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Webster 1913 Edition

imp.

Also

Adj.

Proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy;

as, a

tried

friend

tried

simple past tense and past participle of try
- 1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:
  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.

Most common English words before 1923: red · unto · receive · #552: tried · certainly · big · road