se décourager, v.r., to be discouraged, disheartened. Il y a de quoi se —; it is enough to dishearten one.
décourant, -e, adj. V. décurrent.
décourber, v.a., to unyoke barge horses; to unbend, to straighten.
découronner, v.a., to discrown, to lay bare. — une hauteur; to sweep the top of a hill (of troops).
décours, n.m., decrease; wane (of the moon).
décousu, -e, part., adj., unsewed, unstitched, ripped; (of style, etc.) desultory, loose, unconnected. Style —; desultory style. Des idées —es; unconnected ideas.
décousure, n.f., seam-rent; (hunt.) gash (by a wild boar).
découvert, -e, part., uncovered, detected, plain; discovered, open; unguarded; undecked (of boats). Une allée —e; an open walk. Un pays —; an open country. À —; in the open, exposed to the fire of the enemy; unprotected; barefaced; (com.) overdrawn. Être à —; (com.) to have no security, to be unsecured; to be overdrawn.
découvert, n.m., (com.) uncovered balance, overdraft, deficit.
découverte, n.f., discovery, detection; (nav.) lookout; (milit.) reconnoitering. Aller à la —; to scout. Envoyer à la — de; to send to reconnoiter.