adv. behind

arriver, v.n. [à, rive], 1. to come to land, come to, arrive at, attain.

2. to happen, come to pass, chance, occur; arriver à ses Jins-a son but, to obtain one's ends,

arrondir, v.a. [à, rond], to make round, to round,

arrondissement, sim. [arrondir], arrondissement, district [see note, 2, 19].

arroser, v.a. | L. adrorare], to water, irrigate, besprinkle, wet, soak, bathe,

arsenal, s.m.{Sp. arsenal -Arab. dur, ‘house’, cind'at, ‘trade’], arsenal.

art, s.m. [L. artem], art [t is never pronounced.

article, s.m. [L. articulus], article, matter, thing, subject, point.

artiste, s.m.f. [L. artista], artist.

artistique, adj. [artiste], artistie (a word of recent introduction.)

aspect, s.m. [L. aspectus], aspect, sight, look, point of view, [pronounce «spè; un a-spè-kodieux ; des a-spè-zodieux.]

assaut, sim. [assaillir—L. assalire], assault, storm, onset, onslaught, attack shock.

assentiment, s.m.{assentir—sentir|, assent,

asseoir, v.a. irr. [L. adsidere], (asseyant, assis, jassieds, j'assis. j'asstérai.

que j'asseie), to seat, set, et in a chair ; s'asseotr, to sit, sit down; to be seated

assez, adv. [L. ad, satis], enough, sufliciently, rather, tolerably.

assiette, s.f. [L. «d, situx], plate.

assis, e, past part. [asseoir], seated,

assister, v.n. [L. adsistere], to be at, be present at, attend, witness, take part in.

assombrir, v.a. [4, sombre], to darken, make gloomy; s'assombrir, to become dark—gloomy ; to darken.

assommer, v.a. [&, somme, ‘load’], to beat or club to death, to overpower, overwhelm, beat down [originally applied to a mule crushed by the weight (sonne) of the pack-saddle.]

assouvir, va. [L.* assopire], to glut, saturate, clog, surfeit; s’assouvir, to be satisfied, glutted, surfeited.

assurément, adv. [assuré], assuredly, surely, to be sure, doubtless, certainly.

assurer, v.a. [à, sûr], to assure.

atelier, s.m. [attelle—L. hastella], workshop, study, studio, office.

attachement, sm. [attacher], attachment, affection.

attacher, va. [à+tacher—Celt. tack, “nail’], to fasten, make fast, attach, fix, séick, join, affix, bind, tie; s'attacher, to take hold, hold to, fasten on, cling, cleave, stick, adhere, be attached, have an aftecticn for.

attarder, v.a. [à, tard], to delay.

atteindre, v.a. and n. irr. [attinyere|, (conjugated ïike craindre), 1. to touch, strike, hit.