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1 Allege
v. trans.Urge as accusation: Ar. and P. αἰτιᾶσθαι.Urge in excuse: P. προφασίζεσθαι, σκήπτεσθαι, P. and V. προὔχεσθαι, V. σκήπτειν.Assert: P. and V. φάναι, φάσκειν, P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διἰσχυρίζεσθαιWoodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Allege
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2 ALLEGE IN EXCUSE
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3 προφασίζομαι
Aπροὐφασιζόμην Th.1.90
: [dialect] Att. [tense] fut.προφασιοῦμαι Aeschin.3.24
, later - ίσομαι Sch.Ar.Ec. 1019: [tense] aor.προὐφασισάμην Th.5.54
, X.Cyr.2.2.30, etc.;προεφ- D.C.59.26
:— allege by way of excuse, plead in excuse, c. acc.,τὸν αὐλητήν Thgn.941
;τὸν μῆνα Th.5.54
;ἀεί τι D.48.20
: c. inf., allege as an excuse that..,ἀρρωστεῖν Id.19.124
; soπ. ὅτι οὐκ ἐπίστανται X.Oec.20.14
: c. acc. cogn., πάσας προφάσεις π. Pl.R. 474e, cf. Lys.8.16: abs., make excuses, Ar. Lys. 756, Th.1.90;οὐκ ἔφη χρῆναι π. οὐδὲ διαμέλλειν Id.6.25
;π. ὑπέρ τινος Isoc.4.13
: [tense] aor. in pass. sense, ὡς εὗρον ἅπαν.. προφασισθέν that all was used as a pretext, all was a mere pretence, Th.8.33, cf. D.C.Fr. 57.72.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προφασίζομαι
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4 praetexo
I.Lit. (mostly poet.):B.purpura saepe tuos fulgens praetexit amictus,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 7:glaucas comis praetexere frondes,
weave around, Val. Fl. 3, 436; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4:praetexit arundine ripas Mincius,
Verg. E. 7, 12:litora curvae Praetexunt puppes,
id. A. 6, 5:fontem violis, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 249: limina ramis, Rapt. Pros. 2, 320: ripam ulvis,
Aus. Idyll. 10, 45:sicubi odoratas praetexit amaracus umbras,
spreads over, Col. 10, 297.—In mid. force:utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,
border on the Rhine, Tac. G. 34.—Transf.1.To place before or in front (syn.:2.praetendo, praepono): in his voluminibus auctorum nomina praetexui, Plin. praef. § 21: auctores quos praetexuimus volumini huic,
id. 18, 25, 57, § 212:tibi maximus honor excubare pro templis, postibusque praetexi,
i. e. that your statues stand before the temples, Plin. Pan. 52.—To border, to furnish, provide, or adorn with any thing: ex primo versu cujusque sententiae primis litteris illius sententiae carmen omne praetexitur, the whole poem is bordered (like an acrostic) with the initial letters from the first verse of every sentence (oracle), Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: omnia quae aguntur acerrime, lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit, has provided with, etc., id. de Or. 2, 78, 317:II.praetexta quercu domus,
Ov. F. 4, 953; 5, 567:summaque praetexat tenuis fastigia chartae, Indicet ut nomen, littera facta, meum,
let my name be inscribed upon it, Tib. 3, 1, 11.—Trop.A.To allege as an excuse, to pretend, to assign as a pretext (syn. causor):B.cupiditatem triumphi,
Cic. Pis. 24, 56:nomina speciosa,
Tac. H. 1, 72.—With acc. and inf.:ubicumque ipsi essent, praetexentes esse rempublicam,
Vell. 2, 62, 3:Tigellinus T. Vinii potentia defensus, praetexentis, servatam ab eo filiam,
Tac. H. 1, 72.—To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise with any thing:B.hoc praetexit nomine culpam,
Verg. A. 4, 172:funera sacris,
id. ib. 4, 500:fraudem blando risu,
Claud. Ruf. 1, 99.—Hence, praetextus, a, um, P. a., clothed with or wearing the toga praetexta:praetextus senatus (for praetextā in dutus),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 11:pubes,
Aus. Prof. 18, 7.—In partic.1.Toga praetexta, and (post-Aug.) absol.: praetexta, ae, f., the outer garment, bordered with purple, worn at Rome by the higher magistrates and by free-born children till they assumed the toga virilis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 33, 42; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136; 33, 1, 4, § 10 et saep.: praetextā pullā nulli alii licebat uti, quam ei, qui funus faciebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence,b.praetexta, ae, f. (sc. fabula), a tragedy, because celebrated Romans (like Brutus, Decius, Marcellus) were represented in it:2.nostri vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere, et celebrare domestica facta, Vel qui praetextas vel qui docuere togatas,
Hor. A. P. 286; Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:praetextam legere,
id. ib. 10, 32, 5.—praetextum, i, n.a.An ornament, as something wrought or fastened in front (post - Aug.):b.pulcherrimum reipublicae praetextum,
Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—A pretence, [p. 1436] pretext, excuse (post-Aug.; cf.:species, simulatio): et praetextum quidem illi civilium armorum hoc fuit: causas autem alias fuisse opinantur,
Suet. Caes. 30: ad praetextum mutatae voluntatis, under pretext or color of, id. Aug. 12:ipse Ravennam devertit praetexto classem alloquendi,
under pretext, Tac. H. 2, 100:praetexto reipublicae,
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5 ἀφοσιόω
II [voice] Med., satisfy one's conscience, Pl.Phd. 60e; make atonement or expiation, Id.Phdr. 242c;ἀποσιοῦσθαι τῇ θεῷ Hdt.1.199
;ἀ. ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ Pl.Lg. 874a
.2 c.acc. rei, acquit oneself of an obligation, ἀποσιεύμενος τὴν ἐξόρκωσιν quit oneself conscientiously of one's oath, Hdt.4.154; ἀ. λόγιον quitting oneself of the orders of an oracle, ib. 203;τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Jul.Mis. 361b
.b avert a curse or the consequence of crime,ἄγος Plu. Cam.18
, cf. Alc.33,al.;διαβολάς D.H.4.79
;τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς φύς εως Sallust.18
(prob.l.).c do a thing for form's sake, i.e. do it perfunctorily,οὐδ' ἀφοσιούμενος ἀλλ' ὡς οἷόν τ' ἄριστα παρασκευαζόμενος Is. 7.38
;ἀ. περί τινος Pl.Lg. 752d
, cf. Ep. 331b;προβολήν Plu.Per.10
.e eschew on religious grounds, hold in abomination, κρόμυον, κυάμους, Id.2.353f, 286d: abs., Ant.28.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀφοσιόω
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6 ὑποτιμάω
II [voice] Med.,2 as law-term, = ἀντιτιμάομαι, X.Ap.23, Arr.Epict.3.24.61, D.Chr.56.14;ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑποτιμῶ Arist.Rh.Al. 1437a17
; cf.τιμάω 111.2b
.3 allege, plead in excuse,ἀμβλυωπίαν Gal.5.192
; γῆρας, ἀσθένειαν, Nic. Dam. Fr. 130.17 J.;ἀγνοίας πρόφασιν POxy.1119.11
(iii A. D.);πενίαν Iamb.VP5.23
, cf. Apollod.2.5.3.4 under-estimate, tone down,εἰρωνεύεσθαι καὶ ὑ. D.
