir=, _v.a._, to embolden, to encourage. _Ce succès l’avait enhardi_; that success had emboldened him.

_s’_=enhardir=, _v.r._, to make bold, to grow bold. _Il s’est enhardi à parler en public_; he made bold to speak in public.

=enharmonique=, _adj._, (mus.) enharmonic.

=enharnachement=, _n.m._, harnessing, trappings.

=enharnacher=, _v.a._, to harness; to rig out, to deck out, to accoutre. _Vous voilà plaisamment enharnaché_; you are oddly accoutred.

=enherber=, _v.a._, to turn into pasture land.

=énieller=, _v.a._, to clear of corn-cockles.

=énigmatique=, _adj._, enigmatical.

=énigmatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, enigmatically.

=énigme=, _n.f._, enigma, riddle. _Deviner une —_; to guess a riddle. _Vous parlez par —s_; you speak in riddles. _Proposer une —_; to put a riddle. _Mot d’une —_; answer to a riddle.

=enivrant=, =-e=, _adj._, intoxicating.

=enivré=, =-e=, _part._, intoxicated.

=enivrement=, _n.m._, intoxication.

=enivrer=, _v.a._, to inebriate, to intoxicate; to elate. _La bière enivre comme le vin_; beer intoxicates as well as wine. _La prospérité nous enivre_; prosperity elates us.

_s’_=enivrer=, _v.r._, to get intoxicated; to be elated (with). _Il s’est enivré à ce repas_; he got intoxicated at that diner. _S’— d’espérance_; to be elated with hope. _S’— de son vin_; to drink alone and to excess; to have too good an opinion of one’s self.

=enjabler=, _v.a._, to bottom _or_ head (a cask).

=enjaler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stock (an anchor).

=enjambée=, _n.f._, stride. _Faire de grandes —s_; to take long strides.

=enjambement= (ān-jān-bmān), _n.m._, (poet.) running of the sense into the next line; overlapping; encroaching.

=enjamber=, _v.n._, to stride; to project, to encroach upon; (poet.) to overlap, to encroach.

=enjamber=, _v.a._, to stride over, to skip _or_ leap over.

=enjaveler= (ān-ja-vlé), _v.a._, (agri.) to sheaf.

=enjeu=, _n.m._, stake (at play). _Retirer son —_; to withdraw one’s stake; to declare off.

=enjoindre=, _v.a._, to enjoin, to charge, to direct, to command, to prescribe. _Dieu nous enjoint d’observer ses lois_; God commands us to observe his laws. _Il lui est enjoint de_; he is directed to.

=enjôlement=, _n.m._, wheedling, coaxing, inveigling.

=enjôler=, _v.a._, to coax, to wheedle, to inveigle.

=enjôleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, wheedler, coaxer.

=enjolivement= (-liv-mān), _n.m._, embellishment, decoration, ornament, set-off, flourish.

=enjoliver=, _v.a._, to embellish, to adorn, to set off, to ornament, to beautify.

=enjoliveur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) embellisher.

=enjolivure=, _n.f._, set-off, ornament, embellishment.

=enjoué=, =-e=, _adj._, playful, sprightly; lively, sportive. _Il a l’humeur —e_; he is of a playful disposition. _Il écrit d’un style —_; he writes in a sportive style.

=enjouement= _or_ =enjoûment= (ān-joo-mān), _n.m._, playfulness, sportiveness, sprightliness, liveliness, humor. _Avec —_; playfully.

=enkysté=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) encysted.

_s’_=enkyster=, _v.r._, to become encysted.

=enlacement= (ān-las-mān), _n.m._, lacing, entwining; interweaving, entanglement.

=enlacer=, _v.a._, to lace; to entwine; to twist; to interlace; to clasp; to interweave. _— quelqu’un dans ses bras_; to clasp in one’s arms.

_s’_=enlacer=, _v.r._, to entwine; to twist; to be interlaced.

