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bide tryst

bide tryst verb: to wait for a person at the appointed place and time.

Verb

bide tryst (third-person singular simple present bides tryst, present participle biding tryst, simple past bode tryst or bided tryst, past participle bidden tryst or bided tryst)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) To wait for a person at the appointed place and time.
    • "You walk late, sir," said I, as we met a second time.
      "I bide tryste," was the reply, "and so I think do you, Mr Osbaldistone."1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...
    Synonyms:
    keep tryst

Synonyms of bide tryst

Forms of bide tryst

third-person singular presentbides tryst
present participlebiding tryst
pastbode tryst
pastbided tryst
past participlebidden tryst
past participlebided tryst

Questions about bide tryst

What does bide tryst mean?
Bide tryst means to wait for a person at the appointed place and time.
What part of speech is bide tryst?
Bide tryst is a verb.
What is the past tense of bide tryst?
The past tense of bide tryst is bode tryst.

Words near bide tryst in the dictionary

  1. biddy
  2. biddy-bid
  3. biddy-biddy
  4. bide
  5. bide one's time
  6. bide tryst
  7. bideauxite
  8. bided
  9. bided one's time
  10. bided tryst
  11. bideficiencies

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