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tryst

[trist, trahyst]
–noun
1. an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, esp. one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
2. an appointed meeting.
3. an appointed place of meeting.
–verb (used with object)
4. Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or arrange a meeting with.
–verb (used without object)
5. Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or agreement.

Origin:
1325–75; ME triste set hunting-station < OF < Gmc; cf. Goth trausti agreement, arrangement, akin to ME trist confidence (OE *tryst). See trow, trust


tryster, noun


1, 2. assignation. 1–3. rendezvous.
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tryst   (trĭst)   
n.  
  1. An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.

  2. A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on. See Synonyms at engagement.

intr.v.   tryst·ed, tryst·ing, trysts
To keep a tryst.

[Middle English trist, from Old French triste, a waiting place (in hunting); see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
tryst'er n.
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