=enlaidir=, _v.a._, to make ugly, to disfigure.

=enlaidir=, _v.n._, to grow ugly, to be disfigured.

=enlaidissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, ugliness; disfigurement.

=enlèvement= (ān-lèv-mān), _n.m._, carrying off; removal; carrying off forcibly, kidnaping; abduction; translation (to heaven); buying up, monopoly. _L’— des Sabines_; the rape of the Sabines.

=enlever=, _v.a._, to lift, to raise; to carry, to carry off; to carry away; to rescue; to pick out; to carry away forcibly, to kidnap; to take off, to clear away, to remove; to sweep off; to charm, to delight, to burn (the mouth). _On lui a enlevé sa femme_; his wife has been carried off. _On lui a enlevé ses meubles_; his furniture has been removed. _Enlevez cela de dessus la table_; take that off the table. _— une place_; (milit.) to carry a town. _— la peau_; to flay the skin. _La mort l’a enlevé à la fleur de son âge_; death carried him off in his prime. _— des taches_; to take out stains. _— tous les prix_; to carry off all the prizes. _Cela enlève la bouche_; that burns the mouth. _Enlevé!_ carried! done! _Se faire — par_; to elope with.

_s’_=enlever=, _v.r._, to rise, to be lifted; to come off, to peel off; to come out; to go off (of goods on sale); to get into a passion.

=enleveur=, _n.m._, kidnaper, abductor, ravisher.

=enlier=, _v.a._, (mas.) to bond, to bind (stones).

=enlisement=, _n.m._, ingulfing, swallowing up (in sand).

_s’_=enliser=, _v.r._, to be ingulfed, swallowed up.

=enluminer=, _v.a._, to color, to illuminate, to flush (the complexion); (lit.) to overload with ornaments. _Visage enluminé_; flushed _or_ red face.

_s’_=enluminer=, _v.r._, to rouge, to paint. _S’— la trogne_ (triv.); to get a red nose (from drinking).

=enlumineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, map _or_ print colorer; illuminator.

=enluminure=, _n.f._, coloring; colored print; tinsel.

=ennéagone= (è-n-né-), _n.m._, (geom.) enneagon.

=ennéagonal=, _adj._, nonagon, enneagonal.

=ennéandrie= (è-n-né-), _n.f._, (bot.) enneandria.

=ennemi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (è-n-mi), enemy, foe; thing prejudicial. _— déclaré_; open _or_ avowed enemy. _C’est autant de pris sur l’—_; it is so much gained from the enemy. _Il n’y a pas de petit —_; every enemy is to be feared.

=ennemi=, =-e=, _adj._, hostile, inimical; injurious; adverse, contrary, hurtful, prejudicial; (paint.) unfriendly. _La fortune —e_; adverse fortune. _L’armée —e_; the enemy.

=ennoblir=, _v.a._, to ennoble, to dignify, to exalt.

_s’_=ennoblir=, _v.r._, to be ennobled, exalted. _S’— de_; to be proud of, to rejoice at.

=ennui=, _n.m._, tediousness, weariness; tedium, spleen, vexation, boredom; tiresome thing; nuisance. _Quel —!_ what a nuisance!

=ennuyant=, =-e=, _adj._, annoying, tedious, irksome, tiresome. _Cela est fort —_; that is very tiresome. _Temps —_; trying weather.

=ennuyer=, _v.a._, to tire, to weary, to be tiresome, to be tedious, to tease, to annoy, to bother, to vex, to bore. _Cela m’ennuie_; that annoys me. _Cela m’ennuie à la mort_; that bores me to death.

_s’_=ennuyer=, _v.r._, to be wearied, to have a bad time of it, to tire one’s self, to feel dull, to be bored. _Il s’ennuie de tout_; he wearies of everything.

=ennuyeusement= (ān-nui-ieûz-mān), _adv._, tediously, irksomely.

