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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex [syn: tryst, rendezvous]
2: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: assignation, tryst]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English triste appointed station for hunters, probably from trist, trust confidence, trust Date: 14th century 1. an agreement (as between lovers) to meet 2. an appointed meeting or meeting place II. intransitive verb Date: 14th century to make or keep a tryst • tryster noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. archaic --n. 1 a time and place for a meeting, esp. of lovers. 2 such a meeting (keep a tryst; break one's tryst). --v.intr. (foll. by with) make a tryst. Derivatives: tryster n. Etymology: ME, = obs. trist (= TRUST) f. OF triste an appointed station in hunting

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tryst Tryst, n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See Trust, n.] 1. Trust. [Obs.] 2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or Poetic] To bide tryst, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement or appointment. The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at village stile. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tryst Tryst, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See Tryst, n.] 1. To trust. [Obs.] 2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.] --Burns.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tryst Tryst, v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(trysts) A tryst is a meeting between lovers in a quiet secret place. (LITERARY) = assignation N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Scotch.] Appointment (to meet), appointed meeting, assignation.