enlacement (ān-las-mān), n.m., lacing, entwining; interweaving, entanglement.
enlacer, v.a., to lace; to entwine; to twist; to interlace; to clasp; to interweave. — quelqu’un dans ses bras; to clasp in one’s arms.
s’enlacer, v.r., to entwine; to twist; to be interlaced.
enlaidir, v.a., to make ugly, to disfigure.
enlaidir, v.n., to grow ugly, to be disfigured.
enlaidissement (-dis-mān), n.m., ugliness; disfigurement.
enlèvement (ān-lèv-mān), n.m., carrying off; removal; carrying off forcibly, kidnaping; abduction; translation (to heaven); buying up, monopoly. L’— des Sabines; the rape of the Sabines.
enlever, v.a., to lift, to raise; to carry, to carry off; to carry away; to rescue; to pick out; to carry away forcibly, to kidnap; to take off, to clear away, to remove; to sweep off; to charm, to delight, to burn (the mouth). On lui a enlevé sa femme; his wife has been carried off. On lui a enlevé ses meubles; his furniture has been removed. Enlevez cela de dessus la table; take that off the table. — une place; (milit.) to carry a town. — la peau; to flay the skin. La mort l’a enlevé à la fleur de son âge; death carried him off in his prime. — des taches; to take out stains. — tous les prix; to carry off all the prizes. Cela enlève la bouche; that burns the mouth. Enlevé! carried! done! Se faire — par; to elope with.
s’enlever, v.r., to rise, to be lifted; to come off, to peel off; to come out; to go off (of goods on sale); to get into a passion.
enleveur, n.m., kidnaper, abductor, ravisher.