triest

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English

Verb

triest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of try
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 29:17:
  I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.

Anagrams

streit, Tetris, titers, titres, triset, Strite, tirest, triste, sitter, Sitter, trites, tretis

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin tristis; compare French triste.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

triest (comparative triester, superlative meest triest or triestst)

pitiful
sad

Inflection

Declension of triest
uninflected	triest
inflected	trieste
comparative	triester
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		triest	triester	het triestst het triestste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	trieste	triestere	triestste
	n. sing.	triest	triester	triestste
	plural	trieste	triestere	triestste
definite		trieste	triestere	triestste
partitive		triests	triesters	—

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