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Definitions for Retry

[1] to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
[2] to test the effect or result of (often followed by out ): to try a new method; to try a recipe out.
[3] to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book.
[4] to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it?
[5] Law . to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person).
[6] to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax: to try one's patience.
[7] to attempt to open (a door, window, etc.) in order to find out whether it is locked: Try all the doors before leaving.
[8] to melt down (fat, blubber, etc.) to obtain the oil; render (usually followed by out ).
[9] Archaic . to determine the truth or right of (a quarrel or question) by test or battle (sometimes followed by out ). to find to be right by test or experience.
[10] to make an attempt or effort; strive: Try to complete the examination.
[11] Nautical . to lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
[12] an attempt or effort: to have a try at something.
[13] Rugby . a score of three points earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponents' goal line.
[14] try on , to put on an article of clothing in order to judge its appearance and fit: You can't really tell how it will look until you try it on.
[15] try out , to use experimentally; test: to try out a new car.
[16] try out for , to compete for (a position, membership, etc.): Over a hundred boys came to try out for the football team.
[17] give it the old college try , Informal . to make a sincere effort: I gave it the old college try and finally found an apartment.
[18] try it /that on , Chiefly British Informal . to put on airs: She's been trying it on ever since the inheritance came through. to be forward or presumptuous, especially with a member of the opposite sex: She avoided him after he'd tried it on with her.
[19] (tr) to try again (a case already determined); give a new trial to
[20] (when tr, may take an infinitive, sometimes with to replaced by and ) to make an effort or attempt he tried to climb a cliff
[21] (tr often foll by out ) to sample, test, or give experimental use to (something) in order to determine its quality, worth, etc try her cheese flan
[22] (tr) to put strain or stress on he tries my patience
[23] (tr; often passive) to give pain, affliction, or vexation to: I have been sorely tried by those children
[24] to examine and determine the issues involved in (a cause) in a court of law to hear evidence in order to determine the guilt or innocence of (an accused) to sit as judge at the trial of (an issue or person)
[25] (tr) to melt (fat, lard, etc) in order to separate out impurities
[26] (tr usually foll by out ) obsolete to extract (a material) from an ore, mixture, etc, usually by heat; refine
[27] an experiment or trial
[28] an attempt or effort
[29] rugby the act of an attacking player touching the ball down behind the opposing team's goal line, scoring five or, in Rugby League, four points
[30] Also called: try for a point American football an attempt made after a touchdown to score an extra point by kicking a goal or, for two extra points, by running the ball or completing a pass across the opponents' goal line

Words nearby Retry

trytruth-function, truth-value, truth-value gap, truthful, truthiness, try, try line, try on, try one's hand, try one's patience, try out

Origin of Retry

try1250–1300; Middle English trien to try (a legal case) < Anglo-French trier, Old French: to sift, cull, of uncertain origin

Other words from Retry

pre·try , verb (used with object), pre·tried, pre·try·ing.
re·try , verb, re·tried, re·try·ing.

Word origin for Retry

tryC13: from Old French trier to sort, sift, of uncertain origin