Chr.32.90.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὑποτιμάω
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7 pretextar
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8 excūsō
excūsō āvī, ātus, āre [ex +*causo; 1 CAV-] —With pers. obj., to excuse, make an excuse for: Atticae me: se de consilio, Cs.: me apud Apuleium: ut excuser morbi causā: si iudex excusetur Areopagites esse, pleads as his excuse: dixi, cur excusatus abirem, H.: Titium excusavit, quod, etc.: cognatione Licini se, L.: verba excusantia, apologies, O.— To excuse, apologize for: Varroni tarditatem litterarum: missos ignīs, O.— To allege in excuse, plead, excuse oneself with: propinquitatem: inopiam, Cs.: verba excusandae valetudini solita, L.: Philippo laborem, H.— To decline, refuse, excuse the refusal of: reditum Agrippinae ob hiemem, Ta.: in cognitionibus se (iudices), Ta.: alcui rei excusari, to be relieved of, Ta.* * *excusare, excusavi, excusatus V TRANSexcuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt -
9 pretextar
v.1 to use as a pretext, to claim.2 to pretext, to allege, to give as a pretext, to use as an excuse.* * *1 to allege* * *pretextar que... — to claim that..., use as an excuse the fact that...
* * *verbo transitivo to claim* * *verbo transitivo to claim* * *pretextar [A1 ]vtto claimpretextó desconocer el tema he pleaded ignorance of the subject ( frml), he claimed he knew nothing about the subjectno acudió a la reunión pretextando otro compromiso he didn't come to the meeting, with the excuse that o on the pretext that o claiming that he had another engagement* * *pretextar vtto claim;pretextó un dolor de cabeza para no acudir he claimed he had a headache in order to avoid having to go;pretextó no saber nada del acuerdo he claimed to know nothing about the agreement* * *v/t fmlclaim -
10 praetendo
prae-tendo, di, tum ( part. praetensus, Anthol. Lat. 3, 168, 5), 3, v. a., to stretch forth or forward, to extend (syn. obtendo).I.Lit.:B.praetenta Tela,
stretched forth, presented, Ov. M. 8, 341: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos, shooting forth, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13: ubi visum in culice natura praetendit? set out, stationed (i. e. extendit, et posuit in anteriore oris parte), Plin. 11, 1, 2, § 2.—Transf.1.To spread before or in front:2.membrana, quae praecordia appellant, quia cordi praetenditur,
Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197; 9, 6, 5, § 15.—To spread, draw, hold, or place a thing before another:b.segeti praetendere saepem,
Verg. G. 1, 270:vestem tumidis praetendit ocellis,
holds before, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 79:ramum praetendit olivae,
holds out, Verg. A. 8, 116:fumosque manu praetende sequaces,
id. G. 4, 230:decreto sermonem,
to prefix, Liv. 3, 47:quicquid castrorum Armeniis praetenditur,
Tac. H. 2, 6:ut adnexa classis et pugnae parata conversā et minaci fronte praetenderetur,
id. ib. 2, 14.—Of places: praetendi, to stretch out before or in front of, to lie over against or opposite to ( poet. and post - Aug.;II.once in Liv.): praetentaque Syrtibus arva,
Verg. A. 6, 60:tenue litus praetentum,
Liv. 10, 2, 5:Armeniae praetentus Iber,
Val. Fl. 5, 167:gens nostris provinciis late praetenta,
Tac. A. 2, 56:Baeticae latere septentrionali praetenditur Lusitania,
Plin. 3, 1, 2, § 6: a tergo praetendantur Aethiopes, id. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 6, 27, 31, § 134:Dardanis laevo Triballi praetenduntur,
id. 4, 1, 1, § 3:extremis legio praetenta Britannis, i. e. opposita custodiae causa,
Claud. B. Get. 416.—Trop.A.To hold out or bring forward as an excuse, to allege, pretend, simulate (syn.:B.causor, praetexo): hominis doctissimi nomen tuis immanibus et barbaris moribus (soles) praetendere,
to allege in excuse for, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,
Ov. R. Am. 240:legem postulationi suae praetendere,
Liv. 3, 45, 1:quid honestum dictu saltem seditioni praetenditur muliebri?
