Part 8

=affaire=, _n.f._, thing, affair, matter; business, concern, job, duty; dealing; trouble, scrape, quarrel; action, case, lawsuit; fight, skirmish, battle; need, occasion, want; work, transaction. _Belle —_; fine thing, pretty mess, trifling matter. _—s courantes_; current business. _— de rien_; trifling affair. _— d’intérêt_; money matter. _Bien_, _mal_, _dans ses —_; in good, bad, circumstances. _Homme d’—s_; man of business, agent, steward, middleman. _Relation d’—s_; mercantile connection. _Dans les —s_; in business. _En —_; engaged in business. _Pour —_; on business. _Aller à ses —s_; to go to one’s business. _S’attirer une —_; to get into a scrape. _Avoir — à_; to have to deal with. _Avoir — avec_; to have business with. _Avoir bien des —s_; to be much employed. _Avoir des —s pardessus la tête_; to be over head and ears in business. _Céder ses —s_; to give up business. _Être à ses —s_; to attend to business. _Eviter les —s_; to keep clear of scrapes. _Faire des —s_; to do business. _Faire l’— de quelqu’un_; to answer some one’s purpose, turn. _Faire son — à quelqu’un_; to settle any one’s business, do for him. _Faire de grandes —s_; to carry on an extensive business. _Ne faire rien à l’—_; not to affect the matter. _Mettre quelqu’un dans les —s_; to set any one up in business, to apprentice any one to a business. _Se retirer des —s_; to retire from business. _Sortir d’une — avec honneur_; to come off honorably. _Tirer d’—_; to extricate, to help out. _Se tirer d’—_; to get out of trouble, to get on in the world. _Vaquer aux —s_; to attend to business. _Vider une —_; to settle an affair. _C’est_, _ce n’est pas_, _une —_; it is no, it is an, easy matter. _J’ai votre —_; I have what you want, the very thing for you. _Je ferai son —_; I will do for him. _C’est mon —_; leave that to me. _J’en fais mon —_; I take that upon myself. _Ce ne sont pas là mes —s_; that is none of my business. _Au point où en sont les —s_; as matters stand. _Son — est bonne_; he is in for it, he will catch it. _Son — est faite_; he is done for.

=affairé=, =-e=, _adj._, full of business, busy. _Faire l’—_; to ape the busy man; to fuss about.

=affaissement= (-mān), _n.m._, depression, sinking, subsiding, giving way, weakness, weighing down; (med.) collapse.

=affaisser=, _v.a._, to cause to sink, to weigh down, to press down, to bear down, to weaken.

_s’_=affaisser=, _v.r._, to sink, sink down, subside, settle, to give way.

=affaiter=, _v.a._, (falconry) to reclaim and train, tame (hawks).

=affaler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to overhaul (a rope); to embay, drive upon a lee-shore. _Affale!_ lower away.

_s’_=affaler=, _v.r._, (nav.) to slide down; to be driven upon a lee-shore.

=affamé=, =-e=, _adj._, famished, hungry, starving, craving. _Être — de_; to be greedy of; eager for.

=affamer=, _v.a._, to famish, to starve.

=affectation=, _n.f._, affectation, distinction; (jur.) mortgage, charge.

=affecté=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, destined; (alg.) affected, assumed.

=affecter=, _v.a._, to affect, to pretend, feign; to appropriate, to destine.

_s’_=affecter=, _v.r._, to be affected; to be moved.

=affecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, affective.

=affection=, _n.f._, affection, love, attachment, liking, inclination, partiality; (med.) affection. _Témoignage d’—_; token, mark, of affection. _Par —_; out of affection. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_; to become attached, to take a fancy, to any one. _— nerveuse_; nervous affection.

=affectionné=, =-e=, _adj._, affectionate, loving.

=affectionner=, _v.a._, to love, to have an affection for, to fancy, to be fond of, to like; to take an interest in.

