s’entabler, v.r., (man.) to entable.
entacher, v.a., to taint, to infect; to sully, to tarnish.
*entaille, n.f., notch, gash; (carp.) mortise; groove.
*entailler, v.a., to notch; to cut away.
*entaillure, n.f., notch.
entame, n.f., first cut, first or outside slice (of a loaf).
entamer, v.a., to make an incision, to cut, to make the first cut; to broach, to begin; to break into; (milit.) to break through; (b.s.) to encroach, upon; (b.s.) to impair; to injure; to prevail upon. — la peau; to cut the skin. — un pain; to begin a loaf. — d’un coup de dent; to bite into. — une matière, un sujet; to begin, to broach a subject. — la réputation de quelqu’un; to injure any one’s reputation.
entamure, n.f., cut; first cut; incision; grazing; opening, beginning.
entassement (ān-tas-mān), n.m., heap, accumulation, pile; crowding.
entasser, v.a., to heap, to heap up, to pile up; to hoard, to hoard up; to accumulate; to cram; to huddle, to pack together. — des écus; to hoard up money. Personne entassée; thick-set person.