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–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

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—Related forms

tryster, noun

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

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tryst Audio Help (trĭst) Pronunciation Key
n.

An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
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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c.1375, 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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tryst
noun
1.	a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
2.	a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: assignation]

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Tryst

Trist\, n. [See Tryst.]

1. Trust. [Obs.]

2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.]

George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. --Letter dated Sept., 1543.

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Trist\, n. [See Tryst.]

1. Trust. [Obs.]

2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.]

George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. --Letter dated Sept., 1543.

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Trust\, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr["o]st comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst.]

1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!" --Milton.

Most take things upon trust. --Locke.

2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. "Such trust have we through Christ." --2 Cor. iii. 4.

His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in strength. --Milton.

4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust. --Shak.

Reward them well, if they observe their trust. --Denham.

6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps. lxxi. 5.

7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust. [Cant]

Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.

Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.

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