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biding tryst

biding tryst is the present participle and gerund 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 biding tryst

What is biding tryst the present participle and gerund of?
Biding tryst is the present participle and gerund of bide tryst.

Words near biding tryst in the dictionary

  1. bidimensionality
  2. bidimensionally
  3. bidiminished
  4. biding
  5. biding one's time
  6. biding tryst
  7. bidings
  8. bidirected
  9. bidirectional
  10. bidirectionalities
  11. bidirectionality

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