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tried titles

tried titles is the simple past and past participle of try titles.

Meaning of try titles

Verb

try titles (third-person singular simple present tries titles, present participle trying titles, simple past and past participle tried titles)

  1. (dated) To battle.
    • Gen. Greene, having received all the reinforcements he expected, instantly prepared to try titles for victory, with his lordship, at the point of a bayonet.1839, Benjamin Eggleston, The Wars of America (Hazard & Bloomer), page 450
  2. To litigate a claim to property (most often real estate) or a public office.

Questions about tried titles

What is tried titles the simple past and past participle of?
Tried titles is the simple past and past participle of try titles.

Words near tried titles in the dictionary

  1. tried one's hand
  2. tried one's luck
  3. tried one's wings
  4. tried out
  5. tried someone's patience
  6. tried titles
  7. triedral
  8. triedst
  9. trieicosenoin
  10. trieing
  11. triel

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