Part 76

=fluxion=, _n.f._, inflammation; swelling. _pl._, (math.) fluxions. _Une — de poitrine_; inflammation of the lungs.

=fluxionnaire=, _adj._, (l.u.) subject to inflammation.

=foarre=, =foerre=, =fouarre=, _n.m._, straw (of oats).

=foc=, _n.m._, (nav.) jib, stay-sail. _Grand —_; standing-jib. _Petit —_; fore stay-sail. _Bâton de —_; jib-boom.

=focal=, _adj._, focal.

=foène=, _n.f._, eel-spear.

=fœtus= (fé-tus), _n.m._, fœtus.

=foi=, _n.f._, faith, belief; fidelity, honor; trust; credit, evidence; proof, testimony; (milit.) parole; fealty. _N’avoir ni — ni loi_; to regard neither law nor gospel, _or_ to be utterly reckless, unprincipled. _Ma —!_ really! faith! to be sure! I declare! _Fausser sa —_; to break one’s faith. _— de gentilhomme_; as I am a gentleman, on the word _or_ honor of a gentleman. _Garder sa —_; to keep one’s faith. _Manquer à sa —_; to break one’s faith. _Bonne —_; good faith, honesty, plain-dealing. _Mauvaise —_; dishonesty, unfairness, false play. _Profession de —_; creed, belief. _Un homme de bonne —_; an honest man. _Ajouter — à quelque chose_; to give credit to anything. _Avez-vous — à ces contes-là?_ do you believe such stories? _En — de quoi_; in testimony whereof. _De bonne —_; sincerely, honestly, uprightly, in earnest. _Agir de bonne —_; to act fairly. _Faire — de_; to testify, to prove, to be evidence of.

=foible=. _V._ =faible=.

=foie=, _n.m._, liver. _Maladie de —_; liver-complaint. _Pâté de — gras_; goose liver pie.

=foin=, _n.m._, hay, grass. _Meule de —_; hay-stack _or_ rick; (of artichokes) choke. _Grenier à —_; hayloft. _Faire les —s_; to make hay. _Mettre du — dans ses bottes_; to feather one’s nest. _Avoir du — dans ses bottes_; to be well off.

=foire=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) diarrhœa; fair (market); fairing. _La — n’est pas sur le pont_; there is no occasion to be in such a hurry. _Ils s’entendent comme larrons en —_; they are hand and glove together.

=foirer=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to have diarrhœa; (fig.) to show the white feather.

=foireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.ex.) lax, relaxed. _n._, one who has diarrhœa. _Avoir la mine —se_; to look pale, sick.

=fois=, _n.f._, time, occasion (repetition). _Une — par an_; once a year. _Deux — par semaine_; twice a week. _Plusieurs —_; several times. _De — à autre_; from time to time. _Une autre —_; another time. _Une — pour toutes_; once for all. _Une — autant_; as much again. _À la —_, _tout à la —_; all together, all at once. _Autant de — que_, _toutes les — que_; as often as. _Une — n’est pas coutume_; once does not constitute a habit. _À plusieurs —_; repeatedly. _Y regarder à deux —_; to look twice (before doing anything). _N’en pas faire à deux —_; not to hesitate a moment. _Trois — trois_; three times three.

=foison=, _n.f._, plenty, abundance. _À —_; plentifully, abundantly; in crowds.

=foisonner=, _v.n._, to abound; to increase; to swarm (of animals).

=fol=, =-le=, _adj._ _V._ =fou=.

=folâtre=, _adj._, sportive, frolicsome, playful; wanton.

=folâtrer=, _v.n._, to play, to sport, to toy, to romp, to frolic. _En folâtrant_; sportively, wantonly.

=folâtrerie=, _n.f._, frolic, prank, gambol, toying, wanton trick.

=foliacé=, =-e=, _adj._, foliaceous.

=foliaire=, _adj._, of leaf, of leaves.

=foliation=, _n.f._, (arch.) feathering; (bot.) foliation.

=folichon=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, wag, frolicsome person; gamesome, wanton, sportive, fresh, frolicsome. _Un petit —_; a little wag.

=folie=, _n.f._, madness, folly, distraction, lunacy, frenzy; piece of folly, foolery, foolishness, mania, hobby; country-seat. _Un accès de —_; a fit of madness. _Faire des —s_; to squander money; to carry on. _Qui fait la — la boit_; as you brew, so you must drink. _Aimer à la —_; to love to distraction. _À la —_; madly, passionately.

