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bided tryst

bided tryst is the simple past and past participle of bide tryst.

Meaning of bide tryst

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

Questions about bided tryst

What is bided tryst the simple past and past participle of?
Bided tryst is the simple past and past participle of bide tryst.

Words near bided tryst in the dictionary

  1. bide one's time
  2. bide tryst
  3. bideauxite
  4. bided
  5. bided one's time
  6. bided tryst
  7. bideficiencies
  8. bideficiency
  9. bideficient
  10. Bideford
  11. bidegree

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