id. 34, 3, 8:meminisse, quem titulum praetenderitis adversus Philippum,
id. 37, 54, 13:decem legatorum decretum calumniae inpudentissimae,
id. 39, 28, 11: vultum, et tristitiam, et dissentientem a ceteris habitum pessimis moribus praetendebant, Quint. prooem. § 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 3:ignorantia praetendi non potest,
Quint. 7, 1, 35:haec a se factitari praetendebat,
Tac. A. 6, 18:praetendere fessam aetatem et actos labores,
id. ib. 3, 59; Flor. 3, 5, 3:plebeiam facie tenus praetendens humanitatem,
App. M. 10, 23, p. 250, 9.—To put forward, hold out, allege, assert a thing:nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas,
I never pretended to be your husband, Verg. A. 4, 338:debitum,
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11 alléguer
alléguer [a(l)lege]➭ TABLE 6 transitive verb[+ fait, raison] to put forward* * *alege* * *a(l)leɡe vt(pour excuser) to put forward as an excuse, (pour prouver) to put forward as proof* * *alléguer verb table: céder vtr1 ( invoquer) to invoke [exemple, précédent];2 ( prétexter) to allege, to claim.[alege] verbe transitif1. [prétexter] to arguealléguer comme excuse/prétexte que to put forward as an excuse/a pretext that -
12 excuso
ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.I.Lit.(α).With a personal object, aliquem alicui:(β).Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,
Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:aliquem alicui per litteras,
id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,
id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:se de aliqua re,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,
Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:se alicui,
Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,
Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:dixi, cur excusatus abirem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,
Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,
id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:II.Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,
Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:habitum permutatum,
Quint. 3, 7, 6:palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),
id. 11, 3, 144:commentarios,
id. 10, 7, 31:missos ignes,
Ov. M. 2, 397;dolorem,
id. ib. 4, 256:toros,
Stat. Th. 2, 256:reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,
her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.Transf.A.Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.(α).With acc.:(β).propinquitatem excusavit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:morbum,
id. ib. 9, 4, 8:inopiam (with calamitatem queri),
Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:valetudinem,
Liv. 6, 22 fin.:imbecillitatem,
Suet. Tib. 6:vires,
Ov. M. 14, 462:diversa,
Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,
Liv. 6, 39, 4:aliquid apud aliquem,
Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,
Tac. H. 2, 85:excusata necessitas praesentium,
id. ib. 1, 78:excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,
Suet. Aug. 101:excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,
id. Ner. 41 et saep.—With an object-clause:B.si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):C.a coepta (tutela) excusari,
Dig. 27, 1, 11:collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,
ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:cui excusari mallet,
Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):D.ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),
Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):nefas armis,
Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,
Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,
Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:fieri id videtur excusate,
Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:quod exoratus excusatius facies,
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13 excusso
ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.I.Lit.(α).With a personal object, aliquem alicui:(β).Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,
Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:aliquem alicui per litteras,
id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,
id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:se de aliqua re,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,
Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:se alicui,
Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,
Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:dixi, cur excusatus abirem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,
Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,
id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:II.Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,
Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:habitum permutatum,
Quint. 3, 7, 6:palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),
id. 11, 3, 144:commentarios,
id. 10, 7, 31:missos ignes,
Ov. M. 2, 397;dolorem,
id. ib. 4, 256:toros,
Stat. Th. 2, 256:reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,
her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.Transf.A.Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.(α).With acc.:(β).propinquitatem excusavit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:morbum,
id. ib. 9, 4, 8:inopiam (with calamitatem queri),
Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:valetudinem,
Liv. 6, 22 fin.:imbecillitatem,
Suet. Tib. 6:vires,
Ov. M. 14, 462:diversa,
Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,
Liv. 6, 39, 4:aliquid apud aliquem,
Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,
Tac. H. 2, 85:excusata necessitas praesentium,
id. ib. 1, 78:excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,
Suet. Aug. 101:excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,
id. Ner. 41 et saep.—With an object-clause:B.si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):C.a coepta (tutela) excusari,
Dig. 27, 1, 11:collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,
ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:cui excusari mallet,
Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):D.ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),
Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):nefas armis,
Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,
Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,
Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:fieri id videtur excusate,
Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:quod exoratus excusatius facies,
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14 causor
causor ātus, ārī, dep. [causa], to allege as a reason, make a pretext of, plead, pretend: omnia Visaque, O.: locum inmeritum, H.: animi perturbationem, L.: negotia, Ta.: numquid causare quin abeas victus? have you anything to plead? causatus consulere velle, pretending, L.: Causando in longum ducis amores, you make pretexts for putting off, V.* * *causari, causatus sum V DEPallege an excuse/reason, object; excuse oneself; plead a cause, bring action -
15 σκήπτω
A : [tense] pf. ἔσκηφα ([etym.] ἐπ-) D.L.1.117:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.σκήψομαι Hdt.7.28
, Ar.Ec. 1027: [tense] aor.ἐσκηψάμην D.6.13
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.ἐσκήφθην IG22.1629.746
, ([etym.] ἐπ-) Pl.Lg. 937b: [tense] pf. ἔσκημμαι ([etym.] ἐπ-) Is. 3.12.I prop, stay one thing against or upon another:—[voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., prop oneself or lean upon a staff, of an aged beggar,πτωχῷ.. ἐναλίγκιον ἠδὲ γέροντι, σκηπτόμενον Od.17.203
; of a wounded man, αὐτῷ σκηπτόμενον (sc. τῷ ἄκοντι) Il.14.457;βάκτρῳ A.R.2.198
: metaph., lean or depend upon a person or thing,μάρτυρι D.34.28
