try
The origin and history of try.
Etymology
From Old French trier, "to sift, choose, or pick out," originally used for sorting grain or ore before it came to mean "attempt" or "test."
The origin and history of try.
From Old French trier, "to sift, choose, or pick out," originally used for sorting grain or ore before it came to mean "attempt" or "test."
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