absence d’esprit (ȧp säNs des prē´), absence of mind.

a causa persa, parole assai (It.), (ä kä´ ōō zä per´sa, pä rô´lāäsä´ē), when the cause is lost, there is enough of words.

accueil (ȧ kö´ē), reception; greeting; welcome.

à charge (ȧ shȧrzh´), at expense.

à cheval (ȧ she vȧl´), on horseback.

à compte (ȧ kôNt´), on account.

à corps perdu (ȧ kôr per dū´), headlong; neck or nothing.

à coup sur (ȧ kōō sür´), with certainty; surely.

à couvert (ȧ kōō ver´), under cover, protected, sheltered.

acqua Tofana (It.), (ä kwä tō fä´), a subtle poison.