élan, n.m., start, spring; dash, rush; sally, flight, glow, soaring; burst, outburst, transport; (mam.) elk, moose-deer. Par —s; by starts. Prendre un —; to take a spring, a flight.
élancé, -e, adj., slender, slim, thin, lank.
élancement (é-lāns-mān), n.m., shooting, twitch, twinge. pl., transports.
élancer, v.a., (l.u.) to launch, to dart, to shoot.
s’élancer, v.r., to bound, to shoot, to shoot or to spring forth, to dart forth, to rush, to dash, to spring; to take one’s flight. Il s’élança sur son cheval; he leapt or sprang on horseback. Il s’élança sur l’ennemi; he rushed upon the enemy. S’— sur quelqu’un; to spring upon any one. Mon âme s’élança vers Dieu; my soul soared up to God.
élancer, v.n., to shoot, to twitch (of pain).
élanion, n.m., (orni.) kite. — martinet; swallow-tailed kite.
élargir, v.a., to stretch, to widen, to make wider, to let out; to enlarge, to release, to set at liberty. — un habit; to let out a coat. — ses quartiers; to extend one’s quarters. — un compas; to open a pair of compasses. — un prisonnier; to set a prisoner at liberty.
s’élargir, v.r., to widen, to become wider; to enlarge; to stretch; to enlarge one’s estate; to set one’s self free.
élargissement (-jis-mān), n.m., widening, enlarging; release, discharge (from prison).