Meaning

noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

verb make an effort or attempt

verb put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

originFrom Middle English trien (“to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier, triher, triere (“to divide, separate, choose, select, prove, determine, try a case”), Old French trier (“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Occitan triar (“to choose, sort, scrutinise, peel”), Catalan triar (“to pick,…

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