tried
English
Alternative forms
- tryed (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English tried, tryed, equivalent to try + -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹaɪd/
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Adjective
tried (comparative more tried, superlative most tried)
- Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- (law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
Verb
tried
- simple past tense and past participle of try
- 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen, OCLC 12026604; republished New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919, OCLC 491297620:
- The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- tried and tested
- tried and true
- untried
- well-tried
Anagrams
- drite, tired, tride