Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
"involuer"
English translation:
to shrink
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Gwynneth Kably
Sep 5, 2007 14:05
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French term
12 years of commitment to perfection
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English, Portuguese to English
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12 hrs
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shrink
xxx has been losing market share and shrinking since 2000.
The writer is just showing off his vocabulary. Le Grand Robert dates "involuer" v. intr. to 1907, qualifies it as "didactique" and defines it as "procéder par involution", presumably in the sense of "se replier vers l'intérieur".
The writer is just showing off his vocabulary. Le Grand Robert dates "involuer" v. intr. to 1907, qualifies it as "didactique" and defines it as "procéder par involution", presumably in the sense of "se replier vers l'intérieur".
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