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assamais: Assamese (language)
assarmenter: to prune a vine by removing branches
assassin: deadly; fatal; that kills
assassin: an assassin or other murderer
assassinat: assassination; first-degree murder (premeditated murder)
assassiner: to assassinate
assaut: assault
assavoir: to know
asse: a type of pickaxe used in tunneling
asseau: a slater's hammer with a sharp edge
assemblage: assemblage, gathering, assembly (process of assembling; result of this action); jointing (act of making a joint); joint; a phase in compilation where an assembly language is translated into a binary file; cuvée (wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties)
assembler: to assemble
assembleur: assembler; assembly language
assemblée: assembly; audience (group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.)
assemblée générale: general meeting, general assembly
assener: Pre-1990 spelling of asséner.
assentiment: consent; approval
assentir: to assent
asseoir: to sit (someone) down, to seat, make sit; to sit down, sit up, take a seat; to assert
assermenter: to swear in
assermenté: sworn (on oath)
asserter: to assert
asserteur: assertor
assertif: assertive
assertion: assertion
assertivement: assertively
assertivité: assertiveness
assertoire: assertoric; assertory
assertorique: assertoric
asservir: to enslave
asservissable: enslavable
asservissement: enslavement; slavery; control engineering
asservisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of asservir
asservisseur: enslaver
assesseur: assessor, judge advocate
assessoral: assessorial
assette: a type of small pickaxe
assez: to a sufficient or moderate degree; enough; sufficiently
assibilation: assibilation
assibiler: to assibilate
assida: a form of polenta made from pine kernels
assidu: assiduous (hard-working, diligent)
assiduité: attendance; assiduity, diligence, studiousness
assidument: post-1990 spelling of assidûment
assidûment: assiduously (in an assiduous manner)
assiette: manner of being seated, situation; seat; trim, attitude, pitch attitude; basis; dish (the food)
assiette anglaise: a personal deli platter; a meal consisting mainly of cold meats
assiettée: plateful
assignable: assignable
assignat: assignat
assignation: summons, subpoena
assignation à résidence: house arrest
assigner: to assign
assigner à résidence: to put under house arrest
assigné: assigned
assimilable: assimilable
assimilateur: assimilative, assimilatory
assimilatif: assimilative
assimilation: assimilation
assimilation progressive: progressive assimilation