...astreindre, to bind, to subject; ceindre, to gird; poindre, to peep, to dawn, to shoot forth, &c. &c. Poindre is only used in the Present of the Infinitive and in the Future : as — Lorsque les herbes commencent d poindre au printems, when the grass begins to peep...

...and of the present of the subjunctive : as, — nous jou'ions, vous joules ; que nous contributions, que vous contribu'iez. The neuter verb puer, to stink, is only used in the present of the infinitive, as likewise in the present, imperfect and future of the indicative, and in the conditional : as, —...

...astreindre, to bind, to subject; ceindre, to gird; poindre, to peep, to dawn, to shoot forth, &c. Poindre is only used in the present of the infinitive and in the future : as, — lorsque les herbes commencent àpoindre au printemps, when the grass begins to peep...

...astreindre, to bind, to subject; ceindre, to gird ; poindre, to peep, to dawn, to shoot forth, &c. Poindre is only used in the present of the infinitive and in the future ; as, lorsque lesjierbes commencent à poindre au printemps, when the grass begins to peep in...

...peep, to dawn, to shoot forth, is only said of the breaking of day, or t/ie shooting of plants, and is only used in the present of the infinitive, and in the future; as, mes tulipes commencent a poindre, my tulips begin to shoot; le jour poindra bientdt, it...

...prevail; see Valoir. PROMOUVOIR, to promote ; see Mouvoir. 264. (a) RAVOIR, to have again, to get again, is only used in the present of the Infinitive and in the future of the Indicative : je raurai, &c. — (Diet, of the ACAD.) (6) Figuratively, and familiarly,...