person inadyingstate,adyingone

morigéner, va. [L. morigenuri], to school, scold, reprimand [written moriyènbefore e mute.]

morne, adj. [Goth. maurnan], dull, gloomy, mournful, dejected,

morose, adj. [L. morosus], morose, sullen, sour,

mort, s.f. [L. mortem], death [t i never pronounced.]

mort, 6, 1. part. [L. mortuus], dead defunct, lifeless.

2 8. dead person, deceased, dead body, corpse.

mortel, le, adj, and 6. [J. mortulis], mortal.

mortification, s.f. [L. mortificationem|, mortification.

mossieu, corruption of monsieur.

mot, sf. [L. muttun], word, expression, saying [£ is never pronounced except before à in mot à mot.]

motiver, v.a. [motif -L. motum], to allege, to assign as a motive, to be the cause of, cause, occasion.

motus, int. [origin unknown], mum!

silence [s is pronounced.]

mou, mol, m, molle, f., adj. [L.

mollis], soft, mellow, slack, feeble, inactive.

mouchoir, sm. [mouche—L.* muccare], handkerchief.

mouillé, e, part.[w “uiller—L. mollis], wet, watery.

mouler, v.a. [moule—L. modulus], to cast, mould; to print.

mourant, e, adj.[mourir], dying, expiring, fading.

mourir, v.n.irr. [L.moriri], (mourant, mort, je meurs, je mourus, je mourrai, que je meure) to die.

moustache, 8.f. [Sp. mostacho- Gr.

puora], moustache.

moustiers, O.F. for moutier.

moûtier, s«m. [L, monasterium)], convent, monastery (an archaic word:

the Academy writes it moutier.)

mouvant, e, adj. [nouvoir], moving, animated,

mouvement, 8.m,{[L. movimentum], movement, motion, move.

moyen, 8.m. [L. medianus], means, way, manner,

Mozart, Mozart (see note.)

muet, te, adj. [L. mutus], dumb, mute, speechless.

mur, 8.m. [L. murus], wall.

mûr, 6, adj. [L. maturus], ripe, mature,

mûre, 8.f. [L. morum], mulberry.

murmure, sim [[,. miurmur], murmur, murmuring, whispering.

murmurer, v.n. {L. murmurare], to murmur, mutter, whisper,

musique, s.f. [L. musica], music, strain of music.

mutuel, le, adj. [L. mutuus], mutual, reciprocal.

mutuellement, adv. [mutuel], mutually, reciprocally.

mystère, s.m.[L. mysterium], mysery.

mystérieux, 8e, adj. [mystère], mysterious.

mystification, s.f. [L. mystificationem], hoaxing, hoax, mystification.

mythologie, s.f. [Gr. muboaoyial, mythology.

nager, v.n. [L. navigare], to swim, float, abound [e is retained before «and 0.]

naïf, ve, adj. [L. nativus], naive, native, artless, ingenuous, unaffected, natural, simple, candid.

naissance, s.f. [L. nascentia], birth, nativity, descent.

naître, v.n. irr. [L.* nascere], (naïssant, né, je naïs, je naquis, je naîtrai, que je naiïsse,) to be born.

naïveté, s.f. [naïf], native simplicity, ingenuousness, artlessness.

nappe, s.f. [L. mappa], cloth, tablecloth, sheet ; nappe d'eau, sheet of water.

narquois, e, adj. [narquer—L.* naricus, ‘who wrinkles the nose’], cunning, 8ly.

uational, 6, adj. [nation], national.

natte, s.f. [L. matta], mat, matting, straw-mat, plait, tress.

um Worc

)ving, tu],

1EADS,

lumb,

swim, nd 0.]

e, naatur-

birth,

(naïsitrai,

Î mpli-

tableater.

narining,

al.

ting,

nature, 8.f. [L. natura), nature.

qoseurel 16, adj. [L. naturalis], natur-

naturellement, adv. [naturel], na-

né, ©, part. [naître], born.

néanmoins, adv. [néant, moins], nevertheless, however, for all that,

néant, s.m. [L. ne, entem], nothing, nought, nothingness.

nécessaire, adj. [L. necessarius],

négligemment, adv. [néyligent], negligently, careless!y.

négligent, e, adj. (L. neglisentem)], negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless.

neige, s.f. [L. nivea], snow.

nerveusement, adv. [nerveux], nervously:

nerveux, 86, adj. [L. nervosus], nervous.

net, te, adj. [L. nitidus], clean, neat olear ; net.

neuf, num. adj., L. novem], nine [pre nounce neuf; neu chevaux; neu-v a ; neuf et demi.]

neuf, ve, adj. [L. novus], new.

nez, s.m. [L. nasus], nose [z is never pronounced.]

ni, conj. [L. nec}, neither, nor, or.

niais, e, adj. [L.* nidacem, ‘caught in the net’—L. nidus], silly, simple.

niasement, adv. [niaïs], sillily, foolishly.

nid, s.m. [L. nidus], nest [d is never pronounced.

noce, s.f. [L. nuptiae], wedding, marriage.

