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tryst |
4 definitions found 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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