, 47.2 c. acc. rei, put forward by way of support, allege by way of excuse, τὴν βίαν σκήψασ' ἔχεις,= σκήπτεις, E.Hel. 834:—in this signf. mo[sdot ]t freq. in [voice] Med., allege on one's own behalf,τὸ σκηπτόμενοι οἱ Πέρσαι.. Hdt.5.102
;σ. τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι Id.7.28
;σκήπτεσθαί τι πρός τινας Th. 6.18
, Pl.Sph. 217b; σ. ἀσθένειαν allege, pretend illness, Plb.39.1.11; simply pretend, simulate, προσποιητὴν χαρὰν σκηψαμένη prob. l. in Ps.Plu. Fluv.16.1: c. inf., pretend to be,ἔμπορος εἶναι σκήψομαι Ar.Ec. 1027
, cf. Pl. 904, D.6.13, etc.; σ. εἶναι [φυλῆς τινος] Lys.23.2;καθ' ἥντινα πρόφασιν ἐσκήψατο εἰς θήρας ἰέναι Ant.Lib.41.2
: c. acc. et inf., allege or pretend that..,σ. [τινὰ] παίζοντα λέγειν Pl.Tht. 145c
, cf. Is. 6.13;σ. τοῦτο, ὡς.. Aeschin.3.242
;σ. ὅτι.. Pl.Smp. 217d
: abs., σ. ὑπέρ τινος make a defence for another, Id.Lg. 864d.II let fall or hurl upon, (anap.): metaph.,σ. ἀλάστορα εἴς τινα E.Med. 1333
:—[voice] Med.,σκήψασθαι κότον τῇ γῇ A.Eu. 801
(s. v.l.):— [voice] Pass., τῶν τριήρων.. τῶν σκηφθεισῶν κατὰ χειμῶνα which were fallen upon (i.e. caught) in the storm, IG l.c.2 intr., fall, πέδοι σκήψασα having fallen on the plain below, A.Pr. 749;Διὸς ἔριν πέδοι σκήψασαν Id.Th. 429
; of plague,ὁ πυρφόρος θεὸς σκήψας ἐλαύνει.. πόλιν S. OT28
; λίμνην ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος shot down across., of the beacon-light, A.Ag. 302, cf. 308, 310. -
16 excusso
excussare, excussavi, excussatus V TRANSexcuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt -
17 apologize
v извиняться, просить прощенияСинонимический ряд:1. ask pardon (verb) ask pardon; make amends; make up2. beg pardon (verb) ask forgiveness; atone; beg pardon; excuse oneself; express regret; make apology for; offer an apology; offer an excuse3. defend (verb) allege; answer; apologise; cite; defend; excuse; justify; plead; vindicate; vouch -
18 vorgeben
v/t (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)1. umg. (nach vorn geben) pass s.th. to the front; jemandem etw. vorgeben pass s.th. (on) to s.o.3. (festlegen, verbindlich machen) set; man hat uns die Bearbeitungsrichtlinien vorgegeben the processing guidelines have been laid down for us4. SPORT give; jemandem 50 Meter / 20 Punkte vorgeben give s.o. 50 met|res (Am. -ers) / 20 points start* * *to assume; to pretend; to affect; to purport* * *vor|ge|benvt sep1) (= vortäuschen) to pretend; (= fälschlich beteuern) to professsie gab Zeitmangel vor, um... — she pretended to be pressed for time in order to...
3) (inf = nach vorn geben) to pass forward* * *1) (to pretend (that): The children made believe they were animals.) make believe2) (to make it seem that: He made out that he was earning a huge amount of money.) make out3) (to try to make it appear (that something is true), in order to deceive: He pretended that he had a headache; She was only pretending to be asleep; I pretended not to understand.) pretend* * *vor|ge·benI. vt▪ etw \vorgeben to use sth as an excuse [or a pretext▪ etw [zu jdm] \vorgeben to pass sth forward [to sb]3. (festlegen)▪ [jdm] etw \vorgeben to set sth in advance [for sb]II. vi▪ \vorgeben [, dass...] to pretend [that...]* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (vortäuschen) pretend2) (Sport)jemandem eine Runde/50 m/15 Punkte vorgeben — give somebody a lap [start]/[a start of] 50 m/[a lead of] 15 points
3) (im Voraus festlegen) set in advance* * *vorgeben v/t (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)1. umg (nach vorn geben) pass sth to the front;jemandem etwas vorgeben pass sth (on) to sb2. (behaupten) allege, claim;vorgeben, reich zu sein etc pretend to be rich etc3. (festlegen, verbindlich machen) set;man hat uns die Bearbeitungsrichtlinien vorgegeben the processing guidelines have been laid down for us4. SPORT give;jemandem 50 Meter/20 Punkte vorgeben give sb 50 metres (US -ers)/20 points start* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (vortäuschen) pretend2) (Sport)jemandem eine Runde/50 m/15 Punkte vorgeben — give somebody a lap [start]/[a start of] 50 m/[a lead of] 15 points
3) (im Voraus festlegen) set in advance* * *v.to pretend v. -
19 anføre
21) кома́ндовать, руководи́ть2) цити́ровать; ссыла́ться (на что-л.)ánføre et eksémpel — привести́ приме́р
* * ** * *I. *( befale over) command;( lede) lead ( fx the attack, the demonstration),( gå i spidsen for) head ( fx the procession).II. *( nævne) state ( fx as stated above), give ( fx give one's reasons, give examples);F adduce;( omtale) mention, refer to ( fx his services to the country);( påberåbe sig) allege ( fx you allege that you were ignorant of the fact);( citere) quote;( anføre som bevis) cite ( fx he cited several instances of corruption in the police force);( opregne) enumerate; cite ( fx all the reasons);[ anføre citater] quote (passages);[ de anførte eksempler] the examples quoted (, cited) above;[ som lige anført] as stated above;[ anføre som eksempel] quote as an instance;[ anførende sætning] introductory clause;[ anføre til sit forsvar (, sin undskyldning)] plead in one's defence (, in excuse). -
20 dire
dire [diʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 371. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to say se construit, comme dire, avec un complément d'objet direct et un complément d'objet indirect: to say sth to sb, alors que to tell se construit avec deux compléments d'objet directs: to tell sb sth ; to tell ne peut pas s'employer sans objet.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• qu'est-ce que vous avez dit ? what did you say?• comment dit-on ça en anglais ? how do you say that in English?• vous nous dites dans votre lettre que... you say in your letter that...• je vous l'avais bien dit ! I told you so!• fais ce qu'on te dit ! do as you are told!• on dit que... people say that...• il faut bien dire que... ( = admettre) I must say that...• Jean-François ne sait pas ce qu'il dit ( = il déraisonne) Jean-François doesn't know what he's saying• venez bientôt, disons demain come soon, let's say tomorrow• je ne vous le fais pas dire ! you said it!• laisse dire ! let them talk!• qu'est-ce qui me dit que c'est vrai ? how do I know it's the truth?• je me suis laissé dire que... I heard that...• ça suffit, j'ai dit ! I said that's enough!b. ( = penser) to think• qu'est-ce que tu dis de ça ? what do you think about that?• que diriez-vous d'une promenade ? how about a walk?• on dirait qu'il le fait exprès ! you'd almost think he does it on purpose!c. ( = objecter) je n'ai rien à dire sur son travail I can't complain about his work• rien à dire ! you can't argue with that!• c'est pas pour dire, mais il n'est pas très sympathique I don't want to go on about him, but he's not very niced. ( = évoquer) ce nom me dit quelque chose the name rings a bell• Lucien Josse ? ça ne me dit rien du tout Lucien Josse? I've never heard of hime. ( = plaire) ça vous dit de sortir ? do you feel like going out?f. (locutions) dis Papa, quand est-ce qu'on part ? when are we going, daddy?• dites donc ! ( = à propos) by the way ; ( = holà) hey!• ça lui a rapporté 100 000 € -- ben dis donc ! (inf) that earned him 100,000 euros -- goodness me!• que tu dis ! (inf) that's your story!• à qui le dites-vous ! you're telling me! (inf)• qui dit mieux ? any advance?► vouloir dire ( = signifier) to mean• qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ? what does that mean?• que veux-tu dire par là ? what do you mean?• ça veut tout dire ! that says it all!► comment dirais-je ? how shall I put it?2. <► se direa. ( = penser) to think to o.s.• il faut bien se dire que... one has to realize that...b. ( = se prétendre) to claim to be• comment ça se dit en français ? how do you say that in French?3. <* * *
I
1. diʀ1) ( faire entendre) to say [mots, prière]; to tell [histoire, blague]‘entrez’ dit-elle — ‘come in,’ she said
2) ( faire savoir) to tellje me suis laissé dire que... — I heard that...
