V. tr verb transitive
v. ref verb reflexive.
is équivalent to.
+ connecte different parts of a dérivation.
* oonjugated with être,
conjugated with awir and être.
The numbers after irreg. attached to certain verbs indicate the place in the list of irregular verbs in Fasquelle-Sykes, Part II., where they may be found.
VOCABULARY
a, from avoir, ind. près, 3rd sing.
à, prep. [L. ad], to, at, in, on, by, with, from, towards, under.
abandonner, v. tr. [abandon, à + O.F. handon], to abandon, give np, leave, forsake, desert.
abat-jour, n. m. [abattre+jour], lampshade, shade ; pl. des abat-jour.
abattre, v. tr. irreg. 34 [à-\-battre], to knock down ; Rabattre, to fall ; burst, strike (of a storin).
abattu, adj. [p. p. of abattre], felled, dejected, downcast.
abîme, n. m. [L.* abyssimus, from Gr. âjSucrcroç], abyss.
abjurer, v. tr, L. [abjurare], to abjure, renounce,
aboiement, n. m. [aboyer, L. ad-f baubari], barking.
abord, n. m. [à-fôord], approach, arrivai, access, admittance, resort, attack, onset ; first, at first ; tout d’abord, at the outset, at once.
aborder, v. tr. and intr, [abord], to approach, land at, arrive, board, address, accost.
abréviation, n. f. [L. abbreviationem], abbreviation.
abri, n. m. [Prov. abrie,dev.‘!], shelter, refuge, cover ; à l’abri de, sheltered from, secure from.
absence, n. f. [L. àbsentia], absence.
absent, e, adj, adj. [L. absentcm], absent.
absolu, e, adj. [L. absolutum], absolute, positive, arbitraiy, unlimited.
absolument, adv. [absolu], absolutely.
absorber, v. tr. [L. absorbere], to absorb, engross, take up.
abuser (de), v. intr. [abus, L. abusws], to abuse, impose on, misuse, use (unfairly), misemploy.
Académie, n. f. [L. academia], Academy.
académique, adj. [L. acadefnicus], picademic.
accabler, v. tr. [L.* cadabulum, a balista — Gr, Kara^oKy, overthrow], to overwhelm, crush, bear down, throw.
accepter, v. tr, [L. acceptare], to accept, reçoive, consent to, agréé to.
accès, n. m. [L. accessus], access, approach, entry, admittance, attack, fit.
accident, n. m, l^L. accidentem], accident, incident, casualty.
accointance, n. f. [accomter — L.'^ adcognitare], acquaintance (fam. and b. 3.)
accompagner, v. tr. [O. F. a+compaigner (L. cum+pané)], to accompany, attend, wait on, follow.
accomplir, v. tr. [L. ad-{-complere], to accomplish, effect, finish, complété, make good, fulfil, establish.
accomplissement, n. m. [accomplir], accomplishment, fulfilment, completion, execution, observance.
accord, n. m, [accorder], accord, harmony, agreement; d’accord, agreed, concluded, arranged.
accorder, v. tr. [L.* accordare], to reconcile, agréé, grant, allow, accord, tune, harmonize, bestow, concédé, admit.
* t accourir, v. intr. irreg. 5 [L. accurrere], to run up, corne up hastily, run to, flock together.
accoutumer, v. tr. [à -[-coutume], to accifôtom, use, habituate, inure.
accrocher, v. tr. [croc, of Teut.
origin— Neth. krôk], to hang up, hook, catch, get, pick up.
accueil, n. m. [accueillir— L. adcollegere], réception, welcome, protection.
accumuler, v. tr. [L. accumulare], to accumulate, heap up, store, amass.
accuser, v. tr. [L. accusare], to accuse, charge, indite, arraign, tax, blâme.
acheminer, v. intr. [chemin], to forward ; s’acheminer, to set out or forward, take one’s way, get on.
acheter, v. tr. [L. adcaptare], to buy, purchase.
achever, v. tr. [à-\-chef, in former sense of ‘ end ’], to finish, complété, clo.se, ponclude, terminate, consummate,
acide, adj. [L. addus], acid, sour, tart, Sharp ; and n. m., acid.
acier, n. m. [L.* acierium—h. acies], Steel.
acquérir, v. tr. irreg. 3, [L. acqucerere], to acquire, purchase, buy, obtain, get, achieve, gain, attain.
acquit, n. m. [acquitter— h.* acquitare], discharge, receipt ; pour l'acquit de sa conscience, to unburden one’s conscience.