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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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     2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time
        of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or
        Poetic]
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     {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.
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              The tenderest-hearted maid
              That ever bided tryst at village stile. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tryst \Tryst\, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See {Tryst}, n.]
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     1. To trust. [Obs.]
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     2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an
        appointment with. [Scot.] --Burns.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tryst \Tryst\, v. i.
     To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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