s.m. the lower part, the under side

dessus, s.m. [de+sus or sur], top, the upper part; au dessus de, over, above,

destin, s.m. [destiner - L. destinare], destiny, doom, fate, career.

destinée, sf. [destiner], fate, destiny, doom, career.

détail, s.m. [détailler—dé+tailler], detail, particular, cireumstance.

détendre, v.a. [détendre], to unbend, slacken, relax, loosen,

déterminé. e, part. [déterminer—L.

determinare], determined, decided, fixed, determinate, definite,

détourner, va. [dé+tourner] to turn away, turn aside, turn of”, lead off.

dette, s.f. [L. debitum], debt, obligation.

deuil, s.m.{[douloir—L. dolore], mourning, grief, sorrow.

deux, adj. [L. duo], two.

devant, 1. prep. [de,rvant), before, in front of.

2, adv. before, ahead.

dévaster, v.a. [L. devastare], to devastate, lay waste, spoil, destroy.

développer, va. [origin unknown], to open, unwrap, unfold, develop, expand.

devenir, v.n. irr. [L. devenire], (conjugate like venir), to become, grow.

devenu, past. part. of deventr.

dévider, v.a. [dé, vide], to wind (into skeins.)

deviner, va. [devin —L. divinus], to divine, foretell, perdict, guess.

devint, past def. 8rd sing. of devenir.

dévoiler, v.a [dé+voiler], to unveil, discover, unravel, nncover; devoilé, unmasked, revealed, unmistakahle,.

devoir, L v.a. [L. debere], to owe, be bound to, have to, ought, be to, be fated to.