assassinant, -e, adj., exceedingly tiresome, boring; killing, murdering.
assassinat, n.m., assassination, willful murder, homicide, murder.
☉assassinateur, n.m., assassin, murderer.
assassiner, v.a., to assassinate, to murder, to make away with; to bore, to tease, to plague any one to death.
assaut, n.m., assault, storm, onset, onslaught; attack, shock; fencing match, assault. Donner l’— à une place; to storm a place. Emporter une ville d’—; to carry a town by storm. Faire — d’esprit; to make a trial of wit. Faire — de; to vie with each other in.
asséchage, asséchement, n.m., drying up.
assécher, v.a., to drain (mine); to dry up.
assemblage, n.m., assemblage, collection, union; set, combination; (print.) gathering; (nav.) tabling; (carp.) bond, scarf.
assemblé, -e, part., assembled, united, joined.
assemblée, n.f., assembly, meeting, company, party; convocation; congregation (of churches); meeting, meet (of hunters). Se réunir en — publique; to meet in public assembly. L’— se tient; the meeting is being held. — de jeu; card-party.