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Recourir.

To have recourse

to. Secourir.

To succour.

Je ne recourrai pas à lui dans mon malheur,

I will not have recourse to him in my misfortune,

Il faut secourir ses amis dans le besoin.

We must succour our friends in need.

THIRD CLASS, AS CONNAITRE, TO KNOW.

INFINITIVE AND PARTICIPLÈS.

To know, connaître. Knowing, connaissant. Known, connu.

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Croître.

To grow.

THE FOLLOWING ARE

VERBS CONJUGATED LIKE CONNAITRE,

Accroître.

To increase.

Décroître.

To decrease.

Cette pluie a bien fait croître les blés.
This rain has made the corn grow very fast.
Il a par son économie accru de beaucoup son revenu.
By his economy, he has much increased his income.
Les jours commencent déjà à décroître.

The days already begin to decrease.

Paraître, appa-Dieu apparut plusieurs fois à Moïse.

raître.

To appear.
Disparaître.
To disappear.
Comparaître.

To appear.
Méconnaître.
Not to know
again, to forget. S
Reconnaître.
To remember.
Reconnaître.

God appeared several times to Moses.
Il disparut aussitôt de la ville.

He disappeared immediately from the town,
Il n'a pas osé comparaître devant ses juges.
He did not dare to appear before his judges.
Il est devenu si gros que tout le monde l'a méconnu.
He is become so lusty that nobody knows him again.
Je l'ai reconnu du premier abord.

I remembered him at first sight.

Toute l'Europe reconnut l'indépendance des Etats-
Unis.

To acknowledge. All Europe acknowledged the independence of the
United States.

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Admettre.
To admit.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE

VERBS CONJUGATED LIKE METTRE.

Commettre.
To commit.
Compromettre.

To compromise,
to expose one.
Se démettre.
To resign.
S'entremettre.
To mediate.
Permettre.
To permit.
Omettre.
To omit.
Promettre.

To promise.
Remettre.
To deliver.
Remettre.
To replace.
Soumettre,

To submit.
Transmettre.

To transmit.

Il a été admis dans la Société Royale de Londres.
He has been admitted into the Royal Society of
London.

Vous commiles une grande faute en le lui disant.
You committed a great fault in telling it to him.
Je ne vous compromettrui pas; comptez sur ma
parole.

I will not expose you; depend on my word.
Il se démit aussitôt de sa charge.

He immediately resigned his office.
Je me suis entremis pour les accorder.
I mediated with the hope of reconciling them.
Lui avez-vous permis de venir?

Did you permit him to come?

Je n'ai omis aucune des particularités de cette affaire.
I omitted none of the particulars of this business.
On lui a promis une belle récompense, s'il réussis-
sait.

A handsome reward has been promised him, should
he succeed.

Lui avez-vous remis le paquet et les plumes?
Have you delivered him the parcel and the quills?
Avez-vous remis les livres à leur place?
Have you replaced the books?

Je ne me soumettrai jamais à des conditions si
inhumaines.

I will never submit to conditions so inhuman.
Les sciences nous ont été transmises par les Grecs
et par les Romains.

The sciences have been transmitted to us by the
Greek and Romans.

FIFTH CLASS, AS PRENDRE, TO TAKE.

INFINITIVE AND PARTICIPLES.

To take, prendre. Taking, prenant. Taken, pris.

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VERBS

Apprendre.
To learn.
Comprendre.
To understand.
Désapprendre.
To unlearn.
Entreprendre.
To undertake.
Se méprendre.

To make a mis-
take.
Reprendre.

To take back.

THE FOLLOWING ARE

CONJUGATED LIKE PRENDRE.

Combien y a-t-il que vous apprenez le Français ?
How long have you been learning French?
Avez-vous compris ce qu'il a dit?

Did you understand what he said?
Vous désapprenez au lieu d'apprendre.
Instead of learning, you unlearn.
Vous entreprenez trop de choses à la fois.
You undertake too many things at once.
Vous vous êtes mépris sur son compte.
You have made a mistake about him.

J'ai repris mon argent, et lui ses marchandises
I took my money back, and he his goods.

Reprendre. Il a été repris sévèrement par un conseil de guerre. To blame, to He was severely blamed (or censured) by a court martial.

censure.

Surprendre.

To surprise.

Vous me surprenez d'agir comme vous faites.
You surprise me by acting as you do.

SIXTH CLASS, AS FAIRE, TO DO, OR TO MAKE.

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