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  1. transitive verb To make an effort to do or accomplish (something); attempt: tried to ski.
  2. transitive verb To taste, sample, or otherwise test in order to determine strength, effect, worth, or desirability: Try this casserole. Try the door.
  3. transitive verb Law To examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.
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  • Willis barged through to get the ball down and a try was awarded, after a —  BlogCymru.com
  • Referee Wigglesworth required confirmation from video official Tony Rowlands before the try was awarded, before Luveniyali's conversion put Quins 17-14 in front. —  Rugby news from Scrum.com
  • Following a kick through and a race to the line, a Portadown defender appeared to touch down just ahead of Alex Christie, but the try was awarded to the Ulster Schools 'open side flanker. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • The four toner drums fit into a slide-out try which is accessed by opening the front multipurpose tray. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Operators fluent in Spanish, try to manage other languages —  RCR Wireless News
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know ·  let ·  find ·  give ·  do ·  take ·  wait ·  make ·  keep ·  say ·  read ·  have

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try:   trying ·  tried ·  tries
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  1. Middle English trien, from Old French trier, to pick out, from Vulgar Latin *triāre.

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  1. Early modern English also trie, trye; from Middle English trien, tryen, triʒen, from Old French trier, pick, choose, separate, cull, orig. thresh (grain), = Provencal triar, separate, pick, choose, thresh (grain), = Italian tritare, thresh, grind, bruise, wear, from Middle Latin tritare, rub, thresh, freq. of Latin terere, past participle tritus, rub, thresh: see trite.
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