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tried

adj
/tɹaɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English tried, tryed, equivalent to try + -ed.

  1. inherited from tried

Definitions

  1. Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.

  2. Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.

  3. simple past and past participle of try

    • 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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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tried. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01tried02taken03fond04affection05perception06identification07authenticating08authenticate09proof

A definitional loop anchored at tried. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at tried

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA