appâter, v.a., to bait, to allure; to feed (an infant or an invalid).
appaumé, adj., (her.) apaumé.
appauvrir, v.a., to impoverish; to make poor, to beggar.
s’appauvrir, v.r., to grow poor, to become impoverished, to be beggared.
appauvrissement (-mān), n.m., impoverishment.
appeau, n.m., bird-call; decoy-bird; (horol.) quarter-bell, half-bell.
appel, n.m., appeal, appealing; calling over; levy (recruiting); call (on shareholders); roll-call, muster; ruffle (of a drum); (jur.) call. Acte d’—; writ of appeal. — nominal; (parliament) call of the House. Officier d’—; muster-master. Interjeter —; to lodge an appeal. Faire l’—; to call over the names, the muster-roll. Manquer à l’—; to be absent from roll-call. Passer l’—; to pass muster. Répondre à l’—; to answer to one’s name. Battre l’—; to call to arms. Faire un — de fonds; to call in one’s funds.
appelant, -e (-lān, -t), n.m.f., (jur.) appellant; (ornith.) decoy-bird.
appelé, -e, part., called. Beaucoup d’—s et peu d’élus; many are called, but few are chosen.
appeler, v.a., to call, to name, to appeal; to chuck (of cocks); to term; to call over; to give a call, to call to; to invoke; to send for; to invite; to summon; to call for, to call on (cause); to challenge. Comment appelez-vous cela? what do you call that? — et rappeler; to call over and over, again and again. — en duel; to call out. — un médecin; to call in a physician. Faire —; to send for. — les choses par leur nom; to call a spade a spade. Voilà ce que j’appelle pleuvoir; that is rain with a vengeance.