_s’_=affectionner=, _v.r._, to apply one’s self to a thing with delight, to attach one’s self to, to delight in, to take a fancy for.

=affectueusement= (-mān), _adv._, affectionately, fondly, heartily, kindly.

=affectueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, affectionate, warm-hearted.

=afférent=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) appertaining to, belonging to, accruing to, indivisible. _Portion —e_; share of indivisible property.

=affermable=, _adj._, farmable, rentable, demisable.

=affermage=, _n.m._, farming, renting, demising.

=affermer=, _v.a._, to farm or let out by lease; to take a lease of; to rent.

_s’_=affermer=, _v.r._, to be farmed, rented.

=affermir=, _v.a._, to strengthen, to give strength to; to make firm or strong; to fasten; to harden, to make hard or firm; to confirm, to establish, to consolidate, to fix firmly.

_s’_=affermir=, _v.r._, to become strong, firm or fast; to grow hard; to fortify one’s self; to become established, to persist in.

=affermissement= (-mān), _n.m._, strengthening, settling, consolidation, establishment; stay, support, prop.

=affété=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, full of affectation, prim, finical; canting, mincing. _Mine —e_; affected looks. _Manières —es_; affected manners.

=afféterie=, _n.f._, affectation, affectedness; primness, mannerism; affected, formal ways; cant. _Les —s d’une coquette_; the affected ways of a coquette.

=affichage=, _n.m._, the posting up of placards, bills, &c., bill-sticking, placarding.

=affiche=, _n.f._, placard, bill, hand-bill. _Poser une —_; to post up a placard. _Homme —_; sandwich man.

=afficher=, _v.a._, to post up; to publish, to proclaim, to make a show of, to parade, to divulge. _Défense d’—_; stick no bills.

_s’_=afficher=, _v.r._, to set up for; to attract public notice. _Cette femme s’affiche_; that woman seeks notoriety.

=afficheur=, _n.m._, bill-sticker.

=affidé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, confederate, trusty, confidential agent.

=affidé=, =-e=, _adj._, trusty, trustworthy.

=affilage=, _n.m._, whetting, sharpening, grinding, setting.

=affilé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharp; nimble, glib (of the tongue).

=affiler=, _v.a._, to set, to put an edge on, to sharpen.

=affiliation=, _n.f._, affiliation, association.

=affilier=, _v.a._, to receive, to affiliate, to admit.

_s’_=affilier=, _v.r._, to get affiliated, admitted.

=affiloir=, _n.m._, hone, whetstone, steel.

=affinage=, _n.m._, affinage, refining, fining (of metals, sugar).

=affiner=, _v.a._, to fine, to refine; to try.

_s’_=affiner=, _v.r._, to be refined; to be fined, tried, (nav.) (of weather), to clear up.

=affinerie= (-rî), _n.f._, (metal.) finery, painting shop.

=affineur=, _n.m._, finer; (metal.) refiner.

=affinité=, _n.f._, affinity, alliance; congeniality, conformity, relation. _Avoir de l’— avec_; to be congenial to.

=affinoir=, _n.m._, hatchel.

=affiquet=, _n.m._, a knitting-sheath. _—s_, _pl._; gewgaws, knick-knacks, bauble.

=affirmati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, affirmative; positive.

=affirmation=, _n.f._, affirmation, assertion; (log.) predication; affidavit, oath.

=affirmative=, _n.f._, affirmative. _Prendre l’— pour ou contre_; to decide for or against.

=affirmativement= (-mān), _adv._, affirmatively, positively.

=affirmer=, _v.a._, to affirm, to vouch, to assert, to assure, to declare, to state; to confirm by or on oath; (log.) to predicate.

=affixe=, _n.m._, affix.

=affleuré=, =-e=, _adj._, level; (arch.) flush.

=affleurement=, _n.m._, leveling; making flush; (mining) cropping out, outcrop.

=affleurer=, _v.a._, to make even, to level; (arch.) to make flush; (ship-building) to fay; (mining) to crop out.