=folié=, =-e=, _adj._, foliated.

=folio=, _n.m._, folio. _Un in-—_; (_—_) a folio book. _— recto_; first page. _— verso_; second page.

=foliole=, _n.f._, (bot.) foliole.

=follement= (fol-mān), _adv._, madly, foolishly, dotingly, extravagantly, distractedly.

=follet=, =-te=, _adj._, wanton, playful, frolicsome, waggish; downy (of hair). _Poil —_; down. _Feu —_; ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp, jack-a-lantern. _Esprit —_; sprite, goblin, hobgoblin.

=follet=, _n.m._, goblin, sprite, elf.

=folliculaire=, _n.m._, (b.s.) pamphleteer.

=follicule=, _n.m._, follicle.

=follicule=, _n.f._, (pharm.) pod (of senna).

=fomentation=, _n.f._, fomentation.

=fomenter=, _v.a._, to foment, to feed. _— des troubles_; to excite troubles. _— une querelle_; to stir up a quarrel.

=foncé=, =-e=, _adj._, dark, deep (of color); bottomed (of chairs _or_ casks); (meta.) moneyed; well versed in.

=foncement= (fons-mān), _n.m._, sinking (of wells).

=foncer=, _v.a._, to bottom (a cask); to sink (wells); to deepen (of colors). _v.n._, to dash, to rush upon; to supply funds. _Foncez!_ charge down! _Se —_, _v.r._, (of color) to deepen; (pop.) to be getting tipsy.

=foncet=, _n.m._, barge-boat.

=fonceur=, _n.m._, sinker (of wells).

=fonci-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, landed; ☉deep-seated, thorough. _Contribution —ère_; land-tax. _Propriétaire —_; land owner. _Rente —ère_; ground rent.

=foncièrement= (-sièr-mān), _adv._, thoroughly, completely; at the bottom; in the main.

=fonction=, _n.f._, functions, office. _pl._, functions, duty, office; working, action. _Entrer en —_; to enter upon one’s duties _or_ upon office. _Faire ses —s_; to perform one’s duties. _Sortir de —_; to retire from office. _En —_; acting, at work.

=fonctionnaire=, _n.m._, functionary; officer, office-holder, official.

=fonctionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, functional.

=fonctionnement=, _n.m._, acting, operating, working, action.

=fonctionner=, _v.n._, to work, to act, to operate.

=fond=, _n.m._, bottom, end, lower end, ground; groundwork; foundation; depth; center, heart, further end, most remote part, main point; basis; essential part, essence, gist; (paint.) background. _pl._, (print.) inner margin; (thea.) back-scene; (mining) underground; recess; (nav.) flooring (of a cap, crown, caul). _Sans —_; bottomless. _Tomber au —_; to fall to the bottom. _Le — d’un carrosse_; the back of a coach. _— de lit_; wooden bottom of a bed. _Dans le —_; at bottom, in reality. _Le — d’un bois_; the heart of a forest. _Il faut venir au —_; we must get to the bottom. _Voir le — du sac_; to search, probe, a thing to the bottom. _Velours à — d’or_; velvet with a gold ground. _Des arbres occupent le — du tableau_; trees occupy the background of the picture. _Le — d’un miroir_; the back of a looking-glass. _Bas-—_, (_—-—s_) deep water. _Haut-—_, (_—-—s_) shallow water. _Perdre —_; to get out of one’s depth. _Prendre —_; to touch bottom. _Donner —_; (nav.) to cast anchor. _Couler à —_; (nav.) to sink, to run down. _À — de cale_; in the bottom of the hold. _À —_; thoroughly, fully, to the bottom, perfectly. _Fin —_; lowest depth, very depths of, innermost recesses; farthest end, extremity, ends of. _Il possède cette science à —_; he is a thorough master of that science. _Au —_; in the main, at bottom. _De — en comble_; wholly, from top to bottom, irretrievably. _Il est ruiné de — en comble_; he is utterly ruined. _Faire — sur_; (fig.) to rely, to depend on.

=fondage=, _n.m._, casting, smelting, melting.

=fondamental=, =-e=, _adj._, fundamental, essential, radical.

=fondamentalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, fundamentally, essentially, radically.

=fondant=, =-e=, _adj._, melting, dissolving. _Tableau —_; dissolving view. _Poire —e_; melting, over-ripe pear.

=fondant=, _n.m._, flux (melting); sweetmeat.