=ennuyeu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, tiresome person, bore; tedious, wearisome, dull, tiresome; annoying, provoking, vexing. _Livre —_; dull, tedious book.

=énoncé=, _n.m._, statement; (geom.) enunciation, assertion, déclaration, terms.

=énoncer=, _v.a._, to state, to express, to declare, to utter, to word, to enunciate.

_s’_=énoncer=, _v.r._, to express one’s self; to be expressed. _Il s’énonce bien_; he expresses himself well. _Il n’a pas le don de s’—_; he has not the gift of expressing himself clearly.

=énonciati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, enunciative, enunciatory.

=énonciation=, _n.f._, enunciation, delivery, utterance; statement; expression, wording.

*=enorgueillir= (ān-nor-ghĕ-yir), _v.a._, to make proud, to elevate, to puff up.

*_s’_=enorgueillir= (ān-nor-ghĕ-yir), _v.r._, to be, to grow proud of, to be puffed up, to become elated, to glory in, to pride one’s self upon.

=énorme=, _adj._, enormous, huge, atrocious, heinous. _Crime —_; heinous crime.

=énormément=, _adv._, enormously, hugely, immensely, beyond measure.

=énormité=, _n.f._, enormousness, hugeness, vastness; enormity, atrocity, heinousness.

=énouage=, _n.m._, burling, picking.

=énouer=, _v.a._, to pick cloth; to burl.

☉=enquérant=, =-e=, _adj._, inquisitive, prying.

_s’_=enquérir= (s’enquérant, enquis), _v.r._, to inquire, to ask, to make inquiries. _Il faut s’— de la vérité du fait_; we must inquire into the truth of the matter.

=enquête=, _n.f._, inquiry, inquest; investigation, examination, commission. _— en matière criminelle_; criminal investigation. _Ordonner une —_; to direct an inquiry to be made; to appoint a commission of inquiry.

☉_s’_=enquêter=, _v.r._, to inquire, to care for.

=enraciné=, =-e=, _adj._, rooted, inveterate, deep seated.

=enraciner=, _v.a._, to root, to implant. _Des préjugés enracinés_; inveterate prejudices.

_s’_=enraciner=, _v.r._, to take root, to become rooted. _Il ne faut pas laisser s’— les maux_; evils must not be allowed to take root.

=enragé=, =-e=, _part._, mad, rabid, desperate, raging, enraged; obstinate, determined. _Manger de la vache —e_; to know hard times; to undergo great hardships. _Un chien —_; a mad dog.

=enragé=, _n.m._, madman.

=enrageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, vexing, maddening.

=enrager=, _v.n._, to be mad, to run mad, to go mad, to be enraged, to fume; to stamp with rage. _Faire —_; to madden. _— contre quelqu’un_; to be enraged against any one. _Il n’enrage pas pour mentir_; he makes light of telling lies.

=enraiement= _or_ =enrayement=, _n.m._, putting on the drag, skidding; locking.

=enrayer=, _v.a._, to put spokes to; to skid (a wheel), to put on the drag; to apply the brake; (agri.) to plow the first furrow; (fig.) to stop; to keep down, to moderate, to stem.

=enrayer=, _v.n._, to put on the drag, to skid (of a wheel); (fig.) to keep down, to moderate, to check.

=enrayure=, _n.f._, drag, skid; lock-chain.

=enrégimenter=, _v.a._, to embody, to form into regiments; to enroll.

=enregistrable=, _adj._, registrable.

=enregistré=, =-e=, _adj._, registered, recorded.

=enregistrement=, _n.m._, registering, registry, entry, enrollment. _Faire l’—_; to register.

=enregistrer=, _v.a._, to register, to enter in a register, to enroll, to record.

=enregistreur=, _n.m._, registrar.

=enrêner=, _v.a._, to rein in, to tie by the reins.

=enrênoire=, _n.f._, peg for tying reins.

