mettre

v.t. put; place, set; put on; lay on; put down, write; bring, reduce; use, employ; spend; cause to consist (in). —v.r. put, place, or set oneself; go, get, stand, sit, etc.; begin; dre ; be put, be set; be worn; break out. — chauffer de Veau, put water to heat, heat water (and so for similar phrases). — en liberté, set free, liberate. — hors, put out; expend; put (a blast furnace) out of blast. (For other phrases commencing with mettre see the next important word in the phrase.) méture, f. corn bread (from maize flour). meuble, m. piece of furniture; set of furniture; (pl.) furniture; article; (Law) chattel. —a.movable; (of property) personal; (of soil) easily worked.