verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of try.
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adjective.
tested and proved to be reliable
adjective.
tested and proved useful or correct
Word Usage
"There's a little Italian man who comes into our store everyday who insists on correcting my pronounciation, and I've tried, like seriously *tried*, but old habits just die hard!"