=affleurer=, _v.n._, to be level, on a level with, to be flush with.

=afflicti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) affecting the person corporal (of punishments).

=affliction=, _n.f._, affliction, grief, trouble, distress, anguish, sorrow, tribulation; trial, vexation.

=affligé=, =-e=, _adj._, afflicted, grieved, dejected, disconsolate. _— d’une maladie_; laboring under a disease.

=affligeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, grievous, woeful.

=affliger=, _v.a._, to afflict, to grieve, to vex, to trouble, to distress, to cast down; to mortify.

_s’_=affliger=, _v.r._, to grieve, to be concerned; to be afflicted, troubled, distressed, cast down, sorrowful; to fret.

=affluence=, _n.f._, a flowing together; affluence, abundance, multitude, concourse, crowd.

=affluent=, =-e=, _adj._, (of rivers) falling into, running into.

=affluent=, _n.m._, confluence; tributary stream.

=affluer=, _v.a._, to fall, to run, to flow into; to abound; to resort, to flock, to come in great numbers; (med.) to flow, to rush.

=afflux=, _n.m._, (med.) afflux, affluxion.

=affolé=, =-e=, _adj._, maddened, distracted, frantic; infatuated with; madly in love with; (nav.) erroneous, defective (of the magnetic needle). _Une boussole —e_; a compass that is not true.

=affoler=, _v.a._, to make extremely fond, to make one dote upon; to madden, to distract, bewitch. _S’— de_; to become infatuated with.

=affouage=, _n.m._, the right of cutting wood.

=affouillement=, _n.m._, undermining, washing away.

=affouiller=, _v.a._, (arch.) to undermine; to wash away.

=affourche=, _n.f._, (nav.) small bower. _Ancre d’—_; small bow-anchor.

=affourché=, =-e=, _part._, astraddle, astride, (nav.) moored across.

=affourcher=, _v.n._ and _a._, _s’—_, _v.r._, to seat astride, (nav.) to moor across, to moor by the head or by the head and stern.

=affranchi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, freed man; freed woman.

=affranchi=, =-e=, _part._, freed; post-paid, prepaid.

=affranchir=, _v.a._, to set free, to free, to enfranchise, to give liberty; to make free; to absolve; to exempt, to discharge; to deliver; to pay the carriage of; to prepay.

_s’_=affranchir=, _v.r._, to rid one’s self of, to free one’s self, to get free, to shake off, to break through.

=affranchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, enfranchisement, manumission; exemption, discharge; delivery, deliverance; payment of postage (of a letter); pre-payment of carriage (of a parcel). _Timbre d’—_; postage-stamp.

=affre=, _n.f._, dread, horror, agony. _Les —s de la mort_; the terrors of death.

=affrètement= (-mān), _n.m._, chartering, freighting.

=affréter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to charter, to freight.

=affréteur=, _n.m._, charterer, freighter.

=affreusement= (-mān), _adv._, frightfully, horribly, dreadfully, terribly, shockingly.

=affreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, frightful, hideous, horrible, atrocious, fearful, ghastly, horrid, shocking.

=affriander=, _v.a._, to accustom, use, bring up, to dainties; to allure, to entice, to tempt.

=affriolement= (-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) act of alluring, enticing, tempting; allurement; enticement.

=affrioler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to allure, to entice, to draw by enticement.

=affriter=, _v.a._, to season (a frying pan).

=affront=, _n.m._, affront, outrage, insult; disgrace, shame, reproach. _Recevoir un — sanglant_; to receive an outrageous affront. _Boire_, _avaler_, _un —_; to pocket an affront.

=affronté=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) affrontee.

=affronter=, _v.a._, to affront, to face, to brave; to cheat, to take in.

=affronterie=, _n.f._, braving, daring, affronting.

=affronteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, affronter, deceiver, cheat.

=affublement=, _n.m._, grotesque make up (of dress), rig, muffling up.

