"try titles" meaning in All languages combined

See try titles on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: tries titles [present, singular, third-person], trying titles [participle, present], tried titles [participle, past], tried titles [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=try titles}} try titles (third-person singular simple present tries titles, present participle trying titles, simple past and past participle tried titles)
  1. (dated) To battle. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-try_titles-en-verb-PlNOe3uH
  2. To litigate a claim to property (most often real estate) or a public office. Categories (topical): Law, Violence
    Sense id: en-try_titles-en-verb-7BTEPXfl Disambiguation of Law: 0 100 Disambiguation of Violence: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English predicates: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 95

Inflected forms

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