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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tryst \Tryst\, n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf
Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr traust confidence,
security. See {Trust}, n.]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. An appointment to meet also an appointed place or time
of meeting; as to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or
Poetic]
{To bide tryst}, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with
whom a tryst or engagement is made to keep an engagement
or appointment.
The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at
village stile. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tryst \Tryst\, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See {Tryst}, n.]
1. To trust. [Obs.]
2. To agree with to meet at a certain place to make an
appointment with [Scot.] --Burns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tryst \Tryst\, v. i.
To mutually agree to meet at a certain place [Scot.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tryst
n 1: a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex [syn: {rendezvous}]
2: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: {assignation}]
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