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Vinony

trine

verb

  1. to go, march, step
  2. to hang
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tɹaɪn/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

  1. Triple; threefold.
  2. Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.

    “The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]”

name

Etymology: Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.

  1. A surname from German.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

  1. A group of three things.

    “a single trine of brazen tortoises”

  2. An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).

  1. To go.

    “Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin.”

    “From thence at the Nubbing-cheat we trine in the Lightmans.”