c'est moi qui vous le dis — (colloq) I'm telling you
permets-moi de te dire que tu vas le regretter! — (colloq) you'll regret this, I can tell you!
je ne te dis que ça — (colloq) I'll say no more
c'est pas pour dire, mais — (colloq) I don't want to make a big deal of it, but... (colloq)
à qui le dites-vous! — (colloq) don't I know it!
je ne vous le fais pas dire! — (colloq) you don't need to tell me!
ne pas se le faire dire deux fois — (colloq) not to need to be told twice
dis, tu me crois? — (colloq) tell me, do you believe me?
dis donc, où tu te crois? — (colloq) hey! where do you think you are?
ne fais pas attention, il ne sait pas ce qu'il dit — don't mind him, he doesn't know what he's talking about
on dit que... — it is said that...
autant dire que — you might as well say that, in other words
disons, demain — let's say tomorrow
tu l'as dit! — (colloq)
comme tu dis! — (colloq) you said it! (colloq)
4) ( formuler)lent, pour ne pas dire ennuyeux — slow, not to say boring
comme dirait l'autre — (colloq) as they say
qu'est-ce que ça veut dire tout ce bruit? — (colloq) what's the meaning of all this noise?
6) ( demander)7) ( objecter)il n'y a pas à dire (colloq), elle est belle — you have to admit, she's beautiful
il n'y a rien à dire, tout est en ordre — I have no complaint, everything's fine
tu n'as rien à dire! — ( ne te plains pas) don't complain!; ( tais-toi) don't say a word!
8) ( penser) to think9) ( inspirer)
2.
se dire verbe pronominalil faut (bien) se dire que... — one must realize that...
il faut te dire que... — you must understand that...
2) ( échanger) to exchange [insultes, mots doux]3) ( se prétendre) to claim to be4) ( se déclarer)il s'est dit favorable à — he says he's in favour [BrE] of
5) ( être exprimé)
3.
se dire verbe impersonnel
II
1. diʀnom masculin
2.
dires nom masculin pluriel statements* * *diʀ1. nm2. vt1) (= exprimer) to say, [secret, mensonge] to tellElle m'a dit la vérité. — She told me the truth.
dire qch à qn — to tell sb sth, to say sth to sb
Qu'est-ce qu'il t'a dit? — What did he tell you?, What did he say to you?
Dites-moi ce que vous pensez. — Tell me what you think.
dire à qn qu'il fasse; dire à qn de faire — to tell sb to do
Il nous a dit de regarder cette émission. — He told us to watch this programme.
dire que — to say, to say that
Il a dit qu'il ne viendrait pas. — He said he wouldn't come.
2) (= prétendre)On le dit malade. — They say he's ill., He's said to be ill.
3) (= plaire)dire à qn [idée, proposition] Si cela lui dit. — If he feels like it.
Cela ne me dit rien. — That doesn't appeal to me.
4) (= penser)que dites-vous de...? — what do you think of...?
on dit que — they say, they say that
On dit que la nourriture y est excellente. — They say that the food there is excellent.
on dirait que (il semble que) — it looks like, it looks as if
On dirait qu'il va pleuvoir. — It looks like it's going to rain., It looks as if it's going to rain.
dis donc!; dites donc! (pour attirer l'attention) — hey!, (= au fait) by the way
Il a drôlement changé, dis donc! — Hey, he's really changed!
et dire que... — and to think that...
ceci dit; cela dit — that being said
Cela dit, je n'aimerais pas être à sa place. — That being said, I wouldn't like to be in his place.
c'est dire si... — that just shows that...