=enrhumer=, _v.a._, to give a cold to any one. _Je suis enrhumé_; I have a cold. _Être enrhumé du cerveau_; to have a cold in the head.

_s’_=enrhumer=, _v.r._, to catch cold.

=enrichi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, upstart.

=enrichir=, _v.a._, to enrich, to make rich; to adorn, to embellish; to store. _— son esprit_; to enrich one’s mind.

_s’_=enrichir=, _v.r._, to enrich one’s self with, to grow rich, to thrive; to be stored. _S’— des dépouilles d’autrui_; to thrive on the spoils of others.

=enrichissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, enriching, embellishment, adornment.

=enrôlement= (ān-rôl-măn), _n.m._, enlisting, enlistment, enrollment.

=enrôler=, _v.a._, to enlist, to enroll.

_s’_=enrôler=, _v.r._, to enroll one’s self, to enlist.

=enroué=, =-e=, _adj._, hoarse, husky.

=enrouement= _or_ =enroûment= (ān-roo-mān), _n.m._, hoarseness, huskiness.

=enrouer=, _v.a._, to make hoarse.

_s’_=enrouer=, _v.r._, to become, to get, hoarse, husky.

*=enrouiller=, _v.a._, to rust, to make rusty. _L’humidité enrouille le fer_; damp rusts iron.

_s’_=enrouiller=, _v.r._, to grow, to get rusty.

=enroulement= (ān-rool-mān), _n.m._, rolling up; (arch.) scroll.

=enrouler=, _v.a._, to roll, to roll up, to twist, to coil.

_s’_=enrouler=, _v.r._, to roll one’s self up; to roll up; to twist round.

=enrubanner=, _v.a._, to deck out with ribbons.

_s’_=enrubanner=, _v.r._, to deck one’s self out with ribbons; to adorn one’s self too much.

=enrue=, _n.f._, large furrow.

=ensablement=, _n.m._, sand-bank; ballasting.

=ensabler=, _v.a._, to run aground, to strand; to cover with sand; to ballast.

_s’_=ensabler=, _v.r._, to run aground; to sink in sand; to be blocked up with sand.

=ensacher=, _v.a._, to bag.

=ensaisinement=, _n.m._, (feudal law) acknowledging a purchaser of land as a tenant.

=ensaisiner=, _v.a._, to put in possession of property; (feudal law) to acknowledge a purchaser of land as a tenant.

=ensanglanter=, _v.a._, to make bloody, to stain with blood.

=enseignable=, _adj._, teachable.

*=enseignant=, =-e=, _adj._, teaching. _Corps —_; university; body of teachers; staff.

*=enseigne=, _n.f._, mark, sign, sign-board; ensign (flag); ☉ensigncy; streamer (flag). _n.m._, ensign (officer), standard-bearer. _— de vaisseau_; sub-lieutenant. _À bonnes —s_; deservedly; on sure grounds. _Être logé à même —_; to be in the same predicament. _À telles —s que_; so much so that; as proof. _À bon vin point d’—_; good wine needs no bush.

*=enseignement= (ān-sègn-mān), _n.m._, precept, instruction, teaching, teaching profession; tuition; lesson. ☉_pl._, (jur.) proof. _Il est dans l’—_; he is a teacher, a master.

*=enseigner=, _v.a._, to teach, to teach how to, to instruct; to show, to inform, to direct to. _Enseignez-nous le chemin_; show us the way. _Enseignez-nous la maison_; direct us to the house.

=ensellé=, =-e=, _adj._, saddle-backed.

=ensemble=, _adv._, together, conjointly, at the same time. _Mêler —_; to mix together. _Ils ne sont pas bien —_; they are not friends.

=ensemble=, _n.m._, whole, general effect; mass; uniformity; harmony. _Tout cela forme un assez bel —_; all that forms a respectable whole. _Morceau d’—_; a concerted piece of music; part music. _Le tout —_; the whole, the general effect. _Mouvement d’—_; combined movement.

