dans le vrai, 'no longer playing a part

Protée. Proteus, the keeper of Neptune's herds (seals), had the power of assuming various shapes. See Virg. Georg. iv. 405.

1. 40. partly 'political party.' It is convenient to bring together the chief meanings of part, parti, partie. Part means share ; parti, political party, resolution, matrimonial match {un bon parti) ; partie, part (of a whole), adversary (in a law suit), game (p. 41, 1. 33).

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1. 3. des dates et des bulletins. Napoleon's propensity to falsify his bulletins from the seat of war is well known. Those on Marengo were more than once altered long after the event.

1. 4. des prestiges, 'illusions.' In our use of the word the bad sense has almost disappeared.