=fondat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, founder, foundress.

=fondation=, _n.f._, foundation; groundwork; basis, bed; bottoming (of roads); endowment, establishment. _La — d’une colonie_; the establishment of a colony.

=fondé=, _n.m._, proxy. _— de pouvoirs_, _de procuration_; private attorney; agent acting under power of attorney, legal representative.

=fondé=, =-e=, _adj._, founded, well-founded; authentic, strong; (fin.) consolidated. _Être — à_; to have a right to, to have authority to, to be justified in. _Être — en droit_; to have a just cause.

=fondement= (fond-mān), _n.m._, foundation; groundwork; basis; ground, cause. _Jeter les —s de la paix_; to lay the foundations of peace. _Ce bruit est sans —_; that report is without foundation. _Dénué de —_; groundless.

=fonder=, _v.a._, to lay the foundation, to build, to erect, to found; to ground, to base, to rest; to establish; to justify; to endow. _— un empire_; to lay the foundation of an empire.

_se_ =fonder=, _v.r._, to rely, to rest upon, to be grounded, to be founded. _Se — sur l’analogie_; to be founded upon analogy.

=fonderie= (fon-drî), _n.f._, foundry, foundery, founding; melting-house, smelting-house. _— de caractères_; letter-foundry, type-foundry.

=fondeur=, _n.m._, founder, melter; smelter (of ore). _— en caractères_; letter-founder, type-founder.

=fondis=, _n.m._, giving way, sinking, settling.

=fondoir=, _n.m._, melting-house.

=fondre=, _v.a._, to melt, to dissolve, to cast; (paint.) to soften; to blend. _— une cloche_; to cast a bell.

_se_ =fondre=, _v.r._, to melt; to dissolve; to blend, to coalesce; to be cast; to be merged, to be fused; to diminish, to disappear suddenly, to melt away.

=fondre=, _v.n._, to melt down; to melt away; to dissolve; to burst (into tears); to dart, to pounce upon; to make a stoop (of birds); to fall away, to vanish. _Il fondit sur lui_; he pounced upon him. _— en larmes_; to burst into tears.

=fondrière=, _n.f._, bog, quagmire, slough, gully.

*=fondrilles=, _n.f.pl._, grounds, sediment, dregs. _V._ =effondrilles=.

=fonds= (fōn), _n.m._, land, soil, ground; landed property; funds, stock, capital, principal, cash, ready money; stock in trade, business; subject, matter. _pl._, funds, stocks. _Article de —_; leading article. _Biens-—_; landed property. _Acheter des —_; to put money in the funds. _Mettre de l’argent à — perdus_; to sink money (in an annuity). _Spéculer sur les — publics_; to speculate in the public funds. _Céder son —_; to give up one’s business. _Être en —_; to be in cash. _Faire rentrer des —_; to get in money. _Ce marchand a vendu son —_; that tradesman has sold his business. _Un — inépuisable de science_; an inexhaustible mine of knowledge. _— secrets_; service-fund, service-money. _— d’amortissement_; sinking fund.

=fondue=, _n.f._, (cook.) dish made of cheese and eggs.

=fonger=, _v.n._, to blot (of paper).

=fongible=, _adj._, (jur.) fungible.

=fongosité=, _n.f._, (med.) fungus.

=fongueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, (med.) fungous, proud.

=fongus= (-gus), _n.m._, (med.) fungus.

=fontaine=, _n.f._, fountain; spring; cistern; tap, cock, plug; (for tea) urn. _De l’eau de —_; spring water. _Il a été à la — de Jouvence_; he has renewed his youth. _Il ne faut jamais dire: “—, je ne boirai pas de ton eau”_; we must never say, “I shall never need that,” _or_ “such a thing will never happen.”

=fontainier=. _V._ =fontenier=.

=fontanelle=, _n.f._, (anat.) fontanel.

☉=fontange=, _n.f._, topknot (ribbon).

=fonte=, _n.f._, melting, casting, cast; cast-iron; brass; smelting; (print.) font, fount; holster (of saddles). _Fer de —_ or _— de fer_; cast-iron. _Jeter en —_; to cast. _Métal de —_; gun-metal; brass.

=fontenier=, _n.m._, fountain-maker; turncock.

=fonticule=, _n.m._, (surg.) issue.

=fonts= (fōn), _n.m.pl._, font. _Tenir quelqu’un sur les —_; to stand godfather, godmother, to any one.

