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trined

trined is the simple past and past participle of trine.

Meaning of trine

Verb (1)

trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (UK, archaic, thieves' cant) 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

Verb (2)

trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) 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

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Questions about trined

What is trined the simple past and past participle of?
Trined is the simple past and past participle of trine.

Words near trined in the dictionary

  1. trindle-tails
  2. trindled
  3. trindles
  4. trindling
  5. trine
  6. trined
  7. trinely
  8. trinervate
  9. trinerved
  10. trines
  11. trineural

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