s’amender, v.r., to amend, to grow better, to reform; to mend.
amener, v.a., to bring; to bring in, to bring up, to bring over, to bring about, to bring round, to bring on; to lead; to fetch, to introduce; to prevail upon, to induce; to throw (of dice); (nav.) to haul down, lower, strike. Je l’ai amené où je voulais; I brought him to do what I wanted. Il a amené cette affaire à bien; he has ended the matter satisfactorily. — des maladies; to bring on diseases. — des modes; to bring in fashions. — quelqu’un à faire une chose; to induce any one to do a thing. — son pavillon; to lower, to strike one’s flag. Cette remarque est bien amenée; i.e. cleverly introduced, well to the point. N’amenez jamais la conversation sur la politique; never introduce politics into conversation.
aménité, n.f., amenity, pleasantness, grace.
amentacées, n.f.pl., (bot.) amentaceous plants.
amenuiser, v.a., to make thin, to make smaller; to lessen.
am-er (amè-r), -ère, adj., bitter, sad, painful, grievous; harsh, biting, galling, briny. Principe —; (chem.) bitter principle. Rendre —; to embitter. Cela est d’un goût —; that has a bitter taste. Avoir la bouche amère; to have a bitter taste in the mouth. Des plaintes amères; bitter complaints. Une raillerie amère; cutting raillery.
amer (amè-r), n.m., bitterness, gall (of some animals and fish). —s; (med.) bitters; (nav.) seamarks, landmarks.
amèrement (-mān), adv., bitterly, grievously.
américain, n.m., -e, n.f., American.
américain, -e, adj., American.