m. rogue, rascal

drôlerie, s.f. [drôle], drollery,

du, art. m. [contraction of de Le], of the, from the, by the, some, any.

dû, due, part. [devoir], due, owed.

dupe, s.f. (0.F. dube, origin unknown], dupe, gull.

dut, past. def. 3rd sing. of devoir.

duquel, pron. [de+-lequel], of which.

dur, e, adj. [L. durus], hard, tough, harsh, merciless, unkind.

durant, prep. [durer], during.

durer, v.n. [L. durare], to last, wear.

ébahi, e, adj. [es, bah !/], wondering, aghast.

8’ ébattre, vr. [es, battre], to sport, take one’s pleasure.

ébaucher, v.a. [es, O.F. bauche, ‘mortar’], to make the first draught, draw an outline of, sketch, rough-hew, delineate.

éblouissement, s.m. [éblouir], daz-

zling ; brilliant display.

bouriffé, e, adj. [origin unknown],

disordered, in disorder, in a flutter.

ébranlement, s.m. [ébranler—es+ branler, (Ger. Brand)], shock, concussion, shaking, perturbation, trouble.

g’ébrouer, v.r. [origin unknown], to snort, sneeze,

écart, s.m. [écarter], step aside, digression, error; à l'écart, separate, outspread [t is never pronounced; un é-kar habile.]

écarté, 6e, [écarter], wide apart separated.

écarter, va. [es, carte', to set aside, remove, dispel, widen, scatter.

échange, s.m.[es, change], exchange, barter.

te PR MU TE

Er en

échanger, v.a. [échange], to exchange, interchange.

échapper, v.a. and v.n. [L. excapare], to escape, get away, avoid.

échauffer, v.n. [estchaufer], to grow warm, grow angry, fly into a passion, chafe, fume.

écheveau, s.m. [L. scapellus], skein.

éclairer, v.a. and v.n. [es-clair], to light, give light to; illuminate, sparkle, shine, brighten.

éclat, san. [éclater], sliver, splinter, prightness, radiancy, glitter, clap, crash, noise, lustre, richness, magnificence ; rire aux éclats, to burst out laughing [t is never pronounced.]

éclatant, e, adj. [éclater], bright, sparkling, glittering, brilliant, radiant,

azzling.

éclater, v.n. [O0. H. G. skleizan], to split, sliver, break in pieces, burst, crack,

ap, shine, sparkle, glitter, flash.

écolier, s.m. écolière, s.f. [école—L.

schola], school-boy, school-girl, pupil, scholar, learner.

économie, s.f. [L. œeconomia], economy, thrift, saving.

économiser, va. [économie], to economize, save, husband.

écorcher, va. [L.* eæcorticare], to flay, skin, gull, fleece.

écouler, v.a. (es, couler], to pour away, flow by.

écourter, va [LL excurtare], to

shorten, crop, curtail.

écouter, v.a. [L. auscultare], to listen, hear.

écran, sm. [Ger. schragen], screen, hand-screen, fire-screen.

écraser, v.a. [O. Scand. crassa], to crush, bruise, overwhelm, bear down.

sg'écrier, v.r. {es, crier], to cry out, exclaim.

écrire, v.a. irr. JL. sceribere], (écrivant, écrit, j'écris, j'écrivis, j'écrirai, que j'écrive) to write, set down.

écrit, s.m. [écrire], writing, written, agreement, mettre—coucher par écrit, to set in writing [é is never pronounced ; un é-kri-élégant].

écrit, e, part. [érire], writ, written.

écritoire, s.f. [scriptorium)], ink-horn, ink-stand.

écriture, s.f. [L. scriptura], writing, hand-writing, scripture.

écrivit, 3rd sing. past def. of écrire.

écusson, sm. [éeu—L. scutum], escutcheon, shield, coat of arms.

éducation, sf. [L. eduoationem], education.

g’effacer, v.r. [es, face], to get obliterated, wash out, wear away. °

effarement, s.m. [efurer], bewilderment, distraction, dismay.

effarer, v.a. [L. eferare], to frighten ; s'effarer, to become frightened,

effaroucher, v.a. [es, farouche], to scare away, startle.

effet, s.m. [L. efectum], effect, nerformance ; plu. goods, things ; en efet, in reality, indeed; à effet, for show, for effect [{ is never pronounced.]

effeuiller, v.a. [es, feuille], to strip off leaves; s'effeuiller, to lose its leaves.

effillochement, s.m. [efilocher], unravelling.

effilocher or effiloquer, v.a. [es + filoche], to ravel out, undo,

effleurer, v.a. [es+-fleur], to take off the surface, graze, touch upon, brush, rub.

effluve, s.m. [L. efluvium)], effluvium, efflux, emanation, effluence.

s'effondrer, v.r. |es, fond], to fall in, give way.

s’efforcer, v.r. [L.* exfortiure], to strain, strive, make an effort, exert one‘ self, struggle, endeavor, attempt.

effort, s.m. [eforcer], effort, exertion, endeavor, force, strength [£is never pronounced.|

effrayer, va. [L.

fright, frighten, terrify.

eftfroi, s.m. [efrayer], fright, terror, consternation.

effroyable, adj. [efroi], frigh'ful, dreadful, horrid, horrible, shocking, prodigious. |

égal, e. adj. [L. æqualis], equal, similar, uniform, like, alike; c'est égal, it's all the same.

g'égarer, v.r. [es +garer— O.H.G. war-

on], to lose one’s Way, stray, err, mistake, go astr'ay.

exfrigidare], to

égayer, va. [é, gai], to enliven, divert, make sheerful, lighten ; s’‘gayer, to cheer up, brighten up.