* * *dire verb table: médireA nm au dire de according to; au dire des experts according to the experts; au dire de tous by all accounts.B dires nmpl statements; leurs dires ne concordent pas their statements do not agree; selon les dires de ta sœur according to your sister.C vtr1 ( faire entendre) to say [mots, prière]; to recite [poème]; to read [leçon]; to tell [histoire, blague]; dire non to say no; dites quelque chose de drôle say something funny; ‘entrez’ dit-elle ‘come in,’ she said; j'ai quelque chose à dire là-dessus I've got something to say about that; sans mot dire without saying a word; ce n'est pas une chose à dire you don't say that sort of thing; dire des bêtises or inepties to talk nonsense; dire qch à voix basse to whisper sth; dire qch entre ses dents to mutter sth; ne plus savoir que dire to be at a loss for words; avoir son mot à dire to have one's say; dire ce qu'on a à dire to say one's piece;2 ( faire savoir) to tell; dire des mensonges/la vérité/l'avenir to tell lies/the truth/the future; dire qch à qn to tell sb sth; dites-moi votre nom tell me your name; je le leur dirai I'll tell them; dis-le à ton frère tell your brother; je vous l'avais bien dit! I told you so!; dites-moi, vous aimez l'opéra? tell me, do you like opera?; c'est ce qu'on m'a dit so I've been told; dis-leur que tu es occupé tell them you're busy; je dois vous dire que… I have to tell you that…; faire dire à qn que to let sb know that…; faites dire à ma femme que je serai en retard let my wife know that I will be late; dire ses projets to describe one's plans; dire son opinion/sa satisfaction to express one's opinion/one's satisfaction; je me suis laissé dire que… I heard that…; tenez-vous le pour dit! I don't want to have to tell you again!; c'est moi qui vous le dis○ I'm telling you; permets-moi de te dire que tu vas le regretter○! you'll regret this, I can tell you!; je ne te dis que ça○ I'll say no more; c'est pas pour dire, mais○ I don't want to make a big deal of it, but○…; à qui le dites-vous○! don't I know it!; vous m'en direz tant○! you don't say!; je ne vous le fais pas dire○! you don't need to tell me!; ne pas se le faire dire deux fois○ not to need to be told twice; dis, tu me crois○? tell me, do you believe me?; dis donc, où tu te crois○? hey! where do you think you are?; dites-donc, il n'est pas valable, votre ticket! here-did you know your ticket's not valid?; à vous de dire Jeux your bid; ⇒ vérité;3 ( affirmer) to say (que that); elle dit pouvoir le faire she says she can do it; dire ce qu'on pense to say what one thinks; dire tout haut ce que d'autres pensent tout bas to say out loud what other people are thinking; ne fais pas attention, il ne sait pas ce qu'il dit don't mind him, he doesn't know what he's talking about ou he's talking through his hat; on dit que… it is said that…; on le dit marié/veuf he is said to be married/a widower; j'irai jusqu'à dire que I'd go as far as to say that; c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire that's the least one can say; le moins qu'on puisse dire c'est que… the least one can say is that…; si l'on peut dire if one might say so; si je puis dire if I may put it like that; on peut dire qu'elle a du toupet celle-là! she's really got a nerve○!; on ne peut pas dire qu'il se soit fatigué! he certainly didn't overtax himself; autant dire que you might as well say that, in other words; et que dire de…? to say nothing of…; j'ose dire que… I'm not afraid to say that…; si j'ose dire if I may say so; ce n'est pas à moi de le dire it's not for me to say; cela va sans dire it goes without saying; ce n'est pas peu dire that's saying a lot; il faut dire que one should say that; c'est (tout) dire! need I say more?; cela dit having said that; c'est vous qui le dites! that's what you say!; tu peux le dire○! you can say that again○!; disons, demain let's say tomorrow; c'est difficile à dire it's hard to tell; je sais ce que je dis I know what I'm talking about; à ce qu'il dit according to him; vous dites? pardon?; à vrai dire actually; entre nous soit dit between you and me; soit dit en passant incidentally; pour tout dire all in all; c'est dire si j'ai raison it just goes to show I'm right; c'est beaucoup dire that's going a bit far; c'est peu dire that's an understatement; c'est vite dit that's easy for you to say; ce n'est pas dit I'm not that sure; tout n'est pas dit that's not the end of the story; c'est plus facile à dire qu'à faire it's easier said than done; il est dit que je ne partirai jamais I'm destined never to leave; tu l'as dit○!, comme tu dis○! you said it○!; que tu dis○! says you○!; ⇒ envoyer, fontaine;4 ( formuler) dire qch poliment/effrontément to say sth politely/cheekily; voilà qui est bien dit! well said!; il l'a mal dit, mais j'ai compris he put it badly but I understood; comment dire?, comment dirais-je? how shall I put it?; tu ne crois pas si bien dire you don't know how true that is; pour ainsi dire, comme qui dirait○ so to speak; autrement dit in other words; lent, pour ne pas dire ennuyeux slow, not to say boring; comme dirait l'autre○ as they say; disons que je suis préoccupé let's say I'm worried; un livre, disons un ‘texte’, comme dirait Adam a book, or let's say a ‘text’, as Adam would have it; un lien disons social a link which we could call social;5 ( indiquer) [loi] to state (que that); [appareil de mesure] to show (que that); [sourire] to express (que that); ma calculatrice dit l'heure my calculator shows the time; que dit ta montre? what time is it by your watch?; vouloir dire to mean; qu'est-ce que tu crois qu'il a voulu dire? what do you think he meant?; quelque chose me dit que something tells me that; qu'est-ce que ça veut dire tout ce bruit○? what's the meaning of all this noise?; qu'est-ce que ça veut dire de téléphoner à une heure pareille○? what do you mean by calling me at this time?; qu'est-ce à dire†? what is the meaning of this?; est-ce à dire que…? does this mean that…?; ⇒ doigt;6 ( demander) dire à qn de faire to tell sb to do; dites-leur de venir tell them to come; je vous avais dit d'être prudent I told you to be careful; qui vous a dit de partir? who told you to go?; fais ce qu'on te dit! do as you're told!; faites dire au médecin de venir have somebody call the doctor;7 ( objecter) qu'avez-vous à dire à cela? what have you got to say to that?; j'ai beaucoup à dire sur ton travail I've quite a lot to say about your work; je n'ai rien à dire no comment; il n'y a pas à dire○, elle est belle you have to admit, she's beautiful; il n'y a rien à dire, tout est en ordre nothing to report, everything's fine; tu n'as rien à dire! ( ne te plains pas) don't complain!; ( tais-toi) don't say a word!;8 ( penser) to think; qu'en dites-vous? what do you think?; que dis-tu de mon nouveau sac? what do you think of my new bag?; que diriez- vous d'une promenade/d'aller au marché? how about a walk/going to the market?; on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger