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adj
Triple; threefold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: tern, treble, ternary, threefold, triadic, trinary, trine, triple
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A group of three things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: threesome, triad, tern, ternary, ternion, threeness, trinary, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To put in the aspect of a trine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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verb
To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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Synonyms: hang, swing, dance on a rope, dance on nothing, dance the hempen jig, dance the Tyburn jig, dance upon nothing, dangle, ride a horse foaled by an acorn, stretch hemp, string up, take a ride to Tyburn, trine, truss, wag hemp
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.
From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).
Across languages
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