se défier, v.r., to defy, to challenge, each other; to distrust, to mistrust; to suspect. Je me défie de cet homme; I distrust that man. Se — de ses forces; to distrust one’s own strength. Se — de soi-même; to distrust one’s self.
défigurement, n.m., disfigurement; defacement.
défigurer, v.a., to disfigure, to mar, to distort, to spoil. La petite vérole l’a tout défiguré; the small-pox has quite disfigured him. — la vérité; to distort the truth.
se défigurer, v.r., to disfigure one’s self, to become disfigured, to become deformed.
défilade, n.f., filing past; going off or past; marching past.
défilé, n.m., defile, narrow pass; strait, difficulty; (milit.) defiling, filing off or past, marching past. Je ne vois aucun moyen de sortir de ce —; I see no way of getting out of this difficulty.
défilement, n.m., filing off, marching past or going past; (fort.) defilading.
défiler, v.a., to unstring, to unthread; to untwist. — des perles; to unstring pearls. — son chapelet; to say all one has to say (on a subject). Elle a défilé son chapelet; she has given up devotion. Le chapelet se défile; the association is falling to pieces. — un ouvrage; (fort.) to defilade.
défiler, v.n., to defile, to file off, march past, go past. Les soldats ne pouvaient — que deux à deux; the soldiers could only go past two by two.
défiler, n.m., (milit., l.u.) filing off, marching past.