assourdissement, n.m., deafening noise; muffling, deadening; temporary deafness.
assouvir, v.a., to glut, to satiate, to cloy, to surfeit, to gratify. — ses passions; to gratify one’s passions. — sa faim; to satiate one’s hunger. s’assouvir, v.r., to be satiated, glutted, surfeited, cloyed, gratified.
assouvissement (-mān), n.m., glutting, cloying, satiating.
assujettir, or assujétir, v.a., to subdue, to enthrall, to bring under, into, subjection; to subject, to tie down; to oblige; to fix, to fasten, to wedge in. — ses passions; to master one’s passions. S’— à quelque chose; to tie one’s self down to a thing.
s’assujettir, v.r., to subject one’s self to.
assujettissant, -e, adj., binding, constraining, fettering, restrictive.
assujettissement (-mān), n.m., subjection, enthrallment; constraint.
assumer, v.n., to take upon one’s self, to assume.
assurance, n.f., assurance, certainty, certitude; security, safety; pledge; trust, confidence; protestation, promise; insurance; boldness, confidence, hardihood. — maritime; marine insurance. — contre l’incendie; fire insurance. — sur risques ordinaires; common insurance. — sur la vie; life insurance. Bureau d’—; insurance-office. Courtier d’—; insurance broker. Police d’—; policy insurance. Avec —; safely. Il est en lieu d’—; he is in a safe place. Donnez-moi des —s; give me a security. Prenez ma montre pour —; take my watch as a security. Il met son — en Dieu; he puts his trust in God. Il parle avec —; he speaks boldly. Prenez de l’—; put on a little assurance. Il n’y a pas d’— à prendre en vous; there is no reliance to be placed in you.
assure, n.f., woof, texture.