=for=, _n.m._, (l.u.) tribunal, conscience. _— extérieur_; temporal jurisdiction of the church. _— intérieur_; spiritual jurisdiction; inner conscience.

=forage=, _n.m._, boring; drilling; wine dues.

=forain=, =-e=, _adj._, foreign, alien, outlandish, traveling, itinerant. _Marchand —_; hawker, peddler. _Rade —e_; (nav.) open roadstead. _Spectacle —_; traveling show. _Marchand —_; pork-salesman. _Chemin —_; carriage road. _Propriétaire —_; absentee landlord.

=foraminé=, _adj._, foraminous.

=forban=, _n.m._, pirate, sea-robber, corsair.

=forçage=, _n.m._, (coin.) overweight.

=forçat=, _n.m._, galley-slave, convict.

=force=, _n.f._, strength, might, force; forcibleness, power, authority; violence, constraint, necessity; command, vigor, energy, efficacy; fortitude, resolution; skill, cleverness, proficiency; (nav.) press (of sail). _pl._, troops, forces. _Les —s lui manquent_; his strength is failing him. _Frapper de toute sa —_; to strike with all one’s might. _Être à bout de —s_; to be done up. _Mettre des —s sur pied_; to raise forces. _Assembler ses —s_; to muster one’s forces. _Les —s de terre_; land forces. _La — de la vérité_; the power of truth. _Céder à la — majeure_; to yield to superior force. _Dans toute la — du terme_; in every sense of the word. _De gré ou de —_; whether you like it or no. _— est restée à la loi_; order was restored. _User de —_, _employer la —_; to use forcible means. _Faire — de voiles_; to crowd all sail. _Faire — de rames_; to row with all one’s might. _Maison de —_; house of correction, bridewell. _Il n’a ni — ni vertu_; he has neither valor nor virtue. _À — de_; by dint of. _De —_; a match for. _De — à_; strong enough to; equal to. _À — de bras_; by strength of arm. _À — d’argent_; with large sums of money. _De —_, _par —_; forcibly, by force, by forcible means. _À toute —_; absolutely, by all means, at all hazards. _Travailler à —_; to work hard. _— me fut de_; I was compelled to.

=force=, _adv._, much, a great quantity of, a great deal of; many, a great many, any number of. _Je leur fis — compliments_; I paid them any number of compliments. _— gens_; any number of people.

=forcé=, =-e=, _part._, forced, unnatural, strained, far-fetched; (man.) overreached; compulsory, unavoidable. _C’est —_; it is inevitable; it must happen. _Vent —_; (nav.) violent, boisterous wind.

=forcément=, _adv._, forcibly, by force, compulsorily; necessarily; inevitably.

=forcement=, _n.m._, forcing, compelling, compulsion; rape. _— de recette_; compulsion to refund.

=forcené=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, madman, mad-woman; furious, frantic, mad, passionate, infuriated; enraged.

=forceps= (-séps), _n.m._, (surg.) forceps.

=forcer=, _v.a._, to force, to compel, to constrain; to impel; to break open, to wrench, to wrest, to bend, to break through; to run down (hunt.). _— une porte_; to break open a door. _— une clef_; to force a key. _— un cheval_; to override _or_ overdo a horse. _— la nature_; to force or outrage nature. _— sa voix_; to strain one’s voice. _— les voiles_; to crowd all sail. _— les rames_; to ply the oars. _— le pas_; to quicken one’s pace.

_se_ =forcer=, _v.r._, to strain, to strain one’s self; to do violence to one’s feelings.

=forcerie=, _n.f._, forcing house.

=forces=, _n.f.pl._, shears.

=forcet=, _n.m._, whip-cord.

=forclore=, _v.a._, (jur.) to foreclose, to estop.

=forclusion=, _n.f._, (jur.) foreclosure, foreclosing, estoppel.

=foré=, =-e=, _part._, bored, drilled; piped (of keys).

=forer=, _v.a._, to bore, to drill, to perforate, to pierce.

=forestier=, _n.m._, ranger, keeper, forester.

=foresti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, forest, pertaining to forests. _Enlever au régime des lois —ères_; to disafforest. _Garde —_; forest-ranger, forester.

=forêt=, _n.f._, forest, forest-land, woodland; roof-timber; den of thieves, shock (of hair). _Conversion en —_; afforestation. _Convertir en —_; to afforest. _Déclarer ne plus être —_; to disafforest. _Une — de cheveux_; a great shock of hair.