égoïisme, [L. ego], egotism, selfishness,

eh! interj. oh! eh bien! well!

élan, s.m. [é/ancer], start, spring, flight, burst, outburst, impulse.

élancer v.r. [é+lancer], to bound, shoot, rush, dash, spring ; s’élancer, to rush.

élargir, v.a {4 large], to stretch,

ionem)], + oblitwilderighten; che], to ct, nerm efet, ow, for to strip Aves.

er], una. [es + take off ish, rub.

Auvium,

> fall in,

are], to ert one!

xertion, ver pro-

re], to terror,

vigh! ful, g. prodi-

al, simil,it's all

.G. warimistake,

ven, diégqayer,

se]lfish-

spring,

bound, ncer, to

stretch,

widen, make wider, let out, enlarge, release.

élégance, s.f. {L. elegantia], elegance.

élégant, e, adj. [L. elegantem!, elegant, fasmonable.

élever, v.a. [é+lever], to raise, lift up; s'élever, to rise, ascend, go up, increase,

elle, pers. pro. fem. [L. i/{{a], she, her, it.

éloquence, s.f. [L. eloquentia], eloquence,.

éloquent, e, adj. [L. eloquentem], eloquent.

émacié, e, adj. [L. emaciare] emaciated.

embarras, s.m. [It. imbarrazzo], embarrassment, encumbrance, impediment, hindrance, perplexity, intricacy [pronounce an-ba-râ; un-en-ba-ra-z ennuyeux.

embarrasser, v.a. [embarras], to embarrass, encounter, obstruct, hinder, puzzle, trouble, confound.

embaumer, v.a. and v.n. [em<+baume—L. balsamum], to embalm, perfume, scent ; to give out a fragrant odor, smoke fragrantly.

embellissement, s.m. [embellir—-en —+bel+ir], embellishment, improvement, adornment.

emblématique, adj. emblemaiical.

embrasser, v.a.[en, bras], toembrace, kiss.

embroussailler, v.a. [en,broussaille], to cover with brushwood, bushes, briars, or brambles ; to make scattered, disordered (not found in dictionaries.)

embué, e, adj. [past part. of a coined verb embuer, from embu, past part. of emboire (en, boire), to soak in, said of a

inting when the wood or canvas soaks in the oil}, obscured, semi-transparent.

émerveiller, va {é, merveille], to astonish, amaze.

s'émeut, pres. ind. 3rd sing. of s’émouvoir.

émietter, v.a, [‘, miette], to crumble;

s'émictter, to crumble.

emmêlé, 6, adj. lem + mélé] entangled.

emmener, v.a. [en, mener], to carry, take, lead, fetch away.

&moi, s.m. [L. ex, H.G. magan], emotion, anxiety, flutter.

émotion, s.f.[L. emotionem], emotion.

émousser, va fmnoussr], to blunt, dull ; s’émousser, to grow dull, become blunt, become deadened.

émouvoir, v.a. irr. [L. emovere], (conjugated like mouvoir), to move, stir up; s'émouvoir, to rise, be roused, be "tirred up.

s'emparer, v.r.[en, parer], to possess one’s self of, seize, secure.

empêcher, v.a.[L.*inmpactare], to oppose, prevent, hinder, obstruct, impede.

emperler, v.a. [en, perle], to ornament with pearls.

empiler, v.a. to pile, stack; s’empiler, to pile up, rise up in a pile.

empire, s.m. {L. imperium], empire.

émplir, v.a. [L. implere], to fill; s’emplir, to fill.

employer, v.a. [L. implicare], to employ, use, bestow, spend.

emplumement, s.m. [em plume], fledgling (not found in the dictionaries.)

empoigner, v.a. to grasp, seize, lay hold of.

emporté, part. [emporter], hot, in a passion.

emporter, v.a. [en, porter], to carry away, take away ; s'emporter, to fly into a passion, run away, get beyond control.

empreindre, va. irr. [L. imprimere], (conjugaticn similar to that of craindre), to imprint, stamp, impress.

. emprisonner, v.a. [em, prison], to imprison, confine.

emprunter, v.a. [L. impromutuare], to borrow.

énnu, 6, past part. [émouvoir], moved, affected.

en, 1, prep. [L. in], in, into; while, when (with pres. part.), like, as; en Chrétien, as a Christian.

2. pro. [L. inde], of him, of her, of it, of them, from, by him, etc.

FL CRORAMER, v.a. [en, chaîne], to chain,

ind.

. enchantement, s.m. [enchanter—Ii incantare], enchantment, delight.

enchanteur, teuse, 1, s. [enchanter], enchanter, enchantress.