enfoncement (ān-fons-mān), n.m., sinking, sinking down; breaking in; recess; (paint.) background.
enfoncer, v.a., to sink, to sink to the bottom; to drive in; to break in; to outwit, to surpass; to ruin, to blow up, to dish, to diddle. — un clou dans la muraille; to drive a nail into the wall. — son chapeau; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes. — un bataillon; to break through a battalion.
s’enfoncer, v.r., to sink, to sink down; to break down; to bury one’s self in; to plunge; to fail, to make a mess of. S’— dans un bois; to dive into a wood. Cet homme s’enfonce dans l’étude; that man buries himself in study. S’— dans la débauche; to plunge into debauchery.
enfoncer, v.n., to sink.
enfonceur, n.m., one who breaks in or through anything; (fig.) cheat, diddler. — de portes ouvertes; braggart.
enfonçure, n.f., cavity, hole, hollow; boards (of a bedstead); bottom pieces (of casks).
enforcir, v.a., to strengthen.
s’enforcir, v.r., to gather strength; to grow stronger.
enforcir, v.n., to gather strength, to get strength.
enformer, v.a., to put on the block; to block (hats).