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tryst

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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.
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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

—Related forms
tryster, noun

—Synonyms
1, 2. assignation. 1–3. rendezvous.

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tryst (trɪst, traɪst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  an appointment to meet, esp secretly
2.  the place of such a meeting or the meeting itself
 
—vb
3.  (intr) to meet at or arrange a tryst
 
[C14: from Old French triste lookout post, apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse traust trust]
 
'tryster
 
—n

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tryst
late 14c., from O.Fr. tristre "appointed station in hunting," possibly from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. treysta "to trust;" see trust).
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