Noël, s.m. [L. natalis], Christmas.

noir, e, adj. [L. niyer], black, swarthy.

nombre, s.m. [L. numerus], number,

nommer, v.a [L. nominare], to name, cali, nontinate , se nommer, to be called, to state one’s name, to be called,

non, adv. {L. non], no, not.

noter, v.a. [L. notare], te note, to mark.

notre, adj. pl. nos [L. noster], our.

nourrice, s.f, [L. nutricem], nurse,

nouveau, nouvel, m., nouvelle, f., adj. [L. novellus], new, recent.

nouveauté, sf. [L. novellitatem ], newress, novelty.

noyer, v.a. [L. necare], to drown ; se noyer, to drown one’s self, be drowned.

nuage, 8.m, [nue--L. nubes], cloud, mist, darkness, gloom, sadness, shade, dejection.

nuance, s.f, [nue], shade.

nuire, v.n.[L nocere], (nuisant, nu, je nuïs, no past def., je nutraï, que je nuise), to hurt, to harm, to wrong.

nuit, 8.f. [L. noctem], night, darkness,

numéro, 8.m. [It. nwmero], number.

nymphe, 8.f. [L. nynpha], nymph.

obéir, v.n. [L. obedire], to obey.

objet, s.m. [L. objectum], object, subject, matter; aim, end, view [pronounce ob-jè ; un ob-jè-t ayréable ; des ob-jè-z agréables.]

obligation, s.f. ([L. obligationem], obligation, duty, task.

obligé, À (obliger), necessary, essential, obliged, indebted.

obligeant, e, adj. [obliger], obliging, kind.

obliger, v.a. [L. obligare], to oblige, bind, compel [retains e before & and o.

oblique, adj. [L. obliquus], oblique, sidelong.

observer, v.a. [L. observare], to observe, to mind, to notice, to watch |pronounce 8 sharp.] obsession, s.f. [L. obsessionem], besetting, obsession, being possessed.

obstination, 8.f. [obstinationem], obstinacy, pertinacity, stubbornness.

obstiné, e, adj. [obstiner], obstinate, self-willed, stubborn. obstinément, adv. {obstiné], obstinately, stubbornly, s’obstiner, v.r. [L. obstinare], to be obstinate, be obstinately resolved, persist, obtenir, v.a.[L. obtinere], (conjugated like tenir) to obtain, procure, get, occasion, s.f. [L. occasionem], opportunity, occasion, cause, reason.

occasionner, v.a. [occasion], to occasion, to cause, occupation, s.f. [L. occupationem], oceupation, business, employment, work.

s'occuper, v.r. [L. occupare], to ococcupy one’s self, to be busy, to apply one’s self, to attend to.

octogénaire, adj. and 8. [L. octogenarius], octogenary, octogenarian.

odieux, se, adj. [L. odiosus]}, odious, hateful, loathsome,

œil, s.f. [L. oculus], eye.

œuvre, 8.f. [L. opera], work, piece of work (œuvre is masc, in l'œuvre de Beethoven, eto.; and in Le grand œuvre, the philosopher’s stone.)

offense, s.f. [L.

transgression, trespass.

offenser, va. [L. penersh to offend, to give offence, to hurt.

offensif, ve, adj [ofenser], offensive.

offensive, s.f. offensive; prendre l'of- Jfensive, to take the offensive.

offlcier, s.m. [ofice—L. oficium)], ofhcer, butler, steward.

Offrir, va. irr, LE oferre], (conjugated like couvrir) to offer, to propose, to ten-

offensa], offence,

der, to present, to vield, to bid; s’ofrir, to offer, to propose one's self.

etes s.m. [L.* aucellus-—L. avis],

oiselet, s.m. [dim. of O.F, oisel], little bird, nestling.

oiseux, se, adj. [L. otiosus], indolent, idle, irrevelant.

ombre, s.f. [L. wmbra!, shade, shad- Oow.

” On, pron. [L. homo], one, they, we, you, people, men, somebody.

ongle, s.m. [L. ungula], nail.

opérer, v.a. [L. op:rari], to operate, to effect, to perform, to work [written opèr- before e mute, except in fut. anc cond.] opinion, s.f. [L. opinionem], opinion.

opportunité, sf. [L opportunitatem], opportuneness, seasonableness, expediency, propriety.

opprimer, va. [L. opprimere], to oppress.

or, s.m. [L. auürum], gold.

or, conj. [L. hora], but, now.

orage, s.m. [L. aura], storm, tempest.

crateur, s.m. [L. oratorem], orator, speaker.

orchestre, s.m. [Gr. ‘opxnorpal], orchestra, band.

ordinaire, 1. adj. [L. ordinarius], ordinary, common, usual, customary.