=affubler=, _v.a._, to wrap up, (b.s.) to dress out, up, to muffle up. _S’— d’un manteau_; to muffle one’s self up in a cloak, to assume (a name).

_s’_=affubler=, _v.r._, to dress ridiculously. _S’— de quelqu’un_; to be wrapped up in.

=affusion=, _n.f._, (phar.) affusion.

=affût=, _n.m._, gun-carriage, stand, rest; watch, lying in wait. _Être à l’—_; to be upon the watch, to lie in wait. _Homme d’—_, knowing fellow.

=affûtage=, _n.m._, the mounting of a piece of ordnance; a set of tools, implements; sharpening (of tools); the dressing (of a hat).

=affûter=, _v.a._, to mount (a cannon); to stock (with tools); to set or sharpen (tools, pencils).

=affutiau= (-tio), _n.m._, trifle, bauble, knick-knack.

=afin=, _conj._, to, in order to; that, so that.

=afistoler=, _v.a._, to make spruce, to dress up.

=à fortiori=. _V._ =fortiori=.

=africain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, African.

=africain=, =-e=, _adj._, African.

=aga=, _n.m._, a Turkish officer, aga.

=agaçant=, =-e=, _adj._, inciting, alluring, enticing; vexing, irritating, provoking, worrying.

=agace=, _n.f._, magpie.

=agacé=, =-e=, _part._, irritated, worried, set on edge. _Avoir les dents —es_; to have one’s teeth on edge.

=agacement= (-mān), _n.m._, setting on edge; irritation. _— des nerfs_; irritation of the nerves.

=agacer=, _v.a._, to incite, to provoke, to egg on, to spur on, to irritate, to provoke, to entice, to allure, to set on edge.

=agacerie=, _n.f._, allurement, incitement, provocation. _Faire des —s à quelqu’un_; to set one’s cap at any one, to ogle.

=agame=, _adj._, (bot.) agamous.

=agami=, _n.m._, (orni.) agami, gold-breasted trumpeter.

=agape=, _n.f._, agape, love-feast.

=agapètes=, _n.m._ and _f.pl._, agapetæ.

=agaric=, _n.m._, (bot.) agaric. _— champêtre_; field agaric, mushroom. _— femelle_; female agaric. _— de chêne_; touch-wood.

=agasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =agace=.

=agate=, _n.f._, agate.

_s’_=agatiser=, _v.r._, (Th. Gautier) to become mellow (of a picture).

=agavé=, _n.m._, (bot.) agave, American aloe.

=âge=, _n.m._, age; years; generation, century. _Bas —_; infancy. _Jeune —_; childhood. _Moyen —_; middle ages. _— moyen_; middle age, average. _— mûr_; mature age. _— tendre_; early age. _Vieil —_; old age. _— viril_; manhood. _— d’airain_; brazen age. _— d’argent_; silver age. _— de fer_; iron age. _— d’or_; golden age. _— de raison_; age of discretion. _Doyen d’—_; the oldest, senior. _Fleur de l’—_; prime of life. _Avant l’—_; before one’s time. _D’— en —_; from age to age, from generation to generation. _D’un certain —_; elderly. _Entre deux —s_; of middle age. _Être d’— à_; to be old enough to. _Être bien pour son —_; to wear well, to bear one’s years well. _Être sur l’—_; to be growing old. _Honoré par l’—_; time-honored. _Paraître son —_; to look one’s age. _Tirer sur l’—_; to be elderly.

=âgé=, =-e=, _adj._, aged, in years, elderly. _— de vingt ans_; twenty years old. _Un peu —_; somewhat elderly.

=agence=, _n.f._, agency, business. _Bureau d’—_; agency office.

=agencement= (-jāns-mān), _n.m._, arrangement, grouping, ordering; (arch.) order, composition; (paint.) disposition.

=agencer=, _v.a._, to arrange, to dispose, to fit up, to group.

