trine
/tɹaɪn/
trine adjective: triple; threefold.
Adjective
trine (not comparable)
- Triple; threefold.
- Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
- The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III...
Noun
trine (plural trines)
- A group of three things.
- a single trine of brazen tortoises1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Eighth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC
- An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
Verb (1)
trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)
- To put in the aspect of a trine.
- By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
- Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last.1612, Thomas Dekker, Lantern and Candlelight
- Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints.1988, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Our Country's Good, act 2, scene 1
Verb (2)
trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)
- To go.
- Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin.1647, John Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, published 1706, act 3, scene 3, page 42
- From thence at the Nubbing-cheat we trine in the Lightmans.1673, Richard Head, “The Beggars Curse”, in The Canting Academy
Proper noun capitalized: Trine
Trine (plural Trines)
- A surname from German.
trine meaning in Tamil
trine in Tamil
- நிலப்பகுதி
Synonyms of trine
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Forms of trine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trines |
| present participle | trining |
| past participle | trined |
| past | trined |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Trines |
Origin of trine
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).
Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.
Words formed from trine
Words that rhyme with trine
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about trine
- What does trine mean?
- Trine means triple; threefold.
- What is trine in Tamil?
- Trine in Tamil is நிலப்பகுதி. See Trine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trine?
- Trine can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce trine?
- Trine is pronounced /tɹaɪn/.
Words near trine in the dictionary
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