membre, n.m., member; limb; (nav.) ribtimber.
membré, -e, adj., limbed. Bien —; having well-made and well-proportioned limbs.
membru, -e, adj., large-limbed, stout-limbed.
membrure, n.f., limbs, frame; cord (to measure fire-wood); ribs, timbers (of a ship); (carp.) split-board.
même, adj., same; self; very own. Une seule et — origine; one and the same origin. C’est la — chose; it is all one. Moi-même; myself. Eux-—s; themselves. C’est la bonté —; she is goodness itself. La — chose; the same thing. La chose —; the very thing.
même, adv., even, also, likewise. Il lui a tout donné, — ses habits; he has given him everything, even to his clothes. Les plus sages — le font; even the wisest do it. Quand — il me l’aurait dit; even though he had said it me. À — de; in a position to, able to. Mettre à —; to enable. Boire à — la bouteille; to drink out of the bottle itself. Vous êtes à — de rendre service à cet homme; you are in a position to do that man a service. Il vous a mis à — de le faire; he has enabled you to do it. De —; the same; so; like. Faites de —; do the same. Tout de —; all the same, in the same manner. De — que; in the same manner as, so as, as.
même, n.m., same, same thing. Cela revient au —; it comes to the same thing or it is all the same. Faire au —; (at billiards) to pocket straight. Faire or refaire au —; to take in, to cheat; to give like for like; to pay back in his own coin; to give (any one) as good as he brings.
mêmement, adv., also, even, likewise.
mémento (-min-), n.m., (—s) memento, reminder, hint.
mémoire, n.f., memory, recollection, remembrance; commemoration; fame. Avoir une — de lièvre; to have a very short memory. — fidèle; retentive memory. Je n’en ai pas la moindre —; I have not the slightest recollection of it. De — d’homme on n’a vu telle chose; such a thing has not been seen within the memory of man. Des choses dignes de —; things worthy of commemoration. Remettre dans la —, conserver la — de; to remind, to remember. Rappeler quelque chose à la — de quelqu’un; to bring anything to any one’s recollection, to remind any one of anything. En — de; in memory of. Réhabiliter la — d’un défunt; to restore the fair fame of any one. À la — de; in memory of. Si j’ai bonne —; if I remember rightly.