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bides tryst

bides tryst is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bides tryst

What is bides tryst the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bides tryst is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bide tryst.

Words near bides tryst in the dictionary

  1. biderivation
  2. biderivations
  3. biders
  4. bides
  5. bides one's time
  6. bides tryst
  7. bidesmosidic
  8. bidest
  9. bidet
  10. bidet shower
  11. bidet showers

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