*mépris*, m., contempt.
*mer*, f., sea.
*mère*, f., mother.
*mériter*, to deserve.
*merveilleusement*, wonderfully.
*messe*, f., mass.
*mesure*, f., measure. à —— que, in proportion as; outre ——, excessively.
*mesurer*, to measure off.
*met, mets*, see *mettre*.
*mettre*, to put, place, set. —— dans une carte, to hit a playing-card; —— au désespoir, to vex extremely; —— le feu à, to set fire to; —— à flot, to set afloat; —— en joue, to aim (at), take aim; —— la main sur, to attack, lay hands on; —— pied à terre, to dismount; il fut mis en pièces, he was torn to pieces; il la mit en mille pièces, he broke it to fragments.