=ensemencement= (āns-māns-mān), _n.m._, (agri.) sowing.

=ensemencer=, _v.a._, to sow. _S’—_; to be sowed.

=enserrer=, _v.a._, ☉to contain, to inclose; to lock up; to encompass, to hem in; (gard.) to put into a greenhouse.

=ensevelir= (ān-sĕ-vlir), _v.a._, to shroud, to put in a shroud; to bury; to swallow up, to entomb, to ingulf; to engross; to absorb. _— les morts_; to bury the dead. _Être enseveli dans le chagrin_; to be absorbed in grief.

_s’_=ensevelir=, _v.r._, to be buried; to bury one’s self.

=ensevelissement= (ān-sĕ-vlis-mān), _n.m._, putting in a shroud; burying, burial.

=ensevelisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, layer-out.

=ensiforme=, _adj._, ensiform, sword-shaped.

=ensoleillé=, =-e=, _adj._, sunny, bathed in sunshine.

=ensorceler=, _v.a._, to bewitch. _Cette femme l’a ensorcelé_; that woman has bewitched him.

=ensorceleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bewitcher. _adj._, bewitching.

=ensorcellement= (-sèl-mān), _n.m._, bewitchment.

=ensoufrer=, _v.a._, to dip in brimstone.

=ensuite=, _adv._, after, afterwards, then; in the next place; what then? what next? what of that! well! _Vous irez là —_; you will go there afterwards. _— il me dit_; then he told me. _Et —?_ what then?

=ensuite=, _prep._, after (old). _— de cela_; after that. _— de quoi_; after which.

☉=ensuivant=, _adj._, following. _V._ =suivant=.

_s’_=ensuivre=, _v.r._, to follow, to result, to ensue, to spring, to proceed. _Il s’ensuit que vous avez tort_; it follows that you are in the wrong. _Il ne s’ensuit pas que j’aie tort_; it does not follow that I am wrong. _De grands malheurs s’ensuivirent_; great misfortunes resulted from it. [This verb is only used in the third person, singular and plural.]

=entablement=, _n.m._, (arch.) entablature; entablement; tablet.

_s’_=entabler=, _v.r._, (man.) to entable.

=entacher=, _v.a._, to taint, to infect; to sully, to tarnish.

*=entaille=, _n.f._, notch, gash; (carp.) mortise; groove.

*=entailler=, _v.a._, to notch; to cut away.

*=entaillure=, _n.f._, notch.

=entame=, _n.f._, first cut, first _or_ outside slice (of a loaf).

=entamer=, _v.a._, to make an incision, to cut, to make the first cut; to broach, to begin; to break into; (milit.) to break through; (b.s.) to encroach, upon; (b.s.) to impair; to injure; to prevail upon. _— la peau_; to cut the skin. _— un pain_; to begin a loaf. _— d’un coup de dent_; to bite into. _— une matière_, _un sujet_; to begin, to broach a subject. _— la réputation de quelqu’un_; to injure any one’s reputation.

=entamure=, _n.f._, cut; first cut; incision; grazing; opening, beginning.

=entassement= (ān-tas-mān), _n.m._, heap, accumulation, pile; crowding.

=entasser=, _v.a._, to heap, to heap up, to pile up; to hoard, to hoard up; to accumulate; to cram; to huddle, to pack together. _— des écus_; to hoard up money. _Personne entassée_; thick-set person.

=entasseur=, _n.m._, hoarder, heaper.

=ente=, _n.f._, graft, block, tree bearing a graft; (paint.) handle (of a brush).

=entement=, _n.m._, grafting; joining.

=entendement= (ān-tand-mān), _n.m._, understanding; judgment, head, sense.

=entendeur=, _n.m._, hearer, understander. _A bon — demi-mot suffit_ or _a bon — salut_; a word to the wise is sufficient.