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.

 

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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.

 

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Tryst, v. i.

To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.

[Scot.]

 

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