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Tryst

Tryst Meaning & Definition
Tryst Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tryst?

[n] a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
[n] a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tryst: assignation | rendezvous

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See Also | appointment | date | engagement | rendezvous

Tryst In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.
\Tryst\, v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]

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