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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