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tries titles

tries titles is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tries titles

What is tries titles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tries titles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of try titles.

Words near tries titles in the dictionary

  1. tries one's hand
  2. tries one's luck
  3. tries one's wings
  4. tries out
  5. tries someone's patience
  6. tries titles
  7. Triesenberg
  8. triest
  9. Trieste
  10. triester
  11. triesters

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