it looks as if it's going to rain/to snow, it looks like rain/snow; on dirait que le vent se lève the wind seems to be picking up; on dirait qu'elle me déteste you'd think she hated me; on dirait un fou you'd think he was mad; on aurait dit qu'elle était déçue you'd have thought she was disappointed; on dirait de l'estragon ( à la vue) it looks like tarragon; ( au goût) it tastes like tarragon; on dirait du Bach it sounds like Bach; dire qu'hier encore il était parmi nous! it's odd to think (that) he was still with us yesterday!; dire que demain à la même heure je serai chez moi it's odd to think that this time tomorrow I'll be home;9 ( inspirer) ça ne me/leur dit rien de faire I /they don't feel like doing; notre nouveau jardinier ne me dit rien (qui vaille) I don't think much of our new gardener;10 Ling il faut dire ‘excusez-moi’ et non ‘je m'excuse’ one should say ‘excusez-moi’, not ‘je m'excuse’; tu dirais ‘une professeur’, toi? would you say ‘une professeur’?; comment dis-tu ça en italien? how do you say that in Italian?D se dire vpr1 ( penser) to tell oneself (que that); je me suis dit qu'il était trop tard I told myself that it was too late; il faut (bien) se dire que… one must realize that…; il faut te dire que… you must understand that…;2 ( échanger des paroles) se dire des insultes/des mots doux to exchange insults/sweet nothings; se dire adieu to say goodbye to each other;3 ( se prétendre) to claim to be, to say one is; il se dit intelligent/innocent/ingénieur he claims to be intelligent/innocent/an engineer; elle se dit incapable de marcher she claims to be unable to walk;4 ( se déclarer) il s'est dit prêt à participer à la conférence he said that he was prepared to take part in the conference; ils se sont dits favorables à cette mesure they said that they were in favourGB of this measure; elle s'est dite persuadée que… she said that she was convinced that…;5 Ling comment se dit ‘voiture’ en espagnol? how do you say ‘car’ in Spanish?; ‘surprise-party’ ne se dit plus people don't say ‘surprise-party’ any more; ça ne se dit pas you can't say that;6 ( être dit) il ne s'est rien dit d'intéressant à la réunion nothing of interest was said during the meeting.bien faire et laisser dire Prov do right and fear no man Prov; dis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai qui tu es you're known by the company you keep; dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai qui tu es you are what you eat.I[dir] nom masculin————————dires nom masculin plurield'après ou selon les dires de son père according to his father ou to what his father saidau dire de locution prépositionnelleau dire de son professeur according to his teacher ou to what his teacher saysII[dir] verbe transitifA.[ARTICULER, PRONONCER]1. [énoncer] to sayquel nom dis-tu? Castagnel? what name did you say ou what's the name again? Castagnel?vous avez dit "démocratie"? "democracy", did you say?a. (très familier) [pour porter bonheur] break a leg!b. [pour insulter] get lost!je ne dirais pas qu'il est distant, je dirais plutôt effarouché I wouldn't say he's haughty, rather that he's been frightened offune honte, que dis-je, une infamie!, une honte, pour ne pas dire une infamie! a shame, not to say an infamy!qui dit... dit...: en ce temps-là, qui disait vol disait galère in those days, theft meant the gallowssi (l')on peut dire in a way, so to speakdisons-le, disons le mot let's not mince wordsdire non to say no, to refusea. [généralement] to say yesb. [à une proposition] to acceptc. [au mariage] to say I do2. [réciter - prière, table de multiplication] to say ; [ - texte] to say, to recite, to read ; [ - rôle] to speakdire la/une messe to say mass/a massdire des vers to recite verse, to give a recitationB.[EXPRIMER]1. [oralement] to sayque dis-tu là? what did you say?, what was that you said?j'ai l'habitude de dire ce que je pense I always speak my mind ou say what I thinkbon, bon, je n'ai rien dit! OK, sorry I spoke!pourquoi ne m'as-tu rien dit de tout cela? why didn't you speak to me ou tell me about any of this?je suis un raté? tu sais ce qu'il te dit, le raté? (familier) so I'm a loser, am I? well, do you want to hear what this loser's got to say to you?j'ai failli faire tout rater! — ça, tu peux le dire! I nearly messed everything up — you can say that again!j'ai une surprise — dis vite! I have a surprise — let's hear it ou do tell!comment dire ou dirais-je? how shall I put it ou say?dites donc, pour demain, on y va en voiture? by the way, are we driving there tomorrow?je peux y aller, dis? can I go, please?vous lui parlerez de moi, dites? you will talk to her about me, won't you?tu es bien habillé, ce soir, dis donc! my word, aren't you smart tonight!il nous faut, disons, deux secrétaires we need, (let's) say, two secretariesce disant with these words, so sayingc'est (te/vous) dire s'il est riche! that gives you an idea how wealthy he is!il ne m'a même pas répondu, c'est tout dire he never even answered me, that says it allpour tout dire in fact, to be honestje ne te/vous le fais pas dire how right you are, I couldn't have put it better myselfil va sans dire que... needless to say (that)...ce n'est pas pour dire, mais à sa place j'aurais réussi (familier) though I say it myself, if I'd been him I'd have succeededil en est incapable, enfin (moi), ce que j'en dis... he's not capable of it, at least that's what I'd say...voici une confiture maison, je ne te dis que ça here's some homemade jam that's out of this worldil y avait un monde, je te dis pas! you wouldn't have believed the crowds!vouloir dire [signifier] to meanun haussement d'épaules dans ce cas-là, ça dit bien ce que ça veut dire in a situation like that, a shrug (of the shoulders) speaks volumesvous partez, madame, qu'est-ce à dire? Madam, what mean you by leaving?3. [écrire] to saydans sa lettre, elle dit que... in her letter she says that...4. [annoncer - nom, prix] to givele général vous fait dire qu'il vous attend the general has sent me to tell you he's waiting for youtu vas le regretter, moi je (familier) ou c'est moi qui (familier) te le dis! you'll be sorry for this, let me tell you ou mark my words!6. [ordonner] to tell[conseiller] to telltu me dis d'oublier, mais... you tell me I must forget, but...toi, on ne peut jamais rien te dire! you can't take the slightest criticism!mais, me direz-vous, il n'est pas majeur but, you will object ou I hear you say, he's not of agej'aurais des choses à dire sur l'organisation du service I have a few things to say ou some comments to make about the organization of the departmentPierre n'est pas d'accord — il n'a rien à dire Pierre doesn't agree — he's in no position to make any objectionselle est maligne, il n'y a pas à ou on ne peut pas dire (le contraire) (familier) she's shrewd, there's no denying it ou and no mistakesi c'est vous qui le dites, si vous le dites, du moment que vous le dites if you say sopuisque je vous le dis! I'm telling you!, you can take it from