=foret=, _n.m._, gimlet, borer, drill.

=forfaire=, _v.n._, to fail in one’s duty; to trespass, to transgress; to prevaricate; to be false to. _Il a forfait à l’honneur_; he has been false to honor.

=forfaire=, _v.a._, to forfeit (fief).

=forfait=, _n.m._, forfeit, crime, offense, transgression; contract. _Entreprendre à —_; to contract for, to take by the job. _À —_; in the lump; on speculation.

=forfaiture=, _n.f._, forfeiture; prevarication.

=forfanterie= (-fan-trî), _n.f._, romancing, bragging, puffing, boasting.

=forficule=, _n.f._, (ent.) earwig.

=forge=, _n.f._, forge, smithy; farmer’s shop; blacksmith’s shop. _pl._, iron-works. _Grosse —_; large forge. _— de campagne_; (milit.) traveling forge. _Maître de —s_; iron-master.

=forgeable= (-jabl), _adj._, forgeable.

=forger=, _v.a._, to forge, to hammer; to invent, to fabricate, to contrive, to forge, to coin. _— des nouvelles_; to fabricate news. _— des mots_; to coin words. _Fer forgé_; wrought iron.

_se_ =forger=, _v.r._, to create, to imagine, to conjure up, to fancy.

=forgerie=, _n.f._, iron-works.

=forgeron=, _n.m._, smith, blacksmith. _En forgeant on devient —_; practice makes perfect.

=forgeur=, _n.m._, forger, hammerman, contriver, inventor, fabricator.

=forhuer= _or_ =forhuir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to blow, to wind (a horn); to recall the hounds; to recheat.

=forjet=, _n.m._, jutting out (of a wall).

=forjeter=, _v.n._, (arch.) to jut out.

=forlancer=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to dislodge, to start (game).

=forlonger=, _v.a._, to spin out, to lengthen, to protract. _v.n._, to get ahead (of a stag).

_se_ =forlonger=, _v.r._, to be spun out, to be drawn out; (hunt.) to run a length; to get ahead. _Le cerf s’était forlongé_; the stag had got ahead.

=formaliser=, _v.a._, to offend, to shock.

_se_ =formaliser=, _v.r._, to take exception to, _or_ offense at, to feel offended.

=formalisme=, _n.m._, formalism.

=formaliste=, _adj._, formal, precise, ceremonious. _Il est trop —_; he is too precise.

=formaliste=, _n.m._, formalist.

=formalité=, _n.f._, formality, form, ceremony. _Défaut de —_, _manque de —_; (jur.) informality.

=formariage=, _n.m._, (feudal-law) marriage between serfs belonging each to a different lord.

=format=, _n.m._, form, size, shape (of a book).

=format-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, formative, creative.

=formation=, _n.f._, formation.

=forme=, _n.f._, form, shape, figure, make; mode, mold, frame; body (of a hat); mold (in paper-making); (print.) form; seat; stall (of a choir); bed of gravel; (vet.) ring-bone; (nav.) dock. _— de soulier_; last of a shoe. _Mettre des souliers en —_; to put shoes on the last. _— de chapeau_; hat block. _Sans autre — de procès_; without any further formality. _En —_; formally. _— de procédure_; law proceeding, procedure. _En la — qui suit_; as follows. _Argument en —_; formal argument. _Pour la —_; for form’s sake. _— brisée_; stretchers. _Dans les —s_; _en bonne —_; in due form, in order.

=formé=, =-e=, _adj. & part._, formed; full-grown, mature, matured; set (of fruit).

=formel=, =-le=, _adj._, formal, express, precise, plain, explicit.

=formellement= (-mèl-mān), _adv._, formally, expressly, precisely, strictly.

=former=, _v.a._, to form, to frame, to fashion, to compose, to make up, to bring up, to cut out, to mold, to season; (jur.) to array (a panel). _— une difficulté_; to raise a difficulty. _— une plainte_; to lodge a complaint. _— un jeune homme_; to train up a youth.

_se_ =former=, _v.r._, to be made, formed; to be bred, to form, to take, to assume a form, to take shape, to improve; to resolve one’s self into (a committee, etc.). _— une idée de quelque chose_; to form an idea of anything. _Il se formera avec le temps_; he will become polished _or_ improve with time.

=formica-leo=, _n.m._, (_—_) myrmeleon, ant-lion.

=formicant=, _adj._, (med.) (of the pulse) weak and frequent.

=formication=, _n.f._, (med.) formication.

