Heath's French and English dictionary

by Jean Louis de Lolme

assoter, v.a., (fam. and iron.) to befool, to infatuate; to besot. S’—, v.r., to be foolishly fond of.

assoupir, v.a., to make drowsy, heavy, dull; to lull, to assuage, to allay, to soften; to deaden; to suppress, to stifle, to still, to quiet, to hush, to hush up.

s’assoupir, v.r., to grow drowsy, dull, heavy, sleepy; to fall asleep; to doze; to be assuaged, to be weakened; to be appeased, to be stilled.

assoupissant, -e, adj., drowsy, sleepy, soporiferous, soporific. Discours —; speech that sends one to sleep.

assoupissement (-mān), n.m., drowsiness, sleepiness, heaviness; carelessness, sloth, negligence, supineness, hushing up; (med.) coma.

assouplir, v.a., to make supple, to render flexible, tractable; (man.) to break in. — un cheval; to break in a horse. — une étoffe; to make a stuff soft.

s’assouplir, v.r., to become supple, manageable.

assourdir, v.a., to deafen, to make deaf; to stun; to muffle (a bell, an oar); (paint.) to darken.

s’assourdir, v.r., to grow deaf.

assourdissant, adj., deafening.