me!c'est le bon train? — je te dis que oui! is it the right train? — yes it is! ou I'm telling you it is!il va neiger — la météo a dit que non it looks like it's going to snow — the weather forecast said it wouldn'ttu étais content, ne me dis pas le contraire! you were pleased, don't deny it ou don't tell me you weren't!on dit qu'il a un autre fils rumour has it that ou it's rumoured that ou it's said that he has another sonloin des yeux, loin du cœur, dit-on out of sight, out of mind, so the saying goes ou so they sayon le disait lâche he was said ou alleged ou reputed to be a cowardelle trouvera bien une place — qu'elle dit (familier) she'll find a job, no problem — that's what she thinks!on dira ce qu'on voudra, mais l'amour ça passe avant tout whatever people say, love comes before everything elseon ne dira jamais assez l'importance d'un régime alimentaire équilibré I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a balanced dietelle disait ne pas savoir qui le lui avait donné she claimed ou alleged that she didn't know who'd given it to her[dans des jeux d'enfants]je dois dire qu'elle est jolie I must say ou admit she's prettyil faut bien dire qu'il n'est plus tout jeune he's not young any more, let's face itil faut dire qu'elle a des excuses (to) give her her due, there are mitigating circumstancesdisons que... let's say (that)...11. [décider]il est dit que... fate has decreed that...il ne sera pas dit que... let it not be said that...a. [décidé] nothing's been decided yetb. [prévisible] nothing's for certain (yet)a. [il n'y a plus à discuter] the matter is closedb. [l'avenir est arrêté] the die is castaussitôt dit, aussitôt fait no sooner said than doneC.[PENSER, CROIRE]et comme dessert? — que dirais-tu d'une mousse au chocolat? and to follow? — what would you say to ou how about a chocolate mousse?dire que... to think that...2. [croire]a. [au goût] it tastes like teab. [à l'odeur] it smells like teac. [d'apparence] it looks like teaon dirait de la laine [au toucher] it feels like woolon dirait que je te fais peur you behave as if ou as though you were scared of me[exprime une probabilité]on dirait sa fille, au premier rang it looks like her daughter there in the front rowD.[INDIQUER, DONNER DES SIGNES DE]mon intuition ou quelque chose me dit qu'il reviendra I have a feeling (that) he'll be back2. [stipuler par écrit] to sayque dit la Bible/le dictionnaire à ce sujet? what does the Bible/dictionary say about this?3. [faire penser à]dire quelque chose: son visage me dit quelque chose I've seen her face before, her face seems familiarLambert, cela ne vous dit rien? Lambert, does that mean anything to you?4. [tenter]tu viens? — ça ne me dit rien are you coming? — I'm not in the mood ou I don't feel like it————————se dire verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)[échanger - secrets, paroles] to tell each other ou one another————————se dire verbe pronominal (emploi passif)1. [être formulé]comment se dit "bonsoir" en japonais? how do you say "goodnight" in Japanese?, what's the Japanese for "goodnight"?il est vraiment hideux — peut-être, mais ça ne se dit pas he's really hideous — maybe, but it's not the sort of thing you sayse dit de [pour définir un terme] (is) said of, (is) used for, describes————————se dire verbe pronominal transitifmaintenant, je me dis que j'aurais dû accepter now I think I should have accepteddis-toi bien que je ne serai pas toujours là pour t'aider you must realize that ou get it into your head that I won't always be here to help you————————se dire verbe pronominal intransitif[estimer être] to sayil se dit flatté de l'intérêt que je lui porte he says he's ou he claims to be flattered by my interest in himils se disent attachés à la démocratie they claim to ou (that) they care about democracy
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Allege — Al*lege ([a^]l*l[e^]j ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleged} ( l[e^]jd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleging}.] [OE. aleggen to bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy, prop. to free from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. exlitigare; L. ex +… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
allege — [ə lej′] vt. alleged, alleging [ME aleggen, to produce as evidence; form < OFr esligier < VL * exlitigare < L ex , out of + litigare (see LITIGATE); meaning infl. by OFr alleguer, declare on oath < L allegare, to send, mention, adduce … English World dictionary
excuse — verb (t) /əkˈskjuz / (say uhk skyoohz), /ɛk / (say ek ) (excused, excusing) 1. to regard or judge with indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, etc.): *The Supreme Court also has power to excuse a contravention where it is satisfied with …
allege — allegeable, adj. alleger, n. /euh lej /, v.t., alleged, alleging. 1. to assert without proof. 2. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact. 3. to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath. 4. to plead in support… … Universalium
allege — transitive verb (alleged; alleging) Etymology: Middle English alleggen to submit in evidence or as justification, adduce, from Anglo French aleger, allegger, probably in part modification of Medieval Latin allegare, from Latin, to send as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
allege — verb /əˈlɛdʒ/ a) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects, nother the soveraygne of your persone and londys. b) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support… … Wiktionary
allege — al•lege [[t]əˈlɛdʒ[/t]] v. t. leged, leg•ing 1) to assert without proof 2) to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert 3) to declare before a court or elsewhere as if under oath 4) to offer as a reason or excuse 5) archaic to cite as… … From formal English to slang
allege — /əˈlɛdʒ / (say uh lej) verb (t) (alleged, alleging) 1. to assert without proof. 2. to declare before a court, or elsewhere as if upon oath. 3. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert. 4. to plead in support of; urge as a reason or excuse.… …
allege — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by that + clause, or to + infin.) declare to be the case, esp. without proof. 2 advance as an argument or excuse. Derivatives: alleged adj. Etymology: ME f. AF alegier, OF esligier clear at law; confused in sense with L… … Useful english dictionary
essoin — I. noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English essoine, from Middle French essoine, essoigne, from Medieval Latin essonia, essonium, exonium, from Latin ex + Late Latin sonium care, worry 1. English law a. : an excuse for not appearing in court at the… … Useful english dictionary
plead — I. v. n. 1. (Law.) Make an allegation, carry on a suit. 2. Reason, argue, offer reasons, use arguments. 3. Apologize, offer apology or justification, make defence. II. v. a. 1. Allege, offer in excuse. 2. Argue, discuss … New dictionary of synonyms