Trine
adj, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A group of three things.
"a single trine of brazen tortoises"
- 2 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one wordnet
- 3 An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
- 1 To put in the aspect of a trine. transitive
"By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined."
- 2 To go. UK, obsolete
"Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin."
- 3 To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. UK, archaic
"Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last."
- 1 Triple; threefold. not-comparable
- 2 Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart. not-comparable
"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 […]"
- 1 A surname from German.
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).
Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.
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