_s’_=agencer=, _v.r._, to dress up, to adorn one’s self.

=agenda= (-jin-da), _n.m._, (_—s_) memorandum-book, agenda, diary.

*=agenouiller=, _v.a._, to make kneel down, to bring to one’s knees.

*_s’_=agenouiller=, _v.r._, to kneel down, (of a horse) to fall on his knees.

*=agenouilloir=, _n.m._, hassock, kneeling-stool.

=agent=, _n.m.f._, agent; middleman; broker. _— comptable_; accountant. _— d’affaires_; agent, man of business. _— monétaire_; circulating medium. _— de change_; stock-broker. _— de police_; policeman.

=agglomération=, _n.f._, agglomeration.

=agglomérer=, _v.a._, to agglomerate.

_s’_=agglomérer=, _v.r._, to agglomerate.

=agglutinant=, =-e=, _adj._, agglutinant, adhesive.

=agglutinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, agglutinative.

=agglutination=, _n.f._, agglutination.

=agglutiner=, _v.a._, to agglutinate, to unite.

_s’_=agglutiner=, _v.r._, to agglutinate, to cohere.

=aggravant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) aggravating.

=aggravation=, _n.f._, aggravation; addition. _— de peine_; increase of punishment.

=aggrave=, _n.m._, (canon law) threat of excommunication; censure, admonition.

=aggraver=, _v.a._, to aggravate, to augment, to make worse.

_s’_=aggraver=, _v.r._, to increase, to be aggravated.

=aggrégat=, =aggrégation=, =aggréger=. _V._ =agrégat=, =agrégation=, =agréger=.

=agile=, _adj._, agile, quick, nimble, active, light-footed.

=agilement= (-mān), _adv._, nimbly, with agility, quickly.

=agilité=, _n.f._, agility, nimbleness, activity, quickness, lightness.

=agio=, _n.m._, agio, premium.

=agiotage=, _n.m._, stock-jobbing; jobbing. _Faire l’—_; to deal in stocks.

=agioter=, _v.n._, to be a stock-jobber; to gamble in the funds, to job.

=agioteur=, _n.m._, stock-jobber, jobber.

=agir=, _v.n._, to act, to do; to operate, to have an influence; to negotiate, to manage a business; to sue, to prosecute; to behave; to work. _Faire —_; to set going, to bring to bear upon. _— de concert avec quelqu’un_; to go hand in hand with any one. _Il agit en ami_; he acts like a friend. _— mal envers_; to use ill. _— d’après_; to act upon, after. _C’est mal —_; that is behaving ill.

_s’_=agir=, _v.r._, to be in question; to be the matter. _Il s’agit_; the question is, the point in question is. _De quoi s’agit-il?_ what is the matter? _Il ne s’agit pas de cela_; that is not the question. _Il s’agit de votre vie_; your life is at stake. _Il s’agit bien de cela_; I, they, we, have something else to think of.

=agissant=, =-e=, _adj._, active, stirring, busy; efficacious, effectual.

=agitateur=, _n.m._, agitator.

=agitation=, _n.f._, agitation; tossing, jolting, shaking; trouble, emotion, disturbance; uneasiness, tumult, restlessness.

=agiter=, _v.a._, to agitate, to put in motion, to move, to wave; to shake, to pull, to heave, to jolt; to swing; to disturb, to disquiet, to torment, to debate, to dispute. _— un drapeau_; to wave a flag.

_s’_=agiter=, _v.r._, to be agitated or in movement; to get rough; to be restless, disturbed, uneasy; to stir, writhe, wag, struggle; to be debated. _S’— dans l’eau_; to flounder about in the water.

=aglomération=, &c. _V._ =agglomération=.

=aglutinant=, &c. _V._ =agglutinant=, &c.

=agnat=, _n.m._, agnate.

=agnation=, _n.f._, agnation.

=agnatique=, _adj._, agnatic.

