réchauffer, v.a., to heat again, to make warm again, to make hot again, to warm again, to warm up; to re-animate, to rekindle, to stir up. Faire — la soupe; to warm up the soup. — une couche; (hort.) to manure a bed anew, to mulch.
se réchauffer, v.r., to warm one’s self, to get one’s self warm, to grow warm; to rekindle, to become warmer, to warm.
réchauffoir, n.m., plate-warmer, dish-warmer.
rechausser, v.a., to put on shoes or stockings again; to set new cogs to a wheel; (agri., hort.) to mold, to mold up; (mas.) to line the foot of, to underpin. — un arbre; to mold up a tree. — un mur; to underpin a wall.
rêche, adj., rough (to the taste, touch); crabbed (of persons). Cette étoffe est —; that stuff is very rough.
recherche, n.f., search, seeking, quest, pursuit; research, inquiry, investigation; examination, scrutiny; studied elegance, neatness, finish, labored refinement, studied refinement, care; addresses, courtship, suit; (mas.) research, mending (with tiles or slates). Travailler à la — de la vérité; to labor in search of truth. — exacte; strict search. Faire la — d’une chose; to search for a thing. Style naturel et sans —; natural and unaffected style. Il fait la — d’une veuve; he is courting a widow.
recherché, -e, adj., choice, exquisite; affected, far-fetched, sought after, run after, in great request, in great demand. Parure —e; exquisite dress. Expression —e; far-fetched expression. Ornements —s; choice ornaments.
rechercher, v.a., to seek again, to look again for, to seek, to seek for, to seek after, to look for, to search, to search for, to search after; to investigate, to search into, to inquire into, to make an inquiry into; to institute an inquiry into, to call to account; to endeavor to obtain, to desire, to aspire to; to run after, to court, to seek; to solicit in marriage, to ask in marriage, to woo, to solicit the hand of; (arts) to finish, to finish off, to polish; (man.) to animate. On rechercha sa vie; they made inquiries into his mode of life. — un cheval; to animate a horse.
se rechercher, v.r., to seek each other, or each other’s society; to be sought after.
*rechigné, -e, adj., sour-faced, glum, surly, sulky, cross, crabbed, gruff.