rais, n.m., spoke (of a wheel); ☉beam, ray (of light); (her.) beam. — de cœur; (arch.) ogee.
raisin, n.m., grape, grapes. Une grappe de —; bunch of grapes. Un grain de —; a grape. Un pépin de —; a grapestone. — de Corinthe; (grocer’s) currants. Des —s secs; raisins. — d’Amérique; (bot.) poke-weed. — d’ours; bear’s whortleberry. — de renard; (bot.) herb-Paris, true-love. Grand —; royal (paper).
raisiné, n.m., pear, quince, and grape preserve.
raisinier, n.m., (bot.) grape-tree.
raison, n.f., reason, sense, judgment, rationality; satisfaction; proof, ground, matter, argument; motive; rate; consideration; justice, right, excuse, answer; (com.) firm; share; ratio; (jur.) claim. — sociale; firm; name of a firm, style. Sans —; groundless, groundlessly. —s d’état; state reasons. —s de famille; family reasons. Il n’a point de —; he lacks sense, he is deficient in sense. Mariage de —; prudent marriage, marriage for money. Parler —; to talk sense, to talk sensibly. Avoir —; to be right. Vous avez —; you are right. Donner — à quelqu’un; to decide in favor of any one, to side with any one. Plus que de —; more than is reasonable, more than one ought to. Entendre —; to listen to reason. Mettre quelqu’un à la —; to bring any one to reason, to settle any one. Comme de —; as it is fit, of course, naturally. Être de —; imaginary being, creation of the brain. Où force domine — n’a point lieu; where force holds sway, there’s no room for reason. Tirer — d’une injure; to obtain satisfaction for an injury. Se faire — soi-même; to do one’s self justice, to take the law into one’s own hands. Faire — à; to pledge. Faire — de; to give satisfaction for. Se faire une —; to be guided by reason. Se rendre à la —; to yield to reason. Rendre — de sa conduite; to give an account of one’s conduct. Ce n’est pas une —; that does not follow. Ne pas entendre —; not to listen to reason. Puissante —; powerful argument. — probable; probable proof. Point tant de —s; don’t argue so much! Grande —; great cause. Bonne —; good grounds. À plus forte —; with greater reason or force; a fortiori. — de plus; all the more reason. Pour — de quoi; for which cause, wherefore. Pour — à moi connue; for reasons best known to myself. À — de, en — de; in proportion to; according to; at the rate of. En — de; by reason of; in consideration of. A telle fin que de —; in case of need; according to circumstances; at all events; in any case. Sous la — de; (com.) under the style of. Sa — est d’un tiers; his interest (in the concern) stands at one third. Livre de —; ledger.
raisonnable, adj., rational, reasonable, thinking, sensible; conscionable, just, wise; proper, right; adequate; moderate; fair; tolerable. Pension —; adequate pension. Prix —; moderate price. Il est d’une taille —; he is moderately tall, or very fairly tall.
raisonnablement, adv., reasonably, sensibly, agreeably to reason, wisely, fairly, justly, rationally; moderately, pretty well; tolerably.
raisonné, -e, adj., rational, intelligent, supported by proof; analytical, studied, methodical, classified.
raisonnement (rè-zo-n-mān), n.m., reasoning; argument, ratiocination, answer. Faire des —s à perte de vue; to reason vaguely, to wander from the point. Point de —s; no answers; none of your answers.
raisonner, v.n., to reason, to argue, to discourse; to answer; to murmur; (nav.) to lie to, (in order to be searched). — faux or — à faux; to reason falsely. Faire — un vaisseau; (nav.) to compel a ship to speak another. V. arraisonner.