=formidable=, _adj._, formidable, dreadful, frightful; tremendous, fearful.

=formier=, _n.m._, last-maker.

=formique=, _adj._, (chem.) formic.

=formuer=, _v.a._, (hawking) to mew.

=formulaire=, _n.m._, formulary.

=formule=, _n.f._, formula, form; prescription. _— d’algèbre_; algebraic formula.

=formuler=, _v.a._, (med.) to write a prescription in due form; to detail, to state; (jur.) to draw up in due form, to formulate; (alg.) to reduce to a formula. _Se —_; to be drawn up.

=fornicat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, fornicator.

=fornication=, _n.f._, fornication.

=forniquer=, _v.n._, to fornicate.

=forpaître= _or_ =forpaiser=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to feed at a distance from the covert.

☉=fors=, _prep._, save, except, but.

=forsenant=, _adj._, (hunt.) eager after game.

=fort=, =-e=, _adj._, strong, stout, powerful, violent, plentiful, copious; severe (of illness); sturdy, robust, lusty, hardy, able-bodied, vigorous, able; hard, painful, difficult; skillful, clever; high (of wind); heavy (of ground, of rain). _Avoir la tête —e_, _l’esprit —_; to be strong minded. _Un esprit —_; a free-thinker. _Un coffre —_; a strong box, a safe. _Colle —e_; glue. _Terre —e_; heavy ground. _Place —e_; stronghold. _Expression —e_; telling expression. _— de poids_; overweight, too heavy. _À plus —e raison_; so much the more _or_ all the more reason. _Le plus — en est fait_; the worst is over. _Être — aux échecs_; to play at chess very well. _Se faire — de_; to undertake, to take upon one’s self to, to feel confident of being able to. _Se porter — pour quelqu’un_; to answer for any one. _Trouver plus — que soi_; to meet with more than one’s match. _C’est plus — que moi_; I cannot help it. _C’est trop —_, _c’est par trop —_; it is too bad. _Voilà qui est —_; come! I like that.

=fort=, _n.m._, strongest part of a thing; thickest part (of a wood); stronghold, fort; strength, skill; depth, heat, height; center. _Le — d’une affaire_; the main point of a business. _La raison du — est toujours la meilleure_; might is right. _La critique est son —_; criticism is his forte. _Dans le — de_ or _au — de l’hiver_; in the depth of winter. _Dans le — de sa colère_; in the height of his passion. _Dans le — du combat_; in the heat of the fight. _Au — de la tempête_; in the height of the storm. _— de la halle_; market-porter. _Le — portant le faible_, or _du — au faible_; one thing with another; on an average. _Connaître_, or _savoir_, _le — et le faible de_; to know the ins and outs of. _Le plus — est fait_; the worst is over, _or_ the most difficult part is done.

=fort=, _adv._, very, very much, highly, extremely, vastly, exceedingly; hard, forcibly. _— bien_; very well. _Bien —_; very hard, or very loud. _— et ferme_; resolutely; for all one is worth. _Il pleut —_; it is raining fast. _Frapper —_; to strike hard.

=forte=, _adv._, (mus.) forte.

=fortement=, _adv._, strongly, vigorously, with force, stoutly, forcibly, much; exceedingly.

=forteresse= (for-très), _n.f._, fortress, stronghold.

=fortifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, strengthening, fortifying, invigorating, bracing.

=fortifiant=, _n.m._, (med.) tonic.

=fortification=, _n.f._, fortification; redoubt.

=fortifier=, _v.a._, to fortify, to strengthen, to invigorate, to brace; to corroborate, to confirm. _Le bon vin fortifie l’estomac_; good wine is strengthening.

_se_ =fortifier=, _v.r._, to fortify one’s self, to gather strength, to grow strong; to make one’s self a proficient; to gain proficiency; to make one’s self better acquainted; to become skilled.

=fortin=, _n.m._, (milit.) fortlet, little fort.

_à_ =fortiori= (-cio-), _adv._, à fortiori, much more.

=fortitrer=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to avoid the dogs.

=fortitude=, _n.f._, fortitude.

=fortrait=, =-e=, _adj._, (of horses) overworked, spent.

=fortraiture=, _n.f._, overfatigue (of a horse).

=fortuit=, =-e=, _adj._, fortuitous, casual. _Cas —_; mere chance _or_ accident.

=fortuitement= (-tu-it-mān), _adv._, fortuitously, casually, accidentally, by chance.