*=agneau=, =agnelle=, _n.m.f._, lamb. _Laine d’—_; lamb’s wool. _Peau d’—_; lamb-skin.

☉*=agnel=, _n.m._, an old French golden coin, agnel.

*=agneler=, _v.n._, to lamb; to bring forth lambs, to yean.

*=agnelet=, _n.m._, lambkin, yeanling.

*=agneline=, _adj.f._, of a lamb. _Laine —_; lamb’s-wool, teg-wool.

*=agnès= (-ess), _n.f._, a young raw girl, simpleton.

=agnus=, _or_ =agnus-Dei=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) Agnus-Dei, Lamb of God.

=agnus-castus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) chaste-tree.

=agon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) agon, agonism.

=agonie=, _n.f._, agony, the pangs of death; grief, trouble, anguish, torture. _Être à l’—_; to be at the point of death.

=agonir=, _v.a._, (pop.) to insult grossly, to pull to pieces, to load with abuse.

=agonisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, a dying person; dying, in a dying condition.

=agoniser=, _v.n._, to be at the point of death.

=agonistique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) agonistics.

☉=agonothète=, _n.m._, agonothete.

=agora=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (from Gr. Ἀγορὰ) market-place, public place.

=agouti=, _n.m._, (mam.) agouti.

=agrafe=, _n.f._, hook, clasp, hasp; (arch.) cramp-iron; sculptured ornament. _— et porte_; hook and eye.

=agrafer=, _v.a._, to hook, to clasp, to hasp, to fasten with a clasp.

_s’_=agrafer=, _v.r._, to hook, to clasp, to cling, to lay hold on, to be fastened.

=agraire=, _adj._, agrarian.

=agrandir=, _v.a._, to make greater; to enlarge; to augment; to lengthen, to widen; to raise, to promote, to advance; to amplify, to exaggerate; to give dignity to, to exalt, to promote. _— ses prétentions_; to raise one’s pretensions. _Le génie agrandit les héros_; genius exalts heroes.

_s’_=agrandir=, _v.r._, to become greater, larger; to widen, to grow long or longer; to enlarge one’s estate, to become richer, to raise or advance one’s self.

=agrandissement= (-mān), _n.m._, enlargement, aggrandizement, improvement; the making greater, larger, bigger; lengthening, widening, increase; advancement, preferment, exaltation, dignifying.

=agravant=, &c. _V._ =aggravant=, &c.

=agréable=, _adj._, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, comfortable, acceptable, gladsome, grateful. _— au goût_; palatable. _Feu —_; comfortable fire. _Avoir pour —_; to allow, permit. _Faire l’— auprès d’une femme_; to be attentive to a lady.

=agréablement=, _adv._, agreeably, pleasantly, comfortably, gratefully, gracefully.

=agréage=, _n.m._, brokerage.

=agréé=, _n.m._, solicitor, attorney (in the tribunals of commerce).

=agréer=, _v.a._, to accept, to receive kindly; to like, to relish; to approve, to allow; ☉to rig. (_V._ =gréer=.) _— un vaisseau_; to rig, to equip a ship.

=agréer=, _v.n._, to be liked, to like, to please, to be agreeable. _Cela ne m’agrée pas_; I don’t like that, it does not suit me.

☉=agréeur=, _n.m._ _V._ =gréeur=.

=agrégat=, _n.m._, aggregate.

=agrégati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aggregative.

=agrégation=, _n.f._, aggregate; aggregation; admission (into a society); examination for the degree of fellow; fellowship; aggregate body, assemblage. _Concours d’—_; examination for a fellowship.

=agrégé=, _n.m._, fellow (of the university); assistant professor.

=agrégé=, =-e=, _adj._, aggregate; (bot.) clustered.

=agréger=, _v.a._, to aggregate, to unite, to join, to incorporate, to receive, to admit into a society, to associate.

=agrément=, _n.m._, liking, approbation, consent; accomplishment; agreeableness; pleasingness; pleasure, charm; gracefulness; ornament, embellishment; advantage, amusement, comfort; (mus.) grace. _Arts d’—_; accomplishments. _De grands —s_; great comfort.

