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Definition of Trist
1. v. t. & i. To trust.
2. n. Trust.
3. a. Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Definition of Trist
1. Noun. (obsolete) Trust, faith. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To trust, have faith in. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A set station in hunting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trist
1. dismal [adj] - See also: dismal
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Literary usage of Trist
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1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"He states that the money awarded trist is still in the United States Treasury
... The prayer of his petition is to enjoin trist from withdrawing said money ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"The Attorney-General then urged that trist be recalled and the war prosecuted
with vigor ... Should trist have made a treaty he was to bring it with him. ..."
3. The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith (1919)
"It has also been said that Scott and trist wished to make the treaty because Polk
now wanted more of Mexico, and they desired to "spite" him; ..."
4. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"He was twice married at an early age and soon divorced (trist. 4, 10, 69); his
third wife, ... Ovid had a legitimate daughter who was twice married, trist. ..."
5. Guide to the Materials for American History in Cuban Archives by Luis Marino Pérez (1907)
"Three letters from the Department of State to NP trist. CHAP. II. 1. "A private
Journal or Diary. Notes in relation to the archives of the Floridas and ..."
6. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"trist met the Mexican commissioners in August, 1847, and laid before them ...
trist 's commission had been canceled, but Scott induced him to continue to ..."
7. The War with Mexico by Roswell Sabine Ripley (1849)
"... —Mr. trist commences Negotiations—Appointment of Mexican Commissioners—Action
of President Santa Anna—First Meetings of Commissioners—Mexican Opposition ..."
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