bide tryst

verb

To wait for a person at the appointed place and time.

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Meanings

verbbide tryst (third-person singular simple present bides tryst, present participle biding tryst, simple past bode tryst or bided tryst, past participle bidden tryst or bided tryst)

present singular third person bides tryst · participle present biding tryst · past bode tryst · past bided tryst · participle past bidden tryst · participle past bided tryst

  1. UKarchaicdialectalTo wait for a person at the appointed place and time.

    "You walk late, sir," said I, as we met a second time. "I bide tryste," was the reply, "and so I think do you, Mr Osbaldistone."

    1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 165

    Synonyms: keep tryst

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo wait for a person at the appointed place and time.

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keep tryst
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APA

bide tryst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bide%20tryst

MLA

“bide tryst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bide%20tryst. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bide tryst,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bide%20tryst.

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