=agrémenter=, _v.a._, to ornament, to trim, to adorn.

=agrener=, _v.a._, to feed, (game-birds) to bait.

=agrèner=, _v.a._, to pump water out of a boat.

=agrès=, _n.m.pl._, rigging.

=agresseur=, _n.m._, aggressor.

=agressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aggressive.

=agression=, _n.f._, aggression.

=agressivité=, _n.f._, aggressiveness.

=agreste=, _adj._, agrestic, wild, rustic; ill-bred, clownish, unmannerly.

=agricole=, _adj._, agricultural.

=agriculteur=, _n.m._, agriculturist, husbandman, farmer.

=agriculture=, _n.f._, agriculture, husbandry, tillage.

_s’_=agriffer=, _v.r._, to cling to with claws, to lay hold of.

=agriministe=, _n.m._, trimming maker.

=agrion=, _n.m._, dragon-fly.

=agripaume=, _n.f._, (bot.) mother-wort.

=agripper=, _v.a._, (pop.) to gripe, to snatch up.

_s’_=agripper=, _v.r._, (pop.) to lay hold of, to cling to.

=agronome=, _n.m._, agriculturist.

=agronomie=, _n.f._, agronomy.

=agronomique=, _adj._, agricultural.

=agrostemme=, _n.m._, (bot.) agrostemma. _— des jardins_; rose-campion, corn-cockle.

=agrostide=, _n.f._, (bot.) bent-grass.

=agrouper=, _v.a._, to group.

=aguerri=, =-e=, (-ghè-) _part._, inured to war; disciplined. _Soldats mal —s_; raw soldiers.

=aguerrir= (-ghè-), _v.a._, to train up in, to inure to the hardships of war, to discipline, to accustom to war; to accustom, to inure, to use.

_s’_=aguerrir=, _v.r._, to grow warlike or martial; to accustom one’s self to a thing, to be inured.

=aguets= (-ghè-), _n.m.pl._, watch, watching. _Être aux —_, _se tenir aux —_; to lie in wait, to be upon the watch.

=agueustie= (-gheus-tî), _n.f._, (med.) loss of taste.

=agui=, _n.m._, (nav.) sling, bowline, knot.

=ah=, _int._, ah! hah! oh! _— ça_; now, then!

=ahan=, _n.m._, great bodily exertion, effort. _Suer d’—_; to perform hard work, to toil and moil.

=ahaner=, _v.n._, to groan, sigh, pant; to toil and moil.

=aheurtement=, _n.m._, stubbornness, obstinacy.

_s’_=aheurter=, _v.r._, to maintain a thing obstinately, to be obstinately bent upon a thing, to stick to it, to persist in. _— à une opinion_; to be wedded to an opinion.

=ahi=, _int._ _V._ =aïe=.

=ahurir=, _v.a._, to amaze, to astound, to strike all of a heap, to bewilder.

=ahurissement=, _n.m._, bewilderment, confusion, perplexity.

=aï=, _n.m._, (mam.) three-toed sloth.

=aide=, _n.f._, aid, help, relief, assistance, succor, support; chapel of ease; (man.) aid, coaxing; aid; female assistant. _pl._, subsidies, excise (taxes). _À l’—!_ help! _À l’— de_; with the help of. _Dieu vous soit en —!_ God help you!

=aide=, _n.m._, helper, assistant, mate, help, coadjutor. _— major_ (_—s —s_); assistant surgeon, (_formerly_) adjutant. _— chirurgien_ (_—s —s_); assistant surgeon. _— de cuisine_ (_—s de cuisine_); under cook. _— de camp_ (_—s de camp_); aide-de-camp.

=aider=, _v.a._, to aid, to help, to relieve, to assist, to succour. _— à descendre_, _à surmonter_, _à relever_; to help down, over, up.